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[GWB State of the TOONion]

It's been awhile

It's stuff like this that makes me glad Bush is no longer President. Most of it was fairly well done, but I didn't like it how there wasn't a lot going on. It's just that even in mundane flashes, I expect the artwork to be better. He just didn't seem well defined in this. I imagine he probably did say something like this with all he had. It makes me glad that we have captured and killed Osama bin Laden now. The funniest part was probably when he pulled out his "Presidency For Dummies" book.

They make so many of those they're bound to have one of these. You could have also been better with the voice acting, as there didn't seem to be much emotion in it. Overall, it's not bad, just needs to have more unique qualities. You could have defined his facial features more, especially his eyes. There were a lot of these parodies around, huh?

[Chinese Poison Toys]

That was freaky!

Wow, this is a great submission because of how sweet the animation was! It was kind of like Cuboy, only even better. I especially love how there are just so many things going on. The only problem is that it really is pretty hard to keep up with the fast lyrics! At least some of them are written onscreen. It's just great to see how well dimensioned these characters look in this. Every person seems to be protruding from the scene itself.

It just goes to show how much variety you can use. I'm not going to say it was related to Christmas because it had toys in it. It works great as a satire, which kind of makes me glad that I am beyond the age of buying toys. Hopefully, we will all grow up soon enough. The voice acting was great, particularly with how it seemed to echo.

vakavadesigns responds:

Hey thanks. It's good to get feedback from someone who's made so many reviews :) Man, the style's kind of hard to get used to. It's very geometric and would be easily left that way, but I tried to add some flexibility and motion in the movements. Next time I'll do better, although I can't imagine when I'll have time for a new one.

Hopefully the visuals help explain the lyrics and vice-versa. I'll try to put the lyrics up soon. I agree, it's not specifically about X-mas, but it fits very well as far as timing. It contrasts well with the "buy buy buy" b.s. that we're hammered with at this time of the year.

Lead and mercury, man, crazy stuff. It dulls the mind and can even make people act insane if the contamination goes too far. If it acted fast like in the animation, I think a lot more people would be aware of it.

[StreetFighter Epic Remake]

Great all the way!

This was a really sweet submission because the action was so good! I don't have any idea who that other character is, but I doubt she's from "Street Fighter". The choreography was just as good as some other highly rated flashes here. It's great to see you so authentic to the SF style. I think my favorite part was when her opponent whipped out that gun. The sprite work is fantastically done, as everything moves so well.

It's also great how Chun-Li looks so passionate in this. The opponent was really interesting, especially with the long claws. Long claws are just something that I have always found awesome in artwork. Congradulations on getting this in the Street Fighter collection! It may not have that many views, but it's still great!

[Unique - CarqueJa Studios]

Quite emotional

I liked this cartoon because it really did give off a unique experience. I guess you could say you really went out of your way to look different than other people, huh? I loved the music, particularly with how serene it was. I did have some trouble understanding exactly how the commotion was resolved. It seemed like kind of a random ending, but it was still great to watch. What's also sweet is how you come up with interesting ideas for hats.

I think the main person's fault was that he had to look for what was unique in other people or something like that. The lack of dialogue shows how it can apppeal to other people. I wouldn't be much aware of how to speak other languages. I was thinking the character's skin would change color too. We all are unique indeed.

[Sumo Remembrance]

Did he die?

Was this supposed to be in remembrance of a single person? If so, it looks like that guy probably died from a heart attack. I've always wondered why sumo wrestlers don't get heart attacks or at least none that I've heard of. Gee, that guy has the most sagging boobs I've ever seen! It doesn't even look like he's wearing anything. It's more like he has bits of paper caught in his fat. I have seen your flashes before and am not a fan.

I just do not understand what this has to do with anything. Literally nothing happens in this except a fat man being there. I guess the music wasn't too bad, but it needs improvement in so many areas. You should try to have Meta Knight do some actual fighting or some other involvement. Well, it is an experimental flash after all.

[SBC's Cookie Clockmas!]

Merry Christmas!

I'm so glad to have seen this when Christmas is coming up! I do feel that there could have been more jokes, but it was still a good cartoon for the most part. The best sequence was when you turned into a man monster thing. I was disappointed when it ended there! It makes me realize that I don't think my mom has made Christmas cookies for the past two years. There's just so many things going on, it's hard to keep up with the season.

The animation moves fairly fluidly in this. It must be great to win the Daily Feature for something submitted on Christmas Day! I wonder what the cookies actually tasted like? It's nice to see StrawberryClock in his standard environment being his goofy self. I hope you and all the other Clock Crew members have a great Christmas this year too!

[Megaman vs samus]

It's not much at all

I'm sorry dude, but this was just not enjoyable at all. I think its main fault was that there was no way to advance at the time you wanted. Most submissions that use dialogue boxes give you the option of being able to move whenever you want. Even the text in the dialogue boxes didn't seem to be much. It was weird to see Mario at first because of, well the title. This was also too short and it seemed to end randomly.

I have no idea why Cell randomly appeared. It reminded me of "Super Mario Crossover", but then again, I guess anything like this would resemble that. It's only saving grace was that the backgrounds were pretty good. You need to put in more action to make it more enjoyable. There just didn't seem to be a reason for the characters to be doing this.

[Die Clown Die]

Awesome!

Dude, that was one of the funniest clown related entries I have ever seen! The funniest part was easily when he turned into a giant and blew up. I loved the use of the Wilhelm Scream too. The animation in this is downright fantastic. It's still fairly short, but certainly a great cartoon to watch. I guess the clown succeeded in making those children laugh. With all the evil clowns, I thought he was going to turn insane or something.

Everything just moved so smoothingly in this and not just in animation. I thought it was going to be bloodier judging by its title. It's great how there isn't much dialogue to emphasis the emotions with their faces. The loading screen certainly makes it seem more innocent. I guess even if the clown isn't evil, something bad is going to happen.

[Potter Puppet Pals 2!]

You predicted the future!

I loved how this had a scene where Voldemort attacks Snape. Granted, in this entry, he doesn't actually kill him, but does do it eventually in the series! Okay, I think it's safe to say that happens, now that the book and movie have been released. Few people probably even realize this started out as a cartoon. I wish you would come back to do more cartoon stuff! I especially love how Voldemort looks in this.

It's just funny to see a mysterious evil character be presented as a puppet. The voices are spot on. Is it easier to make live-action versions of these submissions? The funniest part was easily when Voldemort was simply gunned down. I do recall hearing about guns in Harry Potter, they were referred to as metal wands Muggles used to kill each other.

[Madness Combat 7.5]

You're back!

I admit that it's annoying with how there's more of a story now. It's just that a certain website no longer has an article on this so I can't follow through as much. It's still great to see you make things that are relevant to a story. The highlights were of course the deaths in this one. I think the best enemies are the guys with the yellow blood. There's gore galore here as the agents are as incompetant as ever to shoot anyone.

Of course, here it's more a case of Sanford and Deimos just being faster. The sound effects and music were as fantastic as ever. There could have been some more variety in the enemies' appearance. The best bit was probably the spikes that randomly rose up and killed people. In case anyone's wondering, I think the body count was 80.