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[Transformers Mediocrity]

Optimus needs optimising!

What a relieving fresh take on the Transformers. I've been waiting to see some more of your stuff for a long while and I'm just going to have to go through the back catalogue to keep myself happy for the time being. I love how you got Prime to poke fun at the shapes of the human heads, despite it being down to your drawing style :P Anybody that can have a dig at themselves is alright by my standards :)

I think I would have come up with something witty from Bumblebee, such as "That's it, I'm scanning a Chevy next time!" and wandering off, after being flamed by Prime, just to tie it into the movie nicely.

With the set up as it is, you could maybe have used more transformers, especially with the drinking, as Prime is bound to have some drinking buddies, isn't he? Maybe Ratchett or Jazz, for example. The drawings of the Transformers were very G1 - simple, yet quite effective, as you could tell them all apart. I would have spent a little longer on the backgrounds though.

[Review Request Club]

[Street Fighter Series pt2]

A few issues, but broadly good

This can certainly show that you've got skills for manipulating sprites and developing a decent plotline. I would suggest a few ammendments, as the few issues that cropped up need to be dealt with before the good plot and animation can be looked at without distraction:

1) Buttons. You've got the play button made as just the letters P,L,A and Y. If you can find a buttons tutorial on NG (There are hundreds), you'll be able to make proper buttons to your liking.

2) Subtitles bar. When Dan talks and the text descends to the second line, it gets lost in the white for a while, so you can't read a few words.

Fix those two issues and consider adding a voice actor or two and you've got yourself a damned good flash.

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mortis5000 responds:

Thanks...I like the review request club....you all have the best reviewers on the net...

[Adolf Hitler:CAI493+D 238]

Wierd expression

So has the Smoochum seen a child with his tongue stuck to a lamppost or something? The expression on its face looks like it has been just caught at the most awkward moment possible.

Hitler looks like he's gone through some arts surplus store and has provided us with quite a garish outfit.

We definately need more animation, with the fact that you're knocking these out at a rate of knots, a little more animation can be changed nicely every time, giving a neat little featurette for the flash

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AfroUnderscoreStud responds:

Those are simply lips. :P

[Adolf Hitler:CAI493+D 235]

Hitler invades France... again

The Pokemon looked French, with his beret and paintbrush, so why is is living in Spain?!

Ah, tax evasion purposes, I guess :P

Hitler seemed like he was enjoying himself, but he did get a little carried away with the eyeliner - there are white bits inside on the pokemon :P

Needs animation, possibly Hitler doing a Rolf Harris impression this time, coming up with some sort of facist graffiti, which would obviously offend Jews an possibly Muslims as well,a s they tend to get offended at anything that might just pass as an excuse for a Holy War these days :P

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AfroUnderscoreStud responds:

Those are the eyes.

[5 Hour Challenge #1]

Good foundations

This is a good start to a flash project. It needs more work, but I can see where time and effort has been spent and you give me the impression that you'd be willing to put in the time and effort required to make this good.

I'd suggest that you work on the background, as when the robot walks along the first time, it's all jumpy and awful. I think it might even be moving the wrong way... it does look much better when he runs back, which is great.

Once you've got your animation issues dealt with, I'd suggest that you search the BBS on Newgrounds for Voice Actors, as there are plenty out there and they would be willing to help you for maybe a co-authorship. That would deal with the two major issues, while every time you draw, you will get better at it, although a graphics tablet may be useful.

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Cranksta responds:

We have a tablet now, as we are going to frame by frame in the nationals.

Thanks for the review,
-James

[Adolf Hitler:CAI493+D 233]

Lack of imagination

So the creators have run out of inspiration for names at last?! They didn't even make much of an effort to redesign the character, just rounding off the edges.

I think that the disguise could take some more work to make it fit in properly - the nose in particular looked badly drawn, which ruined the effect.

At least this one has the evolution animation, but it's still not enough to satisfy me - we need something like Hitler dressing up in his disguise and producing a nice little twist, such as a duck caller, for example.

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AfroUnderscoreStud responds:

Well it is based on the evolution of technology. :)