Alien's Misfortune

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"Alien's Misfortune" is a feature length (7 seconds) animated film made by Zach Hadel. It follows the exploits of a small blue alien who accidentally steps on a large nail, hurting himself in the process.

## Background

In September of 2020, God gave us the blockbuster masterpiece known as Alien's Misfortune, which was later released by Zach Hadel, first appearing on Twitter, then on YouTube.

Not much is known about the process of making Alien's Misfortune, though we do know that famous cartoonist Michael Cusack had some kind of role in the making. It's believed that the film went through production hell, having to go under numerous drafts and revisions.

### ***The Great Stealing of 2020***

On September 8th, 2020, an unknown entity stole the files to Alien's Misfortune. The culprit is believed to be the iconic actor Bluorno the Beefiest, who is most famous for his role as the lead protagonist in the new Star Wars movie, but that has yet to be proven. All traces of the original cut of Alien's Misfortune disappeared, and the team had to go back to the drawing board. After numerous sleepless nights, on September 14th, the project was complete, and the following day, the full film was uploaded on YouTube.

## General Praise

The film received glorious praise from fans all around the world. Even by the most critical reviewers, the film received incredible reviews. One review states, "This is the best three frames I have ever seen." Another review states, "This poor blue acquaintance had his toe punctured by the Pakistani government."

### ***On IMDb***

The IMDb page for "Alien's Misfortune" only existed for about five minutes, and no traces have been left of the page. However, in those five minutes, the film received thousands of glowing reviews, calling the movie, "a piece of shit" and "worthless garbage."

### ***On Rotten Tomatoes***

Again, the page for "Alien's Misfortune" has been removed at the time of writing this article. However, some reviews have been left up, and the film received a 100% score from casual viewers and hardcore critics. It won't be a surprise if the film wins Best Picture by the academy this year.

## Plot

The main character, dubbed by fans as "The Blue Acquaintance," though their official name hasn't been revealed yet, gets his toe punctured by a nail. He screams for about 4 seconds, and then the film concludes.

## Characters

The main character, The Blue Acquaintance (voiced by Michael Cusack,) is a blue alien with bug eyes, hyper-realistic wrinkles and feet, and a large mouth. He is believed to be Zach's vision of what he would look like if he was a character in Disney's "The Mandalorian."

## Trivia

* The film was Hadel's first film in over one year, and ended up being over 3 times the length of his previous film, "Cool Shit."
* The film actually started production 15 years before "Cool Shit," and was the second hardest film to produce, the first being "Smiling Friends," another collaboration with Michael Cusack.
* The film is only seven seconds long, but those seven seconds could change a life.
* Zach Hadel underwent life threatening anorexia during the development of this masterpiece due to working countless hours nonstop for days on end.