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[The Adventures of Steve 2]

kept me

+++ Great voice-acting. Distinguishable, full of character and just enjoyable to listen to.

--- Whenever we see stever from the side, he gets a massive square jaw and a black (instead of grey) suit. Somewhat distracting.

- Also, when the dart is thrown, the guard's head is drawn really badly when it snaps back.

-- Lack of lip synch was slightly distracting. Looking forward to seeing that sorted for #3.

++ Great 60's graphic-style intro/outro. Though maybe lose the thin black lines on the rectangles?

+++ The start explains the bg and sets the scene well.

+++ The knowing, self-referential MGS joke.

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Cheers for sharing. Not many laugh-out-loud moments for me, but kept me entertained.

Neo-Egyptian responds:

It's funny, all the graphical problems you've mentioned here are exactly the same ones I noticed when making the cartoon. Not to worry - I'll see what I can do in the third episode.

Glad you liked it!

[KIN trailer]

impossible to do

++++ That fight scene - awesome. Fluid movement, dramatic camera sweeps...

-- I don't understand why partd go all washed-out, as if there's a translucent white sheet over it. A few moments before, the blacks are properly dark and the colours are fairly saturated. But when animations start, that suddenly changes. Why?

- The smile of the dude as he stands over her is a tad too flickering, I feel.

++ Nicely timed to music

+++ Lovely beginning. Nice use of blurring and the teasing glimpse of that sketch adds so much.

+++ Poses enough questions and gives enough clues to give no direct answers but get us all thinking. Exactly as a trailer should.

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Awesome.

I watched part 1 previously and left with slight disdain. When faced with that awesome fight scene though, it's practically impossible to do so.

Alamus responds:

Yeah, I was going for a type of moonhaze...it just doesn't look as good when its the quicktime file in flash.

[Ask Al: Babies]

one or two

++++ Still loving the voicing and character.

-- No actual mouth shapes. Slightly out of time synching.

- I think he should've maybe struggled with some of those words in q1 for added comedy.

--there was no real payoff for the Macaulay Culkin story.

- I still feel the generic-looking starburst startup screen doesn't serve you well.

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I do enjoy the idea and remember finding one or two previous episodes funnier. (Specially the chicken/egg one.)

Here, I just enjoyed hearing his voice again, but little else.

NeptuneCircle responds:

Thanks for the review. Al is a work in progress really. We're trying to iron out the bad parts and build up the parts people like.