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SPOOKYVILLE 2: The Real Story

Posted by HotDiggedyDemon - August 23rd, 2008


A lot of people have been asking me how the so-called "deleted scenes" from Spookyville are scenes I've removed from the "main" cartoon when they have absolutely nothing to do with Sal, Jake and Wendy. I imagine it does require a bit of elaboration, but I assure you it was, originally, one massive flash.

My goal was to create a really long, almost hallucinogenic flash inspired by what I refer to as the "epic flashes" of yore. Stuff like How It Will End by AlanTheBox, Arfenhouse 2, or :/IntriguingMovieTitle/, the latter of which can no longer be seen on Newgrounds for reasons that are unbeknownst me. You know, the kind of flash movie where you sit down to watch it and by the time it's over you feel like days have passed. That sort of thing.

After completion, I took all 10 of the .FLAs that the cartoon sprawled over and began compiling them all into one. Unfortunately, the resulting file became much too big for my 1995-era computer to handle. With the filesize getting dangerously high and lag making it so that doing the simplest task took hours, I eventually had to make the heartbreaking decision of cutting scenes from the cartoon. After I did, I decided the scenes that remained were to be released in 2 separate submissions instead of 1.

Because of the hazy, dreamlike effect I was trying to go for in the movie, chopping the cartoon into a part 1 and part 2 was completely out of the question. I began rearranging the script to see if I could edit the scenes in such a way that they could be released as 2 stand-alone cartoons that don't have anything to do with each other.

I guess I was (semi) succesful in this regard, but the untold part of the story is that the final product and my original vision are completely and utterly different. Essentially the whole thing was shown out of order.

HERE'S WHAT I MEAN: In the Deleted Scenes, you have 3 "segments". For convenience, I'll call them Jesus 1, Azumi, and Jesus 2. (Azumi is the name of the Japanese girl who wanders around in a post apocalyptic wasteland). After Jesus 1, we have a break to watch the Azumi scene, then we return to Jesus 2. Interestingly enough, the Azumi scene was never meant to run AFTER Jesus 1, but instead, before.

Here's how it was supposed to go down...

The "main" Spookyville cartoon, the one where Sal regales the audience with memories of the Spookyville "series" that never actually occurred, takes place normally up until the part where Sal infamously goes off about Japanese girls. After the DDR music video, it is suggested that Sal suffers a stroke, implying that the Japanese girls, the DDR playing, Azumi, Jesus and Xenu all only exist in a hallucination Sal has as a side effect. After Sal's head explodes when he's playing DDR, the scene switches to Azumi. After Azumi is squished by a giant stone block (symbolizing a fatality of your choice!) the scene THEN switches to Jesus 1, not the Xenu scene, but instead, the scene wherein the 2 characters meet. Max laments about not being allowed access to Heaven, and after that, we return to Sal, Jake, and Wendy, for a scene that was cut from the cartoon entirely. Wendy questions Sal as to why he's been staring off into space, and Sal asks to be taken to the hospital. Before that can happen though, more hallucinations set in. This is where Jesus 2, or the scene that introduces Xenu, takes place. After the Earth explodes, we once again rejoin Sal, Jake and Wendy as they wave into the camera as the "show" ends. You know where things go from there.

All in all, it was a major disappointment for me to have to butcher my own cartoon so much. Absolutely none of what I had originally intended came across and that was a bummer for me. This one project has definitely been a bigger headache than anything I've ever worked on.

...But, I've learned lessons. Lessons about not biting off more than I can chew. Lessons about not tackling something thats too over-ambitious. Remember guys, a true artist always works within his limitations.

So anyway, if you didn't like Spookyville I'm sorry but the good news is I have a LOT of new projects I'm working on now that should turn out to cause less drama for me, and chances are you'll like at least one of them.

Peace and Grease,

Max


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personally i thought it was great anyways, especially the jesus gags. but dont you have a friend or internet accomplice you could have sent the files to in order to submit it as a whole? just an idea.

That was an idea that was bouncin' around for a while, but then I'd need a way to transfer an absolutely massive file, and then I'd have to instruct him on what to do with it. It would have been a nightmare

That clears things up,doode! :)

I wouldn't of been able to tell the diffrence, but now I'm curious how it would of played out...

This is me caring Max.

This is me.

Go fog yourself you nagger-lover

"...a true artist always works within his limitations."

Yeeahhh, but how do you know your limitations unless you try to push yourself?

Your advice is defeatist and upsetting.

BY PUSHING MYSELF, I'VE DISCOVERED WHAT MY LIMITATIONS ARE! SHEESH!

WHY DOES EVERYONE ALWAYS HAVE TO CHALLENGE EVERYTHING I SAY?

fuck... all that reading and no funny youtube or picture at the end... im never reading again without scrolling down ahead of time. :(

were the words worth nothing to you?!? I am not a clown for your amusement!

Kinda confusing, but still clears some things up.

Still turned out twisted nevertheless.

Ah, well, that kinda makes sense.

I didn't ask, but I was wondering how the deleted scenes related to the movie, too. The deleted scenes and the Spookyville 2 movie are almost nothing alike!

I have to admit, while the full un-cut flash would have been epic, the disconnected feeling of the deleted scenes was part of what made it so funny.

It kinda felt like you just picked up Spookyville 2 from the last scene of the cat being raped and ran with it. Ran pretty far, but that's not the point. Either way, both animations were top notch and funny as hell. Can't wait to see whatever new stuff you do.

P.S. Eventually, should you get the chance, release the uncut version as "Spookyville 2: Demon's Cut" Best of both worlds!

lol, I wish. I try not to go back and mess with old cartoons, though

It sucked having to cut Nameless 6 Vol. 2 into two pieces.
Especially since like 10,000 people that watched the first part didn't watch the second one.

Flash is no good for big flashes.
THUS GOES TOM'S THEORY ABOUT SOMEONE WINNING AN OSCAR WITH FLASH.

It's true. Plus, there's that 16k frame number export limit. There are ways around it, but it's still a hassle

You could have just finsihed animating everything in two .fla's
..then just spliced everything together into one by copy pasting.

Copy pasting large amounts of frames may take a while, but I figure with the lag it should only take you around half an hour max to do.

But the load time would kill though.
I dunno. Cutting into two stand alone parts is probably the better choice.

Holy shit man you worked really hard on that i feel bad that you had to butcher it i really liked that movie alot i know i wouldn't be able to keep on working on a project that huge

props/kudos/whatever/ you awesome

P.S you dog is raping my cat

MY DOG IS FEMALE, YOUR STATEMENT IS ILLOGICAL

THAT STORY SUCKED

Edit it together as a giant Youtube video. Please.

Hmm, maybe... I have been learning how to use iMovie....

In wonder why Tom hasn't started a 'Epic hallucinogenic flash' section.. it would be brilliant..

I know, right?

It felt like years...

I think all your animations are awesome. these 2 pieces are not the ecception.

however, you do realize that abour 3/4 of the
script were a halucination by sal, right? Lol. seriosuly.

I didint catch something..... so the scenes with you and jesus fighting over animal rapes are all product of salĀ“s imagination?

I think you Did bite more than you can chew

yup, all in Sal's mind. There have been entire books, movies, and plays that take place in dreams...
(Even video games, Zelda: Link's Awakening)

Some people consider it a cop out, but I always enjoy it because the dream world is often much more interesting than the real world

HOW ABOUT YOU GET SOME MORE RAM INSTEAD!?

HOW BOUT I RAM YOU?

So much text...

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