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Score: 10

"Insparational"

by: laurajs

date: August 6, 2006

wow great movie you made.

i liked the way you put bright eyes on because when the bomb explodes it says "how can a light be so bright" and when you show hte wreckageit goes "suddenly turn so dim" that is excellent work.

Only it would of been good showing some people getting hurt it would seem sadder ^^.

You really put a light to my eyes i had to watch this and when i did it was great made me sad.

Great work in your movie

laura x

Score: 9

"it's horrible that this happened"

by: blak-kat

date: July 23, 2006

it's really unfortunate that people actually did this to each other. i have never really thought about what happened in 1945, but this reminded me that hundreds of innocent people, including children, lost their lives. i thought the music kinda ruined it, though. no offense, but the music was, in my oppinion, too happy to be used in a flash about nuclear bombs tearing Hiroshima appart. some parts in the chorus did make it sad though, like when he says "bright eyes", but when he said "burning like fire",it sounded just a tiny bit too happy. other than that, a great flash.

Score: 9

"An unenviable circumstance, a reminder"

by: VagrantNyght

date: July 17, 2006

What's seen here is something too many people (in my humble opinion) too often broom under their radar. It's not impossible, nor unimportant, and won't go away like a bad dream.

The mechanics here are superb. I think the animation wasn't heavy because it's meant to be embedded in the viewer's mind. Conversely, a fast paced, sparks flying, metal music scored animation would overload the brain and steal away the meaning. The sound chosen for this, the song playing throughout the length of main imagery, is keen. The lyrics eerily take note of exactly what goes on.

Very well thought out.

Score: 8

"Music really doesn't bring it alive..."

by: david-highland

date: June 26, 2006

THe music they used as a background was terrible. I don't mean the music itself was bad; I'm just saying that it wasn't a very good choice. I understand the whole "artsy-playing-happy-music-over-scenes-of-destruction" thing, but I think that's cliche and overused. I actually played a song of my own (well, a song by the band Bush, called "40 Miles from the Sun") and it worked about a billion times better. If you've got that song, try it. It's phenomenal and much more emotionally colorful.

Score: 9

"Very well presented."

by: gildedlink

date: June 18, 2006

One note: The description is slightly innaccurate. The closest call to WW3 was avoided some time afterward. To quote from Wikipedia (see the "World War 3" entry, specifically the "Close Calls" subsection):

"September 26, 1983, when Soviet early warning system showed that a US ICBM attack had been launched. Colonel Stanislav Petrov, in command of the monitoring facility put the warning down to computer error and did not notify his superiors, who would have most likely launched a counter-attack. "

Regardless of the slight offset in the description, this flash delivers an extremely powerful message, and does so impeccably. Graphics are well done, animation is fluent, sound speaks for itself. Great style - use of transitions bring the situation to life for the viewer.

Score: 10

"..........wow.........."

by: covenantelite

date: June 18, 2006

This is amazing.I gave sound a 1 because the music is crap. But i liked it anyway. It probably doesn't move me as much as others because i not american but i liked it anyway.

Score: 10

"AMAZING!"

by: leon345

date: June 12, 2006

This is cool but i dont think a nuclear bomb will ever hit american soil becuase of our increasing tecnology. the missles would probably be blown in the sky or blown before it even reaches it target by some kind of defense missle or laser. But i did like alot bravo.

Score: 9

"______"

by: jesusburger

date: June 11, 2006

good one, if that doesn't make everyone feel as if that could happen, nothing will. in the end, the world will commit suicide. also if those were nuclear missles nothing would withstand it, but thats too technical, tahnk you. jesus_burger

Score: 10

"Dr Strangelove anyone?"

by: unocarblives

date: June 7, 2006

Great flash on the horror of nuclear war to which I can only say "Blessed are the dead, for they will rejoice in what the living must endure" Cruel but true!!!

Score: 9

"uh..."

by: DeGracy

date: June 2, 2006

...I'm amazed...that's incredible, and true to what we know.