Starlight Brigade: The Anthem of the Artist
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2021
- We can do it. We can win. We can do. This. Eugh.
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Special thanks to Toni Rodriguez from Moremoods for letting me use footage from Night Doom. Best director I’ve worked under in the physical world. Here’s his channel: / @tonyrodriguez8539
Here's that link to Doig & Swift's CZcams Channel: / @doigswift
The Credits font I used apparently didn't like it when I used Japanese characters for the names and stuff so to reiterate:
Fire Force is owned by あつしい おうくぼ (Atsushii Oukubo), Funimation and Studio David Production
Death Note is owned by つぐみ おば (Tsugumi Ohba), たけし おばた (Takeshi Obata), Viz Media and Studio Madhouse
I'll just link the SuperAni video here because it's a really cool video and I don't want to butcher the man's name: • 김정기 Kim Jung gi Drawin...
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Sorry for the Hiragana, my Kanji is terrible.
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Realized *WAY* too late that I forgot to specify that Patrick Stannard was the director of Magnum Bullets. I accidentally put that credit to Swift and Doig and that's neither accurate nor fair, I'll be including a formal apology at the end of my next video which should be out soon.
Also, thanks for all the support. I really appreciate it.
Director and Art Director of Starlight here! We wish we'd seen this fantastic video sooner. Thank you so much for making such a wonderful and touching analysis. There were points where we both cried while watching this. It's amazing to know that something that we all poured our hearts and souls into creating hit home with others, too. That's the best feeling in the world.
Keep flying! - Doig & Swift
I like how you made 4 mins feel like a freaking journey. How did you do that?
RIGHT!? KotLT are fuckin' wild
22:17
I'm like 99% sure Ninja Brian controls his ship by intimidating it.
Fair and reasonable. I'd move if he stared at me too.
"The dreams pursued through adversity with friends are always worth pursuing."
That is a magnificent and profound quote.
It’s criminal that this hasn’t gotten more attention. Ya crushed it, bud. Thanks for taking the time.
6:20 Oh hey look, the Black Tetrahedrons are back.
Eyes up, Guardian.
I never thought of the song that way, I usually just jam to it at work. This analysis really hit home for me. I realize that in my life, as a 19 year old, I've already kinda have given up. I don't have a lot of motivation to do anything. It's just work, barely do anything, sleep, repeat. After hearing this, I feel a bit more hopeful about life, overcoming hardships, and making something of myself. This analysis has genuinely opened my eyes. Thank you for making this.
This is one of the most inspirational videos I’ve ever seen. I’m only 19, but I’ve had my fair share of fear, depression and anxiety. I’m currently going to school for animation and have found friends, passion and even a lover! I’m still on my own path to getting my star back, but I feel I’m much closer than ever before. To any of you out there doubting yourself and struggling it gets better. With time, effort, and a shit load of breakdowns, but it gets better. Love you all
sobbing rn. starlight brigade is what made me want to pursue animation as a career when my orchestra teacher showed it to the class one day in my freshman year of high school-- now, in animation college, i finally understand why it lit that spark in me and why i keep coming back to it today. thank you for this!
Thank you for describing what I felt listening to this song. I tried to explain it to a few people and they still think I hang on to this music video because it looks nostalgic of 90s anime. It's much deeper than that, and as an artist myself, I connect with it as if it was about me and my journey.
Loved your passion and the insight. I've struggled with periods of depression in my life (diagnosed and medicated), and that line "halfway between black and grey" really hit me from the first time I heard it. Hope you tube works out for you, looking forward to more of your work.
This is so good. You put so much that I’ve thought about into words, and so much more I never even imagined. Amazing job
Gonna be real here, never noticed most of this, I just liked the song and went "oooo, wow, pretty colors go brrrrrr!".
I have only recently discovered Twrp and NSP, I had heard their songs occasionally cropping up on a Spotify playlist but the only recently really absorbed them. Listening to my parents house got me into the Proficy album which got me into the band etc etc.
Back story over, last week I discovered the Starlight Brigade music video. I loved it from the first bass beat and watched it over and over, but I kept asking myself “why does this make me cry?”
That you so much for answering that question and opening these new worlds to me.
