Comments on: A brief history of pretty much everything, animated via flipbook http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 00:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-711431 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-711431 Wow that's so cool! Wow that’s so cool!

]]> By: EMJ http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-711699 EMJ Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-711699 No women, all human history violent. Says something, doesn't it? No women, all human history violent. Says something, doesn’t it?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-711974 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-711974 I saw a lot of Monty Python influence in it... At first I thought it was going one way with the three wise men, but then it turns to the absurd. Gotta love that! I saw a lot of Monty Python influence in it… At first I thought it was going one way with the three wise men, but then it turns to the absurd. Gotta love that!

]]> By: JoshP http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-712007 JoshP Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-712007 pimping the old(non-relatively) Gibson short story "Red Star, Winter Orbit." Cuz, tech will cheapen, tech will improve, science will happen, things will evolve, eventually masses that did not have expensive complicated items will have them. This is almost a historical truism. In 1200 no one would have given two figs if you thought that the English would eventually land a colony on a rumored, perhaps mythic, perhaps theologically impossible continent west of Europe. Guess what... it happened. Sadly, it probably won't happen in my lifetime. Eh. But it will happen, given no zombie apocalypse. pimping the old(non-relatively) Gibson short story “Red Star, Winter Orbit.” Cuz, tech will cheapen, tech will improve, science will happen, things will evolve, eventually masses that did not have expensive complicated items will have them. This is almost a historical truism. In 1200 no one would have given two figs if you thought that the English would eventually land a colony on a rumored, perhaps mythic, perhaps theologically impossible continent west of Europe. Guess what… it happened.
Sadly, it probably won’t happen in my lifetime. Eh. But it will happen, given no zombie apocalypse.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-712799 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-712799 Holy crap this is absolutely awesome!!! Holy crap this is absolutely awesome!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-712289 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-712289 Fantastic......... Fantastic………

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-711803 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-711803 Thanks! You just wrote my social studies curriculum for the year! Woo hoo! Hue Thanks! You just wrote my social studies curriculum for the year! Woo hoo!
Hue

]]> By: ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-711293 ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-711293 Here is animation on a similar theme by Bruno Bozetto... <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PLlsjyhbLU">Bolero Part One</A> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y71HAeHjdNA">Bolero Part Two</A> Here is animation on a similar theme by Bruno Bozetto…

Bolero Part One
Bolero Part Two

]]> By: wafna http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-711551 wafna Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-711551 Also reminiscent of Saul Bass's "Why Man Creates" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nHOWkfGFsk Also reminiscent of Saul Bass’s “Why Man Creates”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nHOWkfGFsk

]]> By: benher http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-712331 benher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-712331 At least he was correct in that both events are predated by the Spartan kicking of the Great Pyramid at Giza is accurate. At least he was correct in that both events are predated by the Spartan kicking of the Great Pyramid at Giza is accurate.

]]> By: evancairo http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-711308 evancairo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-711308 this makes it seem like the entirety of the history of the universe contains nothing but the domination and subjugation of one group by another and that the only advancements life has made were to level up their tools of destruction and domination. seems kind of ironic that this historical journey of death and domination was made using ART and MUSIC!!! so yeah, the hopey changey thing is doing just fine for me right now.... this makes it seem like the entirety of the history of the universe contains nothing but the domination and subjugation of one group by another and that the only advancements life has made were to level up their tools of destruction and domination. seems kind of ironic that this historical journey of death and domination was made using

ART and MUSIC!!!

so yeah, the hopey changey thing is doing just fine for me right now….

]]> By: hungryghost http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-711309 hungryghost Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-711309 Perfect example of silence being used so effectively at the end of the dinosaur age, in addition to just about everything else in that animation. Perfect example of silence being used so effectively at the end of the dinosaur age, in addition to just about everything else in that animation.

]]> By: GreenStockings http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-711576 GreenStockings Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-711576 Uh... so "everything" is just Western Europe, right? Seriously BoingBoing, the animation is cool, but a little bit of critical thought would be nice, too. Uh… so “everything” is just Western Europe, right?

Seriously BoingBoing, the animation is cool, but a little bit of critical thought would be nice, too.

