Ozymandias Animation 

The way he says "my name is ozymandias, king of kings" gives me goosebumps every time

“The Earth is littered with the ruins of empires that believed they were eternal.” -Camille Paglia

I love how the poem goes from "look on my works ye mighty and despair!" to "nothing beside remains". It shows the harsh reality of life that everything falls eventually. Amazing animation and poem.

Bowling alley animations when you get a strike:

I love how Cranston's reading has become THE reading of Ozymandias

We decoded this poem at a writing workshop I went to and well, it is almost a sonnet, with 14 lines of 10 syllables, but at the line where he says. "My names is Ozymandias, king of kings;" it is 11 syllables, breaking the pattern. The poem's structure decays, much like the subject of the poem itself. This is my favorite poem (not that I know many), but if I ever got into poetry more, I would credit it to this poem.

It’s crazy to think about the fact that in the episode Ozymandias of Breaking Bad, it does show Heisenberg’s half sunken visage in the middle of the desert. Right after Hank is executed. Vince Gilligan is a master of his craft.

I'll never read Ozymandias the same way again. Much more entertaining than the depressing monotone of my english teacher

"Say my name" "Ozymandias" "You're goddamned right"

Bro this dude is dedicated he's still hearting shit.

Fun fact: Ozymandias is the Greek name for Ramesses, which means that percy was talking about 'Ramesses the Great' whom reigned from (1279 BC - 1213 BC). He was one of the most greatest pharaohs of the new kingdom.

This is easily the best visualization I've seen so I keep coming back to it. So many others show giant sand dunes when the poem says "level sands" or show a smiling ruler with no sneer. This one gets everything right and each element is also top-tier on its own. Bravo!

Everyone rightfully losing their marbles on "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings" is completely warranted, but i can't be the only that also gets chills on the last verse. "The lone and level sands stretch far away..." What a perfect contrast and conclusion to the works of greater-than-mighty Ozymandias...

can we appreciate that the people behind this video, suddenly getting recommended after 8 years, is still hearting responses and replying to comments. great stuff. I'm glad to see it

"Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair" But there's nothing there, nothing besides the broken monument of a King who thought he was eternal, his claim refuted, his fight was for naught as time never loses. Absolutely chilling poem.

Does anyone else think Brian Cranston would make a really good Optimus Prime?

no matter what you do to be remembered you will always be forgotten

It is impressive to see how many men have fallen for pride throughout human history. It's the same old trap, but we keep falling into it.

It's been 6 years since the upload of this video and the dude is still liking people's comments. +respect.

"My name is A.S.A.C Schrader."

In Egypt's sandy silence, all alone, Stands a gigantic Leg, which far off throws The only shadow that the Desert knows:- "I am great OZYMANDIAS," saith the stone, "The King of Kings; this mighty City shows "The wonders of my hand."- The City's gone,- Naught but the Leg remaining to disclose The site of this forgotten Babylon. We wonder,-and some Hunter may express Wonder like ours, when thro' the wilderness Where London stood, holding the Wolf in chace, He meets some fragment huge, and stops to guess What powerful but unrecorded race Once dwelt in that annihilated place.

Wow I can't believe vince gilligan wrote this poem just for the show. Truly Bravo Vince

HELLO PLS REMEMBER THAT THIS PERSON MADE A GREAT ANIMATION AND IS DESERVING OF PRAISE (Pls don’t fill the comment about Sadist, we love them but spamming her on other channels is rude)

1:13 Has anyone noticed that the shadow is of the once complete statue, symbolizing that the modern statue is just a shadow of its former self.

Ozymandias is the only TV-episode with a 10/10 imbd rating a true masterclass "Nothing Lasts"

50K views. A small step for RU-vid, but a great big leap for me :) Thanks to all for your views and comments.

I met a gamer from an antique land, who said Two vast and corded joysticks of black stand on the console. Near them, half sunk in the carpet, a shattered cartridge lies, Whose case, and dimensions thick, and bits of four Tell that its programmer well those limitations read Which yet survive, stamped on these plastic things. The hands which played them, and the hearts that fed. And on the panel these words appear: "My name is Atari 2600! Look upon my 4-bit graphics and despair!" Nothing beside remains. Round the 13-inch CRT of that ancient wreck, boundless and bare, The shag carpet and popcorn ceiling stretch Far away...

