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[Planet Nuke]

Not bad, needs some work, but pretty good!

~ Animation/Graphics ~

I would say that this is really the only downfall of the submission if you could even call it a downfall. The graphics were pretty good all around, but seemed like it needed a little bit more detail. Not too bad though. The animation was kind of crude. It got the job done, but I think the score would be much better if the animation was a tad bit smoother.

~ Story/Content ~

I liked how this made people think it was going to start off as some sort of war movie or some sort of sad movie, but you turned it around into something happy. Perhaps I should have realized that by your icon, but I'll admit that I didn't see it coming at all. So your submission wasn't predictable in any sense and was pretty original.

I think that you should have animated the sun a bit more. So it seemed more alive instead of just basically the background. Making it seem like it was on fire, etc.. The length of the submission was a tad short too. I think it could have been about 30 seconds longer or so.

~ Audio ~

Pretty good sound effects and choice of music all around. I think what was missing though was some more summer sounds. I think the sounds of birds chirping really would have made this feel even happier then it already was.

~ Overall ~

I think I suggested a couple of cool things to add to it and if the animation was a bit smoother I think this would be much better. An all around nice submission though. Keep up the good work.

~ Review Request Club ~

urban-wolf100 responds:

cool, thanks fro
i'll be sure to add thoes in when i have the time

[Tribute to Tributes]

Well it had to be rushed.

It had to be rushed because it was a last minute thing. It's not really something that you can plan out a couple days ahead of time.

~ Animation/Graphics ~

Not the best. Even for something being rushed it's still not the best, but it's not terrible at all. I would have liked to see more backgrounds than the black background that you used the entire time. (Sounds like MJ being sick of being black all of the time)

Anyway, perhaps more detailed backgrounds, art work needs a little bit of work, and some parts were actually rushed to the point that they went so fast and I had no clue what I just saw on the screen.

~ Story/Content ~

Tributes to tributes can be fun sometime. The one thing they always are is hypocritical though. Such as you saying put it on youtube, when this tribute is basically the same quality and serves almost the same purpose as those submissions. You put your stuff on youtube then. :P

Ha, actually hate when people say that...

It started off kind of funny, but throughout the entire thing you slowly start to realize that you were just trying to be too funny and trying too hard to be funny is rarely funny.

I would have liked to seen the humor be more subtle and spread out throughout the entire submission instead of just kind of packed in the first half of the submission.

~ Audio ~

Voice acting was fine, but the quality of the voice was terrible. Sounds like you just have a very poor microphone to me. So I guess the choices are to get a better mic. or to use a voice actor in the future. A large section of your movie I didn't understand because I couldn't hear what was being said.

~ Overall ~

Your basic tribute to tributes that actually is basically the same as the tributes at hand.

~ Review Request Club ~

blackcat2000 responds:

Indeed, I realized how tribute-like this tribute was, but... I liked mine better =D
Thanks for the review, you'll hear more of my microphone in my next animation >.<"

[star wars small figth piv]

I'll review it like a flash submission

~ Animation/Graphics ~

Terrible all around. Stuff that you didn't make and you just copied from somewhere else, which is fine because I tend to do sprite stuff every now and then and this really isn't any different.

Please for the love of god put some kind of background into the submission. No detail no anything. Would have been much better if they were in some sort of space station or something similar like that.

Animation was so shaky and wasn't smooth at all. Hmm, looks like you really didn't try to make it that great and that you rushed. Not saying that you did, but that's just how it looks.

~ Story/Content ~

None whatsoever. Why though? Just because it's in pivot doesn't mean you can't do something with some sort of story behind it. Nobody wants to see a stick fight that lasts less then a minute with hardly any action whatsoever and on top of that no reasoning behind anything. Some people can make good ones like that, but you didn't do a great job of it.

Perhaps making it longer, etc..

I recommend getting flash and doing stuff in there with it. Even with my videos I do stuff in flash with it. That would make my live action videos more flash then your little stick guys. Ironic no?

~ Audio ~

A submission like this not only needs a story, but also needs voices for the characters. This could also include animations for the mouth movement, but I don't know if your ready for work like that yet so keep practicing.

Music was alright, but I would also like to see you do something with sound effects. Lasers, swooshes, etc.. You know.. the small details that make submissions good.

~ Overall ~

I'll review it like a flash submission

[WALK!]

Good work guys.

Sorry if I spelled people's names wrong, but in my opinion the font you used was very hard to read and I couldn't tell the difference between some letters.

Cool menu and music used for this collab.

Dante224 - Orange guy with big smile - Very simple, the arm movement made it look the best in my opinion, but the leg movement wasn't the best. The head of the character just looks out and out of place, but I guess this is more about the walking more than anything.

