How Um Jammer Lammy Preserves Art Through Paper

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  • čas přidán 9. 09. 2024
  • link to rodney greenblat's art blog ▶whimsyload.com
    welcome back to aesthetic analysis in the year 2018: to kick it off, I take a look at an artstyle that has always appealed to me - the paper aesthetic from Um Jammer Lammy - and why I think it works.
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Komentáře • 70

  • @altlor
    @altlor Před 6 lety +221

    She definitely needs a sequel.

    • @TuxerTuxar
      @TuxerTuxar Před 3 lety +4

      Yeah

    • @miko3306
      @miko3306 Před 3 lety +7

      *It's been... 22... years...*
      *I.... I.... ;(*

    • @legomann3985
      @legomann3985 Před 3 lety +6

      Or a remastered game

    • @andershayes8498
      @andershayes8498 Před 3 lety

      Pro tip: you can watch series on Kaldrostream. I've been using them for watching loads of movies these days.

    • @bishopjared1078
      @bishopjared1078 Před 3 lety

      @Anders Hayes yea, have been watching on kaldrostream for since december myself :)

  • @NewWaveEnthusiast
    @NewWaveEnthusiast Před 3 lety +63

    Someone actually appreciating Rodney's artwork makes me happy. His art is very charming and underrated.

  • @YoMothar
    @YoMothar Před 3 lety +50

    Fun fact: Rodney Greenblat also made the album cover for the band They Might Be Giants' first album.

  • @ZarbtheBard
    @ZarbtheBard Před 6 lety +79

    This was a good analysis, the paper style is really unique, and I'm honestly surprised more games didn't try to utilize it or something like that.

  • @Squiddyyy
    @Squiddyyy Před 4 lety +32

    Thank you for the Rodney Greenbalt link! For some reason he's rarely mentioned when looking up the games. This was a really good analysis how Um Jammer Lammy mixed 2D and 3D together into a wacky, surreal cartoon! Definitely needs more attention!

  • @mageyplss
    @mageyplss Před 2 lety +8

    When I was little my music class had an Um Jammer Lammy poster, & the more I think about it the stranger it feels, because they had no Parappa posters as if they had no idea Parappa existed, & also because where I lived, our version of the game featured a stage that literally takes place in Hell, thus it has a Teen rating, as opposed to Parappa 1 & 2, which are more popular & child-friendly.

  • @therealseanw.stewart2071
    @therealseanw.stewart2071 Před 5 lety +20

    This game was beautiful. ~
    And the cut scenes were VERY MUCH ahead of their time for PlayStation 1!

  • @legoluigitime6635
    @legoluigitime6635 Před 3 lety +13

    She definetely needs an anime series

    • @sandystudios223
      @sandystudios223 Před rokem

      She’s so cut!!! It makes me wonder… are those weebs like me gonna create dojinshi of her?

  • @Eddies_Bra-att-ha-grejer
    @Eddies_Bra-att-ha-grejer Před 6 lety +47

    The cutscenes look great if you watch them on a high-quality CRT television like a Bang & Olufsen or a Sony Trinitron.

    • @PCIeTeam
      @PCIeTeam Před 3 lety

      You know Bang & Olufsen makes speakers, right?

    • @Eddies_Bra-att-ha-grejer
      @Eddies_Bra-att-ha-grejer Před 3 lety

      @@PCIeTeam Yes, but they also make and did make TVs. They even made cell phones at one point.

    • @spacecashier3915
      @spacecashier3915 Před 3 lety +1

      I just beat the game the other day on my friends trinitron and the game looked amazing

  • @TheBLBShow
    @TheBLBShow Před rokem +2

    I always felt UJL's Cutscenes are very underappriciated.
    They are so crazy and over the top and the frequent lammy reaction shots of whatever is going on really sell it.
    I wish there was an animated series that captures this weird charme. I image something along the lines of xavier renegade angel which took the weirdness and awkwardness of PS2 era cutscenes as an inspiration

  • @damnedtosuffer666
    @damnedtosuffer666 Před 6 lety +29

    Um Jammer Lammy, animation wise, is always better than Parappa the Rappa ^^ Will you be doing some gameplays of said game? I wanna see more Lammy action >w

