eligious people of Lee's class in the border states. They believed that slavery existed because God willed it and they thought it would end when God so ruled. The time and the means were not theirs to decide, conscious though they were of the ill-effects of Negro slavery on both races. Lee shared these convictions of his neighbors without having come in contact with the worst evils of African bondage. He spent no considerable time in any state south of Virginia from the day he left Fort Pulaski in 1831 until he went to Texas in 1856. All his reflective years had been passed in the North or in the border states. He had never been among the blacks on a cotton or rice plantation. At Arlington the servants had been notoriously indolent, their master's master. Lee, in short, was only acquainted with slavery at its best and he judged it accordingly. At the same time, he was under no illusion regarding the aims of the Abolitionist or the effect of their agitation.
"Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth. This truth has been slow in the process of its development, like all other truths in the various departments of science. It has been so even amongst us. Many who hear me, perhaps, can recollect well, that this truth was not generally admitted, even within their day. The errors of the past generation still clung to many as late as twenty years ago. Those at the North, who still cling to these errors, with a zeal above knowledge, we justly denominate fanatics. All fanaticism springs from an aberration of the mind from a defect in reasoning. It is a species of insanity. One of the most striking characteristics of insanity, in many instances, is forming correct conclusions from fancied or erroneous premises; so with the anti-slavery fanatics. Their conclusions are right if their premises were. They assume that the negro is equal, and hence conclude that he is entitled to equal privileges and rights with the white man. If their premises were correct, their conclusions would be logical and just but their premise being wrong, their whole argument fails. I recollect once of having heard a gentleman from one of the northern States, of great power and ability, announce in the House of Representatives, with imposing effect, that we of the South would be compelled, ultimately, to yield upon this subject of slavery, that it was as impossible to war successfully against a principle in politics, as it was in physics or mechanics. That the principle would ultimately prevail. That we, in maintaining slavery as it exists with us, were warring against a principle, a principle founded in nature, the principle of the equality of men. The reply I made to him was, that upon his own grounds, we should, ultimately, succeed, and that he and his associates, in this crusade against our institutions, would ultimately fail. The truth announced, that it was as impossible to war successfully against a principle in politics as it was in physics and mechanics, I admitted; but told him that it was he, and those acting with him, who were warring against a principle. They were attempting to make things equal which the Creator had made unequal."
-Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens
Hey wantcock, a demo reel is supposed to be the filmmaker or animator's equivilent of an artist's portfolio, not a fucking music video montage of some of the stupid shit you've done. It's supposed to display your skill, talent and experience in your field in the hopes of getting you a fucking job, and you opened up with a fucking lock legion animation.
Your demo reel should be able to compliment a resume. Shawn Hollern's demo reel was a good example of such a thing. This isn't.
I don't follow you very closely, but if you have at least any intermediate understanding of human anatomy or the physics of movement, that's the kind of shit you should be demonstrating, and you've completely failed to. The faces flashing over the static tweened bodies look cheap and stupid.
In spite of the animu bullshit, you have some skill in more traditional frame-by-frame animation. You're not squandering it, but you're certainly not nurturing it, either. That black and white thing of the guy punching the other guy has no place in a professional demo reel. Not to mention positive attention from prospective employers is never going to flourish if your demo reel is located exclusively on entertainment sites.
A demo reel should represent the best you're capable of, and in that capacity, this is almost embarrassingly amatuerish. You're not a novice. You've been doing flash for years. Act like it.
Hey, the Lock Legion thing had some good animation in it, dammit.
And I do put these things on more sites than just NG, I also put it on my personal site, where people can view it if they're interested.
Just because you can predict what the negative fan response is going to be doesn't mean they aren't legitimate complaints. You don't fix flaws just by acknowledging them, you fix them by fucking fixing them. I don't have to tell you it was too short. YOU told ME it was too short. How do you remedy something that? Make it fucking longer, that's how.
And the eyepatch, the exploding bear? To get us to buy the book? Weak, man. Even the guys who did Broken Saints didn't stoop to that. They offered a complete overhaul of the original series on the DVDs. You cut out part of the series, and tell us we get the rest if we pay you for you.
You want us to buy your wares, then you need to give us something, and promise more, not give us half of something and promise the rest.
I'm not saying you owe anyone shit, but you can't expect us to not only suck your dick, but throw money at you, when instead of being nice and apologetic for when you come up short, you're an asshole about it, then and you turn around and tell us we have to give you money if we want to understand what's happening in the series. That's bullshit.
