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THAC X - The Grand Stratagem
Our entry to THAC X. Special thanks to our family, who supported us all the way and ultimately kept us from falling asleep.
Wow. This is crazy good.
This is a good film as it is, it makes it so much more surprising and cool that you guys made this in under 24 hours. Crazy.
It didn't seem like there was a lot of actual stop motion, but that didn't take away from the film at all, because the digital effects were so well done. Nice work!
The scrolling text was from "The Matrix", right? That was pretty cool.
Wow, that was awesome!
Dang!! Great job! That was really well done!
I envy anyone and everyone who can knock a film out in 24 hours that looks like they spent a long hard week working painstakingly at it.
I do wish there was more of a pay-off. I was half-expecting some kind of punchline - but that's probably just my silly mind mis-interpreting things again. The ending still worked to an excellent effect; I was actually terrified by the end of it.
I was almost expecting the punch line to be:
My Little Pony playing on the TV set 
But I like what you did because it makes the ending more open to interpretation.
I was almost expecting the punch line to be:
Spoiler (click to read)
My Little Pony playing on the TV set
Oh, that would have been HILARIOUS!
This was definitely one of my favorite entries. The music, the lighting, the voicing... everything came together beautifully in such a dramatic way. I hope you do well in the contest!
Walter Benson wrote:I was almost expecting the punch line to be:
Spoiler (click to read)
My Little Pony playing on the TV set
Oh, that would have been HILARIOUS!
This was definitely one of my favorite entries. The music, the lighting, the voicing... everything came together beautifully in such a dramatic way. I hope you do well in the contest!
OH MAN YES!
Someone should make an edit of that.
Brick7 wrote:Walter Benson wrote:I was almost expecting the punch line to be:
Spoiler (click to read)
My Little Pony playing on the TV set
Oh, that would have been HILARIOUS!
This was definitely one of my favorite entries. The music, the lighting, the voicing... everything came together beautifully in such a dramatic way. I hope you do well in the contest!
OH MAN YES!
Someone should make an edit of that.
That would be amazing. Please make a version with that. Haha 
Again, wonderful film and I love the ending as you made it because of how open it is. Films that make me think are usually the best. Nice work!
Your guys' wish is my command: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcGdPGSs … e=youtu.be
Enjoy! I've also added the link at the top of the page.
Your guys' wish is my command: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcGdPGSs … e=youtu.be
20% cooler.
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That was really cool!
Thanks for making it for us.
YOU GUYS ARE SO GREAT!
Your guys' wish is my command: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcGdPGSs … e=youtu.be
Uuuh, there...much better .
I noticed there were many great entries this year at Thac. This is one of them. Really, it's impressive, I don't know how most of you guys are able to make such things in less than 24 hours.
The Grand Stratagem has a cool concept, and you gotta love aliens. I was not completely blown away, though... don't get me wrong, the sound and cinematography were good, and I really like the story and narrating. How did you get Alan Rickman to voice for your film!? 
I am not a big fan of the whole digitalness of the film, though: almost every shot was pretty manipulated digitally, whether it be compositing, over-the-top colour correction or more complicated CG effects. I think this really hurt the physical aspects of the film, though: there is hardly any physical animation to speak of (which I personally think should be central in a brickfilm), and it feels like it's only one step away from being a computer-animated film. Ultimately I feel that the film's good sides don't weigh up against this. Nonetheless, The Grand Stratagem certainly is worthy of a spot in the top 20.
I love the digital parts of the film.
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