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Reviews for "The Faster the Treadmill"

Dreams from those who shouldn't dream.

Well nichthedick, I suppose you probably don't like this flash just because you don't like the style of the music. But hey, who would put it past you to think about what the song's message is, and how it very literally applies to the flash animation itself. No, that's too much critical thinking for you, isn't it? So yeah, you wouldn't appreciate the actual art that is taking place here. Not to mention it's of superb quality from any aspect you try to critique it.

But the absolute best part about it? It's that you would bother reviewing something with words as powerful as "gay" when you didn't even watch the entire damn thing. Instead of being a total dick, I'm going to actually review the piece.

Visuals (technical): 9/10

It's hard to rate something perfect unless it really has complete purity of form. You come damn close but because the animation is so busy (even if intended), it can be easy to miss some of the hard worked-for details. I think this is probably not indicative of all of your work, so it's relatively easy to give you the benefit of the doubt here.

Audio: 8/10

GREAT song choice for the content. However, that's all it is. Just the song. While this is essentially an animation to fit a concept, which has a song that is fit for the concept, it might benefit from additional audio cues and small sounds that give the world you've created some identity. However, it is equally possible you want a silent world. In which case it is difficult to rate fairly in either direction. The song choice alone gives this a high score.

Visuals (style/art): 10/10

The world you've created is simply that. Completely created by you. All of it is hand-drawn. The animation OOZES personality, particularly from the characters. This is an important distinguishing factor in art design. I can remember Fetusaur and Puddlenaut. He has a freaking shark as a weapon! A lot of care is put in your visuals to hold true to a video game universe, complete with mindless drones, a silent or strong and unique protagonist, and an 8 bit visual theme. What separates this from any other video game existentialism is the incredibly human Fetusaur. The first thing he does is observe. He sees his comrades full of hatred, and seemingly mindlessly. Then he sees the hero, his natural enemy, championing something good (in the mind of Fetusaur of course). Fetusaur then dreams of being great, despite his seemingly doomed outlook. He does what he can to survive instead of just attack, because he has dreams and wants to see them fulfilled. This animation vomits character and spews quality all over the portal. Bravo.

Overall: 10/10

The issues I could take up with this animation are purely speculative and have little to do with the quality of content, animation, or style. You accomplished what you set out to do, and did it beautifully. I have nothing more to say about this, than that people will learn something from this. That is the mark of artistry. I wish you luck in your future endeavors.

this is rated 4.40 yet it is higest

on the all time list.
for soem reason its higher than the 4.49s!!!!!!!!!!! nice!

Amazing

I wish I had a shark for a hand! Great vid

Awesome Sauce!

This was a fantastic flash you made,the animation is some of the best i have ever seen or at least it's style is one of my favorites,the song was hella cool and it fit the video perfectly but the most thing i adored was the stylish animation,overall i enjoyed this flash very much so keep up the great job. =D

9.9!

I was going to vote a 10 on this, but I retain my idea of 10 being a completely perfect flash with no flaws I can think of. This was the closest anything I've ever reviewed has come to that magic 10.

You have made a fan out of me. I've gotten hooked on IFD thanks to this.

I must say that your style is fantastic in this one. The continued blend between pixelated gameworld and fully hand drawn world was just superb. I especially like the views that crossed both of them together, like the fetusaur in focus looking at the pixelated game world in the background out of focus. It just blurs the line between the fact that it's a game and it's actually happening. Very nice effect.

I thought the character designs were great. Again I love how they translated from one style of drawing to the next. The look came across well in both styles.

I have to disagree with some people regarding the pacing. I must say that the pacing was close to perfection. The way the flash told the story was just amazing. The defiance of the cute fetusaur to not be involved was great and the interaction peaked nicely at the bit where the puddlenaut 'died'. And then it culminated in that last chorus with the boss fight ending with that marvelous moment. It was the perfect way to draw out a story and end it. Ending with the puddlenaut and fetusaur becoming friends would've just been to cliche but they way you chose to cut the scene right at the end just made me want to watch it again.

My one and only complaint - well, observation more than complaint - and the reason why this doesn't claim a perfect 10 is that I must say that this have the feel of a music video. To me, it feels a lot more like you chose the IFD song as a soundtrack to the animation you wanted to do. I'm not saying that is the case, I'm just saying it comes across that way. But that does not detract one bit from the enjoyment I got watching this over and over again.

I adore your style. And I really adore this flash. Keep making more.