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Well, I've gotta say, I wasn't expecting that. I had to refrain from giving you straight fives due to laughing so hard. But my objectivity... must.... be.... maintained!

Alright.

Well, the animation was good, the tweens of the nerd character could probably have been a bit more fluid, but otherwise it was all good. The art style isn't my personal cup of tea, but it works.

My main gripe with this is the lack of sound and music. Perhaps some intermission-style music during the 'What not to do' and 'How hot chicks like it' text parts would've been good, some bar sound effects and dance music during the actual animation, etc.

As it stands though, protected for great justice!

raremasta responds:

You're right, I am missing many sounds, and i think the bar background music wasn't best or high enough haha. thanks for the tips dude :D

There really isn't too much to say. It's an eye, and it's crying.

The animation, as you say, is quite fluid (UCWATIDIDTHER), personally I would've put some effort into mixing it up a little, such as animating a periodic blink, perhaps make the tears well up at the bottom with a little more motion. The teardrop itself is probably a little bit too large to me, as well.

So much for not too much to say. But as it stands, I'd say it's been a successful test. Now implement it into something a bit more grandiose ;)

Skyoung94 responds:

Thanks for a kind review! The tear drop is large because I wanted to be a bit arty, hence huge round eye, but, for the welling up and blinking, yes. I basically ran out of time/will as I'm starting college this Monday and am trying desperately to wrap up as many of my little projects as I can. So, yes, I could have put in more effort there. I'm still pretty proud of it though! It's the first time I've done water and framerates higher than 12fps. :D

P.S. (ICWATUDIDTHERLOL)

Well... it's a sprite movie.

I'm not to big on sprite movies, especially unfinished ones. This was good, but would have been a lot better if completed.

Graphics: Sprites. I liked the background in the Sonic part, and the sprites seemed above average quality. However, the graphics were unoriginal in the sense that they were just sprites.

Style: Extra point because I liked the Sonic background. You should probably add some effects somewhere along the line, too.

Sound: I don't listen to System of a Down much, but I liked the song. It definitely set the feel of the movie, very fast and intense. It was also quite clear.

Violence: Well... Samus got jumped on.

Interactivity: "PLAY".

Humor: None. I can't see how you could put any in, either, sorry.

Overall, this needs completion. As stated above, I'm not a fan of sprite movies, but there are a lot of people who are. Add some effects and possibly some sound other than music. Other than that, smooth animation, cool music and nice background. Pretty good.

7.5/10 (PRETTY GOOD!)

Murray responds:

I know it would've been better if it was completed. Sprites are what I will use in future flashes. I know I could try a bit better on them, but there were some parts to try and fix that put me off. :S

The humour, well, I don't usually aim to try and be funny, but if people say it's funny or not, I'm fine with it. Thanks for that good review! :D

Been looking forward to this since the trailer!

This is one of the best flashes I've seen lately. I thought the trailer was excellent, so naturally I was looking forward to the full movie. I wasn't disappointed with any aspect of this movie, except maybe length, but we can't have everything...

Graphics: I love this style. A few little thinks stood out to me, like the use of anime-styled people in some parts of this, such as the Twi'lek hooker scene. The effects were well done, and I loved the smoothnes of the animation. Be very proud of yourself.

Style: You get extra points for things like the lightsaber effects and the smoothness of the animation and special effects. Although a few more ships in the opening battle wouldn't have hurt, though (what's that doing in "style"?).

Sound: Star Wars music is always great ^_^ The voices were cool, the sound effects were very good, so overall, very nice! One thing I feel could be improved is the fuzziness of some of the voices, like in the start, and when Darth Vader starts talking. But still very good.

Violence: I'm watching the fight scene as I write this. It just occured to me how nicely animated that part was. A little lightsaber dismsmberment here and there wouldn't have hurt though. I liked the use of "Ace of Spades" for the "main fight", it just seems proper, somehow. I liked the movements of the jedi and the clone troopers. Hoping for some lightsaber duels in the next one!

Interactivity: It's a movie. M-O-V-I-E. Not a game.

