TheDevilMyself's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Battle of St Valentines]

I got my hopes up...

I got my hopes up for this one - the preview image looked promising so i was all ready for something great.

AND YOU DELIVERED!

That WAS, in fact, great. Yes, sounds need some work, but don't they always? Excellent style, flow, fbf + tween action - only part that was gag-me-cheesy was the cupid turning around in the beginning. haha - c'mon, you know you want to fbf that!

Ah well, excellent flash - thank you for not sucking!

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ColonelStrawberry responds:

Haha whew!! You had me scared there for a second!
Thanks a lot!
Haha yeah i know, i purposely made the cupid so unchanging and lame like that, its so corny its amusing XD

:)

[A Romp in Ninja Garden]

Bueno!

good fbf action! A tiny suggestion - the lines were all too bold - try using a thick line for the outline of a figure and a line 1/2 that size for definition within them. For animating, probably the easiest way to do that would be to draw them out with the 1/2 size line then go back and trace around them on a separate layer with the regular line. Also, take some more time out with backgrounds - it's worth it!

But otherwise you've got a good cinematic eye! Keep it up!

ActiveObjectX responds:

i'll def spend more time on the backgrounds, the real issue with this cartoon is that the characters and backgrounds aren't too different in their designs. I am also going to start using thinner lines, since a lot of people dont seem to enjoy the thick lines...and its more difficult to do subtitle animation..

whatevs, thanks for the review!

[YK - 42 owns the KK 002]

hehehe

My favorite part is the "MEEEAAAAAAAOOOW" right before he gets shot - i hate the KK and will gladly collab with you folks to mock their pathetic flashes!

Viva!

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Cinnabonmon responds:

SWEET!

[El Emigrante Cactus Part2]

Quick Couple Questions

All right - firstly, you split it to fit size constraints, no? Just makin' sure, because otherwise there's no real point to making two separate flashes from this - and if it's size then, why were the voices compressed? I know you had better recordings than that! Size constraints are such a pain...

Now, big thing here: Why did he cross again? The first flash, the walking guards went past him and he was on the same side of the fence as them and he stopped, and after they went past he scooted under the fence with the help of a little stick. Then the coyotes.

With the second flash he hopped along until he got seen by the guard then jumped into the razor wire (ouch) and the guards went by again. He hopped down... back in Mexico. Why? And then he's taken by guards for... being in Mexico?

I don't get it.

Oh and it would stand to reason that if the cactus costume stuck to the guards hands when they ripped out of the costume then they would stick to his hands too, but that's just me being picky hehe

Overall good quality flic. Most of the plot was pretty cool too - maybe a little slow at times, but definitely better about timing than alot of the stuff that gets through here.

Oh and the music rocked.

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[The Onion Thief]

Go ahead, make my day.

I hate onions. Except green onions. Sometimes.

Anyways - i didn't feel there was enough difference between the voices. Though i can't be totally sure if you did both of them, it sure sounded like it. Well that or a close relative, maybe?

I liked the style, though - animation was smooth - plot was a little lacking at times but altogether a good idea. Funny (a bit)

Thanks for not sucking!
hehe

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Beyond-Insanity-666 responds:

Yes I am a one man show. Everything by me (except for the music) so you can't expect two totally different voices for my animations - coz basically I'm a shit voice actor.
Thanks for the review.

[Bert 1]

hehehe

Best flash with no voices whatsoever. The Robin hood part kind of dragged on and maybe you should have undertaken the rest of the story with it too, but really was a good flash - flow'd well.

You did alot with a little and that's damn good. BTW - whose cover of "Telegram Sam" was that? (needs credits!)

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kielty7 responds:

Its by Marc Bolan & T-Rex, Cheers for tne review :)

[human vs mosquito]

Power Puff Rip

For A first flash it's not bad at all. The text bubbles need work or you just need to record voices. The storyline was a little weak too - use of 'final fantasy' style rpg fight sequence was lame - you can be more creative than that!

Otherwise, you're right - the graphics were nice - would have been cool to see some Frame-by-frame for some of the movements though.

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[The Correspondance]

Pretty good!

You have a good grasp on cinematic flow - it kept me going, wasn't too slow or too fast - each scene worked well with the next and there weren't any big unpleasant surprises.

Now:
He walks funny... with his arms behind him. haha.

Arms arms arms - maybe you should have frame-by-frame animated them next time - sure, that may be another week of work for you, but it's worth it in the end to put out a superior flash!

Christine looks very... dead... and rugged... haha

Loved the characters - the voice acting was pretty good - recording quality wasn't the best, but not many people can get a recording in their homes.

The chair! haha - totally disappeared on his ass.

Tip for the wacom - alot of times it's hard to draw a straight line. yep. I know. Well, i use the line tool for those times, and if it just looks like it doesn't flow with the rest BECAUSE it's so straight i'll go over the line with the brush tool.

Oh, and a question - do you get random little blobs when you're using the brush tool with pressure sensitivity?? I get those alot and they're a pain in my ass - still haven't figured out how to fix them.

Good flash - keep it up!

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CustardCartoonsInc responds:

xD Yeah - the pressure stuff annoys the 'ass' offa me too! So that's why i find it takes so long. And yeah - i agree i could of updated the arms, but i got a bit lazy and rushed to finish it xD. Glad you liked it though - it makes it all worth while!
To change the sensetivity... you may have to go on to tablet settings and search for a while - im not sure if i will change it though xD
Ta for the review!

[F-ing Shorts]

No, why don't YOU move

Favorite Part: the pawns. hahaha

Reminded me alot of Robot Chicken - especially the pokemon part - i swear that was almost word for word. Ah well - doesn't mean it wasn't funny, right?

Great stuff - the other guy is right- fuck the clock crew and all that jazz - up with good humor!

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andywar responds:

robot chiken was a definite inspiration. thanks for the review.

[Stoner Bob: Money]

Porch WHA?

Note: He was watching spongebob hehhe

Now, the title - Porch Munchies - used completely as a racial slur. Sure, yeah, good movie that brought it to everyone's attention, but that doesn't make it 'ok' when you're pullin' it out to directly refer to black people - especially when you're portraying them in a stereotypical fashion. Now, i could give a shit less whether you're racist or not, but i'm just letting you know how it looks - you'll be lucky if it doesn't get reported, but personally i think that it wasn't with harmful intent so i'm not gonna blow the whistle on you.

Good luck

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RobsonStudios responds:

Yea I know, its a very controversial title, BUT. The whole point os stoner bob is to poke fun at all types of people and what the world views them as steriotypically. I mean stoenr bob for instance, completly stereotypical stoner, bubbles the bong is a stereotypical uptight brit (and im british) and all the toher characters are going to be pretty much racial targeted. But thats what makes stoenr bob so great, you take all these different type of people and put em together, they are all characters. Alot of people like Dave Chappelle who does the same thing, such as his skit with the family called "the nigger family" Which i found extremly funny so I mean if people get offended then they are viewing it in a wrong reference. I'm just trying to make an entertaining flash :D