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Niiice.

I love the story, and this successfully evoked the atmosphere of it. Graphics were great, felt like an old 50's cartoon. A twisted one. This is possibly the first clock-based thing I've actually liked. Its not something I really understand, mostly I think its a hindrance to creativity but it really worked in this cartoon..the clocks represented the characters faithfully, somehow. Quality. Love the Tim Burton-esque music as well.

Pretty good

I can see a lot of work went into this! Like the visual style, experssions are great and it actually looks like you did some lip synching..played MGS years ago, not a fanatic but I do remember some of the stuff you're referencing. Voices are good, clear and the acting isnt bad either. A nice change. The humour suffers a tiny bit from Ralph-Wiggum-insert-random-rid iculous-quote syndrome, but maybe thats just a personal gripe. The humour is not as related to the subject (MGS) as some other parodies (I'm thinkin Metal Gear Awesome) though the Psycho Mantis stuff was funny and relevant. Again, its just personal. Enjoyed the black and white bit the most, that was arty and stuff.

S'okay, I guess

Liked the anime style, you have that down well. I guess its a matter of if you find crazy Japanese pop culture interesting. The simple storytelling works pretty well. Its a nice short, but no great shakes.

Keeps gettin better.

Everything I said about part two applies to this, 'cept the story and the graphics get even more ambitious. The humour is even better. Love how you represent the P.I.'s world as being kinda surrealist-angels, robot hands, gangsters, and kinda like real-life- a constant string of unconnected events, where nobody really learns lessons from their adventures and your world changes for no reason, girls leave and return for no reason. I recognise it, but its strange to see it in fiction. And I love his hat as well.

Quality.

This is quality. Despite the minimilist graphics this series feels like its taking place in a real, fully realised Raymond Chandler kinda world..with just a few strokes of the metaphorical pen you conjure up a scene. The characters seem more human than those in most better drawn cartoons, the P.I. himself is flawed and likeable, he sulks and screws up like we do in real life. Exept he gets shot and survives constantly. Oh, and Pearl is hella sexy. I dunno how you ppulled that one off.

Like it

Quality, like the cold war setting, its unusual for a noir. Music was brilliant, nicely atmospheric. Credits sequence at the start was very effective, and it worked as part of the story as well. Nothing worse than endless credits that add nothing to the story. Graphics were attractive though a bit spartan..if I may suggest perhaps working on your drawing a bit. I know how simple you have to keep characters for frameby-frame, but there wasn't a lot of it, so I think maybe you could be a bit more ammbitious with the drawing. Also in a couple of shots there were detailed drawings like the revolver and the assassins head that were shrunk and re-used..it doesnt really work. Anyway I loved the angles, the movements, the way the shots were set up, ect. keep it up.

Unique..I guess.

Hey, kinda liked this. It is a bit experimental, I guess. Liked the girl, for some reason. Joke about the dog was funny, joke about the mint humbugs wasn't. You win some you lose some. Liked the graphics, liked the sounds, liked the sound of the gruff detective voice, quite appropriate. Could have been a bit more ambitious.

Quality!

Hey, I really like this! its a really ambitious attempt to create a Raymond Chandler-esque full length detective story with a twisting plot and actual characters, you dont see much of that on this site! It feels really epic, and the plot keeps you watching as well as the visual style, which is true to the noir tradition. The car chase scene in particular had some innovative shots, love the bullet cutting thrugh the rain. However you have used (it seems) some clip-art type images which jar a bit with your own style of drawing (which is better, really) and it prevents the style of the piece from being truly floing. Also I have to suggest that you recruit some help with the voices and grammar..sounds like english is not your first language. Even so its a killer movie.

Better than most dedicated college-themed cartoons

Humour is a fine line.. I thought that mostly you didnt overdo the 'akward silence' thing like many cartoons, or the 'Raph Wiggum-inappropriately-ridiculous-random-statement thing' humour that is also prevelant.

Classy.

Simple and stylish. Nice depiction of the river styx. The differences between the real world and the afterlife were subtle but noticable. Walking animation was a bit ropy though. Exellent and effective sound.

clevelandsteamer1 responds:

Thanks for the compliments and the criticisms, I will look out for the walking problems in later episodes.

Hey, watch my film or I'll hunt you down.

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