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A man said to the universe: 'Sir, I exist!' 'However,' replied the universe. 'The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation.---------
---- When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
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"Argh you made a new cartoon and I didnt notice arr"
It's been a while since you made something composed of little short films.
I suppose I should review each on their own merit;
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I didnt like the first one a whole lot. While I can and do respect the skill used to make it, not much was really there to feed my eyes. My ears yes, as the song was very nice, but not much really was there. No meat.
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The second one seems to me like an idea that could easily be expanded into a longer flash. The cardboard backround and white vehicles actually reminded me of another flash cartoon done entirely in cardboard called "Paper Sky" which was on Atomfilms and is on newgrounds now as well.
And its funny that it reminded me of that, because Paper Sky also used music from the movie Amelie which you used in......
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....the third one which was easily the best one of all. You used a different art style in this one, and overall it reminded me of Shel Silverstein. I also like the watercolor paint effect. Watercolors never get the respect that acrylic and oil paints do. And it was very freeform and very pleasant and nice. A good depiction of how a brainstorm makes one's thoughts jump from one thing to another, to another, to another. Also, you used those realistic splatters and coffee stains again which I recall from another short of yours. I always like how those look.
tl:dr, it was good. :)
Author's Response:
Thanks for that lenghy review of yours, Zekey:)
I am aware that Saviours of Jazz Ballet doesn't have muc to offer contentwise.. I was just playing around with the graphics really... I'm glad you liked the song though:)
Growth was a very simple idea.. I just had to get it out of my system. I'm going to expand on the subject in a movie I'll be making in 2008.
Thanks a lot. I'm glad you enjoyed Coffee Break. I think I shall experiment some more with painted coffee in my future projects.
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I didnt like how Boinky's mouth like....flopped when he talked.
But this is the sort of thing more people should make.
*insert long pretentious critique here*
and i'm spent
the illwillpress scenes along earned you a nice 5
Author's Response:
Wow, that is one long pretentious critique. I think I almost went blind reading it!
Thanks for the review, man. Nice to see what other artists think.
(and someone is 0/1 bombing all reviews. There should be away to hunt and kill those people)
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cute concept.
great execution.
good good good overall.
definitely higly underrated and very different.
Author's Response:
hey ZSL, tnx for the review. I know what you mean but there is still a group that can appreciate this kind of animation and i'm thankfull for that.
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wappin wappin wappinwappinwappin
i love your cartoons so much mayun. SO DAMNED MUCH.
I'm amazed you made something this good in the tiny period since you finished "EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG"
And now I know what your avatar is from as well. GOOD JOB.
Author's Response:
Hurrah!
I thought it would be a good cartoon for Halloween but I started it like only about a week before and didn't finish in time! Ah well.
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I was in the Indy 500
I must confess I'm impressed how I did
And I wonder how close that I came
Now I got a sinkin' sensation
I was the top of the line
out of sight
out of mind
So much for fortune and fame.........
so many cameos.
SO MANY. I particularly laughed at your rather dumb Ingus drawing. He just looks funny.
Also, THUNDERDOME from MAD MAX is in this. Another cameo!
But I think the culprit
was
RED HERRING.
Author's Response:
Yeah. That's what happens when you draw your cameos hastily, children.
It makes drawing random people so much more fun when they're random people we all know and love (and/or hate in some cases).
Otherwise you're just drawing ordinary ugly people standing around in inconspicuous crowds.
Yeah, a ton more Thunderdome jokes coming in the sequel. Brace yourself.
One of the things I hate about contests is, even if you win, you're causing someone else to lose. It especially sucks if it's a bunch of people you actually know and like. Especially in this contest. There's Swain (who even voiced in this thing), Eddsworld, TmsT, Will Arbuckle, and your stuff. All talented animators and artists with original ideas.
I wouldn't count yours out at all. I was actually thinking yours was going to beat mine.
The score matters some, but it's ultimately what the staff want.
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you gotta respect a guy who kicks a cat so hard it fucking EXPLODES.
wish I could do that.
Author's Response:
Yeah, I'm surprised your the first one to notice that I don't know a thing about physics. Thanks for the review.
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"things like this remind me why"
I will never ever make a forum. Ever.
Period.
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:( I see
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On the surface it's obvious (to those with an imagination) that the people on the seat ride are heading to the afterlife having been deceased for whatever reason. They are split into groups. Some got to go in the large tower with the elevator inside which the viewer assumes goes to heaven.
The others are stuck in their crates.
At first one assumes that these ones are going to hell, but there is a distinct lack of pain, or regret. Only silence and people whispering amongst themselves. No emotion.
I believe that place the ones in the crates went to to be purgatory.
The reason they are there isn't known, except for the old man. When the lights go on in the room, the flashback shows his death, which one assumes was suicide. People don't just unintentionally fall off bridges after all.
I think the theme has to do with how in many religious scriptures it is said that those who kill themselves are stuck in limbo or purgatory. A quiet place between heaven and hell where there is nothing.
They are stuck there, only with their own thoughts. The old man is left with memories of his life and his death when he gave up.
Am I anywhere near correct on what you were trying to convey here or am an idiot and way way off?
also, good cartoon, very stylized, you always make good stuff etc etc blah.
Author's Response:
You are right in a sense. The old man was a "good guy" yes and preached and junk, but when tested with pain and the death of his child, he "gave up" on Jesus. but the point is Jesus didnt give up on him. he weant to heaven. boo ya end of story. ya and also this: many religous scriptures and idiots talk about suicide leading to hell, but the point is the bible never talks of suicide, which made this movie a bit tricky for some.
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the goatse collab this brought back fond memories of
Author's Response:
best collab ever really
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gotta like these shorts that have a bit of cryptic ending
I can see the colorless characters and grey shades were a design choice.
overall it was cute.
the only thing you might want to remember, is that if you are gonna import a bitmap into flash, make sure it's HUGE so when you zoom in, it doesn't get all pixxely.
Of course for all I know, that might have been intentional.
good day!
Author's Response:
Thanks a bunch for reviewing, Zekey. Means a lot to me. =)
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