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[This isn't Strawberrry!]

Review #1,770

These aren't your dad's puns, they're man puns! TURBOPUNS!

Ah, the joy of seeing another Bahamut flash after all this time and the joy that is given by seeing what might be *tries vainly not to build up hopes* if you put your mind to it. I love the "new" concept image that you've given to BahamutClock, since that's the same thing you've done for yourself, so it fits right in.

A shame it couldn't have been longer, but I feel that might have been asking for too much from you. Still, now does this give you the impetus to continue with your second 100 flash? That remains to be seen - perhaps something themed around the events on the 6th and 7th of August 2010?

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kinggila responds:

There is the one and only 100th flash of mine.

[Häschenkarnickel]

What the hell does that mean?!

I demand a translator!

Also, could you please expand upon this B getting smurfed? Are we expecting StrawberryClock to do something like Avatar, where he pilots a lock, but obviously wouldn't become one, since he could never truly separate himself from being a Clock.

Or could he?

Still, that aside, you've built it up really well and then given a nice twist to the piece, so congratulations, I guess.

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Auz responds:

That's actually a pretty good idea for a flash, but no. It says 'next summer', so I might actually do something with this next clockday. If I don't forget about it that is.

Thanks for the review Coop.

[Ushanka and the bear]

Well done

This piece is really well written and constructed - even when you used a poor animation style for the bear, you did it with a sense that you're really a good animator underneath, which worked better for comedic effect.

The voices were well performed and they went along nicely with the story, despite me being sceptical about the use of real voices with clock movies, as opposed to Speakonia.

Certainly one of the better movies submitted on Clock Day and I think there should be some sort of sequel in the works, as I'd love to see what becomes of Ushanka now that he is a bear.

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wrenchclock responds:

Cheers Coop83 :) I'll probably make a sequel at some point, but in the meantime i'll be planning a movie for Christmas. All will be revealed!

[Sbc As The Grim Reaper!!]

Well...

It certainly wasn't what I expected. You've got me there.

The buildup was fantastic, much like a Saturday morning cartoon, that seems to set us up for something long winded and not as funny as it should be. Then you hit us with the gag and I was rolling with laughter. I love the way you set the scene with all of the bits and pieces lying about the house and when Strawberry bought it, I did feel a little deprived by the lack of voices and a little more plot exposition.

Perhaps Strawberry should have become the grim reaper then and heralded the death of many Locks, Kitties and other crew members, restoring the balance, by making Clocktopia only for Clocks once more?

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ThePigeonMaster responds:

Thanks a lot for your review, Coop.
Yeah, it was pretty random, I know hahaha. I'll be honest, I wanted this flash movie to be an epic one. The original story was even better than this. StrawberryClock ACTUALLY went to kill every single member of the Lock Legion, as you already told me in your review :P

But I just hadn't enough time to finish this so I decided to "improvise" a bit. I have to say that I was laughing so hard while I was writing the credits :)

[Let it Blow]

Interesting stuff

I think that there's a need for some work on this piece, but overall, the effect was pleasing. Good comedy from the writing, though you could use two better voices for the singing parts, as they just didn't sound right for the tune. Never mind, that can be dealt with by some tweaks.

The introduction sequence looked great until we saw the characters laid over the top, since the two different levels of focus don't look right together. Adding subtitles is a must, since some of the lines were undetectable, so giving a little heads up to the audience would be a nice change.

As for some of the animating, it looks nice and with a few technical changes, you'll be certainly able to challenge for awards soon.

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GinnyN responds:

Thanks a lot for the words ^^! I really appreciate it

[The Rebirth of Heiniken]

Well, you could have shown the beating >:(

Ah well, it started so promisingly, with the way that Heiniken walked down the steps and then the subtitles scrolled from left to right, which could have done with being reversed, so we can read them. Also, some sort of vocal work for Heiniken might not go amiss, since you used Speakonia, it would only be fair, since it's so versatile.

With the other clocks that decided to beat him shitless, we could have used a little booster from subtitles here, probably in a black box across the bottom of the screen, coupled with a little slower voice work, then the actual action of the savage beating.

I'd also have included some sort of scene at the hospital, with LOLCRIPPLE on one of the get well soon cards, or something else smug / sarcastic.

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[Television @%$#]

Good start

Well, it was a really good, promising start to the piece, with the way that the frame by frame starts - what music did you choose to use?

When you get to the (what I presume was the) end, where the tree sits there with the lightbulb on and three frames seem to repeat over and over again. With this in place, you've got a very bad middle, or just a holding pattern, not really ending the piece, which is a shame, because your viewers deserve better.

Try sending the piece to some sort of completion and adding a few things that make it look better - more frames, to make the animation smoother and as it gets into position, you'll see how much more rewarding it can be.

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Soulshredder666 responds:

This is my first animation.True,the middle is a bit underdeveloped and sort of cuts short/abruptly,however this was due to a deadline,as the animation was for a school project. Also,the movie doesn't end at the lightbulb loop,the lightbulb is clickable,but I wanted it to be sort of an easter egg that just goes into an ending screen.Thanks a lot for the input,it means a lot for an inexperienced animator.Oh,the soundtrack is off of Silent Hill Homecoming,it's called Sepulcher or something like that :D

[Cookin by the Book]

She's dead.

Ah, some quality animation skills demonstrated, alongside some not so good drawing skills. So, we're getting there.

I think that the idea of Strawberry talking so fast is great, but it really does need some subtitles, as I caught one word in three - what were they going to do to Patriot's balls?

The Japanese helper was very unexpected, as was Patriot's reaction, though I can't really blame him for this, since it's a pretty annoying cameo, at worst.

It's a good work and I'm looking forward to seeing if you've got anything impressive like this lined up for Clock Day 2010.

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[CaddyJam]

Ah, Bill Murray.

Well, there's a semblance of plot here and I was actually surprised to see it, if I'm being honest. I think that you could have used subtitles to try and make the piece understandable, since the pitch you used for speakonia was pretty useless, if I were trying to understand it.

The way that things stacked up, I can understand the vague crossover between the two movies, though if you were going for a complete crossover, you did need a cameo from Michael Jordan, just so that he could milk his cash cow for all it was worth yet again.

In order to make it a better rounded piece, you could have at least cut the basketball out properly, thus giving us something to actually possibly suspend the disbelief... if I'm not paying too much attention and if I'm very tired, that is.

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[John Madden Commentary 2]

Brett Favre

Every time I hear a Brett Favre joke, I'm reminded of the Arena Football League advert, where John Ellway and Jon Bon Jovi's teams tear up a casino. Some woman walks up to Ellway and says "OMG, you're Brett Favre!", so Ellway says "Yes, I am", thinking his luck is in.

After they have to work off the debt, with Ellway handing out flyers, some kid walks up and asks him if he's John Ellway "No kid, I'm Brett Favre!"

But I digress.

This piece is almost as confusing as the game of American Football to the uninitiated (me). Why do you need to take a break every 30 seconds? To listen to Madden dribbling over Brett Favre? To rewind the tape and try to find the subliminal messages?

With the way that everything gets really crowded on screen, I can only imagine that he doesn't know how to clear the telestrater. Does that really happen, or is that just poetic licence? If that's the case, why can't you clear it every now and again. Otherwise the screen starts to look a little messy (understatement of the year) and it does detract from the real issues going on.

I liked the way that you've used about 10 different images of Madden to make the exaggerated moves and BOOM, you've got a fully functional colour analyst.

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Fro responds:

He doesn't draw exactly like that, but he finds the need to circle half of the players on the team, draw several arrows that usually overlap in a way that makes them confusing, and scribbles at the point of conflict.