Score: 9

"Boring, but then the end made it great!"

submission: After Work

date: November 8, 2005

You used a very nice combination of close-ups and extreme close-ups inside the car, it instantly created a great sense of mystery around the character as you were only seeing certain parts of his body that weren't revealing anything about him at all and it got you interested straight away.

It was a nice shot when you showed the sign shaking as the car passed it, again it got you really interested in the story.

I liked how when you finally showed the guys face, you only showed a small part of it, it increased the sense of mystery around the character and it got you even more interested in the movie than you already were.

I liked how you showed a close-up of the cup as the car went over the bump, it led nicely into the effect of the next bump which caused the guy's cigarette to fall from his mouth, which then led to you finally getting to see the guy's face, though you still didn't see all of it so there was still a sense of mystery about him.

The next part was very nicely done, I liked how you zoomed in on the raccoon's face as the car came towards it, it was a great way to show that the car was about to run it over. The next shot of showing just the guy's eye as he responded to the raccoon was very nicely done too as it showed you all you needed to see to get his reaction to it while still leaving that sense of mystery about him.

I liked how it wasn't until after the guy swerving to miss the raccoon that you decided to fully show the guy, it was a nice way of completely altering the sense of his character, as previously you were led to believe he was aggressive, but this sudden change and the showing of his expressions, changed that completely.

I liked how the only sound became the tapping, it got across the sense of fear perfectly and it also got you really intrigued as to what was making the noise. I wasn't too pleased that it turned out to be a raccoon as it just completely broke away from the serious road that the movie was going down, and it wasn't really funny.

The close-up of the tire, as the car hit a bump which caused it to flip over, was very nicely done. It was really nice how you slowed it down right before the car was about to finally stop turning over, only to then speed it right back up at the very last second.

I liked how you had the blackout and when it came back you showed the car crashed, I liked how you panned across showing all the wreckage and finally showed the guy at the end.

I liked the sequence with the shot panning down from the sky to show the high angle extreme long shot with the guy standing in the middle of the road, it got across the sense that he was all alone and weak perfectly.

I liked the part where the guy rang the doorbell, the close up was put to very nice effect, especially when you found out that he'd lost a finger.

I liked how the door opened slowly, again it created a sense of mystery really well, which was made even better when you switched to showing the guy as the door opened, it just furthered the sense of mystery as to who it was that was in the house.

The next part was done superbly, I liked the alternation between the two, along with the silence, it made the sense of mystery even better as you had no idea what was going on, I liked how you then made it look like she was just going to close the door and ignore him, but then came back out and approached him, the sense of mystery was still there, which just made it really great when she finally handed over the sweet to the guy, which was a really nice little joke which wasn't expected at all, and it was a nice little bit at the end with him just standing there in disbelief as she had a big grin on her face.

Overall it was a really nicely put together movie, you chose the exact right shots to use and also the exact right sound which fitted perfectly with the movie. The story itself was fairly boring as not much happened, but then one little joke at the end completely twisted the story which made the movie great. Well done, great job, keep up the great work.

Peace Out, Afro Stud

4/5

Score: 8

"Great, the best Blockhead yet."

submission: Blockhead: Episode 4

date: November 6, 2005

Once again, just like the last one, that was great, definitely the best in the series so far without a shadow of a doubt, so damn close to a 5/5, but not quite there, it was still damn great though.

The opening sequence has to be the best so far, I loved how it started off in a psychiatrist's office and how you made it seem like all along Blockhead was just part of some crazy guy's imagination, but then you had him show up and interact with the psychiatrist to prove that he existed and to change the story back to what it was before, it still left the possibility though that Blockhead was actually part of some crazy guy's mind still, an issue that I hope to see dealt with in a future episode and then perhaps you could finally reveal the truth in the very last episode of the series. the only thing I wasn't too keen on in this scene was the spitting in the face, it seemed a little over the top and also overdone, but it wasn't really all that bad.