CatSpider
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Rated 0 / 5 stars May 30, 2010
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eligious people of Lee's class in the border states. They believed that slavery existed because God willed it and they thought it would end when God so ruled. The time and the means were not theirs to decide, conscious though they were of the ill-effects of Negro slavery on both races. Lee shared these convictions of his neighbors without having come in contact with the worst evils of African bondage. He spent no considerable time in any state south of Virginia from the day he left Fort Pulaski in 1831 until he went to Texas in 1856. All his reflective years had been passed in the North or in the border states. He had never been among the blacks on a cotton or rice plantation. At Arlington the servants had been notoriously indolent, their master's master. Lee, in short, was only acquainted with slavery at its best and he judged it accordingly. At the same time, he was under no illusion regarding the aims of the Abolitionist or the effect of their agitation.
"Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth. This truth has been slow in the process of its development, like all other truths in the various departments of science. It has been so even amongst us. Many who hear me, perhaps, can recollect well, that this truth was not generally admitted, even within their day. The errors of the past generation still clung to many as late as twenty years ago. Those at the North, who still cling to these errors, with a zeal above knowledge, we justly denominate fanatics. All fanaticism springs from an aberration of the mind from a defect in reasoning. It is a species of insanity. One of the most striking characteristics of insanity, in many instances, is forming correct conclusions from fancied or erroneous premises; so with the anti-slavery fanatics. Their conclusions are right if their premises were. They assume that the negro is equal, and hence conclude that he is entitled to equal privileges and rights with the white man. If their premises were correct, their conclusions would be logical and just but their premise being wrong, their whole argument fails. I recollect once of having heard a gentleman from one of the northern States, of great power and ability, announce in the House of Representatives, with imposing effect, that we of the South would be compelled, ultimately, to yield upon this subject of slavery, that it was as impossible to war successfully against a principle in politics, as it was in physics or mechanics. That the principle would ultimately prevail. That we, in maintaining slavery as it exists with us, were warring against a principle, a principle founded in nature, the principle of the equality of men. The reply I made to him was, that upon his own grounds, we should, ultimately, succeed, and that he and his associates, in this crusade against our institutions, would ultimately fail. The truth announced, that it was as impossible to war successfully against a principle in politics as it was in physics and mechanics, I admitted; but told him that it was he, and those acting with him, who were warring against a principle. They were attempting to make things equal which the Creator had made unequal."
-Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens
Rated 3 / 5 stars August 29, 2007
demo reels
Hey wantcock, a demo reel is supposed to be the filmmaker or animator's equivilent of an artist's portfolio, not a fucking music video montage of some of the stupid shit you've done. It's supposed to display your skill, talent and experience in your field in the hopes of getting you a fucking job, and you opened up with a fucking lock legion animation.
Your demo reel should be able to compliment a resume. Shawn Hollern's demo reel was a good example of such a thing. This isn't.
I don't follow you very closely, but if you have at least any intermediate understanding of human anatomy or the physics of movement, that's the kind of shit you should be demonstrating, and you've completely failed to. The faces flashing over the static tweened bodies look cheap and stupid.
In spite of the animu bullshit, you have some skill in more traditional frame-by-frame animation. You're not squandering it, but you're certainly not nurturing it, either. That black and white thing of the guy punching the other guy has no place in a professional demo reel. Not to mention positive attention from prospective employers is never going to flourish if your demo reel is located exclusively on entertainment sites.
A demo reel should represent the best you're capable of, and in that capacity, this is almost embarrassingly amatuerish. You're not a novice. You've been doing flash for years. Act like it.
Hey, the Lock Legion thing had some good animation in it, dammit.
And I do put these things on more sites than just NG, I also put it on my personal site, where people can view it if they're interested.
Rated 1.5 / 5 stars March 15, 2007
Look.
Just because you can predict what the negative fan response is going to be doesn't mean they aren't legitimate complaints. You don't fix flaws just by acknowledging them, you fix them by fucking fixing them. I don't have to tell you it was too short. YOU told ME it was too short. How do you remedy something that? Make it fucking longer, that's how.
And the eyepatch, the exploding bear? To get us to buy the book? Weak, man. Even the guys who did Broken Saints didn't stoop to that. They offered a complete overhaul of the original series on the DVDs. You cut out part of the series, and tell us we get the rest if we pay you for you.
You want us to buy your wares, then you need to give us something, and promise more, not give us half of something and promise the rest.
I'm not saying you owe anyone shit, but you can't expect us to not only suck your dick, but throw money at you, when instead of being nice and apologetic for when you come up short, you're an asshole about it, then and you turn around and tell us we have to give you money if we want to understand what's happening in the series. That's bullshit.