I didn’t know Ron was so deep. At least i think he is being deep

I bought a shirt that says "Hermione has forgotten how to dance" now im forced to buy a "this is not a ron shirt" shirt too

@youtubeuniversity3638

5 жыл бұрын

Also Hocus Pocus Adolescence.

@albertskoften1452

3 жыл бұрын

Thing is, the ron shirt in the video was not a ron shirt, or a shirt at all, but a video representation of a ron shirt, but if you bought a "c'est nes pas une ron shirt" shirt, then it would actually be a shirt, only not a ron shirt, unless any shirt that ron would wear is a ron shirt. Honestly, where's Marshall McLuhan when you need him?

"Where is that future of the past?" Such a profound statement with a perfect line delivery.

Twenty years on, Ronald and Hermione Weasley will be able to take comfort looking on back to the current and now, and doing so with their kids, who may, at this time, be old enough to think about having kids of their own within the next few years. This is quite the turn. From silly, to thoughtful, to melancholic. Artistic, to nostalgic. Ron has truly gone through a lot. Witnessing his best friend maim himself by blinding himself and then falling down a spiral staircase for a whole quarter of a year. Assuring Hermione that she can still dance, when in reality, she really cannot. Speaking about the thoughts of meta reality with the Dark Lord himself. Admiring the rather delicious-looking garment worn over the back, and made by Harry, perfect to have along with a butterbeer. What a time to be alive.

@h.f.a.1221

5 жыл бұрын

Agent Paradox actually, I’m sure Hermione kept her name Because their kids’ last names are Rose and Hugo Granger-Weasley

@gamesandbeyond9447

3 жыл бұрын

What a time to be alive.🤣🤣

For some reason, I can't stop laughing about the idea of Voldemort having his own late night talk show, especially one largely focused on art.

I was at first miffed that Ron wasn't wearing a Ron shirt until I was able to read the text on it. Ingenious!

This took a turn from "I don't know what this or if it means anything" to "I know what this means and really hits deep"

The sheer brilliance of this hurts my face from laughing.

I like that they swapped partway through, then it moved to the dream, only to not go back after, and instead go into dinner.

Would you (or Ron, I suppose?) consider your art style to be something like neo-dadaism? Existentialism? Is there a word for post-digital nihilism? This ending gives me Charlie The Unicorn vibes. It began as lighthearted nonsense, and ended as a commentary on art, history, society, and nostalgia as part of the human experience. My favorite bits were the part where Ron and Tom switch places halfway through, and no one acknowledges it. Tom dreaming of vaporwave Leo was unexpected, and made me smile, even though I was still reeling from the early dialogue. How weird. How thoughtful. This is what modern art should be, though I can't say exactly why. Using a mass-media phenomenon as a vehicle for art is a somewhat novel idea, and I like it a lot. I like all of this a lot. You should be damn proud.

@Smashiell

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for writing such a lovely comment! I have no idea how I'd categorise this video, but the references to hauntology are quite earnest. The Harry Potter franchise occupies this fascinating space in our collective cultural memory that makes it very fun to play with. The early books belong to a certain moment in the late 90s that people seem to have a real yearning for, whether they actually lived through the period or not. I suspect it's due to all the optimistic potential that moment seemed to contain. Then you have another level of yearning (for an imagined future that draws from an imagined past) when you consider all the anachronistic details built into the wizarding world, and how the series is essentially a reinvention of the 'school novel' genre which was so popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. While I was making these videos I had this tension between wanting to work on my own original material but knowing that the Harry Potter stuff would most likely reach a larger audience. So one night I was grappling with self-critical thoughts about my artistic integrity and how I should've been making original animation, or how there's no prestige in cartoon parodies of existing media, etc. then I took a step back from myself and decided this rather pompous way of looking at crudely made internet cartoons was quite funny in itself and worth mining for ideas. The interview video was a stream of consciousness in which I was basically gently mocking myself and seeing how far I could get if I tried to intellectualise everything I'd done up to that point. Ultimately the tension I mentioned was beneficial as it made me more mischievous. The thing that amuses me most is dialling up the absurdity as high as it'll go, then trying to create a genuinely poignant moment that catches the audience off guard. The real cathartic, tragicomic sweet spot. I love the comments about how people have had an emotional or philosophical connection with these videos, it really floors me and has made it all worthwhile! Hope I can achieve something similar in the future with what I'm working on next.

