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Post by Devar on Nov 11, 2010 23:40:15 GMT
With the second episode out, what were your thoughts on Ommadon. Was his review handled right or are there still dents in my review show. I will be honest I wasn't proud of the sketch where I used the actual movie footage itself and something seemed a little odd after creation but whatever it is I am hoping you guys can set me straight on problems you think are in this particular episode.
Like last time I will reply and answer any questions and such you all may have for this episode =D
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Post by frobman on Nov 12, 2010 0:17:18 GMT
My, I sure hope you survived that ending there. Haha! Though I will say it's pretty good so far. Methinks you're improving quite a bit already!
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Post by hyrit on Nov 12, 2010 10:39:07 GMT
I say you've improved quite a bit, introduction is perhaps still somewhat on the long side but overall a big improvement over your previous episode
hehe, I do like the ending, its really as if you were running from Vader XD
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Post by Eyz on Nov 12, 2010 13:15:43 GMT
A new one! At last!
I'll tell you my opinion later. Still at work, can't "listen" to it here...
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Post by Devar on Nov 13, 2010 2:58:22 GMT
@frobman: Yeah that is a perfectly good question indeed, did I survive it? Well we will have to wait and see next episode eh? XD hyrit: Introduction I kinda thought learning from both Linkara and Spoony's styles that I felt they had good set ups at times to their reviews so I am just doing with what I feel is comfortable for the series in order to introduce the villain in question. Yeah more like fail from running from Vader XD. Eyz: Can't wait to hear your thoughts on it Eyz as I knew you were one of the few people who wanted to see the second episode a lot and hope I didn't disappoint =D
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Post by rogerfromimp on Nov 14, 2010 20:11:08 GMT
Ah, neat episode, more visual gags, less filler information, more unique villain while still name dropping a lot of familair things to keep people's interest, very good. But because I'm always negative, there's a few thins I need to mention that bothered me.
1. You seem to speak your lines strangely..a lot of statements end like it sounds like a question..But hard for me to describe, but it's a bit weird.
2. You start by talking how great Darth Vader is, and how strange it is you still prefer Ommadon...and then you never elaborate on it anymore. Why is Ommodon better then Vader? Most of the things you liked about Ommodon also count for Vader, and a lot of flaws he had were less with Vader. Don't get me wrong, I don't care about Vader not being better then Ommodon either way, it's just strange you set up the story like that and then forget about it, other then the humorous final scene, which still doesn't elaborate on why Vader's the lesser villain.
In fact, other then a few throway lines that Earl Jones gives the character extra personality, his voice actor isn't THAT much of a constant presence during your presentation, making me confused why spend so much time introducing Earl Jones as your main theme.
Problem about your reviews is not so much that it's too long, but more that you dwell too much on details or themes that aren't all that relevant to your point. This review had a lot better pacing then Bowser, so my compliments for that, but you stil have a few things to learn about trimming needless details down.
3. Heh, since almost all his super powers seem to involve mail (burning it, or spying on other's) I expected any "Finally a villain who fights against the opression of postmen" or something.
4. Another missed chance, you pointed out how Ommadon does a lot of things that make no sense, like constantly sending off pawns to do his work. Also, you mentioned that Ommadon's purpose in the story is to be for magic and fantasy, and is against science and logic. But somehow, you never put 2 and 2 together? OF COURSE he does illogical things. Being against logic is the point of the character to begin with. You said so yourself several times.
5. The joke with Ommanon sitting uninterested at the table was higly amusing, well done. Very entertaining. You dwell a bit too long on it tough. This bothers me with hatguywiththeglasses and ESPECIALLY Linkara a lot too, they have an observation and skit that's amusing, and then go on way to long beating the joke into the ground untill it's just irritating. Running gags, or showing a decay into madness works the best with 3 examples. And skits should never last longer then 20 seconds if it has only one joke. Comedic timing is soo important.
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Post by Eyz on Nov 15, 2010 8:58:35 GMT
Saw the episode finally! Pretty nice 2nd episode! Instructive, funny and all that~ You really nailed down the video format! Presentation, edit, etc..
I'm looking forward to more now^^ Didn't knew about this Ommanon! (Now I know!) And Earl Jones does indeed kick ass!
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Post by lukethef0x on Nov 16, 2010 23:51:22 GMT
Well, I was surprised I never heard of this Animated Movie. It has dragons, Wizards and it has the look of a Rankin Bass Fantasy. I might get this on DVD at some point.
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Post by frobman on Nov 17, 2010 0:24:14 GMT
Well, I was surprised I never heard of this Animated Movie. It has dragons, Wizards and it has the look of a Rankin Bass Fantasy. I might get this on DVD at some point. I'm more surprised by this revelation myself, to tell you the truth!
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Post by Devar on Nov 25, 2010 22:42:31 GMT
Ok first off an apology for not getting back to this but I have been busy sorting through a lot of things and didn't have time for the forums but I am here now so better late then never right? XD Eyz: Thanks Eyz, I was glad that I set out what I wanted to do and be funny and informative and really wanted to share one of my top favorite villains with everyone. @luke: Wow I would have thought you might have known about this movie to be honest Luke but glad I was able to introduce you to it and got you interested in finding it, hope you can find a DVD cause it is a rare thing to find, I was only lucky to find a VHS copy which I currently have but I still wish you luck in your search. @frobman: Surprised by what? That Luke didn't know of it? Cause I am XD @roger: Wow Roger, still criticisms, well I guess its better to have them then none right? =D Anyway I shall try and address a few of my thoughts here really. 1. Hmm that's odd I know that I speak oddly but I was trying to keep the same way of speaking like I did in the first episode but this time with a new microphone so I have no idea what could have gone wrong there sadly ^^;. 2. Ahh I never thought about that but I was concerned about length and I also thought that the fact I mentioned that I was somehow more fonder of Ommadon then Vader, so it kinda points to personal preference too. But I will have to be careful of that sorta thing I guess, I mean after all I am just going by my gut feelings so far along with how my mind thinks of what I should say without staying too long on certain details. 3. Dang I should have thought of that XD but at the time I was in the fantasy mindset where they had no real postmen, more like owls that carry the messages for them so I guess that's why I missed that opening for the joke. 4. One moment *Facepalms my self* I guess I never noticed that since I was thinking that most Dungeon Masters/Final Bosses from saying Dungeon and Dragons will send their minions first as a way for them not to do the work, so the fact I missed that didn't dawn on me at the time ^^; 5. I agree with on that, like some jokes on sketch shows I tend to find boring and certain jokes on Internet based shows just cause they dwell on a certain sketch for too long. Now I tried to avoid that as much as possible whenever I can but like when writing scripts I tend to go with my gut feeling but unlike my reviewing part I then bring in three/four other people who help me with the finalising of these sketches to see if they are funny or need cleaning up just for the joke to be better received. So in our minds eye the joke flowed well and there was nothing we could cut out to make it better as the lines before them are like the base that sets up the joke so to speak, also I didn't think it was that long but I shall keep that in mind in the future sketches anyway best as I can. Thanks for all your views everyone and I hope I can improve in the third episode that is to come. Catch you all next time =D
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