ANIMATION

How It Should Have Ended is a series of online animated movies that parody and often point out the absurdities of various big-budget movies done by a group of programmers and graphic designers. They've done movies like Beowulf, Superman, Spider-Man 3, Transformers 2 amongst others. Sometimes, instead of a simple parody they'll create a new concept, like merging Back to the Future with Terminator or an introspective on It's A Wonderful Life.

The animation style is very simplistic and flat. They use limited animation to move all their characters. Basically, each movie is done on three layers; the background which remain static for the most part, the bodies of the characters, and their appendages/mouths which receive the bulk of the motion. Despite the limitations, the characters are made to adequately emote as needed for the given scene. Also, the attention to detail that's involved in re-creating the scenes as close the source movies as possible is incredible. The cartoony style lends to the lighthearted fun present in the dialogue and helps to enhance it and the overall amusement of a given piece.

The best part about the animation style is that it allows the creators to get very close to how the actors appeared in the films, but keeping them significantly different enough so as not to incur a phone call or two from the respective lawyers of said actors. Being done on a computer allows for the colors to get a shaded tone that adds some depth to both the characters and the backgrounds.

Overall, some of these toons are probably BETTER than the movies that inspire them.