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I'm Not Your Hero - The Murderbot Diaries Animatic
CONTENT WARNINGS: blood, guns, scopophobia, slight body horror and injuries (toned down in comparison to the books)
i've watched this so many times that at this point i have absolutely no idea if it'll even be coherent to anyone but me, let alone if it's any good. still, i put my heart and soul into it and i'm rly proud of it, so i hope you enjoy!!
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Excuse me, I need to go have an Emotion somewhere else now.
@MrBlueregard
2 жыл бұрын
Hah!
@madeleinesutherland1623
2 жыл бұрын
#SAME
@gonner221
8 ай бұрын
Yeah. I'll be... somewhere else for a bit.
@asthejayflies
5 ай бұрын
i just got to the spoiler warning and im backing out of the vid bc i havent read/listened to network effect yet (waiting on my turn for the librarys audiobook) but i fuckin love this comment consider it a double click of the like button
_"gets so hard to know / I'm not what they want"_ paired with Murderbot sitting alone to watch medias of human relationships instantly experiences a ten percent drop in performance reliability
I am EMOTIONAL about Murderbot facing Tlacey's enslaved ComfortUnit at 1:08. Every "that doesn't mean we're not one and the same" repeat is a jolt to the heart
@RiverWilliamson
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, right in the pumps
I think about how Murderbot would react to watching this video. Something like ... "Stupid humans. I am definitely NOT going to get emotional about this. I'm just going to go stand in my closet for a while."
@TheUrk-tv5el
2 жыл бұрын
And watch an episode of "Rise and fall of sanctuary moon"...
@robinfinch314
2 жыл бұрын
Haha it would do that, i'm sure
The bit where Mensah hugs MB gets me every time. The surprise/confusion on MB’s face and then deep affection on Mensah’s. The whole thing is lovely but that’s my favorite part.
Oh my this is good. Even better than my favourite episode of The Rise and Fall of Santuary Moon episode 132. Saved to permanent archives.
Gosh I had forgotten how sad and enraging it was when that guy said Art was deleted, you pictured it so well
Others have already commented on so many of the points that impressed me. The choice of so many pivotal moments perfectly captured the progression of MB. My favorites include the holding hands with Mensah, the emotional breakdown with Amena kneeling in front of MB, and I almost missed the quick flash of MB hanging upside down. Great music, great pacing, great interpretation of all that makes MB a favorite.
oh my gosh i am SCREAMING this is SO AMAZING, every time it says “that doesn’t mean that I wasn’t brave” I tear up a little about Best SecUnit!!
watched this, binged the series, came back to say it's even better with context and that's a high original bar to clear
@ruffboimags
2 жыл бұрын
Same!
@ladythalia227
Жыл бұрын
Indeed
the color scheme, the perfect on-beat scene changes, the beautiful murderbot design, the focus shifts between mensah and murderbot, the Emotions, the scene where murderbot falls to its knees and then the vision blurs out, the Emotions.... all of it. perfect. i will now resume watching and re-watching it infinitely :)
@echowolf22
8 ай бұрын
And the colour choices showing MB being taken over and showing its emotions. I love it so much
Part of me is hoping for a movie/series adaptation of Murderbot but then I'm also afraid that it won't show Murderbot how I do imagine it... However, what you did with Murderbot is so great and it absolutely fits to how I'm feeling about murderbot - goes directly to the heart '*sniff'* I love it, great work :)
@lisav2375
3 жыл бұрын
still I can't stop watching this and noticing more and more details while reliving the books again and again
@TeknuAddict
3 жыл бұрын
Apparently there is a screenplay, Martha read it and said she was excited about it so...so far so good...? This makes me think of Pat Rothfuss talking about how adaptations need to have a "dont fuck it up commitee"
@Hitherthithergrl
9 ай бұрын
After watching this, I’m convinced Vico Ortiz from OFMD is the perfect person to play MB
@x-ca1iber
4 ай бұрын
afaik apple tv has picked up murderbot and has cast alexander skarsgard as MB…. not sure how i feel about it
ART SENT ME & the shots of Amena waiting for Murderbot to wake up... My eyes are leaking fluids. This is brilliant
AHHHH This is AMAZING! Already watched it at least 5 times! My favorite parts are the, "Standing in the shadow of a broken heart" sudden flashback, the Network Effect "Doesn't mean that I wasn't afraid" where the Target network suddenly lights up, and the Mensah hug! All 3 moments gave me such strong and immediate surges of emotion. A detail I didn't pick up on until after rewatching this a couple of times was the second, "Doesn't mean we're not one and the same" happening while MB's standing next to Mensah's *child* ... That's so wonderful. Thank you, thank you, thank you for making this!!
