Fifty Percent Grey

[theXmurderXindustry]

i would've stayed in purgatory...

[Guitinger]

Fucking

[Guitinger]

Patetic.....

[displacedpie]

Just kidding =D

[displacedpie]

You're a faggot

I wanna fight you.

[masternachos]

I bet he was in Hell all along...

[CalyxAsgard]

If thats what the afterlife has to offer, than imortality is something you would want badly.

[crzytomm]

yeah this guy could definitely direct Akira

[rsnegotiator]

thats the same thing i was thinking. I REALLY HOPE he does Akira justice. i cant wait till it comes out!

[Stricken717]

true that! if he includes all the same kinda violence as the animated one did...and obviously as seen by this he will...then akira will at least be a sick action movie...even if it isn't the best screenplay i guess is the word im looking for! but i bet it will an all around KICK-ASS movie...i mean movieS since there will be 2!

[Bobablazer]

This was freaking amazing.

[kojimal7777]

aw poor guy

[losttrackuk]

brilliant

[BArbarka88Rz]

straszne

[bobbruce]

Thats bloody great m8 well done..

[a2hunts]

hella cool whats the web to do that animation?

[vegetta65]

FUUUUUU-

[youlubemeup]

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[vegetta65]

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[LilysRebirth]

Welcome to....Limbo enjoy your stay~

[masterpiraka]

These people on these comments are REALLY fucking stupid.

This is the EASIEST fucking concept in the WORLD to understand!

[Bacara1138]

LOLOLOLOLOL fail should have stayed in purgatory

[oslobasse]

me like.

[Uberstroker]

heh, notice how the quality of the TVs decreases

[dyonnegalata]

Can u imagine to be like that forever... u can't rest after u dead..

This scary man

[waht12354]

hes the guy making the live action akira. hmmm....

[AlexxRose13]

That was disturbing, but clever. Why is it called 50% grey, though?

[arquemond]

50% gray is exactly half way between black and white

[Shadowcry1000]

I dont get it

Lol are they saying afterlife is all the same except u get different tvs?

[masterpiraka]

No. They're saying Hell isn't firey and filled with people. He's saying that the worst most torturous thing that could be is in..... nowhere. Imagine being in that room. Infilitely large, no one's there. Nothing.

[Shadowcry1000]

SO basically the theme is that there is neither a heaven no hell, just desolation when you die.

And this can either be considered wonderful ( as in the heaven scenario) or horrible (in the hell scenario)

[masterpiraka]

Yeh

[arquemond]

To me it has a deeper meaning: It´s all a scam, and there is no heaven nor a hell... get it?

[IconoclastJordan]

All of the idiots saying 'omglulz, it was hell all along' are missing the entire point.

[JakNapier23]

No matter how big or how small, it all seems to count now a days and many people are finding a way to get their work noticed. Youtube has become that small miracle and that little ray of hope for people express there creativity and get noticed. Keep up the great work everyone, I am just one of many people out there who appreciate great art when they see it.

[JakNapier23]

As deranged as this might seem to some. I hope that this is an inspiration or even a stepping stone for those who aspire to make it big in the world of animation.

[JakNapier23]

I love the animation and the end result, you think that he would have learned after the first time though. haha

[FiswaT]

thats some deep shit

[luode123]

this is why im an athiest

[ikillretards]

HAHAHAHA well said

[palmersmedic]

because of hypothetical rhetoric?

[graphattic]

Well this one surely sums up the nonsense heard about these matters, very nicely!!!

[bgcorporation]

Wow now that is very very interesting video very well done.

[MaxPayneVGMovie]

Awesome!

[SlothGunner]

Now that would suck

[murraythedemonhead]

Comment part 3 of 3:

As for the TV as a method of delivery and the gun as the weapon of choice. I think people are reading into it too much. I think a soldier is just an easy stereotype so we don't question why he has a gun or how he died. We already have a basic idea.

[murraythedemonhead]

Comment part 2 of 3

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The difference being that those who are in heaven believe they are in the best situation and are happy.

Those in purgatory believe they aren't experiencing the best life but have the comfort of knowing that they're not in hell.

And those in hell think they have the worst situation and that others in purgatory and heaven have a much better time of it.

Or you can look at it all as hell.

[murraythedemonhead]

I think this can be taken on different levels and that's the point. It can be simple and just one big set up for a joke, albeit black humour.