Person sneaking - This was really good. The colors used, the mixture of white and black, the animation and movement, and the shadow was awesome. Good job here.

Snake in the boot - Very simple again, but not too bad at all. I think there could have been more work put into the transition of the different movements. Especially in the boot itself with the line that gets slightly bigger.

Dayl - Odd... why does the character get bigger as he walks? Looks a little off to me personally. Other than that great walking motion. The shoe lace was a sweet addition.

Fjgamer - Girl - Good graphics, but just looks like an incomplete walk cycle. Leaves me with the feeling that it needs to be finished.

Guy - The legs seem great this time around, but you didn't involve the upper body. Even when trying to keep the upper body still it's very unnatural to have it that stiff.

FruityPeeblls - Very simple, cartoon style. Could be used in a small background character and look pretty good.

Insanimation - Looks good all around. No complaints about anything here. Big head lol.

Jkamovies - Woah, that's about perfect in my opinion. The amount of detail and effort that was put into this was amazing.

Magical zorse - A very good cartoon style walk cycle. Seems like it would look good in a flash.

Mahora - Simple, could be used for a small background piece, but I don't think it's amazing enough to have as a main character or main piece, etc..

Medoukalivincent - Not too bad at all man. Kind of slow, but this would go great in a scene where someone was strutting down the street with some "cool" music in the background.

Randomini - Good job all around. Another one of my favorites on here and looks like a great style.

RooJames - Too simple. The artwork and everything was good, but it just looks unnatural as the legs don't really bend or anything likes that.

Sefyz - Car - I could see this being used in some crazy cartoon flash, but not the best walk cycle on here. Not too bad, but art work gets a little sloppy when the legs are up.

Green guy - A better one here for Sefyz. Really cartoony and I think it is done very well. One of the better ones on here.

Handycap guy - There we go. Perhaps the best on here. Very fluent movement and looks good all around. Good artwork and everything.

Starownage3 - Woo, way to end it off with a moonwalk. Not to bad at all, but neck movement and artwork look like they could be improved greatly.

~ Review Request Club ~

Insanimation responds:

Woah, thanks for doing every part individually, it was nice to have a proper breakdown of it all. I <3 this review :)

Sad thing is I'm the only one who'll read it, and I'm the only one who you didn't really give any criticism :P

[-8bit Clouds- Collab]

Woot great job everyone!

~ Animation/Graphics ~

You guys always know that I love the sprite/pixel/8bit type of styles. That's why I'm happy when you guys request a review in our club. :)

Animation was very smooth all around. I really couldn't find anything wrong with the graphics or anything like that. This was really done well.

~ Story/Content ~

Very original. Something that I wouldn't have thought about at all for a submission. I love how the clouds were just being slaughtered left and right like they were actual living things.

The game was a nice little addition, both in the submission, which I admit that I wasn't ready for at all (perhaps a countdown or warning for it?) and the one that you could play before the movie loaded.

~ Audio ~

Good music. There really wasn't any room for voices or sound effects so this was really good.

~ Overall ~

Everyone did a wonderful job. In my opinion it was a very successful collab as it turned out really good. Keep up the hard work everyone.

~ Review Request Club ~

[Resident Shittits 5]

And I have played the game :P

Ha, first time I ever played this I tried to stand right in the middle of everything with my knife. I died, but the second time I played it I don't think I died until about 2 or 3 hours into the game. Then I played to the point where it was so easy that I couldn't die even when I was fooling around on the hardest difficulty.

~ Animation/Graphics ~

Rushed, I could obviously tell that's what you were going for, but I don't know if that makes it better or not even if you were trying to do it on purpose. I think there is a way to make it looked rushed without really sacrificing too much quality, but I don't know if you have done that here. But just because you were trying to do it doesn't make it better unless it really does look good that way. I think you were almost there, but not quite.

~ Story/Content ~

A quick outtake/parody of the RE game, which was fun for awhile, but just like all the rest of them they got boring. I've seen many flashes on this site for the intro of the game though so perhaps it may be a bit more original to do another section of the game? Oh wait.. Ha, I guess you didn't get that far. >.<

Is there a reason that who seems to be Sheva or Shiva, whatever the hell her name is, looks white in this? Didn't feel like making her black?

Good humor all around though and some stuff made me laugh.

~ Audio ~

Good voice acting, good sound effects, etc.. I had no complaints about the audio at all. Was done well.

~ Overall ~

Perhaps not the best, most original piece, but a nice bit of humor and a decent submission all around. Worth a watch if you've played the game. Keep on working!

~ Review Request Club ~

RhysMus responds:

Yeah it was a more spur of the moment thing, i was playing, got angry and then wanted to make an animation :P

Yeah i kinda did a boo boo on the sheva being white.

Thanks for your review anyhoos!