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[Adolf Hitler:CAI493+D SE4]

Parody time

I always loved the intro song to these flashes. I'm also another big fan of the Adolf Hitler flashes so I've heard this song plenty of times now.

Props to finding a picture of a huge blue hippo that's awesome. That BlueHippo graphic is really good. BlueHippo himself did a good job on making it.

Another props for the song that you picked out for this submission. I haven't heard that song in years and I don't think you could have used a better one for the submission.

kinggila responds:

Blue is a wonderful song, but doesn't beat Oh Yeah! :'D

[BlueHippo's a BBS mod! :0]

heh

A very short submission that only had any length because you actually read the entire ban out loud. :O Ha, what would have been a bit better would have been a little more content and only reading the personal message part of the ban.

It was a nice reminder though since I haven't seen a ban message in forever. I almost forgot what they looked like. Alright, I did forget what they looked like.

The best part of the submission was Wade and BlueHippo hysterically laughing over something they made so minor, which was blowing your head off, something that perhaps isn't so minor at all.

Their laughter made me laugh though. Nice flash again for a good mod.

kinggila responds:

BOOM HEADSHOT!

[A Free Dr. Pepper Bottle!]

Lol

Lol at how excited Bahamut got over getting the Dr. Pepper. First he gets excited just like everyone else would, but then he gets excited to the point where a normal person would faint with joy. D:

A nice tackle, but not on Bahamut. That actually caught me by surprise even though the completely obvious/funny song that the Bahamut look alike was singing should have gave it away.

The one time by the soda machine the thing that you use to represent when Bahamut talks stayed as he walked off screen. That looked a tad bit weird.

I guess the true question about this submission is what was Graham doing? Who buys a soda and then walks away from it? That is a mystery that will never be solved.

kinggila responds:

Wyvern just wanted a bottle of Dr. Pepper, but Graham thought it was Bahamut with the Dr. Pepper he found in the vending machine.

[A Bahamut's Xmas Tale 2-2]

Great job!

An epic story line/plot kept me really interested in this submission of yours. I lol'd as soon as Bahamut got a present because I knew it was a bomb.

One of your best flashes length wise, animation wise, graphics wise, etc.. Just a good movie all around.

The voice acting was mediocre in some parts, but I blame most of it on the microphone that the person was using. You could just tell the difference in mics while listening to the different voices.

Good all around. Something that I'm adding to my favorites, which I haven't done with one of your submissions in quite awhile.

Wait a second.. Bahamut is dead in this!?! Is there a plot in future submissions which brings him back to life? I guess I'm just going to have to watch them and find out.

kinggila responds:

Watch News Reporter III. ;)

[Satan's Complaint]

I remember watching this, when it was submitted.

Like the title says I remember seeing this in the portal when it was submitted. You had a pretty detailed background of his office and the graphics/animation was all done pretty well, except for the laziness in the walking animation. :P

*Floats to Bahamut's desk because walking is for losers*

I think the flashes that you have about your flashes are kind of comical. It just seems so superfluous to make a flash about your flashes, but that's what makes it so funny I guess.

Voices were done well and the submission turned out great just like most of your other submisisons. Good job.

kinggila responds:

Yeah, I do get a lot of complaints at my office. :P

[CM - hello]

Nice showcase of work!

~ Animation/Graphics ~

This was a pretty decent showcase of work. I have no complaints over the animation or the graphics. You are a pretty good animator and have potential to make great work. I think something that could have made this a tad bit better would have been a detailed background instead of the simple colored background.

~ Story/Content ~

Like I said before a nice showcase of work. I hope to see the series that you use these characters hit the portal soon. Not really much more to comment about content wise since you were making this for the purpose of getting a feel for it and everything. What kind of series do you plan on making?

~ Audio ~

The voice was a little hard to understand, which is very understandable because of it being a robot voice and everything. I like the fact that you included subtitles! That makes it so much better to enjoy throughout the animation just in case you didn't understand something that was said.

~ Overall ~

I can't really give it a high score because of what it is, just a quickie, but I do think that if you continue your work you can create a successful series. Keep it up.

holyforks responds:

wow...what a detailed review. couldn't ask for more. thanks

[The Flower and the Turd]

Not bad.

~ Animation/Graphics ~

The animation and graphics were great all around! Really simple stuff, but really well done. Like in every case there is a small amount of room for improvement, but if you stayed at your skill level I wouldn't have any complaints ever about your animating skills.

~ Story/Content ~

A nice little funny submission. I hope that nobody needs that explained to them. :P Since it was such a short flash and was good as a short flash I can't really critique your submission here either. So far your doing pretty good.

~ Audio ~

This is where you have room for improvement. I don't know if you did the audio on purpose or if it messed up, but either way it didn't turn out well. You should have had the voices throughout the entire thing and the background noise should have also played during the whole thing. If you did that on purpose then I think you should do it a bit different next time and if you did it by accident I hope you can get it fixed!