*spoiler if you haven't watched it yet*

You can look at it as a view of the afterlife stating that there is little difference between them.

[KSakamada]

Hrrrm, considering there's supposed to be a lot more difference then that I dont know what to make of this.

Hell isn't just a state of thinking there could be better.

It is literally burning and suffering for eternity.

Whatever misgivings someone could have for heaven wouldn't matter to me, Id rather be there, then burn forever.

Thats just my logic on the matter however.

[SlowDaddie]

brilliant.

[jessethegimp101]

what the fuck.......even i could do better than that

[drtyltlbgr]

what else you gonna for forever....watch t.v. of course!

[SANGHELIWARRIOR117]

Kind of depressing and disturbing... I can't beleive it was nominated for best short.

[RapterX]

I dont know... i want a plasma tv when i go to hell

[fucktheflaggers]

That is indeed a fate much worse than anything Dante came up with. If hell truly exists this is it. Or at least the part reserved for the only the most horrible people.

[LordoftheJamesClan]

I think there is no such thing as heaven or hell just a giant penis

[RapterX]

Makes logical sense

[fatpat2009]

i concur

[McConsumer]

Weird and kinda of boring. I think that it is saying that heaven,purgatory and hell are all Products. Each is introduced by a commercial, but the commercial doesn't describe at all what any of them are really like. In a sense, it's like buying something like shoes or cars or whatever. We think that one is better than the other, because one has better marketing. In reality, it makes no practical difference.

[bzerkrX]

I think he was in hell from the beginning (notice the drips of blood when he first gets up).

[kklol7]

I think that blood was from how he died.

[ShanahanAdam]

it was pergatory and hell. not heaven and hell. Pergatory is between heaven and hell.

[kailabreece]

LOL... Awesome!!! Profoundly deep and certainly disturbing.

[bunnyfreek23]

O.o slightly disturbing.

[VirtualStreaker]

Great, I really enjoyed this film. The textures and animations make it look fantastic.

At first I thought that the story seemed like such a grim, cartoon view on life and the afterlife but as I think about the film more and more like a well thought out and balanced view of an afterlife. I like that at a glance it seemed cartoon in theme but I could really read into it and see some deep meaning.

[shwizzman]

But what was the difference between heaven and hell? All they both were, were big empty open gray spaces to walk around in. So what makes heaven so much better?

[TheUniqueGuix]

Nothing, that's the point.

[shwizzman]

Ahh! I get it! So all he's doing, is just kind of dissing on religion!

[masterpiraka]

Super fucking facepalm on you, man.

[Helvetto]

schwizzman - I think that he's in hell from the begining. There was no heaven, if ya know what I mean. On the other hand it can be pathetic and ironic joke that god made of him.

[Chase1248]

i agree he is probley in hell from the start and no matter how many times he kills himself he is always going to come back

[Jetpackman89]

This reminded me of THX 1138 and a bit of the Matrix.

[piratejacob]

lol

[THESOULbornold]

the character was intriuging

[YszTysz]

nice :] i like it

[acidrun]

AHAHAHaA xD

[swazidoughman]

It has no hidden reason you dolts! its just funny.

[mbalben44]

just like your unexamined life.

[CarlosIllustration]

I know thats a terrible decision, I cant believe you would trust such a great concept to a first time director

[rye419]

so this is the guy that will directing the Akira Live-Action

[sputnikoftheus]

atheism

[idonotknowme]

i love how this shows no matter where you go it is probably not to your expectations

[CandyManCann]

hehe thats funny

[FrankiEmo92]

lmao noice how the t.v gets suckier as he goes to the progertory or w/e and then hell.

[filofilm]

I don't know I need to see more before I believe this guy can handle AKIRA...

[manimalmurdiff]

nice one cant wait to see how ruairi robinson brings akira to the big screen!!!

[MXZ90]

"Congratulations, your dead." Haha!

[1234sss]

is this meant to imply people waste their lives with tv? i mean he would've gone somewhere else if he saved the last bullet for his own head.

[semiraalize]

I love this short. I first saw it a few years ago on another website. It is very deep and complex in its simplicity, especially considering the fact that it is only 3 minutes long.

[catcow69]

man that was AWESOME for something home made what software or whatever did u use???

[gmancer]

And the guy who made this is supposed to direct the live action Akira?...*sigh*

[St4rdog]

Decent but not exactly original.

[toastyovens]

incoherrent ambiguous plot

[whoaGirl12]

So Heaven, Hell and Purgatory are all the same?

