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Score: 10
"We're Starfox!"

"Corneria, Fourth Planet of the Lylat Sytem..."

submission: "We're Starfox!"
date: June 16, 2009

Let me just start out by saying that, wow. I am impressed! Starfox 64 has long been a favorite game of mine, and this is like the ultimate fan movie for it.

The visuals were good, not spectacular or anything, but nice stylistic choice to make them a litle more cartoony. Also, nice use of blurring on things in the foreground, and more importantly, very good detailing of the backgrounds. The animations were smooth and the characters felt very "alive." The constant blinking and and well drawn emotions really lent to the believability of the characters.
The scenario was very funny, especially the opening scene, "Who are you guys?" "We're Starfox!" I was cracking up because whenever I play the game, I'll quote the game as I play it, and the opening level is a classic.
The "cocky little freak!" line was classy as that level is one of my fav's in the game. It feels very Gundam-esque don't you think?
Over all the Quotes were used perfectly, and there were several momemts that are instant gems. The "Fox that's one of ours!" when Fox throws Bills food is a perfect example. Technically the audio mixing here was very impressive as quotes never seemed to bleed over into eachother, and in most cases if not all, they were clear and not fuzzy at all.
That brings me toanother point: the music. I left the title screen playing for like 5 minutes because for one, I didn't realize that the planets were the play button and scene select and all that, I was waiting for someone to start the game lol, and second because I just wanted to listen to the music. Once again great audio quality!
Now for one aspect that so many flash artist forget to consider is the presentation; however, yours was spot on. The way you get the expository feel of the game with the opening "press start" screen really drew me as a viewer into the movie: al my focus was immediately drawn to it. Also, the layout of the bonus material was just brilliant in its accesibility. Concept art that you could see practically all at once without having to navigate through slews of screens, followed by delted scenes that just started playing right there when you clicked them... it was just top-notch.
I bet you probably can guess the score by now. Because of good visuals, smooth animation, a funny scenario with even funnier Laugh out loud moments, clear and beautiful audio, and first class presentation to put some icing on that wonderful Starfox Fan cake you made deserves no less than a 5 out of 5. And trust me, I'm coming back to the kitchen for seconds, yah Cocky Little Freak!

'Till Next Time-------------------------Shadow_F ox_Ninja

June 16, 2009

Author's Response:

Wow! Thanks for the awesome review! I guess the menu was a little confusing :P I'm glad all of my detail was not wasted! :D

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Score: 10
Microcock Windows Pista

"Great Refrences"

date: January 14, 2009

Wow, I don't even know where to begin.
Let's see, for starters it had Really Great Graphics. Everything looked good, clicked fine, moved well. Overall Presentation was top notch.

The Music quality was excellent.
Nice Amount of stuff to find and see.
Perfect representation of all the problems with Vista.
I just got it, and wow every time I boot up, it seems I have a million horrible problems plaguing my machine. So great representation in the beggining.

Tons of humor, everything was funny... Well except for the Osama BJ thing.. That was kinda gross.. But hey you put in there for some reason.. apparently.

The Very best moment in the whole "game" was when You click on "Winamp" and it starts playing Pantera.. Then Low and behold, "Windows Pista Hates your taste in music. Now Changing it." .... Then comes David Byrne from His Album, "Look into the Eyeball" comes, "Like Humans Do." I fell out of my chair laughing, becasue on our old P.C. with the Brand new XP OS on it, every time I pulled up ANY music File, That Song would play!!! That brought back so many memories. That was the perfect little Gem in your flash.

Great job 5/5 and 10/10.

'Till Next Time---------------------------------
---Shadow_Fox_Ninja

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Score: 10
Cardboard City

"Pure Brilliance."

submission: Cardboard City
date: July 13, 2008

Wow, when I read the reviews to this, I wasn't expecting much of a movie, but it occured to me after I watched it that people really just don't get it.

This movie is a perfect example of artistic expression in art meshing with artistic expression in music. The contrast between jazz, music that really has no shape until it is played, with the rigid, unchanging form of cardboard really pulls in the viewer on a very subtle level. It makes them unconsciously hooked onto the movie, and thats why even if they found it "boring" they watched the whole way through.

The animation was great in every piece, and especially on the subway scenes. The feeling of movement was conveyed wonderfully with the speed being more than adequate, and the bland characters each having their own persona even though they did nothing. Thats where I realized how much of a wonderful artist all of you were. If you can convey the sense of being in a living, breathing environment like that, then you truly can claim to be a "flash artist."

The world just reverberated with life, and made me want to visit it. And its very rare that a flash movie moves me to react emotionally. I really felt as if I were part of a city, and as I said, wanted to go there.

Everything about it was brilliant, and just I am so very impressed. The pacing was another highlight of the movie. Some may find it "slow", but what they don't realize is that its showing you the main points of the city while keeping the tone that the music so wonderfully lays out. Most movies try to either force the tone of the music, or just let it fade away into background noise. All of you on the otherhand nailed it perfectly.

I really cannot give this movie enough praise, as it deserves to be in the top ten movies of Newgrounds. Not only is it innovative, artistic, and all around believable, its just the epitome of a grand flash movie.

My score is obviously a five out of five, and rightfully deserved. This is truly a high-water mark for flash movies, and every author should strive for excellence like this.

Oh and on a side note, great game at the begging, my highscore was 11,693 XD.

Once again, great movie, and I really expect to see more whenever you submit, as Im positive it will be jsut as good or better.

'Till next time----------------Shadow_Fox_Ninja!

July 14, 2008

Author's Response:

oh I love you Shadow-Fox-Ninja :)

I remember you reviewed a lot of my early stuff and really liked it too, its nice to hear from you!

music is the mortar if animation is the stone, in the great brick wall of flash :) both are needed, technically you could stack bricks on top of each other, but it would be very likely to fall down, and on the other hand, you could make a wall mostly out of mortar, with a few rocks here and there, but it would probably crack, and no one wants that.

Im glad you thought our wall was well balanced. :)

Moro

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