SLAYER TO FANS: “ANYONE WANNA WATCH SOME PICTURES SORT OF MOVE?”
Monday, November 2nd, 2009 at 10:00am by Axl RosenbergSo of course I’m loving Slayer’s latest, World Painted Blood. But I won’t be eating a bag of crow over my prediction that the accompanying bonus DVD, “Playing with Dolls,” was going to suck. I’ve seen it now (well, some of it – I couldn’t make it all the way through out of sheer boredom), and despite the involvement of Metalocalypse director Mark Brooks, it is, indeed, lamer than Jason Suecof’s legs.
Are the people who made this aware that in 2009 we can give the illusion of actual movement through pictures that pass by at a fairly quick rate – say, twenty-four frames per second? I have to assume that this news someone never reached them – or that they thought this whole “video-graphic novel” style would somehow make the whole thing spookier. In which they were just wrong. Also, I don’t know if the music from World Painted Blood could have been any more awkwardly shoe-horned into this thing.
Watch it below, if the two previous paragraphs didn’t deter you. It was only s’posed to be on MySpace for a weekend, but of course someone got it up on YouTube – so check it out right quick, before the Slawyers get involved.
Part two is after the jump. And then tomorrow I’ll have my review of World Painted Blood.
-AR
Bloody embarrassing. Deluxe edition fail.
I can’t believe they dragged this out to almost 20 minutes.
fuck all you…for a band who’s been around 20+ years this is better than anything i’ve seen out now buy any shitty metal band….
this is the most original way i have ever seen a band sample there new songs to fans…
this shit is nuts…
I watched it until the end and it was so bad i felt ashamed for the band…
Oh, and the “revolutionary” animation style is a total ripoff of the Max Payne videogame cinematics, too
axl, you did better than me. i made it 1:16, which was 36 seconds after i realized there would be no redeeming qualities to this.
Thanks god the album is pretty decent and confirms that Slayer can still make records, this video is awful though : p
I actually thought it was pretty cool, but probably not something I would watch twice. This would have served much better released online as an album preview than an accompanying DVD.
Poor execution.
I’m a graphic artist and I do this for a living. This was badly done, poor execution is well said CrapMcPoopin. And the actors are just awful – even in a photograph they suck. I’m glad I got to see this before buying that crap – it is just completely ridiculous. There’s not even a real story there, just a lame kill after another lame kill. That director should stick with what he does best – that is animated comedy. This isn’t dark, this isn’t evil – it’s pure shit.
At first I was intrigued – the opening starkness – horror-in-daylight ala Cronenberg. However, after watching the entire thing (almost twice…did I miss some underlying quality?), I wandered off with the thought that as a story board it’s pretty cool. Hard to believe that this is the finished video; It could have been so much more than it is.
These guys had the chance to put together the ultimate slasher cum psychofied psychological mind fuck, but failed. Damnit! This video could have been “Death. Is. Fucking you insane”. I wanted to be fucked insane, but all I got was a weak willed handjob. And then I ended up watching a film called “May”. Talk about playing with dolls – “May” gets it mostly right.
I’ll say this tough – Chapter 7 is fuckin hilarious.
Well, that saved me the money of buying the special edition.
I could only make it to chapter 3 before I taped out. And you’re right, the music feels forced in there. It would have been better if there were voices instead of the music, but then it wouldn’t be slayer related.
“lamer than Jason Suecof’s legs.”
thats fucked up
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good think i got to see this before i decided to pay extra for it. wasnt bad, but not worht extras cash
album still rocks though
*thing
also that reminded me of max payne as well.
the awesome game, not the horrid movie.
This reminded me of the horrid movie, not the awesome game.
My intern has better After Effects skills.
Dear word,
“Graphic Novel”, still life type movies and videos suck. I don’t give a fuck who you are. Thanks.
*world.
Chapter 7 was funny as hell, but the rest sucked donkey balls. It could have been so much better, whoever did this completely half assed it bigtime.
Suck. Fail. Suckfail.
what is the moral of the story kids? thats write; don’t kill mommies cause if you do their kids will go fucking insane!
Heh, nice use of Reason synths before the SLAYER starts up – I’d know those sounds anywhere!
The video was more humorous than scary. I had a pretty hearty laugh at the Rube Goldberg-ian Chapter 7, as well as at the end of Chapter 10. Leprosy pretty much hit it on the head (with a giant cross).
That said, I was definitely enjoying the song clips. I’m kind of getting a Divine Intervention pt. 2 vibe, except with Lombardo on drums this time. Works for me!
I’m no Slayer fan, but I don’t hate them. Seriously though, what the hell is up with the Death Magnetic production on this album?
Also, these videos are hilariously bad.
I made it until the song started. The attacker looked constipated, and the female looked like she was trying desperately not to laugh. Utter crap.
“lamer than Jason Suecof’s legs.”
+1
only thing lamer than this is no new Crotchduster album. I can’t believe Slayer put their name on this crap.
Boo! What a piece of shit video!
not that bad. not like its The Spirit or anything
It’s about on par with Six Feet Under’s “Amerika The Brutal.” By no means a compliment.
So glad I only paid $10 for the regular album. That video was laughably bad