Fuelled and Fossils were the only ones I watched to completion. And I did think Fossils was better. But I just thought your criticism of a "plothole" was off-base as 1. I don't think it actually existed, and b. it kind of missed the point of a plot-lite, tonally/emotionally driven piece. That said, it was a bit "student film-y" (which, to be fair, was what I think it was, after all).
Kind of changing gears, but I almost wonder if the Helluva Boss finale is being held up at least partially because maybe they want to get it into a festival and qualify for awards, or at least they might as well at this point. Honestly, the animation is way better than it has any right to be, it has a great creation story for a fyc campaign, A24 might even back it financially as investment into their Hazbin Hotel series, and it actually has voice actors, which, honestly, would be it's secret weapon. I mean, Fuelled might come off as a little student film-y, but you look at what is nominated and has won the Animated Short Oscar since the 70s, and, a lot of it is very student film-y, and not a lot of voice acting because the film makers either are students who don't have the budget, or studios who don't give their shortsmakers budgets for that. Even if voters didn't necessarily appreciate Helluva Boss's sense of humor, a character driven animated short film with dialog might be effective counter programming to the technically impressive but plot lite tone pieces that dominate the category.
Fuelled and Fossils were the only ones I watched to completion. And I did think Fossils was better. But I just thought your criticism of a "plothole" was off-base as 1. I don't think it actually existed, and b. it kind of missed the point of a plot-lite, tonally/emotionally driven piece. That said, it was a bit "student film-y" (which, to be fair, was what I think it was, after all).
Kind of changing gears, but I almost wonder if the Helluva Boss finale is being held up at least partially because maybe they want to get it into a festival and qualify for awards, or at least they might as well at this point. Honestly, the animation is way better than it has any right to be, it has a great creation story for a fyc campaign, A24 might even back it financially as investment into their Hazbin Hotel series, and it actually has voice actors, which, honestly, would be it's secret weapon. I mean, Fuelled might come off as a little student film-y, but you look at what is nominated and has won the Animated Short Oscar since the 70s, and, a lot of it is very student film-y, and not a lot of voice acting because the film makers either are students who don't have the budget, or studios who don't give their shortsmakers budgets for that. Even if voters didn't necessarily appreciate Helluva Boss's sense of humor, a character driven animated short film with dialog might be effective counter programming to the technically impressive but plot lite tone pieces that dominate the category.