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[Blockhead Ghostmas]

Weevil + Ghostmas = ?

An interesting appearance for Blockhead's third annual Ghostmas Spectacular, I have to say.

The funfair looked quite scary, in its run-down fashion, but I do think that the whole thing was well drawn (as always, I can never fault your drawing or animation styles) I personally loved that fact that the Conscience got into the Ghostmas swing of things, by actually putting on a costume this year. Is he starting to mellow, or what?

I'm really looking forward to episode 11, this series is really coming into it's own, with the Ghostmas specials - perhaps you should consider doing something for Easter (Eggfest) next year :P

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The-Swain responds:

I want to add that you're an incredible reviewer and I don't know how I missed this one. I sometimes read an entire page of reviews and then decide to address a single point on that page in particular within one review, rather than repeat it in all of them. If I missed this one, its testament to the failure of that system :(

Anyway, as for the Conscience. Bear in mind, he says he has his "Halloween" costume, not Ghostmas. He's already seen at least two Ghostmases in the past, probably more, so I don't think he'd be visibly angry about it. I mean, his anger isn't uncontrolable...it's justified. I can't have him getting pissed off at everything, or else the moments when it matters would be less emphatic :D He's not really mellowed out, he's just conditioned to accept it. In the future, Ghostmas would have to be practiced in a totally inappropriate fashion for it to offend the Conscience (hint hint!)

[Enter Frenzy]

Could have been funnier

If you'd have stolen the concept of 'ghostmas' from Blockhead, but it's a decently applied plotline, with all things considered.

Really need to work on the background. Such an understated piece of a flash presentation looks so wrong, when it's not there. Plus, what the fuck is KM?

I like how you got the four friends with different sounding speakonia voices - that really works for something like this and gives it a touch of the Clock Crew about it.

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Frenzy responds:

Never seen 'Ghostmas'

KM is the program I use. Only have the demo, so I can't get rid of it.

Doing differnet backgrounds is awkward, I'll probably do it in thd future though.

Thanks for the review!

[Test Your Mighty Might]

Nice buildup

Well, it's a very Mortal Kombat style flash, complete with a similar reaction to if you fail to break the bar of some description.

Why not do a sequel - one where he hits a button instead and a giant boxing glove emerges from the floor and whacks him in the nuts. That would be funny.

To be perfectly honest, I feel that the guy's head was too small in comparison to the rest of his body. Just a small (pun intended) observation which you might want to address before the next flash.

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xthesnarfx responds:

Dude, that's a genius idea! It seems like I'm good at buld ups, but I lack good endings.

[The Causes]

Close, but not quite right.

The bigger cause of Global Warming is the cows belching and releasing methane into the atmosphere. This is a worse greenhouse gas than Carbon Dioxide.

However, I'm willing to believe that the stuff you've done here is saying a decent message. Loved the expression on the Cow's face while it was shitting, plus the Arabic cows (Shouldn't they be camels or Yaks :P)

I felt really sorry for the Polar Bear at the end, as he couldn't really do anything about his predicament, much like Polar Bears in our own world :(

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Imacow responds:

Well cows are sacred in India, so.. there ya go.

[Goblin Keeper]

Disjointed

For me, this flash was nowhere near the best I've seen. There are some issues that need to be addressed before the next instalment of any flash you produce.

- The framerate was all screwed up - sometimes it stopped on silly freeze frames and didn't allow it to progress for a few seconds, although the sound still ran perfectly. To a lesser extent, this also screws up your lip-sync.

- The sound effects were too loud. Even the speech was loud, causing static when it is played back. Step away from the microphone and speak quieter, that'll give you higher quality.

- The drawing of your characters needs to be worked on - granted, they do continue to look the same through the whole piece, but when they all look this poor, it means you need to spend more time honing your drawing skills. Practice makes perfect.

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[Cosmos Chaos]

Beautifully brutal

I love the way this flash and the music blends so well. Where can i really begin to explain my joy at watching this?

The 3-D wraparound shots of the spaceship was amazing, considering the detail put into the characters drawings, with the shading taken into account. I like the way that the rough, straight edges of the ship contrasts with the soft edges of the space explorers

I love seeing all of the different creatures on this new planet - very well thought out and drawn. You've clearly spent time thinking how they will move and what sort of facial expressions are necessary for the orange thing with a black head. (Which could do with a name, so I'll call Kevin - I love his WTF? expression at the end, before he runs off.)

New technology gives a wide-ranging plethora of weapons and gadgets, which you've exploited marvellously. How long did this take you to think through? I liked the way that you placed a classic gag of running out of fuel in as well - congratulations on thinking that one through.

Was the guy dead at the end or just badly mauled?

You've certainly done Jazza's audio piece credit. What does he think of it all?

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zeedox responds:

Thanks for the review!
Most of the things such as the running out of fuel, some of the creatures and most other ideas I had for scenes came randomly or when I was bored.
I'll say the guy at the end is dead, although I don't mind whether it is interpreted as dead or badly mauled.
Kevin? I really think that suits him. From now on I'll call him that. Thanks for naming him ^_^

[Skullhead 'Franken-bunny']

Classy horror comedy :)

Well, this certainly gave me a few unexpected shocks - mainly the discovery of a friend from a pervious episode, the killer plant. I love the way that you've given reference to previous episodes, but at one point it does resemble a YouTube series, called "Will it Blend?"

Anyway, the fact that you've got limited sounds is more than compensated for by the fact that this silent comedy works really well when you've animated it the way you have. The sound effects only serve to compliment the flash and of course the writing is awesome.

Will we see another episode before the Xmas special?

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[Myth]

Needs subtitles

Well, this is a decent flash - I like the way that you used the drawings either drawn by hand on lined paper and then scanned onto the computer where you can cut them out, or cut out before scanning.

I think that if you want to use a map for reference, use something a little less well known than Middle-Earth, by JRR Tolkien. What I'd suggest that you do is find a few fantasy maps on the internet and splice them together.

I'd suggest that you give us a subtitle bar - sometimes it was really difficult to understand what was being said by the narrator, which makes people lose their attention span. A subtitle bar would certainly help. On top of this, try being a little further from the microphone, as it will help people understand what you are trying to say.

Looking forward to you taking this further.

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[Browser Battles]

Nice animation, but

I was expecting some sort of fighting, rather than a verbal bashing. Yes, the punchline made me laugh and the whole concept, while having been done before, was well used.

I think that the best part of the animation was obviously the mouths, especially the way they looked like (__), which was clearly intentional. Great use of tweening there. Maybe if they fought a bit, it would look better, but I can't really say, as it looks pretty good without the random violence.

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ShortMonkey responds:

Thanks. And the mouthes were actually FBF. ;-) I really wanted to do a Flash with a script as you can see this is my first. ;-)