I'm gonna cry, the energy in this! Starlight Brigade really is a beautiful video deserving of this analysis!
Thank you so much for making this video and putting it out there into the world. Your sharing of the video's message and your own reflections deeply touched me and were exactly what I needed to hear at this time in my life. I'm in the middle of something brave and challenging, but am starting to flail and feel the weight of how much the odds are against me because of my disability. The feeling of doom as you struggle in your own battle is almost unbearable, but somehow I keep stumbling on anyway. Your video moved me to tears today. It gave me a sense of hope and reminded me of the reason I'm doing this. Thank you for making a difference in my life today.
This is some “New Rockstars” level of video analysis! Very good. At first I knew nothing, cared nothing, but now I feel engaged and enlightened. Thank you for this video, UnholyBasil!
I can hear your passion. I will listen to this again when I need a pick me up.
I... Really needed to find this right now. A few months ago, I stumbled across Starlight Brigade's Music Video, on a whim more than anything, A friend of mine showed the song to me a couple years(?) ago now, and I instantly fell in love with it, but... I didn't really feel it, until I felt it through Strive's eyes. The same friend will attest to my instant obsession, but I couldn't put it into words until tonight. Until you pulled the words from my brain and my mouth. I... I don't know where I'm going with this, aside from, you've shown me a little bit more of that light inside me. It's still all there, it's still all mine to show the world, but you've made it shine a little bit more. Maybe convinced me to let it shine on others a little bit more. I don't know where you go from here, whether this youtube thing peters out, or becomes your job, or it just touches the hearts of those that need it, when you need to share, but whatever you do, where ever you go, always know, your words are not wasted. They will live inside my heart the way a piece of art only can. Where you press play on a 40 minute video, and it feels like hardly any time has passed at all by the end, and the only thing that's changed is you.
Your words do not fall on unlistening or uncaring ears. May you never forget that.
Thank you very much for your kind words, and also - said with love - fuck you for making me cry ;w;
THis is my thoughts put into words. Im currently getting into art school right now, and Starlight Brigade is the music of my dream.
I want to create something more, something that inspires others, just like the people who made this animation.
Just now finding your video. Starlight Brigade was a random find during a dark time in my life YEARS ago. Helped me overcome said dark time.
I really needed to find this video today. Thank you for this.
Great analysis! It's interesting to get another in-depth perspective on this music vid.
I've loved it since first seeing it; but my daughter (who's 2) has been obsessed with it for months! We get it on request sometimes multiple times a day. Every kid gets some music or movie they want played on repeat, but both my wife and I are thankful in this case it was something we actually enjoy listening to. Even at her age-just grasping the simple narrative and getting the broadest impression from the music-there is a holistic brilliance that captures the imagination and inspires.
In years to come, when the novelty wears off and she stops watching it so much, I hope she still remembers it fondly. Because you really could do worse than to look up to Starlight Brigade.
I found this video only after watching Starlight Brigade over and over. I discovered it in the recommended videos one night after watching 10,000 Lightyears. That song haunted me with its pain. Then I heard this and it nearly shattered me. It's a true song of power, created by true bards.
We declare where we stand and where we will go and what we will undertake with the oaths that we will swear. Our literature is steeped in oaths of this sort.
In brightest day, in blackest night,
No evil shall escape my sight.
Let those who worship Evil's might,
Beware my power, Green Lantern's Light!
In fearful day, in raging night,
With strong hearts full our souls ignite.
When all seems lost in the war of light,
Look to the stars, for hope burns bright!
Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination.
I will protect those who cannot protect themselves.
I will protect even those I hate, so long as it is right.
I accept that there will be those I cannot protect.
Before the Omnipotent Witness I promise never to lower the standard of the Galactic Patrol.
Oaths shape. Oaths define. Oaths inspire. Oaths empower. Oaths secure.
Both the Starlight Brigade and John Connor said similar to this: "The future is not set. There is no fate but what we make for ourselves."
We could do far worse than accept these ideas and these ideals. Or, to make our own oaths that shape ourselves. No fate but what we make for ourselves.
To those who made these things possible, thank you. You helped me through a very rough time. And yes, Starlight Brigade makes me cry, too. Every. Damn. Time.
