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[Tails and his GBA 2]

Hey, not bad at all!

Great job with this Frozen_fox! I see you on the BBS a lot, didn't know you were a good flash artist. I'm banned right now and I've been sick all day, so I have nothing to do but watch flashes. This one did not disappoint. As far as sprite animations go, this was top of the line. I normally hate ALL kinds of sprite flashes (even RotMK) but this one definitely changed my mind. I think the key was how well you captured the essence of the video games you portrayed. The sonic part felt a lot like a sonic game, the zelda part felt like a zelda game, and the metroid part felt just like a metroid game. You also used some very nice effects in there. Unlike other sprite flashes, you actually display some flash skills instead of making it seem like you didn't do any of the real work yourself. Another part of what made it good was the music. Fantastic songs, really appropriate usage. I even heard a Game Boy Camera song in there :D

RupeeClock responds:

Hey there fellow BBS poster. :)

Yes I'm a good flash artist, who knew? I'm glad you enjoyed this, when it comes to me with sprite animations, I try my best to keep the feel of it actually being a game, with the music and the graphics, not mixing the wrong stuff together. (Like Mario killing a load of sticks in Kirbys dream land, accompanied by music from Final Fantasy. XD)

I'm surprised you knew that song was from the good old Gameboy Camera! It's true. :)

Anyway, sorry to here you're sick/banned, hopefully that'll end soon, and glad you enjoyed my animation. :)

[Kill Bob VOL 2]

Highly overrated

I'll be honest; I think your style sucks ass. It's got this wierd "trying to be good but sucks" flavor to it. The lighting on the faces was just all wrong, the colors were terrible. The way you drew the characters was not right, it didn't look good at all. The only really good parts of the graphics were the FBF stuff where he changes position during the fight scenes. If you can do stuff like that, why is so much shitty tweening going on in the rest of the flash? All the DBZ stuff and anime styles were incredibly lame too. Way overdone.
The sound design was the lowlight though. So many sounds were out of place or way too loud, like those swish noises, or the horrendous laughing sounds.
The story sucked as well. I mean if your going to do a Kill Bill parody, you need to stick to Kill Bill a little better. It looks to me like you just took a few parts of Kill Bill's story, applied a bunch of gay DBZ anime styles to them, and made some lame jokes to go along with it. And truly, the jokes were not funny at all.

Change your style, use more FBF, and make up an original plot for your next flash.

[Mask]

An amazing job

This flash was an absolutely incredible display of flash prowess. You are an amazing author. Don't kid yourself or try to downplay your success; this was incredible. Very artistic, very stylish, entertaining, and amazing. My only beef was that it had a pretty mindless plot, either that or I just can't figure it out. The highlight had to be when the camera moved up close and was shaking around so crazily. The animation at that part was so smooth it made my jaw drop. The skill on display here (especially for it being "rushed") is tremendous.

God damn. I just can't get over how good this was. Expect the works: daily first, weekly top 5, front page, etc. I hope to see more of it in the future.
Phew, wow. Great work.

[The Road To Minas Tirith]

Wasn't too bad

I disliked the use of action figures, but i did see some fairly good stop motion in there. Problem was you seemed to use a lot of non stop motion, as in real motion, and that stuff looked kind of lame. The SFX were awesome though. The voice acting was pretty well done and funny, especially Pippin's voice. The story wasn't that great, it doesn't seem like Gandalf would have that much trouble. Did you take the story from the book? Or did you just make it up based on that missing part in the movies?

Overall, I think this would have turned out much better if it had been a flash animation ;)

[BB: In the Beginning]

Block Brigade mothafucka

I hope you guys are succesful, if this is a really a new crew like the CC, SS, and LL. You guys have a unique style, very out there and strange. I'd like to see a more distinctive style for blocks though. I guess each one will have the same base block with accesories put on it (like a mustache).

BTW action packed finale. Segway Neo fought so hard but Ham Man just wouldn't die!

[Dick Mantis]

Nice

Wow Tom, I bet the guy who made this never imagined it would make the front page nearly two years after its initial release. I think there should be more instances of an old, seemingly forgotten flash getting front page honors seemingly out of the blue.

As for the flash, I really enjoyed it. Funny and witty. The maker is a genius when it comes to storylines.

[Handicopped]

WOW First class material!

Holy crap! Very funny stuff. The graphics were awesome, the story was hilarious and overall the flash kicked as. The voices, I believe, were the best part of the flash. This was absolutely top notch stuff, and it WILL make front page. Only problem was length. I hope to see Handicopped 2 very soon, because this one was too short :(

Great job Mr. Lokken and Mr. Knabb

[(2005) Hotdog Job: Part 1]

A little disappointing

Not your best work by any means, but it did have some funny parts (the "macaroni macaroni macaroni" part made me LMAO). Still, I thought part 2 was better and I thought that all of your stuff from last year was WAY better. Your claymation skills are always improving though, there's never a problem there. I just thought this was a little stale. Make more stuff like "Klay Swimming Pool"

[Eye seen it all!]

Well thought out

Awww, isn't that nice! You thanked me at the end of the credits! LOL you're welcome.

Seriously though, I enjoyed the flash. It was very well thought out, a nice idea and a fitting title. The fact that you thought it out pretty well made up for the lack of graphics. You have the ability to draw a good range of things (dogs, birds, fish, whales) but you just don't draw them that well. The animation was sketchy and consisted of mostly tweens too, but I must say the underwater effect came out pretty nice. The music wasn't that great, but it fit the flash pretty well. Overall, I applaud you for actually thinking about this flash's story before you made it.

BadShorts responds:

Truth is.. my wife came up with about half the ideas.. we really just made it up as we went along : P

Thanks for the honesty, I know my drawing lacks.. maybe I'll save up for a pen mouse one of these days.