When Estthe Mefille was invited to create the characters for the latest animated movie "ROBOUST, The Evil robot-maker" he immediately consider reply negatively having in mind still the past frustration with "Borda - The Pumpkin Clown". But a lot of lame excuses and financial convincing prompted this incredible gifted artist to give it a second go and draw those that would end up making of "ROBOUST, The evil robot-maker" an enormous cinematographic success.
With only two weeks given for his amazing creative spell to generate a series of unforgettable original drawings, the project had a lot of other constraints that would invariably clash with the freedom Estthe Mefille needs to peacefully invest on his productions.
"ROBOUST, The evil robot-maker" was released in the independent circuit back in January 2018 and won the Best Animated Picture in the 'Sundamn Festival'. We give you here those characters that made both pre-production phase and actual movie, and also add a review on the plot and characters to sharpen your appetitite.
Excelsior (The Perfect One)
The perfect creation by the evil robot-maker Roboust. Excelsior was stolen from Roboust belongings by the mean alien Obi-Wan Kanabis and yet another Roboust initial creations, the ugly Barrooom. Barrooom could never forgive Roboust for his horrible lookings and conspired with Obi-Wan Kanabis to steal and recycle Excelsior for good.
Barrooom (The Horrible One)
A reject. One of the primary creations of Roboust when he was just an engineering student. Roboust never appreciated the worth of Barrooom and discarded him to the depths of a warehouse, however, even though his looks were never that great, Barrooom was Roboust's only creation that came out with a real soul.
Obi-Wan Kanabis (The Smokey Alien)
Initially not intended to be in the movie, Obi-Wan Kanabis was a joke-drawing by Estthe Mefille just to despise the madness surrounding Star Wars. A fusion between Jar Jar Binks and a Stormtrooper, this characters never speaks and all it releases is yellowish smoke whilst taking the most bizarre unexpected decisions. A pretty accomplished comic relief for this animated motion picture.
Goatie (The Mean Pranker)
He is not a bad guy, but he ain't happy either. So whenever he is out there taking care of his errands and the chance presents itself, he takes the opportunity to make anyone pay for he is a mean prankster. From stealing candies from babies to flattening tires, no prank is left undone. But he would never imagine that one of his simplest and most innocent pranks would actually be in the Heart of how this story unveils.
Vampiresk (The Dumb One)
Vampiresk has always aspired to become The Thing. But his poor electronic board is very limited and cannot process a whole lot of information, so he decided to drain the memory boards of other robots and show his creator, Roboust (the evil robot maker) that he also can achieve greater things and help him conquer the Universe.
The Satelikos (a band of melodic robots)
The Satelikos (some real old fashioned satellites produced in the past by the evil engineer Roboust) are the musical festival that any animated movie lives on. Whenever there is an emotional or festive part in the movie, or whenever there is a lesson to be learned by anyone of the characters, there they are to bring music to that moment. In addition, they're the story tellers, narrating it with such a funny flow that this movie without The Satelikos wouldn't be the same thing.
Bubblisko (The younger brother of Vampiresk)
With only a very short participation in the movie, Bubblisko is only trying to demote his brother from his wrongdoing and to raise his attention to the fact that he has a family that considers him important, regardless of his limited intelligence.
Benjamin HO123 (The recycled one, made out of parts from previous Tim Burton's creations)
This is the character that let us know by the end of the movie that there will probably be a sequel to this first chapter of Roboust, The Evil robot-maker. Benjamin HO123 was a secret project by Roboust, entirely made of discarded parts of props obtained from Tim Burton's movies. This character has no real emotional dimension and the audience can seldom hear him speak, but whenever he's present the story takes a turn and the audience is made aware that he is playing a big part on the whole narrative. However, his real intentions whilst helping both sides, the good and bad, are never disclosed and leave us wanting the second chapter to make it to the cinemas as soon as possible.