Jesse, I am Ozymandias, king of kings

I'm not even joking when I say this, but I think Ozymandias is one of the only pieces of work that has really changed the way I think about something and the animation really gives the sense of scale and just the general themes of the poem a clear and powerful weight. Thank you for making this video and thank you more for somehow still replying to people's comments years after this video's creation.

I watched this video and fell in love with the poem. In our first advanced class English lesson of tenth grade I remember wandering off and out of curiosity checking the content of our literature book. When I saw ozymandias was there I was beyond excited, Finnally something worth my time and effort I thought to myself. I asked the teacher if we will be reading this poem as part of our literature program and she said no. School is just fucking terrible.

A thoroughly well-visioned beautiful rendition. The powerful ominous voice, music, text display, animation and tone fits the poem perfectly. A fine tribute, sir..

I get Goosebumps every time i watch this.

A 'being' into a desert might step And for a while, here may stand. Then, slowly, it comes to mind Earned power which Some in life command Like Ozymandias, one day Becomes a trillion grains of sand

0:43 omg chills

I see a lot of people appreciate the Rising Crescendo or the sudden drop to "Nothing Beside Remains." But the part that captures me is "The Lone and Level Sands Stretch Far Away." His delivery is hollow, like someone who is in mourning, and truly final. Like we have just been reminded of the great setback upon our race delivered to us by the destruction of this Constantinople, Babylon, or Jerusalem. They truly do stretch far away.

"Jessie we need to study poetry ,jessie"

I know exactly why this got recommended to me and I'm not even mad. Bravo.

This is a great animation! I love how it conveys the poem visually!

I have two moods: "Look on my works ye mighty and despair!" and "Nothing beside remains."

This got recommended to me when a week or something after the sad-it’s animation

So this is the origin from the Ozymandias SAD-ist animation, Amazing

This is one of the most striking combinations of words and pictures I've ever seen in my entire life ! Thank you !

POV: You've just watched SAD-ist's new animation and now you're here

Shelley really dropped the hardest poem of all time and thought we wouldn't notice 🔥🔥🔥

of course this gets recommended to me after sad-ist's video

“And then I said, what da dog doin” such a profound piece of art

Here before a fandom strikes in

Bruh this guys keeps reading the comments 8 years after posting this video. Liked and subscribed just for the commitment.

Ozymandias is an archaic name for the greatest Pharaoh.

This poem always gives me comfort in a strange way. It calms me down when I worry about how I’ll be remembered, in the end, no matter how great or terrible, how large or insignificant, how selfish or selfless your actions were, they will be forgotten in time, and will turn to dust as you have. Just live life as you see fit and do what fulfills you as an individual. “The lone and level sands stretch far away”.

I thought he was going to say “my name is heinsenbirg”

Well, if it isn't the great Heisenberg...

This poem is perfect irony. Two layers of perfect irony are created by the sharp transition between the lines "look on my works ye mighty and despair" and "nothing beside remains round the decay of that colossal wreck". The first layer of irony is obvious, the confidence of the carving on the statue contrasted with the harsh reality that nothing of this once great figure's work remain. It is a sort of satisfyingly irony, like when someone gloats to you but is unable to back up their talk. The second layer of irony hits when, in a twisted way, you realize the carving on the pedestal is correct. The despair comes not from looking at the works of a great man and realizing you can never amount to anything close, as likely would have been the intent of those words, but from the realization that no matter how great a man is and no matter how hard he works to stamp his name into history, he will always end up forgotten. I always loved how the carving on the pedestal, despite being undermined by the next line in the poem, comes back with a bit of truth to it that the mighty should see the collapsed ruins of this mighty man and despair knowing their works head to the same fate. Also, in the video, I love the note of the carved words on the pedestal disintegrating into sand, really driving home the harsh transition to reality.

This was so important, we are reading this under our school curriculum and know I really understand the poet's tone. What he is actually trying to convey and how beautifully. It also brings out the expressions on the statue. Specially when he says, "I am Ozymandias" you actually understand the arrogance and pride. Thank you so much

To me, the most ingenious, and the most frightening part of the poem is the line "Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair". It's amazing how Shelley uses the words 'ye', 'mighty' and 'despair' intentionally ambiguously. I can never get tired of that part, it contains a lesson to everyone in this planet.👍❤️

Seems like the animator has made some clever embelishments to enhance the impact of the poem. The drumbeat in the background both reinforces the cadence of the poem and (imo) doubles down on the starkness of the setting. Having the text at the end circling around the ruins symbolically represents the passage of time, whether by hands circling a clock or constellations circling the sky as months and years pass.

