Omgee's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Merry Christmas 2006]

Nice job.

I liked this, and for what it's worth, I *liked* the fact that, for a change, there wasn't an explosion or a death at the end of this short. It was a cute idea, and the execution was done quite well.

Sure, it could've been a little longer, but I've fifened it because I think it should definitely survive.

Merry Christmas to you!

ACE-Corn responds:

Thanks, Merry Christmas

[Mr. Saves The Day]

Nice job, and a credit to Spokane.

You made this in 48 hours? I'm quite impressed. I hope you win something for your efforts. Good luck!

The breakdown on my scores:
Graphics: 8. This may have been created in 48 hours, but the artwork still looked really good. There were a few places where things seemed a little choppy, but all in all, pretty good graphics.
Style: 10: Nice plot, and everything tied well together and made sense, both within the story line and within the guidelines for the assignment.
Sound: 10. Music and voice acting were both right on.
Violence: 7. There was a bit of violence, both shown and implied, but you managed to keep it clean enough for a PG audience. A nice balance there.
Interactivity: 4, thanks to the play and replay buttons. Since this wasn't meant to be interactive, this doesn't count against you.
Humour: 10. I laughed at most of the jokes, and I'm from the Puget Sound area, which, as you know, is about as opposite of Spokane as one can get. Funny concept and great lines.

Overall: I set the minor graphics flaws aside because of the time constraints, so you've earned a perfect score for this movie. I just hope you'll get the same recognition from the folks for whom you made this! Good luck on your contest entry, and please let me know how this does.

10/10 and fifened.

[The Alignment]

Nice job.

Beautiful movie with a worthwhile message. You pulled this off quite well. The only criticism I have pertains to some of the graphic execution; rings on a planet, for example, would not be chopped in half. Also, from a continuity standpoint, you didn't explain how life got onto the surviving chip from the asteroid that decimated our solar system. That's a big plot hole, and I think it's integral to your message. I got the idea, but I think you could have done that part a little better.

Overall, I gave you an 8, because I think there's some room for improvement on this flash. I hope you'll take the time to work on this some more and make it be what it could be. With a bit more effort put into realism, I think this would win awards.

5/5 for effort and excellence, 8/10, faved.

dogmatic055 responds:

Thanks. I kinda wanted the rings to dissapear and kinda fade into nothingness but it just seemed to work a lot better making them break like the planet. Looked more artistic I guess?

Your comments are basically all the problems I have with my own work as well. I didn't quite know how to execute the fact that the asteroid has it's own life on it...originally I wanted a piece of earth to fall into a new planet- makes more sense and delivers the message- but that never worked out. Overall I just left it with the fact that the asteroid comes from this crazy bright star or whatever and has life on it. Idk in the grand scheme the whole thing doesn't make a lot of sense.

But thanks so much for your review. It really put into perspective a lot of things I want to fix about the flash. It was my first animation that I took to completition so I still don't know THAT much about how flash works and how to accomplish what I need to. I just don't know if I'll ever get back to it seeing as how this flash took me a really long time and I'm pretty sick of working on it. We'll see...

Thanks, DogMa

[short-slow-techno]

It's different. That's a good thing.

Definitely a different sort of animation from the usual stuff I see on here. I liked it, actually. My only beef with it was that it was too short, and too slow!

... I'm kidding. Well, I do wish it had been longer, but it wasn't too slow at all. The speed worked well with the music, and the graphics looked good. I liked how some of the images were quite detailed, while others were just line art. Nice contrast there. The backgrounds were weird but nicely done as well.

You got my five, both because this was something different and because I think you did a good job on it. Your flash portfolio is nice and balanced, and I respect that. Keep it up.

[Episode One Thing]

Hm.

I kind of liked it, and a couple of parts were amusing (like where you cut to other scenes toward the end). The art style was nice, the animation was smooth enough, and the lip syncing worked well. It did seem a little pointless overall, though, and I can see why you ditched the idea, but I hope you'll post the other one anyway, just because you can.

Good luck with your future flash work. I hope you keep posting your stuff on NG, regardless.