Post by Skill Flea on Jan 28, 2016 11:16:30 GMT -6
I recently re-read Squidward's Sui with some of my friends and have a few thoughts.
I believe that the beginning of Squidward's Suicide is far superior than the beginning of Dead Bart. Though I still believe Dead Bart is better overall. For the former creepypasta, the explanation for why the protagonist is able to view the lost episode is perfect and very believable. The job description for this type of intern is more than plausible and the explanation for why he/she doesn't react negatively to the presence of the "Squidward's Suicide" title card in the beginning of the episode is also very believable.
I thought the explanation was on point, made sense, and even had its fair share of humor! I actually remember that one real episode where Spongebob raises a baby scallop with Patrick. The visual of the joke title card for that episode being "How Sex Doesn't Work" is hilarious. It also strengthens the story's intro and by proxy increases its credibility. I grew up as a big Spongebob fan and will go as far to say that Squidward's Suicide should be used as a model for lost episode creepypasta introductions and/or explanations for why the writer HAS seen this episode while the reader HAS NOT.
It's the content of the episode itself where everything comes crashing down. Its almost like the author ran out of ideas, it was like witnessing a car running out of gas just before it reaches the highway. Its so focused on this idea of dead kids, this weird idea about right eyes popping out of sockets, and ... hyper-realistic blood. The idea of a kid's cartoon character committing suicide doesn't need to be gory for it to be disturbing.
Earlier, I said the story did a good job in explaining why the interns wouldn't be bothered by reading the title card for the episode. The "intern" setting can even be used to rationally explain the unfinished visuals and sounds of this "incomplete" Spongebob episode. It is being viewed by these interns so that it can be further edited. But dead kids? Blood? No. Any intern would most likely stop watching immediately at the first dead child sighting. Much less likely is this idea of the editor in chief slowly combing over the episode frame by frame long after everyone in the room was made aware that they were no longer dealing with something that was in their control.
Finally, there's the creator of the show, Stephen Hillenburg, I did some digging and apparently he directed the squeal Spongebob movie. This means that he is still actively involved with animating, writing, and directing. But he has a net worth of $90 million and I can't imagine that he would be one of the first names called into the intern's room to see the episode. Its even less believable since he even watches it the same day! Surely he has people he hires to take care of these things and represent him. There is literally no reason for him to "have to see this for himself".
That's my general thoughts on Squidward's Suicide, a story with a promising concept for a lost episode and a great introduction that falls completely flat on its face ... and bleeds out hyper-realistically.
I believe that the beginning of Squidward's Suicide is far superior than the beginning of Dead Bart. Though I still believe Dead Bart is better overall. For the former creepypasta, the explanation for why the protagonist is able to view the lost episode is perfect and very believable. The job description for this type of intern is more than plausible and the explanation for why he/she doesn't react negatively to the presence of the "Squidward's Suicide" title card in the beginning of the episode is also very believable.
I thought the explanation was on point, made sense, and even had its fair share of humor! I actually remember that one real episode where Spongebob raises a baby scallop with Patrick. The visual of the joke title card for that episode being "How Sex Doesn't Work" is hilarious. It also strengthens the story's intro and by proxy increases its credibility. I grew up as a big Spongebob fan and will go as far to say that Squidward's Suicide should be used as a model for lost episode creepypasta introductions and/or explanations for why the writer HAS seen this episode while the reader HAS NOT.
It's the content of the episode itself where everything comes crashing down. Its almost like the author ran out of ideas, it was like witnessing a car running out of gas just before it reaches the highway. Its so focused on this idea of dead kids, this weird idea about right eyes popping out of sockets, and ... hyper-realistic blood. The idea of a kid's cartoon character committing suicide doesn't need to be gory for it to be disturbing.
Earlier, I said the story did a good job in explaining why the interns wouldn't be bothered by reading the title card for the episode. The "intern" setting can even be used to rationally explain the unfinished visuals and sounds of this "incomplete" Spongebob episode. It is being viewed by these interns so that it can be further edited. But dead kids? Blood? No. Any intern would most likely stop watching immediately at the first dead child sighting. Much less likely is this idea of the editor in chief slowly combing over the episode frame by frame long after everyone in the room was made aware that they were no longer dealing with something that was in their control.
Finally, there's the creator of the show, Stephen Hillenburg, I did some digging and apparently he directed the squeal Spongebob movie. This means that he is still actively involved with animating, writing, and directing. But he has a net worth of $90 million and I can't imagine that he would be one of the first names called into the intern's room to see the episode. Its even less believable since he even watches it the same day! Surely he has people he hires to take care of these things and represent him. There is literally no reason for him to "have to see this for himself".
That's my general thoughts on Squidward's Suicide, a story with a promising concept for a lost episode and a great introduction that falls completely flat on its face ... and bleeds out hyper-realistically.
