Score: 5

"A bit too short, not much really happened."

submission: Warhammer 40k Tribute

date: November 3, 2005

At first it didn't seem too bad and it seemed like a fairly nice start to an episode, but it was just too short and nothing really happened, there was just a bit of fighting and a few deaths, there wasn't really any significant events taking place and there didn't seem to be any story behind the battle. It was dissappointing when you had the crate open and the guy walk out only for you to suddenly end it, as that was the moment where the movie looked like it was actually going to go somewhere and that something interesting was about to take place, but instead you just ended it. It would have been nice if you'd had some story to this and had explained why the battle was taking place as it would have just made it much more interesting to watch as it would have drawn you in to the action more and it would have given a reason for the fight to be taking place rather than it just seeming like yet another violence movie. You had the characters nicely done and they resembled what they were supposed to be perfectly. The sound wasn't too good, the music and the sound effects seemed too loud when they both played at the same time and it didn't sound all that good either, you should have had one louder than the other by a significant amount so that it would have sounded better. It was also hard to make out what was being said on the occasions where there was something said, you should have made the voices more audible and perhaps you also could have added some subtitles just to make it clear.

Peace Out, Afro Stud

1/5

Score: 6

"Nice concept, but it wasn't very interesting."

submission: O.N.E.

date: November 2, 2005

When it first started, I liked it, as it was a great concept in using little dolls as the characters and making everything else appear big, but it wasn't really very interesting to watch as not much really happened, it was just some dolls dancing, which at first wasn't too bad, but when it just became them dancing over and over to different songs it just got boring and repetitive as you were basically watching the same thing over and over again. You should have tried spicing the dances up a little so that each one had a different feel to it and you could clearly distinguish one from the other, doing so would have made it seem much less repetitive thus making it much more interesting to watch. Perhaps you also could have had them mvoing around the room as they were dancing instead of having them in the same location each time as that too would have given a slightly different feel to it making it more interesting. It also would have been nice if the characters had been interacting with some of the objects around the room as they were dancing as you could have done some very interesting stuff by doing that. You also should have had more interactions between the characters, as your message was that 'music is the universal language' so really the characters should have been dancing together for most or all of the songs instead of just the last one, as it would have got that message across much more clearly as the dancing seperately didn't really communicate that message. Perhaps making the characters more clearly from different countries would have improved on that message as well as it would have been clearly showing that the same piece of music can have the same effect on people no matter where around the world they live.

Anyway, on to some good parts of this. the sound fitted perfectly with the actions pretty much the whole way through, well done on that. Also well done on the graphics, the style you used worked really well, I'm fairly harsh with my graphics score, but you got a 10 for this, I don't think I've given a movie a 10 for graphics for over 2 years, so well done.

Peace Out, Afro Stud

0/5(sorry about that, while the movie itself was a good flash movie in terms of skill, I vote for how much i enjoyed the movie, rather than how good it is in terms of flash skill. It works both ways, poorly done movies will get a high score if the story is really enjoyable and I like watching it. 5/5 for flash skill though)

Score: 7

"You've outdone yourselves once again."

submission: Xin Session 16

date: November 1, 2005

First off, wow, that was just amazing, definitely one of the best things I'veever watched in my life, definitely the best in the series and definitely an entry in to my top 10 favourite submissions, it goes straight in at 3rd, well done on that, I really thought you would never top Session 14 and I thought that there was no way another movie was going to crack my Top 7 but you proved me wrong with this and now surely I have an unbeatable top 8 unless you go and top yourselves once again.

The whole thing was just brilliantly done, as always it was more like watching a professional T.V. programme than a flash movie, you really should look into making a T.V. series as like I've said before you clearly have the skills with the storyline. You once again made the fights really interesting and entertaining to watch, an area in which most people fail in achieving. The story was brilliant as well and it was great to hear more of it and to get some explanations for certain events. When there wasn't anything visually interesting taking place it didn't matter as there was the excellent story being told which just made it absolutely incredible, yet again, another area in which most people fail in achieving. You ended this really nicely too, I was on the edge of my seat in anticipation of what was about to take place but then you just ended it and I just really can't wait for the next Chapter of this flash series to start. The only problems with this was with the starting fight scene, sometimes you switched away from the action to another part of the story too early, really you should have had some of the fight scene sections slightly longer than they actually were. Also the noise of the crowd cheering during that fight seemed to be of a poor quality and it also didn't sound like the right kind of cheer. Anyway, brilliant job, keep up the brilliant work.

