Reviews for Across the Universe Ep.2

[JazLyte]

Good, but not quite satisfying

Don't get me wrong, you have no idea how glad I am to see this. Action series on NG are damn near extinct, and I thank you for picking this up again. Unfortunately, this Flash has alot of what turns people off from this genre of Flash in the first place. I remember the first episode from 3 years ago, and I went back and watched it again, and actually liked the approach more.

As far as graphics, I'm not partial to the new psuedo-3D style, the animations are very slow and awkward, especially the action parts; I really liked the 2D characters with more organic 3D backgrounds like the last one, I don't understand the change. The sound quality was decent, but the acting could use more realism; I felt constantly reminded that I was watching a cartoon by the characters' Saturday morning anime dialogue. Lastly, and most significant is the storytelling, this cartoon feels like you got impatient and dropped it halfway through. It is NEVER a good idea to leave the audience hanging in the middle of an action scene. That doesn't make me eager to see the next episode, it just kind of pisses me off.

It just isn't satisfying. I get the fact that it's a series, but with the best series, EVERY episode is watchable and re-watchable. This episode doesn't accomplish anything storywise or content-wise. The only thing I know more now than 3 years ago is that there's shadowers, and some alternate universe... Mmkay. If it's an action series with a story, something significant in the story should happen, not just... something... Please don't take the "I promise future episodes will be badass!" method, I can promise you that nobody sees your vision the way you do unless you put every ounce of your being into every chapter of this tale. Make every episode count, if it's not helping the story, give it a badass fight, if it doesn't have a badass fight, mindfuck us with intriguing revelations. Okay, I'm done. I'll be watching the rest of the series still, keep working at finding that balance.

crystalpencil responds:

Thanks for your honest opinion. The approach I took on this episode is largely due to my own personal interest level. 3d animation has been my latest fascination, so I sought ways to implement it into my workflow. I know, I know, generally a series should be somewhat uniform from episode to episode but what I'd like to do with this series is grow and expand in whatever direction Im lead, in the end I'd like this series to reflect where Ive been and where Im going, I dont want it to appear static. Though I have to admit the cliffhanger ending is a bit cheap on my behalf lol, but bare with me, its only just the beginning. There are many things I still do not understand about flash so I try to make solutions for the problems I face, for example optimization and file size limitations. The next episode might be even more of a new direction than this one, Im lead wherever the wind blows.

[axelr93]

Very good movie

I liked it, good animation, but a few things that could be better is making the animation a little bit faster when speaking. Also I think the audio volume should be higher at least when speaking, because it was hard to hear what the were saying.

[Stobak]

Very good stuff!

based on all your previous submissions, its very obvious that your making a sincere effort to improve. your plot is progressing very nicely, and your attention to detail is to be commended.
You definately have me wondering whats going to happen next. keep up the good work! : )

[TrickerySlices]

The animations are very smooth but...

...very slow. I almost found it funny that it looked like he was just strolling down the street while a thing was chasing after him. The thing I found impressive yet weird at the same time were the physics; The hair moves accordingly and is a joy to look at but when the 'thing' jumps from building to building, it seems to do it defying gravity.
But nevertheless, good to watch.

[Mefayor]

cool

nice art style , voice acting is good , effects and sounds are great,at some moments it has 3D feel....but its really shame it has quality like this,animation is little bit akward ,and there is almost no plot...but overall its good.