Earth's Last Hope (Otakon 2008 AMV)

Brakus · Post by **Brakus** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:02 am

Because Castor Troy and Rinny asked nicely, I've gone ahead and uploaded the video onto the .org. If you see this video come up on other contests, please remember to be impartial!

When Vegeta and Nappa land on Earth to cause death and destruction, the Z Warriors come to attack. But when some of them fall to the duo, it's up to Goku, who is Earth's Last Hope.

So far, only one person got the reference from the title of the AMV. Can you get the reference?

I'm still surprised by the reaction the video got at Otakon. When you can turn a crowd around by the last scene of the video, you know you've got something good. Thanks for the good vibes in my general direction over the past few days. You've been more than kind.

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:37 am

Wow, I heard some pretty good things about this video from my group at comic con who attended the otakon pre-screenings and it definitely lived up to the hype!

I wasn't too big a fan of the turned zoom effect at 02:27 to 02:29 since the top edges were visible, but other than that, most of the effects in the video were fine.

Definitely one of the better action videos I've seen this year. Not because I'm a biased DBZ fan, but because it was really well edited. I seriously enjoyed it.

dreamawake · Post by **dreamawake** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:20 am

Castor Troy wrote:Wow, I heard some pretty good things about this video from my group at comic con who attended the otakon pre-screenings and it definitely lived up to the hype!

I wasn't too big a fan of the turned zoom effect at 02:27 to 02:29 since the top edges were visible, but other than that, most of the effects in the video were fine.

Definitely one of the better action videos I've seen this year. Not because I'm a biased DBZ fan, but because it was really well edited. I seriously enjoyed it.

x2.

This was awesome, great solid action editing that reminded me alot of some of the editing from BSP's editors Lol. I also really enjoyed the ending, vegeta's laughing + The outro, ended the video on an up note, so that's how I'll be ending this post.

OropherZero · Post by **OropherZero** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:27 am

well it's been 3 years since i've downloaded a DBZ vid *gets*

Unlimited Rice · Post by **Unlimited Rice** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:43 am

Yo check it.

I'mma check this out
and see what it's about
I like the song, it's dope
Now it's time for me to watch Earth's Last Hope

NS · Post by NS » Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:49 am

Imma get dis because I wanna.

edit: edited well but nothing really special or different like I was expecting. It looked good, but I assume the crowd turned around because of the credits? I still like it, prolly keep it for a little while or somethin'.

Fuze · Post by **Fuze** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:18 pm

As soon as I read the title I knew this was going to be a DBZ video. I enjoyed watching it, though.

dreamawake · Post by **dreamawake** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:37 pm

NerdStrudel wrote:Imma get dis because I wanna.

edit: edited well but nothing really special or different like I was expecting. It looked good, but I assume the crowd turned around because of the credits? I still like it, prolly keep it for a little while or somethin'.

Or for the fact that this is video of the year 08

\m/

jtGz · Post by **jtGz** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:43 pm

Nothing to be excited about I think. Just good edited same old DBZ. But that doesnt mean I didnt enjoyed it cause I did! But for me it isnt a keeper.

Brakus · Post by **Brakus** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:02 pm

It's interesting to me to see the varied opinions on my video, ranging from "teriffic" to "meh". I guess depending on your point of view, you liked it a lot, or just thought it was nothing special. At least I haven't heard "eww this video sucks" yet

When I started this video back in March, I set out to make a good, effective Dragon Ball Z action-driven video. I had the song and I needed the footage. I basically planned this thing out to take some elements from most effective action videos, and also incorporated some of my own concepts of what should be synched to what, and how to "phrase" different parts of the song together. My primary goal was of course to make finals in whatever contest I would first submit it to -- originally this was supposed to be ready by ACen, and I decided that it still needed work. I kept pushing back my deadline until I discovered that the Otakon deadline would be up in June, so I finally pushed it to finish by the Otakon deadline. I'm very glad that I did. The secondary goal was to prove to myself that in this day and age, long after DBZ has left Cartoon Network, and long after the amateur AMVers have moved on to other things, I can still make a good, effective, attention-grabbing Dragon Ball Z video in 2008. I think I've accomplished those two goals. I think this video has become my favorite video I've ever made since "Ominae Will Die Another Day".

Once upon a time, some people made good DBZ action-driven AMVs. Over time as new anime series have come out, fewer good DBZ action videos have been made. I just set out to tell everybody that I can still make a good DBZ action AMV. In some way, "Everything Old Is New Again."

Whether you liked it, or just mildly enjoyed it -- or maybe if you hated it -- either way, I'm glad you watched the video. At least you took the time out to watch my work. Thanks.