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[Black Mages 5]

You ftw.

Sir, you have pwned everything else in existence with this Flash movie. I've watched it countless times now, and it is so crazy and fast-paced, I notice new things every time. I saw the previous "Black Mages" Flashes of yours, and they were good, but this is pure godlines. You can practically smell all the hard work that must have gone into this amazing animation and artwork. The sound is extremely well done; specifically I love how the lightning-fast transitions between scenes change music quickly as well. FFIX was a good choice of FF games to get the music from; some of the best in the series (and not to mention my favorite of the games.) I liked how all of the main classes played a role, though personally I wish red mage pwned more (I'm a huge RDM fanboy.) The whole movie was greatly entertaining, as were the outtakes, a very nice touch. If there is one thing I'm not totally satisfied with though, it's the ending. It seemed a bit...I don't want to say "rushed," but somewhat abrupt and unsatisfying. I'd like it to have finished with something really funny/stupid, rather than a giant blast of energy. But it by no means ruins the movie; obviously it isn't intended to be a traditional plot.

This will remain one of my favorite Flash movies ever, sir. Extremely well done.

P.S. It's totally off the subject, but I disagree that sprites are for unoriginal people. Though many sprite works may suck, I think that if done correctly they can be masterpieces. I'm a sprite ripper myself. Nothing personal, just wanted to get that off my chest. Your movie pwns and I worship you. Please, let me wash yoru balls.

matt-likes-swords responds:

The ending was the result of me not writing a script :D

But thanks for the neat review.

[Rise of the MK:Part 3]

Disappointing

I LOVED the first two parts of ROTMK. They were legendary. This completely ruined the plot of the story. The first two had an emotional appeal because of Mario's death, and it was quite powerful. In this one, the story and emotion became worthless when the viewer found out that it was all a dream. Not to mention it's just plain corny. It's a major disappointment to see that all of the power of the revenge of Luigi and the Mushroom Kingdom were just thoughts in Luigi's head.

Randy Solem, I love your movies, don't get me wrong. The visual effects and sound quality were top notch too. But I think this just went too far. All that hard work could have been put to a whole new Flash project and it could have been awesome in its own right. In my opinion this story would have been perfect with only the first two parts (though the end of part 2 was kind of disappointing in the same sense that this was).

Randy-Solem responds:

uhhh weren't the first two corny?? :/

[Abobo Cereal Smash]

That was cool.

I loved how the sound went perfectly with the animation. It really helped make it hilarious. I loved Abobo's voice. And I'm really happy to see that you used my sprites, and thanks for the credit!

garvinash responds:

major league thanks goes to you for ripping both the Abobo and all RCR sprites that I've used in my films. and Late in the Evening kick ass, man.

[The Sad Skater (updated)]

Please stop doing this

I've been looking at your flash movies, and I must say that I do appreciate the fact that you're making serious, sad films about emotional things and such. I seriously respect it. But man, don't you ever wonder if this stuff is getting boring, showing the same ideas over and over? I've watched about 5 of your films so far, and 3 of them were about somebody being depressed about a girlfriend dying. The stuff is kind of corny, showing words saying "I love you" and things like that. I'm a skater, and I think that you shouldn't have made this based on a skater. I know the main idea of the movie, that skaters have feelings too, but man, if people are gonna bash skaters, they're going to do it anyway. Everyone knows that every class of people in the world has feelings, but that doesn't stop people from being racist. Showing a big skate scene in the movie made it worse. I don't know what everybody else thought, but when I saw that, it shouted out to me "Hey! If you don't like the emotional stuff, here's a skate scene!!!" It didn't go well with the music at all (the skate scene). I appreciate that you're showing that us skaters have feelings, but people already know that. I'm completely fine with getting the occasional "dirty skater" or "skater goth" because I know that the person is just a fucking moron trying to keep his own good reputation. Mostly preps bash skaters, so we bash them back, because we have more of a right to complain anyway. Let this be a lesson to all the preps out there who bash skaters, because I hope you know that we have the talent to do it and you don't. The only thing the preps do have is their shitty reputation. Sorry for getting off the subject there, but I had to get that out of my system. I feel better now. Anyway, please try making new kinds of flashes. This probably took a really long time to make, because it looks rather nice. Sorry if I've insulted you somewhere in here, good luck with your flashes.

Affinitia responds:

if that wasn't the most steriotypical review i've ever read i don't know what is... and dude, what if i had a girlfriend and she died of cancer? you have no idea who i am, or where i'm at in life, and you're sitting over there, stating all these mis interpritations and pointless opinions about something that came truly from my heart... i am sorry if you don't like it, i didn't make this movie for everybody... sometimes i have to make a few movies based on the same thing from different points of view to stop it from hurting so bad, so i can better understand why things happen... because they all happen for a reason... i never made flash to impress people, i just make it cuz it is a resonable way to express my feelings, and i am so sorry if i bored you with my movies... but if you don't understand them.. please don't watch them, i would hate to be wasting your time... thanks for the respect and all, but seriously, don't criticize this to my face, it still hurts a lot to even think about the reason i made this movie... and all those other sad films... i dont like to watch them, cuz i am the direct source of which they came, and i know why i made them, and it hurts... so please, don't remind me... i know i suck anyway, you don't need to tell me.