What the HELL is Delgo? (An Uncanny Valley DISASTER)

Delgo is one of the biggest animated FAILURES in cinematic history. Its visuals also fall right into the uncanny valley. Hope y'all are ready to meet your new sleep paralysis demon!
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[@Saberspark]

I threw myself 100% into this video. I really wanted to have fun with the edits and go to town on the topic since it's so bizarre. Enjoy!

[@darkrebel236]

Saberspark first

[@Orangecatdude]

HELLO

[@magolor152]

Are you sure you're not a furry?

[@FauxGemini]

Been waiting all week for this!! Ready for childhood memories to surface lol

[@vinne6361]

No one cares if your first

[@Peterscraps]

The uncanny valley: When the people who made the models are under-qualified and the animators over-qualified.

[@tinyflyingdragons9432]

Cute profile pic

[@dysxleia]

Or vice versa

[@overdosed3002]

Didn't expect to see you here

[@user-dk9jq6cj7q]

@@overdosed3002 me either. hi tf2 man

[@nah456]

wtf poopscrapz???

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Budget: $40 million Box office: (Didn't even make a million) Biggest flop I've seen.

[@DrViperVideos]

Idk terminator dark flop losing over $100mil is pretttttty bad

[@aufowithwificoverage3328]

xD

[@_dak_9874]

Why do I find you in every comments section

[@PeterGriffin11]

Didn't Arctic Dogs beat that record?

[@watchforever1724]

Meg Griffin I don’t think so

[@lunch_trey]

That guy who wanted to see if anyone would come to the theaters to watch Delgo, I respect him. He saw one family enjoy the movie and, to him, that was a victory no matter how small. Maybe if things were different, he would've had an animation masterpiece on his hands.

[@delete---7593]

?

[@TheyCallMeK]

@@delete---7593 You are not the only person who can make me angry

[@ericlamb4501]

Or it's the *massive* boof of copium they took first

[@pastelviolet2957]

There's an alternative universe where this movie was successful and there's Delgo themed kids birthday parties, bedrooms and costumes and everything!

[@Larry_Ibarra]

And in that same universe, Avatar and Frozen were massive box office bombs that nobody remembers. Also Howard The Duck was the best MCU film and Pixar's only good movie was Cars 2.

[@Jarvision814]

And also The Sequel Trilogy we’re the only good Star Wars trilogy

[@richardpulido4624]

And Kaena: The Prophecy and Battle For Terra were pretty good movies before Delgo came out

[@Jarvision814]

And Zzyzx Road was the highest grossing movie of all time

[@Short_King_the_First]

Thank you for making me feel better 😭

[@ray-rayrambles3263]

“He went to the movie theatre to see how many people would come and no one showed up” OW MY HEART THAT POOR MAN NEEDS A HUG

[@jodipearson567]

Sometimes I think about going to watch these kind of films in the cinema just so that the artists get some acknowledgement from their audience. There poor people work so hard and really love their movies. Heck, animation is hard and it must suck when everyone makes fun of something you've poured your heart into.

[@ray-rayrambles3263]

Jodi Pearson ditto, I have a lot of stories I put my soul into so I can only imagine how soul crushing it would be to see people hate them

[@fatcat1414]

I always feel bad for the people that are actually passionate about their art but it still ends up failing, whether the actual art is good or not. I guess it just hits a little too close to home.

[@TylerBluTheConqueror777]

@Micheal Shuman Are u referring to underperformed movies?

[@unripetheberrby6283]

@@oliviawoloshyn5824 Yeah it feels bad when you Know you're being pitied but, knowing that they're apathetic seems even worse...

[@tamaledog]

The movie was so bad that it literally absorbed the souls of two voice actors, consequently killing them.

[@o_o5210]

Tamale Dog MURDERERS I TELL YOU murderers

[@jkpstudios3456]

Wha...?

[@TylerBluTheConqueror777]

*Impossible -Thanos*

[@user-bd1kr6cq7l]

Tamale Dog WTF :(

[@HeilRay]

Souls were the price.

[@GrayveRoseMusic]

I can only describe the color palette of this as, "Diet Easter"

[@foxycinnamonkitten997]

WHY IS IT TRUE*

[@maligator8708]

I’M CRYING

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

Yup, there's green, yellow and brown

[@piou77piou]

The movie : Doesn't to do Hollywood's stuff Also the movie : Has the comic relief, the villain who looks like a villain and the "I'm a female so I wear pink and fall in love the main character but look how strong and independent I am" relief.

[@preetakumar6593]

Along with prominent actors from Hollywood.

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

Kyla (the love interest)'s clothing is more purple then pink

[@slingobobingo9322]

The director of this film was one of my teachers at film school. He's an eccentric guy, and he was very proud of this film. While this movie gets goofed on a lot (rightfully so), it stands apart from most other poorly-made CGI films. This was the first CGI film made outside of the studio model, meaning the size of this team and the resources they had was absolutely tiny compared to their competitors. Most people said an out-of-studio CGI movie was impossible to make. This director proved them wrong - only problem was that the movie sucks. I think the director would admit the movie's flaws, but he was still very proud of what he accomplished.

[@Sammytheflaaffyfan]

Bruh

[@KaijuDino]

Nice larp, what next, did the whole bus clap?

[@HungryCreatureProductions]

We went to the same school? You a SCAD-grad friend?

[@zukiair3760]

What are the chances

[@chaozkid4413]

OK BOOMER

[@ryancarless7921]

The Uncanny Valley should be an actual plot point in a movie.

