The Astérix Gaming Guild: spoofy-goofs

Spinecone

the ellipse ones were, also meh from what i recall

Martyste Tendertail

I mean that's the best you can get tho...

Spinecone

yup..

Martyste Tendertail

I've been looking through AtG and couldn't find the exact finger pointing, but I'm sure I eventually will...

Martyste Tendertail

Basically, Belvision's animation is easy to identify: characters walking with only moving their legs ( the of the body is frozen ), long chase/run on repeating backgrounds, characters talking with occasional rotations of their head like a clock, and... finger pointing...

Stinkek

Apparently AtG wasn't even meant to get a theatrical release, it was planned to be shown on TV

Stinkek

Fuck this moving camera, I'm gonna be sick https://youtu.be/OrCqjIVP2bg?t=134

Spinecone

oh god

PegPeregoGaucho

Download Hello-darkness-my-old-friend_2.mp4:

Spinecone

Stinkek

Tenor GIF

Martyste Tendertail

Okay something is CLEARLY wrong with this "remaster"?

Martyste Tendertail

By remaster I simply mean a cleaner image that has certainly be cropped to 16:9

Martyste Tendertail

I also know that the few last seconds of A and Cleopatra's opening sequence were at some point cut before being restored again.

Martyste Tendertail

https://youtu.be/hidz8Z2cI-k?t=209

Martyste Tendertail

Look closely. This fades into black before going back to the live scene

Martyste Tendertail

This is what my TV channels would show in the 2010s

Martyste Tendertail

But, on VHS and what i believe to be the last master...

Martyste Tendertail

https://youtu.be/cpkMsoU0Cd4?t=213

Martyste Tendertail

Here, you can see the *full* sketch to color to animation transition

#spoofy-goofs