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[Reviews] aFF, AsterriX, Draco, DiE, Ghost Alphas

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GrandInquisitor *
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
New York City13113 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-10-08 02:41:56
August 21 2007 20:15 GMT
#1
Index & Introduction


Part I


aFF Team Movie by trayman: Download from Broodwar.de

Good. This 13:00 movie (a eye-glazing 3 minutes of which is taken up by the intro and outro) features some questionable scenes (such as one of the worst bunker rushes I've ever seen), but is fine for the most part (like one nice PvT scene making good use of Hallucinate, and one really funny PvZ clip). The scene transition special effects are outstanding, while the special effects for the actual scenes are taper off towards the end. 7.5/10

AsterriX: Download from Broodwar.de

Okay. This 6:53 movie (of which about 1:30 is taken up by intro/outro) is at times confusing with its structure, special effects, and lack of labeling, and not a whole lot of really impressive scenes, but it does a decent job with the scenes it has. There are several nice clips with the extra-large view of the map - always a big plus - which push this up to a 6/10.

D for Draco: Download from Broodwar.de

One of the better movies I've seen lately. It's shorter than I would like a movie to be (the rest of the movie clocks in at under six minutes, with over a minute to intro/outro), and employs very little special effects (which isn't necessarily a bad thing). On the other hand, the scenes are top-notch (since it is Draco, after all), and features some of his impressive play (including his defeats of both Midas and iloveoov). As a bonus, the players and song changes are clearly labeled, as part of its clever set-up as a software program. 8.5/10

DiE: Download from Broodwar.de

Poor. For starters, the introductory soundtrack is lifted from dyo's [pG] (Syntax - Destiny, followed by Nightwish - Nightquest, then Static X - The Only). Moreover, the 8:28 movie (with ~1:30 for the intro and outro) features a tremendous collage of unimpressive plays, (in one scene, the camera dramatically zooms in on a defiler casting plague on a couple dragoons and a reaver; in another, four vessels irradiate six lurkers), and in several scenes it is confusing which player is the one featured. The transitions between the scenes are nicely done, but there's nothing particularly memorable about this movie. 3/10

Ghost Alphas: Download from Broodwar.de

Terrible. The movie is 8:20 long, but 2:30 of that is devoted to a confusing intro and outro. Most of the movie's scenes appear to take place on FMP, and the players are stereotypically bad. In addition, some of the scenes are plain confusing - there's one where a zealot just dies while walking up to 2 sunks and being chased by 10 ling - no explanation given. The one unique factor about the movie is that there are three scenes that may possibly involve female players, according to the photos at the bottom, but they're terrible. Like, incredibly bad. One of them, Sweetness, has the following scenes: about twenty zerglings die to mnm; hydras shoot down five dropships that are just flying through the Zerg base; and six zerglings manage to kill a tank that has marines nearby. Only two of the players in the scene are any good (ChoboMarine and Clense, who is - LOZL - Korean), but they don't make up for the rest of the movie. 1.5/10

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Profile Joined September 2004
United States4182 Posts
August 22 2007 04:20 GMT
#2
haha this is a good column for a blog

dling D for draco, hadn't heard of it before even though i watch most highlights
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Flaccid
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
8835 Posts
August 22 2007 04:27 GMT
#3
I watched the aFF one and the Draco one.

aFF): Oh my god lay off of the effects please. Just cause you can make something do something doesn't mean you should. This is the over-bloated Eddie Van Halen guitar solo of BW movies - all style and zero substance. I hate how all these movies have to do the same lame things (show crappy macro battle, show one side win, then ZOOM IN REALLY SLOW ON THE PART WHERE THE GUY LEAVES FOR DRAMATIC EFFECT). Booooo. I didn't like this movie one bit.

Draco Movie: This one, on the other hand, was Draco so the BW content was great. I really enjoyed watching every little scene and trick he pulled out. I didn't like the concept of the 'program loading the movie' or whatever cause it just took to long and looked ugly... but I appreciate that the guy who made it was at least trying to do something different. Not the same stupid effects and over-the-top dramatic tension you see in the rest of these dung heaps.

Nice blog post though. It's nice to have these all linked in the same place =]
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trollbone
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
France1905 Posts
August 22 2007 10:17 GMT
#4
very useful blog thxxxx

will u do other reviews of highlights movies ???
JensOfSweden
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Cameroon1767 Posts
August 22 2007 12:06 GMT
#5
Oh and the song in dyo's movie is Stratovarius - Destiny.

Cool reviews, I will check out the movies
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GrandInquisitor *
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
New York City13113 Posts
August 22 2007 13:53 GMT
#6
You sure it's Stratovarius? I have the Syntax song right next to me and that's exactly what it soundsl ike
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Profile Blog Joined April 2004
United States1936 Posts
August 22 2007 18:22 GMT
#7
dude you forgot to mention 2 of the greatest BW movies of all team
NeO)TEAMS MOVIES!!!


NEO)TEAM WEBSITE

just click on the movies tab and you are there
the REAL ReSpOnSe
GrandInquisitor *
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
New York City13113 Posts
August 22 2007 19:45 GMT
#8
i'm getting there, calm down =D i mentioned the NeO) movie in there actually
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micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24673 Posts
August 22 2007 20:40 GMT
#9
I agree with your review and rating of D for Draco. I enjoyed it and it wasn't too long.
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