OMG OMG OMG, I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. IT"S SO PERFECT. Now I have to read the entire series all over again. I jumped up with a scream when I saw "ART SENT ME" written on the other Sec Unit's chestplate.
This really is such a perfect portrayal not just of Murderbot but also their feelings and this song was MADE FOR THEM
this animatic is to me what sanctuary moon is to murderbot. i can't stop watching it. 😭
Another person chiming in to say that I watched this, went and binged the series, and then came back to watch it with context and Yes Okay It Is Even Better Now.
I’m a 50+ year old man and I just finished the series on audiobook. I really enjoyed the stories, the characters, the moments of action and suspense. Not once did I ever feel the slightest bit emotional about any of it. Somehow *this* managed to get me choked up… “Unexpected” is an understatement. This gave me a whole new connection to the books that I’ve so thoroughly enjoyed. Thanks!
@allisonmackay3818
2 жыл бұрын
Murderbot makes a (second) full-time job out of staying emotionally detached from situations whenever it can. So its narration can leave the reader a bit detached from the situation too... Except at certain key moments. Which is how Wells intended it. But Tegan and Sara's lyrics can dig pretty deep so... 🤷
watching this for the 714628262572th time and just noticed more about the color pallete- I had seen the red/blue sometimes symbolizing human/bot, but I just noticed the teal as the alien contamination in the last verse *chefs kiss* the layers
“Do my best to walk the finest line till I’ve had, all that I can take” Mb slowly falling too it’s knees, then a fade to the lyrics with the blue. I make it a habit to watch this once in awhile, but not to often. I’m always in tears by the end. I don’t ever want that to stop.
I can't stop thinking about this video. The song is just so perfect for Murderbot and your animation brings this amazing series to life so well. I hope Martha continues Murderbot's stories. Network Effect felt like just the beginning to me.
This is beautiful. Such a great job finding moments from the books that work with the song. I love Murderbot so much.
I would like to have more words to actually describe the feeling of limitless joy this gives me... however, that's all I've got
That was so nicely done. This song will be about Murderbot for me everytime I hear it, now.
After clicking on the title, I didn’t expect an animated pop track VDO could convey Murderbot… but then it hacked all my security systems and exposed my feels. This artist should be involved with the creation of the series. Also, there should be millions of views. My heart when /ART SENT ME/: “dammit eyes, pls don’t leak”
@marybaker525
2 жыл бұрын
Oh, and did you notice their clever breaking of the lyric, so the previous panel where MB is running away is 'I'm not' and then the scene with Three is 'Your Hero' (/ART SENT ME/)? I thought that was so cool.
@allenmueller
Жыл бұрын
yes, so many details. I miss Murderbot… and Art.
@echowolf22
8 ай бұрын
@@marybaker525 And the "I'm not/ their hero" lyric breaking with MB's eyes turning red. Beautiful timing.
This is actually, literally, the BEST animatic/AMV i have ever seen in my ENTIRE Life. You captured the characters absolutely perfectly and every note hit the exact right story beat and like ... wow. Well done.