]]> By: arkizzle / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-711322 arkizzle / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-711322 I LOLed a few times :) I LOLed a few times :)

]]> By: Sug4rFree http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-711323 Sug4rFree Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-711323 Wondering if someone will realize the sound effects were taken from TF2 and if youtube will cut the sound for copyright. Wondering if someone will realize the sound effects were taken from TF2 and if youtube will cut the sound for copyright.

]]> By: Felton http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-711328 Felton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-711328 Oh, yes! From <i>Allegro non Troppo</i>, right? Oh, yes! From Allegro non Troppo, right?

]]> By: Felton http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-711330 Felton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-711330 So, if you count <i>Fantasia</i>, we have three soundtracks for the history of life on Earth, the Rite of Spring, the Bolero, and the Can-Can. Somehow the Can-Can works best for my twisted worldview. :-) So, if you count Fantasia, we have three soundtracks for the history of life on Earth, the Rite of Spring, the Bolero, and the Can-Can. Somehow the Can-Can works best for my twisted worldview. :-)

]]> By: scifijazznik http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-711338 scifijazznik Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-711338 magnifique! magnifique!

]]> By: Talia http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-711341 Talia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-711341 Pity the "humankind reaching out to the stars" part of it seems to be going the way of the Dodo. *sigh* Pity the “humankind reaching out to the stars” part of it seems to be going the way of the Dodo.

*sigh*

]]> By: erzatsen http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-711855 erzatsen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-711855 <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Angelo_Bronzino_001.jpg">Cupid's Foot</a> at the end is a nice touch. Cupid’s Foot at the end is a nice touch.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-711345 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-711345 Bravo!!!!!!!!! Bravo!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Itsumishi http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-711348 Itsumishi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-711348 If you pause at about the 2.38 mark you can see one very phallic looking mushroom cloud. If you pause at about the 2.38 mark you can see one very phallic looking mushroom cloud.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-711349 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-711349 Apparently, no sex or women involved in the history of everything...a fine exercise in symbolic annihilation Apparently, no sex or women involved in the history of everything…a fine exercise in symbolic annihilation

]]> By: gman http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-711359 gman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-711359 Well played, stegosaurus... Well played, stegosaurus…

]]> By: dwgs http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-711615 dwgs Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-711615 Damn, some of you people are cranky for a Friday. I'll be showing my kids after school, they'll love it, thanks. As for all you cranky old farts, since the weekend is upon us that should give you time to get started on your own version. Damn, some of you people are cranky for a Friday. I’ll be showing my kids after school, they’ll love it, thanks.
As for all you cranky old farts, since the weekend is upon us that should give you time to get started on your own version.

]]> By: Felton http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-711366 Felton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-711366 Anon@12: History is written by the wieners. Anon@12: History is written by the wieners.

]]> By: Gloria http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-711628 Gloria Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-711628 Well, I'm not really feeling cranky, looking as it's a long weekend coming up, but I think technically Caesar's assassination comes *before* the Three Wise Men ... (That was my shrill pedant moment of the day; I still have my cranky old fart card to play!) Well, I’m not really feeling cranky, looking as it’s a long weekend coming up, but I think technically Caesar’s assassination comes *before* the Three Wise Men …

(That was my shrill pedant moment of the day; I still have my cranky old fart card to play!)

]]> By: kmoser http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-711379 kmoser Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-711379 This is brilliant. I can't imagine how much time it took to draw each of those frames. Sure, some are quite simple, but at, say, 18fps, that 3 minute film took about 3,000 individual drawings. Some of the war fighting reminds me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSBP8IqG8DM This is brilliant. I can’t imagine how much time it took to draw each of those frames. Sure, some are quite simple, but at, say, 18fps, that 3 minute film took about 3,000 individual drawings.

Some of the war fighting reminds me of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSBP8IqG8DM

]]> By: Grey Devil http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-711932 Grey Devil Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-711932 Haha, i immediately recognized the TF2 sounds :B *nerd* Haha, i immediately recognized the TF2 sounds :B *nerd*

]]> By: Li5y http://boingboing.net/2010/02/11/a-brief-history-of-p-1.html#comment-712957 Li5y Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-712957 Awesome stuff! I counted 3 vocals from the Team Fortress 2 Heavy. Haha which only made it better Awesome stuff! I counted 3 vocals from the Team Fortress 2 Heavy. Haha which only made it better

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