And I would have it no other way.
I was just searching for reactions to the music video. I ended up with my eyes open wider than they already were for this song. I am a french 20 y.o guy and, when I first discovered the song two years ago, I just thought: "Wow, that's a nice song about a crew in space"...
Then I realized with the video and several more listenings that maybe there was something more to it, maybe we could get another signification to it, and not just "friends going through something together". One thing in particular was blocking my understanding - the moment they go through the pyramid - and my brain was trying to get something out of it. "What is that form, ffs?!"
And then I just saw your video. And God, I want to meet you and be your friend. You are an interesting person, because just like you, I can't help but cry whenever I hear this song or watch the video. But I would be lying if I said that your video didn't make me cry aswell. You opened up to us so i kinda want to reciprocate... the last time I heard this song, 4 months ago, I was going to work. I was in my car and my phone was connected so I could listen to music while driving. It was the first job I ever had and it was the worst thing I ever did in my life... I was literally thinking to myself: "How my friends and family would react if I just disappeared?" while at work.
It was 5:35am when the song started to play. At first, I was just singing with Dan, just enjoying the song when I suddenly looked up at the sky. The night sky. Bright stars illuminating the dark indigo coating lying above my head. I remember I just looked back at the road with determination and I started to crush the accelerator pedal until I saw a roundabout. I then released the gas, didn't crash and continued. When I went out of it, I just continued but... I stopped singing. I suddenly crushed the breaks in the middle of the road, a long but thin straight line and, again... that starry sky.
And then, something I could never imagine crossed my mind. Something I never thought about.
"Don't. Follow. The road." (the break of the song was starting, don't forget that information)
I have always followed what seemed to me to be an easy and fast path in life, with no problems (or very little). This night, I just fucked that principle. I fully turned the steering wheel to the left, almost crashed into a stonewall and backtracked to meet with the roundabout again. Just to make sure, there was no one to be seen on the road... just me and my stupid little self.
When I finally got to the roundabout again, the final verse erupted and I exploded. I opened the window, letting the cold breeze of this summer night cool off my anger, my determination, my passion and I shouted the lyrics with Dan with all my might to tear my throat out as my tears were starting to burst out. I did what seemed to be like... 5 laps around the roundabout, without letting go of that damn pedal.
When finally the song calmed down, I turned the steering wheel at the opposite and finally got out of the roundabout, on my way to work.
This is the first time ever I tell this "story" to anyone (even my friends or family don't know a single word about it) but, after seeing your video... I felt the need to tell this so that someone with such a complete and complex approach and understanding of Starlight Brigade could hear it and, maybe understand it aswell!
Thank you SO MUCH for reading this - whoever reads this anyway - and I hope you are doing well.
Comment for algorithm. Inspirational, beautiful, life changing.
Comment for real. How the fuck does this have less than 500 views. This video was legitimately one of the best video essays I’ve watched. Hope to see more of you in the future
I subscribed like 30 seconds into this video. Starlight Brigade is my favourite song, and TWRP is the only band I've see live (so Starlight Brigade in concert was insane). You've put feelings I didn't really know how to express about this song into words, and your style is so well produced and put together! Can't wait to see the rest of your videography!
Not me tearing up or anything 🥲, in all honesty i loved this video so much actually love was put into this video
My absolute favorite song of all time.
I have loved this song and this video since it first found it a couple years ago and pretty much listen to it maybe twice a week. It's so incredible on every level. And damn if I don't tear up.
Great analysis homie. Been re-falling down the TWRP and NSP rabbit hole. It’s a great trip
as someone whos currently in a part of their life where i just need to be, where ive all but accepted that i dont really want to be something better, where i need to pretend everythings okay to have control, like you said you had done for a period of your life, this video resonated with me a lot and meant even more. the days arent dark, theyre halfway between the black and gray and your analysis of this song helps me view the song as one of empowerment and not just bloopy jams. thank you, and sincerely, great fucking job on this video
hi!!! just came across this video after making myself watch the music video again after all those years and.. thank you!!! thank you so much for this and all the work you put into your videos, i am looking forward to checking out the rest of your channel
i feel very lost as an artist right now but i hope i can find that light, that "drive" you spoke about again so i can create what i dream of everyday
aw shit man.
