vest816's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[iGrounds: the iPod collab]

I think it's okay, but it's also a bit drab.

I think that the movie itself, while an interesting idea, drags on way too long. I believe that if it was condensed, you could just weed out the interesting bits, because a lot of it is just very still, very boring animation. iBat in particular. It's batman. He swings from rooftops, he leaps, he flies, he drives around in a freakin' 18-wheel tank with rocket boosters. But the animation just has him doing...pelvic squats? iWorms was the coolest, though, just because they're worms.

So, much less time, more fast-paced interesting bits, and scap the iBat.

[The Weird Alley]

Animation is solid, and good for a quick laugh.

Basically, it's two gags put back and forth and don't really have any coexistance or overlap with one another. Worm gets hit by rock, man pees on worm, story is over.

I think that technically, the animation was sound. The facial expressions were good. But it's still a stick figure man, and I'm not a fan of most stick-related animation, which is what prevents me from giving this high marks from an aesthetic standpoint.

Sound functions well enough.

Yet the thing is, overall, the story just wasn't that engaging to me. I did giggle for a moment, but still, that just seems to be what the animation aims for: one moment.

N00bNation responds:

Good review. I understand what you say. Thanks

[Bird Skipper (Part 1)]

You are definitely a John K. fan.

I don't even need to ask. This has the Ren and Stimpy styling all over it, and even if in the odd highly unlikely chance that wasn't your goal, you nailed it perfectly and won a ton of respect for being able to pull it off.

In fact...it's too good. Are you his alter ego? The other half of his multiple-personality disorder? His evil clone? His twin brother who ended up teaching that talentless hack everything he knows?

I really want to see this done. I really, really do. No need to note me or anything, because I know once it is done, it will be on the front page. It will be slathered all over this website. There's no way I could miss it.

Fabulous work all around.

[Flash Comic Tutorial]

I'm sure it's useful to first-time Flash scripters

What in holy Hades is going wrong with my sound? That music! It's all going wonky and all over the place. Fortunately, since somebody else had just done a tutorial using blasting lamerock for background music, I've already got the volume control panel open lol. Still, either the streaming screwed up, or that sound really has gone ballistic.

The text that reads in the button programming should be much bigger. Much MUCH bigger.

Overall, as simplicity goes, this one's got it. I'm sure there are people out there though who have never used Flash, but do want a proper way to get their desired results a la comics, so this probably fits the bill. For having utility, and I imagine it being easy to understand, I give it a "B".

Your crappily drawn comic gives graphics a zero, though, lol.

Jamesu-kun responds:

Thank you for being helpful i realize that it would help beginners thats who i was targeting i just wanted to help newbies