The Home Front

[TheLegoCineMan]

"He who sacrifices freedom in exchange for temporary safety deserves neither freedom nor safety."

- Benjamin Franklin

[Sentmassen]

HA! that quote was my concept statement

[rhaisgirl22]

I almost cried when I saw the flag on the ground. Have we become THAT pathetic? Really sad.

[sh9683]

how true this is, america is loosing all freedom under "its for your safety" when will people realise it ain't for your safety but a means to control you!

[SittingMooseShaman]

..."Citizen Act" is a rhetorical reference to the 'Patriot' Act... However, what's it matter? What's coming... IS coming.

[xXSuperSandvichXx]

This looks like a tralier for Homefront. lolz great job tho

[louis29harringto]

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[Odin13]

amazing

[BOBtheHydra]

@MegaAppless

No, there's no Citizen's Act in place. The closest of these that got passed was Bush's Patriot Act.

[BOBtheHydra]

Open to interpretation and has great animation. 5 Stars.

[MegaAppless]

wow this makes sense but in the longrun. wait did these actually happen like the citizen act?

[fanciesworld]

excellent!!

[ldavidsmith]

well done!

[RD2ification]

Flawless animation, wonderful sound, and above all- a truly awesome & patriotic film that says what needs to be said. Change comes from art, and you are changing the world for the better. Thank you.

[Kheph1]

That's what i hate about american politics, we choose the "smaller government party" who takes away all of our rights, or the other guys who take away all of our money...

[2316severitaln]

Its so simple AMERICANS! that eagle represents the people who supposed to be america itself, but the gov't had taken so many bad decisions that now true americans are leaving the gov't ways and instead they have decided to take ONLY the primary american ideals (USA flag) to go and seek the lost path of that great country that one day ruled the world. ARE YOU WILLING TO START OVER AND RETAKE THE FOUNDING FATHERS PATH???? ARE YOU WILLING AMERICA???

[PacisJusticia]

Are you saying we should conquer the world? Can this happen without raising taxes?

[2316severitaln]

I am sorry, but I guess you misunderstood my perception of this video and your comment about taxes and going after the world is SOOOO out of place. I respect whatever you intended to say but I just don't see from what angle your coming from. Do you work for the gov't? This message is intended for the american people, those who think our gov't is far gone corrupted and its time for a fresh start. ONLY FOR THOSE WHO WANT THAT AMERICA ONCE ADMIRED BY THE WORLD.

[jphardcastle]

@2316severitaln I know its old thread but still...

America was once admired? who by... I've never heard of them...

PS Those people who were behind the Iron Curtain before it fell don't count... they'd go anywhere...

[PadraikKasier]

Nice! Very well done.

[tsunaamii]

@Lostalex77 you're not seeing it completely, as well. This is totally symbolic for America. But it's not totally pro-America. Which the point in this, I believe, was to show how ridiculous America is being. Even the Eagle, which was meant to symbolize America's Freedom, left. What does that symbolize? With all the insane 'standard procedures taken to keep our citizen's safe' even our FREEDOM has been shrunk, substantially. This has nothing to do with Europe, this is 100% showing USA paranoia

[jeeeem]

omg...speachless! AMAZING! I LOVE IT!!!

[kickercaster18]

Gentlemen, Washington has left the building.

[76special]

This is absolutely brilliant, it makes me want to cry cause that's what is coming to America.

[armitius66]

What is most sad are the choices we have on election day. It's either pseudo- Patriot Conservatives or anti-Patriot Liberals.

[ksym]

Beautiful and courageous.

[lostalex77]

i think alot of peope missed the point of the video. the eagle, carrying the flag at the end, left, and became independent, which is exactly what america is and does. maybe you people need to watch it again.

the video is actually PRO-America, and is exactly representative of AMERICA, in that it left the totalitarian ideals of europe behind, and in the end, ventured out on it's own, confidently.

[lostalex77]

i hink it's funny when europeans talk about americans have lost their freedoms and privacy.... cosiderying europe's history, and the crazy CCTV culture you all live in. very hipocritical.

but europe loves to find a scapegoat. they used to blame everything on the jews. now they blame everything on the americans.

europeans never learn from their own history. it's sad.

the animation looks good in this video though, from an artistic standpoint.

