Reviews for Useless Ninja Ep1 Preview

[Bodhisattva]

I don't know

It's not bad, but not that good either.

I agree with most of the other reviews so I won't rehash old issues.

First off, I didn't like the storyline. It was to much "Dumb Attitude", It's been done to much. People don't dislike stick figures, they are tired of seeing the same old "sensless violence stick fighting" stuff. Look at how much flak "illwillpress" is getting for "Nuroticly Yours" be the same, and not changing. Try to work a different angle, I think you can do it.

Also, I'd ditch the Metallica pics. You may like them, and there is nothing wrong with it. However, they are going to be the new "Britney/BSB's". They have disappointed to many for the last time. The hate is thick for MET. It's best to stay netural. To many people may say "Rap sucks - Blam", "MET sucks - Blam".

Whack-a-mole responds:

I appreciate it. I think you have a point about the whole repetitve thing and I agree. I hope to twist the whole thing in some as-of-yet-unseen direction but you know how that goes. As far as the MET comments goes, I think you have some merit there (as much as I'd hate to admit it) but the thing wasn't to promo MET i just thought seeing real pics in a cartoon setting was kinda wierd. They just both turned out to be MET. Thanks though.

[ZeroChance]

Has potential, needs more time.

Well lets start with the bad to crush your hopes and dreams.

Its preaty cheap animation thats doable in about an hour max. The hard points would be finding the music and voice.

There are volume problems so idd recamend trying to adjust those levels so they are equal. always preview your work.

Now on to the good.

You have very Clean sound. Crappy recordings frequently get me annoyed esp if the rest of the flash is good. I like ninjas as well as stick figures but if you put some more time into them you can get them looking better.

Whack-a-mole responds:

Thanks for the comments. I've heard a lot about the volumes being uneven and when I previewed it before submitting it everything sounded pretty smooth. the club music is supposed to be nearly inaudible but otherwise i think the voices were close to the same volume. i'll check up on it though. i intend on refining much of the animation for the final update. thanks

[johsbond]

Ninjanimation again?

Don't mind the first part of this review, as I will just waste on saying that I'm beginning to get tired of ninja-stick movies - guess I just wanted to write to draw attention to myself - sorry 'bout that :D!

Now for the real deal: You have a pretty good base for making a nice movie here, as other reviewers probably have noticed and told you, the animation just isn't good enough, it looks a little to simple and it's a shame, cuz the movie isn't bad or anything!

The music is a fine choice, but your volume level of the two pieces are not near the same, I was turning my volume controllers up and down throughout the movie and didn't get all your (probably :D) hilaroius jokes, daring insults and thrilling plot explanations... Fix that in the next movie...

With that said, I want you to know, that with those improvements made and a little "polishing up" this one could get far!

Regardious - me!

B.T.W. you have talent for voiceacting (if it WAS you taht did the acting :D) dude!

Whack-a-mole responds:

lol ok you had me worried that you were just gonna bitch and moan about how much i suck but i actually found this review very helpful. the "0" was what had me worried but i think you pointed out much more than i would've been able to. thanks for the music comment and the decent numbers (well besides the overall score).

-Will

[pyro8893]

Pretty good.

i understand what your saying, i hate my shit getting blammed cuz everyone here is racist, they're racist against stick figures, no one understands that sticks have rights and feelings too.

Whack-a-mole responds:

You fukkin said it. We should make a civil stick-rights revolution or something. Anyway thanks for the review.

[Striker-002]

pretty good for just a preview

try to make it look better when the stick figures turn though,and make rag doll like deaths,not statue like poses.

Whack-a-mole responds:

Thanks for the input. God it looks corny when he turns in the bar i know lol. I'm workin on that issue. Good idea about the sticks floppin around too. I'll give that a try.

-Will