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O.J. and Friends - Pilot Episode

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O.J. and Friends is a satirical animatic dark comedy. In the first pilot episode O. J. Negotiations yet another deal with the devil, this time itโ€™s to be released from Lovelock Correctional. Of course all deals with the devil are conditional.
Join us as we watch O.J. accompanied by his ghostly sidekicks, do what O. J. does best. This is completely satirical representation and not meant to be a depiction of any real people or fictional characters, living or dead.

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Iโ€™m a big fan of OJโ€™s. I love how he could outrun anyone, break tackles, kill people, and his great personality.

OJandFriends responds:

Thanks!!!!!

Yeah that was okay,didn't expect too much from it after seeing the trailer.

OJandFriends responds:

Thanks for watching and your comment.
Stay tuned.

Pro quality good job

OJandFriends responds:

Thanks for your comment.
Good Job๐Ÿ˜‹

Uhh. Hmmm. Okay so, first off, the line art is...acceptable. The characters look right, albeit basic and occasionally not anatomically correct. The voice acting is disjointed, having characters talk over each other making it difficult to keep track of where we are in the conversation. In terms of animation...there is none. Just still frames of characters with a voice actors talking in place of them. This wouldn't be a problem except it's frustrating trying to understand what characters are doing when movement is so limited. When OJ Simpson is crying, his character doesn't move from that prayer position.

The sequence of events for the plot doesn't make any sense. Why is it that when we start out with some...guy who is narrating what is going on, he shows OJ posing in football gear but then it immediately cuts to him back in his prison attire praying. Why does the narrator read out the instructions to make this cake like as if I don't know how to read? Why does the officer hand the cake over to another officer and they look exactly alike? Overall, I understood what was going on in the story, but everything is just a cluster of nonsense.

Voice Acting for Simpson is pretty good. However, when it came to Satan, I don't understand why he says "What the F" and later says "no one is free, motherfucker." Maybe it's a nitpick, but it's still inconsistent. I don't know what the direction for the Devil was. He's like Rick from Rick and Morty, but the voice actor will redo their lines and the messed-up line will STAY in the video. It's not edited out. And for some parts, scenes drag on for WAY too long such as the preview of the next episode at the end.

There is no transition between musical choices. Also, and I could be wrong, but the instrumentals from Spongebob starting at 0:26 and at 6:51 are copyrighted music.

I can tell you want to make something big here...but you have got to put forth more effort than this. The best thing about this was the shadow of the Devil that's in the background for the court case at 6:55. It was a neat easter egg, but you need to focus more on the substance in your animation. Good Luck on Episode 2.

OJandFriends responds:

Than you for watching and writing such detailed review. I'm guessing you are not looking for a response to your unanswered questions regarding Episode1, if you are please let me know and I will do my best to answer. To some it up I can tell you this. This was made on an iPad with very limited software. It may very well be a fully animated series soon. Thanks again for your support. Good eye finding the devil shadow in the courtroom ๐Ÿ˜‹. Respect.

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Nov 9, 2018
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