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[NG TimeTrial II group A]

Best. Idea. Ever.

Whoever came up with this gets eternal 5-ulation from the gods of NG. Fantastic idea. All of those were better than 80% of the crap that shows up in the portal daily. It's heartening to see someone out there can still make a decent flash in not a lot of time. My personal fave was....um....the first one with the blob and worm and shoe....so odd and abstract. That killer CG robot was pretty damn sweet, but it didn't really fit the criteria as well as the rest...and that CG modeling definitely took some time. I wanna see some more of that shit though...make a feature-length flash. People will worship you. Awesome Idea, cant' wait to see more of these in the future.

[Drugs: A Short Film]

use != abuse

"See, I think drugs have done some good things for us, I really do. And if you don't believe drugs have done good things for us do me a favor; go home tonight and take all your albums, all your tapes, and all your CDs and burn 'em. 'Cause you know what, the musicians who made all that great music that's enhanced your lives throughout the years? REAL fuckin' high on drugs."
"It's not a war on drugs, it's a war on personal freedom is what it is, OK? Keep that in mind at all times, thank you."

[Billy the fish]

Not bad...

But too slow. you could have had that entire thing in about 1/2 to 1/4 of the time. Nor bad, but it just dragged.

MonkFlash responds:

Hmmmmmmmmm well i think it looks better when its slow.... it sorta the goes with the theme...... ya

[Puncher Girl]

Heh...nice

Not bad at all...decent sound, damn good frame by frame animation...relatively humorous. Reminds me of Matt Groening's style (simpsons, futurama etc.). Not bad at all. Hope to see more of your stuff in the portal.

45288 responds:

U should watch my latest movie nobody's listening

[ADL2 special edition]

Not bad at all....needs a touch more work though

Heh...subtle humor. I like it. Bonus points for using the songs you did. The classical piece escapes me at the moment, but it's one of my favorites, and you can't argue with Living Dead Girl. Very well illustrated and executed...and it loaded very well for including 3 songs of good quality. Good work. Now for the refinements I'd suggest.

1) You already have a play button from the loader...the second one after the title screen is just redundant. Once the title's been there long enough to read, just have the movie start.

2) The text at the end about music never being only skin deep is a bit unnecessary. I thought the point was well made and very funny by itself...the text actually took away from it by over-explaining the obvious.

3) The first part of the end text starts moving up offscreen before the other text arrives, and then jumps back into place. This little glitch makes an otherwise gorgeous movie seem a bit sloppy.

4) The movie doesn't stop @ the replay button...it just kind of hangs around for a second and then goes back to the original start button. That's fine if that's what you intend, but the fact a replay button appeared for a second or 2 made it obvious that you didn't intend it to automatically loop, so it came off looking a bit sloppy.

Don't take my criticism to harshly, these were all minor technical issues with an otherwise brilliant piece. I look forward to seeing more of your work in the portal. You've got good drawing skills and a sense of humor I like. Keep up the good work.