Ok, I'm judging now because I must drive for ten hours tomorrow. It's 3 AM here, which is morning enough for me.
Right then.
This was very nice to judge, because there weren't ten thousand entries, AND I still laughed.
First off, Bargaintuans Tobor strip made me laugh really really hard. However, I will stick to my rules. I saw that strip in my head and figured somebody would do it, but it was much funnier than anticipated. Good job, Barg.
Ok, onto the three finalists.
Rabid_Weasle for Student Art Film.
Kaufman for A Space Symphony.
NeoVid for Things You Can't Complain About.
and the winner.....
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| HAL, why did you send all of my shipmates into outer space? | |
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| Are you too thick-headed to have heard the rhythm and pitch of their screams as I spaced them? I was making a musical masterpiece. | |
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| Yeah, right. You know as well as I do that in space, no one can hear you scream. | |
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| Your point being? I was Improving on John Cage's 4'33". Which reminds me, it's time for the final note. | |
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It was just such a crazy idea and "plot" that it had to win. I laughed, then I read it again, then I thought about how ridiculous the whole thing was, yet oddly intelligent.
As they say at the shoplifters convention: "Take it away, Kaufman, preferably hidden in your pants."
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Sex Piano.