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Let me just comment that the animation was quite good and your drawings seemed appropriate to the... theme of Metroid.
However, I felt it was the combination of the dialogue with the voices that let this flash down. Yes, the voices of most of the actors were okay... you just didn't utilise them properly.
There was just too many awkward pauses and phrases that were delivered in the wrong tone that made the jokes... just not work. Samus's voice was really... unfitting, her voice was just a bit too whiny for my liking...
The key is to direct your actors: you can make your voice deliver their lines in a bit more of a conversation-like manner, and don't be afraid to ask to redo lines. Because in a heavy dialogue-based flash like this, voices are the difference between the jokes working and not working, and unfortunately for me... they didn't really work...
However, you should fix up the writing a tad too. Make the jokes snappier, none of this 'mommy' stuff and just put in more jokes... that way if some don't work the constant barrage of gags will probably make a viewer like me laugh, even if I hate some of the gags.
This with the combination of some refined/better voice acting will be the combination for a really good flash! Good luck! (Ask for clarification if you need)
Author's Response:
I see your point here and I appreciate it, but as I am an amateur animator and I'm not paid for doing stuff I don't really concentrate that much to how the voicing sounds in the movie in general, although I know I should care a little more here.
If I would ever be payed for creating a flash shortie, I would surely take a lot of attention to the voicing that the customer(s) wouldn't be disapointed.
And for the jokes I can say, my taste of humor is quite immature when compared to the jokes people aged around as old as me do, so it depends on the viewer does he/she like it or not.
Anyway, thanks for the opinions and review.
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Zekey you've done it again! Well done on this lovely swell thing of goodness!
And the skeletons were... very scary... and skeleton-like...
Author's Response:
WIG AR LEE TUFF???
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A cute little movie there, a nice innocent style of what more flash movies should be like. However, I thought the text at the end was a bit unnecessary, but I found it to be quite fun and enjoyable! Make more flash and what not! Graphics were decent, music was good and style was also good. :)
Author's Response:
Thanks I enjoyed the compliments but compared to my other work this isn't all that good. However I'll admit that this has more FBF then my other work tends to have.
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What a tabletopian tabletop of tabolic goodness!
Swell and humorous!
Author's Response:
hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooogiman
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Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!
Yay! Yay! Yay!
What an amusing piece of gabuldury we have here presented today! Pleasant too!
Author's Response:
ZOMG. I love you.
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This was hilarious in many ways. Good job with everything on a whole and stuff. A cookie for you.
Author's Response:
I like cookies. Thanks man!
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Quite enjoyable and funny, but I think you should have spent a bit more time fbfing, the animation was a tad too jerky and used too many tweens. Lots of points for concept, I haven't seen anything original like this. Good job, but it could have been really good with that extra effort.
Author's Response:
it's the style i was going for. like an old cartoon where the characters look like cardboard cut outs and they change to represent movement.
people just don't get it.
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It was pretty good, I liked the interface, but unfortunately there were a few things about this that bugged me: the techno music was annoying and it could have used some cute marine-like underwater music, you should have probably given some sort of three lives system, I didn't like how once you went into contact with bigger fish, you were instantly told your score and the game was over, you could have at least provided some animation to show you were eaten or given the player a few chances via lives. However, the graphics were very good and shiny. Yeah.
Author's Response:
the old version had the animation of him eating you. But it was a random generator so it wouldnt have been the right fish
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A good job!
King: A cute little cartoon! Nice voice acting as usual, as well as great graphics!
Vein: That was... random?
TheSoulMan: Entertaining, some funny things as well as some very awkward and strange things in there.
DarkSoldier: Funny idea, but perhaps you could have spent a bit more time on the graphics.
Queen: Very strange and abstract... I loved the graphical style though. I really wish I could draw like that.
Rena: Oookay...
Craig: Funny and good graphically and what not and stuff. Nice use of the screams.
Shinoobeh: A nice old-skool like kebob. Funny ending, but the first scene showing the plane was too long.
Some of the parts were a bit... ey... but well done to the pplz with good parts.
Author's Response:
We do our best :)
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Your flash movies have such an addictive and unique style to them that they make a very pleasing combination that cannot draw the eyes away from the screen. My only complaint was that it got a bit repetitive at the end. Awesome job. :D What was the song used in the credits? That was cool.
Author's Response:
Yeah it got repetetive at the end, but that's Rammsteins fault. :P
The song is The Moog Cookbook- Black Hole Sun. I is in the credits though. :)
Thanks again, hoogi!
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