Inanimate Insanity II: The Movie

I thank the directors so much for the work that went into this show. The final act was released the day of my 18th birthday, which felt especially impactful as a viewer of nearly a decade now?? Wow! Time flies! But regardless it was everything I hoped, and everything I believe the show deserved. This show was built off of a pure passion and want to create. From its first episode to a movie concluding a story built over the course of 15-ish years later, I can feel that passion in every moment. Every scene, every piece of dialogue, every story beat, and every action has meaning. It's seeping with the love, passion, and commitment the directors gave it. I do not hesitate to say that this is the most impressive piece of indie media I have ever seen. Not just impressive because of its quality, but impressive because of the journey that got it here. I doubt anyone else could've done what they've done. Very few would have that want to commit to a show for this long, but I think that goes to show their belief in their own creations. It is so incredibly inspiring to see something that started off so small get so far. That is, to say, this hit different for me. I think seeing the end credits just made me realize how much this thing means to me. I'm not active online, on socials or in fandom, but I've always been around. Inanimate insanity was the first time I had every heard about the concept or queer-genders. It introduced me to communities of animators, actors, writers, all making independent media. For me, it was an example of how you improve. You don't make the same things better, but build off of what you made and go further.

Whether anyone who worked on this show sees this or not, I hope they know just how much their art means to us, and they are amazing at what they do!

The object show community is one I'm sure anyone who likes fun enjoys and this is one of its cornerstones as much as I do think BFDI is the best object show II is incredible too. The only things that hurt this movie is the fact that act 1 sucks balls and that it is very clearly just a bunch of episodes compiled into a movie but oh well I still love it! Like I said before I think II16 was rushed and just kind of annoying but the other two are good. I still think either BFB 14 or TPOT 13 are the best osc episodes but this is easily top three. Thanks so much to everyone involved in making II rip to a wonderful web series.

Don't get me wrong, I really like the rest of Inanimate Insanity (apart from season 3), and I get that this finale is a homage to the over a decade old series, but to me this just felt unrecognisable from where the show started, and I think that's a bad thing. Think of season 1, a season obviously made by kids with the low quality animation and the childish sense of humour. To me, that's what I want from an object show, for it to feel childish and fun and silly and nothing else. It doesn't have to be made by a large team, it doesn't have to have perfect writing and it definitely doesn't need the seemingly constant reminders that this show is made by adults, not kids and that it is so deep and intelligent; because really, no matter how much older the creators may be, or how many impossibly long ramblings about morals or life lessons that never seem to make their point, object shows are made to be fun. They're made to be silly. The whole concept of a show with talking objects is just crazy and hilarious, so why does inanimate insanity seem to try so hard to be serious and to be realistic when that's the opposite of what it's meant to be? I'm not saying that no one can ever branch out from this or that no shows can ever be serious at all, I'm just saying that it doesn't feel right. It feels like inanimate insanity is trying to be something that it's not. When it shoves it down your throat so hard that this show is so emotionally mature and clever, you get sick of it really quickly. On the contrary, early season 2 was great, the funny faces, silly jokes and overall goofy tone was really entertaining, along with some messages sprinkled throughout that actually felt important because they weren't constantly shoved in your face and weren't the defining factor of the episodes. I do appreciate the amount of effort that goes into this show and the quality is amazing but that isn't important when you are lacking a lot of other things that make a show special. I wouldn't usually criticise an object show this much but if inanimate insanity begs to be taken seriously then that's what I'm gonna do.

The basis of pretty much all object shows are characters. In ii season 1, the characters were fun and basic, obviously taking heavy inspiration from bfdi's cast. In early season 2 they tried to build off these characteristics whilst also staying true to each character. It worked very well and most characters were simple enough but also had some depth to them to keep things interesting. As season 2 went on, the writers seemed to attempt to make these characters as human as possible. I understand the appeal of this since some people like to relate to the characters I guess but i'm not too fussed either way. To me the idea that Mephone made the contestants and the show as a way to 'rebel against cobs' seems completely ridiculous to me. Sure it might make for a more interesting plot and character development, but as for Mephone's motives in this, his character feels so watered down that it's actually difficult to tell whether he's the good guy or bad guy in all of this, though Mephone is probably the worst case because I do believe some other characters' development is way more clear and handled better; Taco, Knife and Suitcase to name a few. I also think that Cobs works much better as a comedic character rather than a main villian. His personality in his first appearances just felt better suited to him (it's not a big deal though as I enjoy him as a villian despite his lack of motive). One thing I do enjoy are the songs. They've been prominent for a while now and I think they're really fun and entertaining; especially when they are used to express a characters feelings (I'd much rather it happen through song than the dreaded rambling). Although I still love Inanimate Insanity I can't help but spot the many flaws in it's final show-ruining finale like of the lack of charm and cringe worthy forced seriousness and complexity.

Genuinely! Amazing. I got into this show two months ago, but I grew to it immediately! This movie was the cherry on top for the series entirely. Adam Katz made this amazing show, and did a great job. Brian Koch is SUCH A GOOD WRITER! Justin Chapman is such a good voice actor and director! The main three are amazing at what they do, making this show and movie shine. This movie made me cry, both a mix of happy and sad. It taught me lessons, and touched my heart more than anything. Thank you, Animation Epic. Thank you Adam, Brian, and Justin. This was absolutely phenomenal and breathtaking!!!!!!!

There was way too many plot holes, not to mention the fan service purely to allow a ship that doesn't even have chemistry to be canon. It would be better if they ended the show on act 2. Sometimes cliffhangers are good for shows. I had genuinely hoped the third act would rap everything perfectly. But with the pointless plots and the lack of anything interesting happening makes this boring, uneventful snooze fest. I wanted to like this show but it's very hard to when the plot has many holes that don't even make sense. It's a huge shame since I really enjoyed late season 1 to early season 2, I do not recommend this show.