[donze52]

In no where Nebraska our town of 10,000 has 300 camera's of which 100 are Walmart. . Our town that had 8 cops 60 years ago now has 40 and we have not grown 1% in that time period.

Then cops looked like cops, now they look like want to be Rambo

As for crazy laws, A 10 year old kid had caught a fish, his first fish ever but it was 1/2 inch to short, he was fined $300 and given a criminal record.

[jameskillparty]

Hey man, I live in Nebraska. In Kearney to be exact. I know exactly what you mean. It's ridiculous. The surveillance is crazy and out of control. Where in Nebraska do you live?

[donze52]

McCook, about 70 miles south west of you.

check out my films on youtube, if your in the mood???

(donze52)

[AMORANDPAZ]

this is true.

[vampiking]

from Argentina i say: IT´S WONDERFUL. MAGNIFIC.

[un4seenrecordsx1]

great vid man

[woundedfreedom]

good one! thankx,..

[DigiLusionist]

GREAT animation!

But, this seems to be about Great Britain.

[un4seenrecordsx1]

DigiLusionist if you live in the US then your just another brainwashed american.

[Nafetitive]

Holy Handgrenades this was brilliant! The sad fact is that what 'evils' Bush gave us, Obama is continuing. This little ditty is just as valid today. I imagine it will continue being valid for quite some time to come. Love the animation and style! Eagle Sam has the right idea.

[cboeman]

fantastic. someone gets it.

[outdaboxtv]

Excellent...

[EvilRedGoose]

What exactly is this about?

[bloodrunsclear]

This is pretty ironic to see that it still works for the new administration.

[Shadow18Star]

Love it, wonderful

[dangermous1968]

great job !!!!!!!

[UShistoryX2]

LOVE IT!!

[dreamtoys]

Did you do this animation yourself? Great job. Can you do a marketing video using this animal character? I need help with my fundraising for my foundation which is to help any nonprofits.

Michael

[KrypticGuy666]

what the? I've never been interrogated or had a camera at my face, or been arrested by a curfew.

[liltidbit1]

KypicGuy. You mean you've never seen a camera in your face. But that would be like seeing a wiretap on your phone or someone reviewing your records at the bank or library, the GPS or mic hidden in your cars dash or cellphone. You haven't been arrested --yet--. By the way most of those cameras are hidden just like the wiretaps. The title of this video says it best and so true. Haven't you noticed everytime the patriot act is up for renewal all the raids in the news? Talk about propaganda!

[KrypticGuy666]

Dude you just got to take it easy man.

[liltidbit1]

I'm not sure what you meant? Was that suppose to be advice or something? Man I know I can't change the world because the world isn't meant to change. It's all apart of Prohpecy. I have to vent here and there though while being violated don't you think? But speaking of prophecy, personally if I were you, I'd get rid of the 666 business. I can only tell you Biblically speaking, it's about to all come to a head and judgement day is coming. Don't get judged that way, you don't want that.

[KrypticGuy666]

Dude as I said again you gotta take it easy. Its all part of a phase man.

[Sentmassen]

Well that went on a tangent. Kryptic, I'm sorry you feel that way. You highlighted one of my fears that my use of exaggeration may be misread as a personal fear of all things government.

[Sentmassen]

So if perhaps I can set the stage, it may sit better. This story was largely written in 06-07 when the bush administration was still in authority. A time when the ugly truths of the patriot act were unfolding around us. This movie was built around that fact and a quote of Ben Franklin's, "Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security".

[Sentmassen]

There were no cameras at every corner, but there were unquestioned wiretaps. There were no curfews, but we lost the right of habeas corpus. The truths, although just as horrifying, proved too abstract for a two minute film. Even after all that, are we any safer?

[KrypticGuy666]

Hey man that's just you're opinion.

[Kalamoniac]

I've looked through a few of the Ringling thesis animations, and this is the best one I've seen. In most of them the characters are constantly going dead or only moving one body part but this was just beautiful.

[SchizoSchematic]

Brilliant! Finally, a commentary on America that actually has some wit and charm. Masterfully done.

[AndreasTheodorou]

one of my favorites

[mirm01]

:D!!!!!

[webpagenotfound]

stared AND favorited

[sandorfelipe]

Hey hey you finaly got it on youtube as well.