Again I wasn't too keen on how you chose to use pictures that you'd played around with in photoshop at the start as it just gave the impression that the movie was going to be awful, again though fortunately it wasn't. I did like the different tune though, it was nice seeing the usual tune in a halloween style.

I liked the little sketch involving Blockhead not knowing what Halloween was called and it was a great way to start by having him instantly talking with his sub-conscience, it was a great way to instantly set the story up by giving you all the facts you needed to know in a humourous way, I liked how you chose mid-January though, most people would have chosen another special event of the year like Christmas if they did something similar, so it was nice to see something different.

It was great how someone actually turned up at his door as well, you could have had it so he was just wondering why nobody turned up, fortunately you didn't though and you had some funny sketches. It was even better when it turned out to be an insurance salesman and Blockhead asked him what he was supposed to be. It was nice to see the element of the tongs from the previous 2 episodes recycled again, it's always great when an old joke from a series gets revived.

I loved the following conversation between Blockhead and his sub-conscience, it was great to see everything explained and it was funny to see why Blockhead's sub-conscience looked the way he did. This scene had some really funny jokes amongst it and I have to say it was done to perfection.

I wasn't too keen on the next little sketch, it started out fine with the woman turning up asking Blockhead to apologize to the insurance salesman, but the tongue just seemed a little too much and not at all neccesary, it just wasn't that funny at all.

I loved how Blockhead then went trick-or-treating and it was funny when the old lady gave him some of her clothes, also it was nice to see an old character back in the movie. I wasn't too sure what happened at the second house, did the guy there beat him up or something? What happened just wasn't shown at all so it wasn't too clear what exactly it was that happened. The last house had to be my personal favourite, it was pretty funny to see him just grab the vase and then quickly run off.

You ended it marvelously too, it was great how after a short conversation, Blockhead's sub-conscience shot himself and then how a hole appeared in Blockhead's head, it was definitely one of the best parts of the movie and it again was done to perfection.

The main idea to the movie was always going to work, 'an idiot celebrates halloween on the wrong day', but you pulled it off especially well and it was great to watch throughout. I'm still loving the interaction between Blockhead and his sub-conscience too, it's an aspect of this series which is done to perfection. Anyway, well done, great job, keep up the great work.

Peace Out, Afro Stud

4/5

Score: 8

"Much, much better, I loved it."

submission: Blockhead: Episode 3

date: November 6, 2005

That was great, definitely much better than the last one as this one was just constantly funny throughout and I loved every second of it, it was better than the first one too, it wasn't only the length that did that, it was the humour too.

I loved the first little sketch at the drive-thru fast food restaurant, it was just done to prefection, I liked how it started off parodying the drive-thru restaurant's to perfection with the guy repeatedly offering him more stuff when he kept telling him he didn't want it, the event at the end of this sequence wasn't expected at all which just made it even better.

Again I wasn't too keen on how you chose to use pictures that you'd played around with in photoshop at the start as it just gave the impression that the movie was going to be awful, fortunately it wasn't.

The combination of the two different graphical styles was fine this time, it definitely worked a whole lot better than before, they just seemed much better put together.

I loved how you had him watching the cheesy romantic drama, you had the romantic done to perfectiona nd it was nice to see something different done, it was nice to see a break in stlye and to have a different element of humour introduced.

I liked how you had him go up to the chipmunk on his windowsill and had him talking to it really fast before eventually pushing it off, it was very nicely done, this was a point where the movie could have gone sour, but fortunately it didn't. I also liked how you had him boasting to his sub-conscience about what he'd just done, I also liked how an element from the last episode in the case of the tongs got brought up. I really liked the part where Blockhead went "You're smiling aren't you?", I loved that whole little sketch involving the smile, it was definitely my favourite part of the movie.

I liked the next part where you had Blockhead rabbiting on and on, really quickly, to the children outside his house, it was funny how he kept going on and on while they just couldn't even hear him.

I liked how you had his sub-conscience decide to leave him and then how you had him run outside and get run over by a car, strangely enough this scene was actually funny, most jokes involving people getting run over tend to be terrible and they get even worse when they're too obvious, but this one worked really well and I loved it, so well done on that.

