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[WHAT IS LIFE???]

First off, good animation. Obviously you know that it's rough but you clearly put a LOT of effort into it and that shows. For such a long animation you chose good techniques to make the process of animating more bearable for yourself, but I also noticed those techniques right away (when I saw the old man talking I was like yup he's definitely not moving out of that position for a while)

I think you should have gotten a voice actor for one of the guys. The accent was fine but when the white-looking dude has the accent it tips me off that the voice acting is all done by one dude. The lines were decently delivered, though a little stilted sometimes.

I think what you'll see a lot of is people taking issue with the arguments because they're religious or whatever. A good way to circumvent that is by having more counterarguments emerge that draw what the old man is saying into question. Even if he rebukes all of the pints perfectly the religious side will still feel like they've had their argument heard (it also doesn't help that the conclusion seems to imply that the old man is genuinely correct in believing in god)

I guess what I'm saying is there is a line between where the audience knows that they're listening to a character and where they know they're listening to the creator of the character. We could tell pretty early on that the old man was a self-insert for your ideas, plus a bit of drunkeness. Nobody likes to feel "preached" at, so more characterization of the old man would be good.

I liked the jokes at the end, they were kind of stilted but I got what you were going for. Very much like that the old man was fucking with the business man, fits with the theme of the animation nicely. Keep it up my dude.

OblitusCS responds:

Thanks a lot man! haha yeah you are right, I was planning to make them swap between at least 3 poses, but I don't know why I didn't do it.
Good point about the voices, I will definetly use some other voice actors in the future, but is to early for me, at the moment I'm focusing on improving my work as a whole. I've been learning to animate only by watching some youtube tutorials and at the same time trying to figure out how to write and act, so I have a long way ahead of me, I'm taking it slow.
As for story discussion you are absolutely right, I'll keep it in mind. I didn't want it it to be like it was me, thats why I chose the old drunk, but I see what you are saying too.
One last thing, the ending of the animation (God showing up) is a reference to an other animation of mine, the idea is that is happening in the same universe. Please,if you have the time check it out, I would love to hear your thoughts on that one, its on my channel, called OH MY GOD.
Well that's it man, thanks again for taking the time to letting me know all this, I really apreciate it.
Promise I'll get better, best of luck!

[Recurring Dream]

What were you smoking?

And can I have some of it?

That is a fairly messed up recurring dream you have there. I think I can believe that this was a recurring dream because I had equally, if not more, weird dreams my self. I sort of wish I still had them.

Anyway, animation was sloppy and it was short so I'll give it a 6, which seems fair to me.

Gerkinman responds:

Sounds fair as bro.

[The Star Song]

SMG2

You could've given SOME credit to the blatant ripping off of that backstory. I'm not going to explain what you ripped off, because anyone that's played it would have gotten in instantly. You should say what is based off of the comments so people don't assume you've ripped it off thinking nobody would notice. However, saying this song is a rip off is like saying if someone made a mario flash than they'd be ripping off mario, but this is more subtle because her backstory wasn't necissary to be read in smg2. Good animation, good song.

OscarBaldwinStudio responds:

I wrote the description and I didn't know Rosalina's story from Mario Galaxy which is why it isn't written in the description.

[SS - The Flower of Life]

Extra Credits

Look up Extra Credits on Escapist, its like this, only better and for games

RiverJordan responds:

I love extra credits! They inspired me to make this

[32-Bit Tournament-3]

Sweet!

Great movie, nice length and everything. It wasn't perfect, but I can't think of a particicular thing to improve right now. I gave it a five.

Trixiaoyu responds:

Thanks for the review.

[Entertainment]

Yep, I agree with this message

The brainwashing changes our opinions, and I've been brainwashed many times aswell, so nice idea, nice animation, but could've been better. I'll give it an 8.

akoRn responds:

fair enuff, thanks for watching.