Republic Commando - Delta Squad I: Infiltration Point

SithFilmer wrote:

pdragon27 wrote:Amazing film, but maybe use some more sounds from the game? Such as for the bacta reviver and the blaster bolts? Also, for your space scenes try adding motion? It looks a bit awkward next to the rest of the film...

All in all, this is an absolutely fantastic film!

There are a ton of RC sounds that I have, all that have no names; just numbers. It would've taken me quite a while to find even more of the sounds I could've used. I will, however, organize and rename those that I haven't already and use them in the next film. As for the space scenes, I don't have a program to animate the ships. I really hated including them, but I felt it necessary.

Thank you very much! It's this kind of criticism that helps me decide what to include in the next one.

pdragon27 wrote:

SithFilmer wrote:There are a ton of RC sounds that I have, all that have no names; just numbers. It would've taken me quite a while to find even more of the sounds I could've used. I will, however, organize and rename those that I haven't already and use them in the next film. As for the space scenes, I don't have a program to animate the ships. I really hated including them, but I felt it necessary.

Thank you very much! It's this kind of criticism that helps me decide what to include in the next one.

You can use GIMP. Just move the ship and greenscreen it. Then use the pictures and make them into an animation as you would regular pics.

Sialboats wrote:It's a truly splendid film, you keep to the style of Republic Commando quite well. The rest of my sentiments are already expressed in the prior posts.

However...

Your voice made me grimace through the ENTIRE film. I don't really care that it sounds like an adolescent's, because I too am one , but it's imperative that you speak up and stop talking like you're dead asleep (when they were being briefed at the beginning was the instance thereof). You could also clean it up some with a free audio editing program (Audacity is great) and change pitch and speed to vary the voices and cover up that bad Tamera Morrison accent .

Zepher wrote:Okay, things I didn't like first.

1) I hate when people use canon squads. It just seems uninventive, and boring. I've never played a Delta squad game, or read one of their books, which may be why I'm not head over heels for them.

2) As a purist, I know it's hard to make battle droids move without looking awkward. You did a fairly good job of it at some points, and really poor jobs at others. Just work extra hard on that next time.

Now... things I did like.

1) The story was decent. Maybe not incredible, but fairly good. It was a lot of bammy bammy oom bam smash explosion, but at least they had a goal, and a strong plot.

2) The stop-motioning, other than the droids and when characters turned (I don't know about you, but when I turn, I don't raise one foot and the pivot on the other...) was superb. I really liked in the end scene when you had the clones walking in the hallway. It's touches like that that make movies cool. You you were very good about moving their arms along with the way their bodies were moving. Nice job on this front!

Zepher wrote:Okay, things I didn't like first.

1) I hate when people use canon squads. It just seems uninventive, and boring. I've never played a Delta squad game, or read one of their books, which may be why I'm not head over heels for them.

Uhh just ignore the fact that he made them entirely purist, and did a good job at it at that.

2) As a purist, I know it's hard to make battle droids move without looking awkward. You did a fairly good job of it at some points, and really poor jobs at others. Just work extra hard on that next time.

Agreed.

Now... things I did like.

1) The story was decent. Maybe not incredible, but fairly good. It was a lot of bammy bammy oom bam smash explosion, but at least they had a goal, and a strong plot.

I liked the idea of the toxin, and the way you formed the blaster bolts and the crashing droids was quite well done. However, there were some points in the film where the scenes lagged a bit too much. That choppiness took away from the aura it had. The Felucian area is pretty well done: you should, though, take some ideas from Revo's and DY's Felucia MOCs, mainly in the ground area.

2) The stop-motioning, other than the droids and when characters turned (I don't know about you, but when I turn, I don't raise one foot and the pivot on the other...) was superb. I really liked in the end scene when you had the clones walking in the hallway. It's touches like that that make movies cool. You you were very good about moving their arms along with the way their bodies were moving. Nice job on this front!

Lol, that reminds me of something, about the clones walking in the hallway. When they were walking BEFORE the Jedi general apppeared, there were only two clones, basic clones. But when the general came back, there was one basic clone and one gunner clone patrolling. Quick change of the guard?

Zepher wrote: I've never played a Delta squad game, or read one of their books.

80-0 wrote:I liked the idea of the toxin, and the way you formed the blaster bolts and the crashing droids was quite well done. However, there were some points in the film where the scenes lagged a bit too much. That choppiness took away from the aura it had. The Felucian area is pretty well done: you should, though, take some ideas from Revo's and DY's Felucia MOCs, mainly in the ground area.

Lol, that reminds me of something, about the clones walking in the hallway. When they were walking BEFORE the Jedi general apppeared, there were only two clones, basic clones. But when the general came back, there was one basic clone and one gunner clone patrolling. Quick change of the guard?

CommanderKill wrote:I'd give it a better than meh rating. I noticed the delta squad clones were just thrown together body parts of other people. Not decals or stickers like Garet6. That's really what took away from your film. It distracted me throughout the movie, especially Boss, because we saw him most (but for a purist, they're pretty dang good). I'm waiting until some smart@$$ is gonna tell me something like 'I don't see you making flilms so shut up'. But the way you had that bomb flying into the room? GEN-IUS! I'd seem someone (Garet?) cut the legs of the droids square down the middle so the feet were seperated, and the piece holding them to the droid torso was in half, so they could 'walk'.

Zepher wrote: I've never played a Delta squad game, or read one of their books.

Me either.

