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This is more like Part 2.5. This was intended to be the final scene of Part 2 (youtu.be/2TWZCCYa_tE), but I became very conflicted about it during editing. The scene went through many, many changes and I even thought about cutting the whole thing because it's mostly just a pointless detour that's barely tied to the previous parts. Hence why I made it a separate video.
The uncertainties came from the dialogue and the subjects discussed, which I felt were far too negative and detached from the rest of the animation. Certain monsters in my animations represent different viewpoints about to the giant monster film genre and its fandom, and the Danish monster Reptilicus here is meant to be a combined spoof of a stereotypical monster film hater and spiteful, closed-minded European. He embodies a hateful, dismissive and often hypocritical mentality that has been holding back the genre's discourse since the inception of monster films, a mentality especially strong here in Europe where these types of films have a far lesser impact and acceptance than overseas.
I and many other fans have experienced this ourselves, I've read about it in film literature dating back to the 50s, and I have written about it myself. Even the animation I originally wanted to make, before I decided to put that idea aside and make this YouTube Award animation instead, would have been about giant monster films in Europe. It is a subject rarely spoken about by American or Japanese fans who live in their own separate worlds, but many of us Europeans think about it almost daily. In this video though, this topic is touched on in a more shallow manner and comes across as little more than a one-sided rant or an overlong gag.
At first I had a lot more jokes planned, including a reference to the infamous Reptilicus porn novelization, but they all needlessly extended the scene and veered too far away from the animation's focal themes. Even in the video's final form, the whole argument between Reptilicus, Yongary and Agon kind of goes nowhere and is overly repetitive. The editing and timing in the middle part is perhaps noticeably sloppy, as I had to reorder and recut the shots and completely change the original dialogue. I wanted to cut it down by a few more minutes, but removing those shots messed up the scene's flow.
I don't think the video's a total waste though, as at least Bagan gets more of an introduction and I also took the chance to include some fun cameos that a few people will probably find amusing.
