Thanks, I needed that. Had Rove on the brain all day. No one deserves that.

I actually went to their site and watched a couple of other shorts (none of which were short enough). Please tell me you're using the word light-heartedly.

It was kinda funny for about 30 seconds.

Note to Videomakers: Get convincing voices (if "stentorian" leaves you clueless, go with "deep") next time around, and, for godsake, EQ the chopper SFX with a roll-offs below 500 and above 1800 hz and watch the g-d gain.

Sigh.

To "A Reader"

One day, shortly after my grandmother died in 1987, my grandfather went out and bought a mouse. He named it Alexander and, when it died the following year, he bought another.

Caring for mice became Paps' hobby... a way to fill his days. And, even towards the end, when he knew he was dying, he made us buy him a new mouse (after the death of Lester in March of this year).

We knew this new mouse would probably outlive Paps, but we bought him anyway. And Paps began to care for the furry little guy, whom he had named "Murray." Not long after, my grandfather's condition worsened. Paps, my grandfather and one of my few remaining heroes, passed away on May 19th of this year.

Now, imagine my surprise when I found that Paps left Murray to me! Out of 4 children and 13 grandchildren, Paps picked me. Though, it was a natural choice. I was the only one who ever played with the mice.

So, this past month, in dealing with Paps' death, I knew I wanted to honor him. Do some sort of tribute. A sketch invoking his memory was a no-brainer... and using Murray just felt right. That's when we came up with Mouse Tank. And so it was made -- mostly as a short with an idea that we loved. But, also partly to give one last nod to Paps. Because when Murray dies, there won't be another mouse after him.

So, essentially, what I'm trying to say is this: I'm really, really sorry your enjoyment of the film was affected by what you perceive to be audio problems.

Best,

Sean Bury

Invisible Engine Films

www.invisibleengine.com

My first reaction was to echo the prevailing underwhelmed response.

Now, Sean, I've read your comment as well, which was as tediously unfunny as your video. (And on the slim chance that your faux-touching tale is true, shame on you for exploiting your grandfather to weasel your way out of obvious technical incompetence.)

Viewers will forgive about anything but boredom.

Zzzz.

When I was a child of, let's say... ten -- my Paps sat me down and gave me this piece of advice:

"If you can't say something nice..."

No, wait. I'm sorry, that was my Father who always said that. It was my Paps who said:

"Sean, there are some people in this world who will watch 'Star Wars' and scream at the screen, "THERE'S NO SOUND IN SPACE!" I think you know what I'm getting at."

God bless Paps.

I, for one, thought the video was great. The voiceovers were spot-on, and the shaky camera work, surprise world of mice ending, and realistic breaking news details (wrong videos, uniniteresting technical details of the tank) were hilarious. And I didn't notice any of the audio problems that nitpicky A Reader had such a hard time getting over.

Judging by the real car-chase reports I've seen, bad audio simply adds to the realism.

As for boring, this is one of the better long-ish videos that's been posted this week.

Growing up in Southern California, you become pretty familiar with the inanity of watching the local news cover a car chase. The drama is so ridiculously inflated that following a tank hijacked by a mouse almost seems a step down from the real thing.

"EQ the chopper SFX with a roll-offs below 500 and above 1800 hz and watch the g-d gain."

You Fool. The Roll off is is below 490, not 500. I mean, what is this? Bush league Digital Short Audio Tutoring? Get your affairs in order before you go off spouting chopper SFX audio advice.

- "The Reader" of "The Reader"