Written By: Ken HulseySources: Quiet Earth / Sneakhype / Avery Guerra
Okay, here's the question, "What do you do if you are one of the best special effects guys in Uruguay, you have six months to kill, and ya got about $300 (US) in your pocket?"
The answer, you make one of the coolest giant robot short films of all time.
That is exactly what Aparato Post, and fellow effects man, Fede Alvarez, did.
The short film that I am referring to here is called "Ataque de Pánico!", or in English, "Panic Attack!" and it is almost five minutes of pure, unadulterated, giant robot mayhem.
The film starts with a young boy playing with his robot toys down by the riverside. Suddenly 'real' giant robots start marching on the nearby city. The boy is shocked at what he is seeing.....wouldn't you?
To be honest, I have had fantasies like this while playing with my "Shogun Warrior" toys....as a youth.........okay.....last Thursday.
Anyway, the giant bots start blowing the crap outta everything in site. There's missiles flying around, stuff blowing up and people running around like scared ants.
It's frigging awesome!
Then a bunch of UFOs attack and then there's this giant bomb that goes off!
Apparently somebody doesn't like Uruguay!
The effects seen here are really grade A, and unless I miss my guess, somebody is going to be knocking on good old Aparato and Alvarez's doors very soon wanting them to work on their film, or produce a full scale movie based on "Ataque de Pánico!"
Okay, you really just gotta see the clip! (plus another photo below)
Yeh, six months and $300 is what it took for this to be made!
This is really cool! As an aside, though, I have to ask... slow news week, or have you just been preoccupied with other things? This went up days ago, and your loyal readers are chomping at the bit for more cool stuff. Need a DOCTOR WHO correspondent? News is coming fast and furious of late, and I'm both a die-hard fan and a published writer/critic. Would love to contribute!
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