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[The Orayu Blade]

Really sad

I get really sad when I see these kind of things. Allthough the start might be your own, all the animation done in the fightscenes etc was copied directly from movies like the matrix, spiderman, concussion etc. And stop messing up with the Equilibrium-effects.

But to the sad part: You said this was a study of movements, but the only thing you did was copy movements. At least during the fighting.

But the REALLY sad part is that you are acctually getting credit from 13-16 year olds who don't notice this, and think you are a flash genious who has used years and years of practice to do this.

Why they fail to see the obvious is beyond me, but it's really sad. Because I belive that everyone at NG should be rated fairly, and when other people (who acctually ANIMATE and THINK for themselves) gets left behind and maybe doesn't looses an award because of you, then you piss me off.

Ofcourse you put work into this, but it's no more than a "test" in my opinion. It has no story other than the one you stole from genryus blade, and the voiceacting is bad, as are the soundeffects.

If you had acctually told people what you did, tracing other movies and copying scripts, giving them credit etc, then I would be fine with that ,and I'd give you better scores and a much nicer review. But the fact is, you didn't, and you're a real bitch because of that.

NuttyBanana responds:

READ THE AUTHORS COMMENT U MARDY LITTLE PRICK

just because you're doing jack shit with those 2 bit xiao xiao matrix rip off stick movies, dont come crying to me when u ignore that facts.

[The Orayu Blade : V2]

You may not like my score..

..but it's because all of this is taken from other movies...simply drawn over. We have the matrix, concussion, spiderman, a jet li movie i belive and some others that I can't remember the name of. There is no story, voice acting is terrible and sound effects too, and the final blow where the "bad guy" is cut in two is so incredibly overdone.

You have loads of talent, but absolutely no confidence or ideas of your own.

NuttyBanana responds:

omfg do you people even bother with the authors comments?

Never even head of concussion and why the fook would i use spiderman in there? My project required me to study other movies fgs, i sketched them for the reason i sed, i didnt trace.

[Lock Shock]

Wonderful.

To be honest I've never liked clock and lock movies, although lock-movies have a tendency to be better in my opinion. But I never let that affect my judgement, like many others (sadly) do.

I really liked this movie. The first move was pherhaps also the best. The animation and sound was perfect, and the quick shift to slowmotion was beautifully timed. Very nice. It's not much, but it adds so much feeling, wich is very very good.
Also happy to see that you animated slightly frame by frame at times. Like when GooLock falls over. Nice.

Overall this was well worth my time, and I hope you make more, just a bit longer and with more emphasis on story and characters.

[CheapBulletTime]

Funny.

Can someone tell me where I can find a video of that apparently famous star wars kid? Been wanting too see that for ages.

Anyway, this movie was cool, and I really liked the way you fought the 3d-sword, it was really well done. I think that 8-9 shots was far too little in the last 180 swing, you should jump a little more with your dad. It can't be that hard =)

And furthermore, about all these dudes ripping the movie off because they think you're a geek... they're ignorant little pricks, trying to raise themselves above you because they still hide themselves behind nicks like maxxxdamadge, kjdiablo etc..
You know, those 15-yearolds with eminem-posters all over their room and a computer that says -=HellDemonSlayoR=- on the case. I'm so glad whip their ass and do your own thing.

Well done.

Balister responds:

http://www.starwarskid.com/ that is where you can find the stuff related to the starwars kid. Thank you for your support and the next time we do this with an actual storyline, thought probibly not what you will expect, and alot more of the 180 shots to make it look smoother.

[Executioner]

Looks good.

Like the last guy said; get some colors.

And a story.
And a conclusion =)

And for the record, one playbutton is sufficient.

[Black Ops: Virus]

EM Review

Just to lay it out there: This is a hard one to review.

First of all, graphics are good, not spectacular. You have a talent for drawing, but your shadows and characters look a little "brown", and I'm sure with better coloring, it would have looked helluva lot nicer. But you draw alot of different angles on the main character and he moves, if not realistically, cool.

The story was a bit braindead. I think we shoud have a pull here in the review section: what was on the cd he inserted?

Windows 95?
Enter the Matrix?
Foamy dvd?

The mainframe is sure to crash anyway, but still, imagination is good. What do you all think he put in there? =)

Sound was ok, no music, unless you played it really really low.
Action was cool, although the scene where he comes from the roof and it looks as if he is in front of his enemy kinda looks corny.

Ok, I'd advise you to pherhaps make it a bit slower, more realistic (movement etc), work on your story, and ofcourse...your use of colors.

3/5

teek-83 responds:

thanks for the review, I think you nailed the achilles heel of this. I sorta wanted to draw a tough dude kicking other dudes about... I had absolutley no ideas of why this guy had to get in, I kinda thought breaking into a high-tech lab (with a 50's mainframe ;P) for its own sake would be even less engaging. Whats on the cd... oooh a mystery, it could very well be win 95 but I wanted this guy to be tough, not evil!:D <ahem> So I sorta used 'virus' in the title to fill that gap in the story <blush> I guess it was pretty obvious tho huh? As for the colour, I used flash's step away from black, on my ol' monitor looked fine, but as I've recently found out it doesnt handle colour all that well, meep, no excuse!! cheers

[One Wish]

=)

Well, although I could have cried, I just didn't feel like it, being at work and all. But still, very good, although I usally end up sick after watching an "emotional" movie like this. Luckily you avoided alot of cliches and it turned out surprisingly good. Kudos.

AligatorHead responds:

lol you could have? hahah
what?
hahaha
i avoided cliches?
hahah koool
but hah youw athced it at work?
where do you work?

[Arc Duel]

Great!