Speedrunning all the emotions it usually takes me a few days to feel via reading the books in under 4 minutes! Damn this is incredible!
_"I COULD HAVE BECOME a mass murderer after I hacked my governor module, but then I realized I could access the combined feed of entertainment channels carried on the company satellites. It had been well over 35,000 hours or so since then, with still not much murdering, but probably, I don’t know, a little under 35,000 hours of movies, serials, books, plays, and music consumed. As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure."_ - The Dreaded Murderbot.
I keep watching this and it keeps giving me the same feelings that I had reading the books. I love Murderbot and you do such a great job representing it. This is wonderful and just such a perfect song for it. Your art is just so expressive and I absolutely love the typography!
that's amazing. wow. I love it. also laughed aloud at the way you showed 3's "Art sent me"
All I can add to all the well-deserved kudos is that Perihelion's logo is perfect! Somehow it just captures ART and its love for its crew and SecUnit. Thanks for such a satisfying video that feeds a hunger for more Murderbot.
Okay, I just re-read everything so that I'd have context, and you packed so much into less than four minutes. AND you matched it well with the lyrics, well done!
I love it. I think you've captured a little bit of the soul of Murderbot.
a couple of friends and i have been basically watching this animatic on loop since we finished reading the Murderbot Diaries this is so perfect
I'm just repeating what so many others have already said, but the amount of thought and detail that went into this is incredible! I've read the series through at least 5 times, and the fact that I could connect each moment of this animatic to a scene I've read was so rewarding. You put so much thought and effort into this. I love the way you use camera angles and dimensions to give that window into murderbot's pov, the scenes that you chose not only reflect the character journey of murderbot, they're also perfect for the lyrics AND you managed to make them fit in chronological order???? This whole thing is a masterpiece, but one of the things I love the most is the way you show emotion and interaction. The facial expressions, the way you've used Murderbot's augments to reflect its situation, the physical gestures you chose to include, it's all so good and it fits the tone of the series perfectly. (Also, on a personal note, I love SO MUCH that you included *spoilers for Exit Strategy* the scene where Dr. Mensah grabs a rogue SecUnit by the lapels in front of a Company gunship crew and tells it "No", and she isn’t afraid of it. Hands down one of my favorite moments, and I was so happy to see it here.) Thank you, thank you, thank you, for an absolutely incredible work of art that I just know is going to live in my head rent-free for years, now.
aaaaaaahh!!!! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!!!!!! holy shit i love your murderbot design so much and there's so many details in this that i absolutely adore!!! time to watch this on repeat like, 50 times in a row!!!
@Cat1855
3 жыл бұрын
there are so many moments in this i love but the shot at 3:03 absolutely has to be one of my favorites
I keep watching this over and over again. You captured the emotions so beautifully, and the song is PERFECT. This is so well done .
I just finished listening to Network Effect, and im so happy I waited to watch this afterward. Seeing MB going through existence and the progress they made. Seeing miki, and that crystal-alien monster just sent shivers down my spine. I love that some things matched with my mind, and some looked different from what i had thought.
THIS THIS IS SO UNBELIEVABLY AWESOME IVE BEEN WATCHING IT ON LOOP FOR LIKE 2 DAYS STRAIGHT
This Animatic captures the vibe of the series so much better than those horrible book covers lol. Nice work 👍
what a love letter to the books!!! i wanna go reread now!!!!
Great, I'm crying about sulky cyborgs again (thanks)
this animatic changed the fandom forever i think
Awesome! Martha sent me ;)
This is just so beautiful. Watching this was like reading the books for the first time; all of those moments that leapt out of the page and wounded me, this video made them fresh and new. Absolutely wonderful, thank you so much. I cannot imagine the technical and emotional skill it must have taken, never mind the time, to create a video that manages to keep the spirit of the original work while putting it into another medium and managing to keep the heart of MB alive and clear. This is just wonderful, I love it so much. Thank you for it
ughhh this is SO GOOD!!! i'm obsessed with your art style, the narrative flow of this animatic is perfect and really sums up the most important aspects of murderbot's storyline, the song choice is perfect and the visuals are absolutely stunning (like your use of color is fantastic and the ways you incorporated the lyrics into the different frames was so cool), i could gush about this literally forever, i love this series so much and you did it such justice
I had already read the first four novellas, but powered my way through Network Effect in two days just so I could watch this without being spoiled, and it was so worth it. This is wonderful and I'm going to watch it 50 more times.