[@cheeselord8153]

Ryan Carless sounds super meta and fun

[@dawert2667]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpiVaoerjNRjj9E

[@legacyirene832]

There is a videogame based off that

[@CYBER_N0T]

Curtop What’s it called

[@jamillatorres7226]

Maybe it could be about a world with cute cartoony characters but a virus known to them as Uncanny Valley starts infecting and turning them into zombies of some sort. Then the 4 main characters set out to find a cure but are faced with trials along the way, (hordes of infected Uncanny Valley dudes and predatory monsters) and maybe one of them falls victim to the virus and has to be killed. Then yada yada yada they find the place where the ingredients that could make a cure are kept, they create a cure, and then boom everyone who isn't dead is happy.

[@Emberilliance]

I wonder if the movie would have worked with the 2D cell-shaded animation they used in "Klaus." I think, with the right artists onboard, that could have been quite beautiful!

[@sirius1696]

Klaus was gorgeous omg

[@NateElias9328]

This movie came out when I was in my mid-teens, and I remember me and my Mom seeing a poster for it when we went to the Theater one day. She stopped to stare at it and said it's title in a tone of voice I can best describe as a combination of confusion and disgust. And then we kept walking.

[@swearfreegamer]

In complete honesty I thought that intro was going to be “you like action, you like fantasy, well I have the game for you... RAID:Shadow Legends”

[@jaysonklein6018]

I love that people now rip on this game.

[@printerpaperanimationz7966]

Oh my god that is so true I was thinking the same thing

[@tonyshum5569]

well but to be honest RAID: Shadow Legends™ is an immersive online experience with everything you'd expect from a brand new RPG title. It's got an amazing storyline, awesome 3D graphics, giant boss fights, PVP battles, and hundreds of never before seen champions to collect and customize. I never expected to get this level of performance out of a mobile game. Look how crazy the level of detail is on these champions! RAID: Shadow Legends™ is getting big real fast, so you should definitely get in early. Starting now will give you a huge head start. There's also an upcoming Special Launch Tournament with crazy prizes! And not to mention, this game is absolutely free!

[@copeseethemald8510]

@@tonyshum5569 oh no you too

[@Quacka]

Both the movie and raid suck

[@MuffinYoBusiness]

“Hate crimes” proceeds to show a Lego man arresting another Lego man

[@bolachas1998]

Lego on lego violence

[@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche4303]

Dude, Lego hate crimes are a legitimate issue that noone will talk about

[@radish3976]

Κωνσταντίνος Φραγκίσκος Beat me to it

[@murasakiusagi5124]

@Κωνσταντίνος Φραγκίσκος HEY

[@bebesulfan]

Lego hate crimes don't get demonetized. KZbin doesn't view the lego ethnic group as real people.

[@ashOvO]

HOLY SHIT DUDE. I WATCHED THIS ONCE AND IVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND IT SINCE. I HONESTLY THOUGHT I MADE IT UP AND IT WAS A WEIRD FEVER DREAM 😳

[@Snail_Overlord]

BRO SAME IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR IT FOR YEARS, I loved it as a kid But no one else in my family remembered it Twas only I AND I FINNALY FOUND IT AND I WAS SO HAPPY and then- Yeah so apparently my tastes have changed a lot since then and now-

[@ashOvO]

@@Snail_Overlord 😂😂lol

[@justabarbbitches3259]

@@Snail_Overlord me too. I loved it as a kid

[@kedda8602]

Me too, I saw it once as a kid on tv

[@sheinaragners]

same ;_; i thought i was going insane.

[@sarahm8695]

I remember seeing trailers of this as a kid and begging my parents to get it, only for them to tell me, "No. Absolutely not." I was so mad back then, but I can now thank them in hindsight.

[@Blade_Corps]

Delgo: "How dare Avatar steal our ideas" Avatar: *literally just Pocahontas in space*

[@rhodopisdenile8977]

It’s obviously dances with wolves in space.

[@alexlasers1358]

The worst camp camp memes ever Dance with the wolves is honestly just the much older Pocahontas movie

[@CYBER_N0T]

My dumbass can’t read, thought you were talking about The Last Airbender and thought “Damn season 2 must be crazy”

[@parker-boy98]

You know. Some think it rips off Ferngully

[@merilinethvivi1063]

@@rhodopisdenile8977 which is obviously pocahontas in space

[@Evergreen2219]

Unpopular opinion: the characters aren’t THAT ugly. Like sure, they’re ugly but honestly I’ve seen uglier characters on Disney/Nick/Cartoon Network shows

[@Nahemii]

Agree

[@Niobesnuppa]

The reason they look so repulsive to me is that they're ugly but also weirdly realistic. It adds this grossness to it, in my opinion.

[@devynelliot8839]

I think the models could have a used a few more deviations from human, but yea, I don’t actually find them that bad. And honestly, I think the turtle people look far better than the faerie people. The faerie people look more uncanny to my eyes

[@Darke_Exelbirth]

I agree, they're not actually hitting that Uncanny Valley note for me. Sure, they're not great looking, but they're not nearly as bad as some of the other things we've seen on this channel. The child models look kinda bad though.

[@rezboadog369]

Agreed, I've seen worse.

[@xenomorph0.0xx95]

Damn I feel bad for the man, all he wanted is to create his own movie. And I am being honest

[@theskeletonsarejudgingyou2117]

Saber: "talks about the movie" Me: "just wondering what is happening to the bad guy's wings"

[@EclipseDoesArt]

I actually have vague memories of seeing this, so I can answer that! She got her wings cut off when she was banished, and she’s wearing decorative prosthetics for the rest of the movie. That’s why she was killed by a fall- her fake wings didn’t let her fly.

