Crabs (1976) 

People will think this is about war. When in reality it’s about how you shouldn’t make scary crab robots that can reproduce and evolve otherwise they will eat your teeth. Man this film analysis stuff is easy

Fun fact: the evolution arrived to the shape of a crab at multiple independent occasions. It's that perfect.

The scientist sought to create a being capable of destroying everything, ironically he ended up destroying him and himself. Interesting animation concept.

It is quite something to think about. All systems devour everything they can, but when they can't devour anything anymore it will devour itself.

im fascinated by the crab critter designs, i get the allegory but im a huge fan of speculative evolution

The music during the dream is so beautiful.

The art for this is sick tbh , very cool cartoon

Wow this is so deep. But like actually though, it criticizes the dangers of a system ran on a zero sum game. Projecting fears of the eventual self cannibalization of social systems in which everyone fends for themself while also implying that such things appear natural with the personification of a crab. A creature with an unusual evolutionary history. Though it makes it seem natural through its choice of creature, it also implies that such system doesn't have to be the only one, as it is staged as a controlled expirement, set up by an outside party. Implying that the system in question is created by outside parties; with dreams of amassing an even larger army of creatures made by the system. But alas, there is not enough metal to satiate the crab. And begins to eat itself like a starved creature.

perfect allegory, perfect horror. the story ends witht he natural conclusion of the metaphor, but we're all still on the island.

I will tell the kids this is what training AI/ machine learning looks like.

Everyone is analysing the implications of the cannibalisation of society or the destructive perfection of the ever evolving military industrial complex that is essentially holding a gun to the head of the world just to make sure the other guy is deader before we're all french fries. I like this because it shows a really clever phenomena in progress: Carcinization, the process by which many organisms evolve into the same animal, usually a crab, as it is an efficient body structure. the robots were left to evolve, those that could take resources more efficiently lived to reproduce, and so they would be dominant and produce more offspring. their offspring would be mutant, and as they mutated at a rapid rate they were able to adapt quickly filling new niches, and so those with successful lineages reproduced more. eventually the final result mimics nature, the crab, one of the most prominent forms of life in the see, a body type so successful that even an artificial lifeform ended up at this evolutionary perfection.

I find the analogy between animals and robots interesting. To me its as if they are saying that animals, like us humans, resemble a biological machine. When each one dies, it was as lifeless as when it began. The exaggerated reproductive system is also deeply robotic which was fascinating

Czechens be like: "ah yes, my favourite childhood cartoon"

This is sooo cool. The art style is very interesting, reminding me of Bruno Bozzetto's animations. The story is amazing too. I see a metaphor of the self cannibalization of humankind.

Christ I spent so long trying to find this again. Weird as hell, but interesting!

6:52 Crab committing war crimes

An efficient system will eventually kill man in service of making paperclips, huh.

Everything evolves into crabs, including a.i.

I wonder if this is where Felix Colgrave got some of his inspiration?

That guy had it coming tbh.

This looks like some obscure sesame street animated segment from the 1970s- 80s I can't help imagine seeing this sketch wedged in between a scene with Kermit the frog on the letter W and a scene with Ernie & bert. Edit: Tell you the truth if this was an actual sesame street sketch it would be a very messed up one. I honestly would have nightmares about that giant metal crab.

This could be cool story for modern adaptation for short animation, film or even full length animation or film

The Replicators from Stargate SG-1, maybe this is where they got the idea from.

this the kind of artstyle youd see in your third grade english textbook

This might have been based on a science fiction short story from the 1970's. I definitely remember it, and it had an evolved crab harvest the scientist's fillings.

Anyone from insta reels?

Warhammer 2K Cyriak got some inspiration from this probably.

I'm so thoroughly disturbed by this

I love this

Soviet mfs will tell you this was their childhood cartoon

Stále aktuální téma 🙂

I actually think this is fire 🔥

Crab crab Crab crab crab crab crab

Avisaram lá em 1976…

I got the point of the film (I think), but I still feel bad for the critter.

Up my alley

5:25 I felt that

Taking evolve to crab to a whole new level

metal crab animation

Great movie from Czechia!

Poor guy. He just follwed the program...

It was interesting.

I wonder if the animator for the Snail Attack video , unofficial video for tools the pot , got inspiration from this.

Great content ❤❤❤❤

To mówi wiele o naszym społeczeństwie

This is so cool

The soldier smashes the two crabs then spits on them 😂

Прикольный мульт😅👍

Is there any name for such kind of animation? And how can one make it? Any software recommendation?

Kino

Pamatuju. Děkuju, šířím.

and in the end the civilization evolution technology finish itself and the way to survive go to old good more human way

9gag shall unite us once again.

GYO 😱

Boa msg

And we can see this horrifying faces made of scrabs and rubbles. 6:37 we seeing firsth face in devastated area. And second one is more creepy 6:50 in war scene. But last one 7:00 is most horrifying face than others. What meaning these?

... VERY DARK... LIKE SOVIET ERA DARK... 5:35

machinarium vibes

ok

Got crabs?

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Sure, ok

Aquí un peruano vio el corto ❤

Tều phạm

Машины делают машины

Did James Cameron watched this? Imagine a scientist dreaming to .. lets say enslave some extraterrestrial alien for military purpose ....

When communism made Saturday cartoons

Dude wtf

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Came here from Tiktok

capitalism...

Me gustó su sueño de poder destruir la humanidad.

Ukraine🤔???