I'm hoping the next one will be as good as this, as this is beginning to look like a really good series in the making, the idea of having an idiot with a fairly smart sub-conscience works really well and it's great to see the interaction between the two. Anyway, well done, great job, keep up the great work.

Peace Out, Afro Stud

4/5

Score: 5

"Not as good as the first one, disappointing."

submission: Blockhead: Episode 2

date: November 6, 2005

I didn't like the first section with the old lady at all, every joke was just nothing original at all and each one wasn't funny the first time it was used either. The part where she got run over had to be the worst part, as you just knew it was coming, I was hoping it wouldn't but it did and I literally groaned.

Again I didn't like how you chose to use pictures that you'd played around with in photoshop in the intro as it instantly gave a bad impression.

Again I didn't like the combination of the two different graphical styles either, it looked better than before this time though which was a good thing.

The one part of this I did like was when you went to the view of his subconcious and you saw that the guy wasn't there and then he walked in, it was pretty funny and it worked really well. I also liked the line "what was it he asked, not expecting a real answer", it was a really nice line which worked perfectly.

I didn't like the fridge scene at all, I didn't like how you completely changed the visual style of the movie to pasted images, especially since they were of a poor quality, there were far too many blurs around them. The jokes to it weren't anything original either, someone saying that an items something completely different than what it actually is, is far too overdone and there just didn't seem to be any humour in it.

I wasn't too keen on the rest of the jokes after either, as they were too over the top as well as being overdone and I just didn't find them funny at all, partcularly the eating of the toaster. I did like how at the very end he instantly walked away from the T.V., it got the fact that he was dumb across perfectly, due to him losing interest after 5 seconds.

I was disappointed by this one, it was mainly the humour that let it down as the jokes didn't seem to be anything original, the jokes you used have just been done far too many times before and some of them weren't even funny in the first place, which just really let the movie down. Had you been more original and made the movie more interesting like the first one this would have been much better.

Peace Out, Afro Stud

1/5

Score: 6

"Good, but it was too short."

submission: Blockhead: Episode 1

date: November 6, 2005

Well first off I have to say it was good, I liked it, it was definitely funny and the humour was there right from the start, the only problem was with the length, it just seemed too short and there wasn't really that many jokes in it, it should have been longer as it would have made it much better and it would have got a much higher score.

I liked how right from the start you started with a funny joke, it just instantly got my attention and got me interested in the movie from the word go, I expected a constantly funny movie and that's what I got. The idea of basing a movie around a really stupid guy doesn't sound like it would make a good movie, but it did, I especially liked how Blockhead was talking to some guy that wasn't even in the room with him and it generated some sort of interest into what was going on, was that guy his subconciounse mind telling him or what? It was a nice little concept and the thick jokes worked really well.

The only complaints I have about this other than it being too short is that I didn't like the merge of the two graphical styles with Blockhead and his surroundings as it didn't look that good next to each other. I also wasn't too keen on how you chose to use pictures that you'd played around with in photoshop at the start as it just gave the impression that the movie was going to be awful, fortunately it wasn't. Also the sound quality of the fat bloke's voice seemed a little poor when his voice got loud and it just didn't sound too good. My only other complaint is a minor one, the size of the window seemed a little too small, I checked it out and w=525, h=375 seems to be the best way in which to view this, that complaints not really a complaint though, just a reccomendation.

Peace Out, Afro Stud

2/5

Score: 8

"That was awesome, even better than the first one."

