Reviews for Fallen Angel Ep. 1 (Pt3)

[Otomyte]

An Awesome First Episode!

This movie, and I'm reviewing the whole episode and not just this one part, is very obviously good in many, many ways, but it's still marred by some dumb decisions, and some technical problems.

Firstly, the story is very good. In fact, throughout the movie I had a mixed feeling, somewhere between dread and elation, and I felt a little anxious because the whole idea hits very close to home. I can see this happening in the near future, which gives it a lot of credibility.

Secondly, the music is top-notch. I really enjoyed the music in the second part the most. Sadly the sound quality in the voices is extremely poor (I understand the financial troubles), and I couldn't help but get distracted by the poor quality compared to the rest of the sound effects.

Thirdly, let's take a look at the graphics... almost all of them were great, almost. All the jets, and tanks, and buildings, and nuclear explosions, earth, the missiles, the vehicles, the destruction... all looked wonderful. The main character (even though she was extremely over-the-top-perfect-bodied to the point of annoyance, and I noticed you couldn't help but put some camera angles in there to accentuate the fact), was not bad... although I didn't care for her face. The problem was that you slipped in some really CARTOONY stupid looking characters. The main example was the fat guy who was blown apart in this episode... not only did HE look like a Flintstones character, but when he blew apart his SKELETON resembled his body exactly, like a bad episode of the Simpsons. Why you would mix realism, with anime, and then add some cartoony stuff all together is beyond me... perhaps it's a new style you've come up with, or maybe it's your limitations as an artist (you're very good, though), I dunno.

But even though I made a pretty big deal out of them, my gripes are no big deal. In the end, this is an awesome Flash work of art. You should be proud of your final product, and I do look forward to seeing the upcoming episodes. Thanks for the experience.

[gears251]

what can i even begin with?

This is the work of a true pro at his/her finest.... Much respect towards this. Its so powerful that it.... wow!

[Fallenx-xReaper]

erm...

Really cheesy heh heh. The nuke wouldn't have "U.S military" on it it'd have the branch. In this case most likely the NAVY. The people deployed to help out wouldn't be Marine corps, because there are like 3 of those guys and they're all off fighting on the front lines. The ARMY would be there because the national guard and the Coast guard would be the first two sent to help the people evacuate or get to shelters. Annnd the fabled EMP bomb wouldn't work. Don't you think someone would have done it by now? Allow me to explain, everything this century has EMP shielding. That's prevent electro magnetic pulse from scrambling the electronic signals a computer chip uses. Sorry to say, but nowadays ((Especially if it were in the future)) EMP couldn't knock out your cell phone :P. Much less helicopters made by w/e military branch that was from, or air liners. If you can see the mushroom cloud from where you are ((Especially that big)) You just need to kiss your *** and count to five.

Well, it doesn't deserve any less than 10 because it's all fictional anyway and it has realllly good animation and drawings and obviously you've worked very hard :]. I'll stick around for the rest because this could turn out very nicely. Good job! :D

[SyeLeonis]

Alright

Animation is top notch, sounds are very good, and i love your style. Few things i dont get yet tho. 1: whats her motivation? the world ended and shes just surviving? resident evil esque? and 2: whyd she kill the soldiers...din't they save her?

[Aa6338]

Nearly Perfect in Every Aspect.

This goes for all three parts.

What really MADE the movie was the cinematography, and it's obvious that this is coming from somebody that actually knows what they're doing. The animations were very impressive, especially the dust and radiation sequences throughout this one. Even the sound was brilliantly mapped. Subtle effects like the crescendo, and decrescendo as the car whooshed past made the movie all the more impressive.

It's the first episode, so I won't be too harsh on the story and characters. This one basically just sets the theme, mood, and setting, but make sure to make the story a bit more dynamic for future installments. The whole presentation was a bit cliched, as well done as the cliche may have been. Of course, that may be what makes this so successful. Nuclear fallout and World War III are some of America's worst fears, and for good reasons. Make sure you do a bit more in character development as well-I can't even remember the girl's name, as hot as she was.

Please, don't have her fighting zombies in the next installment.