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[Just a day in the city]

Meh.

No one is forcing you to submit a movie before it's done. Take your time and don't submit unfinished work unless you truely feel it represents the finished product.

With that said, it was looking like a short you'd see on Sesame Street back in the day, what with the character grunting and hmmming. That is, until the end. It was all right.

[Wicked-Sticks]

I'm so jealous....

...that I won't blam it. Seriously, I don't like it when people say "It's my first movie, go easy on me." I judge all movies/games on the same criteria, whether you're new or experienced, 6 or 60 years old.

It has potential. Like others have said, spend more time on it and try for a better framerate. That shooting at the end is very annoying. The movement does have some style though and at least you took a little time to put in sound fx and music.

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[Mighty Clock 2]

Good animation

That's about it. The music doesn't loop correctly, SBC kept changing sizes in the same shot, and that SBC double is a little confusing.

You're right about the power of Wacom (wish I had one...)!

[Work Inc.]

It's funny because it's true.

I guess if someone hasn't experienced something like this, they might not find it funny, but I do. The sound editing is very nice too, sound fx, music, etc. Oh, the bizarre three-breasted emails I keep getting...

[FDA - ASSWARP]

Unimpressive

I didn't really enjoy it. It does look like a lot of work, but even the most work doesn't neccessarily warrant a good result.

I did like the individual animations, but as a whole, it didn't fit. Sure, having different art styles is cool, but they have to fit together as well. Let me put it this way. A website with a bunch of cool animated gifs all over the page is definitely not cool. Neither was this movie. Maybe it's because of all the ass references. Then again, maybe it's just like I said before: The sum of the parts isn't equal to the whole. Still worth watching though. Once.

[Lightsabercrew]

Bad bad bad bad bad

Okay, I'll disregard that it's not really Flash. I'll disregard length. I'll disregard everything but "quality" as you put it.

It was terrible. The quality of the images was bad. I don't know how you got a 3.65 the first time, but then again, a lot of bad movies make it to the Top 200. This time, the image quality is worse, the submission is the same as before (read: unoriginal), and that justifies its lower score. People are wising up.

The 3D models aren't good. The worst part is the motion. I know you aren't going for some bullet time or slow motion, so the movement is just bad. Why do the fighters float in the air? Why do they attack so slowly and smoothly?

Look at a lightsaber fight frame by frame and you'll learn something about motion. SO how's my review based on quality? Take it and learn from it. Don't upload stuff like this again. This kind of stuff makes me want to hurt someone...

[Vampire Legends]

Nice drawings, good tone

That's about it for the good stuff. Your drawings definitely have a cool style. Cool car, and great backgrounds (tho the perspective is off in the stairway). Sadly, that's all that the art has going for it.

There is hardly any animation, the tweened movements are agonizing slow, and the characters have much less style in them than the backgrounds.

The music was good, but it didn't quite fit the action, which would have been better with more riveting music or some sound effects.

I did like the whole mood and atmosphere set up, but that took about half the movie to do and there was little time for any story or action. I thought I accidentally watched the trailer, but no, it was the "full length" movie.

Overall, you did a good job for your first movie, that's for sure. I wouldn't recommend that anyone actually watch this though. I watched it twice, just in case I missed anything, and I ended up losing another 3 minutes of my time. I was so glad it was over.

I know you have a lot of postive reviews and that will surely influence you to do another movie, but next time, try animating something. Please don't submit another slide show.

[Cartman teaches version 2]

Solid animation, nothing more

The animation is very much like the show; very good. The story doesn't make much sense and although I don't expect you to be able to do the voices perfectly, you should at least be able to imitate the WAY Cartman speaks (i.e. inflection, attitude, personality). You're the big fan of the show. You should know better than that. The animation is dead on though. I do think Cartman moves better than Trey Parker or Matt Stone. Their animation just didn't seem as well done as Cartman's.