[@theskeletonsarejudgingyou2117]

@@EclipseDoesArt oh ok thanks

[@EclipseDoesArt]

@@theskeletonsarejudgingyou2117 happy to help! My mind latches on to really weird and random things, so I’m always happy to share some tidbit or other if the situation arises ^w^

[@Dumbledoresarmy13]

"They made my character look very handsome" *cuts to turtle man with very slightly more prominent cheekbones* hmm

[@Micolino9878]

Saber: "Do you remember Delgo?" Me: "Well yes, actually." Saber: "No, of course you don't." Me: "Oh. . ."

[@cassiopeia7509]

Welp, need to erase my memory before I can go on and watch this vid

[@thatgirlinamask8699]

Off to concuss myself!

[@user-st7rq3sn7v]

Watched it in a local theatre when it was released as a birthday present....... suffice to say we got refunds and then went for ice cream and cake!

[@LoryskaEntertainment]

I watched it on Cartoon Network. I hated it, but I remember it

[@user-st7rq3sn7v]

@@LoryskaEntertainment It's like trying to forget the first 5 minutes of 2 girls one cup.......... You do...... until someone mentions it ;)

[@ninalove8521]

The history was kinda sad, everyone loved to do it but then life came and said: No no no no! Your movie, the years you spent on it, the money, everything, everything is going to the trash now because yes :).

[@h3sitantali3n]

Yeah I felt pretty bad for the voice actor, Michael, that was proud of his work and then saberspark made fun of the behind the scenes scene...

[@preetakumar6593]

The voice actors were mostly good, except the main ones. You have Val Kilmer, Anne Bancroft, Burt Reynolds, Malcolm McDowell, all actors who have already proven their talents and had decades of work behind them when they worked on this. But the issue was with the actor playing Delgo and his sidekick.

[@Astolfo2001]

I feel like this movie (along with Strange Magic) was just a great idea that just unfortunately suffered from bad execution. So much potential for a masterpiece flushed down the drain which is such a shame really because I would love to see more mature, action-oriented animated movies (that are not from Japan) get wide theatrical releases. 😞Oh well. At least, ever since the failures of Delgo and Strange Magic, we got Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse which was a big financial and critical success and we are getting a sequel to that movie in 2022 though. 😊

[@itsdokko2990]

legit i feel like this movie would have had a extremely deep and interesting lore if only was executed in the right way. Such a shame

[@user-kg3xs1bu6x]

I swear I saw both these movies a few years ago and I'm pretty sure I mixed up the movie plots in my head

[@Gxyz222]

"Animation is a median, not a genre, and it's not specifically for kids.". Great quote, if only everyone understood this, we would definitely have a better appreciation for animated films and live films as a whole.

[@pinksucccubus]

I think you meant “medium,” not median, but yeah I agree.

[@emperorfaiz]

I glad Japan already got the right idea half of century ago. Western countries especially the USA, on the other hand, are still catching up.

[@KenMantheUltimate]

@@emperorfaiz I think the problem is in the West if you can park a kid in front of something and it shuts them up, it makes it "for kids". Animated shows/films and video games are examples of this mentality.

[@HelloHamburger]

EmperorFaiz Sadly true, and is also the reason a lot of the best from adult swim is anime.

[@trevingrayek8292]

The worst part is when people use “It’s for kids” to peddle garbage because they think they’re stupid and not worth the effort. Literally the most mature stories I’ve ever seen came from “Kids” media.

[@chaysebanks6764]

Hey dude my teacher wrote and directed this movie. I have a signed Delgo poster to top it off. This was his first film and he made it fresh out of college and didn’t know what he was doing at all. He was given so much funding despite no experience. The movie ended up blacklisting him from a career in filmmaking, when that’s what he wanted to do. He teaches story at college now and tries to inspire kids by being clear about his mistakes and the circumstances that brought him there. He’s very loved by his students and really isn’t a bad guy. I love film roast videos but I just wanted to be clear about this guys character for people to see in the comments section so no one starts attacking the guy. EDIT: Hey ya’ll slight update!! I am working in Accounting for Disney now! its pretty awesome! FSU Film is a great program and Jason is a fantastic mentor. I wrote this comment back in college and it still stands today. Thats all for now!

[@theggamer2824]

Honesty if what you say is true, then I kinda feel sorry for him cause it basically ruined his career

[@chaysebanks6764]

Ulysses Contreras It ruined his film directing career but not his life. film.fsu.edu/2019/07/19/student-snapshot-chayse-banks/

[@kutana4863]

@lithe damn the edge is strong with this one

[@Neon_Toffee]

O o f

[@isaacwestling1141]

@jakov That's a pretty steep accusation considering you only read two shoddily put together sentences.

[@maggieskr5299]

I only remembered Sedessa's name because in my language, "sedes" means toilet seat. Even more (18:42) Sedessa-toilet association!

[@foxycinnamonkitten997]

I thought about seducea

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

Makes scene

[@tysondennis1016]

Toilet fairy queen

[@KomePutaz]

"Delgo budget: $ 40 million" yikes. Princess Mononoke had a budget of $ 23 million

[@seenl6eight258]

Saberspark: “Animation doesn’t always need to be for kids.” FTC: “I’m just gonna ignore that.”

