Score: 5

"Started out poor, but the end was good."

submission: XIN Session 08

date: October 27, 2005

I'm kind of shocked to see that this time I preferred the fight to the story, I think it's probably due to the fact that the story section of this one wasn't very interesting but this time the fight was really interesting to watch, due to the fact that it was quite gripping as you were wanting to see if Legend would manage to escape and make sure that Mrs Jix was safe or not and you brought Mil into it fairly nicely. I did like the very start of this though with Xin in Zumi's room it was a fairly nice set up, but you didn't show enough between Xin and Zumi and then it didn't really get interesting again until Ghai entered the nurses office and went to attack Mrs Jix. That part was nice as it brought in a further sense of the relationship between Legend and Mrs Jix and it was good to see Ghai exploiting Legend's one weakness, Hopefully you'll expand on the relationship between those two in an upcoming episode as it would be fairly interesting to understand it more clearly, as it's fairly plain to see that Legend's in love with her, but it's not clear enough about whether she feels the same way about him or not. Once again I wasn't too keen on the graphical style and how you'd gone over the lines and also how you could see through parts of the characters, it was partcularly bad at the start when you showed Zumi from behind and how she was just a black shadow, as it just looked really poor to see that full of holes. Once again the sound was poor, the original sound problem was back once again as there were three crackle sounds right at the very end, you should probably look into that. Also the sound quality for Mrs Jix was just really poor and it didn't sound right compared to the rest of the sound at all. And finally the voice acting for, Legend, Mil and the bald teacher was poor whcih kind of let the movie down as due to the poor acting you weren't drawn into the movie enough.

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2/5

Score: 5

"It needed more story with it."

submission: XIN Session 07

date: October 27, 2005

It just really needed some story amongst it, as it was basically just yet another fight scene movie, okay it was one of the best 'just a fight scene' movies, but when it comes down to it that's still all it was, just a fight scene, it really did need some story amongst it to make it more interesting to watch, okay it was fairly interesting to watch due to the fact that you weren't sure which way the fight was going to go due to the constant swapping of who was winning, but it still just wasn't quite interesting enough. I really did expect more from this series, I was expecting it to be mainly story with some violence thrown in, but it's gone on the other road with it beign just violence with a little story thrown in, it would be much more interesting if it was the other way round. I did like the part where Dom punched Xin through the wall and it made the school building shake, that part was pretty good. Once again the sound wasn't particularly good, and Dom's screams were of a fairly poor quality, also once again some of the voice acting was poor, Dom's seemed to be a little better this time round, but the teacher that was in it for a few seconds, the voice acting for him was just really poor.

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1/5

Score: 5

"It was alright, it needed to be longer though."

submission: XIN Session 06

date: October 27, 2005

What you had was alright and it was fairly interesting to watch, the only problem with it was that not too much went on and it just wasn't long enough, you should have made the fight sequence longer as this fight itself was much more interesting than the others in the series so far and it was great to see someone dealing with Xin so easily. I liked the introduction of the new character Dom and you left it in a fairly interesting place which has got me looking forward to what's going to happen next. The main problem with this series so far is that it's concentrating too much on the fights, sure they should be in it but you also need to have some more story in it as well as it would just be much more interesting with it. I liked the part where the kid ran into the cafeteria and shouted to everyone telling them about the fight on the roof, it reminded me of what it used to be like back in school whenever there was a fight, although the students should have reacted more quickly, after all it was two of the best fighters and biggest students in the school that were fighting eachother, so the slight delay didn't look too good. Again there was the thing with the graphics where there were holes in the caharcters and the colours going over the lines, I realise that's the graphical style you were going for, but it just didn't look too good. The sound quality seemed better this time, the only problem was that the crowd sound during the fight on the roof seemed fairly poor. Also the vocie acting for Legend and Dom was pretty poor, which made the movie seem slightly worse than it actually was.