I love how instead of reading the script like every other CZcams commentary channel. you clearly express real emotion in what you are saying. these words are your own, for sure. it's obvious.
you said you have hopes to become an actor, well id say you got the stuff.
You made me tear up with your emotional words, in the way that hurts, the kind of tears where you know that not only you can not stop them, but that its okay to cry at the same time.
good job man.
I don't know if this video will change my life, but I hope I remember to let it
Holy shit dude, you went hard and heavy on this one and I was not ready! 😄👌😍😎
i also like how the pyramid's destruction looks a lot like the pink floyd logo!
Yeah! That's a direct reference and I don't know if it was KotLT's idea or TWRP's but either way it's a marvelous sendoff
i can really tell that this matters to you Kudos and congratz even if it's a couple years late. As a person who struggles desperately with both depression and the desire to create i'm very glad to see that you've made that first step. Unfortunately for me i doubt i'll ever be able to push past the things that hold me back and frustrate my own efforts but i'm always proud to see someone else's success. This was a success. I want you to know that. Not only did you release one of your own creations into the world but you have at least inspired i think the feelings you wished to in one viewer.
As for your impetration of the animation and lyrics i would only like to share one thought. I'm not sure if knights of the light table or twrp, or anyone else involved choose the imagery of the black pyramid for a particular reason but i do feel as though at least somewhere along the production someone had the thought that they where working in the shadow of giants. It's perhaps fitting that a band which likely will never be as well known as Pink Floyd chose the symbol so famously linked with them as the obstacle they must overcome it perhaps layers on the doubt of our work not being as good as those that came before. To break through the dread of that alone and see that it doesn't matter if our creations are colored by pop culture or the work of others. It's powerful, it gives hope we can contribute something of value so long as we push through. I don't know if it's intended but it's almost like the viewer is being encouraged to not just see the obstacles in our ways to stop us dead in our tracks but instead that they are a prism that we should allow to create beautiful colors with us.
But that is just one person letting the work of others guide them through the process.
0:46-1:06 perfectly encapsulates my feeling towards this video. I discovered it late last night and I have been rocking out to it ever since. I’ve been artistically stuck for a while now, but this music video is very creatively inspiring.
Thanks, I needed this, like really
I am a bit late with this message, but hey... Better late than never? Right? 😅
This... Is so deep thinking (I am a deep thinker my self), but the thing is that I like what you have thought about.
This song and animation got to my heart at first sight of it and I understand what you talking about and the feelings of it.
And you say some encouring sentence that it's not the end of posibilities, just a path that you have to find the way out of it. Whatever you have to to get help from other or just solve it by your own.
You did a very great job with this video. Thank you. 💖
Ps. Sorry "if" there are some grammar ussues... 😅
This isn't the usual type of music I tend to listen too... yet, this is easily one of my favorite songs. I cannot understate how much this music video gut punched me in a way I needed right at that moment... especially right after I asked God to help me out of a feeling of growing self-hatred I've had for myself.
Damn if this is your first video well done my friend. Loved it all the way through!
No kidding this deserves more views
Thank you for giving Tragedy+Time some love. It truly doesn't get enough.
Very good video. Real cash money. Big recommend.
The bit where Strive falls back and their light fades... then being pulled back by their own inner fire makes me think of myself every time I feel a deep sense of panic with my gender dysphoria, questioning if I really am who I am. If I'm lying to myself... Then remembering something simple that one of the warmest people on this platform, One Topic At A Time has said plenty.
"If you think that you're faking it, you're probably not."
Yeah, it might be a little hacky taking an internet content creator's words so seriously, but... forever remembering that ends up shoving me back into myself! For over a year now, I've actually felt like ME! And it's done so much for my mental health, made me more open, more honest, quicker to genuinely apologize and recognize my mistakes, even to just experience more things I want to without waiting! It's not an act! It's not just for attention! I'M ME! And no matter how much this world and some of its very loud inhabitants may want to be rid of me I've never been happier.
I'm really happy for you, and the only thing I want to supply is not to apologize too much. I've bent who I was for other people before, thinking of what offended them as a flaw when it was who I wanted to be. It's great to be self-aware, and it's better to be in love with yourself.