I know this is perfect, because just like every one of the books by the end of it I was thinking "Damn it Murderbot just accept that people care about you." Beautiful!
Really captured Murderbot - well done!
If they ever make a murderbot tv-series they should definitely use this song somehow; it's like it was made for it.
That was FREAKING AWESOME! I'm a big fan of Murderbot, think it's the coolest being and deserving of our patience and support. So many parts of this video made me think of MB and the book series.
I wish we had one of these more in detail for each book :D
i already screamed on twitter but oh my goddd your murderbot design is amazing
@Yuri_Studio
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. It's perfect.
Aaah Mensah and Ratthi look so cute. And Pin-lee looks so badass. I love it ❤️
2:06 and 2:51 like dear god good job at breaking my heart!!! murderbot does such a great job at dissociating from its emotions that like- seeing them on its face- perfect and augh oh god ouch
it's one year later and i still feel so strongly about this anamatic
Happy System Collapse release day! If you liked Network Effect, you’re in for a treat
one of my all time favorite animations, i come back to this every few months and am blown away all over again. i love your designs and the scene at the end when mb is running from the alien creature always gets me.
This animatic was actually the final straw in getting me to read the murderbot dairies. So thank you! It's one of my absolute favorites now!!
Amazing, sensitive job full of subtle detail. Brava! The frame with Miki was devastating.
This is so bloody good! I think I've re-watcged this about a dozen times because it is stunning and so fitting and just so damn good!
You know this animation is iconic because when you type "I'm not your hero" in search "I'm not your hero murderbot" is a suggestion.
ohmygod you’ve illustrated every tmbd story beat in such a creative and HEARTBREAKING WAY HOW DARE U 😭😭😭😭 GOD I HAVE TO GO STARE AT WALL RN MY EMOTIONS!!! MY EMOTIONSSS😭😭😭
oh amazing. I loved the use of color coding!! Your Murderbot was perfect. I got shivers at the end. Thank you so much for this!!!!
Thinking about this video now that we are getting an Apple TV + series. I hope you know how important this video is to the fandom. Best wishes.
Murderbot series content!!!! Damn this is awesome I adore it. I love the portrayal of Murderbot here, it looks very closely to what I thought it would look!
Currently reading Network Effect so here’s my bookmark to tell me to come back when I’m finished Back: Oh my gosh this animation was amazing. I love all the details and the character designs! Darn 3.0 looked cool
I’ve watched this like 20 times. Never gets old.
Holy crud that hit me right in the feeler. This animation has so many little details from the book the I absolutely am in love with. Like the one clip where Murderbot is standing in front of targetcontrol and the blue lines are also connected to him, hinting at the fact that he is infected. It’s just so cool. Awesome job!!!!
The timing, the lyric choices for each image, the mostly greyscale colour scheme and the choices of where to put the small bits of colour in, the emotion in each picture. Everything is just so perfect for MB. And the last image with MB and its family. It's perfect and beautiful and I love it.
OMG this is gorgeous and absolutely perfect. Fantastic use of text and I love your design for Murderbot.
