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Location: Australia
Job: Writer, Animater
EARTH FIRST! We'll strip-mine the other planets later.
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It has a way about it. A feeling, you could say, something like a poem.
And Adam Phillips is the poet. Not only does this animation sound beautiful (thanks to Nathan McCree's score, no doubt) but it also is animated with such precise and wonderful detail that arguably it exceeds that of professional, commercial movies like Ghost in the shell and Akira in the graphics department.
Also stunning is the world you have crafted, and the confidence you take as you introduce new characters and situations without the help of dialog or a clear narrative. A master storyteller, truly.
The story in itself, however, shows traces of irony and wit. Bitey, the protagonist, appears to be mischievous and annoying, yet ultimately he comes off as innocent and lovable. His mischief and selfishness didn't help once he met the boy in the river, and only after eating dozens of these strange spherical droplets does he find out they in fact combust and grow once they are knocked about - resulting in him having to keep away from the creatures he previously annoyed or hurt.
I thought he would have died from hitting the ground, but apparently they just pop up out his mouth. No doubt painful, but he deserved worse.
All in all, just another incredible movie, and I'll give this my first 10/10 in ages. Hell, if I could I'd rate it higher. Please reply and good luck on any future movies you have planned. 5/5.
Author's Response:
a poet huh? Thanks :D
Bitey is such a little bastard that he always deserves more than he gets, but I didn't want him dying.. I just wanted him to think that he'll die. The lil bastard.
anks again
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JK Rowling was either looking for extra book sales to the homosexuals or she is just money hungry. This animation was hilarious because it's exactly how I thought Dumbledore would be once I heard the news.
I also wanted to congratulate you for for getting it out pretty damn fast, only weeks after the announcement. Thanks for the extra humor in my day. 4/5.
Author's Response:
Your welcome and I appreciate the review.
You and I are just about on the same page except I always thought of him as a massive child predator. They gay news just added to the already rich story I had concocted.
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The uh, shoddy graphics kind of ruin the impact of this clever movie. 3/5 =)
Author's Response:
Yeah, unfortunately that's what I had to do to make it work. It happens sometimes. *shrug* Thanks for the review!
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"Wonderful parody, interesting characters and scrip"
I'm an avid runescape player myself, and your hilarious brand of parody and humor caught me off guard. Your an absolute genius and the characters represent that.
The notion of an annoying, naive brother communicating with his chilled out sibling sounds pretty good on paper. But a wonderful script and animation style brings it all depth and character, yet you still manage to keep some wonderful jokes that any runescape player, like me, would understand.
Overall, really well done; the only problems I have with it are the Mr T jokes (predictable and cliche) and the short story on the duct tape, that seemed only to be implemented for a little depth but ended up becoming boring and swear-ish.
Still, it's a wonderful animation and the series is equally well done. 4/5.
Author's Response:
Why thank you for the in depth review there. Appreciated muchly. Take care!
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This is a truly incredible movie. I'm surprised nobody has thought of it before! The notion of a cube-shape orientated world set against a wildly unfamiliar scene set up is awesome. The superb visuals show no evidence of any tweening or jerkiness, and the entire film is TV-quality, both technically and content-wise.
The humour is spot-on with it's surprisingly random yet intelligent style, though a hint at cliche story conventions kind of ruin the impact. It could also have been funnier, perhaps by eliminating some of the slapstick. A solid 4/5.
Author's Response:
hey thanks for the intelligent review. I agree with most of what youre saying. Altho... cuboy animation is probably around 90% tweened
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I enjoyed this allot more then the first, I can kind of see whats funny in it now. Freddy kicks ass with the tennis racket (:P) and for a five-day film it really is excellent.
I have to point out that some of the animation looks weird - sometimes, characters will be suspended in the same position for a few seconds, instead of rolling around fluently. Ahh well, everything is great otherwise - but ditch the music! :o
4/5.
Author's Response:
On some occasions I did choose to suspend characters in the moment for a frame or two more than would be natural, because I felt they were details which would be overlooked with the blistering pace of it all.
The music was chosen 'cause Freddy's fighting robots and the music is semi-robotic. I'm sorry if you didn't like it, but don't worry! Different episodes will have different themes!
Thanks very much for both your reviews ^^
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I enjoyed this, to be honest. The randomness didn't suit up too well when compared to the 'Dad' series, but I don't think thats the point. I had the original thought from the opening animation that he had powers that he couldn't control - but I guess I was wrong. Still very good, 4/5.
Author's Response:
This one was made in two days and has hardly any point other than to introduce my lovely new character: Nuclear Freddy :D
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