submission: Pencilmation #2

date: November 5, 2005

Once again I loved it, it was everything the first one had, but with some story and some more great original ideas in it. I loved how you had the pencil interacting with what it drew, like where it moved the cannon right at the very start, it was a brilliant touch and it worked really well, it was very nice to see and I also loved how you had the pages flicking over for each different part of the story. I also liked how right at the very start of the story you had the stick figure drawing the castle with the tip of a pencil, again a very nice touch to see a drawing, drawing something itself and it was even nicer when the pencil rubbed out the castle, it got a few chuckles from me. I also liked it when you had the stick figure grab the pencil and drag it into the paper, it was great how the pencil ended up becoming a drawing itself and it was great to see the stick figure using it. the story to this was excellent and it was really fun to watch the puny pencil-drawn stick figure attempting to beat the mighty pen-drawn stick figure, by only using the pencil to draw things. I especially loved the quicksand sketch where the pencil-drawn stick figure made the quicksand only for the pen-drawn one to push it away so it would effect the pencil-drawn one instead. I also really loved the end sequence, it was done to perfection, it was a great idea to have the pen-drawn stick figure, become a stain by walking into some spilt tea/coffee that was on the paper, a very original idea. The part right at the very end with the massive marker pen coming in just made it even better, and the expression on the stick figures face was perfect.

The music in this one didn't seem to fit in with the action as well as the music did in the last one, it still fitted in really well, just not as good as previously, it was just the start though where it didn't fit in all that great. I also wasn't too keen on the scrolling down the page to show the opening credits at the very start, it didn't look too good, perhaps it would have been better if you'd flipped the page over and then gone back to the first one to continue on with the little animation sequence that you had going on.

Anyway, well done, brilliant job, keep up the brilliant work.

Peace Out, Afro Stud

5/5

Score: 8

"Brilliant, very stylish, I loved it."

submission: Pencilmation #1

date: November 5, 2005

That was just brilliant, I loved it, the whole style with the pencil drawing everything was just done to perfection, this was just completely different from every other flash movie, definitely one of the best animations I've ever seen, I literally applauded this, it really was that damn good. Okay the idea of a pencil drawing things and having a story progress has been done many times before, but never before has it been done this good and you used some things that haven't been done before with this style of movie as well. It was great to see the pencil interacting with the stuff in the movie, such as poking the stick and turning the gauge to fill up the tank with water. It was also great when all the stuff animated by itself without the pencil making it happen, the whole thing was just really very nicely done and I especially loved the ending where the tip of the pencil came off and the stick figure picked it up and used it himself, it was a very original idea and it worked amazingly. The story to this wasn't an interesting one, but story isn't what this movie was going for and what you did have was absolutely perfect. I'm really looking forward to seeing the next one, if it's better than this then it's just going to be absolutely amazing. Anyway, brilliant job, keep up the brilliant work.

Peace Out, Afro Stud

5/5

Score: 7

"Good game and fairly addictive."

submission: GunRun

date: November 5, 2005

It was a good game, at first it didn't seem all that good, but after a while of playing it it became enjoyable as the number of enemies increased and the game wasn't as easy as it was at the start, and eventually after a while of playing the game became fairly addictive and I ended up playing it for a good couple of hours. I liked the idea of shooting mechanised beings as opposed to living things, it was a much better idea as it gave the game a different fell to it, had it been just yet another kill people or creatures game, it wouldn't have been anywhere near as good. Strangely enough the repetitive action that was in this game didn't make it seem boring, in fact it made the game better, something very few people manage to pull off, so well done on that. I liked going into Rage mode as it was nice to have a diffeent factor within the game and it gave the game a slightly different feel, which is always nice to have, I especially like the change in colour and speed at this point. The game would have been perhaps a little better with music, though the sound was actually fine without it and it didn't seem all that neccesary as there was pretty much constant sound effects taking place(I realise you have music in the non-Newgrounds version, but I just thought I'd mention that anyway). My only complaint with the game is that the powerups were a bit too random, I played it through a good few times and the whole randomness of it seemed a bit too much, sometimes they'd be absolutely no power-ups appear for ages, sometimes you'd get four within a very short period of time, sometimes certain power-ups would never appear and sometimes it would just be the same power-up appeaing over and over, this one was particularly bad when it was the Rage powerup over and over, as while I liked it, constant Rage powerups was a bad thing as it made it seem more like part of the gameplay as opposed to a great thing you can get every now and then. You should have tried making the powerups to a more set pattern, like one appears once a certain amount of time has passed and you don't get another power-up until the same amount of time has passed again. You also should have had it so that you have to get about 2 or 3 different power-ups until you get the same one again, eg. you get the gun power-up and it won't appear again until 2 different powerups have came along, so say, gun-life-invincibility, then the gun power-up would be able to appear again.

