All Eyes On Me | Handsome Jack / Borderlands Animatic 

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Can we all agree that Handsome Jack was one of the few villains that we shed a single tear before feeding him a bullet?

Choking? No Jimmy, choking is when you eat too fast! As I'm CRUSHING this man's windpipe, what I'm doing is referred to as "Strangling" -Handsome Jack

"Everyone's the hero of their own story", that saying fits Jack perfectly I think

that chair spinning strangulation scene cured me of my depression, made my crops flourish, paid off my student loans,

That's actually a really good song for handsome Jack. Everyone's favorite psychopath

if Jack took control of Hyperion again in Tales from the Borderlands *would any of us really be mad*

"You just need one bad day, to reduce the sanest man, to lunacy." Jack actually proofs that point

1:35 He does all the things he offered Rhys to do in tales, he ate some pizza, moonshot a bandit camp, and flushed the accounting department through the airlock.

It just hit me after my 6th time watching this that in the beginning he is trying to tell his life story to the guys from the tales series to try to get some compassion out of him...don't think it worked...

I completed Tales from the Borderlands and have been looking for things to fill the void, this helped

I'm personally going to teach each individual who down voted this about strangulation versus choking.

I think one of the best things is that in “The Handsome Jackpot” DLC pictures of both angel and moxxi are found in his office showing he still has connections to people

I'm thoroughly amazed how that song fit him so well. Jack was a unique villain in his own right. Honestly I think Jack was really misunderstood and he could have been a helpful Ally in the future if he had just changed a bit. Wonderful job composing this.

This kinda puts into perspective how shit Jack's life was it honestly if you already didn't it makes you feel bad for him. If you think about it Lilith kinda made him the killer he is reminds me of her namesake

He went from hero. To broken man. To villian. To hologram and finally.. Gun

Best Villain Ever. Awesome video :)

Handsome Jack: **yells at the hunters for killing angel** Zer0: **stabs him** Every hunter: why-

That was probably the second hottest Borderlands thing I've seen right behind the announcement of Borderlands 3. Like hot damn that was impressive

Jack is literally one of my favorite characters in Borderlands. He’s cold, complex, and evil. But he also puts on the persona of being sort of a comic relief, while also thinking he’s the hero everyone deserves and needs. His story is also incredibly tragic and gave him this twisted reality of what a hero is, so he tried to mimic that.

I love the 1:40 compilation of him doing all the things he suggests Rhys do in Tales from the Borderlands

Actualy hansome Jack was not the bad guy he wanted to destroy all bandits

a borderlands animatic in the year of our lord 2018!! I'm screaming!!! this is FANTASTIC!!!! lemme just. take a breath. cuz wow. literally the whole time I was watching it I was just grinning like a fool cuz everything was executed SO WELL and SO cleverly done!! your art style is so pleasing to look at and it's wonderfully clean, crisp, and charming. and all the little bursts of animation are incredibly pleasing to watch (especially the "high-five" at 2:52; they're both just adorable). I also seriously love how it comes full-circle with hologram jack talking to rhys, as if he's recounting this whole story to him (only to get killed at the end, rip). your choices for all the lyrics is absolutely brilliant (I especially love the whole sequence from 2:02 to 2:10!! the lyrics paired with the warrior are chilling)! and also!! I adore all the angel/devil imagery that jack has going on ,,, this song is absolutely perfect for him. I could go on for hours about every little detail I love about this (helios reflected in jack's eye at 2:56, how jack's doing all the stuff rhys can do at the start of ep 5 during 1:35-1:51, EVERY time you use a glitch effect, the frame at 3:38 that is so beautifully laid out and I freaking love it, etc, etc) but I'll spare you from having to read all that. but seriously!! this is such breathtaking work!! it absolutely made my night to see that another borderlands animatic had made its way onto youtube. I apologize for the incredibly long comment, but it wouldn't have felt right to view such an incredible piece of art and not let the creator know how fantastic it is!! I hope you get the recognition you deserve soon, because this is amazing! I'll be sharing it with all the borderlands fans I know! fantastic work, my dude!!

This...is...so perfect. You chose such a fitting song and the way you told Jack's story was so well executed. I love every single drawing and animation you put in here, I can't even pick favourites. It's just that good.

why am i just now seeing this? I loved handsome jack

GUYS, THERE ARNT ALOT OF ANIMATORS THAT ACTUALLY PUT THIS MUCH EFFORT. WE NEED TO APPRECIATE THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT PUTS THIS MUCH EFFORT INTO A POST. I HAVE MUCH LOVE FOR YOU, YOU UNDERRATED ANIMATOR. WHO WANTS TO GET THEM TO ATLEAST 1,000? WHOS WITH ME?

