Score: 8

"perfect movie for flash."

submission: Second Love

date: August 1, 2004

this is a great example of the type of flash movies people should be submitting to the portal. flash was the perfect medium for this movie. all of the elements work very well. there were some impressive camera moves. the story was simple, but you told it so well. the animation felt a bit too loose in some areas (e.g. the doll underwater) but that's just me being picky. also, you definitely know how to use gradients in a visually pleasing manner. awesome job overall.

Score: 8

"beautiful animation"

submission: The Bahhhhble P.2

date: March 16, 2004

+ the animation was very nice, very smooth. top notch.

+ i loved the silhouetted army. nice touch.

* great ending with the llama. left me wanting more.

* i liked the text additions during the movie. spunked up the movie's personality.

- the goat run cycle felt a lil bit over used. it would've been cool if he did something else when he got hit with the objects other than just being mr. steel and taking 'em like they're nothing.

- i'm not sure if the intro text is really necessary. it's funny but kinda slows down the pace of the movie.

overall: i was impressed with the animation. you also brought a good, funny twist to the usual good vs evil battle; a goat and llamas. who can hate a fight between a goat and llamas??

Score: 8

"don't be afraid to take risks."

submission: Mutant Ninja Turtles EP02

date: March 13, 2004

lemme get my suggestions in first before my good stuff.

- all or almost all of the shots in the movie had no perspective; they were either top, front, back, or side. working in flash, it's not the easiest thing to animate in perspective, but you gotta have at least some shots in perspective to make it more dynamic.

- i think the next step for you is to really focus on composition in the next episode. for example, in episode 2, an up shot of slash would've made his entrance a lot more dramatic. once again, it's all going back to perspective.

- in your profile, it says that you're 16. but it's never too early to start on a portfolio. start on some of your own ideas/stories. TMNT is awesome but you can't put that in your portfolio.

now to the good stuff...

- the graphics were awesome. the TMNT look like who they're supposed to be. shredder looked cool. i'm looking forward to the slash sequence.

- the voice acting was great. good job.

- the animation for the most part was pretty smooth. the rafael fight sequence was well done.

all in all, this movie is pretty good. just work on making it more dynamic. it feels like you're right on the edge of the diving board. take some risks in your next episode.

Score: 8

"gradient city"

submission: Out of the Tank-Episode3

date: February 18, 2004

the use of gradients in your graphics is awesome. you really control it well. it's a style on its own. great job.

Score: 2

"opposite of a trailer's goal"

submission: Kugel (Trailer)

date: February 14, 2004

a trailer is supposed to grab the viewer's attention in a short period of time with quick images and exciting information. this trailer was moving waaaaaaaaaay too slowly. i could've gone to the bathroom for a pee break, come back, and the same text would've been on my screen. and there's only one scene with non-text graphics. i hope the movie isn't as slow as this trailer. just add a lot more graphical content to the trailer with some speed and your trailer will be more successful.

p.s. the matrix effect is quite overused. try something new.

Score: 6

"sweet"

submission: Eternally Yours

date: February 14, 2004

* cute flash movie
* nice face drawings
* this really isn't a big issue and it's just me being picky, but once they fade to turquoise, there's a 1/2 a second when they're alpha'ed and the parts of their faces that are overlapping show a bit of a darker color than the rest of their faces. i don't know if you meant to do that, maybe to show that they're ghosts now and it's their souls or something, but it just looked weird. it's not that big of a problem, but just something that caught my eye.
* otherwise, sweet story.

Score: 10

"my goodness the gameplay is smooth!!!"

submission: Mario World: Overrun

date: February 6, 2004

the smoothness of the gameplay is absolutely beautiful. many a times, the game may look amazing but all of that is thrown out the window because it lags. that is definitely not that case here. i haven't tried out the insane mode yet, but the gameplay even in the final level is so smooth! other elements that i liked were the music, the weapon shop system, the turrets idea (i loved them), etc. i can't stress how smooth the gameplay was. the bullets leaving the left mouse click felt very natural. really great job man.

Score: 9

"smooth gameplay"

submission: Vex Arena: 02

date: January 3, 2004

- time: i loved the time limit. reminded me of time crisis except that time isn't added on. but, i loved that u added time as a factor into this game. gives the player a sense of urgency.

- enemies: it was very cool how shooting different parts of the body would trigger different animations. very creative. i also liked how you gave each enemy that little time meter so that the player can know how much time he/she has until he gets shot. again, sense of urgency. there were about two or three times when i had to shoot the enemy while the environment was moving. i loved those. i think if there was more movement on the enemies' part, it would've raised the level of difficulty a little bit more. sometimes, the enemies looked too static. and also, i think it's better if you sped up their death time. they felt like they were disappearing too slowly. and at first, when i shot them and they wouldn't disappear, i thought they were still alive so i was confused about that for the first few seconds.

- environments: great job with the movement from place to place. did you use a 3d program? it looked awesome.

- levels: it didn't really feel like the levels were getting harder as i progressed. however, i LOVED the car level. that was so creative. and it's always fun to run over terrorists. i loved the sniper level too.

- guns: my only problem was the m4. it felt a little weird when i clicked my mouse once, and like 3-7 rounds would come out. but other than that, the reloading was smooth.

- overall: it grabbed my attention the whole time i was playing it. it definitely is a successful game. after each level, it left me curious for the next level. there were a few bugs here and there but i'll let other reviewers get into that. all in all, one of the best games to reach newgrounds. excellent job.

Score: 5

"scary xmas indeed"

submission: Scary Christmas

date: January 3, 2004

that sound warning in the beginning had me thinking that there was gonna be some kind of crazy scary sound, so the whole time i was watching your movie, i had my ears covered. but, alas, my heart can rest.

good start. not bad for your first piece. it's just really short and i can't say a lot about it cuz there really wasn't that much content. i'd like to see how the ashes falling thing turns out and stuff. keep going.

Score: 7

"great beginning, okay finish."

submission: Defender Vol. 3.085

date: December 31, 2003

i really liked your style in your graphics/animation. and adding on to that, i loved how your flash movie started out. the story was very intruiging and kept me interested on what was going to happen next. i liked how the aliens tried to destroy earth, person by person (i didn't read the author's comments before watching the movie) and not just demolishing the planet as a whole. however, as the movie went on, it felt the story dragged on and lost its humor a bit. lastly, i don't want to sound old fashioned, but i think this flash movie would've been the exact same had you not used explicit language. it really seemed unnecessary. however, it was enjoyable to see cussing aliens. but overall, i did enjoy it.