Score: 4

"Where to begin..."

submission: Ganondorf: Ganondump

date: July 30, 2005

I saw the first one when it came out. And now when I noticed that you created a V2, I was hoping that the main problems would be fixed but that was not the case.

Graphics: Here is a quick anatomy lesson. The full arm (from the shoulder to the fingers) should reach mid-thigh. The hands themselves(before the wrist to the tip if the fingers) should be about the size of the face(from chin to hairline). In any Zelda parody, if you don't get Link right, your going to have to fight off hoards of fanboys with a stick.

Now some scenes, Link looked pretty good. (he actually looked cute walking up to the castle and standing there) but his arms looked awful it was like they were replaced with a midget.

But, the graphics were good enough to tell what was going on.

Sound: Not shabby. Good use of effects.

Violence: Link's face got crap all over him.

Interactivity: The blooper reel was amusing to listen to. And cheers for fixing the bugs on the dress up game :) Most people don't even bother adding extras to their flashes.

Humor: Potty humor isn't my style.But I did enjoy the end part where Link steals the "fin" sign.

Overall: Well I never noticed that the grunting that Ganon makes sounds like he's taking a crap until now. I'll never look at SSBM the same again :p. Anyways if you plan on doing another, I'd suggest you make fun of the nipple costume in F-Zero GX for the Gamecube ;)

Score: 4

"The series doesn't have potential..."

submission: metal gear solid SS prewi

date: July 29, 2005

...but you do. Let me give you some advice, don't try to go for a series on your first try. Instead, work on small projects to further your flash skills.

Most of your scenes looked a little bland... and the perspective was a little shoddy. But things like the elevator opening looked really good.

Same with the people, the beginning guy (Big Boss/Solid Snake? ) just stood there, but the guard had good head movement later on.

You have a sly eye for detail, but the problem is you lack expierence. That's something that will come with time and practice.

One thing that was good throughout this flash was that you have good editting and timing. AKA you know when to cut from shot to shot without making a scene feel too short or lag too long. Except for the artistic flaws mentioned above, the trailer wasn't half bad.

If you keep at it, you can laugh at all the people who call your work shit later.

Best of luck :)

Score: 3

"You really could've done alot more..."

submission: Greenday - Good Riddance

date: July 29, 2005

Graphics: Some songs are hard to make a music video on, but not this one. You really could've done alot more than a guy just standing there. Pros: You do you good lip syncing abilities though. But please do something more than just stand there. (also work on the fading out technique, I could see the neck lines and it looked a little bad)

Style: People, don't want to see a guy just stand there, even if you change the perspective a bit. Also the white background hurts even more.

Sound: Good song choice :)

Violence/Interactivity/Humor: - I put zeros there just so I can review, nothing relevant.

Overall: This is a type of flash where alot more could've helped it. I mean the lyrics themselves open you up to great deal of posibilities. Just because its a music video, don't feel like you have to anchor yourself to try and match the lipsyncing. It just leads to a boring flash. People want to watch flash. So entertain their eyes as well as their ears.

Score: 7

"What a cute submission :)"

submission: Hooked on the Brothers

date: July 25, 2005

Well the graphics aren't great(in some areas) but it was quite nostalgic and cute.

Score: 8

"Good, but not a 10"

submission: Durp

date: July 25, 2005

I think this is a very good piece, but its not a "10". You have a talent for captivating emotions while keeping the piece fluid.

But it feels segmented and unfinished and kind've random like it was meant as a portfolio piece rather than an actual movie submission. If you want an example, you should watch the movies by Vinnie Veritas(just type his name in the search engine). To me, you remind me of his type of work.

Well, good luck on your next submission. Hope to see more :)

Score: 8

"I enjoy these types of submissions.."

submission: Metal Gear Music tribute

date: July 24, 2005

...where the author enjoys only one theme. Nothings wrong with that, it's just so interesting to see how much someone has progressed.

Everything about your flash has improved from the first, from character models to alot of eyestriking detail. Hell, even your logo looks alot nicer. BRAVO!

One thing you may want to concentrate on is making the character movement more fluid(although this one is much better than your first, there are still a couple of issues)

Can't say much on the humor, I didn't like it, but mind you, I'm pretty picky on what makes me laugh.

You can honestly tell that alot of work went into this.
Ignore the people who give this zeroes and call this crap. Crap is blammed, quality is front-paged.

Score: 3

"Odd question..."

submission: Nintendo Ass Hunters

date: July 17, 2005

I don't find anything wrong with Link carrying a gun but why bother to radically redesign him and not the others? It feels very out of place. I mean, Luigi spits fireballs out of hand, surely you could've done something different to him?

Score: 8

"Not as good as your last two..."

submission: House of M - part 1

date: July 14, 2005

You're other two had me in tears but this one was fairly slow. But because there's still more to go, I'll wait until your next submission :)

Score: 1

"Cheap usage of a franchise"

submission: InuYasha: Too Much Ramen

date: July 10, 2005

This is definately worse than the tweened-Zelda-1-joke deals. The graphics look like you just traced bitmap character shots from the show and the background definately looks like you traced it from the show(with a hint of photoshop).

I don't give a fuck if you spent 1 day, 1 year or 1 minute on this. Do you see any catagories for "time it took"? World is not going to end tomorrow and if you haven't noticed, most of the top fifty composes of flashes that resorted to quality rather than speed.

Score: 10

"Better than "Mario is Missing""

submission: Super Mario Physics

date: July 9, 2005

This is an extremely creative and unique flash. My favorite part was when you used Yoshi's tongue.

Although I'm not too fond of sprite flashes, I think that it goes quite well with this and works better than actual hand drawing the characters.

Bravo!