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[LARRY episode 2]

A very nice outing

It may be that it's 4 in the morning, but I just could not stop laughing when the dogs leg got hacked off. It started off a little slow but once it got going, it REALLY got going. Excellent work Mr. Brooks.

[Mastermind 5]

Everything was just a bit off this time around.

The new comic-book style art is not working for me. It looks nice by itself, but frankly distracts from what's going on in the flash. Which brings me to my other point. The writing in this is fine for an average screenwriter on this site. But you sir? You, author of the best written comedic flash series on the internet? No. This was certainly not your best outing. The comedic timing was off, but more or less it was the quality of the humor that was to blame for a less enjoyable flash.

The-Swain responds:

Hey, blame the voice actors if you don't like the timing. Then again, better not - they could delete your account.

[989 bytes]

Fucking Fantastic

Your skill amazes me

[Chopsticks in Japan]

Very Cute

The story reminded me of those shorts in pixar films. I love the addition of sound effects, that really did it for me.

[Mastermind 4]

As always.

Was the cat an "Inspector Gadget" reference?

[Arty In Space]

You remind me of something

It seems like yesterday, but really it was long ago. I had a girl named Janie and she was the queen of my nights. We used to sit and listen to a low-playing radio in the darkness. Oh splatter, if you only knew the secrets that we shared and the mountains that we moved. We were caught like a wildfire that had been out of control, until there was nothing left to burn and nothing left to prove.
I remember what she said to me. She swore that it never would end. She held me oh so tight. I just wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then. We were young and strong, but we were running against the wind.

And now the years have rolled slowly passed. I have found myself alone. I have been surrounded by strangers that I thought were my friends. I'm finding myself further and further from my home.
I guess I lost my way. There were oh so many roads. I was living to run and running to live, and I never worried about paying or even how much I owed. I was moving eight miles a minute for months at a time, breaking all of the rules that would bend. Then, I began to find myself searching. I was searching for shelter again and again.

Well... Those drifters days are passed me now. I've got so much more think about. Deadlines... Commitments... What to leave in.... What to leave out... Against the wind.

I'm older now but still running against the wind.

You know it's not everyday that you see a review more worthy of the Daily Feature than the flash that won it.

[Fallen Angel Ep. 1 (Pt3)]

It deserves a 10 for sheer effort

In you I see a very promising animator, one who is willing to truly dedicate himself to delivering a finished product that embodies what he envisions. You do however, need better direction, both in your story and in your art, because for all the great things you are achieving in this series, you are also sacrificing the qualities that separate this "fantastic, awesome" series from its true potential of being a "ground-breaking" series. I feel like you're being sucked into this world of wanting to appeal to the masses while trying to capture your story in a unique style. I fear you compromise the better aspects that were present within the teaser. Let me break this down for you.

Visuals - You are a gifted artist, there's no denying. You also have an incredible ability to integrate 3d models and animations into the flash smoothly. Unfortunately, this is one of the places were people will get distracted and taken out of the world you want to put them in. Especially in scenes where you alternate between 3D effects and photoshop, there are moments for pause. Obviously, you like making car models and for the most part you do the action scenes involving cars very well. But again it is a distraction when your scenes of destruction and realism make way for cartoony characters with big bold outlined bodies. You avoided this in the teaser and it served the atmosphere well.

Audio - Two words: More Atmosphere. There are far too many scenes in this series where the silence should be filled, especially when the deep breath preceding the destruction has already been taken. The screams of people are present but are generic in their application, thrown in to represent a particular trait of the moment and not of the space the moment is in. In the teaser, you could hear sound all the time, the music in the teaser was some of the best placement I've seen period in an animation. But you could also hear the wind, the pages of the book, the revving of engines, and the ever present gunfire. Even the dialogue was done in a way that it was hard to here over the surrounding ambiance. You need to decide what this story is really about. This post-apocalyptic world or this woman who survives within it. Seeing how atmospheric the teaser was, I don't think many people were anticipating the latter, and frankly until you can really understand how an individual would attempt to survive under such circumstances, there is really no point in detailing her story.

So ends the critique you will never read.

[Purgatory Pizza Teaser]

Interestingly enough

There's a Purgatory Pizza a few blocks down from where I live, their slogan is, "If you don't our pizza, go to Hell."

Good job on the flash btw :P

Sound-O-Vision responds:

haha, that's awesome.

thanks for the encouragement!

[There She Is!! step3]

1000th review

Loved it absolutely. This series is getting to be a little more than first expected which is nice. I loved the pokeball bit.

[Back Shelf Shorts #05]

I liked it

I liked the twist, but then again there wasn't much to it. Just a quickie i guess.

Greensinge responds:

Yep, took me just over a day to complete!

GS