This is so good, and somehow 2:00 manages to be the best frame of all
This is so well-done! You did a great job of matching the feel of it to the music, and illustrating scenes that were instantly recognizable. And I love the character design. I was already in the middle of a re-read of the series when I saw this video, and your Murderbot instantly became the image I see in my head as I read.
im back to watch this again and cry again dear god all of the expressions and your art and he characters AND EVERYTHING AAAAAAA
am i watching this again and crying? yup. thanks youtube for recommending this to me again
THIS WAS AMAZING AND OH MY GOD THAT PART WITH WHEN IT THOUGHT THAT ART WAS YOU KNOW WHAT I!M CRYING
I love this so much. I can't put into words how much I love this. Just, spectacular job.
!!!!!! THIS IS BEAUTIFUL WTF, IT'S.... SO GOOD. THIS IS AMAZING. IT'S EVERYTHING I LOVE ABOUT THE SERIES. MURDEBOT? EMOTIONS? TOGETHER? YES! Your art (haha, ART, get it lmao) style is so suited to the series, the clean linear and colours (and all the sided-character designs? awesome.) Mensah's grin, her tiny kid on the balcony made me squeal. out loud. it's just... so beautifully the essence of the characters. man, great job, you should DEFINITELY be proud, kudos kudos kudos
every time I watched this I'm amazed by the use of colour as maware and how great this animation is. I wish there could be an entire animated series in this art style
So I binged the whole series in a week and a half and am now (approx 1 wk later) reading it again and I have to tell you I am OBSESSED with this video. I've rewatched it about 5 times at this point. Every frame is gorgeous and is so on point. This song is PERFECT for murderbot. I love your designs and I adore the emotion. Seeing the breakdown about art here made me go back and reread that scene so I could fully appreciate murderbot's Emotions. You've done an incredible job. Thank you!
This whole series means so much to me. This video is incredible, and I catch more details every time I watch. Such skill and you’ve managed to do the source justice. Thank you. Can’t wait for System Collapse!
This is amazing and can I just add that I especially love ART's logo?
It's been two days and I'm back to say that I've watched this many, many more times and that moment when the word Afraid lights up blue at end???? Incredible.
I'm crying this is so good
I love all of this: the art, the pacing, the choice of song...it's SO GOOD
@ladythalia227
3 жыл бұрын
Not to mention, the ART 😍
@mery5989
3 жыл бұрын
😂😂
I was blown away by your linework! And the song choice 👌
This is absolutely amazing. I now need to reread the entire series. I have no choice
The second chorus part is SO GOOD. Network effect was prob my fave book (so far I’m still on fugitive telemetry). I like ART so that part was rly good. Update: I have now read all of them. Still my fave but all of them r rly good.
yes im back again. so beautiful so perfect SO MANY EMOTIONS AAAAAA
This is such a great interpretation of the series, thank you! I love all the characters. Most are close to how I visualized them, except for Pin-Lee. But I like your version of her so much it's now my head canon. I just listened to Exit Strategy again, partly so I can imagine your Murderbot and Pin-Lee this time around.
Good song, good panel comp, good expressions, great editing to rhythm!
Oh my god this is amazing! The expressions are especially great. I'm living for that expression at 2:50. Super powerful
I just finished the Murderbot Diaries and this has to be my favorite animatic ever. Every single scene is perfect and they fit the song and story so well! I can’t stop watching this and it’s giving me so many emotions
This is so perfect, I just watched it 6 times in a row
Thanks so much for sharing!! I love your design, expressions, and the details you included down to Rami, Maro & Tapan's hairstyles. :) You caught some really striking and emotional (sorry to use the word, SecUnit, but it's true) moments of the series that go with the song perfectly--I'm definitely teary by the end! (Also, I now know what 'scopophobia' is!)
IM SCREAMING. THIS IS SO GOOD. I HAVE EMOTIONS.
Really nice work. Teared up when Murderbot rescued Mensah on HaveRatton and when Three rescued Murderbot.(though, I was kind of hoping to see him give Art the finger)
Hi, I want to thank you a lot for this, I've watched it over and over and it's been really really good for my soul. Thank you!
Fantastic work bringing the character through in your animations, and needless to say a great choice of music for it.