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[NiGHTS journey to Dumbnes]

Welcome to Nightopia stay a while... STAY FOREVER!

I actually played through this *groans* I only ever played the demo of the first game so I was curious what all the drama was about, not much... it seems the only reason people went crazy was because the first nights was released at the same time as the SEGA Saturns pioneering version of the analog stick control pad (in before playstation lolz)

Not really your best work Roger, the jokes didn't really kick off until nights was kidnapped, you didn't even make reference to the endless awkward moments in this game such as "hey Will duelize with Nights!!!!!!1" quite possibly one the weirdest opening lines of dialogue in a game ever, then again maybe I'm just thinking too dark here x.x

RogerregoRRoger responds:

Yeah, most jokes come later, makes it unfortunate that I had to cut it in parts at this early stage already.
Bleh, pc can't handle this type of animation..

As for the Dualize with me gag, it's already done by everyone and I rather not jump on a already crowded joke wagon.

[History of an Animation]

Poster in the cinema... HOW? x.x

I couldn't see any indication it was photoshopped unless there was never a poster in there to begin with then it would have been much easier to do, do you work in a cinema or something? Because the movie poster at the end was a great final touch. I may have been one of the first to do a flash/video fusion movie, but I limited my scope not thinking I could pull off better ideas compared to other guys here like yourself who just went for it.

There are snobs here who may tear this movie apart due to the drawing style showing inexperience, but I'm only just realizing now myself you only get that experience from having the guts to try in the first place, keep at it and the experience will take care of itself.

Jasmerrin responds:

To answer your first question: it wasn't really photoshopped. As many people have pointed out, I'm not incredibly experienced in the electronic arts. This is perhaps my fourth year with Flash, and second with Photoshop (I can only do still images - I've never actually attempted using it in a movie, though I did consider it for this one. I made the poster and went to a Kinkos to have it printed. I then went to three theaters to ask permission to hang it up; I got lucky with the third one. Then it was just a matter of synching the first shot of the film with the last shot of the animation. Hope that helped!

Anyways... I truly appreciate your comments. First of all, they were very flattering, and probably much more than I deserved. Second, your understanding and encouragement to keep going for it was very encouraging in the face of the "animation could have been better e-mails."

[Double Dragon X]

lol wut? The Halo theme?

Some pretty impressive frame by frame especially the the timing with the music, it's just a shame the music itself was pretty uninspired, and before I get any insain honking from halo fanboys calling me a faggot or whatever the reason the music is a bad choice is exactly that, it's too well known. It's practically Halos national anthem and something Double Dragon shouldn't need to associate with, to put it into context that's like playing the Chinese national anthem at an Americian football match, it makes no sense x.x

XtremelyVenomous responds:

thankx.. and i dont think ur a faggot either.

[The Origin of Sonic]

Is this what I think it is? HA HA no way STC

Before I even watched the movie I knew there was going to be mixed opinions on this in the reviews since this comic storyline is going to be totally alien to a lot of people. Personally I think it was a clever idea and plot device because it meant Sonic and Robotnik used to be friends before the incident. No offense but you yanks often have a hard time getting stuff not native to your country well except maybe anime x.x

Anywho without touching anymore on the mess that is the sonic plot which has been revised god knows how many times now, if I was critical about the movie I would say it's biggest flaw was how dull the backgrounds and props were compared to the characters, your artwork seems better then mine but your tweening is about the same level as me, and tweening can be a bitch to get right without it looking too stiff x.x I guess to summarize the only way to improve is more planning beforehand and practice... even though I should really practise what I preach trust me on this one XD

Leviathan-Ran responds:

XD I suck at backgrounds =/ I try and try and they never come out right =(
Same thing with props, but then again I'm not good at drawing to begin with!

[Phoenix Wright - CFA]

o_O hey... no AMV hell refrences here... for once!

This was surprisingly different, with the main selling point easily being the voice acting, although Maya-Mia sounded a little bit off and Edgeworths voice needs an english accent since it's pretty much common belief he has one from his upbringing. Was it just me or was phoenix and edgeworth also the main only 2 characters that had the right expressions on their face to fit what they were saying? Least when you compare them against gumshoe or maya x.x

I would say you should re-create the sprites in flash format (vectors), but chances are it would just be some under appreciated extra work. Hell most of the people who would appreciate you putting in that extra effort probably avoid Pheonix Wright movies like the plague since it's a gimmicky 'in' thing right now.

DAIRYDOG responds:

"under appreciated extra work."

Yeah, pretty much. I'm not going to bust my ass if no one is going to notice. lol, great work ethic, eh?

[The Heart and the Hand p1]

lol nice XD

The music was maybe a little too sugary sweet for me but the style was pretty flawless. I especially loved the way the scenes transitioned into each other, no black or white fade outs abuse here folks. All in all a more light hearted movie in a sea of game cameo usually comedy sellout flash movies is no bad thing, in fact we need more movies like this one.

Bobert-Rob responds:

Well, I better get back to work. And fast... heh. Thanks for the review, glad you liked!

[LL - Valentine's Day]

ok I guess...

First a serious question... is mr Simon banana lock? If so that explains a lot about the lock legion I previously didn't know because that would make him the 'coolboyman' of the lock legion. As for the movie it was pretty good at least if you compare it to the other 5 minute crap I've seen the locks make. I have nothing against this style of movie just please make it longer next time... x.x or make a bunch of cartoons this length and put them all in one movie whichever works for you.

MagicWandLock responds:

Thank you for constructive criticism.

[Awesome's Creed]

meh...

Using someone elses style to get frontpage? Not cool man not cool... It's like the start of the Pheonix Wright thing all over again... only with more effort... or something... x.x

AlmightyHans responds:

i didn't to get this front page in fact i thought it was just going to pass by through the portal and never be seen again. this was just somthing i did in like 6-8 hours to have fun and be experimental. no one had copied a style of somone, predicting what it would be like if he/she made a cartoon about him.