User blog comment:KressKross/Time to give some criticism.../@comment-192.200.149.177-20130602132451

The developer's certainly have some points they need to work on, but overall, I believe they've done an amazing job. Those four trailers certainly got me pumped for the actual release, and although some portions of the Voice Acting was a bit...off, overall, I found I enjoyed them more than I disliked them. I felt they added character, even if some parts felt stilted and forced. I think the fact that so many people feel so passionately about it, and have contributed and debated so much despite there being literally less than twenty minutes of content is a sign of just how well Monty Oum and the rest of the team have succeeded with the trailers. I'll have to say, when I had just finished watching Red VS Blue and saw the Red trailer, I did not expect there to already be such a beautifully designed and well-maintained wiki, despite the series not have even officially started yet.

That being said, no matter how good things are, they always can be improved. Flaming kills creativity, but honest criticism helps things get better.

While personally, I enjoyed the trailers with voice acting more than those without, it seems, from a brief glance over this page that the main issue people have is with the voice acting. The main thing it seems with the voices is not the voices themselves, but how they are presented. The ones I thought was really well done was Blake, followed by Yang (though she did still have some slightly off parts). The rest were decent, but had some rather glaring glitches in parts speech, such as Adam in the Black trailer, who sounded like he was gritting his teeth when he said: "move onto the next carriage!" The only one that really jarred me though, was Ruby's voice at the end of the Yellow trailer: I really didn't expect a character that slaughters her way through entire packs of werewolves to have such a...high voice. The second time I watched it, it sort of grew onto me, and I found I could actually manage to even bring myself to like it, but I still found it kind of grating. If they could keep the essential character behind it while toning it down just a little, I think I could really get behind it.

I also heard others talking about dialogue, but I personally, I didn't really see any problem with it whatsoever (especially since these movies are only trailer's, after all, cut them a break!). Despite this however, others seem to have more experience than me in these matters, so I'll roll with it.

Something I found a bit jarring, but didn't see mentioned here, was that some parts of the animation was a bit off--specifically, when Adam reaches for Blake, and when Weiss gives her curtsy. When several people speak, there are also parts when the mouths seem out of sync. They weren't extremely obvious, but they were just noticeble enough that I, well, noticed them.

These are just some things I noticed were a bit off. Overall though, I'll have to say I found the trailers immensely engaging, and give a 98%. The utter ridiculousness of the weapons tickled my inner child, the awesome actions scenes sent my blood pressure skyrocketing, while the music...no words can describe my love for the music. I have to give whoever designed the music and sang it a standing ovation.

Well, that's my two-and-a-half cents.