Comments on: Mars! by Joe Bichard and Jack Cunningham

By: Tom Cushwa

Tom Cushwa — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 11:29:59 +0000

Simple well done animation.

As far as BP is concerned: They want to privatize the profits and socialize the risks. We are going to asked to clean up the mess in the end. And… the disaster is getting bigger by the second!

Thanks Amid for making the connection.

By: Juan Bauty

Juan Bauty — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:47:38 +0000

A Masterpiece. Impressive.

By: Carl Russo

Carl Russo — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:02:14 +0000

Actually choked up watching this film. But really, Mr. Breneman, do you believe that BP execs seek to “provide a valuable product to [their] customers around the world at an economical price?” Sucker born every minute, I guess.

Have you not read any of the readily-available revelations about BP’s criminal past, deliberately lies, cheating, cutting corners on testing and fudging of results, baseless safety guarantees, deadly safety record, and disgusting attempts to downplay and distract from the apocalyptic disaster they have created?

Or how the Mineral Management Service, stacked with oil industry execs, was on the take to approve drilling projects and ignore safety standards? What about the billions in bonuses BP wants to pass out for FIRST-QUARTER profits while the southern states are decimated for decades to come?

BP put the bulk of their investments into deeper drilling and a pittance into cleanup technologies. They drilled ever deeper, relying on backup plans that failed many times before in shallower oil spills.

CORPORATIONS DO NOT CARE. The multinationals consider natural disasters, injuries and mass deaths (Bhopal, anyone?) as the cost of doing business.

The proof is in the black-tar pudding coating our beaches and killing our seas. No, the BP exec wakes up and says, “How much fucking money can I possibly make without getting caught?”

Mr. Schnier kills me, too: “Evil people in society don’t think that they are doing evil. They’re just doing their jobs and going about their business.” That’s a defense? Murderers are similarly self-justified. That’s why we remove them from society.

Really, the moral bankruptcy, lack of reason, critical laziness and willful ignorance of the libertarian mindset is incapable of recognizing the terrible truth in a work like “Mars!”

And there’s no car in my driveway, doc.

By: Avro Merrick

Avro Merrick — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:34:00 +0000

yeah christy…i’d love to see your animations though.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:53:08 +0000

ok so i watched this while accidentally listening to Brand New’s “welcome to bangkok” i got really excited because i thought it was the soundtrack for the clip. it works PERFECTLY, changes the vibe quite a bit, but still awesome! try it out!

By: christy

christy — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:00:51 +0000

@chris and maik:
yea-i mean its a cool film, and i don’t want to sound like a jerk but i’d go even further than ‘inspired’…the titles, the ‘wind’ the footsteps, the sound design…very very ‘inspired’ by ‘please say something’ indeed!

By: Maik

Maik — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:44:19 +0000

@Chris yeah it looks very influenced by Please Say Something, even the wind animation!

By: David Montgomery

David Montgomery — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:29:42 +0000

Well with BP there was Alaska, Texas, Toledo, Lake Michigan, and then the Gulf ( a foreseeable risk given Ixtoc). J ust because other oil companies might have even worse safety standards I don’t think they get a pass.

So because of that car in my driveway I think the film and any criticism of BP is fair and I’m trying to drive it less everyday.