OH MY GOD how did you find the perfect song to encompass Jack's entire story arc?? This is absolutely fantastic and I can't believe I've never seen it before. Thank you so mcuh for making this aaaaah!

you, my friend, are a blessing to this fandom. this video is possibly the best borderlands fan creation of all time. im so so glad that this fandom is still alive and well lmao

Jack has gotta be the best villain in a game Ive seen he manages to be an asshole but so charismatic about it that you fuckin love him for it

I didn’t know I looked this good animated

I miss Jack. He's one of my all time favorite characters.

Dude went crazy because of the people around him made him crazy

if you chose to crush the ECHO eye, i can’t trust you

Me and my friend write and draw to this song constantly because it's on our Borderlands/Rhack playlist, and I just have to say - it's exactly how I visualized it. This is so stunningly executed, I've already had to replay the video over and over again... all of the scenes are so stunning and visually stimulating. You've made the characters come to life. There's just SO much animation, I can't catch it all just watching it once - and what a treat that is! I look forwards to replaying this and enjoying it multiple times over. Thank you so so much for sharing this and creating this. I am so excited to see whatever content you decide to put out in the future - I adore your work!

Did anyone else see that when he was about to crush the blue thing Jack said wait in really small words?

Jack:man im gonna love being a vault hunter Lilith: I'm gonna ruin this man's whole career

H O L Y S H I T This is amazing

So towards the end Jack basically... turned into a squip?

Who actually likes how smart this is.

Now, thanks to Handsome Jack, I realize I've been doing it wrong. Choking isn't strangling.

Gosh that scene with baby Angel reminds me of the mission in Borderlands 3 where you get to explore some of her memories

That Was The Most Beautiful Thing I Have Ever Heard Or Seen In My Entire Messed Up Life Thank You For Making This ❤️❤️❤️❤️

"Oh, these pretzels suck.." -Handsome Jack

Ironically when jack was in Rhys’s mind, no one could see him

"Everyone is the hero of their own story"

Holy Mother of Hyperion... That was an amazing Animatic for Jack And thats saying something, Handsome Jack is one of, if not, my favourite character from the entire Borderlands Series!

Me playing doppelganger and getting called noob be like

I love the confused faces when Jack is messing with rhys

Is that the infinity gauntlet just casually sitting there on Jack's desk 1:39

YES YES YES YES THIS IS WONDERFUL THIS FITS SO WELL

Thanks for the nostalgia Jack is still a favourite Character. One of those villains that oozes personality and insane Charisma. Still kept him at the end of tales of the borderlands. I mean everyone in that game tried to kill each other at one point.. Jack just was better at it than the rest.

With what we learned about him from Borderlands 3....I just feel bad for Jack. I mean his daughter accidentally killed his first wife, her mother, and he was obviously scared of her. Then he gets betrayed by....well a lot of people. Then Lilith punches a relic that was feeding him knowledge, destroying it and permanently scaring his face, plus probably messing up his mind ever further. By now his mental sanity is probably broken heavily....then Borderlands 2 happens and we kill his daughter and him.

All because of a bandit. He was never the same after his wife's death. He must have loved her dearly. Moxxi, Tassiter, and his daughter only exacerbated the issue.

There's one thing I really do enjoy about Tales from the Borderlands which this song also touches on. When it comes to fandoms of popular/charismatic villains, there are fans who love saying how much they would love to hang out with them or be their friends. Work with them, etc. Rhys worked with Jack who, even after his death, was a larger than life figure. You, as the player, could even experience how cool it was to work with Handsome Jack to overcome obstacles while he was his usual cocky self. Here is where something critical comes in. Jack, even if he's temporarily working with you, is a psychopath. He never had any intention of sharing power with you. You were a tool to get him back to Hyperion where he could digitally take it over as an Artificial Intelligence. Even if you would say that he got 'corrupted' as an AI which caused him to snap, this AI was still based on the real Handsome Jack. I love Handsome Jack as a villain. He's one of my favorites in fiction as a whole because we get to see his entire progression from ally in the Pre-Sequel to a rampant AI in Tales bent on turning everyone in the galaxy into a robotic copy of himself. It just baffles me that anyone would try to be his friend willingly. Maybe if he was still John the Hyperion programmer to keep him from losing it (a difficult battle on its own), but not after he became the villain we all know and love. Long story short, Handsome Jack is one of my favorite villains. But if he was real and I had a chance to work with him? I would run for the damn hills. XD

Lilith is a bad person and you can’t change my mind

help I think I've rewatched this 16 times

I (laughs) scooped his eyes out and he was running around hitting walls and his kids were crying Wah wah (laughs)

I want to play the pre-sequel and the tell-tale game now Also, JACK'S EYES ARE DIFFERENT COLORS!?!

