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Score: 5
Sketched - Babies

"Your comedy suffers from MadTV syndrome"

submission: Sketched - Babies
date: November 13, 2009

I haven't watched all your sketches, but from what I've seen, literally every situation revolves around a character or characters with a ridiculous point of view or disposition, and the rest of the characters being dismayed by that person. So the formula seems to be: put a supposedly normal person with abnormal people - and have the voice acting be loosely scripted.

MadTV has the exact same formula. Which is better between the two I couldn't say. The animation is choppy, the art is all over the place, and the voice acting - while trying to sound like natural conversation - sounds very forced. Yes people stutter, and interrupt each other, and don't complete their sentences sometimes, but when 80% of the lines sound like that it becomes exactly the opposite of natural conversation. It's not all bad though. There's a few hints of what I consider comedy in there, but I think this series has a long way to go. I believe its got potential, hence the 5 instead of a 0 or a 1. This is all opinion though, so take it as you will.

November 13, 2009

Author's Response:

Thanks for the review. Some valid points in there and it's definitely things to consider for our next series. In all honesty the formula for this series may not change much any time soon as it is that formula that those considering the pilot have enjoyed, but it's all a matter of taste so I'm not in any way trying to say you are wrong. I can see what your saying with "MadTV syndrome" (ouch by the way, haha) because that is inherently sketch comedy... possibly not sketch comedy at its finest, but for the most part it is what it is.

I can't really make excuses for our style or humor being the way it is, because we are really just making the kind of things that we ourselves enjoy, so not everyone is going to enjoy it as well, but the main thing is that we all have fun, otherwise what's the point?

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Score: 10
-hipsterween-

"That's some slick shit right there"

submission: -hipsterween-
date: November 4, 2009

It's blatantly obvious you put a lot of time into making this movie look sexy. You've maintained your unique and original style, but upped the detail exponentially. I dug it, so keep up the good work.

November 4, 2009

Author's Response:

thanks broski

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Score: 9
Cave of Wonders

"I had a blast"

submission: Cave of Wonders
date: September 9, 2009

It was a great old-school style side-scroller. I liked the idea you had with you having to build your own way up to get to the third boss, and the Metroid/Megaman style "escape as the last boss" was cool. A few glitches made my kill myself, but I got it done. I uh...... beat it in 666 seconds. Great work and a good kick-off to the Po3 event. I'm going to go repent for my sins and read the bible.

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