Written on 2:20 AM by William
So here I am, watching the best commercials the TV has to offer (which are on the Discovery Channel if you are wondering since it is the #1 most watched Cable channel and is in fact channel #3 on the TV making it even more accessible than NBC, ABC, or CBS) such as the "Orkin Roach Pizza" one; which if you have ever been blessed enough to see this commercial, it is pure greatness. So I'm watching the tube (which is sort of ironic considering I actually am watching on a Plasma TV and thus there is no CRT tube to speak of...) when one of those E-surance commercials pops on and ruins my entire viewing experience. You know what I am talking about, the one where Dave or Jason or John, the overweight, bald, bearded guy who sums up this great nation of ours in a single appearance (which there are enough side notes in this post already that I'll stay clear of that topic), says that he is now "animated" for E-surance and suddenly becomes Honey I Shrunk the Kids zapped and changes into an animated character...
Well this is all fine and dandy, except this horrible actor that I just saw playing this "actual customer" becomes an alright animated character. And that is why I am writing this blog. See, it must be ridiculously easy to voice for animations. I mean, everyone speaks with inflection and dramatization in our world, that way we as human beings will be liked and viewed living an interesting life. Because the difference between live action and animation is the expression, or lack there of, on the human face as something occurs. In animation all you have to do is say the lines with proper inflection, the artists draw, and now computer animate, the actions that go along with what you said in face and body. So simple 2 year olds are able to accomplish it behind the walls of a sound stage, where they can rarely hope for a good performance on screen as 2 year olds are completely un-reliable.
So, call me crazy, or call me Will, but the fact that this Mr. Smith on the E-surance commercial (and i recently saw one with a Mrs. Smith who also seems to sum up the true american woman of the silent masses as LBJ said) was suddenly a passable character on this sub-par advertisement really made me discredit the acting abilities of any animated character before. Sure, sure, there are some where i feel as if they are real like in Finding Nemo and Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear, but other than those rare occasions, it seems like any old schmo can get paid great gobs of money to buy his favorite snacks and get only larger from too many ever-lasting gobstoppers, without any real marketable talent.
Even after saying all of this though, I must say, go get 'em John.
Written on 1:06 AM by William
Since all of my friends created there own sites in order to have something that the few will read, and even less will relate too, I decided to do the same thing, and live the delusional lie that you will read everything I have to say. I mean, isn't getting lost in the warm loving world of sharing ones most inner thoughts to the masses without the fear of repercussion fun? Yeah, we are all taken by it as we sit here and look on Myspace and Facebook stalking our friends into seeing how they communicate with others from the safety of their computer chair. Amazing is the comfort a firewall gives you from the rest of the world.
Anyway, away from my rant and back to the beginning of my masterful blog; please, stay tuned as I try to think of something interesting for you to read, and completely fabricate it from true events.
PS
Shane, I'm sorry i ripped off your style, but you used the best one, so I'm not really that sorry
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