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[S.W.A.T Operation]

Repeat/Ripoff

This was simply geometric shapes killing eachother in a Counter Strike fasion. This has been done before in Hostage Situation, only with rectangles. The pacing was way to slow for this movie, there was no plot, there was no point, there was one body, the pin was still in the granade when thrown, the whole...thing...just really wasn't ... <bluntly> worth watching </bluntly>

Jepette responds:

That was just to make my grenade more realistic!

[The Hitman...]

Sorry, pal. That was just crap and a rip off.

You've played Hitman for a total of 10 minutes? So you obviously have played the game, and if you felt it was worth mentioning in your author description, then it must have affected you. I'll grant you that the primary similarities is that there's the Bald-ness and the Red Tie; but I think you know damn well that those are the two features you'd use to sum up 47 of the Hitman series.
If you weren't..."inspired"...by hitman, then it was definitly Counter-Strike. The FNP-90? The Seven-Nine? The Ingrams? The Sniper Rifle? Traced, no?
Also, your choice of music wasn't the greatest, and the weapons looked bigger than the people holding them, and as far as I can remember...my sniper rifles never said LOCKED in big red letters when I was aiming at someing. I'd assume thats reservered for things like ground-to-air missles...anyway, Crappy Job, work on it, and play Hitman for more than 10 minutes. Thanks.

BazzMann responds:

Yet again someone with no intelligance - let me break down your points simply and logically, one by one.

Firstly, I SAID I HAVE PLAYED HITMAN, YES!! BUT IF YOU READ THE CONTEXT I SAID IT IN, I SAID IT TO MAKE A STATEMENT OF HOW LITTLE I HAVE PLAYED IT! I felt it was worth mentioning in my author's comments, because EVERYONE felt it was worth mentioning it in their reviews. It was merely an update to educate.

Secondly, if you read the ending of the movie for a split second (unless you can't read), you'll see that I gave credit to Counterstrike in full for the drawings. What did you want me to do? Write "Property of Counterstrike" on the trigger? And anyway, if you read my author's comment SO well, which it is clear you did not, I admitted that I was influenced somewhat by Counterstrike

The primary similarities are the only "fishy" things here, and this is questionable of whether I'm lying through my teeth or not. I can only try to assure you that those similarities are a coincidence... in fact, the bald character in this movie at one point, was going to be killed off, and the fat guy in the hat was going to do the shooting... I made this movie very randomly.

Stop jerking off for more than 10 minutes and I'll play Hitman likewise...

[Davedreams]

Poor Dave...

That was a fablious display of what a day dream is like alongside awesome music. Your animation was great, the music was great... only once the whole thing was over, I felt kinda doomed. Day dreams always come to an end, just the way you molded this piece together made me so sad to see it go, then getting smacked in the face with the reality brick. Which... is my crazy little way of saying "great job".

Sundial responds:

i must say, i enjoyed your crazy little way of saying "great job." Don't worry, you're not doomed. thanx.

[Dopefission]

It's like All Your Base

Only with the fish from an even older lesser known game. (don't hold me to that, I'm not about to think about the release dates of old games) Good job, this made me smile, which is more meaningful than you may realize.

TmsT responds:

Very observant... It was in fact the All Your Base animation (and various fanimutations) that inspired me to make my own Flash movie. The result: Dopefission!

[Marsh Madness Remake]

You crossed the line

plagiarism, noun
play-jar-is-em
1: a piece of work that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
2: the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own

That was shot for shot, sound for sound, a total copy of the original. Before you say it, Yes. I totally recognize that you animated it all by your self without the original Flash Data to work from. But the thing is just animating an added hat and just changing(or improving as you seemed to aim for) the graphics STILL is plagiarism no matter how you look at it. I mean... fuck man, just look at your title... MY marshmallow madness. MY! It almost seems like you're fully aware that you're stealing the idea.

I went back and looked at your earlier flashes, those were good and I liked them for their content. (The Room rocked btw) But this I despise. This is nothing more than a text book case of plagiarism. I'd like to see your ideas presented at this quality, or atleast an actual...
tribute, noun
trib-ute
1: A gift, payment, declaration, or other acknowledgment of gratitude, respect, or admiration, example; to put up a plaque as a tribute to one's generosity.
2: Evidence attesting to some praiseworthy quality or characteristic, example; Winning the scholarship was a tribute to her hard work.

I'm only being honest and I look forward to your verbal lashing response and/or death threat via e-mail.

Thank you.

toxicbomb responds:

Haha I bet you had fun writing that review! Not even gonna read all of it because its a waste of time. I can say this though, "It almost seems like you're fully aware that you're stealing the idea" well DUH! But it was my own remake. And you know what, im sick of you people who have nothing better to do than leave a review that was probably MERNT to hurt me, but did not. Im proud of this movie, but people like you aren't gonna make me change it. SO yeah, glad you liked it sooooomuch. and thanks for you review!

[Woundeds First Gig]

It just really had no point

but above all it DID dis The White Stripes whether you claim that wasn't your aim or not. Seeing a clock with a hairpiece singing (more like butchering) a great song really doesn't stimulate the brain. Atleast you got the lyrics right (actually I could hardly hear them, but I'll give you the benifet of the doubt).

Openwounds responds:

Uhm... DID dis The White Stripes? It did not at all. It displayed a new band playing a song of The White Stripes at their first show. Now is it just me? Or when people want to play songs that you make, isn't that a sort of mini tribute to the song? I believe it is. No body plays music that they don't like. And if you can't hear it well enough, turn up your volume.

[Sleepy]

Great

That is EXACTLY how things start to go after you don't sleep for 72 hours. The TV man... whoa... Scary.
Good job... and get some sleep.

Frequencygod21 responds:

Thanks old man. I'll take that one to heart!

[uncle fucka]

Shweeeeeet!

The only thing I could possibly recommend is making the background something other than just plain white. Other than that I was laughing the whole time.

CandleClock responds:

i was too lazy to make a background:)

[An Ode to My Girlfriend.]

Finnaly. Someone who knows what an ode is.

I totally feel you on the not having a reason to live but no reason to die thing.

Eyseicle responds:

Always have. And one day... Everyone that is like me or like BAFA will be helped.

[How Touching]

A little too fast paced

It went by so fast I have no idea what was what and if there even was a flashback, or whatever... it was fine animation and sound-wize, just make it blend easier so I can get whats going on.

dookiemoole responds:

watch it agin or look at each frame. it's funny.