This is great
This has to be one of the funniest things I've ever seen. No shit, my wife continued to look at me like I had something wrong with me, until she started laughing too. Keep it up, and is there anyway to download this to an ipod? I would love to watch this while I'm in the field or hanging out with my battle buddies.
Battle buds?
Are we talking Military or CoD4? >:3
I'm glad you and your family liked it. I'm not sure how to get it into ipod .mov format. If you ever figure something like that out, drop a PM my way.
Good
This is one of the funniest series i have seen in a while i love the first one how he says the dogs gets up the hill and says i will die in 5 months and that is how long you have to live......
Lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So Fucking Funny
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... funny, but does it go a bit to far? I mean, I certainly laughed, specially in the beggining, but I feel that the movie comes dangerously close to crossing the line, sometimes. Let's get detailed:
- Graphicly, well, it was pretty much on par with your previous Layton series, which I feel that isn't your best work, mostly because of the backgrounds and because the animations aren't the best you've done either. However, the camera work is, again, pretty nifty and the details such as how the woman reacts even when she's not in frame or the great subtitles, are top notch.
- Voice acting is over the top as always and has some pretty brilhant lines (I won't say which so as to not ruin it for others), even if Luke's voice does become somewhat grating. The sound effects (i.e., the sound of stuff breaking), is adequate and well used. I also think I'm getting more used to the whole "two voices and the same time" thing and, in fact, I'm beggining to like / see it's merits!
- Humour wise, that was pretty dark, but also pretty funny. It's strange, really, the previous Layton movies have all been as such, but this one somehow feels even more over the top and almost cruel, somehow. Maybe it's the violence towards Luke, or the reaction of the woman (still haven't played the game, so I have to call her a "woman"), but it one or twice I nearly cringed.
But, there is some pretty funny stuff going on here too, be it in the 'clues' portion, some of the wonderful lines and the subtitles. I do, however, feel that's it's quite similar to the Layton 2, so I'd recommend trying to mix things up a bit more for the next movie.
Overall, the movie is quite funny, if dark and close to crossing the line, with good voice acting and good, if not your best, graphics. Cheers! And good luck with your exams (as per your news post).
Thanks for the indepth review. :3
Humor:
I figure that I'm pretty well capable of stupid humor--so the Layton series is me trying stretch my dark comedy skills a bit. My two goals so far has been to make sure the main character always ends up in a worse situation than when the animation began, and to make the process as uncomfortable as possible. I hope I made you squirm a bit. :3
I'll watch the line more carefully. I'd honestly not want to see Luke get hurt either.
Graphics:
I didn't put much effort into the graphics just to keep the project light and straightforward. It allows for quicker work sessions around my schedule and keeps me finishing animations while the jokes are still fresh in my head.
VA:
I really wanted to improve the VA this time, which was bit static-ridden in the last part. Also, with some editing, I think it's a bit easier to pick out lines more clearly than in the last. I think I need to work a bit more on a consistent volume--as well as increase my SFX library a bit more. (Typically--I just use my own mouth sounds for SFX's I didn't have, but it didn't sound right this time around).
If I make a 4th, I'd like it to be more similar to pt 1 in that I use characters I've made up instead of just parodies of characters in the original game.
LOLOL
hahahah this is such a funny series.
I loved the professor layton game, so I enjoyed this twice as much.
felt bad for the girl though, I do forget her name, but whatever. lol.
The art style is interesting, the voices are much better than the last episode, and I like how you've overlapped them to simulate a real argument.
However, I would recommend that instead of using a fire GIF, you animate your own flames instead. seeing the pixelated image hurts the overall quality of the movie, since everything else is done by hand.
Good point about the fire. I was just experimenting to see what it'd be like introducing .gif into an animation I'm planning. But it was probably not the best symbol to use in this shortie.