jonthomson's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

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D?

OK, we have a sign saying "B - deleted". That's worth zero in anybody's book.

[The Runaway Cow!!!]

Not a good sprite movie

Firstly, don't use lack of experience with flash as an excuse for a below par movie - if you know it's not that good, improve it or don't submit it. There's some good bits, but they're outweighed by the bad stuff - the movie progresses far too slowly, especially in the early stages, and there's not enough funny moments to make it really worth watching. The music became annoying incredibly quickly and the graphics aren't good - what animation there was wasn't too bad, but for the most part there's nothing moving and the background is poor. Overall, passable but I didn't like it.

[The Problem with Mimics]

Too short

Looks alright, but the cartoon's too short and not funny enough to be up to much. Not clear what's happening, the voices weren't great, it all seems a bit like a trailer in a way. Make something with a story and you could have a decent movie.

[SG New Year with Emilio!]

Funny new year shenanigans

Not the best flash of yours, and it's not as good as the regular Strategy Guide episodes, but it's still pretty funny. Short, sharp humour, looks pretty decent although not as good as some of your other stuff. Audio didn't sound bad at all. I prefer the video game based episodes myself, but this can be appreciated by all. Nice seasonal bonus.

Needle responds:

Thanks! I've been considering doing some shorts like this to fill in time in between the main episodes. I have a lot of interesting characters to introduce as well, so episodes like these give me the opportunity to fool around a bit.

As an experiment, I'd say the New Year's short went pretty well! Although it'll be a long time before anyone gets me to sing again. :)

[Mario Racer]

Average sprite stuff

Not bad - liked the sound loops but they were badly set up, leaving a few awkward moments where there's no sound at all. Not a hugely interesting movie, but enough to have deserved protection. The concept is OK and could have been used a lot better.

m0hawk responds:

I guess. I made this movie out of boredom.. I didn't even expect it to get on here..?

[Crocodile Hunter & Son]

Needed more things in it

He could have at least dropped the kid... as it is, it's a mediocre loop that's not particularly funny. Could have been a lot better without much more effort.

[Will '2' ever make it?]

Poor, very poor

An "interesting" mix of flashing backgrounds and text and numbers... rather trippy but incredibly bad. Strange music as well... 1/10 seems right.

[bullet dodger]

Looks OK but a bit short

It doesn't look too bad but you could have done better by increasing the framerate - the animation looks rather choppy in places. OK, but a bit short and the sound clip at the end wasn't really needed.

ImprovLogic responds:

with a faster framerate it just looks like in fast forward, no good. and i like the soundclip even though its not needed.

[Madness Inferno 5%]

Please don't submit unfinished work

If you must rip-off (sorry, do a tribute to) Krinkels' work, at least make sure it has sound and finish the other 95% of it before submitting. What there is doesn't look too bad, but there's not enough of it.

[Really Hyperactive guy]

I can see what you've done here...

You've watched one episode of Foamy and thought that speeding up your voice would be a good idea. It isn't, this makes little to no sense, looks poor, is over in about two seconds... I just don't get the point of it. Not funny and not worth watching.