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[SegwayOfTheDead - Reviews]

If you didn't quess it by the time the movie finish, this is a parody of reviews, much like the popular "Dot dot dot", only here we get to listen to many a people/whimpers/whiners/nerdcracks.

This isn't much of an animation as its a piece of voice act complete with smart subtitle play, so the score goes for the voice act and the idea. The interpretation is quite nice, paroding all those responses must've taken much time (with all that voice modulation and some ideas requiring more voice editing). Since I'm not an expert in commenting voice act I'll just say: very clear, funny and nicely made voice acting. It fets like a kind of freestyle or portfolio flash (just a feeling, Mr DruxtheShredder has already shared his uncanny art in many submissions, such as "Skyrim: Sneaking" or "The Ownians").

The animator also did good, seeing as the subtitles were not only diverse, but also dynamically changing according to the present mood (immitated IQ level) of the parodied reviewers.

All in all, I'm sure most of you people will be glad of the collaboration Evil-Dog and DructheShredder made. Compliments for fine arts and music to SickDeathFiend and Symphony of Specters. I love you guys.

Evil-Dog responds:

Haha thanks for the nice review, it was a little distraction, Druox did great and it took me like a day to put together. Just a distraction from Road of the Dead 2

[BATMAN NOIR - Trailer]

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I'm not an expert, and this review is only an opinion based on little facts
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This trailer announces the comeback of one of the most prominent man-made superhero of world. "Batman Noir" keeps to the style of last century noir: grayish world, comic-like reality. One of the nice adds to the genre are objects partially animated to give the idea of "moving pieces of the puzzle".

The characters themselves look like reshaped shadows of themselves from a reflective dimension, which not only give them new looks but probably hint at new character traits, different live experiences that most probably already have their own dossier in Gotham Arkham Assylum or Gotham Police Department. Most of all the idea of Batman itself, the one object that already been used to show every human aspect from crime fighting, through human addiction (Batman Venom), lately the force that not only fights but also attracts violence (two latest Batman films and games). Setting the black knight in a new place might gives the room to create a different man, or possibly explain some yet hidden problems with the man we already though we have cracked.
The villains seem oddly normal judging from the looks of the feline part of the cast, which could mean there has been more work put into their history and character than the overall "pump-in-power" some productions do to make their bad guys look "dangerous".

Light bloom effects, smooth blurry changes in the animatic (animation as in "slide by slide") sequences mixed with simple object animation (motion animation) are what makes me want to wait for the real thing.

I tell you, those thing will keep human imagination running wild.

skewster responds:

Thanx for the feedback, man!

[Around the Sun]

A trip to freshness

While fishing for any new ideas on scripts and films, you might get interested in this light piece of work.

During the screening, the viewer can deduct the film presents here the flaws of the matrix organisation structure, that is, how the work and organisation in NASA is being divided (between several project teams). Although highly unprobable due to the security maintance, one can surely imagine the cumbersome and sometimes mistake prone protocols that can bring utter destruction to the whole project. In this particular film, we have a vision of one of those "giant leaps for mankind" gone awry.

The graphics of the movie aren't anything advanced, but that doesn't keep one from taking pleasure in sunking into the plot of the film. Although characters are giant, solid coloured birds, they are given accessories and elements that makes them stand out more in the whole film. The backgrounds and surroundings were made quite crude, for instance the last explosion in the film, (probably drawn mainly in flash oriented programm) but the artist does have a good of using certain animation knick-knacks (for instance the last scenes in space). Theoverall for graphics would be 6/10

The audio consisted of several clear, good voice acts as well as ambient music in the background that upped the mood. Some of the effects though were outbursted though (giving the "cracking sound" effect, like in the intro), but they were only a few. The artist shows resourcefullness in combining that many voice acts and composing them nicely. Substracting the credit's song (which were made by Oney - nice one man) the audio deserves 7.5/10 (0.5 substracted for the riddicule of some of the voices, ie.: "It's going to explooOOoode" byt the astronomer)

Overally though, the flash presents itself, and the author, as a growing talent on the script writing scene. Given enough time, we might be able to see something good, as long as he also developes/employs graphic skills. Now that this is said, please enjoy the film.

Pahgawk responds:

That was an incredibly detailed review, man. Thanks!

[I've Got A Sausage!]

Bummer

It may be harsh:

- the graphics weren't bad, they just lacked any special thing. With Flash MX, you should be able to do better.

- "The things I HATE", I think I'll write the book with the addition of animated sausages taking revenge on their consumers. It's just that I don't like the non-logical and/or stupid short stories. They should be banned on NG, unless we all want to drastically lower our IQ's by just reading a front page submision.

- The sound was clear. Yet again, drop points for the content ("Some songs should never be written, so they would never be sang", written on a singers grave :)

- Violence? Naah, I think no brain can be THAT harmed to give it more than 2. Still, as damage accumulates, the mind is loosing itself...

