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[The Family House]

Oh, not bad

The things I did not like about this cartoon was that it seemed to go on a bit too long. It reminded me of the "BEEBO" series. I am not calling this a ripoff, but this was in fact a fairly decent cartoon to watch. I seemed to have some problems listening to the audio, but then again it was something back from 2002. The animation wasn't half bad and the characters looked pretty funny with how dumb they looked. I guess this was supposed to be a parody of 50's sitcoms.

It seems like "The Family House" was a real TV show, but I'm probably just mistaking it for something else. It was nice to hear that song at the end which I am listening to right now! That song itself suits the idea of what this was a parody of. You could maybe get rid of the pixellation with the jpeg images. The voices were weird, but funny.

[Madness Hunt 2]

Hmm, not bad

The "Madness Combat" theme has been done so many times, it's hard to find something original. This managed to be fairly good, because it was kind of different. For one, the characters actually talked. I think that might have not been the best thing to do because it was a little hard to understand them. It was either the microphone or the noise in the background was distracting the listener. There could have been some better transition effects. The enemies just immediately turn into zombies.

This is still fairly decent and there was a good amount of detail put into it. I really liked how there was a running total. People associate that thing with the Madness series a lot, but it actually only appeared in one episode. There was a poster with tiny writing which I was not able to completely remember. I do remember it was something about joining an organization to kill this guy, Sheldon, whom everyone hated.

Crazymonkey154 responds:

Very true- madness HAS been done countless times. But I still enjoy making tributes to the series. You made a number of valid points in this review, and I respect you for that. Sheldon was the protagonist, and the guy who everybody hated and wanted to kill. In terms of voices, I will have to work on making them clearer in the sequel. And yes, I like having a body count as well. Thank you for this review!

[Subway Edition - horror]

Quite frightening!

The animation in this was just fantastic, even though it could have had some more action. I noticed there was some tiny writing in some scene and I like to point those out in my reviews. I found out I could not go closeup, but it was revealed to me anyway. This was very confusing, as I couldn't tell when it was starting or ending. I thought it might have been over when he got his first scare or maybe when the newspaper came out. It still manages to be extremely effective.

Even the credits were great, by showing those pictures at the end. The main character in this kind of reminded me of L from "Death Note". It certainly had all the makings of a creepy anime like that, and I appreciated all the work put into this. There is just so much detail and style put into every single object. It was fairly unpredictable as well.

[Spend It Wisely]

Fantastic!

Woah, this is perhaps the greatest thing you guys have ever worked on, as in anything you guys did. It was great to have so many people working together to make something this cool! I don't know why, but this kind of reminded me of "Chowder". The coolest thing was how you just had no idea at all what was going to happen next. It was so funny to see the girl cry and flood the world at the end. I have no idea why the apple turned into slices then, but it's so funny I do not care.

This is basically something as surreal as animutation put into a story. I also loved how good the animation was, it seems like you guys made sure everything was shaded in well. I can see you guys striking a deal with Warner Bros. or Spumco with this material. The voices were great too and put perfect emotion in their voices. The funniest visual joke was probably when the candy went down like a toilet being flushed.

[Press Start: Spawn Point]

That day is today!

I had no idea there was going to be an episode after the last one. It was weird how you showed the trailer for the live-action movie here after just showing it. The best thing was being able to see all those villians back, even though they mostly got eaten by the Pac people. It's nice to see that all of these characters are going to be in the movie. I doubt I will buy this, but I might be able to find it. I thought you would show the fate of the villians.

Maybe they go to the same place the Pac-Man ghost lookalikes go to. The voice work is as great as ever and the way the characters play off each other is great. Johnson is especially funny and it's neat to see his human form, which I never saw before. It's about time you worked on a pokemon parody. It seems like you did every popular video game series except that.

