first attempt, good...
Listen, it was something that you wanted to try. so it's better than nothing. Don't feel bad about that.
Reviews for "Exploding Fungus (silent)"
Bezman responds:
No, I don't feel bad about it at all.
I mean, as you say, it's my first attempt. And a few people seem to have actually enjoyed it.
Which is nice.
:)
Disappointing
I don't know how you can expect people to judge your work based on how long you spent on it. Just because you worked hard on it doesn't mean it doesn't deserve a blam. Your sympathy thing isn't gonna work on everyone. You seriously shouldn't have submitted this if you didn't want people to be honest.
Bezman responds:
I agree - it is shit. I always knew it was rubbish, even saying 'the idea is pretty weak, and the graphics are rubbish, so make your own mind up' in my commentary.
However, when I submitted this, 0 said something like 'no effort whatsoever' so obviously this didn't deserve a 0 by that logic.
I did want people to be honest and I think that people were honest in their reviews for the most part.
As I said though, this was my 1st Flash. Maybe you should have a look at 'Asteroids' music video - that's my latest movie and (I'd like to think) my best.
In any case, I'll change my commentary as I'm really not trying for a sympathy vote.
Pathetic
Well, You really could've done something way more constructive then waste seven hours of your godly flash time to make some five second, pointless, flash video that has no sound and no punch line. I don't personally use flash, just review, but from my experience, I could use seven hours to make at least a 4 minute movie with sound.
Bezman responds:
Godly flash time? Wow - that's quite a compliment! Did you really mean to write that?
If so, I wonder what makes you think I'm that great at the program...
In any case, this - being my first ever movie - was largely a learning experience.
Yeah, I probably could have made a 4 minute movie with sound if I really wanted, but the way I see it, it'd be better to make a boring 5-second long movie than a boring 4 minute long one.
Well....
I realize this an attempt and all... But if you know it's crap, why submit it?
Bezman responds:
Well, I know it's crap but I find it mildly amusing and I wanted to have something on NG.
It was my 1st attempt and I just wanted to see if it'd survive.
Eventless, but it had a likeable aspect
Well it did seem to be a little short, a mushroom got sprayed with fertilizer and exploded, with nothing else happening, however there was one aspect of it which I liked and it worked really well. Strangly enough, that was the lack of sound, or rather your take on it, seeing the BANG appear out of the mushroom instead of aurally hearing the bang worked better than sound itself could and it made the movie seem somewhat enjoyable despite it's shortness.
Lots Of Love, Rebecca Rose
Bezman responds:
Heya!
This review seems fairly upbeat despite the score.
I like how you gave a specific bit of praise despite the fact that you obviously didn't care for this much.
Though it is kinda odd that you say the movie seems "somewhat enjoyable despite it's shortness", then give it a 1. Surely it's not really somewhat enjoyable at all then? I'm honestly left unsure what your real opinion was. That's my main and only real criticism.
You do point out the length and lack of happenings as criticisms. I think you could have made more criticisms though.
It's nice how you gave a summary of the plot. Though it seems pointless, it's interesting to see how interpretations can sometimes vary slightly.
You seem to approach things in a different way and it's interesting to hear your thoughts.
Thanks for the review.
Stay funky,
- Bez
Your review gets 6/10