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Reviews for "Fullmetal Arithmetist"

Where to begin?

As you clearly don't care about constructive criticism, this is just going to be one long review of me stating my personal views and opinions of the above flash. Weather or not you take anything from it is your own business.

Putting it simply, it could use a bit of work. The beginning is a bit...flat. You might consider adding even a single line of dialog between Ed and Al exchanging looks. Speaking of looks, the expressions are weak. With Al it looks more like "Oh dear, someone spilled juice on my good shirt." rather than "Holy crap, I'm being deconstructed!" and Ed looks more like he scraped a knee rather than lost his leg, something you may want to work on in the future. Even the action isn't very aesthetically pleasing, if you were trying to emulate the series a flash of light or even a bright glow from the chalkboard after the number "0" had been drawn would have worked rather than the hands just reaching out from it. These are only examples of things that could be improved to make the flash seem more impressive. A voice actor wouldn't have killed you either, just look around newgrounds and you're bound to find one.

As a fan of the actual anime (both the original and Brotherhood) I wasn't terribly impressed. There was very little originality, even in following the events of the show there were parts that went missing that could have been added to not only lengthen the flash but add more action as a whole. Was it suppose to be a parody? I didn't really find it amusing, mostly it made me want to watch Fullmetal, but not much else.

In closing, it could use some work. Two months of flash experience isn't a lot to start with, I might suggest fiddling around and really fine-tuning things before making it public, and it only took you four days to make? Given it isn't a terrible animation, for the time you put into it, but it's not great. A good flash can take weeks, even months, to finish or until the artist is satisfied that he/she has done their best and will be proud of the works they put out.

Stepping into the creative community with a bad attitude will not help you in the long run, you'll only end up getting mostly useless posts about how you're a jerk and your flash sucks, it is not a good way to start. Coming in with little experience in the field and demanding respect from your 'peers' will only get you shunned, nobody will want to see future flashes from someone who doesn't care about the views of the audience he is presenting to. Aslo, if you wonder why everyone thinks that way, maybe you shouldn't provoke people by telling them their opinions don't count right from the start. This is the internet, they will give you their opinions weather you want them or not, if you come off as less aggressive maybe the viewers would be more inclined to be constructive rather than simply say "It sucks" just so you can retaliate in the same fashion.

I hope this has been enlightening, even slightly, as it wasn't written with the intent of hostility toward you or your work. If anything it's a reminder that the other members, artists/animators or not, are the ones who rate your flash. Even if they have no experience on the subject they still get to decide if your work is 'good' or not based on their own opinions, something to keep in mind for next time.

BoobMarley responds:

The first thing I did when I saw this review was click your username to help get an idea about what this impending shit-storm was going to be about. Welp, nothing there but a list of your favorite things. Great.

The second thing I did was read the first sentence, "you clearly don't care about constructive criticism".

The third thing I did was open up the response box to type the above sentences, followed by these ones:
I care about constructive criticism, as you would see if you took the time to read some past reviews. Most reviews however, are content-less, unhelpful drivel written by angry baby-bitches. I care only enough about them to write nasty things in response.

Your ignorance has unfortunately landed you in their lot.

I am really, truly sorry if you thought that I was going to read any of your review past that first sentence.
Thanks for the 5 though.

Great

I liked it, it was funny and if you have watched the series you can see the close resemblance to it from this flash, very well done and great for a laugh

I like your animation style/art as well.

Nice parallel

Well, I guess it's time I go write some equations and divide by Zero! I wonder what will happe-OH GOD! SOMEBODY HELP MEEEEE!!!!

Nice concept and the vector graphics weren't too bad. I like it. :)

Liked your take on it.

Animation was decent, audio quality was a little low. I've seen better, I've seen worse. Divide by zero joke is priceless. You could use a little ambience in the start, it feels a bit too quiet in that first few seconds as if there was no audio.

Piss on your fyi though, that's like saying you can't comment on the performance of the president if you've never been president. We can tell you what we like, what we don't like, and what, to us personally we feel would make it better. Being right or wrong on the other hand is a completely different topic. None-animators still might have a good suggestion you may not have thought of. Less you think you're perfect, then you're just retarded.

Protroll though, I appauld. If you don't care about the reviews and feel most of them will be useless, why bother telling us?

BoobMarley responds:

People willingly vote to put presidents in place.
This animation was created and published by the will of one man (me, BoobMarley). No one has forced it upon you, and its creation was not the will of a people. Someone made a much better analogy a few reviews ago about being a food critic. Go read it and take some pointers from him.

This little flash animation thingy that I posted to the internet is not perfect, and I am not perfect. But I don't have to be perfect to recognize shit opinions and unhelpful reviews when I see them. And I'll let you know as much because I care about defending something I put more effort into than most of you will ever live to. If that's an imperfection, so be it. Perfect or not, at least I can say that I always try, and that I act on how I feel. Again, much more than the likes of you will ever live to do.

There have only been a couple useful suggestions left on this animation. I have responded to them warmly, and have taken their advice to heart.
Most however (and I don't know how many goddamn times I'm going to have to say this, can't you fuckers just read a few pages back on the reviews to see that you're not posting anything new, jesus fucking christ...), are just comments telling me that this was funny, or that I'm a fag or a dick. Or some kind of dick-fag hybrid.

Anyways, cutting to the chase here, I give a fuck about people's opinions. But if it's inarticulate, unfounded (or worse yet, founded in ignorance or jealousy), or flat-out effortless, it doesn't merit my respect or consideration.
I hope this has brought you to a little better understanding.

That being said - I agree about the need for some ambiance at the beginning. I know people have probably been cranking their speakers up during the first three seconds, cursing my name and absolutely mashing the 0 button. Can't be helped though, I'll work out something better in my next flash. But thanks.
I appreciate you taking the time to watch this and leave a review.

LOL

The joke was funny especially in the context it was used. Fullmetal Arithmathist... Never would have thought of it myself... So many people are pissed off from the fyi message, but i don't really care. Its funny how pissed they get! Keep up the good work.

BoobMarley responds:

Yeah, sure are a lot of babies here on Newgrounds. Glad this one flash has been able to bring them all together in one place.
Thanks for watching, I appreciate the review.