Just wondering how does Google look at .swfs? I know they're not very search engine friendly at all, is there a way to make them a little more social?

Sure. Take an html file and rename it to swf.

Just wondering how does Google look at .swfs

They simply don't.
Java applets, activeX, and flash elements are excluded from the scrapping

I have heard that SE can actually follow links from within swf files

Big companies (and small ones) usually create a flash site and a html equivalent so that search engines have something to index.

Some other solutions involve the <noscript> </noscript> where you put some content for SE to index.

I have done it so the search engines don't index my .swf files. I don't want people to find them and just go straight to the .swf file as it will mean that I will not earn from the advertising shown on my site, but will still use up alot of bandwidth.