Hoverboy

Hoverboy is a hilarious spoof of 50's Communist paranoia. The animation is first rate and the story line will leave you laughing. This film combines 1950's style comic book drawings with that eras "Red Menace" propaganda. This is a short film you'll want to see more than once!

I have been working in the animation industry for 12 years and I really do enjoy classic animation. I can see the influences that these early cartoons have had here. However, the real thing that makes those cartoons great is the fact that the 'cheesiness' was really not intended. They just had no choice. Although HOVERBOY has really captured the look of the period and the style I just feel it falls short on the feeling. Thus making it just a poor clone but an entertaining one none the less. If you are not up on cult animation you may not care for this piece. I have to give Mr. Moore and A for effort though, HOVERBOY really does look old and crappy.

Clearly someone trying to relive their youth, through bad animation, is behind this. I am not saying that this person can not make good animation but the wanted to pay tribute to really bad animation my mimicking these awful styles. These animations were done out of lack of care or lack of sobriety and now someone wants to painstakingly recreated that?! I think it's more of a let down than an homage. I chuckled once, the material is fairly good as far as story but I think a more refined style would have even made this better. I understand that this was created entirely in 3D and then forced to look 2D but I think the process is similar to using a nuclear bomb to kill a fly - which may be the next adventure of Hoverboy.

This is by far, one of the best Canadian animations ever. This guy is an absolute genius. I just hope one day he makes this into a TV show. The best part (in my opinion) was Hoverboy battling the Robot. Super funny.

A must watch!

Words really can't describe this obscure film's brilliance. The animation is brisk and flawed only when it should be for hilarity's sake, the actors are all obviously in love with their characters (that's what I get from their vocal performances) and it is even funnier for me, having been someone brought up on Spider-man and Rocket Robin Hood.

As a longtime fan of Rocket Robin Hood, Spider-Man and Captain Nemo, the references this film makes are hysterical. But where it really shines is in its take on Left vs Right wing ideologies. I see it was made in 2000, but is more relevant now in this post 9-11 world. I think the people who hated the style of animation missed the point; I thought it was traditional cell work until I found out it's all 3-D work made to look bad. THAT is GENIUS!

According to the website, it looks like the filmmakers are planning a Christmas episode; I wonder if unchecked consumerism will be skewered as effectively as politics. Incidentally, if you do go to their website Hoverboy-dot-com, you'll find lots of support material. These guys clearly love the types of cartoons they're parodying and you can see it in their brilliant homages.

Absolutely loved it!