Despite this being a song for a different game it still works, also amazing animation

My iPad died right as jack died at the end lol perfect timing 👌

Awesome work

You deserve more attention, this was awesome!

Jack is an unparalleled villain that will go down in history, I cant name any villain better than jack.

You know this is the video that got me into Borderlands, and I still think about it and love it to this day

The only reason i liked the pre-sequal is it explains how much betrayal he goes through and at the end of the game he just breaks and becomes the jack in bl2

OMG this is so good, only thing I want is to hear it sung by Handsome Jack XD.

A round of applause for easily the best video game villain of all time

I only played borderlands 2 and a little of one I forgot the name. But I love it.

*reads description* so you're saying this WASN'T made about Jack originally? That's a level of absurd that equal to some of the guns in the series.

jack was the hero in my opinion. bc pandora is choas and needs to be brought into peace, and you the player are keeping him from doing that. also handsome jack is awsome

This was written for a very different character, but still fits.

I watched it around ten times now for artistic inspiration, decided to check the characters present and ended up watching compilations about the plot of borderlands thinking "too bad I am not in the fanbase to fully appreciate it." Right now I am downloading the pre sequel. Sometimes somebody's piece of art can change, if not life, then at least plans for a week.

The only thing I remember about tales from the borderlands is the chair which injects dopamine into you and Gortys being god

I have watched this an unhealthy amount of times

I love the video, whoever singing at times it sounds like she's about to cry, love when singing has emotion in it

HANDSOME JACK: THE.BEST.VIDEO.GAME.VILLAN.EVER

This is beautiful combination of the song and handsome jack character

I have been waiting to see this my entire life. WTF is wrong with youtube for making me wait so long before recommending me this? It so good, you deserve WAY more views than you get.

*WITH A MATCHING GRIP*

This is great, lovin' the Jack-before-he-went-shit-on-rhys. love it in general. there is now something to keep me awake at night, thx.

As someone who has always loved art but who's art is wholely inconsistent I love seeing beauty such as this, truly a masterpiece that makes me see jack in a different Light

I never thought how fitting the song is for Jack before. Well done.

Even after 5 years. This is still one of, if not the best, videos I've watched with 'All Eyes On Me' Handsome Jack, after everything we learned about him, juat fits so well!

John, a man broken down by corporate greed, being betrayed by everyone he cared about, losing everything due to cosmic circumstance, a man who became the one people would remember for years, he was Handsome Jack, and he, was the GodDamn Hero

This deserves so much views, no doubts the best Borderlands animatic i've ever seen. Handsome Jack is my favourite character in video game history, so seeing someone that can fit all of his story in one video with an amazing song that fits him perfectly it's just amazing. Thanks, I literally coudn't stop smiling for the entire video

dO i SeE A sHIp :D Noice animation 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

This is just so nice jacks character is everything you could want here the song is so perfect and the animation that goes with it, I have to come back to rewatch it at least a few times a year its just too good. I love your work keep it up!

i’ve never realised how perfectly this song actually fits Jack until now

aaaaaa! I’m so late to see this!!! I love how you drew jack, I juts love this sm in general!!!!! F for claptrap

THIS IS AMAZING! AND SO WELL PUT TOGETHER! I love this! Wonderful!!!!

That's really cool how you matched the song up perfectly to his life.

What if handsome jack returns in borderlands 3 if the canon choice if rhys keeping the echo eye instead of crushing it

Not bad. I'm not easily impressed, but you have impressed me. You know kiddo, try not to make me look bad.

I fucking bawled my eyes out when I had to kill him, but I wasn't gonna let Lilith touch him with her filthy hands and bad irony. RIP to a villain that had no place being so damn charming

I cant believe a bendy song goes so good with borderlands

Every time I come to this video to daydream or listen to I always end up watching the animation because it’s just so well done I can’t take my eyes off of it

RU-vid recommendations finally does something right!

I hsve no idea what Borderlands is BUT HOLY SHIET ! THAT WAS ONE AWESOME ANIMATION. CHILLS !

I’ve watched this at least 10 times each month,, something about is so addicting. Maybe the art? The song? How it showed us Jacks story so well?? I would say it’s all of the above. What I’m trying to say is this is amazing and I’m in love with it.

This is actually pretty nostalgic