Thanks for such a work. I'm a becoming-artist, I had depression, and like you I always cry looking at this video ; listening to your analysis make it clearer. Thanks again, may your path be each day brighter!
I cried. Wonderful.
You know I’ve watched this beautiful video so many times but I love how over time there are more things to ponder and point out.
Specifically at the beginning of the video when you are talking about the the relationship between Strive and his Grandpa and how that parallels with Dan and Avi’s relationship when Dan was still trying to find success in his career.
I think Dan had said that Avi was very against how Dan was going about his life until he started to see the success of NSP and then he was fully on board and supportive to him. Which is kinda akin to how Grandpa was against Strive leaving until he saw the Starlight Brigade get the stars back and was joyful for it.
Of course that doesn’t mean that he doesn’t have some sort of fear anymore, like when Avi told Dan he’ll never call him if he hears his voice on GG again (one of my favorite moments btw). But that he’s more open and appreciative towards Dan’s goals.
This all ties in with another thing Dan said about Avi’s reaction towards that time period which he had to battle with the happiness of his son versus being a father figure and protecting his son out of harms way. In which you point out with the Grandpa at 10:08 , where he is scared for Strive’s life more than his well-being.
I have never willingly sat through 40 minutes of a review of ANY KIND before but bc it was about Starlight Brigade my ADHD brain decided it would be ok and that we could try and MAN am I glad I did!! THIS IS INCREDIBLE!!🥺 I dont even know where to begin about how inspiring this was! Especially the part about feeling like I'll never amount to anything with my writing and that I dont need to go to college to be good at writing. And how since high school (2012) i havent actually physically written anything and i just lived all these years day to day trying to make it to the next like everything is fine. 😫😫😫
But this was so inspiring!! I want to push through and start writing again! I want to be a published author and I KNOW how good I am! But my drive just isnt there yet...but man...watching this just hit different. Everything just made sense! Everything you said resonated so deeply!!! Everytime I listen to this song now I will think about this video!! And for that i say TAKE A COOKIE MAN!! TAKE ALL THE COOKIES!!!!!🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪
Edit: I am slightly disappointed you didnt include a clip of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic during the friendship is powerful bit but it's ok lol
Hey buddy, I came across this whilst listening to Starlight Brigade on repeat again and I wanted to give you a little feedback. Firstly, man this is why I love listening to artistic people talk about art, I wouldn't have drawn that analogy from it, and I'm a flippin' psychologist!
Your speak about your own mental health struggles, that must've taken a lot, thank you for sharing that with the world because people need to hear it. And don't let not having a diagnosis invalidate your struggles, they were/are real and putting a name on or not them won't change them at all (I'll acknowledge that it might help you access medication and treatment, but that's a big topic of debate in the field).
Also, few of the things you described sounded like trauma, anxiety, other struggles than depression, though more often than not accompanied by it. Just for your own information, trauma is often overlooked and too commonly misunderstood, which is a problrm because it often lies at the heart of someone's struggle.
A minor, and I mean minor point of contention is that many mental illnesses can go away, if they are not present then at that moment they are gone. They may come back, or new ones may appear, just as many physical illnesses can come and go, whilst some are lifelong. Think of mental illness and physical illness with that kind of parity. A grazed-knee or a bad day are both still ailments, just as other more severe examples of both types are.
But I also want to say I really enjoyed your message of positivity and defiance of adversity! Support networks make a huge difference and so does content like this offering open and honest discussion. Sometimes people can't see the way out on their own (kinda why I have a job...) but a little nudge or a new idea from anywhere might be what saves a life.
Thank you for posting this.
I've rattled on far too long so I'm off to watch the music video again with a new depth of understanding.
Amazing job on this video! Doig just shared it on their Twitch stream today, recommending it to us!
What a fantastic analysis to start a channel with! I hope you can draw energy from this musicvideo in the future too, as I still do. I love it with all my heart and it transformed something inside of me for good!
This video was recommended to me and the perfect time. :D thank you so much for working to put this together ❤
Thank you. I… I needed this.
