deadCenter Review: ‘The Terrible Thing of Alpha-9!’
Posted June 11, 2010 by George Lang
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Screened as part of Comedy Shorts
“The Terrible Thing of Alpha-9!”
Directed by Jake Armstrong
Beautifully and originally animated, this tale of the futility of man’s violence plops a spaceman down on a distant planet. He’s there to kill an enormous five-eyed beast, but the creature turns out to be more cuddly than ferocious.
That little fact doesn’t get in the spaceman’s way though, and he persists in his mission, resulting in a sad and poignant conclusion that reaches pretty deep into the psyche of humanity for an animated short.
Grade: 3 1/2 out of 4 Stars
-Dusty
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