[snowsurfskater4]

in hell you dont have any bullets.

[lololfufuhello]

but he shot the tv

[snowsurfskater4]

than you have one bullet ok.

[smallvillefan123]

i'm as confused as you are. that's why i don't like this video.

[cybanatural]

maybe you are already in hell

[radicaledwards]

If only there's a jacuzzi, then I'm definately staying!

[Mayorsquad]

great film but damn that sucks ass. lol

[Bud90]

I remember seeing this on Atom Films HD thing what ever the hell that was when it first came out. Dunno what me just type it in, love this short film. Just crazy haha.

[barakiva]

i mean i hate the eternity not the movie its awesome

[barakiva]

think that youre now in an endless gray mat with a tv you cant go anywhere niether talk you cant die after a week or so you dont know what to do you just thought all you could have you cant exit it itll be forever no end youll forget your age songs and how to talk itll still stay boredoom to eternity NO WAY OF STOPPING IT its the worst thing you can get eternity uhhh i hate this

[Anto103]

I'm glad that I accidentally stumbled across this all thanks to Wired News, I seen this in Spain a few years ago, well I saw some of it till my Dad told me to turn it off. I did as I was told and I completely forgot about it till a few months ago.

I'm glad to actually see it entirely and I'm a little surprised that it was made in Ireland.

[Ubertard01]

Fook me!! What a lot of noise about nothing! Does this mean that any sweaty little geek whose life is movies and computer games and animation programs is now a Director? Must be a rich kid. Everybody is a director now. I suppose next thing we will hear is that the creator of this overrated little nothing of a short has been handed a big Hollywood film to direct. Stop the Planet of the Apes...I want to get off. Sorry Duke, we are Fooked.

[crashedeclipse96]

lol this guy is supposed to direct the big budget AKIRA movie coming out next year.

[notcant]

agreed. this short had no point or plot. western culture is so watered down, like you said, money trumps skill.

[acidrun]

this story had no point but why does every short story have to? this story was pretty funny tho.. it was subtle. I found it funny how in hell he gets stuck there xD with the T.V. broken unlike before.. but every1 has a different taste for comedy.. u dont have to try and degrade something u don't like tho notcant

[ValiFur]

Well, what you don't realize is that the guy who directed this short film, Ruairi Robinson, is now going to direct the Akira remake movie. This short was nominated for an Oscar, apparently. So obviously someone thought that this took a lot of skill to create. You're just not seeing it. As asinine and elitist as that may sound, lol.

[masterpiraka]

It has a point. Abd it has a plot. Fucking idiot. You're shallower than your accusing US of being! Just because the meaning flew right over your head doesn't mean you should get pissed at the maker.

[BisdaMann]

He was in the same place every time.

[TheDuke0f1re1nd]

Akira is not "fooked" watch Rurari Robinson's other Short film, Silent City

[lin2k4]

What would he have done if he didn't have a gun in the first place?

[trevgoodchild]

The odd thing was, that, he wasn't in heaven, it was his own private hell. His delusion of being told otherwise was false. You don't need to be told you are somewhere, you know if your there when you are there.

[kailman123]

watching right now and looks creepy

a tv, heaven, hes walking, the tv again, damn a hole in his head, now hes in hell and when he shoots the tv he gets hurt.

done:):):):):)

[Femareche]

/Doze.

Akira is fooked.

[bunny608]

wow...... thats creepy

[xebulba]

The guy who made this is directing the new Akira live-action film!

[krlzkrlz]

that´s why I had to see this

;)

[babybrown12003]

love this video... shows that minimal interaction creates maximum effect.

[ablemike]

I bet the backgrounds took forever to render

[masterbrood]

I think he ment that no matter where you go, heaven or hell, It'll be as boring as the other (especially compared to life). If I'm just sayin it in a draft.

[treblemaker91]

I think the idea is that heaven is having a choice about what you can do. In Hell he's forced to wait.

[Behrzad]

That would suck

[TCJSIN]

who ever made this animation is cliver;)

[mazen00100]

so was he saying that heaven and hell are the same thing? and that theres no way of escaping either one?

[floydhead42]

No, I don't think he mentioned Heaven, I only heard Hell, Purgatory, and Hell again. Good observation though.

[gravityslave476]

nah he says heaven at first. that's why the tv shows pretty things like flowers, whereas in hell you only see fire and lava.