Very original and entertaining! I'd absolutely reccommend you make another, just focus a bit more on physics/smooth animation and even more original building-ideas, pherhaps more stuff to play around with. Maybe something that acctually exploded and so on, in a area of the stage that is hard to get to. What if they both started up in their own battle mechs, consisting of a wide range of parts, and as they break down, the objects are put into different use.

This will make a killer series with the right imagination and animation. You should definately go for it! Just put more work into it, cause I'm not kidding you, if I had gotten the idea before you did, I'm sure I would have made something more of it =)

Good luck.

[Madness Apotheosis]

EM Review

When I got on NG today, I was very very glad to see taht another Madness movie had shown up..when I clicked it I just really hoped it was a Krinkels movie, and when I realized it was, I was blown away. Then I saw the score. 4.60? I almost fell of my chair. So you'll have to understand, that my anticipations were somewhat high. I moved over to a better pc and started the movie...

The start was nice, I liked the whole "hey, can I bum a smoke from ya?" idea, original and fun. Then he entered the building, and the first moves felt good and original. I started feeling good about this movie. Pherhaps a score og 4.60 wasn't too far off. But now, after seeing the whole thing (twice) I am starting to wonder.

Now, I don't really like Final Fantasy A+ that much. I think it's too "sweet", and the artwork could have been better. But I know it's a great movie, because it's original and pretty much fun.

Madness isn't original. So what are you gonna do? Yes, you're gonna make it fun and you're gonna do it well. So you put one guy up against a hundred other dudes, and give him incredible moves and a quick mind to deal with everyone. This works to a certain degree.

Let me take an example: The last fight, although it looks amazing with all those dudes (I felt matrix: reloaded all over again) it's not much more than swinging the sword from left to right, and walking forward. Now, some of you will say "u-uh, he uses his pistol and swings his sword around the back etc etc". And yes, I am aware of the details (loved the guy lighting a smoke, best thing about the whole movie) but it gets stale. You see, although he might not be just swinging his sword, it looks like he is. The madness-series have always (too me) been good because of original moves. This one has a few, but it also has alot of standard "man enteres room, is instantly shot/hit by an object".

Then again, some of these moves are really cool. The way he positions an enemy in front of himself and then shoots him, of hold another guy on his sword while..shooting him, and the way he cuts of half the agents head..really nice looking.

Oh, and it was shorter than the last ones. Although I can understand why, alot of detail went into this one. Wich I like.

So, conclusion: Good movie. And I reccomend krinkles takes a break, enjoys real life and makes more killer movies.

[Zomborg Apocalypse - 006]

EM Review

Another zombie-movie has been released, and is scoring high at the box-office, holding the #5 spot at the top 50. But is it really all it's hyped up to be? We take a closer look at SPLANKGY's newest horror-flick.

First things first. The graphics are better this time, and the typos are gone (almost). It's still no long movie, just like the previous ones, but it's definately worth the wait. The storyline this time is....well...too short to spoil. Just go watch it. And in the meantime, I'll brag about the graphics.

Because it's pretty. It's oh so darn pretty. I'm guessing you used a drawing tablet, but hey, if you didn't, then you are one skilled mouse drawer, or just really patient. I mean, the detail used in some of the models is pretty amazing, and I know you were worried that no one would notice all the time you put inhto the details, but belive me, even if they don't notice EVERYTHING, then they WILL notice that you put a lot of time into it. I didn't even have to start the movie to know that it would look drop dead zombie incredible (can't spell gorgeous..or can I?) The mainscreen/intro was looking sweeet. I do belive we share the same taste in drawings. A bit of fucked up drawings. Wich is good.

While we are bragging, I'd like to compliment the spooky setting you throw us into. It's easy to get a little spooked when you see the first zombie hopping out (They also look incredible, mind). When the first one gets blown away, there is a great deal og details shown in his face, or atleast it looks like it is, but it's moving fast fast fast, so I couldn't see all clearly.
Anyway, as long as it looks good to me I'm happy.
And it did.
So I'm happy.

But alas (I swear I'm not a lotr fan) not everything is perfection. This movie, although good, is way...way too short. And there is fairly little animation too, so I'm guessing most of the time is spent drawing. But really, when I suddenly realised that...thats all...I became a little frustrated. I was getting relaxed, started to really enjoy the movie, and the chair was warming up nicely..when it stopped! I mean the nerve! All respect for your drawing skills, but you need to make it longer.

But ok, let's forget it's short. Hm...wait...there is another thing bothering me. No voice acting! I can see your problem if you have absolutely no one to help you, bue still, it would have been nice.

Sound and music could have been better too, although the retro horror-souns are good.

Overall, this is a good, but not great movie, and should definately be on the top 50. Not above Bitey of Brackenwood, but just below. The length would be more appropriate for a preview than a movie, but it's absolutely worth a look. Keep'em coming dude, but not THAT fast.

I'm gonna work hard to beat you with my first non-stick, hellsing inspired movie :) See you on the battlefield, soldier.

SPLANKGY responds:

Wow....indeed....where to start..hmm.

1- glad you liked it! thanks!
2- i have a tablet, but i can't use it for crap. i just use a mouse and my laptop touchpad thingy...
3- yes, the shortness has been an issue since the very beginning. But if you put them all together like one movie (which it is) then it's pretty long right?
4- check out the last post for the explaination of the voice acting thingy...
5- top 50 of all time? how in the hell did that happen? and yes, this is NOT better than Bitey o' B in any way for sure! I didn't even see it on there until you said in the review! i honestly didn't think my cartoons would get onto that, (alright i hoped, and would have been psyched to get on at #50. thanks a whole lot to everyone on NG!!!!!!!0
6- I'll be waiting

thanks alot!