Peace Out, Afro Stud

5/5

Score: 6

"Amazing, apart from one poor scene."

submission: XIN Session 15

date: November 1, 2005

Once again just like with every episode within the second chapter it was amazing, the little twist right at the start was great to see as was the unexpected ending with the 'hands in pockets' competition, I didn't see that one coming at all, it seems a little odd, but it seemed fairly interesting and it's got me looking forward to finding out what happens next. I liked how you had the main part of the story(the fight between Xin and Oton) broken up into different little section while other events were carried out, it was also nice to see the background story to the school itself and you revealed that in a fairly interesting way, which was hard to do as it wasn't the most interesting of information to be revealing in a movie, but you managed to pull it off and again it worked really well. You managed to get the fight really interesting too, as you kept having it look like one person was going to win for sure and that the toehr stood no chance and you just kept swapping between which character looked like winning throughout, which made the fight scene really gripping and entertaining. There was just one problem with this and it was just one scene, it was the scene where you had Ralph set the guy with the white face's head on fire and you had him running around screaming, it just really wasn't funny at all, it seemed too over the top and fairly stupid and it just really let the movie down as it just broke away from the greatness of the rest of the movie. It didn't even make that much sense, why did his head get set on fire? There didn't seem to be anything happening that would have caused that to happen and it just didn't seem neccesary. Something I'm happy about though is the fact that all the voice-acting was fine and that there were no sound problems. Anyway, brilliant job, keep up the great work.

Peace Out, Afro Stud

5/5

Score: 9

"Simply amazing, the best yet."

submission: XIN Session 14

date: October 28, 2005

That was just mind-blowing, by far the best in the series so far and one of the greatest submissions of all time, this goes straight into 3rd spot in my top 10. I thought that my top 6 was unbreakable but then I saw this and it went straight in and it definitely earnt it, you guys seriously do make amazing movies, this is the 3rd movie of yours that's managed to get into my top 10 now, congrats on that. Once again this was just like watching a professional T.V. programme as opposed to a flash movie due to the brilliant, interesting storyline.

I loved this, right from the very start it was just amazing, instantly you had two major twists and it had only just begun, it was great to get that insight on Dimir and the 4 students who ran the school and it was also great to see Dom back. Another great thing about this episode was the fact that the main location wasn't at the school, it just gave it a slightly different feel to it which just made it even more enjoyable. It was also great that you brought in some background story to Xin and it was nice to see the relationship between him and Zumi explained, the same goes for Ghai and Mina. It was also great to finally see what happened between Ghai and Andre at the school at the end of the first season as that was left unexplained until now. I did just really love how you revealed background story to so many different characters, I'm just hoping that the rest in this series are as good as this one, they wouldn't even have to anywhere near as close to this and they'd still be amazing, this episode was just that damn good. it was definitely excellent to see that there were no sound problems or poor voice acting in it whatsoever, it managed to make the movie seem even better than it already was. Anyway, well done, brilliant job, keep up the birlliant work.

Peace Out, Afro Stud

5/5

Score: 7

"Didn't start out too good, but it soon picked up."

submission: XIN Session 13

date: October 28, 2005

It wasn't really the best of starts, as the start of this just wasn't very interesting as you seemed to start the violence a little too early. It should have taken longer for Xin and Legend to start their fight, there should have been a fair amount of story thrown in right at the start and they should have almost came to blows loads of tiems before they finally did, the fight scene didn't seem particularly interesting either, as it wasn't really that gripping and it wasn't exactly anything original. The movie soon picked up to second season standard though, and all the scenes from the scene with Andre and Finrak on were great fun to watch and again the whole thing was like watching an actual T.V. programme rather than a flash movie due to the great story in it, seriously guys, I've seen enough of your stuff to realise that you should definitely start making professional T.V. series. The part at the end was pretty nice with Legend asking Xin to be part fo the alliance but Xin just agreed that they'd ignore eachother, that could lead to some interesting story between the two in a future episode, I hope it does, and if it happens I'm looking forward to it. Again there was a sound problem, this time with Finrak, the voice acting for him was terrible and the sound quality of his voice wasn't that good either, Mil didn't seem too bad this time though. Also right at the end in the credits I noticed that 1 frame said "Session 12" and not "Session 13", I know it's no big deal at all, but you should still probably sort that out so it looks more professionally done. Anyway, well done, brilliant job, keep up the great work.