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2/5

Score: 4

"Not that good."

submission: XIN Session 05

date: October 27, 2005

It just really wasn't that good at all, the fight at the start wasn't interesting, it was nothing new, just the same old fight sequence that's been done a million times already, you should have tried being more original with it. The story in this one wasn't too good either, it just went over the same old stuff as before and the only new story to it was the introduction of two new characters, I guess there was the little bit of story that Legend was going to 'pay Xin a visit' but that wasn't exactly that interesting a turn of events, although that short sequence at the mention of Xin's name was fairly good, it's just a shame that that was the only good part of the movie, although I did also like the bit where the tecaher suddenly turned up and Andre took one punch to knock him out, but then that was only a 2 second sequence. I wasn't too keen on the fact that there were 3 different graphical styles used, as when you made the change to a different one it didn't look too good. You'd also gotten a bit lazy with the graphics again and there were holes amongst the characters and also some of the colour went out of the lines, but then again, that was the style you were going for. The sound again was bad, right at the end there was the original sound problem back again with the little crackly noise. Also the voices sound was of a poor quality, which particularly showed when they got louder and also the voice acting seemed really poor in this one for each character, particularly Mil.

Peace Out, Afro Stud

1/5

Score: 5

"Hmm, a little disappointing."

submission: XIN Session 04

date: October 27, 2005

It was a little disappointing, not much really happened and it wasn't what I was hoping for at all, it was just a little fight scene in the library and there wasn't much about it which particularly grabbed my attention, I guess it wasn't too bad, but it could have been much better, you should have made it a bit longer and you shouldn't have gone into the fight as early as you did, there should have been a lot more dialogue before it actually happened, you also needed to continue on in this from the very end as it just seemed too short. I liked the part where Ghai came in and Ralph got down on his knees and begged Ghai to take him as his follower, I liked it because you made it look like Ghai was approaching Ralph but he jsut ignored him and approached the girl, okay that's a little overdone, but it still works and that's why it's good. I also liked it when Xin came in and just took out Ralph in one quick punch and you used the slow-motion effect very nicely. There were a couple of parts in this that weren't too good, when Ralph brought his arms together as he said "Strong Rushmore", his arms moving in towards his body didn't look too good due to the merge amongst his arms and body and the overlapping of the two. The sound quality of the voices could also have been better as it was a little on the poor side and it particularly showed when the voices got louder.

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2/5

Score: 7

"I liked it. It could have been a bit longer though"

submission: XIN Session 03

date: October 27, 2005

I liked this one, this definitely has to be the best in the series so far, the only real problem with it was that it seemed a little too short and not much in terms of action happened, it was just setting up the story, it was a good story though and it was interesting to watch, it was also nice to finally see why the series was called XIN. I liked how you showed the story from the teachers perspective, as i just expected this series to be all from the students point of view, showing the teacher's as well just made it even better. The artwork problem before seemed a lot better this time as it looked like you'd taken care in not going over the lines and in making sure there weren't any holes, the only problems with it were with Xin and Ghai and also Andre at the very end where the problem was still there, but like I've said already it's no big deal as that's obviously the style of artwork you were going for. It was also nice to see that you'd sorted out the sound problem in this one. I'm looking forward to the next part, hopefully that will ahve a nice mixture of action and story. Anyway, well done, good job, keep up the good work.

Peace Out, Afro Stud

3/5

Score: 3

"That wasn't that good."

submission: XIN Session 02

date: October 27, 2005

This one wasn't that good, they're were a couple of good parts amongst it but the majority of it was just really poor. I liked the vey start with Ghai and the girl talking, it set up the story very nicely and I was expecting some good events to follow, like the students causing chaos in some funny, interesting way, but instead it was just an awful fight scene in the cafeteria. I didn't like how you used real people's faces on bodies you drew as it just looked pretty stupid to be honest and it gave the movie that 'terrible beginner flash movie' feel to it, it would have been better if you'd drawn the faces yourself as it would have made you be able to take the flash movie more seriously as it just seemed like some sort of joke. I also wasn't too keen on how you made the fight scene choppy, it would have been much better if the movement had been fluid instead as again it would have made you be able to take the flash movie more seriously as it just seemed like some sort of joke. I liked it when Ghai walked up to them and eevryone whispered 'Ghai' it instantly grabbed your attention and it made it seem very intriguing and I was hooked on that one scene instantly. But then even when hestarted fighting, the fight scene was still poor as it just wasn't particularly interesting, perhaps you should have tried making it so. Again I didn't like the fact that the colours went over the outlines of the characters and how they had holes in the middle of them, as in my opinion it didn't look too good, but then I guess that that was the style you were going for, so there's no real complaint there. Once again you ahd the same old sound problem, every now and then there was this little crackling noise and it didn't sound too good, perhaps you should look into at and try to sort it out if you can.