[@Alejandroigarabide]

What's FTC?

[@marakarthegreat]

anyone who thinks animation is just for kids is the lowest form of neanderthal

[@memelover6917]

@@marakarthegreat those are probably the same idiots that think all kids movies are dumb and immature

[@marakarthegreat]

@@memelover6917 precisely

[@stephanj306]

KZbin made that rule. It has absolutely nothing to do with the FTC ruling. Don't fall for corporate propaganda.

[@Serithe]

I genuinely feel bad that the movie didn't do well, after the team poured their hearts and souls onto it.

[@JovanaSanchez000]

They were so passionate about their project that they forgot to pay attention to their story and characters.

[@ImageSC]

Don't be.

[@ryderspider8841]

@@ImageSC bro, have some sympathy?? do you know how long 10 years of work is? do you know how expensive it is to make a movie? imagine spending all your time and effort on a project that you cared about so much just to watch everyone shit on it? like yeah, it's garbage, don't get me wrong, but there's a difference between being critical about a movie and being sympathetic to the writers. don't tell someone not to be sympathetic, because if someone acts cruel to you, it's something you asked for, then you can't complain about it.

[@diaIga]

@Ryder Spider *extremely* well spoken! i agree with you 100%.

[@ImageSC]

@@ryderspider8841 i mean, I used to. But after looking at how they came about making this movie, It's slowly chipped away. Like Saber said, I congratulate them for trying, but this was not well thought out and at the expense of others and sacrificing other things to make something just because is not right. If you want more detail, i can provide it if you'd like.

[@yolkyostritch1692]

Forest ranger: what are you using to make that fire? Me: Delgo copies Forest ranger: carry on.

[@pogggaming4470]

Imagine if the forest burns down

[@soulight6091]

I agree with the ending... I'm trying to write sometihng of a simular tone and I had to drop so many characters and ideas because the plot itself was to bloated. Piece of advice; IT'S OKAY TO DROP IDEAS WHEN THEY DON'T WORK.

[@hassathunter2464]

"They wanted to make a movie about racism, prejudice... hate crimes." So... Zootopia?

[@finalfantasy7freak664]

Can’t forget that drug war in Zootopia as well lol

[@fleas.]

Nah, Beastars actually did this way better

[@kodyrowe-manns6360]

Yikes

[@kodyrowe-manns6360]

@@fleas. ok furry

[@gavanscorner2524]

@@kodyrowe-manns6360 Yeah, because enjoying a movie about anthropomorphic animals make you a furry, as if being a furry is a bad thing?? Okay anime profile picture.

[@YourBudTevin]

If this movie came out in 2003 it would’ve been a hit. Timing is just as important as the execution, and they were just too late

[@parker-boy98]

Eh, not really, with the direction it was going in.

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

If this movie have better animation, story and didn't have Filo (annoying turtle man), it would've been a hit

[@ktownshutdown21]

...based on what?? This was destined for BullshitLand no matter when it came out. It would barely even make a dent in the straight-to-DVD market, nonetheless giving this a major wide release.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Shrek just came out in 2001 and it aged like fine wine.

[@sjlang7812]

the movie reminds me of cats, with weirdly realistic human like characters and a wack ass story line

[@parker-boy98]

I wanna see the original vhs tape.

[@fallingasleepaswespeak]

the 2019 cats, though. cats 1998 is a treasure.

[@Nartss]

I watched this movie as a kid. Forgot it existed. I lived happily in peace. Now you've brought it back from the deepest corners of my mind. How could you...

[@lightyearpig12]

Cats: Oh, you’re approaching me? Delgo: I can‘t terrify audiences without getting closer!

[@MuffinYoBusiness]

lightyearpig12 “Yare Yare, You truly are the worse rated animated movie in cinematic history”

[@noriakikakyoin4412]

Cats: ho ho...then come as close as you like

[@kuramayoko23]

Delgo: ORA! Cats: STOP TIME...THE WORLD!! (Walks up to Delgo, snaps neck) To Be Continued...?

[@noriakikakyoin4412]

Nobody: This comment section: *їптёп$ё JѳJѳ пѳї$ё$*

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

Let's Go Ape: HE'S SO SMALL

[@natkatmac]

"Girl in yoga pants finds interracial lover" If a plot thread can be summed up by a PH title, it may need a bit of tweaking.

[@r.p.4756]

"yoga milf DP'd by big white c*cks, sislovesme"

[@yellowbearanimations]

3:54 using these generic stock images to describe very serious issues just cracked me up, and then the unnecessary/incomplete blur was just the cherry on top

[@sandwingsauce6085]

I'm writing a book right now and I absolutely love it! It's my first book idea that isn't a shameless ripoff of a movie I like lol. I've been working on it for almost a year and my mind tends to wander there any chance it gets. I've shown it to my friends and they like it, too! I even ask them if there's anything in the story I need to change. I have a lot of passion for this book and seeing how much the Delgo team cared for their movie kinda scares me. I don't want to end up in a situation where I'm waiting to see if people like my story and no one even cares enough to show up. That is my greatest fear as a writer.

[@lissaquon607]

Oof I feel ya. It's always rough if your work is rejected. But best suggestion is - do the best you can. But always accept you are learning and getting better. So even if one project didn't pan out - there's always another day.

[@manicman5961]

"They tried and failed?" "They tried and died".

[@DoubleADwarf]

Have a like, _human._

[@jethrothomasibarreta5892]

Is that a Dune reference?