- Humor. Please, don't call it funny. Unless you're drunk/drugged/tired/dizzied/il l or not sane in any way, stay on the right side of the road. Laughting from things like that is lowering the humor level of the NG, and it's society to in addition!

Overall:

Tought luck. Just putting an effort of drawing 4-5 scenes, animations doesn't really stack the level of the flash animation, especially when you put a gag out the-place-where-the-sun-cannot -shine.

There is a plus thought: It is shorter than reading my review :)

FatRat66 responds:

Well I think you took it a bit too seriously :P

[Not another anti-pokemon!]

Nice idea, I want more jokes :)

Parodies are good, if only they doesn't repeat the same things over and over. Good job avoiding this problem :)
The graphics are nice, but although sprites doesn't need alot of care and are cheap in the matter of size, original graphics are valued better. The other grahic effects (eg. explosion) were great :). And you havn't restricted your spites to only Pokemon (I still wonder where's the granade from). Animation is clear.
I only disliked 3 things. The white frame over the pokemons in preloader, the way the preloader bar covered the trainers response (fu**) and the dialog window that got outta the screen.

The music is nice. I don't now why, but i like it ^^.

Cool style. I never thought of using a granade on other things than pokemon :D.
I must say, it was too short. You could put 1-2 more jokes in there, or try to make a longer story out of it :|.
And plz, slow down the pokemons conversation in the preloader (english is not everyones native lang. you know).

All in all, make even better things :). Next time try asking friends to put your flash on their pages to see how good they are in the field.
Good luck

GoldenSprite responds:

First the grenade is a def up item from pokemon (I think its Def up) and Music is from pokemon too. I made it cover on purpose because I'd get in trouble with my parents if I didnt.

[Ultimate Ninja Showdown 2]

Cool

Nice one :) I really liked the 3D graphic.

Music is nice, and also, exept the line the ninja said (couldn't make a thing out of it).

Grat idea for ninja competition! I think I'll partake!

PureCarnage responds:

Please do, this is supposed to be for fun, I want more ninja flash :D I think we all can have a blast being ninja freaks!

[You'll never know]

One of the most sensitive films on the NG

In a time when almost every NG user wants to "flash" (become noticed :) many films are about action, violence and comedy. This is why we miss films like this one, films that deeply moves our hearts. This film is a story about an innocent love. It shows us that anyone could run out of time any second, and thus lost it's chance to say how he care about others.

The graphics are maybe not outstandig, but are made with precision. They characters are drawn in high quality, and the manga style faces shows every emotion (and not only that ex. the girls loughter). The author used also other sort of manga elements , like dynamic lines. The smooth animation and monochromatic picture gives the feel of delicacy to the the film, which ofcourse is another plus.

The music is like an underline for the atmosphere. Thoguht some might say that adding sounds to the film would be a profanation of the art, i would suggest so (sounds like track horn, girl loughter).

Finally, the idea. The author of the whole project must be either a professional or a lover. The story is carefully brought to the viewer, and it catches tones soul in it. The only part of it that made me feel uncomfortable was when the boy as going to give the flower to the girl. In my opinion it was way to long. And it lowered the effect of the ending. Also, how long must a truck ride before knocking the boy? A sudden death would bring more surprise to the story. So althought slow speed was accurate for some scenes, i think the last scenes needed more action.

All in all I recomendthos film to all who can appreciate a kind sotry in form of a Flash.

ForestXion responds:

I really loved this =]
Thanks for this awesome review...
makes me a better person

[Utopia]

Fans of Ghost in The Shell will surely like it -_-

When i saw the title I thought "*Great*, another human-machine philosophical story". But after seeing it ONCE i must say that there is something fresh about it. In Ghost in The Shell (which i find the best related piece of work) the main characters were always robots who live, or try to to live in human society. But in Utopia there is no human world. The main character, who is a robot, must struggle with more ancient, and primitive benig then just humans. It's a small step forward in the history of battle between those created artificial and the creators themselves. I find the story really nice.

The Graphics of robots and his "enemies" (don't won't to spoil) are done nice-looking and can be done simple with only Flash tools. some of the elements were copy pasted(background), but that's tolerable. The best side of the film is it's action. The author used almost every known run-away element in the film, like enemies reaching the unaware victim. Also the robot is not just a solid piece of metal. We can see by the expression of it's face when it's tired, scared, thinking. It moves mostly in 2d dimension, but the the film has many scenes wtih diffrent perspectives of cameras. Also the number of details makes te game in some scenes skipping the frames, which annoys users with less than 2 GHZ one the comp.

And finally, the music. It has the beat, doesn't sound bad and catches attention. It also gives juice to the action. But becouse it's not what really interested me, i'm not giving it more than i had.

All in all this is a nice piece of work. It's better then an avarage film, and thus worth seeing it.

Vuny responds:

Wow, that was a mouth fool. But you're right, alot of people said it was really choppy, didn't run choppy at all on my Comp.