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[Chibi Theatre 1]

Quite good for your first flash.

Pretty good job on it overall. Needs some work in some aspects, though.

The graphics were OK, especially that of the Fire Chibi, but the background was just the Windows default background with different colour, and the Chibi's in general need some working on, especially making sure the arms are attatched to the body. The Tangled Chibi could look a little better if you made the things around him look better than just lines. I really liked the artwork of the explosion, though. I liked how you made the Chibi's have different face expressions. The animation was smooth and quite good, especally the bomb exploding, the Fire Chibi's head, and the explosion fading away. Still, the speech bubbles disappeared much too quickly and it was hard to read through them so quicky. You should make it that a speech bubble disappears when you press the space bar or something.

The story was a little hard to catch on, and I didn't really know what the race really is until I read the Author's Comments after. Also, what was the place they were in, and why were they happy to be there first? I think you should give this flash a bit more of an introduction. The humour was OK, but nothing too special. I chuckled a bit when it said 'Must resist urge to kill', but that was really it. The concept of planting a bomb in a seemingly ordinary item, giving it to someone, and then they throw it back is a little unoriginal. Still, the concept of the Chibi's in general, after reading the Author's Comments, sounds good.

The audio, in my opinion, could be a little louder, but I'm surprised by the file size that this flash has after having two different songs in it, so good job over there. The song choice was fine, but the first song changing to the second didn't have such a smooth transition.

In general, it's great for your first flash, but needs some work to it. A good start, though. Keep it up.
5/10
3/5

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PikaRobo responds:

1. It's the Windows backround because I was too lazy to make my own, fixed in future episodes.
2. The detached arms are intentional
3. Actually the explosion was a sprite I found online. I can't remember where I found it because it's been almost a year ago. However I fixed some parts of it so it fits in with the flash.
4. Yeah, the text speed seems to be a bit of a problem for many.
5. Do I have to explain everything!!! >:(
6. Sorry for the stale plot, couldn't really think of anything for a great first episode.
7. Thanks for commenting.

[Thank you Josh McDaniels]

Heh, lol :D

Not too bad, you get most of the score from the Story and Audio.

There wan't really any animation over here, so maybe, just to add some sort of animation, you could make some transition from one scene to another, like a fade or something. As for the graphics, it was basically just pictures, but the looks he did on his face were pretty funny. The page at the end with the statistics would be better to have a replay button instead of a loop.

The story was very funny, and it's what really put my score up. As Fro said, it would be cooler if you animated it, you could make another flash as an animated version, or you could even make a menu screen where you can choose between the animated version and this version.

The music was fine and fit in pretty well with this, but to make it a little funnier, you could stop the music when it showed the empty seats and start a cricket noise, then continue the music when the statistics page comes up. Other than that, the audio was fine.

In all, it's really funny, and the only complaint I have here is that an animated version could look better, or maybe a choice between the two. It's the humour here that put my score up to 7.
7/10
4/5

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[Skeleton's Revenge]

Didn't impress me too much.

It's OK, but nothing really too special, and it didn't impress me that much.

The animation was what really put the score down. It didn't look that amazing, the characters jerked up and down too much, the walking seemed strange, and some parts like as Fro said, the guy was shooting some blue thing, the character wasn't on the ground. The graphics on the other hand were great for pixel art, the characters look good, and the backgrounds were awesome.

The story wasn't bad, and it kept me watching till the end, but TBH, it was a little boring. I lost track of the story quite quickly - probably because I didn't want the first one, but you should add 'The Story So Far' that plays at the beginning, where there are subtitles at the bottom saying briefly what happened while showing the important bits that were in the first flash. Also, the speech bubbles got annoying and in the way, the second speech bubble that appeared had 'press' written on it and then what the guy was saying on it as well, and they just overlapped each other looking strange, and towards the end, where the old guy said that he should take them to camp, the text was longer than the rectangle and 'camp' wasn't in the box.

The music was very good, but it was kind of strange after the first song played and straight afterwards an entirely different song played. Other than that, it was OK, but some more sound effects are needed.

In all, not really something that impressed me a lot. This needs a little more work in it, especially animation-wise, but the graphics and audio over here wasn't bad. Oh, and I had to laugh at Insanimation's 'You have the bare BONES of a good movie', lol :D.
5/10
3/5

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[Frodozers Vs. Clock Day]

Pure Clock Day Flash

Not really that impressive, and I don't really have much to say about it.

The animation wasn't too special, even though there was little of it. The characters' animations didn't loop properly, and the animation overall wasn't smooth.

The graphics were fine for pixel art, especially the background. Nothing to complain over here.

The audio was excellent for the movie, and this flash has a decent file size, even though it uses a 7 MB song.

In all, a little boring, and not much to it. Graphics and audio were fine, but it was just a few looped animations and a message slide at the end :\. Well, that's Clock Day submissions for me...
5/10
3/5

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Fro responds:

Lol they better have been looped properly because I already got them animated online on a sprite website.