[@markiangooley]

Kwisatz Haderach definitely a pair of famous lines from the book

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

Ouch real cruel wish them all a better future also rip those two hard workers

[@Angelfreak94]

Lol that's so sad but I had to laugh because it kinda reminded me of the SpongeBob episode where Patrick makes the song and the band that sings the song dies after recording the song lol xD 😂😂😂

[@ninjareaper4828]

Two people died during production? Sounds like the movie cursed them. And to be honest, The Curse of Delgo's Production sounds like a much better film.

[@NEVERescapingLOVE]

somebody make this

[@cintronproductions9430]

Imagine the last thing you ever worked on being something as awful as this. Those poor, unfortunate souls.

[@Tirnel_S]

Michael Clarke Duncan passed away too, but in 2012.

[@troyjardine5850]

We need a new genre of film with the idea being the making of bad movies. "Disaster Artist" and "Dolemite is my name" would be the standard bearer.

[@thema1998]

@@Tirnel_S Burt Reynolds died in 2018.

[@VoidHearted]

I’ll say one thing, I like the wings on the fairy people. They look both alien-bug like and fantasy person like. I also like how they’re not static when they aren’t flying, they bounce a little when they walk and they flutter and stretch them sometimes when they talk and move.

[@dkjcb3993]

Delgo's comic relief sidekick, Annoying Turtle Man reminds me of Barack Obama from rtgame's playthrough of Miitopia. I think it's the lankiness paired with the hat.

[@marakarthegreat]

I remember NOT wanting to see this movie when I was a kid

[@figs-oliomedley]

Same lol

[@munch3767]

Never heard of it

[@filthykid7069]

i actually liked it as a kid

[@marakarthegreat]

@@filthykid7069 I'll not argue your preference

[@tamararambo3079]

There was a trailer, I almost wanted to see it, but thankfully I didn’t.

[@crassweller11]

These characters look like the creepy halfway point in an animorphs cover.

[@Claymann71]

I was thinking Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes but in 90's PS1 cut-scene Animation with a Ferngully esque plotline.

[@detenatron.3608]

No it's the non fantasy animorphic reality version.

[@bleflar9183]

I watched it when i was like 3-5 years old. And i didn't understand a thing, especially since it was in english. But watching it felt good and epic. And the emotions stay with me up to this day when i remember the movie.

[@akanetsukiokamionnanoko1697]

Saber narrating is so good I’d listen to it on repeat multiple times and would want to hear it in a movie

[@MCLegoboy]

This movie is about: Action, revenge, adventure, comedy, romance, drama, racism, war, ... turtles, fairies, yoga pants, pirates, samurai, magic, sacrifice, ... burps, farts, thrills, chills, spills, black holes, portals, funny names, ... cheese, cucumbers, the laughs of small children, weight gain, weight loss, ... questioning life, escaping the uncanny valley, rye bread, lawsuits, silver, gold, the measure of a dollar, ... dragons, orcs, fish, death, the third dimension, time, aliens, slavery, ... conquest, infidels, furries, making lists of things to label this movie. What more could you want? A movie that is about something after failing at being about everything!

[@detenatron.3608]

Bullshit.

[@Sammytheflaaffyfan]

@.@ I'm dizzy just reading this comment!

[@tibb75]

Holy fucking shit. I can't breath reading this.

[@shrugerroonies7445]

man I always wanted a movie that was also about yoga pants

[@strawberryseasides]

what about horror?

[@CherryBlossomKid]

I wish Delgo would just DelGO away. ...I'll see myself out.

[@furstyboys7204]

The exits stage right

[@PeterGriffin11]

please stay....don't leave I like puns.

[@IsThisUsernameAvailable]

Yes. Go out

[@ravenwalker2080]

@Javin Newell f you punk

[@ravenwalker2080]

@@IsThisUsernameAvailable f you

[@runningtoastgirl7766]

I do remember seeing a dvd trailer for this movie, deep in the recesses of my childhood. Glad to know it wasn't in fact a fever dream induced hallucination.

[@ashcashgamer5770]

I can hardly remember certain things from the late 2000's but if I see a photo from my photobooks, everything comes back to me. So I don't remember this movie being in theaters in 2008. I was a seven year old child and what I can remember was having a Hello Kitty themed birthday party.

[@zing6]

"These names are so over the top" *delgos father*

[@TrickyJebus]

Yeah I kind of disagree with him saying its over the top. It seems straightforward and not too hard to recall.

[@TrickyJebus]

@Gyllen Stålson yeep

[@HikariMichi42]

Almost as bad as Boruto's Dad

[@ronan2004]

It should have been called "what the helgo is delgo"

[@simonj3413]

rsd underrated comment

[@Sashimi_Boy2404]

*TRASHOCADO MINIPULATACODO

[@mazebean5200]

You need to helgo away

[@optillian4182]

Get the fuck out of here.

[@keybyss98]

With the whole Yoga pants thing: Weren’t those weird bedazzled “Juicy” pants popular when this movie was being made?

[@mksabourinable]

Yea I was gonna say....

[@LovelyTekki]

I actually saw this in theaters...it was completely empty aside from me and a friend.

[@jojotoofor9eight766]

This entire movie looks like a late 90's game cinematic.

[@silverword1913]

I mean if early 2000s count as late 90s you're on to something

[@Sammytheflaaffyfan]

Not wrong Bone Boy, not wrong.

[@manofculture6682]

Oh hello there

[@Sammytheflaaffyfan]

@@manofculture6682 TWO OF THEM?!?! WHY?!?!

