That was cool. I really liked that.

The animation was pretty smooth. I liked especially the set-design, both in the spaceship and on the planet. The shaky camera you used in some scenes, were pretty good as well- it seems like you did them manually?!
The story itself was not the best, but I like what you made out of it. Were the arms of this alien plant done with clay?
I also liked you came out without dialouge. Only the permanent sound of the spacemen walking was at the end a bit annoying. I also find that the music didn't fit very well- it seemed kind of abrupt, because you didn't use any music the entire film, only at the end.

Overall a very enjoyable film. Good work!

- JD

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That was entertaining.  The image quality seemed very bad, though, even for YouTube.  (edit: It is somewhat better now that the HD version has processed.  When an HD video comes online in SD initially, the SD quality is poor until the HD version is finalized.)  Flicker was also something of a problem.

I thought the walking sequences were a little more drawn out than they needed to be, the loud walking sounds were a bit distracting IMO.  I liked most of the animation for the monster though, my favorite part of the film was when one of the spacemen walks into the "Cookies" cave and gets pulled out by another.  That computer sequence with all the different beeps seemed to be way longer than it should have been.

Still, I like the no-dialog format and the "cuteness" factor was high.  Nice work.

-Sméagol

I found the light flicker distracting but I also have some when I animate close up to my minifigs.
The walking sound seems a bit overused and loud. I would recommend using different sounds for different scenes like an echoing footstep in the cave and rocks crunching below their feet on the planet.

The animation was very smooth and nicely done. I liked the storyline but it could have had a bit more to it.
For no dialogue it was great. Overall I thought it was rather entertaining and enjoyable.

Nice work!

I enjoyed that, Riley.  Although, as others have said, the storyline was dry.  I knew what was going on in the film, but I think a bit of dialog would have made it better.  I noticed flickers quite a bit but oddly they didn't bug me too much.  The set design was excellent, as well.

-Steve

Good:
-Above Average animation
-No diologue, which reminded me alot of 'The Magic Portal'. In-fact, the whole thing does.
-Exellent CG opening
-Fairly good CG throughout the movie. I'm glad it was only used when it had to, and made the movie feel more natural
-Exellent sets, particularly the cave
-Great use of pan shots
-Sound quality was exellent
-Nice blood effect!

Bad:
-Computer sequence was WAAAAYYYYYYY too long. It could have been cut down to 5 secs and we would have still learnt as much
-LIGHT FLICKER!!! (but look who's talking)
-Lighing was mostly over-exposed, which is probally why the picture quality wasnt top notch (but look who's talking)
-A little too many walking shots at the beggining

A well deserved 8/10

-MRB

it was okay. was the light flicker and bad masking intentionally done to capture a retro feel?
if not, then I'd give this a 4 out of 10

I liked this film. Good animation and especially good editing. Light flicker was a problem, and there were some places you could work on(like the last shot outside the planet and when they are leaving the spacestation)

I'm BACK!

holy crap, mamshmam commented your video!!!! you must be famous riley. sets are grand, the lighting flicker is distracting. the targeting the planet sequence was too long. i really liked the film grain on the darker sequences, and it looks fab in HD.

That was highly enjoyable Although there was many minor flaws, as other members have described, it was still worth watching. The animation itself was good, but with some noticeable jerkiness. The cinematography was great, some nice angles there But the constant light flicker is what really bugged me.

Overall I would give this brickfilm 7/10.