Synopsis
A self-styled savior known as The Leader embarks on a wildly psychedelic mission to rescue the universe. Presented as his own propaganda, the video combines live action with hand-drawn, 2D, and 3D animation as he claims to possess extraordinary powers and battles apocalyptic forces, government conspiracies, space monsters, and mysterious runes. Matt Berry plays the grandiose central figure, whose increasingly bizarre journey turns the six-minute electronic rock track into an eccentric science-fiction mini-epic.
Factoids & Trivia
- Matt Berry appears as The Leader, delivering the character's claims with the booming authority of a self-important cult figure.
- The production took approximately 12 weeks to complete and was made on a budget of about 400 pounds.
- The video was built around a mixture of hand-drawn animation, 2D imagery, 3D effects, and live-action footage.
- Berry reportedly spent a day filming while dressed as a "Vulcan Bishop," a costume he accepted with good humor.
- The finished video runs roughly two minutes longer than the song's original six-minute version. The band adjusted the audio to fit the completed picture.
- Adult Swim premiered the video, an appropriate home for its collision of surreal comedy, science fiction, and deliberately excessive visual effects.
- "Reset" appeared on Three Trapped Tigers' 2011 album *Route One or Die* and was also issued as a single later that year.