Peace Out, Afro Stud

5/5

Score: 7

"That was just something else, the best so far."

submission: XIN Session 12

date: October 28, 2005

That was just brilliant, definitely the best in the series so far, this is just yet another movie of yours which goes straight into my top 10. It really isn't like watching a flash series at all, it's like watching an actual television series, it really is that good, once again I have to say this, you should start making professional T.V. programems like this as you clearly have the ability to come up with a great enough storyline. The whole of this was done to perfection, there was never a dull moment to watch, it was gripping throughout and it was just perfectly executed. You created a great sense of mystery around the girl who took the photographs at the start and the rest of the story flowed perfectly with it and the final scene was just spot on, as Legend was about to make a big mistake and you just ended it perfectly, you really did get involved with the story really well. It's great to see how far this series has come and how far you've came as flash authors and story-writers as the first season of this series wasn't really all that great, but with the second season each episode has just ben mind-blowingly amazing. The only problem with this again was the sound, this time it was just Mil, not only was the voice-acting for him terrible but the sound quality of his voice was fairly poor too, it was great to see how Legend's vocie actor had dramatically improved though as he didn't seem too bad at all this time round. Anyway, well done, brilliant job, keep up the brilliant work.

Peace Out, Afro Stud

5/5

Score: 7

"Brilliant, the best in the series so far."

submission: XIN Session 11

date: October 27, 2005

That was even better than the last one, this was amazing, it had everything, the story and the action, it was practically flash movie perfection. I knew this series was going to get good at some point but I never knew it was going to get this good, some of the episodes in the first series of Xin had me somewhat doubting that this series was all it was made out to be, but this ones just proved how good this series can actually be, if the rest of the episodes are anywhere near as good as this one was, then you've got yourself an amazing series and one of my all time favourites. I was pleased to see that you have still got the old characters that were missing from the last episode in thes series as it just wouldn't have been as good without them, I'm also liking the new character who went un-named in this episode(the one with the white face) and I feel that perhaps you had him finished off a little too quickly in this. It was also great to see Ralph back and it was great to see him grab Ghai, it was great seeing how he'd changed from respecting him and wanting to be his follower to someone who attacked him. Just like your KAZAHANA: Face To Face this was just like one of them anime programmes and I still say that you have the talent to make a profesional T.V. series as it's clear that you can come up with good enough story lines as this episode had me hooked throughout. It was great to see that the sound was finally good and that there were no complaints to be amde from me about it.

Peace Out, Afro Stud

5/5

Score: 8

"Brilliant. A great introduction to the new series."

submission: XIN Session 10

date: October 27, 2005

That was brilliant, a great way to start the new series, it was nice to see a complete re-introduction of the previous characters and it was also nice to see an introduction to some of the new ones too. I definitely prefer the new graphical style too, it adds to making the series better. You instantly created a sense of mystery about the character Dimir, which was great to see done, with the episode before this it was already made obvious that there was something strange about him, and this one just increased that sense. You introduced most of the old characters nicely, but it would have been nice to see Legend, Mrs Jix and Zumi re-introduced as well, but then maybe you've not decided to use them this time round, which would be a shame if you have decided to leave them out of this series as they were some of the characters which made the series better. Again though, not all of the sound was of a good quality, this time it was just the voices of Finrak and the teacher's that were poor. Anyway, well done, brilliant job, keep up the great work.

Peace Out, Afro Stud

5/5

Score: 6

"What a way to end the first season, that was great"

submission: XIN Session 09

date: October 27, 2005

Finally, just what I've been waiting for the whole time with this series, that was great throughout, not once was there a dull moment. It was a great mix of story with a little violence amongst it and there was also a little bit of humour chucked in which was great to see like right at the very start when the examinators were approaching the school and you saw the state that it was in. It was also great to see all the little different aspects of the story from different people's point of views and you managed to pull of having Zumi explain the story in a really nice way, it could have ended up being boring, but it was actually really good. It was also nice to see Andre brought back into it and his little scene with Ghai was great to watch. I also enjoyed the sequence with Legend and Mrs Jix as it did explain a little more about the relationship between the two and I wasn't expecting to see them featured in it. I also liked the way you ended it, it was very nicely done and it got me very intrigued into what was going on and it's left me really looking forward to watching what happens next. Again though, the sound was poor, the sound quality of Mrs Jix's voice was on the poor side, it was just hers though, the sound quality of everyone elses voice was fine. But once again the voice acting for Legend was poor and it really needed to be good as it would have dragged you into the events more.

Peace Out, Afro Stud

4/5