Must just be my eyes then, or a GS artefact.
Hey, I admit that the execution is amateurish, and the effects are canned, but considering that it is a fan film, I have to give them a break...if just to see and hear the story they want to tell. But if that element is as bad as the execution of the effects, then there might be a reason to pan it. Who the hell has access to a studio and proper equipment AND has people willing to work on it together? Not everybody.