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[Nightmare Installed]

Well animated, as usual. It was a nice collage of bizarre scenarios. I liked the part with the girl dancing and how the guy slowly dancing off screen. I feel like the disjointedness illustrated the feeling of a dream well, but it wasn't really a nightmare. It could have been scarier.

[Eyes For You]

The animation is pretty nice, and I like some of the camera movements, as well as that moment when the girl did that twisting in front of the camera thing. That is a really weird idea for a monster. The whole monster-genitalia thing has been done before, but it was still pretty good. I'm not sure what he ending was supposed to mean though, was the monster consuming him, was it making him have the dream? You could have made that a bit clearer.

JustRigo responds:

Yeah the monster was consuming him and making him have the dream. You're right in that it was confusing, I didn't realize it until it was too late. I'll definitely strive to make things more clear in the future. Thanks for the review!

[Go Back To Sleep]

The animation isn't that good, but I like the concept. The music fit pretty well. It was a short but sweet little movie. People have all sorts of innovative ideas for this jam.

[Dream Wizard]

Voice acting was good, but the lack of sound really hurt this. Imagine some wacky children's cartoon music playing when they went into the nightmare, it would have been infinitely funnier. The idea is cool, and I like the joke, and the animation is good, but this just hurt it a lot. I appreciate the ™at the end of Dream Wizard™.

KloudKat responds:

Thanks a lot for the feedback! Yeah the first thing I thought when I hit upload was just "This sounds super flat". I'll be reposting it in a few days with better sound now that the submission pressure is off.

[The Foot Licker (Bad Dream Jam)]

Good animation, OK sound quality and pretty good voice acting. I like the twist at the end. I saw it coming but it was still pretty funny. The friend's voice did actually illustrate his character pretty well. I also like the guy's scared face.

snailpirate responds:

Will definitely have to work on getting better sound quality in the future, but thanks for the kind words!

[Prison of the Clairvoyant]

Very interesting concept and story. The animation and art are great, and the setting is really interesting. The music is good and adds a lot to the experience. Like I said, the setting and the way it's explored, as islands in a sea of nothingness is really interesting. My best theory is that the whole thing is some sort of groundhog day looping dream prison, as indicated by the title. Perhaps even memories are involved. I'm not a huge fan of the ending, because I don't really like the whole "creepy symbol with loud noise" jumpscare thing. I think it would have been better if you either ended it with that fade out you used and then cut straight to the screaming image and had the sound be like it was right before the stickman drawing, all choppy and stuff, but not super loud and in your face. Maybe it could have ramped up, but not like this. I like how in the ending the green thingy turned out to be evil, and that sorta let all the built up tense undertones out. The first time I watched it, I had no idea that the bite itself was bad, but then again, the first time I watched it, I wasn't paying that much attention. Maybe you could have made that a slight bit clearer though, because I'm still not completely sure that's what happened. Your description makes me hope that we'll see more of this story.

KarlSia responds:

Great review! Very interesting theory, and you're hitting it pretty close with your mention of memories. I agree, I could've made things a bit more clearer. Allow me to explain a little; It wasn't my intention for it to be a jump scare, honestly I wasn't even thinking of that word during production, I was just thinking of something to represent the horror and bombardment of the 5 senses the girl will experience if she ever falls asleep, which she desperately avoids, hence the theme of Bad Dream. And its not a creepy symbol, its a stickman thats then turned upside down. Its pretty much the fastest thing I can think of when I have a few hours left before the deadline lol (iTs aRt *sarcasm*). Cut to the girl upside down, and its like saying that she's been thrown into something backwards during her sleep. Into pain, into anguish, that sort of concept. Originally was supposed to animate her waking up all jittery before eventually having a break down after she realized what just happened, but I didn't have the time. But I suppose it can be more interesting this way, considering. And to add a little, I'm not saying whether the green fox is evil or not, but you're on the right track with your suspicions.

[Rabbit Travel - Trash Kombat 02]

Smoothly animated as usual. I enjoyed the fight. I like how it really felt like a fighting game as well, with the ducking and the punches felt like that too. That moment when the bottle got tossed to the car felt nice. I also like the smash the bottle did on the ground and the sound effects were nice. The fatalities do need some work however. Maybe the recycling bin could have, like, glowed or something and, a moment later, the menacing monster turned into a simple bottle or another plastic item.

VolFMaple responds:

Thank you!

[This Is A Quiet Place – Multiplex 10]

The first bit isn't that funny, with the exception of the apparently multi-dimensional cardboard with three sides. The animation isn't that good, but it doesn't matter that much. The voice acting and quality was great. The really funny part was when it became apparent that the people in ''the quiet place'' started taking it seriously after a while. I love the part at the end when there's a bunch of people in there and the other the other employee just had no idea what was going on. I also like the face the woman right before he credits made. I'd really like to see more of this.

[There she is!! step 2]

So very cute!!! The song is nice, and the animation is very good as well. The story is cool in this one, and incredibly cute. I love how, despite the undertones of racism throughout the series, the main characters' families and friends support them. There were some cool camera angles and movements and that short action sequence with the scruffy-looking bunnies was really good. The humor was also nice, what with the people in the train station and the scruffy guy punching his friend. Also, I really like the way the family and friends look. I can definitely see why this is a classic, and I wholeheartedly agree.

[Ducky!]

Well animated as usual, pretty fun sound effects at the beginning. That was the absolute worst thing that could have happened. Guess it's Murphy's law. Even from a non-comedic standpoint that duck looks cool. I like how the characters actually reacted to it. That was nice detail. That outro was almost as good as the actual episode.

ChutneyGlaze responds:

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