Great
Nice one, its one of the few flashes on NG that are actually entertaining and funny.
Reviews for "The Ultimate Showdown"
I don't want to upset any big fans here...
But it has to be said. This is an average animation with an addictive song. Nothing special, and certainly nothing new. I liked, I'm not denying that, but when you pull it apart, you see that it's just another musical, with an ageing yet amusing theme. The comedy is predominantly slapstick (and hardly laugh out loud), and the animation is quite lazy. It also has a tremendous amount of potential which has not been done justice.
Overall, this still is a good piece of flash, and somehow offers a mature take on the humor, but is still bereft of originality and real talent. As for the music, it is well written, but given enough time, many people could come up with something just as good. This is good, not great; and certainly not #1.
altffour responds:
THANKS FOR THE OPINION CAPTAIN OPINION
CARE TO SHARE SOME MORE OF YOUR BRILLIANT INSIGHT!?
An actual review:
To be honest, I thought it was really bad at first, but I gave it a second chance and it swayed me.
Great job to Lemon Demon on the song, I think its hillarious and very original. If it was your idea in the first place you are a very talanted writer and storyboarder. I don't know if this is your best art, but as others said... the animation was stingy, and the art was lack luster. I can apreciate art for what it stands for though, but this did take me two views to enjoy.
Only criticism: less tweening on the animation... It's easy to tell if your using the same images, only slightly cropped, in every scene the character apears in. It just conveys a lack of effort, but I know from experience that what you did isn't exactly easy either, and it can be very tedious...
No offense, but I think your talent may be more in the writing/directing/storyboarding department.
PostScript: Interactivity is a '9' because it had as much interaction as any movie should have... a play button and a replay button. '10' would be if you were crazy and put in a whole menu of options and such.
altffour responds:
Lemon Demon did the song and lyrics. (I helped a bit) and I did the animation and directing and whatever.
The art was meant to be cartoony, and yes I do admit I was lazy at parts, but I think most of the movie is well done.
My next animation (whatever that may be) probably won't have many tweens.
It's funny, it's original, and I enjoyed it.
It's a good catchy tune that has you listening to it for your alarm clock, if youre crazy enough.
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