This video was incredibly well done, I can’t believe this hasn’t gotten more views yet! Keep going man, keep going
greetings from Poland
I LOVE PEOPLE WHO ANALYZE STUFF THIS DEEP THIS IS SUCH A GOOD FUCKING VIDEO BRO
This is amazing 😊
Dang, and I thought I wept because I'm always stoned when I listen to this song.
DOIGSWIFT mentioned this video during their streama nd I'm glad they did! This was an amazing and in depth analysis! I look forward to more videos!
Nice. Earned a sub.
you should really check out the other non nsp things dan has done, hes an AMAZING poet man
I listen to Skyhill religiously
kinda reminds me of my first DND campaign. i really threw myself into making that world, it fell apart thanks to some bad players and i've never really gone so far since. my new group is better, so maybe i'll go all in on again on something like starfinder.
Thanks for the cry good work
Absolutely phenomenal video my guy, fucking shattered it for a first video especially
You are great.
Great vid! Maybe my favorite from the boys because I took away similar ideas in the lyrics.
I've got some nitpicks with your critiques of TWRPs lyrics though.
1. First, you mention how having "one song per EP being about a pale blue dot is not good theming". Not sure I follow what you're getting at - their whole shtick is that they're from space, so it makes sense that would be a recurring motif. And if having a theme as an artist were an inherently bad thing, that'd be an indictment on entire genres or even industries.
2. You say that their lyrics are mostly focused on sex. Aside from No Pants Dance, I don't actually think there's any others? (There's Tactile Sensation, but that's with Planet Booty)
3. These were implied to be in contrast to Danny's writing, ie what he brought to the collaboration (at least how I interpreted it). Not the greatest comparison, when NSP's entire discography is basically exclusively dick jokes.
I bring these up only because I've had similar thoughts about how special their collaboration has been. But instead of viewing it as them filling in each other's "missing parts", I see them as elevating each other, very much a "greater than the sum of it's parts" type of thing. Starlight Brigade, Built 4 Love, Black Swan - these are all super different from any of Danny's other work. And I think that without the influence from TWRP, I feel that we don't get a Danny Don't You Know, or Shadow Academy!
Thanks for the critique! To address:
1. I left that in to show my initial impressions of the band so I could correct myself later in the video.
2. There are more songs besides No Pants Dance on their first album to focus on sex, I'm blanking on the particulars at the moment. They have also collaborated with Planet Booty a couple times and if that isn't meant to be sexual in nature I'm not sure what is. The point of that note was to compare TWRP to NSP to better explain why they work, not to contrast them from the band (3)
Definitely both bands are great on their own, I just found there were initial failings in both that were improved a lot by their interactions together. I find NSP's early instrumentals to be fairly lacking the same way I find TWRP's early lyrics to be lacking, but both are pretty amazing at both now and while I wouldn't say they owe that to working together frequently I can't believe it had no influence on their musical growth
I found TWRP through the man, the myth, the legend, Yung Maestro.
I always wondered if the Black Pyramid was a AI robot thing fallowing incorrect orders.
Player One - Machinae Supremacy is capable of speaking to me in a similar manner. highly recommend.
Two Roger Corman films come to mind when I watch this music video. The first is Battle Beyond the Stars, The second is Galaxy of Terror.
most of the song, im fine; but when "starlight brigade will guide" hits i fucking fall apart man.
I have no idea who these bands are! Ahah.
...so what does it represent that Strive's ship was originally one of the Black Pyramid's drones?
.................
Huh.
Somehow, that one did not click for me.
My off-the-cuff interpretation is that some of our best art can be taken out of our darkest moments. If we accept the Pyramid as depression, any attack from a drone would be a depressive episode, so the drones themselves would be the causes of said episodes.
In Strive's case, one of those episodes became his tool for recovery - the small sign that what he could do was worth something, that he really could make a difference in the world. Could be a piece of art inspired by something awful happening in his life, a friend reaching out after that event, even just a random person saying something that clicked for him.
If you've heard Dan Avidan's story about when a friend surprised him by calling him out on 'obsessing' over things too much, thereby keying Dan into the possibility of him having OCD, I think that's also a fair way to interpret the use of a drone as Strive's ship. In most instances it's a depressing thought, a terrifying one, but for Dan in that moment it was a beacon of hope. "Once it had a name, I could attack it" I think was a quote, likely paraphrased, that Dan said at the time of telling that story.