Humor: I liked some of the little details you put into this, such as Mace's *bling*bling* to name one. The Darth Vader custom shop scene was good, too. I thought this was one of the funnier Star Wars movies I've seen, so yeah. The Twi'lek hooker scene was really cool, too. Very good job!

Overall, you get 9. It had it all... graphics, sound, violence, humor and style. I left interactivity out for obvious reasons :p
In fact, the only thing dragging this down was the length, and once the series is complete, that won't even be a problem anymore.

Looking forward to the next installment!

9/10 (EXCELLENT)

Brand-new-hero responds:

its in depth reviews like this that really help. thanks for the time you spent collecting your thoughts, i'm very pleased you enjoyed it and felt it lived up to the trailers hype. That means alot to me. the next episode will feature full on full episode combat with not only clones but the sith warrior as well. However, you'll have to wait for that...

Bad looking, nice sounding. Needs a lot of work.

The only reason I ended up on this movie was because the title was "Ohne Dich". And we all know how much I love Rammstein...
I feel it could have been improved in a lot of ways, some fairly major, which I will point out.

Graphics: Oh come on. It wouldn't have killed you to put a bit more detail into these, would it? That style is very, VERY overused, although not in this kind of movie. Personally (even though I can't animate it), I would have gone for a darker look throughout the whole thing, maybe just keeping it to shades of grey. It may have fit better with the whole theme of "misery" (only word I can think of, ok?) than Mr. Potato Head killing himself. Just a thought.

Style: Honestly, I hate the look of this. For one thing, the horrible looking characters. And, another, the awful walking animation at the start. No offence, but I thought that people actually had two legs...
And, as said above, I feel that the graphics were too bright and "cartoonish" for the theme of the movie. If, as I understand, it is about depression, it shouldn't really be that colourful. I think "noir" is the term.

Sound: I love the sound of Till Lindemann's voice. And Rammstein in general. I can't understand German, but I know what the chorus means, and it seemed to fit well. As I said before (just to rub it in), if you'd given it more realistic graphics and made the theme darker, you would have got a better sound mark, as well as overall. Despite my prejudices, you still get a low score as it didn't fit the graphics.

Violence: Mr. Potato Head killed himself. HardXcorE. Seriously, this would've been a lot better if the characters actually looked like real people. CHANGE THAT. Please.

Interactivity: I wasn't expecting any. As usual...

Humor: This is the one place you (and I) can be thankful for a low score. You obviously meant this to be emotional, and I can't say that it wasn't. But, I'm sorry, coloured blobs just do not cut it when it comes to representing emotion.
That being said, it is definitely not the worst thing I've ever seen.

Overall, you get a six. Now, assuming that this is your first flash, I have to congratulate you (hell, if only I was this good when I started animating...), but for me, it just wasn't good enough.
Take into consideration everything I have said here, and I don't care how long it takes you to make, but change the characters, colors and add some camera angles. I know it may be asking a bit much, but I'll guarentee that it'll be recieved a lot better than this. And from what I can tell, this was recieved fairly well...

Just consider my advice, devote some time to it, and good luck!

6/10 (GOOD)

Furnix responds:

WOW! Thats the longest review i ever did see. umm yer i am pondering weather to remake it with better graphics and that, but it never occured to me to dum down the colours and its a good idea. and alot of ppl hav said make it look like ppl so i will. also i drew them like that coz i am lazy i cant b botherd animating arms and legs lol. um this is my third submition to ng, my first if any one saw it they might wana kill me was "Nursing Home" lol umm yer so i'll get on that remake for sure. thanks for the advice

Nice skate movie, but too jumpy.

I liked this movie. The only things that were letting it down were, in my opinion,
a) The length
and
b) The animation.

Graphics: I wasn't that impressed with the quality of the animation. I know that FBF takes a hell of a long time to do, but I felt this could have been a lot smoother. On the upside, I liked all the different "camera" angles you used... it looked a lot better than all the standard side on view skate flashes. In future, make the graphics clearer and smoothen up the frame-by frame. Other than that, good work!

Style: I've always liked FBF a lot, and this was no exception. As I said above, though, just smoothen up the animation a bit. And, once again, I loved the addition of realistic camera angles.

