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Great piece of work! I'd love to see you make more of these.
A few suggestions:
1. Increase the speed a bit. The slapstick feel of the toon would improve a lot if the pacing was tightened somewhat.
2. You don't really need the redundant "A couple of minutes later" titles. A quick fading to black and fading up to the next scene is enough to let the audience know that a little time has passed between scenes. They didn't need such titles in those old Wile E. Coyote cartoons, as you know. :)
3. Many people, as you have read, were unsure of whether the main character is alive at the end. You may want to clarify this by adding some animated swirls, birds, or stars above his head in the last shot.
If you make sequels, you could try a little music. But it's not a requirement for this fun toon.
Again, super job!
Author's Response:
Thanks for the tips, I'll take them to heart and try to remember them.
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This is one of the best parodies ever shown on Newgrounds. The people that hate it, don't understand what you were trying to do. The government used to LIE to us about how "safe" nukes were, and how we could survive a nuclear attack with "duck and cover." This Flash file is showing what WOULD have happened if the same tone was used for a subject they would NEVER have covered back then: Abortion. Although I am pro-choice, I can see that the point of this flash isn't about Abortion at all. It's about how the government lies to its own people.
Author's Response:
I've been refusing myself to try to explain Birds n' Bees. But you caught me off guard, and I'm probably going to regret saying anything in the next 5 min. But you, Phineasbg, Neo-Phife, Don Quixote, and a couple of others seem to get the idea. And I thank you guys for that. That's all for now. For the meantime everybody, don't take things so literal. Life's too short be miserable.
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When the plant man says "I don't give a damn..." do NOT interrupt him. Let him vent. This will complete the game. Otherwise, you'll loop endlessly.
And remember: Do NOT show favoritism or try to solve their problems for them.
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