Score: 2

"Um..."

submission: Curse of the Wal-Mart Man

date: November 27, 2009

I'm all for disgracing the ravenous masses who trampled a guy over a Hello Kitty doll, but... that was it? Some stock news footage, a poorly-acted geezer, a bathroom and some sprained ankles?

I want my 5 minutes back.

The only reason this is on the front page is because of its timely release.

Score: 10

"Very good..."

submission: Dr. Mario with Lyrics

date: November 22, 2009

Did anyone else notice that Mario has a tattoo of the Triforce on the small of his back?

I found that somewhere between hilarious and disturbing...

Score: 6

"Decent animation."

submission: Earth Hour

date: November 11, 2009

You lose a lot of points for promoting the stupidest idea ever, though.

Score: 10

"I better close this..."

submission: Get on My Horse

date: October 29, 2009

Fast... or I may end up in a hospital.

So much about this is so wrong... and yet so right.

Score: 9

"Apparently..."

submission: Your Horoscope for Today!

date: October 18, 2009

I'm gonna end up with my head impaled upon a stick...

Lovely.

Good song and a good video.

Score: 10

"Probably the most..."

submission: Girlchan in Paradise Ep2

date: September 10, 2009

Intelligent anime I've seen in a while.

The story is so clear, the characters so deep and it makes more sense than almost everything that comes out of Japan.

Score: 7

"Unfortunate..."

submission: How to NG Animator God 2

date: July 7, 2009

But it's all true.

I'm not entirely certain just how much sarcasm there was in this, but there was more than enough nudity to make up for any deficiencies.

Score: 9

"Another reason to avoid the ocean..."

submission: Cymothoa Exigua

date: May 24, 2009

Nicely done flash that's both disgustingly disturbing and hilarious at the same time...

Score: 0

"Hmm..."

submission: Red and Yuffie the movie

date: December 18, 2007

The dialogue is mostly incomprehensible.

The acting is sub-par to grade-school play quality.

The art lacks variety.

The 'story' goes nowhere.

I clicked it off half way though.

I don't see how this ever got a daily reward or front page, I gave it a 0.

Score: 9

"Don't be mad I didn't 10 anything..."

submission: All NG Fads Die!!! 5!!!

date: November 5, 2006

Finally after I don't know how long, this thing finally debutes on NG.

I don't want to be all negative, so I will say that, for the most part, the animation was on par with the better NG submissions of the past. I think if we all knew we would have that much more time we could have made resounding improvements - I know I could have.

The music, for what it is, fits the AFD idiom, but perhaps not the animation. There are points where it clicks with the animation, but those instances are rare and sublimate the music to background noise.

The sound effects are far more rare than I was expecting. Many parts either had no sounds at all, or very few (and they were usually drowned out by the music). I took the time to mix together accompanying sound effects (even creating a few I didn't have) for my series, and I was sad to see that time go to waste.

Graphically is probably where this stands out. The motions are slick, the art is at least decent in all cases, the gore and effects are complimentary, and overall it isn't overdone. Some pieces could have used more polish - which could have been done had they realized the release would come so late.

I suppose it suffered from the downsizing required to fit the flash on NG, but the interactivity was lacking. The main menu looks nice, but is pretty boring without the accompanying music. There's no scene selections, and no nav bar while you're watching.

Upon perusing the reviews, one comment stands out in my mind - the humor. My particular part had no real punchline (except that somehow Snake is breathing fine standing on an atmosphere-less asteroid, falling toward Jupiter) and no planned comic moment. Prime's face floating by at the end used to be funnier before I added AFD5 to the asteroid - it stole the show. Dr Fuji ftw with the bombed eggs, the castle crashers clip is all mabout comic timing, and Rad24's tankman scene is well-placed for a laugh, but few others are intentionally funny. However, The entire concept of AFD is funny, and the irony is prevalent, so there's an echo of humor even without it being directed at you.

As far as style goes, it's an unfair question. Everyone here is imitating someone else's style, so the best you're going to get is a similar style to the original, but not an original style (you might have to read that a few times before it makes sense). I will say that the way in which most of these characters are executed each has its own styling, so that's where the 8 for style comes from.

Overall I'm happy I got an IM out of the blue in the middle of July - or August, whatever - asking if I'd make a part for some AFD series I'd never heard of, seen or given a damn about, really... I got to kill Optimus Prime finally (he is SO overused on NG), and I only killed Snake because it wouldn't have made sense not to - he was airless and falling toward a gas giant... I don't think there's anyone he can CODEC call to get out of that.

Anyway, peace people. I have a lv 56 paladin to level...