I think this is possibly my favorite graphics for all the animated shorts I have blogged about so far. The character design and lighting are wonderful. I also like that they focused on the shape rather that the colors/textures, because I'm just a sucker for a good base design, I don't really like it when people focus too much on the frills (don't get me wrong; it still can be good, but I'm just a little tired of it). I particularly like the facial muscles on the "alien", for not having a overly humanoid face it shows a lot of thought went into the character.
Now for the theme; there is obviously a humans vs. machines thing going on, but there is also a basic nature of all beings at play. The "alien" takes the first chance to escape and goes to warn his people of the "impending" attack, yet he actually leads the machines right to them. Now have you ever heard that you have "selfish" genes, this means that all beings will protect their genes (that is children, or in the large picture, their species). These to things combined show that his "genes" were in trouble so he did what he thought he had to do to save them (i.e. going to warn his people). It also has a "human predictability" theme to it because not only was he tricked into leading his captors to his people, but the machines actually planned out his entire interrogation to get him to do so (shown by the monitor).
Look at that face!
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