The things Ron said in this video were really thought provoking, and now I can only think, "where will we go on from here?" and, "will we look back on this past in future present with fondness or continue to look past the age of the digital era to seek comfort in lost and forgotten times beyond our reach of true experience?"

I greatly appreciate your HP efforts and Laughed and Laughed at the "extended" Universe you have created with the Botnik HP series Keep up this amazing work!

oh man, that can't be it!!!!! Wow, this was awesome as always - I loved how weird and twisty and oddly deep this is. With every further installment this series seems more like some epic piece of existential art that should be famous :) Plus I love the animation style and the moody sense that's created by the style of the visuals alone! But like, this feels like it's got a plot now! Some kind of plot, but I don't know what! It's incredible.

No longer sporting the 'Ron Shirt'. Has he grown up?

@KirbyMario12345_939

5 жыл бұрын

I'd imagine that shirt is now a museum exhibit. The very icon of an age.

@johnwallace490

5 жыл бұрын

He is already as bad as himself.

@Rainalot

4 жыл бұрын

His shirt translates to “This is not a Ron shirt”

So good! And it makes sense! It explains everything! Who knew Ronald could feel so deeply... From Tom this is to be expected. A new ship should be made - Rom? Trom? Tron? Rontom? Volderon? Rondemort?

"where is that future of the past?" The hurts so much in my mind...and my heart.

How do you not have a million subscribers?

oh wow

This was astonishingly perplexing and a somewhat unsettling eye opener in some regard But a philosophical masterpiece non the less I hope Rupert Grint can appreciate this

And then Leonardo DiCaprio said the Ancient Phrase: "We are like the dreamer who dreams and then lives inside the dream." Voldemort told Leo he understood. Then Leo said "But who is the dreamer?"

@caulifunny

3 жыл бұрын

Ron

This is honestly amazing.

Is it just me or are their voices relaxing? 😌

Oh... MY! Holy! Oh wow! You are definitely one of my all time favorite creators! Eidt: This reminds me a lot of a movie called, "Waking Life". Really cool!

Gotta say I didn't see coming the transition into My Dinner with Andre at the end but I'm here for it 😆

9:34 I'm 36 years old and this really speaks to me.

Should I be embarrassed that I was actually able to follow that for the most part?

@KingNedya

4 жыл бұрын

If you should, then should I? I followed along perfectly fine.

@yourlocaldemon2195

4 жыл бұрын

No, you should be proud, I lost half my braincells trying to make out what the hel that meant

@transientimages

2 жыл бұрын

I felt exactly the same way. Especially the bit about history painting being history.

Ayeeee. Been missing thisssss

Unexpected references to semiotic oil paintings and Wallace Shaun movies. Okay.

Meanwhile when Harry is probably falling down some other staircase, Hermione not being able to dance, we have Ginny in an existential midlife crisis of what could’ve been of her past and her only company being the ghost of Bellatrix. Then there’s Ron befriending Voldemort and having an existential artisté discussion on what his piece of art reflects and about the state of the world. Man I love this.

Such an amazing video. I didn't expect it to get so deep and I really enjoyed it!

this is ambitious

Where is that future of the past? 🤯

Written by Neil Breen

Ah yes, of course.

Are you a god?

Hilarious. Why is Ron so subdued?

Is the script written by a human or is this using a different model than the one used for Harry Potter And The Portrait Of What Looked Like A Large Pile Of Ash?

@Smashiell

Жыл бұрын

This one was just me 🙃