Thanks for the review.

[Blue Tot and Birdy Bird]

Lol

Not bad, for practise. A little short, though.

The animation was actually quite smooth and well done in most parts. Just the part when the bird was flying onto the branch was a little strange. Birds don't fly randomly up and down, but rather glide, so you should make it come in flapping its wings and going up in a small slanting direction, then spreading its wings and gliding diagonally downwards onto the branch...............................
.......... [Ugh, I'm hopeless at explaining things...]

Graphics weren't that special. For the characters, it was OK, but the background was too simple and rough. Add bushes, flowers, some trees, better grass texture, etc, and give it more detail. Also, the tree didn't connect to the ground too smoothly either, and the bird's pee (or whatever it was) wasn't drawn too well.

As you said, there was barely any sound which made it a little boring. Some quiet ambient music would fit well, and maybe the bird chirping, the wings flapping, and some nature sounds in the background.

All in all, it's an OK short movie, but you need more detail for sure, and some storyline as mentioned in the review below me could end up pretty cool too.
6/10
35

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ZleapingBear responds:

Hay... thanks alot... :)
That is actuealy helpfull in many ways. and your explanation about the loco motion af a bird was fine and undeastandele :)

And thanks.. ill try follow the advises (without copying all :P)

[Little Shop of Horrors]

Lol XD

Really awesome music video, especially considering the fact that you made it a while ago. Good job!

I loved the animation. It had loads of details to it, and very smoothly made. Graphics were good as well. A few defects to it though. Lip-syncing was a little off, Seymour had looked strange from the neck downward, and he had no mouth a lot of the time, as Fro said.

The music was perfect quality, and fit very well with the movie. No problem there ^^.

Overall, just very few problems graphic-wise, but really good animation, top quality sound, and some graphics were pretty good too. Good job!
9/10
5/5

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Jonimator responds:

glad you enjoyed it!
thanks for the review

[ZikiZaki stick fight]

Well...

Everything happened too quickly and I had no idea what was going on, plus it was really short.

The artwork was just stickmen and some badly drawn effects. Try making some good background, and make the blood (if there was any... I'm not so sure; everything happened too quickly...) have more texture and look more realistic.

The animation wasn't too smooth, and there wasn't much of it either. Just a few hands moving, some effects moving, and (I think) a stickman falling to the ground (which was just him disappearing when he was standing up and appearing when he's lying down). You should put in some transitions, like him falling down properly and the effects not coming in so suddenly.

Another problem was that everything happened too quickly. Text just flashed all over the place and I had to replay the movie dozens of times to manage to read most of the text. It's a little short as well, so you should add speech bubbles which don't appear and disappear straight away, and a longer fight. There was no sound either...

To summarize, it definitely needs some work. Try and make better ones which don't feel so random.
2/10
1/5

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killerchai responds:

Yay my best score!

[Don't Fuck With Tray]

Way too short...

Not a bad movie, but it's too short.

The voice acting of one character was really quiet and of the other was perfect and clear, which was a little strange, but the other sound effects were fine. I was hoping to hear a sound effect of his clothes ripping off when he morphed, but it's OK as it is...

The graphics of the characters was excellent so I have nothing to complain with that. So was the animation, especially the lip-syncing and the morph, as the other reviews said.

The only real problem was that it was so short. If it was longer but with the same animation and visual skills, this would easily get an award.

Animation and graphic-wise, this movie is perfect, but if you work on the voice acting of the first character, and make it longer, it'll be great. Or you can try Soapbubble's idea.
5/10
3/5

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[Sad Link]

Too short,,,

It's a good animation, just a little too short for my tastes. I expected much more (Link standing up for himself, shooting an arrow at Mario XD, etc...) but instead it just ended too suddenly.

The graphics in this game were excellent, especially Link. Mario's head tilting up did look a little strange, but everything else was perfect.

I can't really judge the animation since there wasn't any, but the music fit perfectly so goo job on choosing that.

You should try and continue it, since with those drawing skills of yours, you could definitely go somewhere with this movie. It's kinda short, but not bad as it is. Keep it up ^^.
6/10
3/5

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J0hnnyR0tt3n responds:

Thank you! :]

[The Blues]

Lol, that was cool XD

Really awesome. The storyline was pretty cool, and the humour was fantastic. I laughed when the music went through the mother's ear and bled from the other side.

Sound was very good as well, especially the boy talking. A little more detail in the sound, but overall, quite good.

The graphics are a little rusty. Good detail, but needs to be a little neater. The animation was OK, not too special though.

Another problem was as it came to the ending. When the mum was reading the story to the boy, and he repeated it, it got boring and I expected something funny to happen like they mentioned in the other reviews.

Still, overall, I enjoyed it a lot, and it's only the little details that need fixing. Keep up the great work!
8/10
4/5

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