Planet Tobler
2018 · 3m · USA
Directed by Aran Quinn
Genres: animation, comedy, sci-fi
Tones: absurdist, darkly comic, whimsical
A deadpan alien wildlife mockumentary narrated by Christopher Lloyd, presenting bizarre creatures with the straight-faced reverence of a BBC nature documentary.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
Christopher Lloyd narrating alien wildlife with Attenborough gravitas — Quinn knew the only joke he needed was the gap between the voice and the nonsense.
A three-minute Attenborough pastiche held aloft entirely by Christopher Lloyd's voice — the structural joke is fine but it's a sketch, not a film. Adequate gag, slim formal ambition beyond casting coup.
Christopher Lloyd doing full Attenborough gravitas over alien wildlife — three minutes, structural joke, the casting IS the conceit. Knows exactly its size.