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Bus Kong
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Commemorating the end of the London Routemaster bus commuter service, "Bus Kong" is an animation that exploits the iconography of the Routemaster, London and a certain giant ape movie.
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44 Comments
gregbutler1
This is brilliant. Can't believe I'm the first to comment on it. I've just watched all ten or so of the films so far and this is easily my favorite. I'm giving it 5 stars and a right thumbs up.
May 1, 2008
Report this commentjukesy
I love this film - very topical too, especially for today!
May 2, 2008
Report this commentNick
Great stuff. Very funny - and I'm in Birmingham where we don't have Ken or Routemasters!
May 2, 2008
Report this commentjimmyfish
Why is the Routemaster gone? Why? Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?! Ken has been a good Mayor but he has blotted his copybook despatching the rouemaster. I live near Manchester and have only ever been to London three times in my life.
May 2, 2008
Report this commentTony
The most efficient bus transport EVER - ANYWHERE , but it was done down by the H&S angle - that having a jump on and jump off was deemed unsafe - rather than like so much in life being left to the individual to decide and take account of their own responsibility and risk - thank you risk assessors!
May 2, 2008
Report this commentBri
Absolutely brilliant. Loved the subtle touches too.
May 2, 2008
Report this commentjava
I have never liked the man sinced he danced with pete O'burns on big brother...ken Galloway...Pah!! I speet on him....
May 2, 2008
Report this commentBen
Brilliant animation! I loved the Routemasters and travelled on them for many years. I hope we will see them return with modifications in the near future. London buses really do need conductors back on board. Java, i don't know what sort of TV set you have got, but it appears you are picking up an extra-terrestial channel! I think you may have meant GEORGE GALLOWAY dancing with PETE BURNS...?!?!?
...now there's another subject! Perhaps you only wrote that in order to get a response. Well you succeeded!!!
May 3, 2008
Report this commentPeter
What a @#*!ty little reactionary film! Romance the routemaster, sort of learn a bit of low grade graphics and you can make like a little film, yeah! And, like, it's political, innit?
May 3, 2008
Report this commentwoody
The Routemaster,everybody's favourite except for Peter, the great illiterate and well known typists error.The ex mayor was well known for spending and wasting the tax payers money on the Mercedes Fireball and the most dangerous public vehicle on the road. Bring back a real bus Boris.
May 3, 2008
Report this commentvitessemonamour
I love it! Brilliant, witty film. Ken did a few good things as Mayor, but killing off the iconic Routemaster and replacing it with the lethal bendy-bus (as a London cyclist I can tell you they scare the *&%*$ out of me) made his demise inevitable. Now for the Boris Show! Whole new ways to appal us no doubt. Maybe sitting in a winged swivel chair, stroking a white Persian cat...
May 3, 2008
Report this commentSarah
Fantastic; brilliant; should be shown in cinemas across the country; very funny; loved the control panels. Less "king kong" though and more "Monty Python"!
May 9, 2008
Report this commentJay
Am I the only one here that thinks this is terrible? A geniune assault on the eyes and mind. I'm tired of seeing people use the vectorise function on macromedia flash to give consistency to an otherwise lacklustre piece. Fine, it's a comment on the situation with buses in london, and thus people who are in london and lament the buses identify with it. This does not a good short make.
May 10, 2008
Report this commentWhitehorseproductions
George age ten said he loved it.
The way you changed it from king kong to bus kong.
p.s you rock
May 10, 2008
Report this commentstella
pointless its just a F-ing BUS?! The music and graphics are @#*!e and the concept is too...blurgggh
I prefer bendy buses anyway-haha you can blag them free.
May 10, 2008
Report this commentJohn
Great work, and reminds me of when Beaching closed the railways. They will be sorry
May 12, 2008
Report this commentblah
I'm with Jay. This is awful, cheap, nasty rubbish I'm afriad.
It looks horrible and the story is actually out of date now anyway. I really hated it and can't understand all the positive feedback - are you all blind? (or just friends of the "animator"?)
May 15, 2008
Report this commentkiel
Ok good animation if your still in school, a good attempt.
Otherwise if your old enough to vote, i should give up.
May 16, 2008
Report this commentDirectoroli
awesome!!
look at my stuff please!!
May 16, 2008
Report this commentjamie101
hey directoroli i looked at urs it quite cool so is this one hey guys u should also after watching this one look at directoroli's its cool like this one
May 17, 2008
Report this commentThe Critic
what a pointless little film
May 18, 2008
Report this commentThe Queen
I love this. It's genuinely funny with some brilliant touches. And it's political without being heavy handed.
