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[The World of Abbreviation]

loved it

absolutely loved it! and you've got mr. schultz as a favourite submission! I'm humbled!

[Faust - Episode 2]

so you really into that stuff huh

I find it pretty amazing that a 15 year old kid has an interest in the works of Goethe... but then again you're Irish so you've got the blood of great playwrights flowing through your veins, right? OK, so the graphics are pretty stylish, especially Dr. Faust in profile, that looks really great. I still think more attention could have been paid to the animation though, and the backgrounds are pretty lazy, don't you agree? the voices weren't bad, but I dunno... not just quite there. Also I think you should make the subtitles optional, some of us have ears to listen with :P.

well all in all, a really good and unique submission. it's not often you see this kind of stuff at NG. Hope you get to the frontpage!

[X-Men:Dark Phoenix Rising]

yay

I seriously don't know ANYTHING about X-men but I thought this was hilarious anyway and I don't mind seeing this on the top #1 of all time at least for a while (because obviously, that's where this is going). I think the fact that I laughed despite being unfamiliar with the premises of x-men shows how worthy it is of that spot! great job.

[Pizza Guys 2]

which Interpol-song is it?

I want it

If we first of all make a distinction between crappy flash, so-so flash and good flash, this is of course a good flash. other than that, I didn't really like this that much.

zonzo responds:

It's called Slow Hands

[Rebel Burger Ep.1]

charming

yeah, that's the perfect word for this flash. charming! and that's not an adjective you can use to describe an awful lot of flashes..! I do wish your animation would be more original and less "anime"-ish and perhaps a little more fluid. backgrounds were very plain and undetailed too. but nonetheless, really good, and above all, charming. Charming!

[NG TT Series Finale -B]

man

if I was disappointed by the "A" edition, I was dismalled by this one... well, that's a strong word and an exaggeration but I can't believe I forced myself to listen to that awful "song" three more times just to write a review... this colab does NOT deserve a score above 4. Three decent/sub-par animations don't make one great, and that's frickin' maths.

[NG TT Series Finale -A]

a disappointment

What's the difference between a time trial and a NG jam anyway??

Well anyway, I thought this was an NG jam and wrote a large portion on this review on that theme, even mistaking Luis for T0MMY... upon realising my mistake I just deleted half the review, sorry if seems a bit chopped up...

... I must say I was severely disappointed. For once, I think even Luis' movie was flawed and it seemed pretty damn uninspired. this time, my favourite was actually the Afro_Ninja one. which plainly put wasn't that good either. and the first two animations were just jokes, at least by comparison. it feels as they shouldn't have been included at all.

And about the audio, I thought it was horrible. I'm not saying everybody will hate it, but for those of us that do, why torment us by playing it four times? I mean, once I can live with, but being forced to hear that beat over and over again puts you off watching all the movies... I think a better challenge is to have a certain theme rather than a song.

Now you will probably reap some awards with his and for that I congratulate you, even though I've always thought the NG jams (and Time Trials, edit) pretty much are a somewhat cheap way to get a portal award by bundling your work together with others' - I have a hard time seeing squeezy and weirdo9 getting a daily feature based on these animations alone, for example. Luis, on the other hand, could do on his own, but even his animation would probably not be rated as high as them all together are. Well, my five cents.

Luis responds:

Well all i have to say is that your review was honest and to the point and i appreciate that, i dont really care to defend anything because quite frankly i just want to put my contribution to the collab scene to rest and if you liked this one cool if you hated thats fine too, my life goes on just the same.

-L

[The Timeline of Animation]

nice

it was ok, but you've got a bunch of facts wrong plus you only handle American animation. which would have been ok, if you've called the movie "timeline of American animation". and yeah about the mistakes, there is no computer animation in the first Star Wars movie, they used models. Tron (1982) was actually the first film with computer generated image elements. I'd also like to mention "The Beauty and the Beast" as an important movie for furthering the usage of 3D elements in 2D animation. also, there are many things you forget to mention, like why Hanna-Barbara studios grew so monstruously big while Disney shrunk so much since the end of the 50's... there are few things that have been as important to the history of animation as the popularisation of TELEVISION..! those are just some of the things I reacted to, but still, I liked it, the style, the presentation of it. good job

JohnQuinn responds:

star wars did use computer assisted animation. the reason the effects were ahead of their time is because ILM invented computer controlled cameras, allowing the same camera movements to be used over and over, meaning many different models could be layed over each other to give convincing space battles.

[Ash vs Tai]

yes

your attitude stinks. and why is it that you think people over 18 should work with 3d? I guess over at Disney Studios they've got a whole bunch of teenagers doing the next Lion King for them... and flash is a great medium for reaching loads of people but whatever you don't really understand this kind of grown up talk now do ya, ya cute little rascal. now run and fetch the stick, monkey boy! ... and if you really know how to animate, why don't you put it up at NG? too scary huh? what if people don't like it??? better keep it to yourself, yeah

ghio-james responds:

if i wanted any lip from you i would have ate your mother's pussy

[CI: Unregulated]

OLDSCHOOL!!

wow, it's combat instinct! been a while, hasn't it! great animation, but I thought it was the intro for a new game..! hehe well it was really cool anyway. not that far from an actual PC game intro, now is it? keep it up McFretn. never ever choke it.