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[Samus and Company]

Not bad.

Sprite movies...These have to be good for me to personally like them and this was ok, but nothing spectacular. I can see this is your first submission so i guess i can cut you some slack. My first question is why? Why did Mario and Samus suddenly fight on a Metroid based homeworld, doesnt really make any sense. You need to work on storylines. :)

Graphically this was good, sprites usually look good and its hard to make a sprite look out of proportion or badly coloured so theres not much i can say about this in the way of graphics. The animation was decent enough, could of been a bit smoother in the running and jumping though. One thing that bothered me is Samus seemed to be running really slow. :P
I liked the speech, putting the dialogue in those litle boxes looks far more professional than speech bubbles and such. Makes it much easier to read as well.

The sound was good, music is fast paced and fits well witht he panicked start, and the classic metroid music is good too. The sound effects are great, put in well and they all fit great. I especially liked the sound of Samus's gun clicking as it was empty, and Mario's fireballs. Also i liked the explosions :P

Overall not a bad sprite flash for a beginner, you need to work slightly on your animation and also on your plot and basic storyline, otherwise its hard to keep people watching. But i liked it. :)

Graphics - 7
Animation - 6
Sound - 8

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PicosGhost responds:

Yea, i know it really wasn't spectacular. But remember ,this was in '05, I'm not sure whether or not V-Cam was available yet. Thanks for the slack! Haha. But, as for the "why", that will be explained in my sequel, I promise.

Yea, most sprite movie graphics are all the same stuff :P But I never get tired of the retro look. I actually never played Metroid before '05! Thats why Samus was running so slow. But in my sequel, I think she may still run slow. You know, to keep shit on an even-keel with Mario's speed. Or I might give her a scene where she gets a power-up or something. Not too sure yet :P. I'm glad you liked the dialogue technique. Most people I've spoken to have liked it, so I won't disappoint in my sequel.

Thanks, can't say much about the sound that I haven't already adressed in earlier reviews, but I'm glad everyone thinks it was all well placed. Doing that took a chunk of time to make it perfect. Samus' clicking gun was something I thought people would enjoy, so good thing you did :)

I will work on everything you've suggested. Thanks a lot for your review, it honestly helps. Good thing you liked it, I hope the sequel doesn't disappoint like most sequels usually do!

Yours,
'Ghost

[Senior Mucho Stinko]

Not great at all...

To be perfectly honest with you this flash wasn't that great, alot more effort could of been put into it by way of a story at the least. The Author Comments and opening credits have absolutely no relevence to the actual flash itself.
There was no plot to it at all and if you want to make a good flash movie you need some sort of a plot or just random humor, unfortunately the humor in this was pretty weak.

Graphically it wasn't very impressive, basic lines and shapes were pretty much all you used, alot more detail could of been added to this to make it alot more presentable, such as shading. The backrounds also were not great, more detail is needed in almost every part of this flash.
I can really say much about the animation as there wasnt very much of it, but the way the flash was laid out more animation would of been pointless.

The sound wasn't too bad, the music seemed to fit pretty well with the piece and what it was about, but the voice acting was pretty bad, the sound quality wasn't great and i could barely hear what he was saying, let alone understand it.

Overall it wasn't great, Sorry to say but your flash needs alot of work going by this movie alone, you need to think about what the flash is about, rather than making something and putting a shoddy backstory behind it. Alot more work is needed.

Graphics - 4
Animation - 4
Sound - 5

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[Goat Trip]

Fantastic!

This is is an extremely random flash, and sometimes randomness can just turn into stupidness whithout a drop of humor in it, but you have pulled it off. I laughed at this flash alot, and i instantly added it to my favorite flashes. You should really make more flashes with the goat in it as he's hilarious.

Graphically it was a very simple flash, but the simpleness made it effective and funny. If it was more detailed or realistic it wouldnt have the same effect to the viewers. The abstract backrounds and normal backrounds all looked very good, especially the abstract ones, very trippy. Theres not much you can dore graphically to make this a better flash, fantasic.
The animation was very smooth and fitted the whole simple style of the movie, there wasnt much figure animation as alot of the cahracters, only thier legs move, but you dont seem to notice it while watching the movie as your too busy laughing your ass off. ;D

This movie i didnt know what to expect, would it be funny, serious, stupid? But this made me laugh more than flashes i expected to be funny, just the whole idea of a goat eating a mushroom and basically tripping out is hilarious. Not to mention when you showed whats actually happening in real life while he's tripping, side splitting. ;P

The music for the movie fitted perfectly with the whole idea behind it, getting high and freaking out basically. You couldnt of picked a better track as Tenacious D were perfect for this flash. SOund effects like the screaming and the goat jumping up and down on the bin were perfectly added. Nice work.

Overall i think this was a brilliant movie and i really hope you make more in the style of this. Absolutely brilliant. :D

Graphics: 9
Animation: 9
Sound: 10

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Graeme responds:

Thanks for the great review, and place on your favorite :D
Glad you enjoyed it so much.
Simplisity is key to this movie. Too much, and it would have been distracting.
Props for the wonderful review

[Bitey of Brackenwood]

Fantasically Brilliant!

This probably isnt going to get noticed as its one of 5,700 reviews on this flash but i must say you are an amazing flash artist. You have created a timeless character that i and others will never grow tired of watching and i really hope to see more stuff coming from you.

This flash is brilliant as it uses a perfect combination of atmosphere, humor and artistic talent leaving the spectator speechless and wanting more episodes. I am a great admirerer of your work and love your art style. ^_^

10/10
5/5

[From Life to Death]

Brilliant

I started to watch this and i didnt know what to expect but i absolutely loved it. The whole story of his life, as he was born to how he became like his father, had kids then died was really touching. When i think about it this is quite a sad flash and i wonder what inspried you to make this.
For two days work this certainly is a masterpiece.

The graphics were awesome. i love your style, i thought it worked really well with the piece and fitted nicely together. Usually when i am writing a review i would take away points for lack of colour and such but the way you used colour in this is very good. Using just couloured outlines to show who people are, essentially merging them with the backround of the piece.

The sound was very good and props to PianoForte for the music. Once again i have to say that i would downgrade a score for lack of sound effects and suuch but i think adding sound effects to this flash would have completely ruined it. the piano music does it all. It shows exactly how sad this flash is.

The only bad thing i have to say about this flash was the appearance of the Grim Reaper. Wasnt really necessary but it doesnt really matter. Apart from that it was very good.

Graphics - 9
Animation - 8
Sound - 10

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ReklessCreati0n responds:

Well thank you very much, a very proper review I might add, Thank you very much for taking the time to review this.

[Bambee]

Absolutely Amazing

This is one of my favorite flashes of all time, flawless animation, brilliant stlye and just damn right hilarious.
The way youve portrayed bambi is brilliant and id love to see you make more flashes like this!
10/10
5/5

[Our Love]

Its ok!

I know you said it was short but wow, it was still good tho.
The whiny voice of the nerd makes the flash as when its coupled with such a funny song you just cant stop watching. The guitar hero guitar is a subtle addition but awesome none the less.

The graphics unfortunatly werent all great and the animation was ok...Music wise though the song was good even if you didnt come up with it.
Nice flash

Graphics - 6
Animation - 6
Sound - 8

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