7.9 of 10.

CommanderKill wrote:I'd give it a better than meh rating. I noticed the delta squad clones were just thrown together body parts of other people. Not decals or stickers like Garet6. That's really what took away from your film. It distracted me throughout the movie, especially Boss, because we saw him most (but for a purist, they're pretty dang good). I'm waiting until some smart@$$ is gonna tell me something like 'I don't see you making flilms so shut up'. But the way you had that bomb flying into the room? GEN-IUS! I'd seem someone (Garet?) cut the legs of the droids square down the middle so the feet were seperated, and the piece holding them to the droid torso was in half, so they could 'walk'.

Zepher wrote: I've never played a Delta squad game, or read one of their books.

Me either.

7.9 of 10.

80-0 wrote:
I'm not going to say 'I don't see you making films so shut up.' I'm going so say 'I don't see you getting anywhere in the Guild/posting your supposedly awesome creations, so shut up.'

CommanderKill wrote:I meant I liked the grenade. Sorry if I didn't make that clear.

80-0 wrote:Those are the best, THE best, bar perhaps none, purist Delta squad clones I've seen since Sim salabim.

(insert name here) wrote:A very nice Lego film. Though it does have some flaws, it's still very clean for a large-scaled film.
Though those were perhaps the best purist figs of Delta Squad I've seen, I think you should have given Scorch some yellow somewhere. He's just a plain white clone with a backpack and gray legs.


As you can see, he has yellow on his lower arms and a bit on the hand. Next time maybe you should give him yellow arms just so he's easier to see.
Ah yes. I decided I liked him having yellow too late into production. He'll have yellow somewhere on him in the second one, with an explanation.

The very first scene where the cruiser was stationed beside Felucia, (if that was supposed to be Felucia) The planet looked more like Earth than anything. I don't know if it's just a Republic Planet and Delta Squad THEN goes to Felucia, or if it really was Felucia.


Either way, it didn't look like Felucia.

Right before it opens to that scene, the date flashes up along with the location. "Yavin 4 Orbit."

I wasn't quite sure if I really liked the Debriefing room scene. Because when I played Republic Commando, Delta Squad was told of their mission while they were landing/flying to their destination via Gunship. However, it did change things a bit, which is either good or bad depending on the viewer. I didn't like the Jedi guy, assuming he is a Jedi. But if you want to get a Canon as possible, CC01/425 was always their Advisor/debriefed them on their mission.

"I've been assigned as your advisor, and will be your eye in the sky until further notice...or we all get killed."
―CC-01/425 to RC-1138 (taken from Wookiepedia)

I didn't like the Jedi guy either. That was kinda the point. And yes, I had originally intended for Advisor to talk to them more, but plans changed. Also something I'll fix in the second one.

Part of your Felucia I liked, whereas others I didn't. Some recent Felucia MOCs here on CABG look like they just added clear colorful elements all over the floor. Anyway, your Felucia need more large plants. Plus a little more of a variety of colors.

Yep, I agree. The only reason I didn't was because of monetary constraints.

Delta squad's personality was spot on. Just some of the lines they said made me grin. I liked how you made your own jokes instead of repeating ones from the game. (Or at least I THINK you did...)

Scorch-"I hate the jungle. It's all sticky, and full of bugs...does anyone have a flamethrower?"

Sev-"No, stop whining"

Yes, those are all original. XD

The soundtrack and sound effects were great. I liked how you added Lego-ish sounds for a better Lego feel. Be sure to do that again next time.

The voices were so-so. Some were better than others, but it's hard to get a large variety of voices. Sorry but not everyone can talk like Sev. At times though, it was hard to hear what was being spoken. Due to speaking a little too fast or not speaking up enough.

This was very much a field practice for my voice acting. I know it wasn't very good, but I'm hoping I'll improve. And I didn't voice Sev.

But then, in the end, Delta squad DIES! (well, they're incapasitated, but wahtever.)
Anyway, I didn't really like that. When a squads is out, their out. Game over.
But that's all a matter of opinion.

That's only in video games!

At the end, where Mr. Jedi-Advisor guy is walking to the Bacta room, that whole thirty seconds of him walking into the room could have been avoided. The scene could have simply opened up where he's standing there with the medical clone asking if they're all right. That would've saved some time on all that stop motion you did.

I thought it looked cool when I filmed it. I didn't after I edited. Ah well.

However, in the end, I think you did a great job. $700 well spent. It kept me watching it till the end. Not too many people can make that long of a brickfilm and not get boring after five minutes. I can tell you put everything you had in this movie. Thank you for that wonderful film, and I hope to see a sequel soon.

Thank you very much! I hope to use your advice as well as others' to make the second one even better.

(Sorry if my review was too big. )

Dude, the bigger the review the better. XD

Chaotic Good wrote:[Chuck Norris GIF]

Excellent. Superb job, I must say, although the space scenes were a little too bland. I also liked the story - very RCish. Much like the game, I mean.

I really liked the laser blasts in particular! Very realistic. You even got the music, too!

Zepher wrote:Ah, I knew I forgot something that I disliked.

The space scenes were wierd, seeing as the ships didn't move at all, even when under attack. I'm assuming that has to do with how the game was set up, but it unnerved me.

Zepher wrote:Ah, I knew I forgot something that I disliked.

The space scenes were wierd, seeing as the ships didn't move at all, even when under attack. I'm assuming that has to do with how the game was set up, but it unnerved me.