Reviews for Clock Bad Email

[Bugenhagen]

It's just not there

Now, I have nothing against the use of Homestar and Strong Bad in here. I happen to love the Homestar series, and personally think that they're hilarious. And this movie does have several good things going for it: It's got good graphics, and the pun on Homestar's name is fairly good (Homestraw Clocker). There's something, though, that's stopping me from giving this a good score.

It's not funny. Or, you know, interesting.

I won't hide the fact that I've never really been a fan of these fruit/clock/portal toons. They never really interested me. There's a lot of stuff funnier than this out there, and it doesn't take too long to find it. You could, you know, even check out www.homestarrunner.com to find stuff even funnier. It's sad when a parody is significantly less amusing than the original work.

Timing on jokes are off. E-mails have no comical content and don't even really reflect SB's personality. As long as we're talking about personality, HC doesn't show any of HR's personality, either. Any satire, slapstick, or verbal wit is dry, boring, and simply doesn't work.

The score of a 3/10 is a gift. After typing this response, I was seriously thinking of lowering it.

[NoUse4aNaim]

What's the problem?

I don't really understand it...People do parodies all the time and no one gets mad unless, God forbid, it be about the lovely Homestar Runner. What is it about Homestar that makes people flip out. I read all of this "I give it a 0 cause it's a ripoff!!!!" No, it's not a ripoff. It's a parody. Everyone say it with me now...P-A-R-O-D-Y. If someone tried to make a flash cartoon of someone else answering e-mails in a semi-humorous way (and I use the word humor in regards to HS-runner very liberally) then that would be a ripoff. This isn't a ripoff. He's not trying to pass strongbad off as his own creation. In fact, he states it's a parody. You people need to lighten up about the clock thing. No matter what the cartoon is about, if it involves a clock, you think it automatically sucks. That's just sad.

[Dwain-H]

nice!

it looked very good...only the real one uses brighter colors.
I love Homestar runner cartoons.
this is almost JUST like one...sweet

[PissStrat]

why is this being torn up...?

as far as parodies go, you did a good job (er, jorb). the SB impression was good, the format was very similar to a SBemail, all in all def a good piece. not terribly funny, and the audio quality was poor, but you didn't do some horrid disservice to homestar runner. while i won't give you great marks, i enjoyed it and would certainly watch another.

[L337Revolver]

Whoa

That Strong bad impression is 90% accurate...scary...