Sound: I liked the music, and how it seemed to fit with the animation. There were few sound effects, so maybe you could fix that in future. Try downloading the ones from stickslaughter[dot]com (THIS IS NOT AN UNRELATED OR PROMOTIONAL LINK SO DON'T FLAG IT). That is, if you want sound effects. It would probably make the movie better, though, IMHO.

Violence: The faceplant into the wall was pretty well done, so that's why the 2. The board snapping, however, was a little unconvincing. That was the only complaint I have with violence.

Interactivity: A play button. Oh, I'm so excited.

Humor: Well, I get the feeling that the board snapping and the faceplant were meant to be funny, so you get a 2 for effort. However, I didn't find them particularly funny, sorry.

Overall, you get a 6. The graphics were too jumpy, there weren't many sound effects and, let's face it, there are a lot of skate movies on NG. However, if you improve this, smoothen up the graphics, add sound effects etc, it could become one of the best skate videos on this site. Keep working on it!

6/10 (GOOD)

Saucey responds:

First of all, Thanks for all that i appreciate every comment. every thing you said will definately help me in my next skate vids.

The best trailer I've ever seen.

I can see why this made the frontpage. It's quite possibly the only good "trailer" I've seen on NG. Problem is, now I've got to wait for the full movie :P

Graphics: I love your style of drawing. The graphics were really clear. That's really all I have to say about the graphics. I wouldn't change anything.

Style: Stylish as anything. Once again, I love the character designs, and your drawing style in general.

Sound: Some lightsaber effects and Star Wars music. Not good, not bad. When you get a proper mic, and put some VAing into it, then you'll get higher. Until then, neutral.

Violence: A few lightsabers and a guy getting stabbed was all that stood out to me. Not much, but that's a good thing. Well, to me, anyway.

Interactivity: *Yawn* ...There was a "play" button.

Humor: I had a smile on my face throughout the whole thing. Not nessecarily funny, but very entertaining.

Overall... 7.5. I really, really want to give this higher, but since it's an unfinished trailer, I really can't, sorry. I can't wait for the full movies to come out. Hoping to see them soon!

7.5/10 (PRETTY GOOD!)

Brand-new-hero responds:

thanks for hte detailed input bud - really helpful! Did you not notice a guys head being crushed by mikes bare hands tho? THATS VIOLENT! see how i used caps to exaggerate that? cool huh - i'll..be shuttin up now..

Great music, but...

Can someone please tell me what 'shojo' means? I think it means 'girl' or something like that (and that's the last time I display my ignorance im public).
This kept me amused, and the song rocked.

Dreamseek responds:

From Wikipedia:

Sh%u014Djo or shoujo (%u5C11%u5973) is a term used in English to refer to manga and anime aimed at a female audience between the ages of 10 and 18. The term is a transliteration of the Japanese %u5C11%u5973, literally lesser, or little, girl. The genre is stereotyped as melodramatic stories of romance usually with a female protagonist, and drawn in a flowing style where beautiful characters with huge, intricately drawn eyes become spontaneously surrounded by flowers, stars, and/or bubbles. Sh%u014Djo works cover a huge range of subjects, from historical drama to science fiction and by no means do all adhere to the same artistic sensibilities or conventions. In the end, it is not a style or a genre but a demographic.

Well... If you're going to rip off the best...

Do it like this guy did. A great, erm, remake of an Adam Phillips style animation, with a nice little joke at the end. I swear I didn't see it coming.
(PS: Hope you don't mind me using the phrase "rip off")

SecretAgentRege responds:

Haha, thanks! It's not "ripping-off" since the point of the contest was to use characters or music to publicize Brackenwood. It's kinda hard to rip off an image when someone tells you to use it in the first place :)

But I think I know what you meant, thanks for the comments!

Good one!

Man, it's time yo got a tablet! Your art's this good without, imagine what it'd be like with one!
Great movie, so you are working on stuff other than the collab! I guess this is a "sneak preview" of your short with the collab.
Keep it up, man, you rock!
PS: great choice of music, too.

Jestar responds:

I WANT a tablet!!
Man - id own NG.
The stupid mouse >_< RGRRRGHGHGH!
w00t! Yay i rock! thx worldoutkast.

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