[@katherineperrin4817]

To be frank, it looks like it would be a really fun game.

[@SycrosD4]

The director of this movie was one of my professors in art school

[@imtootiredforthis9776]

Oop

[@MikeJr9284]

For real?

[@nicoleflores2054]

Well, that's sad

[@orangecherryart]

That's rough buddy

[@nisarojas2869]

Ope. Awkward

[@ravenwashere1776]

Honestly, I don't think their faces are that bad. That ram from Sheep and Wolves is still much worse.

[@lavenderghost4913]

the ram's not from the uncanny valley though he's a beast straight from uncanny hell

[@Brex10]

7:37 yo, holy shit, I've watched this movie, and it was one of those memories that bounce around in the back of you head like I vividly remember this thing existing and a few scenes but I cant remember enough to find it. I thing I actually enjoyed this movie back then.

[@jho_se2274]

Battle for terra

[@Brex10]

@@jho_se2274 yeah

[@pinkandgreeney]

After seeing the concept art it seems like the movies designs would honestly have worked better if it was traditional animation... not great but better

[@catpoke9557]

The concept art looks super cool

[@mariajimenafigueroa8311]

How to make Delgo better: 1) Better animation 2) Less uncanney designs 3) Have Saber re-write the story 4) Make the characters more interesting

[@yeyn3475]

@radf yes

[@coffeeaddict9605]

I kind of feel bad for the creators. They were excited about this and really tried, but it didn't work or translate well.

[@pokaay3163]

*Thanos voice* reality is often disappointing

[@vibing6530]

Felt the same for the creator of Joshua and the Promiseland. 3 years by himself.

[@Truckerboy1234]

Yeah I honestly agree.

[@preetakumar6593]

They didn't do a decent job, though. They got good voice actors, but didn't give them good facilities . They put a 70-something Anne Bancroft in a recording booth the size of a phone booth in an area where you could hear the sound of toilets, while she was also suffering from cancer (a fact they most likely didn't know, but still.)

[@eldriopossum]

it's kind of saddening because the world actually looks like it could be really cool. if only it was handled better.

[@iminumst7827]

I watched Delgo as a child, it definitely didn't age well, the movie's bad but as a huge fan of fantasy lore a small part of me likes it.

[@cottoncandyaddict]

The director of this film was everyone’s teacher in film school apparently

[@jodipearson567]

Takes the saying "if you can't do, teach" to a whole new level

[@Myuutsuu85]

This sure makes me fear for the future of animated movies.

[@Dave102693]

Lmfao

[@Unqualifiedmedicalperson]

That’s an insult to film school teachers....

[@ryderspider8841]

@@Unqualifiedmedicalperson after checking the guy up, apparently he was a pretty nice dude. that's really cruel of you to say. why are you so mean

[@kiwiwella8939]

I remember this movie only because I “lost” it at my Christian preschool. And my dad got really sad because he hadn’t had a chance to watch it. I felt really bad and I made all of the teachers search the whole school for it. We never saw it again. So... do with that what you will.

[@aciDCXIV]

I think you did you father a favor.

[@awesomereesee7841]

I think that was God's work

[@kiwiwella8939]

Awesome Reesee Amen😂

[@awesomereesee7841]

No sexy turtle lips in this Christian preschool

[@jordanpowell2242]

Yea....the pastor probably burn it in the basement natural gas Furnace....my dad shot it out of his tank during a Serbian Army exorcise

[@maidenchynna2725]

Saber: the music was bad except when they apparently we're ripping off pirates of the caribbean. See listen: Delgo clip: (obnoxious comic relief noises)

[@ARandomMinecraftVillager]

So, nobody is talking about the guy at 11:05 who said " X is very handsome" and then said "he's designed after me" ?

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

They made his character very VERY UGLY

[@LightningE-iy8fr]

I remember this for one reason and one reason only: Growing up my older brother had a lot of Nickelodeon magazines, there was an ad for this in one and it scared the shit out of me when I was like, 6 because of their necks.

[@belatedburial3952]

Voice actors: alright we’ve worked extremely hard, lets see it so far. *sees* *dies*

[@JovanaSanchez000]

The real reason why they died!

[@calmgoodfire4662]

Yea there’s footage of how they died kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5S1ap5upJl8Ztk Click it and go to 1:17 and your see it

[@CYBER_N0T]

Calmgoodfire This is a rickroll isn’t it

[@shawnconway6009]

See, where they went wrong is assuming that the magnum opus that takes 10 years is the thing that's supposed to open the doors. No, the magnum opus is the thing that's supposed to happen long after you've had the doors opened.

[@Gblack2014]

“Yeah, Delgo ! Remember Delgo? Yeah, of course ya don’t.” I lost it

[@guytorie]

Saberspark: "Aw yeah look at that *_CREVICE"_* Monkey Moses: "I SWEAR TO GOD"

[@LendriMujina]

God: _"Me dammit, Moses, I literally JUST GAVE YOU those tablets and you already forgot about #3?!"_

[@cintronproductions9430]

Noooo! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

[@arandomminecraftguy340]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[@rightyloosey8554]

@Colin Steadland I looked at the 144p profile picture and decided not to. Thank you for confirming my will to *never click on their channel*

[@rightyloosey8554]

@Colin Steadland What do you mean by that?

[@cjflash4002]

1:45 my favorite meme right there

[@anrriveradxndsigamer1495]

guys lets make Delgo: Recreated so basically it is just delgo but a collab and the movie will be fixed via Saber's points.

