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[Caligula]

Pretty good

It was kind of upsetting, because I really wanted to see him lead the Roman army into battle against "Poisedon" wherein they fired Ballistas and Catapults into the sea, and the soldiers hacked at the water.
Also, I think he should have come off as more, well, insane, seeing as how he was. More depictions of him claiming to be a god, and severing the heads off of the statues of the gods and replacing them with his own would have made for a more entertaining movie. In any case, good job.

Oddball5 responds:

i'm curious as to which actual battle your referring, cause if it's the one i'm thinking of then it wasn't actually against poisedon but another atempt to take britan where his men wimped out on him and did not want to go any further across the water. The soldiers were then told to take seashells as thir share of the booty and britan was declared as having been taken over without having set foot there.

[Madness Avenger]

Unoriginal

Given a second chance? I mean, it was well animated and drawn, and the new stuff you added was pretty cool. But the idea of getting a second chance just seems stupid in terms of a sequel. It's the same storyline, just different violence, and I refuse to be satisfied because I don't just like a lot of blood and gore and shooting and killing. Putting a half-decent plot in is a necessity, and that wasn't fully attained by this movie.
In all other aspects, it was great. The music loop got kind of annoying, but it's not that bad.

Krinkels responds:

I suppose I could have just popped off a carbon copy of some japanese RPG plot... but that would consume frames better used for bloody mayhem. Glad I got a seven from you though, glad you enjoyed what bit of it you could.

[The Hunt: O.P. Pt. 1]

Good work

It was good, and I have no suggestions that haven't already been stated. I do have a question: How did the soldiers survive the nuclear explosion and haven enough of them left to heal? I mean, there really shouldn't be anything left in the crate. Buildings, structures, biological matter. It should have all been vaporized.

RobsH66 responds:

lol... uhh... good question. didn't really think that one through :-\

Actually, this movie was originally the sequel to another movie I made a while ago. I decided not to release it because it consists mostly of inside jokes between my friends and I, and the animation wasn't particularly good (it was the same style as this one, just not nearly as polished). If this movie generates enough of a reaction, I may release it later as a bonus, but it's definitely not something I would want people to take seriously. Basically, the movie shows what happened in the time between when the team arrived at the military complex, and the nuclear explosion that destroyed the base. Like I said, I may release it if this movie generates enough of a response, but I definitely don't want people to consider it as a serious submission of my work.

[Nightmare:]

Pretty bad

Like the title says, it's pretty bad. I think the "escaped from hell on a demonic rampage" plotline has been used far too much (once is enough for me, because they usually come off really poorly, and this one did that). I didn't like the demon. It looked too... un-demonic. Also the "two archrivals meeting to set things right again after the good one killed the bad one but the bad one was resurrected" plotline is also overdone. Even in Hollywood. So as far as a flash movie goes, mediocre graphics, cheap and overdone storyline. It has potential, but it's going to take a well developed plot, good animation (doesn't have to be the best out there, just better than what I saw already) and better sound effects. The thing that slaughtered the movie in my opinion was the crappy sound. You need more sound effects. Not too too overdone, but have ripping metal when the door rips off, footsteps, ambient sound, that sort of stuff.
I'd also like to point out I'm Canadian, and I thought the Canada thing was funny. Note to stupid Canadians: It's not making fun of Canada. The stick guy was just stupid. It's that simple. In any case, I am repulsed by the fact that we let El Blacko into our country, either through immigration or birth. I weep for my country, having learnt that people like him are allowed to breathe within it's borders. But lay off Canada. Not all of us are retards. Good job, keep improving, number 2 should score a lot higher if you take some of my suggestion to heart.

PoorBoy88 responds:

like your battle moon x movie was any better, I'm suprized that u wrote so much, u must really not have a life. and anyway, who said that one of them was good?

[Ducktales: The Auditions]

Neat idea

That was a pretty good movie. The art was pretty good, the Michael Jackson scene was hilarious. The juicyfruit thing could have been better. Like a studio light falling on him instead of him being kicked, but that's just my opinion. All in all, a neat movie with a couple of comedy elements that make it entertaining. Good job.
P.S. When you want to add another post-script after the first one, add an extra 'P' instead of an extra 'S' (i.e. P.P.S. P.P.P.S. etc.)
Peace.

Macaroni-Penguin responds:

Aaahhh...P.P.P.S! That makes sense! Many thanks! Many thanks!

