Reviews for Ideal People

[RazorSharpFang]

I do quite like the message, and how it's presented. Yes, noone is perfect, people have strengths and weakness, yadayada. Animation is solid, voice work solid too.
That said...
You are referencing an externally stored MP4 file in the flash object. This file is not preloaded, and will cause the movie to not play after clicking play, and display a white box instead. Initially, I thought the flash was broken, but it was just buffering the video.
Firstly, that is bad communication. I was unaware it was loading, that needs to be communicated. A simple "buffering..." message could have done that.
Secondly, the movie is HUGE in filesize. 34.4 MB, served in h264 video, 1280px x 720px @ 2383 kb/s @ 29.97 fps. My internet is incredibly poor, and had to wait ten minutes for it to load, which leads me to my final point...
Lastly, this movie looks like it was animated in flash. WHY NOT SERVE IT AS FLASH?! By rendering it, and serving the render, you are receiving all the downsides of flash (no mobile, can crash unexpectedly) while chucking out all the potential benefits (scales to fit viewer, low filesize, optional quality).

I mean, seriously, why?! Newgrounds HAS a movie player. You could have just submitted the mp4 file. But instead, we have buggy, crash-ridden flash, with none of the benefits... : / (Not to say your code is buggy, flash just keeps crashing! D: )

ADASport responds:

Great feedback. Thank you.

[triggadigga]

All my stats in all my games are 100

ADASport responds:

Depends on what you're playing!

[Troisnyx]

Alright, review on this, considering I watched that awful video on iCups before.

1) Why does the voice sound like someone trying to copy Ryan Higa???

2) The music and animation are alright, but read this in conjunction with point number 3).

3) Why only narration? The story would've really hit home if someone wrote an actual STORY along those lines. The narration makes the whole video sound a bit fake (visuals taken into consideration as well). The narration would've been a good set of lines for someone trying to, say, scold another person because he's not recognising the good in people.

4) That having been said, the message is simple and encourages people to accept others for who they are. BUT there's more to it than that.
- If you're not good at something and still want to be good, you can train.
- There are many external factors which lead to people being good at this, that or the other. Let's just simplify it, call it 'nature' and 'nurture'.

So this take, however simple, was a little shallow.

My skill is reviewing... truthfully, and honestly. And with that....

3/5. Courtesy stars for the animation and the crux of the message. Not a hit, by no means -- but certainly better than that iCups video competing against it.

[Kinleyps]

iCup was funnier but I liked the message, 3 stars!

[BoleroInferno]

If everyone had equal opportunities, this sort of dumb, naive idealism might hold some credence. As it is, people are extremely unequal in absolute terms. This is not because of genetics though, as human genetics are relatively equal between all people. This is because of the nurture (environmental factors) which have some people born in rich countries and others in poor, some people born in the working class with little access to nutritious food & education while others are born into the capitalist class and have every advantage and every opportunity handed to them on a silver platter.

ADASport responds:

Interesting. Thanks for the feedback!