[@oddcrafter1270]

That... could be good.

[@pogggaming4470]

I call the pet sidekick being female

[@PokemonMaster4742]

it's like they played yoshi's story while making the characters and then watched Disney's Dinosaur once before making last minute changes

[@Kardinaalilintu]

oooo, hey, I thought the characters had familiar features; they totally look like the iguanadons from Disneys "Dinosaur"!! Except uglier.

[@cintronproductions9430]

@@Kardinaalilintu Uglier? More like more disgusting and deformed. And there's also a bit of Shrek and Michael Bay TMNT in them. 😂

[@twigb6863]

Unlike this movie I actually remember dinosaur hahha

[@TDArulesclub4]

The fact that the writers had so much hope and passion for the story already planning two other movies and it just.. flopped. I know people that have stories they’ve been working for years and are really passionate about it, building the world immensely, and seeing something like this, I hope they can take notes. Yes, you have an idea with a huge world to build on, but you have to organize it correctly, keep the world building brief BUT interesting, and make characters interesting.

[@pluna3382]

I think part of why this line of thinking persists is how people never want to be mean. Like they sing countless praises because they wanted to be one of the supporters of something big. But because they fear negativity so much, they never offer legit criticisms which is exactly what art relies on. It's like with Lion King remake and how there were concerns with how the live cgi was executed. But people defensively talked about how people worked hard or that just the lion king name is good enough. Good intentions does not guarantee a good quality creation.

[@Chadius]

It's why you need to be careful and test your products before you go whole hog. Start with an animatic, maybe make an 11 minute short, make a Direct to DVD movie and THEN go for the gusto with the major motion film.

[@RozettaVyper]

@@pluna3382 Thing is even if you ask for criticism on your work, you aren't guaranteed to get it if any. That's something I sadly go through as someone who is trying to make a comic and hopefully see it on screen someday.

[@juliamavroidi8601]

I wonder if this concept would've worked better in book form

[@D1CKMASTER]

I don't want to sound horribly bad but This movie is just absolute garbage

[@RHR199X]

I have a book about computer animation that I got in San Francisco when I was a kid long before Delgo was released and I was still a kid by the time it was as it took ten years to make, the book had a small section about it, they really were excited about it and it really was promising and I saw the characters and strange dinosaur like animals and for years I always wanted to see it. So I guess this makes me the only kid who was genuinely hyped for Delgo.

[@Waaagh40KRed]

This has to be my favorite review from this channel. All the jokes were just hilarious. "Turtle lips," nuff said.

[@lordjorach]

Urgh, Delgo sounds like the name of an old department store that's about to go out of business and has a very depressing atmosphere

[@kayleee4065]

Blockbuster vibes

[@dovacatthe_dragonborn6055]

*"aNd WhY dOeS dElGo HaVe SuCh A mAsSiVe co--"* That was still funnier than the "funny" guy in the movie

[@98953812]

So THAT'S why the princess stuck around. XD

[@mariajimenafigueroa8311]

You mean annoying guy

[@anikmonette2140]

I hate characters like these that can't even tie up their own shoes without being annoying! 😡

[@shaquille_oatmeal6949]

Hahahaha Hahahaha

[@senorramen8047]

“Why did Delgo have such a massive co-“ finish your sentence Saber 😏

[@joelbrich2538]

The main female character looks like a less offensive version of the ugly stepsister from shrek. That said, I think Delgo is a good example of how Saber can be WAY too hard on visuals sometimes. He uses the word "uncanny" so often that it starts to not sound like a word.

[@Imaproshaman7]

Honestly, this could've been good. It's a shame. :( And the part about "just because you have passion doesn't mean the project you work on will be good" is a hard truth. This video was great though.

[@parker-boy98]

I agree, like you need careful directions.

[@donnyshields4450]

What else do you have to do to make it good?

[@bigshrekhorner]

@@donnyshields4450 You need discipline and skill. Discipline will teach you how to work and get through the pressure of working, especially for such projects, and skill is necessary if you want to do something that will be worth looking into. It's a bit similar to the argument people that whine about cooking shows rejecting people with passion have. Just because you have passion for cooking, it doesn't mean you have the required skill and the discipline that will help you get through the (honestly sometimes crippling) pressure of working in an actual kitchen. The same goes with movies.

[@seankim1592]

yeah, at the very least, it could have become a cult classic.

[@johneden2033]

@@bigshrekhorner You also need a group of honest friends who aren't afraid to tell you you suck at something instead of tacitly praising it "Yeah man... it's, interesting! I think if you work hard on it it could be good." Having someone genuinely tell you that your idea sucks before devoting serious time in it can save you years of your life.

[@dex3625]

When people say "X has the worst box office openings of all time" I always refer to John Travolta's The Fanatic that only grossed $3,135

[@Tekrothebountyhunter]

How about "Zyzzyx Road" which made about $30 in the box office?

[@calmgoodfire4662]

The Flaine wtf did like 3 or 2 people watch it

[@MrTrombonebandgeek]

Or repo the genetic opera, a movie with an estimated budget of $8.5 million, and a box office gross of $188,126

[@LendriMujina]

This is why Saber specified "which was released in over 2000 theaters".

[@LendriMujina]

The Flaine ...I have to say, though, even despite its bottlenecked release (only one theater, and even then just to satisfy the law before marketing overseas), that is some incredible levels of failure even by that standard. And apparently 10 of that $30 was *refunded,* on top of that. You'd think more people would have seen it by *accident* than that, even...