So basically, either his ship is inspiration that came from something depressing, or it was a depressing thing that he managed to turn around and use to better himself. Sorry if that was hard to follow, it's pretty late over here and I get very rambly when I'm tired lol
@@UnholyBasil I've been thinking about it more from a more scifi perspective and I have some ideas. Some of my observations may seem esoteric. When Strive first enters Ship, he is faced with a reflection of Grandpa, since thats the only way a mere mortal like him can perceive the soul of a star. note how when it landed it had the same glow-worm as all the other stars when Pyramid attracted them all into itself. Ship then reconfigures itself based on the face-to-face transmission, in design wholesome and innocent, a perfect mutual compliment to its pilot. I would go so far as to compare it to yin-yang.
The quasi-organic nature of Ship (like those on Babylon 5, not quite Vorlon or shadow, but more like the Mimbarii) may play a part in the Brigade strategy of brute-force penetration, though the advantage is also a weakness, as we see and which you pointed to in the third act when Ship was hit by what amounts to one of its own kind. Ship and Strive are mutually injured, and we see both begin to revert to a former state, as you well described. I suggest it was the symbiosis that pulled them both back from the brink of what would have been catastrophe, as together they were greater than the sum of both parts. Once through the firewall and into the Pyramid, we see its strength like the Monolith from 2001-A Space Odyssey, but on an order of magnitude far greater because it more literally is full of stars. This fact is supported by Ship's method of FTL being visually similar to when Dave entered the Monolith, but exponentially more brilliant. an ecstasy only a star could experience directly.
At the epilogue Ship was still after all, a star, and as Pyramid fell, all the stars it had turned like the cosmic vampire (Smashing Pumpkins?) that it was, returned to the sky from which it came. Six stars rebelling against the kugelblitz-Apollyon, since as we see upon exit from Pyramid, all six ships have a similar vapor trail. It would not surprise me if the other characters were picked up by Dark Stars the same way as Strive was and returned homeward once the quest was complete, brought together by Them like the fabled boats of Avalon.
I don't us the term Kugelblitz lightly (pun intended). To demonstrate just how beyond-over the top Pyramid is, in order to make a kugelblitz with the volume shown to us regardless of its shape would require all the light from every star in the entire universe, from its inception to heat-death. The brigadiers were saving the stars. but the stars were saving the entire universe. the scope of the monstrosity would give Doctor Who a heart attack and make the SCP pack it up and go home.
Did anyone else think that was a girl
Stride's colors as far as just skin and hair... matches a Trans Flag... just saying....
And I wasn't being judgey... just incase... I am TransMale. I realized after the fact that what I said might be sounding judgemental to some.
I loved everything about this song/short movie.
But realized during this analysis that Stride's colors (sans clothing) matched the trans flag. XD
you're doing a grand job. that being said FIX YOUR GODDAMN SOUND BALANCING
Yeah, this video has LOTS of technical issues, the sound is def one of them. I also messed up a couple of visual edits so there's a few weird stutters if you look closely enough. Sorry if you were watching with headphones, it's *really* noticeable there. Thanks for the feedback!
Kind of disappointed that this was mostly about the video/animation and not the audio.
Honestly same, I was thinking near the end of the edit I wished I'd talked more about the song itself but I don't think I'm the right person to make that video. Writing music isn't my area of expertise, so I thought 'why talk about something I don't fully understand,' y'know? I really hope somebody digs deeper into the song itself though, I think that'd be a great video.
You went way overboard with your analysis, while I love the song and video just as much, oberthinking every frame and turning it into a hole thesis just comes of as a bit pretentious
While I wouldn't pay that much attention to a full-length series or film, this was a 3 minute video that changed my life. Every frame took hours for a team of people to make exactly the way they wanted it to be, I'll happily spend a minute or two on every single one. If that's not something you're interested in watching, that's fine, but a more general analysis would have been far shorter and not the kind of video I wanted this to be. Any video essay you see is at least a little pretentious by existing in the first place, so I'm cool with leaning into that to give this animation its due.