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[SCEp2 - Cubes]

Fairly mediocre

It is hard to say that there was anything particularly good or bad about this submission, because there really wasn't. The animation with the stick figures is actually pretty good, as far as stick figures go. The biggest problem is that it really is too short. At least you did not pollute it with a bunch of obscene or stupid stuff. Next time, you should really work on a background. Having a pure blank one is rarely a good idea. I have not see the other episode so I can not fully judge this series.

The voice work is actually done pretty well, although I can tell what you mean by not cracking. It seems as though you will get better if you work with that. I hope you have a happy new year and make better stuff. Hey, it could be a heck of a lot worse than a 2.45! My final thoughts are that it really should be a lot longer with more of a climax or punchline.

KillProduction responds:

You: The biggest problem is that it really is too short.

Well, duh. That's why I call Short Clip to this series. XD

[No Signal]

Cakes?

I thought this was a very original flash if not the most suspenseful. I guess it just gives off such an interesting tone of mystery, it is hard to come up with a consistent theme. I would like to see this explained, but it's still a fine cartoon. The best part is the animation, as you really worked hard to put dimension into the stick figure medium. It seems like this guy was trapped at a mental asylum, which sort of happened to my brother next time. It was weird to hear that song played at the end.

CaKeS1 responds:

Wow haven't got a response in a while. Thanks for the input, and it seems you understand this pretty well ;)

And I picked Feather by Nujabes because I thought it was calm and added to the strange feel of the animation. Thanks :D

[Snowballs]

Recognized it!

I had seen this before, but it is great to have it here on this website as this site can always use more popular stuff. It was submitted on Christmas, but the only connection it had to it was snow. This was still fun to watch especially the guy's reaction to the guns. I love how this big pile of guns just randomly appears, along with that dinosaur. It seemed like you were really trying to end it all in a big way with him knowing that it was a grenade. The voice work was really good and I hope you have a Merry Christmas!

psychicpebbles responds:

thanks man glad you enjoyed it

[Destructo Box Christmas!]

Santa deserved it

Wow, the second short was really unexpected. I had no idea Santa was going to die, and I thought it was going to turn out like that old joke about a guy who was just dressed as Santa who was accidently killed. It was quite dark, but I have seen worse. Drat, this cartoon inspired me to now talk in verse. The animation was as decent as ever, and that intro just never stops being clever. It is great that you guys all contributed to this so well that I hope you have a Merry Christmas and your own great story to tell.

DestructoBox responds:

Thanks for the review dude!
Merry christmas to you as well ;)

[C. Crashing Corn Boss]

Pretty good

I was hoping this was going to be a game and to be honest, I probably would have preferred it if it was. This was still definitley a decent flash cartoon because the animation was good. It must have been awhile since I played any of the games because I was confused as to what was going on. Well, randomness can be really great especially when it gives you popcorn. My favorite part was probably when the chicken landed on the corncob at the end. It seems like we should have more orange characters, as that's my favorite color.

alfa995 responds:

I would make a simple CC flash game if I knew anything about Actionscript, but I don't, and learning enough to make a game would take a while, so I'll focus on animations for now.

[Super bird]

Not terrible

This was very mediocre, in that it seemed to have equally good and bad things about it. The bad parts were that there was so little that happened and it needed more of a story/punchline. The good parts are that the animation is actually really good. I was expecting something dumb when I saw this, but was actually a little surprised. Next time, you should work on making it longer with more going on. I will say that it seems as though you got the animation part down just where you need it.

Dipflow responds:

I also felt, when i finished and looked at the thing as a whole, that everything went far too quick and nothing really interesting hapenned, but i didn't feel like going back and revising everything.
Next time, the plot will be given more thought and be written down before i start animating!
Thank you for the input :)

[HappyStep]

Fairly imaginative

The best thing about this is that it just has a very casual feeling to it. It is fun just to see this guy skip along for awhile and it seems as though he might represent a stereotypical ghetto guy, but at least he acts normal. It is interesting to watch how he goes out of his mundane life. Probably the best thing about this was when he went through the candy mountains, or hills, or whatever they are. The music was of course quite suiting. I also like the drawing shown at the "Play" button and how it contrasts with the flash's simpler animation.

YouriX responds:

Wow thanks for the detailed review. :)