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[FF: Warfare 7]

Hehehe

I find some of your replies to heavy criticism funny, like the "I see you joined NG today" comment...great stuff =)

Anyway, this is not my typical flashfavorite. Spritemovies have never really done it for me, I see them as usally lacking in the originality-department. I myself have created stickfights though, wich is not original, yet I try to be in ways of moves (at least in my newest movies)

Thing is, sprites I have seen before.
The music I have heard before.
The action (if I can call it that) have been seen before.
And though I liked your history, about them being caught on the island and stuff (must say I liked the main characters story the most), it's not really doing any impact on me, like all the other great movies; Bitey of Brackenwood, Smile, Los Dias Sin Dias, hitchhiker, even Xombie.

Although this must have taken quite some time to make, and I can see that your hard work went into this as you are (quite quite quite possibly) a big fan of FF, it doesn't really have the *UMPH*...the impact on you, like all these other movies. It's nice to hear the FFmelodies again, and to get a little 8bit chill down our spine, but really...honestly...not frontpage material.

And that leads me to another question:
These guys why pick out the frontpagetitles here at NG has to have a real love for 8bit movies, since they always get the glory on frontpage. Fact is, these are not usally incredibly wellmade movies, and I think they only get so much space there because the creators of NG have good memories from the "good old times". These people should look more around and find other movies that deserve frontpage.

Personally, while I can still enjoy a 8bit-flash, I'm pretty bored with all the sprites and the plinky plonky music. And I'm sure that I'm not the only one. Just seems like its popular to like the old stuff, just cause it's "cool".

I have not been trying to be offesive at all, so if you find me to be offensive, then I apologize. I think this movie was pretty good, and I advice you to keep up the good work.

Just not my box of baked noodels.

PS: were you influenced by mortal kombat at any point in creating your story?

HAcoreRD responds:

Holy Hell, wat a big responce. Thanks for the review and yes, I was using Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance while making this :)

[Stupid Stick Remake]

Though it is short...

...it is very entertaining. Smooth as hell, wich I put all my emphasis on. Check mine out, I'm sure you'll see we have something in common.

And I absolutely LOVE the bloodeffect! Keep making these, dude.

[Smile!]

Moving

ItsYourDad, you seriously didn't like it? Why, because it's not the average piece of action crap that can be found in NG?

I loved every piece of it except the ending, wich kinda ruined alot. ***SPOILER AHEAD*** I honestly felt really sorry for the guy when he couldn't smile anymore and got impaled over and over again. The blood effects and such were great, I almost felt those nails myself! ***SPOILER ENDING***

The whole thing had a weird "Equilibrium/Matrix"-feel. Where you are under control, and there is no other way for you then to obey. Really nice stuff. Really sad and really cool.

You're on my favorites list, keep up the good work. This one was definately worth your 3 months.

[Bitey of Brackenwood]

Keyword:

Animation.

Simply amazing. Until now I have seen alot of attempts to make smooth action with welldrawn characters, this is the first one to fully succeed. When I first saw the yellow thing wobble over the ground, I almost fell of my chair. And the first jump that Bitey(?) takes, mixed with the sound, is superb. And ofcourse, the camera that goes in front of the fleeing yellow thing with Bitey in the back, or the beautifully drawn scene afterwards. I have watched it again and again and again, told my friends, heck, even my sister. They all think it incredible.

Although I'm rating this movie very very high, there are some things that could have been better (I think). The witch and the blue thing...don't like'em, sorry. The witch has alot of cool moves, but they both have virtually no personalities, and to me that's ok, because I don't really want to get to know them. You see...the witch is kinda overused in stories, and the blue thing just wasn't original enough to make a good impression. I'd reccommend a bit more character development right there, but hey, these are MINOR complains. Personally, I like to sit down with a sketchbook and just draw characters over and over again till I find the one I'd like to put to life. I haven't done any of those in flash yet though, so I won't brag. All I have are "highquality" stickmovies and a book full of characters :p But I see we have the same style in this "genre", so I think you'll like my work once it gets out.

Anyway, I also like the morale, and the humor (the last waving of the hand is mucho funny), and I love the personality and "charm" that you were able to give to Bitey. I really hope you will concider making something like this again in the future, maybe a different setting, different characters etc (though I hope of seeing Bitey again). Whatever you decide; I wish you good luck and welcome your animations onto my screen anytime.

Thank you.

[DEUS EX MACHINA]

Dark is good.

Finally a movie with some artistic expression. Although this might be a difficult movie to understand, I say f*** all these philosophic thoughts about every decent flash that it being made, and just simply enjoy it. If you din't understand, then maybe you're not meant to understand. Thats what I love about these movies. They can tell you just about anything, but being all dark and scary as it is, it will give you a strong feeling of whatever the hell it made you think about.

I don't know what I'm thinking now, yet it made a huge impression on me. I love that. Make more.

[The (new) Cat Came Back]

Oh well.

I was excited to see what this movie looked like, after getting so good reviews and scoring so high. But the animation was not impressive at any point and the characters were some of the worst drawn ever. The song was ok, but I'm guessing you didn't make it.

Although I can see that you've gone through much effort making this (wich I think you should continue doing, practice makes...better) I can't really say I was blown away. Animate it like Bitey of Brackenwood and then we'll have something to talk about =)

Anyway, appreciate the effort. You like to work alot with your flash, and thats an absolute plus. Now go study some cool drawings and cartoons, and find a more eyepleasing style.

cheshirepus responds:

Hey, you like sticks with big heads, and I like cute pastels.
Thanks you for the review. I wish you could have appreciated it more, but I'll take the mention of Bitey of Brackenwood as a compliment.
Thanks.