~ Overall ~

I didn't find anything wrong with this submission except for the audio. Good job.

HugoTR responds:

Thank you for your review!
It's true that nobody should need to be explained, but I mentioned: "In the case you're little dummy" :D
So, about the audio, I admit that it's really crappy, I only picked up sounds on the web: I couldn't make voices cause WinVista's recorder only saves in *.wma, and, apparently, Flash does not support. If you know a good sound freeware, please tell me!

[Guy who does nothing]

Alright, I see this going somewhere to be honest.

~ Animation/Graphics ~

I personally liked your art style and liked your animation skills. Really simple stuff, but at the same time it all really looks good.

~ Story/Content ~

This is where I think this submission has so many possibilities as a series. Perhaps one or two episodes where the man does nothing. Nothing at all. The background story could go something like he never had to do anything in his life. Everything was always done for him, served to him, etc.. Then all of a sudden he has to go out in life and do things, learn things on his one, things happen to him that are good, bad, etc..

I mean you could really build off of it. If you can't think of ideas or scripts I'd be more than happy to write some up for you because that's how much potential I think something like this has.

~ Audio ~

Decent music all around and I like the sound effects. The sound effect of the man hitting the window actually made me chuckle a little bit. Perhaps voices could be introduced somewhere here in the future.

~ Overall ~

If you want to work together on a series I'd be more than happy to write for you. I could write a submission a week or so. I'm sure your busy and have other things to do though. Just drop me a PM if you want to.

Has potential. I also liked the title.

[Eleven]

Not too great.

~ Animation/Graphics ~

Was this even made in flash? Or did you use some sort of other program, because to me it just didn't seem like flash quality. It seems like you made it in either flash or another program and then recorded it and then converted the recorded video into a swf file to submit. That just seems like a superfluous way of doing things and it greatly decreased the quality of your movie. The biggest thing in this movie that you need to work on is your art work. Things were poorly drawn all around. The animation itself wasn't horrible, but perhaps it could use a little bit of work. I also think that it went a little too fast, but that could just be a personal preference since I like when flashes slow down and use the fast parts sparingly for more effect.

~ Story/Content ~

Perhaps it would have been better if it was longer. It just seemed to end randomly for no reason. I really didn't get a laugh out of it or anything, but I think it was because it was so short and everything happened so fast. I could see where some people might find it comical or funny, but I guess it's not my type of thing. I suggest making it about three times as long (at least) and slowing things down a little bit just using the faster parts to make things come out of nowhere and you'll get a better effect out of them.

~ Audio ~

The sound effects that you used seemed to fit perfectly fine and, in my opinion, were the best thing about the submissions all around. I didn't hear any background music, but perhaps that's something you could think about using in the future? Some nice ambient music that is barely noticeable, but does add to the submission itself.

~ Overall ~

Sorry for such a harsh score and review, but I hoped some of my ideas and tips have helped you. I think you mainly need to work on your art skills and the rest will fall into place.

Riott responds:

why would people vote this as a useless review...wtf its the best one here
anyway i really appricate actually telling me what to work on.
actually yes it was made in flash, the only reason i made it was for a class its not really supposed to be funny or whatever i was just messing around with what i knew i would have made it longer but i really didnt care about it that much i just thought id post it here because i love newgrounds and always wanted to submit something that didnt get blammed haha even if it does get bad reviews

[b from da hood]

The perfect parody to the famous B.

~ Animation/Graphics ~

I don't know if I've ever seen something drawn so perfectly. The color red that you choice for the B was so perfect that it brought tears to my eyes. The curves reminded me of a beautiful woman on a warm sunny day on the beach. The positioning on the screen made this a art near perfect.. no it is perfect. I can't see anything wrong with it at all. In fact, that has to be the best looking B that I have seen since the original B itself.

~ Story/Content ~

When I look at this B it sends my mind a wandering. It takes me so many places. It's almost like reading a book with the perfect plot, twist, and ending. So hard to find, but so worth the wait. I know to the untrained eye that it may seem like nothing is really going on in here, but if you think about it sometimes nothing can be everything. It's very touching and deep. Deep like the bottom of the ocean, but at the same time it gives the sensation that your flying in the cool breeze hundreds of miles above the ocean. It's everything and nothing. Nearly impossible to explain any other way.

~ Audio ~

What needs to be said that hasn't been said in my review already? If you listen close enough, not with your ears, but with your mind and soul, you'll here the beautiful essence that we call B. It's like angels singing, birds singing in the morning when you first wake up, or a friendly voice of a loved one.

~ Overall ~

I can't find any faults and this deserves every word that I have written for it and much more. I could write all day if I had the time, but since I don't this is going to have to do for the moment being.

ZJ responds:

Thank you for understanding my inner-torment and appreciating my artistic statement.