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[Remembrance Day Sale]

Funny, but tasteless.

But then again, I think that's the point you were trying to make in the flash. The symbolism of commercialisation of every other time of stopping to think, for example Xmas, Easter and various other religious festivals. I know that Remembrance or Veterans day is different from being a religious matter, in that it's multi-faith, but it's a shocking insight to the way that companies think with regards to sales.

A good contrast was achieved with the touching start and then the crass, over-pitched sales takeover on the part of the Electronics Store. I think that perhaps the holocaust / Schindler's List style hunting down of the high prices was a little too far on this occasion, unless you really took it further, when Schindler worked for another Electrical supplier and says to a high price working for him "If this shop ever sells a TV at these high prices, I will be very unhappy."

Some good comedy, aside from the borderline taste issues and a great style of animation. Will you be submitting something for Xmas, or will you just leave it at that?

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BillyNapalm responds:

I think the possibilites of working in puns and Schindler's List references was endless - so I picked the best ones to get the point across. I think the best actual advertisement I've seen was a Back to School special at a strip club, which was nestled in the other ads for Staples and Wal-Mart.

I don't think Christmas needs any more help in looking ridiculous, it's done a good enough job of that itself.

[Eku Dance Sock]

Too short

For a frame by frame, this is an animation that starts with low expectations, I'm afraid. I think that you've got a good concept, but it just seems to me that you bailed out before the flash could be completed.

What it needs is some colour! Once the Eku Dance Sock has been used, perhaps this would mean the guy has suddenly discovered a new lease of life and the colour is symbolic of it. Change the music to something dance like and upbeat, giving him the chance to show off his moves.

Even if you show some crappy dance moves from generations past - the twist, the bird and all of that, some break dancing, for example, it would take it further. What I'd suggest is that you get a voice actor, who can deliver such a punch, that the piece sounds like it needs to be sold, then turn it into an advert.

"Only $29.95, hurry now, stocks are limited!" Put some sort of disclaimer up there to say that the 0800 number isn't real and that you're not actually selling these things... yet ;)

I can't really mark you for having anything more than potential at the moment. Give it a shot, you can do this!

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RollLip responds:

you give me so much ideas i should make you a co-author as writer >.<

btw thx 4 the review.

[The Sculpture]

Very well done

A well devised piece, reminiscent of an episode of Dr. Who "Don't Blink", where statues of angels would close in on people and kill them gruesomely. It's a great concept and I wish that you'd take it further - someone opens the door, looks around and says "Where is it?", at which point, they die and this thing goes on a rampage.

The style of the 1980s Saturday morning cartoon is prevalent here, giving us a nice looking piece that looks nice and retro. I think that this could be modernised slightly, without making it look too out of place - the colours you've used are quite pastel and matt finished. If you were to give them more of a gloss overtone, you'd make it look more like a modern cartoon.

Great suspense and a great start - keep up the good work :)

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PBass responds:

The idea came from http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com, in the article about SCP-173. Since I'm trying to keep it cannon, I don't have as much free range storywise, although there are some articles I plan on animating later that will allow me to go much further.
I'm glad you noticed my color choices! I had put them in to add more of a gloomy feel to it, as the bright colors really distracted from the creepiness. I was planning on making it all sepia tone, but I decided that was a bit too much.
Thanks for the review!

[Dufflebag Dud]

Pretty strange

Well, there's not much plot to this, with a rather interesting style of animation. I can see the parody of the more traditional style of cartoons, reminiscent of the early Mickey Mouse drawings. I'm not entirely sure why you've put the "Upper Class Carl Johnson" in there, because the moustache is really pointless and when it was coupled with the plot, or lack thereof. Was this some sort of bombing run?

I'm not entirely convinced by this piece, but it does show that you've got some decent animation skills, but you could certainly do with backing it up with some good plot writing skills. There are plenty of people out there that are looking for cartoonists to animate their pieces, so just start borwsing the forums and you will find what you're looking for. Good luck with that!

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Snaws responds:

dat upstanden man is :anticipation:, a fine gent. thanks, and yes I know the animation and mainly the plotting is rubbish because I did this all one morning so I couldn't finish it to its entirety if I included the massive chunks I planned but cut out....thnkz 4 review...

[Dodraugen]

Low quality screamer

I think that you need to study more screamers, before you make one that's going to actually cause a good scare. Adam Phillips did one, where it was a radio report of a spate of kidnappings, where people were literally taken from homes, businesses and the like. Then the creature burst through the window and took the guy listening to the radio. That's a brilliant piece of research for you. You can find that toon on Weebl's Stuff.

The drawing style could use a little work - I'm not too sure about the guy's face shape, as it looks like you've drawn a face on a balloon, for some reason. If he's sitting on the can, have him do something - trousers around his ankles, grunts of effort, that kind of thing. Perhaps a copy of a newspaper, which the creature could burst through, for the punchline.

Did the evil thing have to look like a radioactive sperm? Just an observation there. I'm not sure that drain pipes have that many twists and turns in them - people like to keep them as straight as possible, as it saves on maintenance.

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Assios responds:

Yeah, I didn't really know how to do this screamer-thing when I started on it, had to make it in a few hours to upload it on Halloween. And for the evil thing, yeah, you're right :p I had to hurry a lot, so it turned out pretty bad.

Thanks for the review! ^^

[The Creep]

Getting there.

While it's not an award winning flash for this piece, you've certainly got yourself a rather good start, with the plot being set to the tone of a traditional zombie flick. I think that you could have done more to get the animation styles to all reflect one another.

The drawings are good and the animation is quite smooth, but continuity errors seem to be the bane of the piece - the arm 'blinking' and the way that it grew in length before attaching itself to the body and running amok. It's not a bad buildup, but the punchline does let you down a little, which is a shame.

I like the way that the piece progresses, but with no voices, you will be limited, even if you've got a good sound track, such as you do.

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[LazyMuffin Gets Drafted]

Great stuff

Ah, some fresh blood enters the Are-me and shows just how much of a man basic training can make of him. Despite all of the stuff that is thrown at him, he still manages to make a decent fist of it all (allegedly)

The animation is good, the sound quality is nice and overall the impression that you get is one of sorrow at the radical change in lifestyle. I love the change of musical cues and the way that he established World Peace, just to enable himself to perpetrate more flash. A great motive, we should probably vote him for the Nobel Peace Prize, or something.

Batman was a good touch, but some of the other soldiers could have looked slightly unkempt, as otherwise it looks too good to be true - he's not going to be the only draftee that isn't perfect. Perhaps the only one that's that far from it, but it could look a little more convincing

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Graeme responds:

I enjoy the depth of this analysis.

Really, I had every other soldier looking the same to show Yotam as our "dark knight", the one to oppose to conformity. Okay, well the fact that he was Batman wasn't intentionally symbolic. But I purposely had everyone else as copies to show the conformity that can result from serving in the Arm-me.

I enjoyed this review :)
Thanks man

[LL - TCLL Episode 1]

Nice looking

I quite like the way you've put this together - quick set 'em up, knock 'em down plays with the gags, though you could put a few more gags in each episode. Perhaps have something like a camping trip and someone forgets to bring the food, or something essential like that.

I think that you've got a good format, with very nice drawing and animation style and I can certainly see that you've settled into the Lock Legion nicely. I look forward to seeing more of these in the near future.

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