Sockbaby (2004)
- Directed by
- John Soares
- Genre
- martial arts film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 20 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a comedy short film that spoofs 1970s martial arts movies. A man and his sock puppet partner battle a series of bizarre villains.
sillyover-the-topgoofyenergeticcampyparodicfast-paced
What happens
Sockbaby is a four-part martial arts / comedy short film co-directed by Doug TenNapel and John Soares. Sockbaby originally premiered on Channel 101 (created by Rob Schrab and Dan Harmon) on January 25, 2004. Sockbaby follows Ronnie Cordova, Burger, and Sockbaby as they battle Davis the Grey, Chum-Chum, Lord Opticord, The Manitou Frogmen, and Doug Jones in a spoof of 1970s Hong Kong cinema, comic book superheroes, blaxploitation films, and interdimensional monsters. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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