Peace Out, Afro Stud

0/5

Score: 6

"That was alright and it had a good story to it."

submission: XIN Session 01

date: October 27, 2005

This was alright, the story to it was a really good one and I'm looking forward to watching the rest of the movies in this series. The only real problem with this is that it was a little too short and not all that much had happened, but then it was only an introduction to the series, what had happened though was good. I liked how you instantly started with the scene of the teacher beating up the student, it was pretty shocking to see and it was a great way of instantly grabbing the viewer's attention. It was pretty shocking the whole through seeing how the teacher was treating the students and it was an even bigger shock when Andre came in and acted like he was the one in control, you ended it nicely too and I'm not that sure which way this is going to go, which has just made me look forward to the next one even more. The only other problems with it was the fact that the colours went over the outlines of the characters, in my opinion it didn't look too good, but then I guess that that was the style you were going for, so there's no real complaint there. A more serious problem though was with the sound, every now and then there was this little crackling noise and it didn't sound too good, perhaps you should look into at and try to sort it out if you can.

Peace Out, Afro Stud

2/5

Score: 6

"That was great, but the end ruined the humour."

submission: Slowloft©

date: October 26, 2005

It was great throughout and pretty much the whole movie was very funny. I loved how you used the little ball characters, they just boosted the appeal of the movie due to their cuteness. With most of the movie you had the humour spot on and you even managed to pull of the Madness style scene superbly, something very few people have managed to succeed in achieving. You had the character pulling the right facial expressions at exactly the right time and you also had them making little movements at the exact right time too, which was just yet another aspect of it which made it even better. My personal favourite part had to be where it went "he'd overlooked something that made millions of people happy" and you had it looking like the answer was going to be Newgrounds but it turned out to be muffins. The only real problem with it was the joke at the end about the anal bleeding as it just wasn't funny at all and it just wasn't at all necessary and it made you drop from a 9 in humour to a 5 and from a borderline vote of a 5 to just a plain old 4, all because of one little joke at the end, I did like his facial expression at that point though, it was just yet another aspect of the movie which you got spot on. The only other poor part of this was the sound quality of the voice, it seemed to be a little on the poor side and there were times when it really showed, you were speaking in the exact right kind of voice though, which again was yet another aspect of the movie which you got spot on.

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4/5

Score: 9

"Very cute I loved it. One of the best music videos"

submission: Joan and Mark

date: October 26, 2005

It was just brilliant, I loved it, the whole cute style of it was just great, it worked really well and this is definitely one of the best music videos on Newgrounds. This goes straight into my top 10 and it's taken the 10th spot.

At first glance the two characters seemed rather plain, but then you looked again and saw that they were pretty well thought out, the guy only had one arm and the girl only had one eye, it was perfect for them considering what they did. The whole thing was just very nicely done, I loved how at the start you went right up close to the guy's eyes and then you had them turn into the two characters. I also liked how at first you weren't aware of the size of the insects they were after and how they turned out to be ridiculously huge. When the girl brought out the grapple gun and you ahd the screen showing just the grapple gun, it was nice to see as it made a nice break from the rest of the action that was going on and it was nice to see something different amongst it. I also liked how after recieving the money they saw that there were even more monsters to catch and how they then went and captured them all. It was great how you managed to not only have a music video but how you managed to have a story to it as well, most people would have just ended up with one or the other but you managed to achieve both. I also liked how you didn't try making the movie violent as most people would have tried doing that as well and the movie just worked so much better in the cute style that you ahd it in. The only thing I wasn't too keen on was when they got given the money and you had pictures of actual money and then the screen flashing as it was just too different from the rest of the movie and it's appeal got somewhat broken at this point. I also wasn't too keen on the bit where you showed them travelling on the boat and the hot air balloon and that whole little section up until the tree, it's not because what was happening was poor, it's just because that part didn't seem to fit in to well with the music, unlike the rest of it which fitted in perfectly.

Peace Out, Afro Stud

5/5