[@forisrex]

i bought this very cheaply (animated films are what i tend to watch) i remember a couple things about it. 1 - quoting a line along with movie having never seen it because it was so cookie cutter, and 2 - really, really liking the world. remove the people. the background world. i really liked the flora and fauna of the world they created. i found those creatures far more of interest then the film.

[@kylaandersen2921]

I literally only saw this film because I saw it come in the return slot of the library I was working in as a teen. If I wasn't rushed off my feet, I'd often read the blurbs of interesting books and movies, and the cover of the DVD looked interesting enough. What sold me on watching it was that the female lead was called Princess Kyla. I'd never seen any character that shared my name in any piece of media before, and a princess on top of it!!! A PRINCESS WITH WINGS!!! A princess with wings and my name voiced by an actress from a show I adored. I mean, at least it would always have that going for it to me. But honestly, I had no idea what was going on most of the time, partly because I kept losing interest.

[@Mael_Str0M]

When the VSCO girls spiritually combine with the turtles to save them:

[@alieneko_nyo]

WTF XDDD

[@mrsir6901]

VSCO turtles

[@kickstand284]

XD

[@madedwilaksmini1380]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 BRUHA AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@Sovlstrr]

I- whehehehhehehe (that was me throwing up)

[@notaword1136]

When he said the amount of money they lost I genuinely choked

[@helpfulapple3125]

So did I, thing is it made my stomach literally die cause I’m sick af

[@notaword1136]

@@helpfulapple3125 oof

[@crowsan2871]

I’m living for Sedessa’s voice, her va did a great job.

[@preetakumar6593]

Anne Bancroft, a legendary actress in her own right.

[@GoldKnightProduction]

The marketing killed any chance this movie had. "Delgo." "Delgo!" "Delgo?" "Delgo..." TELL ME WHAT THE MOVIE IS ABOUT! Give me a synopsis and quick flashes of interesting scenes!

[@dimitriwarchief301]

And i hated most movie trailers... Yikes

[@queen-monarch]

There are so many movie trailers like that I honestly can’t say that it’s just Delgo’s problem.

[@yeahsureuhhuhriiight]

They ran out of budget for marketing. I saw like 1 ad on Fox Kids back in the day.

[@the13throse]

I think that was a trend in movie trailers around the time of its release

[@misscaptainlily]

This looks like a weird rip off of Barbie fairytopia

[@catalinaargyriou8603]

never heard of it

[@Starpentine]

Alex Hensel LOL TRUE

[@khloiotaku6073]

Dont compare Barbie to this shit

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

HAHAHA HOLY AND SHIT, you're right!

[@LadyOfTheEdits]

But Barbie is good on its own.

[@Donttrustthatburger5144]

This is the one. This is the SaberSpark video that stands in my brain. It has the classical music cut to duck sound moment starting at 2:40

[@everlastingdragon4520]

They couldn't decide where on the Sliding Scale of Anthropormorphism they wanted the characters to fall on, and they chose the wrong spot.

[@haleyornt6465]

I actually loved this movie growing up lmao. My parents HATED it and I feel bad for the sheer number of times I made them watch it

[@stevethepocket]

I think most of us had a _Delgo_ of our own. Or several that we watched on a rotation. Mine was episodes of _Care Bears_ taped off TV.

[@umlautabuser2769]

Just to confirm@@stevethepocket words. In my childhood i really liked that noah's ark movie (you know which one) and rewatched it dozens of times.

[@MidnightSonnet]

@@stevethepocket Are you talkin' 80s Care Bears? If so, I'm so there with you. I was born in '82. Care Bears and MLP was my jam. However, my mom liked those shows, as well, so it wasn't murderous on her or my dad when I wanted to watch episodes on recorded VHS tapes. :) Those were the days~

[@michaelbutler9043]

Mine was probably gumbi. Its seriously great seeing all the crazy shit saber finds. I wouldve never found this on my own lol :)

[@lynnk5635]

For me it was that weird dinosaur one. Where one character was like yee or whatever haha. Watched that nonstop as a kid, now seeing it, yikes

[@mintstar3703]

This gives me an useful tip for character designing: Stay as far as you can from the uncanny valley. And story writing advice too: Don’t over rely on tropes and cliches. Try and add something special to them.

[@icantthinkofanything798]

I feel like you should've known that without having it being told to you lol

[@jasoethesentienteyeshapedg4847]

Why do you think some of us are writing fanfictions at first?

[@Stargazer01011]

I think the uncanny valley can be used if you're designing something *intentionally* horrifying. Ghost in a shell, the villains in courage the cowardly dog and the aragami from God Eater are good examples.

[@Khalickey]

And try doing something original

[@marsupialmole3926]

@@Khalickey Important point: Making your cast entirely non-human for no good reason does not count as "original" Cars

[@abrahamdavidcortina923]

Both Delgo and Free Birds were acquired by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

[@sanobr318]

"Delgo" = "Cats: Shell-less Turtles Edition"

[@June.Pandora]

This movie is almost as if Epic, Starwars, and Lord of the rings had a kid...except...it was a very unsuccessful child

[@lillianfox6848]

when it comes to chromosomes, more isn't better

[@luxi7193]

I hate that this makes sense

[@plutossky7534]

Oh god... you’re right! *starts screaming*

[@wforwumbo6134]

Maybe lord of the rings and star wars we’re related because that don’t look right

[@donaldorios6268]

Yeah, there was something wrong with the relationship, and this was the only (mostly) non-violent means of reaching catharsis