Peace Out, Afro Stud

3/5

Score: 3

"Is that it? It needed more to it."

submission: Our First Halloween

date: November 4, 2005

It was too short and not much really happened in it and it also seemed a little too cliched and unoriginal, most of the stuff wasn't anything I haven't seen done hundreds of times before, there was some funny jokes in it but it never really got particularly interesting.

The start was good with Smiffy hiding and Jo making him come out and his costume was fairly funny to see, okay it wasn't an original joke at all, but it still worked and it was funny.

The next part with the Dustbin Fairy routine was fairly okay, it seemed a little corny but it definitely wasn't bad. Though the part after that where Jo fell marked the moment where this movie started to get boring, falling jokes are just overdone and they're very rarely ever funny.

The next part where the kids turn up at the door, Smiffy wasn't happy and he threw sugar over them, was just a part that's completely overdone, the effect it had when it was first done worked, but since then it's just been repeated over and over and the humour it once had is now completely gone. Then you used another overdone joke with the fat kid and having the bag fall on top of him just seemed far too over the top and it just didn't seem neccesary.

The next part was good, while it was again an overdone joke, it was an overdone joke that actually works apart from when it's done really badly, this wasn't done badly and it was great to see the reaction from the Christian woman due to what she thought was happening. The part where Jo opened the door could have been better though as it wasn't particularly interesting and the use of the tumbleweed made it far too cliched.

The next part was dissapointing, as you just suddenly decided to end it and not really all that much had happened in the movie, it would have been much better if you'd continued on from there and had some funny events taking place.

The whole movie did really seem to be lacking in events, it was just a couple of trick-or-treating mishapsalong with two other jokes, which just wasn't enough. The sound quality of the voices was poor and it really showed when the voices got louder and it showed far too much when the kids went 'trick or treat', the poor sound quality somewhat let the movie down and made it seem worse than it actually was.

Peace Out, Afro Stud

0/5

Score: 5

"Disappointing."

submission: BadGuys3:BatteredMonsters

date: November 4, 2005

Well I must say, I was rather disappointed by this, the last two were great but this one didn't seem to be that interesting, it kept seeming like it was going to lead somewhere, but it didn't, which was a shame. It wasn't that funny this time either and the only time I laughed was right at the very end when the trick or treaters spoke in the sewdish accent that's been used in every episode so far, it was funny because it's been a recurring factor within this series. The swearing jokes didn't work too well this time, as they just seemed too forced, like you were only putting them in because that's what this series is about, the context just didn't seem right this time and it didn't really work. You should have had more going on in it, as not much really happened, some trick or treaters turned up at a door and some random monsters appeared every now and then, it just really wasn't too interesting to watch, you should have had some more interesting lines amongst it and some sort of interesting to watch event taking place, also perhaps you could have used more than one location, as only using the door seemed a little bland, perhaps you could have shown some action from inside the house that didn't involve the trick-or-treaters. Where the guy was moving his head the animation wasn't very well, one minute he was looking right, then forward and then left it was just a sudden jerk rather than a flowing movement as he moved his head and it didn't look all that good. I was impressed with the sound, never before have I seen the use of two speakers done so well from a flash movie, it was great to hear the sound coming from one speaker and then at another moment the other, it just really made me wish that I had surround sound, excellent job in this factor. I'm surprised by the pace at which your releasing these episodes, you'd think that surely they'd be terrible but they haven't been, they've been good movies, okay I didn't like this one, but it still wasn't a poor movie in terms of skill, it just wasn't very interesting to watch, so seriously well done on making good flash at such a quick pace. I'm pleased to see that this episode isn't where your series is headed though and I'm definitely looking forward to watching the next one.

Peace Out, Afro Stud

1/5