Haggard's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Kill Bahamut! 03]

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Definetly the best part of this short-lived series.
You made Wade talk like I always thought he'd talk ^^. And Bahmut getting killed by Wade's camera is a funny idea.

But again was the picture of your opponent not that well cut out. Here the same white dots could be seen. When you ever revive this series, make sure you put more effort into cutting out the pictures :P

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kinggila responds:

"You made Wade talk like I always thought he'd talk ^^"

YES!!! I RULE!!! :D

"When you ever revive this series, make sure you put more effort into cutting out the pictures :P"

I shall do that or make character models of the opponents. :)

[Kill Bahamut! 02]

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You made a good use of speakonia here.
But just mirroring the picture of Hitler seems quite lame to me... now the swastika was the other way round (but a very interesting fact: Pointing to the left, the "Sauastika" means "death" :P ) and Hitler certainly never greet with his left hand! :P

Also, the image wasn't cut out very well. One could see a few white dots moving along with Hitler.

The fact that Bahamut died just by running into Hitler's hand didn't made that flash better, either. StrawberryClock had at least his awesome "B"-attack, but Hitler was just standing there...

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kinggila responds:

Bahamut got killed by Hitler's hand. He doesn't need to move at all. Just look at how well he did on ATWI80D and how well he's doing on CAI493+D. :D

[Afro_Stud - The Album]

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I'm totally not buying this album as it features the most horrible music ever made! (Except for "Fear of the dark", of course).

The flash itself was quite funny and the "bomb"-reference at the end of the movie made me actually laugh.
I expected it to blow at the end, but sadly it didn't :( .

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kinggila responds:

His present was a Barbie Doll. :P

[FBF Pumpkin Patch]

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Even though the flash is so damn short and has a very large file size I really liked it! Your drawings are very nice and the animations are smooth and fluent.

The ending is quite unexpected and somehow even funny.
I didn't like the music, but at least it fit well in this flash.

Now only thing you have to do is make a longer flash! :P

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gradenator responds:

Yah, after double checking and watching this movie over and over, I began to not like that music much either. TY for the awesome review! I'm glad you liked it.

[Varp 02 Der Volkspolizist]

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The moral in this song is so simple that it really hurts -.- . But ok, it's a song for children, so one can't expect really deep thoughts in this.

I don't know if old DDR-songs are that helpful getting your message through, as the DDR was neither socialistic nor democratic but a flat-out dictatorship.
So, it's kinda ironic to use such a song to get your message through.

But you chose good animations to express the lyrics and your thoughts. Help others, and you will be helped. I wish more people would think that way.

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Kenzu responds:

I think the west demonises DDR too much. I am not saying it was perfect and I know it was a dictatorship, but it was socialist, even though many people argue that a truly socialist country must be democratic. I think DDR wasn´t that bad. Majority of people had a decent life, except for political dissidents who tried to escape to the west, but I am not talking about them, because after the borders closed, they were only few.

All people had a job, there was a strong children support by the government, free health care, education, kindergardens and many awards each year like for example ``Held der Arbeit´´, which were given to ordinary people who helped to build socialism in East Germany, and as a token of gratitude they were given better appartments, dachas, cars, a lifelong rent, and fame.

With time passing by Germany became more and more democratic.

But the meaning of this movie is to help people!

[Socialist World Republic]

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Never expected to hear songs of Ernst Busch on Newgrounds :D .

I think you've done a good job animating the song and the animations go along very well with the lyrics. I liked that you had subtitles in german and in english and you also managed to keep the original meaning of the lyrics in the translation. However, I noticed a typo in the german lyrics during the first refrain: It's "Räuber..." not "Raüber" ;) (but don't worry, it's a very common typo).

The song is really great and the quality of the sound is good, too even though your flash is relativly small. The animations are very fluent and visualize the song in a very good way.

But I can imagine that the language barrier can hurt this movie in the long run. Even though you gave a very good translation of the lyrics, I don't think it's the same as listening to the song and understanding the lyrics without reading them.

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Kenzu responds:

I thought I have removed that typo already. A friend mentioned it to me before. Maybe because it is mentioned twice throughout the movie.

One of the reasons I learn many languages is to understand all the beautiful music with original lyrics. People who have to read the subtitles miss out on the strength of impressionism of this movie.

If you like flash with East German music, I recommend you the following flash:

Varp 2- Der Volkspolizist
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view /350787

[Edgar N' Locke SE01]

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Nice one. By far the best episode in the series. Very nice in length and humor.
Also, the task given to both is very important, so I'm glad they succeeded ^^.

I liked the scene changes and the music changes as well. Glad to hear that great fanfare near the end of the flash ^^.

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kinggila responds:

LISTEN TO HELLOWEEN NOW!

[Edgar N' Locke 04]

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Never heard of Wintersun before, either. I think I have to check them out ^^.

I liked how you used the sprites here. The animations are quite smooth and the plot is decent, too.

The Avril Lavigne-joke was quite funny, but I can think of worse artists to listen to (those horrible american "punk bands" like 'Good Charlotte' for example ^^).

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kinggila responds:

Disney songs are the worst.

[Edgar N' Locke 03]

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NuMetal isn't Metal! That's right!

Not much going on in this episode but the "killing" of gau was quite funny and made up for the "non-action" during the movie.

Oh, the Chocobo running across the screen was great ;).

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kinggila responds:

Kweh?

[Edgar N' Locke 02]

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Again a nice use of sprites and a good voice acting. I think the Edgad N' Locke-series is going to become my favorite series from you ;) .

While the two riffs sounded indeed very similar I don't think that it was a simple rip off. Maybe they even asked Machine Head if they could use the riff -.- .

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kinggila responds:

I highly doubt that. :P