[jelleoelle]

you stretched the picture. don't watch this version. look at any of the other ones for proper format

[GrandPopPoplock]

So...the guy who directed this is going to direct AKIRA...interesting

I have hope .

[Ubertard01]

We be Fooked. By an Irish drunk no less.

[luckyhat4]

That's one hell of a video. Scary as hell...

[challangeduo]

Wow. That's just... scary.

[freakylittlegnome]

I'd love the see someone do a 3d about the crisis in Darfur

[Roari1986]

very interesting

[45645tetfd5]

i was struck by that short the first time i saw it (a few years ago) and am glad i found it on youtube

[45645tetfd5]

the way i see it he was meant to hell all along. now that's the loneliness for which he can only blame his own aggression. a hell it would be indeed, being doomed to stay forever on that gray mat just because you shot before you thought

[eviieo]

noo i dnt like ittt.. its scaryy mann

[azuloceano]

Very interesting.

[maskdt]

I thought this short was beautiful and very insightful. The way I see it, heaven and hell are just perspectives.

Saw this on The Animation Show. It was the only animation that really got me thinking. Very deep stuff. I hope the director doesn't let him/herself get devoured by the shallow, beaten-to-death crap so many companies put out every year. And I'm not just talking about Pixar and Disney.

[levitan71]

he should in theory ressurect if he shot himself again.

[StarwarsHalofreak]

crap.. TV? In heaven? I'd rather be in HELL!! jk, jk

[satalia]

Great outlook on three of the afterlife unknowns.

[humberlick]

That's was stupid.

[Quetzocotol]

I see plenty of sharp obstacles protruding from the blown up TV, it wouldn't be too hard for him to still kill himself :P

[Vook]

He still wouldn't have died. He would've just suffered more pain and bleeding for all of eternity. That's hell.

[xxbathorygrlxx]

its to bad, he coulda killed himself if he wouldnt have wasted the last bullet on the tv

[Jinmaru]

Nah, he was in hell so it didn't matter. He would've gotten fucked over regardless.

[moderateskeptic]

Yeah, this was done by Ruari Robinson. It lost out on the oscar to (of course) a pixar production. I had the luck to actually be a part of one of the communities Ruari participates in and I think he completely deserved it a bit more. Ruari does everything in his films himself. Unlike the production-line over at pixar.

[moonman54321]

I want oil

[herxeleid]

A piece of art, very good work.

[Jinmaru]

That was awesome. Not speaking on my religious beliefs or anything *cough*God pwns*cough* but this was funny. He gets to heaven, kills himself, goes to purgatory, kills himself, goes to hell, but he cant kill himself, as he is doomed to...well...exist in an infinite space of grey...LOL!

[trainluvr]

he's just upset cause he couldnt find any oil to steal.

[tecallai2]

i love this short. amazing story

at least u have TV when you die :/

[helimax]

I cant say i laughed, funny though that going anywhere after death seems so odd to the dude, all he was fighting for was is life,who wants to watch life on tv after. for ever! Purgatory = crappier tv... hahaha, hell, cant even kill ur self :D is good film

[ratluvr]

I don't wanna die. I don't wanna die.  Idon'twannadieIdon'twannadieId­on'twannadie!!! AAAHHHH!!!!

[steo7]

ruarí robinson??

[felix123123]

hahah good guys keep it up!

[matrixhed]

I haven't had this much fun watching an animation since... since... hmmmm.

Let's just say that it was a long time ago, while watching a Pixar film.

[lostjulyranch]

As a P.S., I also believe this truly speaks to the nature of all Irish soldiers' deaths who have fought the bloody war against the North and Britain.

[lostjulyranch]

I think it's funny that someone based their views on this short by a difference lacking between heaven and hell. Have you been to them to know what they are like?

I personally think this short takes a very different approach to irony and apathy seen in the world today. It's very insightful and reflective, without using the same ol' tautology we are all beaten with in school as kids.

[vjgambit]

cool!!!!

[aslanforever]

Such a disturbing, insightful, humorous, and unquestionably original piece of work in animation! And is the short REALLY 50% grey? There are other colors that seemed more than grey...

[harvardjanitor7]

no. this short wasn't very good. no difference between heaven and hell, anyone woulda done the same. all this short does is make people feel bad...

[sssDeMoNsss]

i like mults ))

[vampeee]

This is disturbing but funny hahaha

[genjutsush1]

hahaha i love this short