Madness Day 2007 is coming to an end now, but the heat has just risen.
Madness Manufactory by Jess-the-dragoon has become a big hit! Woo hoo!! Also, I can see Krinkel's work and Xionic and Preloader. All are cool... however, in my opinion, Jess-the-dragoon's work still has an edge over them in a few senses.
1. Original audio portal music. That's right. May not be as good as the music in other madness movies with copyrighted music and stuff, but then, as the Audio Manager of Madness Manufactory, I can tell you some. I actually wanted to put in the top Audio Portal music in there and just let it run. I suggested it to Jess-the-dragoon and said "You know, some NG users are particular about music. They don't hear something they can dance to, they'll vote lower than usual" but she said "no, this ain't gonna be a music video so we have to use the most suitable music." Well, I browsed through a lot of music from the NGAP and then found some that weren't that catchy but suited the situation, like when the cloning tubes were about to explode. Personally didn't like the music that much, but it was perfect for the scene. If I were to put a pop or heavy metal there it would have spoilt it. And when fighting the final boss, the audio was made in a way to convey an epic battle and a lot of guys noticed the epicness. If I put a dance dance song there, the movie would be broken.
This is all a risk to take. Some NG users are still siding on just adding cool music in the background and add all action in there like some madness movies do, but that's just not what Manufactory is all about. Jess-the-dragoon aims to tell a short story and entertain you with the movie, using suitable music, not just let you see some blood and entertain you with the music.
2. Possibly, Madness Manufactory is the most big-screen-movie-like submission for this year's Madness? I've seen Xionic and I'm very impressed too, but 90% of the scenes are 2D side-scrolling, like watching Danny Phantom. Not saying that is bad, the author did a pretty cool job too, just that something movie-like would appeal more to me. The subs were a little distracting too. Madness Preloaded has more movie-like sense too, but it was a little short and with a little less character variety, but still cool, how the guys got slashed! It's like watching HBO channel or something.
I like Madness Manufactory because of the cinematics but doesn't mean every NG user would like it because of that. Seems like Preloader and Xionic are preferred to Madness Manufactory. However, Jess-the-dragoon's aim is to make an epic, as I said before. Making stuff like that isn't about throwing in one whole super pop-rock music to entertain fans, nor is it about pointlessly slashing. There must be a meaning to the whole thing, the movie must lead to a climax (and not to be continued) and then the story is there, and in doing all this, suitable bg music is used to make the user get the feel of the scene.
3. Madness Manufactory pretty much is the best madness movie that recaptures the true meaning of madness. Monochrome guys with only few other colors somewhere, intense killing, and with prominent Madness characters used, like the clown and the Jesus.
Note on the suicide at the end:
Some like it, some don't. Well, it's all up to you. You have your own opinions but for those who don't get it, the guy was a new-born. He just came out of the testube and he was faulty. He thought everyone with a cross on the face were his enemies. He shot them down and then realized he was one of them. So he was faultily "programmed" (sort of) to destroy those cross-faced madnesses, including himself, so BANG!
Despite all the hate reviews and the BIG SEA OF GOOD REVIEWS, I am proud of what Jess-the-dragoon came up with this time. This, Super Hero Clock and Reblamed got her 3 Daily Firsts. In a row. This is hard to beat.
