For those who ignored my post on independent video games here's the link.

Space shooters, a type of video game that has been around since Space War and Nolan Bushnell's Computer Space. They have peaked around the late '70s to the early '80s and had a decent following during the late '80s and much of the '90s. While console space shooters are hard to find (this includes Live Arcade and Wii Ware), PC shmups are easier to find (thanks to Shoot The Core) and obtain. With that out of the way, I think that shmups are an untapped resource on NewGrounds. Hell, one of the first games made for this site was a horizontal shooter that didn't have a name until 2001-2002. While there are lots of ideas for space shooters, the execution is either hit or miss. One example being Space Wing, an attempt at a RayForce clone that suffered from being too slow, repetitive, and had cheap designs. That game, while decent, was a missed opportunity to prove that RayForce could be replicated in Flash. On the other hand, Metal Wrath was well-thought out, had great designs, smooth scaling and rotation, great level design, and had something different (it was right-to-left instead of left-to-right). Sure it used sprites (all of which were custom-made), and a recycled plot (the man versus machine gig is overused); yet it was fun to play.
While actual space shooters are relatively common, movies based on them are hard to find. The most notable one is TFX' Zero Wing cartoon that was made seven years ago. While I would like to see more original Flash cartoons here, that doesn't mean I'm going to downrate a parody of Gradius, R-Type, Darius, Einhander, or what have you. I vote on the actual quality of a Flash cartoon rather than it being video game themed.
One more thing: Buy Space Invaders Extreme damn it!.