Interesting interpretation of embracing faith...
I liked everything for the most part, except the mechanical tears.
I gave it a 9/10 also because I felt the music was unfitting in some parts.
Reviews for "The Heart of Stone"
nahtanojmal responds:
Thanks
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it was diferent......
nahtanojmal responds:
:D thanks
Awesome flash.
I'm actually anti-religious, personally, but I can appreciate the power behind this tale regardless of that fact. However, I was brought up in a Catholic, church-going family and education system until I left home and was able to make my own choices based on my own assessments... as such, I know the Bible pretty well. My point after all this background is that this flash is an impressively creative take on the parable you've referenced.
If I'm understanding it correctly, the "King" or "Father" figure created the protagonist female robot character (ie. the prodigal son), who then rejected him and flew off to be tempted away by worldly material values, etc. This eventually got the better of her (not sure exactly what's going on in that scene, mind :P) after which the father figure bursts in, forgives her for her desertion and releases her from her sticky situation and the confines of her robot body as a result (ie. throws the son a party upon his return, even though he squandered his gifts/inheritance). I think. Correct me if I'm wrong!
Anyway, the animation was good, the story/message not particularly applicable to me as an agnostic but still appreciable outside of that religious context, and both worked together extremely well. You've created something artful here. Nice one ;)
nahtanojmal responds:
Yep that sounds right. Though there is a lot hidden behind the parable in the Bible that you need to understand the (Eastern) culture it takes place in to get a proper perspective (as explained in the sermon I referenced "tale of two sons").
Thanks very much for your encouragement Trafalgar
Interesting...
This work is rather unique to newgrounds in several ways. The animation is quite good, but there are some flaws, like in the begining where the robot's (?) foot seems to be on solid land, despite standing on air. Sometimes I was confused about the plot, or what the heck something meant. But this animation held a characteristic that made all those other mistakes relatively moot. The sheer heart in this animation makes up for most of the other flaws, and overall I think this is a beautiful animation.
nahtanojmal responds:
Thanks Deadmite
Nice!
Good animation, was nice to watch.
My personal opinion is that technology displayed in your futurustic buildings doen't need to be bad. The turning to the devil wasn't worked out enough, she basiclly looked at some buildings and took the hand of some other female, I can't see anyhting bad there.
But that's just content, animation and sound were nice and that's the important point there.
nahtanojmal responds:
Thanks