May 20, 2008
Report this commentBooble
Some nice touches in this, especially Ken's push-button panels. I agree with others that the animation is, obviously, pretty straightforward (not to mention the keyboard score), but then it does give it a sort of Monty Python / Soviet propaganda fusion feel that is entertaining in its naiveté.
May 20, 2008
Report this commentDymondo
Sorry to be annoying, the reason why routemaster buses stoppd ws because a lot of the bus conductors were being beaten/stabbed/assaulted on duty.
(My dad is a bus garage manager)
OTHER THAN THIS, I LOVE THE VIDEO
Its brilliant to see a video on a much lowe budget than the rest be so much better.
May 21, 2008
Report this commentmoog
didn't really do a lot for me I'm afraid
May 21, 2008
Report this commentD
full of british humor, seems like the author had a tooth against London's mayor. good execution. i like.
May 22, 2008
Report this commentwill
This is awful - tired idea, horribly executed.
May 23, 2008
Report this commentI think you got your politics in my film competition.
honestly this hurt my eyes more than goatse.
May 27, 2008
Report this commentMettamaniaC
exactly, why is ther need for extremey long, slightly bendy bus's in a narrow built up city.
just looked at a one of the comments that doesnt seem to like it, these are the people who make these kind of decisions! anywho, i like it, simple yet straight, smooth and a nice style. mmm!
.K
May 28, 2008
Report this commentMettamaniaC
exactly, why is ther need for extremey long, slightly bendy bus's in a narrow built up city.
just looked at a one of the comments that doesnt seem to like it, these are the people who make these kind of decisions! anywho, i like it, simple yet straight, smooth and a nice style. mmm!
.K
May 28, 2008
Report this commentLiam
i liked the graphics, very simple but effective, however hated the music, and didn't particularly understand what was going on. I understand it was a form of mick take of king kong (i think peter jacksons version was a suitably bad enough version) yet maybe its because ive never seen the busses or have any idea what went on with it. found it to be mundane, if the same style (cut outs or however it was made) was applied to a different story line set maybe further into the past then it could have been very effective
May 28, 2008
Report this commentSorry but very boring and strung out.
May 29, 2008
Report this commentDave
Terry Gilliam you are not. ok effort, well put together but content and really annyoing sounds let u down
June 4, 2008
Report this commentviv
this is animation not a film!! you should enter for animation films!!
June 13, 2008
Report this commentSpike
Very poor, sorry!
June 28, 2008
Report this commentthadon
dont agree with viv, so you're saying that stuff like toy story and shrek aint films? lol. all in all was ok. but dont think ken will be pleased using his face in it
June 30, 2008
Report this commentScarTissueFilms
This was a good effort I thought. The highlight for me was the part with Red Ken and his buttons of doom.
June 30, 2008
Report this commentThe Dim Reaper
zzzzzzzz how is this top rated?
July 1, 2008
Report this commentok, nice colours, but the story... hmmm... you obviously don't remember the @#*! capacity of the route master and that it was impossible to get on a bus during rush hour pre bendy bus.
July 2, 2008
Report this commentmanalivestudios
Not being from London, I didn't really get too excited about the subject matter, but I could appreciate the humour (especially the mayor's buttons) and enjoyed it. Check out our entry - called "Mr. Alice" - and let us know what you think!
July 2, 2008
Report this commentJan Tozer
I like it! I like it a lot! Jan.
July 3, 2008
Report this commentValkrye
i liked the way it was done. could have been better ways of delivering it though. you have bits and bobs of ideas from other films: 'king kong' for the theme to it, and i even heard a slight reminiscence from star wars when ken appeared (musically) plus is ken happy for you to post his face on here. think you need permission for that sort of thing. still, i can see the flaws but still think it was good.
July 7, 2008
Report this commentMandy
gash!! Utter @#*!ing rubbish, Who cares about that @#*!ing bus. "Oh wow I remember that bus it was great" Bollocks you remember. You just think you have to like it because it seems art house to you. But its not! It actually made me want to eat my own face with a @#*! encrusted shovel. Get a proper job Bum face and stop wasting our time with this clap trap.
July 10, 2008
Report this commenthuh
this stinks!
it's the ugliest piece of animation I've seen in a long, long time.
July 16, 2008
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