amazing flash man. gj
hey i cant wait for the next episode... great graphics and imagination
Reviews for "Merry Melony ep.1"
Incredible.
This is by far my favorite flash on all of newgrounds and thus far all of the web. It's beautifully artistic and stylized and I cannot wait to see more of it. And I am INCREDIBLEY pleased with the voice acting, one of my biggest pet peeves with most flash videos. Every aspect of this work of art works so well, I'm anxiously awaiting the second episode.
an amazing trip through the mind
I could go on for a long time about this animation. what sticks out the most is the artistic vision. what it communicated to me was a vision of how somebody sees the world inside of their head. Melony is in a coma right? suppose she is for this reviewers sake... The way the boyfriend communicates with her in her subconcious by cellphone! hah! genious. and furthermore thank you thank you thank you for using a completely unique and origional character. "she isn't a level 20 ninja master with the sword of the legendary rat." yet she is far more interesting then any stupid anime action character. and finally, the dark humor suits me. if I may compair to salad fingers... the creator of thoes, David Firth, makes the darkness of his cartoons a little too deliberate. (don't get me wrong, great stuff) but Melony gave me an even more effective feeling of being alone in this huge, strange world, by making it so empty and not quite right.
I have learned much from this first episode, and will apply it to my own work. I havent been this inspired since seeing The Nightmare Before Christmas. >:)
Woah!
Kick ass. That was one of the best flashmovies I've seen so far. The style is so... I don't know, I can't find the words to decribe it. Just pure awesome, and make sure ep. 2 gets here ASAP.
trust the reviewers
i have only been on NG for a while but this is the first time i see such a disparity between awards: weekly 4th but review crew pick
so lets see who beat you: bunnykill, CI: unregulated, and XIN:session 13
first constatation: what a great week!
2nd: you got beat by flashes that are more accessible to the main audience
bunnykill: madness parody
CI: unregulated: classic shooter
xin session 13 : anime fighting
you, though, have created your thing (own caracters etc.). it's dark and mysterious, something NG reviewers love (see david firth, though i don't think it's quite the same style as yours)
dark: well the sun is shining outside and yet it's dark outside and there's a crow! you also have a kind of sketchy look in your drawing, the reverb on the voices also render a nice effect. also the rabit looks ike a rat!...
mysterious: everybody will agree that
1) we have no idea where this is going
2)the landscapes are weird.
the sound FX also adds a lot of mystery, so does the dialogue.
seeing the character walk alone in a city full of weird landscapes while listening to a weird soundtack (it's somekind of strings played backards right?) is not what everybody wants to see at first in a flash! they'll preffer the kickass fighting of bunnykill etc. but knowing NG members this is EXACTLY what they want in a flash, there also glad to see something different from what they see normaly. that explains the disparity in awards.
look now , you're 6th while CI is 29th , bunnykill, 88th and XIN 13 is 139th, over time people saw what they were missing