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[Ghostbusters: Episode 1]

A good homage to two of the best franchises ever.

First off, I just want to say that you guys are pretty cool for even doing a tie-in/spinoff of two of the greatest entertainment franchises; Evil Dead & The "Real" Ghostbusters. Though the two franchises can be somewhat horror filled, they can still be considered comedic films of a sort. Anyway, I loved the idea of having the Ghostbusters chase down the Necronomicon from the Evil Dead storyline. I also liked how you designed the characters for the Flash tribute to be 'SD'; It fit quite nicely, although the characters seemed kind of 'rushed', almost as if you couldn't quite decide how to design them. As for the sound, everything matched, although the voice acting was sometimes a bit loud. Perhaps you could turn down the volume for the voices in your next film? (Just a thought) Overall, this was a good flash film. It brought back an immediate sense on nostalgia, especially since I remember the days back when I was a young kid, watching the movie in a theater for the first time, getting hooked on the imagery and finally becoming quite a fan of the animated series. Thanks for bringing back the past and keeping it alive.

[Windows Noises]

What else can be said, except....

ORIGINAL! Forget about reading this review, just watch this movie already and be astounded! :)

[Transformers: Mutiny]

A solid "7" for an original Transformers Flash

Excellent, painstakingly drawn artwork. I can tell it probably took you a long time to draw so much detail in each and every one of the TFs, both Autobot & Decepticon. I especially liked the simple animations which went straight to the point; Not too fancy, but not lazily done either. However, the best aspect IMO, is the voice acting. You did a great job providing all of the voices, right down to how each of the TFs sounded back then. Of course, I'm nitpicking because I truly have a 'pet peeve' whenever someone tries to voice act a certain character (like Optimus Prime). Some people can do it, others fail miserably. YOU can definitely do the voice acting. I seriously thought that you had more than one voice actor for all of the characters. WELL DONE on the VA work.

[Alice Smith And Her Ways]

Whooptee doo.

This is just a movie file imported and converted into flash. No effort, no score (save for the time you actually took to convert the file and do the pre-loader).

Splint0r responds:

and make it

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A definite improvement.

Especially over your lack of stick figures. However, the real purpose of this flash was to show off your new drawing skills as well as a light hearted look at what happens to aliens who try to invade earth. (lol) Not great, but not the worst I've seen on NG and quite an improvement from your past material. I'm sure your future submissions will be even better. Glad to see that you were inspired enough to improve your own work.

Simkiss responds:

Thank you for a positive review.

[Kung-fu 8-bit fight]

Very original Kung Fu/Spartan X tribute

Very much inspired (I'm guessing) by the other popular "Kung Fu" tribute/parody here on NG, this one definitely ranks up there in terms of quality animation and humor. Excellent usage of sound effects as well.

DarkDisguise responds:

Thanks duuuuude!!!!
Well yea i was really inspired by the other ones that made these sort of movies.
Thanks for all man!!!!!
Good day!!!!!

[Draw A Rikku]

Very, very nice artwork/animation.

You definitely have great artwork skills there. I also like how you made the artwork 'draw' itself, sequence by sequence, section by section. Perhaps that's why the file size was so large? No points for sound (obviously) but you get pretty good marks for humor. I especially liked the "Mardi Gras" Rikku. LMAO Well done.

[An Ode to My Girlfriend.]

Well now...... Touching.... To an extent.

I'm going to rate this flash as fair as I can in two different sections:

Section A -

Graphics: Subpar. Just a slide show of sorts. The artwork was also a bit edgy, but it fit the feel of the film well.

Sound: Very, very predictable in terms of trying to exert some sort of an emotion, especially when using Bif Naked's "Lucky". Good, touching choice, but also a simple one.

Interactivity: Nothing to comment on

Style: An ode to anyone you care about is always touching thing, especially to the one it's meant for. However, you also admit to taking ideas from another person, so you get a lesser rating for that reason.

Violence: You had a drawing of yourself pointing a gun to your head. Any way you look at it, guns DO point to violence.

Humor: The humorous thing about this film are some of the more colorful comments made by some of the reviewers.

Overall: Just a slide show and an ode to someone I don't know. I think it's safe to say that you do care for her, but you don't have to express it so openly. Once you let something like this out into the public and let others view it, expect some scorn. Which leads to.....

Section B -

Personally, I'm not the type of person to say mean spirited things, but in this case I have to be blunt. Your g/f isn't that bad. When love hits the hearts of two people, looks should be of the least importance. But, I really don't care to see stuff like this on NG. Also, your bravado in saying a statement to the effect of "Some of these people who say these things wouldn't say it to my face in real life" is like asking for trouble. Of course they wouldn't say it to your face. You know why? Because they're all human beings just like you who hopefully have enough compassion not to hurt a stranger's feelings. On that same note, if I were to be face to face with you, I WOULD say the exact same things I've typed here right to your face. One final thing, don't be so critical of the things being said here. If you let people's words hinder your morale, you're just a weak-minded simpleton.

[badger ver.1]

You got my attention o_O

Snaaaaake a snaaaaake! Ooooohhhhhh it's a snaaaaaaake! I am uterrly hypnotized.

[MGS :TTE Trailer]

As an original MGS story, it's not bad....

But you're going to have to work on a few things. First off, try to refine more of the storyline for it. You've got quite an idea for making a story using existing MGS characters such as Solid Snake and Otacon, especially when you decided to come up with an original title for it "Tactical - Thought - Exercises: Metal Gear Solid". With a bit more work fleshing out the storyline, you just might have a great thing on your hands. The artwork wasn't that bad actually. I liked your idea on 'rendering' Solid Snake in the VR Mission computer. Pretty good imagination on that part. Now the pacing of the movie as well as the voice acting was where the majority of problems began. I know that it's very difficult to mimic David Hayter's voice performance as "Solid Snake" so perhaps in the future, you could possibly have someone else do the Solid Snake voice for you. Otacon's voice was alright but overall, the audio should be turned down a bit to keep the distortion level at a good rate instead of making the voices sound 'tunneled'. Also, Solid Snake really doesn't use swear that much, so you might also want to cut back on some of the unnecessary profanity because it kind of detracts the MGS Fans' 'vision' of how Solid Snake would really act. Work out those details, clear up and show the audience more of the storyline and I'm sure you'll end up getting a higher score than what it's currently at. I'm actually surprised that this got such a low score. Honestly, I wouldn't put this at any score below 2.30 because I can tell you put a lot of work into it and it certainly is a lot better than some of the other MGS related crap flash that's on NG.

timberwolftrid responds:

thanks!
oh and by the way
someone else is doing to voice of solid snake! check the credits hes the best solid snake voice i could find
also it isnt otacon snake didnt know him yet this takes place between the first two games
about what you said about the swearing: me and my freind figured that in reality snake probably would swear more than he does in the games but doesnt to keep the esrb rating down and the swearing we figure makes him seem more badass

right so thanks for the positive review!