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[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

[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

[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.

[Vince The Voodoo doll]

Brilliant!

Well, that's a great interpretation of the piece by Steve Kirk - I love the sound and the way that you've built the scene through the introduction to the track. If anything, I wish it could have been a little longer, just to give more impetus to the piece, as a couple of verses seemed to make me want to see more of this, as his escapades could be brilliantly made.

Have you considered making this into a comic strip? I could certainly see this becoming a hit of the Art Portal, if you made the leap.

The animation is very well designed, with a hint of Ren & Stimpey thrown in there that adds flavour to it. The way that the lights counted down the tower block was fantastic and it really helps to build a nice mood to the piece, though I was kind of dismayed that the band didn't finish with a flourish.

If you were going to use similar sounding tracks and do interpretations in the same vein as this, perhaps you'd consider trying "The Man With The Golden Gun", by Alice Cooper. A very similar sound and the band in the background just adds something to the whole piece here as well.

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Emanhattan responds:

thanks for your review and I will be sure to check that song later!!!

[Marlin Talks To A Girl]

Standard gags

Ah, the standard gags of "Biggest erection ever", followed by "I don't see anything" is always a good way to compensate for a lack of plot generally. I was a little confused as to why the girl got sidetracked by the conversation, as opposed to either saying thank you and wandering off, or pushing harder for an answer, as opposed to discussing micro-cocks.

The animation isn't that bad - the cutting out of the woman was a little cursory, especially where it looks like you've taken a swathe out of her front lobe, leaving enough space for a generous helping of ice cream in there. Did you get Marlin Clock from the Florida Marlins baseball logo, or somewhere similar?

To complete this sketch, you might want to add the bit at the end where Marlin actually speaks to his friends at the Anime club about his brush with a girl. I'm sure they'd be able to take the piss in one way or another.

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PatriotClock responds:

marlins friends most likely dont exist. thanks

[Tomffrey 2: Gangland]

Not your best

Well, this needs to be looked at from a subjective point of view, since there are a few little things you can do to make this piece so much better - widen the frame, so that you have a better presented frame and the subtitles fit onto the piece properly. With that in mind, you might as well get yourself a black strip across the base of the screen to get the most from the subtitles.

With the audio, the piece needs to get a better layout, since some of the voice acting either has poor mics, poor audio recording software, or just the artist standing too close to the mic. A pop-guard would certainly help this issue.

An interesting form of animation style, with a brief plot that could have been made a little longer, you've got a good start, but please endeavour to take it further.

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PatriotClock responds:

the voices were purposely recorded that way, thanks for review

[CoolJaw: P.S. IIII-V]

Bridging

I can see that you've made some notable changes in this piece - the way that the narrator's annotations have been added in - perhaps try to make them a little smaller and out of the way, since they have a tendency to dominate the scene at the moment.

I think that plot wise, you're bridging the way the the action-packed finale, which will blow us all away. I'm looking forward to reading that and taking the whole enormity of the ending in.

When it comes to the contents, you might wish to consider an alternative idea - create a news post with them all in and on the front page (where you might like to put a larger advert, so you don't have to have it flickering distractingly across every single frame) put a link to this news post, so that people could get straight to whichever episode that concerns them. I'm trying to save you frames at the start, since this seems to be where streamlining is required.

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Celx-Requin responds:

I'll be doing something that should hopefully streamline everything in the last one.
I think you will approve.

I don't know if the finale will be action packed, but it hopefully will be haunting (whatever the hell that means).

Anyway thanks for the review,
and I hope to see you on the last one!

Sincerely,
- Celx