Reviews for "Target Practice"

[Nonesuch]

Gyeh.

I agree with those who say: this would NOT be frontpage if it were any other author.

I suppose I was under the impression that frontpage pieces were by folks who had TALENT, or GOOD IDEAS, not folks who used their flash to plot their mass homicide and suicide...

I've got plenty more to say in response to certain reviews, but I think folks like ETERNALLY_HUMAN and ChameleoSalamander (of the more recent reviewers) have a few good points...I don't want to add to the clutter more than I already have.

[Willatron]

Of course we didn't see it coming...

If we were to assume every flash artist on Newgrounds who made a cartoon in which some main protaganist, named or otherwise, shoots up a ton of people, then a huge amount of animators who contribute to this site would be investigated.

Look at Tom Fulp himself. One of his biggest hits on teh site was Pico's School, in which people could play as a young boy getting into gunfights IN a school. There's also a game called "Shoot" or something that's been around for a while here on Newgrounds that was about, to paraphrase the author's comments, "Me shooting the people who annoy me on a daily basis." and the game follow through with a game where you shot unarmed, non-violent people living out their everyday lives.

But I digress. I'm not saying these people were messed up. Tom Fulp has clearly not snapped and gone on a shooting rampage. I'm saying that there are reviewers here who, in their glorious internet anonymity, have asked "Why didn't we see it coming?" along with those who decided to be assholes for fun and take a callus unfair look at the plight of a young man who was the victim of his own actions. If your mother was institutionalized from a car accident and your father commited suicide, I gurantee you wouldn't be fuctioning at one hundred percent either. To laugh or ostracize Jeff Weise is to admit your indiference at the troubles of othes and you should be ashamed.

That's just me talking though.

[QueenLeafy]

interesting

i didn't even know his stuff was here. But of course i was in Canada when i heard about it. So they didn't get into depth about it. but for some reason i kinda like this one... in some weird way...

[DueroMcFile]

omg

wow holy jeez i remember reading about that shooting while applying for a job holy cow!!! i didnt realize that he was the guy who was caught up in all that neo-nazi crap and made it in usa today wow i never thought soo creepy man not right at all

[Talking-Bonzi]

What Publicty

First the Numa Numa Guy now Jeff Weise. This may be a tragedy but i don't think it doesn't come off as a somewhat blessing is disguise.

I kind of feel for the guy because i myself use to be a mental patient knows what it's like and i'v lost my dad to cancer. I was also a loner and was messed with in high school. Looks like this guy just snaped. If he was gonna take out some people with himself he should have went for the guys who were the bullies. But non the less people in that condiction (and i'v been there) you become so envolped in your own world of pain that your aim randomly since your mad at the world and start to take pleasure violence and other people's pain.

Also the things to do for entertainment become more than just a song, flash, or a movie. Looking over this guys profile he seems to have had some choice bands that must have undoubtably fulled and encouraged his dark feelings for outrage.

It seems to always be the metal bands and the horror movies. Contrary to eminem's statment music and movies do fule violence but only to those that let it consume their lives or who's parents are watching them closely when they engage in such things or keep them away from it all together.

Also he's over weight. This probably had an impack because when you get into your teens that's when your hormons are frantic and your looking for some pussy. I doubt this guy got any. There is anger tied to lack of sex. He could have got someone i'm sure but his self-esteem was probably to low for him to even try.

Well this guy was an idiot if you ask me. I have been in to out of the mental hospital and i know and have seen and i been through the whole hubb bubb. It's all non-sence. I may have felt like crap but didn't go out and shoot somebody for it and if i did it wouldn't
be just anybody which is what this dude probably did when he took out those people. He was full of himself at the end and it just looks like he took it out on anybody he was close to. So screw him. Screw his flash. I don't care about his sob story. My dad had cancer and my mom has diabetes. I suffered from depression and have had axienty attacks, and anti-social disorder and have had a learning disorder. My School shut down and i was behind so now I am not working on getting my GED and i'm working on going off to college. So i have no sympthy for guy. I have more pitty for the victims.
He could have helped himself but he choose to flip out. Let him rot in the grave he dug for himself. Well i'm out. Peace.