Score: 8

"HAH!"

submission: ''SF VS MK''

date: October 20, 2009

I was fourteen when Mortal Kombat Annihilation came out. At the time, I thought it was the greatest movie ever.

Going back and watching it now? Kinda painful... Horrible plot, overabundance of unnecessary characters, and extremely unnecessary game tie-ins. (Animality, anyone?)

Oh well. At least it had a cool soundtrack and Sandra Hess fighting in mud!

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Score: 10

""Choke on em'!!!""

submission: Day of the Madness

date: September 22, 2009

That homage to the original gets an instant ten from me. I tip my hat to you, sir.

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"What the fuck is wrong with you people? They're dead! They're fuckin' dead!"
- Captain Rhodes (Day of the Dead 1985)

Score: 9

"Oh, hell yeah!"

submission: XvSF- Wolverine vs Ryu

date: September 7, 2009

Very impressive!

The speed and the music made for a very exciting short! I also like how you chose to use bone claw Wolverine. That added an element of realism that wouldn't have been present with adamantium claws.

I also LOVE the outcome.

I regret to hear that you will be leaving the sprite world. However, I do realize all too well the need to move on when there is no more joy in something. Best of luck, man!

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Score: 3

"I hate leaving bad reviews"

submission: nada

date: July 7, 2009

Out of 87.3 seconds, you had approximately seven seconds of actual fighting.

Now, I try not to let stylistic differences affect my reviews, but this goes beyond that. It is not a simple case of DBZ-inspired nonsense and move-milking. 92% of this movie was looping, charging, and slow-mo done to ridiculous levels. Now, I can understand that DBZ-style stuff is pretty much all you can do with Sonic sprites. That's what they were built for. But 92% redundancy? Good grief. At least have the good sense not to boast about the length. The real length was approximately seven seconds.

I give you a "3" because it was a somewhat okay seven seconds.

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Score: 9

"Good times."

submission: 32-Bit Tournament-2

date: June 18, 2009

I had to deduct a point for the ending, though. That works for network television because the time frame between episodes is measured in days. For a flash series that can be months or years between episodes, maybe not such a good idea...

Stylistically speaking, I just couldn't get into it. Not your fault, so no deductions there. It doesn't seem to invoke the same aura of intensity that most of your other videos do. For the characters you used, it seemed a bit to "happy", too "playful". I never really felt the sense of urgency or danger as I did with the first episode.

Again, that's all stylistic and subjective. Feel free to disregard my matters of opinion. It's one hell of a flash, it just didn't "click" with me personally.

(Oh, and thanks for the shout-out!)

9/10 5/5

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Score: 8

"It's good for what it is."

submission: Raiden vs. Lui Kang

date: May 25, 2009

The only issues that I have with it are stylistic, so feel free to disregard anything I say.

First of all, I think you may have overdone the photoshopping on that arena. It does not fit well with the characters. It's too "colorful", too "happy". Secondly, I couldn't help but think "why do they bleed rose petals?" when I looked at the hitsparks.

Still, for a short collab entry, it was very good.

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Score: 8

"Hmmmmm...."

submission: Street Fighter Epic Ep.2

date: May 25, 2009

I must say that your choreography was innovative despite the occasional anime cliches. You know how to make a good fight.

However, I had to deduct a couple of points for construction. While that sound loop at the beginning is easily avoidable, it should never have been an issue in the first place. It's an easy fix and you should have taken care of it before submitting. That kind of detail matters. You want to appeal to as wide an audience as possible, even those who don't follow directions.

Also, when you have your action sequences separated by story, you should have some sort of chapter select feature. It would be a different case if you had one long action sequence, but waiting between them is tedious during later viewings when I am already familiar with the plot line.

Kudos on the text. You actually managed to have floating text that wasn't intrusive! Good job!

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Score: 10

"Enjoy this "10"."

submission: The Mortal Kombat Kollab!

date: April 19, 2009

You guys deserve it!

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Score: 9

"Pretty good!"

submission: Fightin' In The Streets

date: February 1, 2009

The last couple of major hits really sold it for me! We so very rarely see that applied to Street Fighters. It's very refreshing!

Oh, and have you TRULY "watched them all"?

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Score: 8

"Not bad!"

submission: Street Fighter Series

date: January 14, 2009

You're off to a good start!

Let me give you a tip: You don't have to dedicate one specific layer to each fighter. I noticed that Ken's sprites held the top position during the whole movie, which makes it look awkward when Ryu lands blows "behind" Ken. Instead of dedicating one layer each to "Ken" and "Ryu", make generic layers such as "Top Fighter" and "Bottom Fighter". You can then swap which layers you put the characters in depending on which one you need to be on "top". Just make sure that you can keep up with it.

Although there are some exceptions, the attacker should generally be on top.

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