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[Its Rated Mature: Halo]

Was that funny?

Okay so, lemme start off with the good. You have some really solid animation, and style is good as well. Fluid and interesting. Sound is clear.

Saying that... I didn't laugh, chuckle, chortle or find any of this humorous. Maybe part of it was the atrocious voice acting. I mean, it isn't really that hard to sound angry, so it sounds ridiculous when you hear someone trying to sound angry in a medium voice. No yelling, no screaming, no fluctuations, obviously exagerated (in a bad way). Master Chief sounded awful. The jokes were random, not aqua teen funny random, but just plain bad random. Okay, so now they are blobs that kill each other, and come back to life, halarious. And the whole rant by the black character? I can't fathom how this got front page. Good animation though...

Man will I get flamed for this...

Wasamonster responds:

Number of flash animations
me-2
you-0

I win.

[CI: Unregulated]

Stuponfucious

Awesome. I can't even begin believe how long it took you to model and integrate all that into flash. Every camera angle, every shot, it looked like it had a true purpose, a true directorial eye. I love the unique camera angles you cam up with, it add a great sense to the battle. Models looked great, music worked well, sound effects hit dead on. I can't really think of any thing bad to say. I was suprised at the ending though.

Unrelated: The reviewer before said if this were a video game he would "buy it and play it." Buy it AND play it... as opposed to what? Just buying it and not playing it?

[Super Mario: Toads Rage 6]

You got the talent all right.

Well, you do a good job animating, that's for sure. What is lacking is the sounds. When someone jumps from 20 feet up in the air and lands on someone else I don't want to hear the sound of a 2 pound weight hitting the floor. All the punches sounded generic, when toads ribs broke, well... come on. Sound emphasizes the fact that an action took place, weak sound even takes away from animation, sometimes it is better to have no sound at all (as in this case were really weak punching and kicking sounds take away from the impact of the blows and make the flash seem amaturish). I also liked how you labled the secret lab "Secret Lab." If that was a joke, that was pretty damn funny. If you were just trying to convey to the viewers that that was a secret lab, there are more subtle ways of doing it... Also, this is the first of the series I watched, It would be nice if you atleast gave some info on how the timeline goes, I assume this is NO. 1 and than toads revenge NO 1 is NO 2 so on and so forth.

mchawking responds:

The secret lab was a joke thing.. Along with mario and luigi being behind a strange mountain.. Along with the turtle.. so on and so forth. I have a wierd sense of humor but some of you get it and it's great! As for sound effects I spend all my time animating and it sucks messing around trying to find sfx. I was nice enough to get a cd from a fan and those are the sfx that I use currently. Trust me, those are much better than what I had prior.

~Nate Johnson
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[Storybook 1: Synj]

Nice work Dusty

Dustball you're the man. Fuck these ignorant assholes who make disperaging remarks. You just keep 'em coming you know!? I would love you see more of this stuff from you dusty my man. Perhaps some more photoshop work, as other users suggested (I did catch the black eye and the throwing of synj etc...). I agree with some of the other users: you definetly do a good job of narrating, don't know why, you just got it! Keep up the good work, best of wishies to you and your wife... and synj... and psuedo gel...

Dustball responds:

Thank you! (wow, finally being off the front page sure got rid of all the idiots! Now, it's just nice, wholesome reviews!)

[Pico's Unloaded]

Have my children Mindchamber

Yes I am male. No it doesn't matter. I have seen some of your other work, but I prefer this over your mech-oriented flash. I love the dual fisted uzi style, classic of action cinema. I'm looking forward to more. This flash just drips with style, one of my favorites, keep this stuff coming buddy. Ignore that last guy, but I don't think I have to tell you that...

[(2004) Klay Halloween]

Premium Knox

Once again Knox you have struck gold with this hilarious "klaymation" (of course I am taking into consideration that you are not going to read my review). Anyhow, I've watched all your movies and decided to finally put in my 2 cents. This movie really shows your growth, not only in the quality of your humor, but in the quality of the animation. If one were to watch your second "klaymation," "Yellow Seed" then watch this, one would see the vast difference in the rate and quality of the animation.

Lines in flashes rarely make me laugh out loud, but your movies have a special quality about them that always seems to make me laugh. You consistently show strong preformences without the use of stupid or cute humor. All of your entries have a certain thoughtfullness that most movies lack, so it seems that when you make something, you only make it if it will be funny. Thanks for entertaining us all with your fine "klaymation," I can only begin to fathom the time it takes to create something as funny as this.

Knox responds:

haha thanks,glad you appreciate my humor!

[Mega Man vs. Quick Man]

Up there with the likes of Genryu's blade

I was absolutely blown away by the shear beauty of this flash. You, my friend, have created a masterpiece of animation, infused with style. I love how you portrayed quick mans speed, especially how you displayed his speed without having to actually increase the speed of the character, adding style and making the animation smoother in generally. I do some flash myself, and can truly appreciate how much work goes into each frame, I can spot the effort put into even the tiniest flurry of color to create the illusion of speed or the power charged blast and backspring. I salute you and your spectacular work. Keep it up.