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The Black Rabbit
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"The Black Rabbit" is the fourth live action M2F short film produced by Mako Pictures. The story follows Mark Watson, an ex CIA Agent, whom is tracked down by one of his past enemies - and given an ultimatium that will forever change his life.
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From: cj
, 209 months, post #1 |
Warning:
May contain spoilers!!!
The transformation sequence in this movie felt a bit more
mainstream and not as focused as previous works from the Mako
Pictures team. The transformation wasn't overly drawn-out or
complicated, and didn't have the character suffer through the
changes as in their past films. Surely a new approach to the
subject of such physical transformation for the team.
While I normally enjoy the idea of a painless and relatively
uneventful transformation, I found watching such a transformation
surprisingly boring and empty. While that is in no-way a blemish on
the team's work, it does drive home the notion that what one may
desire in life, isn't always the most exciting (or entertaining)
way to live. I give them cudos for attempting this angle on the
subject of physical metamorphosis.
Although explained quite well by the story (and the character's
occupation), the character seemed to acclimate quickly to their new
existence, with very little to no learning curve for adapting
appropriate behavior. Again another notion that I'd always thought
I enjoyed, but that doesn't seem to play well in a story-telling
environment.
I did enjoy the focus on the character's skillful and knowledgeable
application of cosmetics after the transformation, although it
seemed a bit assuming that "she" would be either skillful or
knowledgeable so quickly. I would have preferred to seen the
character struggle a bit more with the adaptation to these new
things, but then that is perhaps my own personal preference.
The main actress was excellent at portraying the emotional journey
that our hero/ine went through after the transformation and was
incredibly adept at portraying a woman discovering her own
sensuality, as well as a man (or woman) who was pained by the
choice of losing a loved one, in order to save them.
The story, as always left me wanting to know what happened next.
The extra features commentary was nothing special in my opinion.
Probably because it seemed to reiterate what Mako has discussed
with us, here, over the years. That and it could have used a bit of
polish, perhaps. Still the video accompanying it was fun to see,
for the transformation fan.
Overall, I'd not rate this as the best of Mako Pictures' films, but
I do give it high-marks for traveling a bit off of their norm for
their usual transformation work. Although I don't give it my
highest approval, it is still worthy of a view.
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From: guest (chrisfabo)
, 209 months, post #2 |
The tone I gathered was that all the 'adaptation' was acctually
magically induced as well. in other words, it wasn't just him
acting female, he was mentally altered. Just my take.
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From: Bodyswap1
, 209 months, post #3 |
I guess what your trying to say chrisfabo. Is that his X,Y inside
his mind was alter when he was transform from the chemical
reaction.
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From: Mako
, 209 months, post #4 |
I think whenever you read or watch a story involving a
Transformation... you have to suspend disbelief to a point.
Everyone in this community has their own idea of what they want to
see and hear in a TF. It's all subjective. But I do find people to
be more critical if a Transformation isn't laid out the way they
would prefer.
The movies I make are also not full length features... so I also
have less time to inject any form of psychological effects a
Transformation might have. I feel I've actually taken more time to
do this... than most bigger budget TF movies have of the past.
Most TF movies hardly spend any time at all with a victims
character taking the time to either let the effects settle in... or
ever really explain why they're behaviors change after a TF. The
film makers just assume you will suspend your disbelief and just go
along for the ride. In addition, I also think they just don't want
to spend a lot of time on it by either moving the story along - or
play it safe - and don't want to have people think they're strange
by focusing a long time on the aftermaths of a TF.
Some examples are below:
An American Werewolf In London - sure he's a werewolf - but is it
really ever explained why he goes out killing people? No... we just
except it based on what he looks like - and we already come into
the story with a pre-conceived notion that werewolves are bad.
Dr. Jekyll & Ms. Hide - Sean Young turns out to be evil and nothing
like her male self. Not a lot of time spent on why.
Zerophilia - I think the main characer spends maybe 20sec in the
mirror and within the next few scenes... seems to have adjusted to
the TF.
Deathstalker - The guard pretty quickly adjusts to his/her new body
and already walks and behave like a woman within a min.
As for THE BLACK RABBIT... the method of TF is one of magic. Koyona
is introduced as someone who practices in the dark arts
(witchcraft). So IMO - once you introduce a "magical" element to
the mix... it's kind of hard to be nit picky about the effects of a
TF. This is a fictional/fantasy tale. ELEVEN and TLPS had more of a
scientific approach to them. And THE KISS had more of a curse
approach.
I have no problem with people reviewing my material - and having
either a positive or negative reaction. CJ didn't attack me at all.
He laid out a subjective review of what he liked and didn't like
about THE BLACK RABBIT. And I thank him for it. This also gives me
a chance to explain why I did something the way I did... or maybe
the way I look at TF content as a whole.
Anyways... that's my Monday morning coffee break conversation :)
- Mako -
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From: guest (jane doe)
, 209 months, post #5 |
we always support u mako, hope in future you can make great movie
of TG
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From: femur
, 208 months, post #6 |
Just got my DVD of the Black Rabbit in the mail and watched it. In
many ways, I think this is Mako's best picture. I think this and
The Last Piece Standing are the strongest visually. I don't want to
give too much away, but I agree with CJ that I wanted more. In some
ways it's a feature-length idea crammed into a 30 minute short. But
having said that, it's very well done, and the ending is satisfying
(love the very last shot!).
I thought the female lead was very good. In fact, my only real
criticism is in terms of casting. Not that Eric was bad, but I
would have liked to see someone more weathered (and more rugged) in
the lead male role of a master CIA agent. But having watched the
extras, I'm sure it made the shoot easier having Eric play the
part.
Considering how quickly they shot this film, the quality is
amazing. It truly is wonderful film-making, very professional, and
I believe anyone who visits this site would enjoy watching it.
As for the transformation, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I loved seeing
the close-up details. The focus on some body parts not normally
associated with gender transformations (such as nose and ears).
Wonderfully done and not boring at all, in my opinion.
I also liked the structure, how we learned more about the character
and situation through flashbacks. And, as I mentioned, the ending
is great. Love all the shots through the closing credits. Great
job. Thumbs up!!!
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From: Mako
, 208 months, post #7 |
"Not that Eric was bad, but I would have liked to see someone more
weathered (and more rugged) in the lead male role of a master CIA
agent"
LOL - that was awesome!! I thought the same thing as we were
shooting it. But Matt Damon was unavailable at the time ;) Thanks
for the review femur. Always appreciate people taking the time to
let us know what they thought of our stuff.
- Mako -
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