[(2003)Hulky 2:Final]

Great Stuff

I am a great admirer of a lot of your work, and this one was great. I loved the pink fleshy oozy stuff effect, that was new. You keep learning and getting better every time you make one of these. The title "King of Clay" suits you well. I still think you should have a trans-movie plotline. Allow me to explain. You have a running series that you have started now, but each episode sort of splits apart from the others in a way. This is essentially what happened in the Joyride series. Maybe you should do more to link events in the previous movie to the current movie for your next one, and involve more of a storyline. This can work, although I am aware of the 50 second maximum length. Perhaps you could have events witnessed by multiple characters or something else. This series, and this entire genre of flash/clay animation (I will call is Clash Animation), could be big. You already have a growing fan base, so you should really think abotu dragging these storylines out some more, we all love em.
Some other suggestions: Maybe you could start a website and put a paypal link up so you could start buying some things to help make these even better, like a mock city set. You could get your friends to help, too.
Voice acting is going to be necessary, too. All of the guys sound very similar, and it may be better to throw some variation into the pot. For instance you could have a harsh male voice for a police officer, and then get a real female to do a female character as well. The voice acting right now isn't bad, but we would all like to hear more voices thrown in. I'm sure people would volunteer to do some voice acting for you. I'll send you an email with some contact information if you would like some help as well. Keep up the good work, hopefully this series will evolve into something that rocks even more than it does now.

Knox responds:

Long reveiw!!
I have learned how to compress files and now i can make my clay mations around 2-4 minutes long!and The Hulky series will be a long series because unlike joy ride this series will not only be a longer series,but it will actually have a story line.and sorry the voices do sound kind of alike,i will try to fix..,now the city thing,that would be awsome,but i dont know..im just a kid..with clay..and a computer..,but youre right.
right now i think the series will be around...4-8 parts long..who knows.
We will see how the nextone gos..if people want more,they will get more,if they want me to stop the series...then dang it...ill STOP IT!
and ill think about what you told me..thanks

[(2003)Joy Ride 3:Final]

Oh man these just keep getting better

Haha! Oh man you keep improving on your style. That was hilarious! Funny, funny stuff. And you even wrote in a sort of a plot like I suggested just to keep things running smooth and tie all three in together. It's sad that it had to end. Maybe your next series could be in like several several parts, each part showing the events taking place from another person's perspective, or whatever. You don't need to do that, but make more series' and keep up the great work. It'll be hard to top this one.

Knox responds:

ill think about that

[The REALITY of WW2]

That was kinda weird...

Alright, I have one question? What part of this movie really makes it WWII, instead of some random bizarre war that you made up in your mind. I mean, if you said it was just some made up war, then you wouldn't have morons giving you crappy reviews about how insulting this is to them or whatever. I mean then you wouldn't have to worry about disclaimers. Whatever.
Next thing, if this was all a joke, the punchline was stupid. Very stupid, in fact because I didn't find that at all funny. I mean they dance, big deal. It's not anything mindblowingly funny. But then, I also can't see how this offends all of those people. You would think not to take it seriously even without the warning. People just want to bitch, I guess.
Anyway, keep up the mediocre work, and hopefully it will go from mediocre to great.

Emagdnim678 responds:

I call it WW2 cause i like WW2. I find it really interesting aside from the fact of the deaths and whatnot. But i do see your point. Thanx for leaving your thoughts. Ill keep my mediocre works goin. thats all it takes to get 3rd for the day then thats just great! (considering i was up against the legendary frog today) Thanks again!

[8-Bit Misadventures 1]

Interesting

That was pretty much a blatant rip-off of 8-Bit Theatre. I don't care whether you have permission or not, but making more original stuff would really have boosted the score on this. I mean, you just basically took the 8-Bit characters with their different personalities, and put them in a new situation, and also in a relatively similar situation from a situation they were put in in the comic. Perhaps you could use different characters, or change their personalities to make them more original, plus then you won't have (as many) people pointing out the similarities between this and 8-Bit Theatre.
Two suggestions:
1. Get some voice actors. A lot of the sarcasm and comedy can then come out through the use of voices instead of bland text at the top of the screen.
2. Work on backgrounds. The sky in the first scene was white, you could have made it blue or something, and it would have improved the scene quite a bit.

CronoCrusher responds:

OK, please everyone, just read the whole comment i made before posting for the love of god. THIS IS 8-BIT THEATRE

it is it is it is, as you have said they are in different situations, YES that was the whole point! 8-Bit Theatre in different situations.

As it has been said we asked to borrow the idea; what does that mean you say? It means, their characters, their personalities and so forth.

And lastly we would have voice overs but then again you people would probably complain AGAIN that its just not the same as ALL of the other 8-bit theatre animations

[(2003)Joy Ride 2]

These are great...

The first one was funny, this one is funny, and hopefully you'll make more. They'd be funny, too. My suggestion, work a plot into this somehow. Like you could have someone seek revenge for having a friend run over or something, but keep the funniness level up. I mean randomly killing things is great, but randomly killing things within the context of a running story is even greater. Keep up the good work.

Knox responds:

its hard to put all that into 50 seconds,dont know if its possible..every thing would have to happen at once..but thanks for your advice.i love long reveiws.