Please yall not commenting right after the animatic 💀

I met a traveller from an antique land Who said:-Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand, Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things, The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed. And on the pedestal these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains: round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sands stretch far away

I come back to this every once in a while. Still get chills from the narration and your Blender text work!

The curious disgust in the line "stamped on these.. lifeless things" gives me the chills

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings! Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair." GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS EVERY TIME

Goosebumps every time

The voice is Bryan cranston who played Walter White

It’s not dying that’s the worst of things. It’s being forgotten and ultimately insignificant in the long run. Your name and legacy reduced to a poem. That’s the best case scenario.

Ozymandias giving a forward looking statement, "look on my works ye might and despair", knowing that all his greatness and all the mighty deeds would be lost to the "level sands" of time both literal and figurative. This to remind us that our fate is as his.

I may have come from SAD-IST, but I have returned for the video o7

This poem hits harder when you know what historical figure it refers to and knowing that monuments to him are decaying right now in Egypt. He truly was one of the most powerful men of his age, and now he is relegated to the sands of time.

Just saw how many years passed since it was uploaded And I have to appreciate the edit. Just WOW😮

"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings" 🥶🥶🥶

Anyone else here from the SADist animatic?

God bless you I am taking a British literature course and reading this poem I could not grasp it but watching you video has made it easier to understand

whos here after the sad- ist animatic

this being read by the voice actor of breaking bad makes me more motivated to revise this for english literature gcse

I don't know if it have already happened but : Welcome to the Video Game Community!

I love the contrast between the simplistic architecture and the very complex cloak-how it flows perfectly across such simple and unimportant things.

"The bigger they are, The harder they'll fall" - Robert Fitzsimmons, 1902

OMG I've been trying to find this poem for the last 4 years, my memory is very hazy and all I could remember was something about kings and getting goosebumps at that time. Props to Sad-ist for helping me find this amazing poem. (I'm an aspiring poet)

Can’t believe this only popped up on my recommended now-

i literally never processed what this poem was saying until now, thank

Nothing expresses romanticism and postmodernism more than this

goosebumps... every single time.

And now this si going to get wild because of sad-ist

My litterature teacher had us study this poem, and all I can renemeber is : "No matter who you are, and what you do in your life, it's only a matter of time until your existence fades away" -The poem itself is just sort of fading away -The king, if not for the talent of the sculptor would already be forgotten -As grand as he was, he is just the story of a traveler -he desired to be renemebered by generations after generations because of the mighty things he did, but it's all overshadowed by the art made by the artist which lasted longer to time than the accomplishments of Ozymandias

This really is a wonderful animation. I notice too many people praising the poem but I’m really truly impressed by your work on this. Bravo dude.

The way the author describes the vast emptiness is truly amazing, and really, really powerful and just.. potent. "No thing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away." I don't think it's possible for anyone to do a better job emphasizing just how much *nothing* there is around the once great statue. It's one of the moments where you read it and your just like... even with english's hundreds of thousands of words and centuries of existance, this is possibly the best, most effective, and most beautiful way this could have been worded.

this animation walked so sad-ist could run

Fun fact, this poem was written by Percy Shelly, the husband of Mary Shelly who wrote “Frankenstein”

Beautifully animated! Hats off to the narrator and the people behind this animation. ❤️

This shows you may have power, fame and riches, but death will come to all, no matter how strong no matter how weak, we all are doomed to fall.

I love how the visible tessellation of the statue shows the decay

My English teacher showed us this today I honestly find videos much easier to understand than a paper version I guess I just visualise it easier

I remember being taught about this poem in my elementary school and this is exactly how I pictured it in my mind..cold and barren with a colossal broken statue..Great work dude! Keep going:)

This is the most haunting thing I’ve ever heard

Claim your "here before Sad-ist" ticket here

This is the first time I was ever frightened by a poem. I love this.

cant wait till DSMP fans will come here

Incredible to think that Shelly was a fan of Ozzy before Mr. Osborne was even born. Ozzy transcends time.

“My name is ozymandias” Your goddamn right

I love these types of speeches they hit hard

we do look upon what's left of Ozymandias' work and despair but definitely not for the reasons he could have hoped for