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[MOO?]

Funny

I never thought about that cow thing before. I'll never look at a Gateway commercial the same way again. I laughed out loud when the guy was screaming at the end.

[Meditation - Moonlight]

Interesting

Well, the movie was, in fact, very relaxing. By the end of it, my mind was completely cleared and I wasn't thinking about ANYTHING for the entire length of the movie. You certainly accomplished the whole "meditation" aspect of the movie.
However, I believe it could have been better. I understand that you were trying to make the visuals very uncluttered and simple, so as not to cloud the mind, but I think that you could have had some other things going on. For example, maybe you could have the guy that comes out of the house, maybe, go back in the house, and then, perhaps, turn off the light. Maybe you could have had colors of the sky shift in such a subtle manner that it is barely noticeable as it occurs. I like the idea, but, in my opinion, you could have done a bit more.
Great job, by the way. Keep it up.

[Sunrise and Mischief]

Creative

That movie was certainly worth watching. I like the style of this movie very much. The animation and the music worked together very well. You have some crazy ideas in your head, Leemurdude. Make more movies!

[Shii's Song]

Real nice animation

Although the song nearly burst my eardrums, it still wasn't that bad of a movie. The animation was excellent. It was beautifully drawn and the characters' lip-syncing, expressions, and movements were spot-on accurate and very well timed to the music. The song was a bit high pitched and cutesy for me, but it has a nice "message" or whatever. Good work.

[Ronald]

Very touching.

The ending almost moved me to tears and yet I feel a certain sense of justice and truth. The delicate balance has created a philosphical web of symbolism and an intense atmosphere of sub-reality. Both aspects work well with the development of the underlying theme. In my opinion, every big-business executive in the world should view this film. I believe it has the power to change our commonly accepted perceptions of reality as a whole. Excellent work.

[Krillin Prank Call]

Not much stuff to see here

First of all, I have to ask you, did you really get the point of the sound clip? I've heard that clip, before, in its entirety. It is real phone call between the guy that does the voice of Krillin in the U.S. version of DBZ and one of the English writers/translators. The guy laughing in the background isn't actually somebody that is making the prank call, but is, in fact, the person that is being called.
Aside from all this, I think that you could done a little bit more animation in the movie. However, you did do better in the animation department than some people that simply take sound files and put turn them into a flash movie with a play button. At least there was something added to this sound clip through the use of animation and the conversion to a movie was somewhat useful. So, you didn't do too bad in this respect. You put some effort into it.

PMP responds:

wow, i thought this was a prank call. i just downloaded this off kazaa. thanks for that bit of info.

[Bullied Beverages]

!

I finally get the lyric of the song "I just made you say underwear"! I didn't think the movie was that great, but after hearing that song dozens of times I finally understand that line of the song because of the text you wrote in your "Karoekee" box. (That's supposed to be Karaoke, right?)
Maybe if you did some more entertaining animation, this would have been a good movie. You really showed no creativity: you just did exactly what the song lyrics said. It was rather boring to watch. Do something more creative with the song and make the drawings a little easier to look at (like maybe some backgrounds other than that annoying blue color). The timing to the music was good, though.

[Leprosy]

Not bad

Pretty creative and decent animation. Not a bad job. You weren't very consistent with the subtitles, though. But a nice way to enter yourself into the "Clock Crew", nonetheless.

[Peanut Butter Jelly Dave!]

Crazy motha'...

I'm not even going to ask...

[Arrogancy: Chapter 3 (SV)]

Nice

(This review is for the full version on your site)
I am interested in this series. It is a real series as opposed to several independent stories with the same characters.
I also like the idea of actually having a plot - you're doing a good job in this area.
Of course, I must comment about the art/animation: it is excellent.
Like the last reviewer said: that scene when Arrogancy came to the room with clothes was truly in the tradition of real mangas. It's also the reason I gave you a "5" for humor in this otherwise "serious" movie.
My only real complaints have to do with sound and action.
The voice of Commander Jacobs does not fit the character at all. I'm assuming that you are doing his voice (I could be wrong), but maybe you should have someone else do it.
And my second "complaint" (if you could call it that) has to do with the action in the movie. The fight sequence, though pretty well done, seemed to move a little slow. You should make your cuts a little faster, or something.
Also, you could DEFINITELY use some better sound effects when people get punched and kicked. Right now, even full blown head smashes sound like flyswats. It just doesn't do justice to the painful-looking animations.
Other than that, great job! I am really looking forward to Chapter 4.