  • @gamesternator6134
    @gamesternator6134 Před 6 lety +29

    I really don't want to say it but I actually have a crush on Lammy (used to when I was little)

    • @xandermartn4244
      @xandermartn4244 Před 5 lety

      @@FiveCellarsBelow I want Maggie Pesky to lay flesh-eating maggots in my brain myself:
      www.wattpad.com/709778239-the-buzz-on-how-maggie-pesky-got-fondled-by-flecko

    • @SoPap
      @SoPap Před 5 lety

      now you have a crush on jotaro kujo

    • @PlagueCure
      @PlagueCure Před 4 lety +4

      @@FiveCellarsBelow lammy is... 14

    • @FiveCellarsBelow
      @FiveCellarsBelow Před 4 lety +1

      @@PlagueCure I am also 14

    • @PlagueCure
      @PlagueCure Před 4 lety

      @@FiveCellarsBelow ok

  • @whiskerlickens7317
    @whiskerlickens7317 Před 6 lety +11

    1:22 T pose

  • @Kinzsters172
    @Kinzsters172 Před 6 lety +10

    Wow, another Um jammer Lammy video? Great vid Matt!

  • @sunettas9738
    @sunettas9738 Před 3 lety +4

    This was a really good analysis! It was nice to hear you talk in-depth about such a cool looking game

  • @matiasolivares5749
    @matiasolivares5749 Před 5 lety +4

    2:31 Dummy *t h i c c*

  • @cantrip7
    @cantrip7 Před rokem

    I really like this short overview format.

  • @mario-mario822
    @mario-mario822 Před 3 lety +1

    Definitely my fav🕹️ in the Parappa Universe and most fun. I'm glad these games exist. Someday the Parappa Toaster that burns his face on toast will be mine😂 I'm happy you pointed out the 3d in places 👟I never noticed because it all was put together so well.

  • @twelviebunnie
    @twelviebunnie Před 3 lety +3

    GOD DAMNIT ITS OOM ITS OOM SAY IT LIKE OOM JAMMER LAMMY STRANGLES YOU

    • @teewowa
      @teewowa Před 3 lety

      HELP

    • @joesmith457
      @joesmith457 Před 2 lety +1

      Uhh jammy lammer

    • @aagh8714
      @aagh8714 Před 2 lety

      OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM JAMMER LAMMY

    • @goopyhead
      @goopyhead Před 2 lety +1

      OOOOOOOM JAMMER LAMMY

    • @Vermy617
      @Vermy617 Před rokem

      OOM JAMMER LAMMY
      or
      UHM JAMMER LAMMY

  • @rjnuzzi1648
    @rjnuzzi1648 Před rokem

    Greenblatt reigns supreme

  • @AlesMsay
    @AlesMsay Před 5 lety +24

    Parappa 2 has the best animation

    • @deatlilies7927
      @deatlilies7927 Před 5 lety +13

      Maybe so but that's because it was made on the PS2. Um Jammer Lammy came out on the PS1 and he seemed to be focused on the PS1 era for comparisons.

    • @slickgamesinc.9002
      @slickgamesinc.9002 Před 2 lety

      ❌ 🧢

  • @thepotatowithhat
    @thepotatowithhat Před 2 lety +1

    Parappa is underrated

  • @chillykomasan7971
    @chillykomasan7971 Před 5 lety +1

    Jesus Lammy is fucking everywhere

  • @smashbros379ful
    @smashbros379ful Před 6 lety +3

    Hey man, it's been 6 months, wheres your 1 million subscriber special?

  • @coupballsstuff
    @coupballsstuff Před 4 lety +1

    1:20 *h i s i s t e r*

  • @Nikku4211
    @Nikku4211 Před 3 lety

    Nice, though you can say that games that rely excessively on sprites like Star Ocean 2 and Final Fantasy Tactics also preserve art this way.

  • @miken5261
    @miken5261 Před 6 lety +1

    O u o

  • @Imirui
    @Imirui Před rokem

    The fact about parappa translating to "Paper thin" isn't true. You can put "パラッパ" (parappa's japanese name" into google translate and it will turn up nothing. I do not know where this came from, but it isn't true. It's just his name.