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[Long Password?]

Mildly amusing joke

I really liked the opening shot and the high-contrast style with slivers of light. Nicely done and very effective.

Also, the emotions were shown well.

The joke made me smile.

On the flip side, it didn't make me chuckle.

Also, I got irritated at how his face was already on the verge of crying whilst he put in the password - a neutral face until that message popped up would have made more sense.

And his constantly big eyes... for some reason, I think the way you drew him like a big crybaby irritated me more than it should have.

[Small and Pointless Clay]

The title's right.

The morphing scene was kinda cool but could have been ended a lot better. It seemed to end in the middle of a transition - as he was turning into something else!

Even if you'd ended it earlier, after he'd become the horned thing, that would've kinda been a less irritating place to end.

The 2nd short kinda made me smile, the way he just plucked off that head as if plucking a flower.

I was annoyed how it just froze instead of returning to the play button. Set it to loop. Also, the play button is dodgy - you've set the 'play' text to be selectable and that's really made the button irritating to press.

Overall though, as you say, it is a bit too short and pointless.

Even if you just want to do a short, you can still use your imagination to give it some sort of joke or conclusion.

~review request club~

[Clay Killer]

Some nice modelling/animation but too basic.

Not being a big fan of needless violence, I didn't enjoy the plot.

However, the chainsaw was really nicely modelled and the animation was really rather smooth.

Though the victim was almost too basic, I really winced as he was sliced. Maybe, as Scott McCloud wrote, the simplicity allows for more projection of ourselves onto the 'avatar'.

Anyway, I thought the ending made it really seem like more of a test than anything. You could have rounded it off - maybe have the masked guy slip on the head and have the chainsaw land on him and cut his own head off? It would kinda round out the package and maybe get a chuckle from folk.

Also, some sound effects could have really helped.

[Missionary's Uprise]

Irritating ending. Good style at start.

As the dude mentioned, the start, with the building in fast-motion was pretty snazzy. It seemed to be going pretty well with the tempo of the music and the lines were nicely styled.

When the first bomb exploded, it went downhill a little. The character isn't well drawn - neither with skill nor with style. I suggest you take some time on the underground or whatever and sketch people from life in a little pad. It'll help you.

The end was a disappointment. It wasn't expected, so I suppose you succeeded in that regard. But it wasn't a shock, nor satisfying. Just a let-down after the build-up.

Maybe if the bomb had been in the foreground, if the explosion was more graphically impressive, or if we were shown a little of the after-effects (maybe a burnt house with a few pieces falling down and a charred skeleton in front?) I'd have actually been amused and satisfied by the ending rather than just mildly irritated overall.

[~BB~ Super Adventure #2]

it was for real

When I heard the Celine Dion music I thought it'd turn out like that, but around the time the last picture came up and it started zooming in, I thought maybe it was for real.

I'm sure you already know yourself that the graphics aren't great. Unimaginative pics in 'act 1' and zooming in on bitmaps is almost always a bit horrible.

I really liked the song at the end. Very appropriate and made me chuckle!

Rigormort1s responds:

Thanks for the review!

[Shroomy Chaos / Paranoia]

a classy little 'snapshot'

A bit hard to understand. Is it the same guy grinning, shooting, watching TV and axing that other guy?

I didn't think mushies could act like that (assume you've taken artistic license) but some effects were pretty cool. Specially liked the wibbling on the scenery in the first 'frame' and the morphing/wibbling between expressions/characters and some of the more psychadelic backgrounds.

Also - great 'music'.

I didn't really get deep into it and it's not to my tastes, but it was a classy little 'snapshot'.

[Brain Damage!!]

don't seem to fit the song well

Really liked your little characters and the emphasis on the thick-outline, thin inline style.

The other characters and the bgs don't really seem to follow the style though. Also, the 'glitches' as the characters pop up - though they may be intentional - look like mistakes. I think if you want to do something like that, you need to be brave and fully embrace it. Doing it sparsely almost looks like it may have been accidental.

My main beef though is that the bright colours and joyful motion just doesn't fit the slow depressing tone of the song. To me, the song suggests dark or unsaturated colours and slow, but constant, shifting motion.

I do actually like your bright colours and joyful characters, but they just don't seem to fit the song well at all. That, for me, makes the whole animation fall down.

~review request club~

[Zelda Parody Part 1]

could have

I specially loved the gag about selling items, as well as the general premise.

The appraisals of the girls made me smile.

Some of the rest of it kinda dragged and you need to try and record the voices more 'cleanly'.

Also, don't have music start until we press play!

Lastly, in the montage at the end, I didn't realise we were going in fast forward - it didn't really seem to be leading on from anything so I assumed it was meant to be a flashback.

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Though could have used more polish, some good bits of writing and a real belly-laugh at where the items went.

[Hemlok & I]

ay ha

----- The voices seemed too quiet and totally incoherent.

++ Kinda cute style of drawing.

++ Amusing little ending.

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I may have kinda enjoyed it, but the fact that I couldn't make out half the words, even after watching for the third time, really ruined it for me.

MetalDart responds:

MetalDart: Thanks for the review. IS THIS LOUD ENOUGH?!?!

Hemlok: You're kinda cute. ;)

[Space Dragon 2007]

nonsensical

Wow!

Firstly - congrats on 1st submission of 2007.

Some thoughts:

+++ Fairly detailed bg compared to your usual stuff. In all fairness though, it should be, considering its screentime...

-- I'd still really like to see some shading on your stuff.

++ Message joke.

+++++ End joke

-- I felt the 'framing' at the end could have been better - a bit more dramatic. Like when shouting, the 'camera' could have maybe been behind you and shown the balloon simultaneously.

++ Clear voices.

Question: who is it that's meant to be saying, 'welcome to the world of tomorrow'?

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A little bit of nonsensical stuff, a fairly obvious parody, but the script and all was well timed and I really chuckled at the end. Loved it!

You've got a new fan.

~Review Request Club~

kinggila responds:

"You've got a new fan."

Yay. :D About the "Welcome to the world of tomorrow" guy, that's the character Terry from Futurama who is seen on a few episodes.