You'll forgive us if we hadn't heard of "Norwegian animator, musician, and videographer" Lasse Gjertsen until this morning -- we're just not that cultured, apparently! Last year, he and his friend Trygve Knudsen made a 8-bit-inspired short film titled "Consoul" (no, not that Consoul). But due to YouTube's length constraints at the time it was completed, there was no way for him to release the short on his preferred medium. On July 29, however, YouTube added five minutes to its length limit, making it a full 15.
And just like that -- within two weeks of the new limit -- Gjersten has released Consoul to the public via his YouTube channel, which we've embedded after the break. Hopefully you're sitting down, as you need to be prepared for your mind to be fully blown.
are you saying that foreigner's are more likely to exclude words? if it was an accident, then he knows the word's proper usage as well as any of us. YOU ARE RACIST LIKE MY NONNA
@Garageink You were wiser than me, sir. I pushed through to the end hoping something interesting would happen. Nope. 8bit animation was cute, but overall it really sucked. Also, the terrible commentary made it 10x worse.
@Softserve Uh, he addresses that in the details for the video: "Youtube finally got their heads partially out of their corporate assholes and extended the time limit to 15 minutes. Congratulations! It took you over three years, and the main reason you did was to compete with Hulu. (Yes, I did apply for a directors account AGES ago, but they never replied. I also tried to send them emails directly, but they never replied. There is a big difference in what Youtube used to be, and what it has become, which is Theytube..)"
