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[News Reporter III]

The story gets better. O.o

Sometimes I like how your characters think they can think on their own, but we all know they can't think their own thoughts and that you are actually the owner of what they think about even when they think they control their thinking.

The fact that your characters come back every episode kind of takes away from the excitement of your movies a little bit. The thoughts that run through my head are, "Oh this guy died... doesn't matter though since he will just be back in the next episode." The thoughts that I would be thinking if you didn't have that would be, "Oh I wonder what's going to happen in his next episode since this character died? I can't wait!", but I can admit that there is some excitement in it.

Now I can change my thoughts to, "I wonder how this character will die and who he's going to piss off this episode." I guess it's just how you approach the submission.

This does make me wonder what could happen in the next episode. My mind is wondering whether it's going to be about News Reporter as he has the week off or if it's going to be about News Reporter as he comes back from the week off. O.o It's mind boggling, but I'll have to find out the old fashion way by watching the next episode.

Animation/Graphics are the same as usual, the story/content was just about what to expect from one of your movies, and the audio was a little inconsistent, but for the most part good voice acting like usual.

kinggila responds:

All I can say is, the fun nevver stops at the news studio.

[DANCE!!]

Not bad at all.

~ Animation/Graphics ~

Everyone had a good selection of gifts and styles. (No I'm not going to go into individual reviews this time)

Each were done well and I couldn't really see any that really needed a lot of critiquing. Perhaps just some of the ones such as yours that didn't have detailed bodies could have used a bit more facial features and things like that.

~ Story/Content ~

A very simple idea for a flash collab. I like that at the end you showed everyone's animation, but I think you should have also made it so you could select which one you wanted to see and how long you wanted to see it.

It might have also been a cool idea to have it so you can drag the characters into a room of your choice kind of like a dress up sort of game.

~ Audio ~

Ha, very fitting music for a flash submission about dancing. Nothing to critique here at all.

~ Overall ~

Another simple collab, but animation wise it was done very well. Perhaps a bit more content could have been used and some cool mini games like I mentioned.

~ Review Request Club ~

Insanimation responds:

No individual reviews? I feel so let down:(

Thanks for the review!

[Headlights On Dark Roads]

Not bad

~ Animation/Graphics ~

Pretty decent animation, but also pretty crude for the most part. I can say that I think it got it's job done in this submission, but there was still room for improvement. Things such as the character himself just looks quite odd to me.

When he was swaying back and forth it just seemed too animated. Like he was going way too fast and it just looked unnatural.

The lip syncing wasn't the best, but wasn't terrible at all. Looks like it could have been done just a tad bit better.

~ Story/Content ~

I never saw the real music video so I don't really know how it compares, but I personally wouldn't have minded seeing more things done instead of the basic singing alone and playing guitar.

More things like the car accident, etc.. Which happens to be my favorite scene by the way. Done rather well in my opinion.

I guess my biggest deal is I had no clue what was going on. The whole tooth thing and the blood dripping into the persons mouth... I was just left with the WTF!?

~ Audio ~

Great quality audio. I would hope so if it was done by someone more famous (even if I haven't ever heard of them or heard any of their music)

The animation went along great with the audio so good job there. That's basically the single and most important thing about making a music video.

~ Overall ~

A good music video, which has room for improvement in the graphics/animation section.

~ Review Request Club ~

Insanimation responds:

Alright, thanks for the feedback :)

[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 >.<"

[News Reporter II]

Death and potty mouthing.

That's what all your submissions are about. Just poor violence and wear words all the time. :P

In my opinion not the best sequel to what was a pretty good introduction. I would have liked seen more interesting things going on in the background, more interesting news things (not that the ones that you had weren't funny, but I think perhaps that you could have included a couple more), and just a longer story line with more content then what was given.

Just like half of your submissions someone dies and there is still the rest of the series, so obviously they come back. Hmm, I can guess that News Reporter might get pretty pissed or he might even be scared of Bahamut from now on. I was actually expecting Bahamut to jump down and give him a nice mouth laser thing, but the bomb was used instead.

So probably not the best sequel, but I'm sure you'll make up for it in the next episode.

kinggila responds:

You'll learn about News Reporter's emotions soon enough. :)

[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

[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!

[Fizz (Episode 1)]

Not bad at all.

~ Animation/Graphics ~

Your submission was good all around, but it had great animation. Good uses of zooming in and out, great detailed backgrounds, smooth animations, great artwork, etc.. What I would expect from something from you.

~ Story/Content ~

I liked the story all around. The healthy food joke that you put in there made me laugh a little bit. The puppy cannon also made me laugh a little bit. So good humor and a decent plot all around. Even an informative piece about why the evil doctor guy failed at the end.

~ Audio ~

To me I personally found the doctors voice acting kind of.. mediocre? I think that's the right word, but I found Fizz's voice acting to be great. Voice acting overall was very good and the sound effects/music that you used was done very well.

~ Overall ~

A good story that gets away from your usual work. I hope to see more from this series! Keep up the hard work.

~ Review Request Club ~

Jimtopia responds:

Well personally I thought both of the voice actors did a great job bringing the characters to life, but you are entitled to your opinion, and thanks for the review!

[News Reporter]

Good job.

A good introduction to News Reporter. I've seen him around on some of your flashes and seen him posting in the Wi/Ht forum every now and then. ;) At least I finally know what he's really like.

Something that might have been cool with the clock could have been to make it the same time as what's on my computer. Unless that's what it was suppose to do, but it didn't. :P

I could hear the news reporter fine, but I missed quite a bit of what you said at first because your voice was a tad bit quieter than what I think it should have been.

I liked that you had people in the background, but I think it would have helped a little if you had some more people from your submissions waving or trying to get on camera, etc..

When he fell asleep I think something should have woke him up. He just seems to wake up randomly for no reason unless I missed something.

Anyway, a good way to officially introduce news reporter. I'll be on to the next episode as soon as I have the time. *runs off to class*

kinggila responds:

Nope, the time on the flash wasn't meant to reflect your local time, it was the time it was in the flash.

[Zombies X(]

Not bad. Looks pretty good.

~ Animation/Graphics ~

Was this made in flash or pivot? Either way it looked really good. Good graphics and what seemed to be very smooth animation. The backgrounds looked good in the running scene. The fade out effect that you used looked pretty cool. During the running scene when the zombies were going by some would start from on the screen towards the middle, which made it seem very glitchy. I recommend fixing that to make it look better.

~ Story/Content ~

Correct my if I'm wrong, but this looked like some sort of trailer or introduction to a flash series?

If so then I think you didn't do a very good job setting things up to make people interested. You killed a couple of zombies and showed some things, but personally didn't show any story or plot. I think in a trailer that you should give some background information. Think of a movie trailer, "One day it all went wrong, etc.." Obviously not so generic, just giving an example. Give some background knowledge, but not too much so people come back.

If it wasn't a trailer and just some sort of test or something that you made for fun then it still needs to be improved slightly. I think perhaps some backgrounds in all of the scenes would have been better. Not letting the zombies lose every battle would have also been better. Zombies are a bit tougher than that anyway. Some small things like that.

~ Audio ~

I liked the song and it went very well with the submission. Sound effects were also done well. The only thing is I think voices would have added so much quality to this submission. Of course that would also add to the content of the submission, and create more work animation wise.

~ Overall ~

Not bad for what you had, but I think it can get much better. Sorry for the low score on the review, but the submission seemed so generic that I really couldn't bring myself to giving you a higher score. I hope some of my ideas helped though.

Joe0208 responds:

well thanks so much for the long review, im making another so if you like you can
see what you think on that one too

-cheers