Well done.
pretty much.. nicely done.
Reviews for "Tinman"
BlackmarketKraig responds:
Thank you...
You know what's weird? You are the second person who has this movie as their first ever review.
Thanks for reviewing!
Wow very good job i gave it a 5!!!
The song is great
The idea is ironic :)
And that was pretty exiting movie which helping you to calm down and
just think about few thing :)
BlackmarketKraig responds:
You know, it kind of surprises me how many people say that they find my flash movies calming. I'm a worrier and generally panicky person. :P
Thanks for reviewing. ^_^
Oy, you nit pickers.....
Ok, I’ll explain this simply. "Want" is not what is necessarily happening here.
If the concept is that a robotic mind is AWARE of the emotional capacity of humans, and the robotic mind is DESIGNED to gather KNOWLEDGE, then the best way for the robotic mind to gather datum on emotions is experientially, not empirically.
What are they teaching in schools these days?? Go read some Heinlein, and some Asimov, kids.
But back to the review.
This is a beautiful, poignant and ultimately tragic and profound story. It speaks to the eternal truth that all beings seek that which they do not know, and are often destroyed by that knowledge. The simplicity of the animation coupled with the audio track and the honor you pay your audience in respecting our intelligence garners you my top score.
5/5, and keep up the good work.
And the rest of ‘y'all nay-sayers…good gravy….READ!! Educate thyself :-)
BlackmarketKraig responds:
Yay! You're my favorite! ^_^
Awesome, I'm glad you liked it. I don't know what to say, but your review totally made this a worthwhile endeavor.
<3
Nice but...
this isnt a dig or criticism at the movie, rather a gener comments about robotic emotion. Without emotion how does the robot try to attain feelings; want is an emotion, and in theory any robot only works off logic.
onto the movie, and away from my ramble, there seemed to be something missing, and i think that it was the audio - it didnt seem quite right to me. perhaps if all sound were to cease when the word 'empty' appeared. this would have made it appear with more significance or certainty.
BlackmarketKraig responds:
Yeah, I know... Of course, it occoured to me while I was making this that this paradox existed, and you are the third reviewer to point it out...
But, meh, if you can buy that robots are walking around and making stuff well, I dunno maybe they can understand their own lack of feeling..? Maybe..?
Anyway, I think your suggestion is excellent. I wish I'd thought of that while I was making it... but I don't feel like editing it now... o_0
Thanks for reviewing and for the great score!
That was nice
Reminds me of one of my own flashmovies. Great work in limited colors and nice movement of the robot too. I saw your other work and even nominated you for the 250 bucks price on evolution. Not that i was that blown away by it, but i like how you use your creativity and think about the themes you animate.
As for this flash itself i can say the same thing. Great concept. Somehow i am fascinated by robots. I still havent figured out wether they are a positive or negative thing on our society. Or maybe this flash wasnt really about a robot, but about a love story. Of how a numb person cant feel anything when there is no love in his life. Only you know and if i were you, i wouldnt tell others what you exactley meant. Literal or metaphorical, sometimes its better to just keep the real content of something for yourself.
The music was definately awesome. I used to be a huge underworld fan and i especially loved their faster tracks, like push upstairs (or was it downstairs) and born slippy.
When you have read my review this far, you might wonder why i havent put a 10 in the overall box, since it has been all but praise. Well the obvious flaw is the length of the movie. Its very short. Sometimes a short flash movie is extra powerful, but i felt like the concept was too interesting, complicated to be told within a minute. Because I just got attached to the robot and then it ended.
Another thing that i really didnt like is how you used text in this movie. That is, in my eyes, really the cheapest way out. I personally find it much more interesting to draw or animate those emotions in an original way, instead of just putting 'empty' or 'nothing'. It kind of makes the thing too obvious and simple.
But even though i didnt give this flash a 9 or 10, im still thinking about nominating you again for the 250 bucks price. I like originality and based on your other work also, you definately deserve more recognizition. Looking forward to what you will make next,
AITD
BlackmarketKraig responds:
I wish you'd specified which of your flash movies you were referring to. I've only ever seen Renaissance of the Insignificant before (wonderful, btw).
Thanks for the support on Evolution. I still wonder where I ranked overall on that one for the month... It wasn't in the top 30, but it was certainly fun just to in there.
I think the most wonderful thing about any work of art is that everyone can draw their own concusions for what it truely means.
Yeah, Underworld is still cool in my opinion, even if a little bit dated by todays stardards for electronica. I'd have to dig out my CD's from the various piles around my room to properly define the upstairs/downstairs question, and that could take days...
Hmmm... well I had thought that it might be short. But people often tell me my flash movies are too slow so I figured I was wrong. Maybe I wasn't this time. ^_^
Interesting comment about text... I guess animating scenes to define emotion would have made it longer and more cohesive, eliminating two problems with it... maybe i'll remake it later, but probably not.
Whew! Thanks for reviewing!