[Gun'd down]

Nice for a very quick laugh

I doubt there was a lot of great intention for this cartoon, but it was still alright. The animation was fairly cheesy and that kind of added to the likeability of it. Granted, it is still not something that I would recommend, but not the worst thing. It feels like you were making fun of the Clock Crew by having a Crew member get shot like that after telling people to love him. The area you really needed improvement in is the quality of animation. You could put in better shading and a wider variety of colors.

Congrats on getting such a high rating even though you are not a Clock Crew member. You omitted the 2009 CC logo, which I think it made more original. The voice work also seemed to be a bit off. I guess you could just try harder to create different voices for the characters. There might have been some blood, too.

[Grizzly Bear Man]

Really cool!

I could easily see like being submitted to a local film festival and getting a high rating. The bear himself apparently came from one of those. What I really liked was how gorgeous the animation was and how the words just literally flew around. I was hoping the flying creature might get rid of the bear in some way. You did wonderful work as the narrator and you put such grace in your voice as you tell the story. It's amazing how each and every character has a specific detail to it.

It seems like more and more people are being inspired by works by Spumco. The best thing was that the shading was just plain gorgeous. I find it hard to believe that you made this using simple Flash Player, it seems like the same stuff Appsro uses. It's funny how these characters show their emotions through their bodies. Each and every sentence has a distinct way of being illustrated too.

[Moustaches]

How unexpected!

I seriously think you guys come up with cartoons simply by looking at random objects. You could make a funny cartoon about absolutely every thing in the Universe. I'm looking at a wallet, keys, and a glasses case. If you guys ever make songs about those objects, I want credit! Anyway, this was a great cartoon by itself. I suppose it would be gauche for me to suggest you make a sequel called "Beards".

Seeing as how it had a "Start" button, I thought it would not be an infinite loop, but it was. There seem to be several different animation styles in this. The girl looks like she was inspired by Spumco while the singer looks more standardized. The best part was probably when that girl talked about the different kinds of mustaches. The use of colors and shadings is really well done, too.

[Phoenix Wrong: Objection]

How immature

I was looking forward to something that might come off as being good, but it was really not. The coolest thing was the intro where it showed the NG logo on its side. I would think it was going to be about a barbershop with that candy cane thing. At least the animation you did have actually wasn't half bad. It just seems that in order for you to make a "Take That" to Phoenix Wrong flashes, you would point out why they are so bad. I do not think they are as popular as they used to be, anyway.

I image of Wright with that coffee cup on his head is kind of a funny one. If only it did not go on forever. At least you were able to make it into the Phoenix Wright collection. The music used at the end wasn't half bad but there should be more happening in the final screen. I could see you guys making a real parody that could be good.

[LL - Stupid Distractions!]

You did miss it

I guess you're one of those users who will simply never die? Of course, myself as a reviewer will never die too! This was decent in its own right because it had some impressive animation. While I doubt you were intending to make something that great, it is nice for you to submit something that's nice for a quick laugh. I am used to seeing clock submissions get high scores I was confused as to why this was not on Clock Day. Seriously, this is probably the highest rated flash on Lock Day!

I guess people were just eager to give out some 5's to you and you are talented enough to deserve them. It's impressive with how you've manged to become so popular. I liked the contrasting style that was shown on the card's font. The loading screen was also very creative. I would not know if the Locks have an intro everyone uses on their day like the Clocks do.

Tails-Lock responds:

A user who will never die? I guess so. Kinda makes me imagine myself as a zombie though, refusing to fianlly succumb to death, when I actually wanted to be a super famous Flash animator. Also as for teh score, most of my movies have the highest score out of all Lock and Clock movies submitted on the same day as I am a 5 addict. That's right, I vote 5 on my own movies. I am a horrible person.
This movies was much shorter than I remember, but then it was made in almost no time at all as well. It really does not deserve it's score. Heck, it probably should have been blammed.
I think there was an official Lock Day preloader, but I made my own because I am cool and...Actually I made it a while ago I think and never got a chance to use it, so I did. I didn't know where to get the official preloader anyway.

Seeing these poor attempts at movies really get me down. I'm meant to be better than this.