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[Yes, I Have an Addiction]

Superb

The voice acting had superb comic timing. It's the only reason such a corny joke flew so well (that is by no means a criticism - timing and performance is everything).

Learn how to put in a Stop, and Replay button, and it would have given you an extra point. Put a bit more polish on the animation and graphics, find a friend with a good mic and this would near a 10. None lost for length by the way.

[[SG] Welcome Back Death]

Good

The last joke could have played better if he had have been uncharacteristically pleasant until that moment.

AxeShades responds:

Well, as you plainly stated, that would be quite out of character :)

[D2FX: Juicebox...]

Woah, epic

That was excellent!

This was easily a daily first, and I mean no dishonour to 'Little Animation'. Unfortunately 'Lovey-Dovey' and 'Doing everything the hard way' will always triumph over well scripted, hilarious excellence.

Sometimes you just upload on the wrong day. Trust me on that.

[The Myth Of Sisyphus]

Really well done

Try experimenting with making the dialogue/grunting a little quieter when the camera is far away to give it a sense of distance.

CatFat responds:

yeah ihad alot of trouble with the sound syncing etc with this animation so i sort of gave up on the little details like that by the end :)
thanks !

[Link and Navi]

You actually winning something?

It was good, but it could have been a lot better. Sometimes, by simply cutting out the less funny jokes it makes the movie as a whole funnier - and it's less work!

Here's something to try: Take each joke and either say it out loud, or explain it to a friend - you'll judge it harsher out in the open, and you can easily tell which jokes won't fly.

For example:
"Zelda sees a rupee across a cliff. He falls down the cliff trying to reach it"

Once explained, it becomes obvious that there is no joke there, though in one's mind it may feel like one.

LinkXRetro responds:

hmm.... i see...
thanks

[The Dinosaur Planet]

Hey again

You do two things well: Static faces, and static backgrounds. They're genuinely excellent, better than most of the videos here. I'd team up with someone for everything else - shouldn't be too hard, most people are bad at the things you're great at, and vice-versa.

"...I write this coz I think you're worth the trouble. "

Cik105 said it the best. We wouldn't bother if you didn't display potential.

Matt-G responds:

shhhhh

[Prime Minister Address]

Why?

Maybe if you could give us some context for this I would have liked it better. As is, I don't understand the point.

- It doesn't have any 'jokes' as such, so it isn't just straight comedy.
- It can't be political, because it raises no issues or themes, is completely irrelevant to Australia and doesn't feature any recent Prime Ministers.
- And it isn't polished enough to be 'arty', which usually excuses the previous points.

Unless this was made for a 'make something about Australia and Monsters in 3 hours' competition, I don't get it.

I like the water colour style, though it clashed with the vector style - title screen and exit screen looked great.

P.S. *sigh* More pointless nudity - All it does is reduce your audience

[Twatlight]

Great job

Pace it a bit faster, and this would have been a 10.

Now I must be off to show my sister.