Zerok's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Flandrium]

Superb animation, subpar interaction.

Yeah: The pictures and visuals were splendid! Short, but very bold. I enjoyed the 'Flandrium' construction a lot.

However, you're missing a loading bar, which REALLY hurts the first impression. Impatient viewers can and will auto-blam that kind of thing, especially those with slower computers. That is the flash's major fault and should be remedied ASAP.

Also, you should have the URL to your audio actually link to your audio page at the end there. Just a small suggestion for smoothness and efficacy. Have it open a new tab on the viewer's browser.

7/10
4/5

einbiegel responds:

the problem is i do not know a thing about actionscript ... so i absolutely don't know how to make a 'loading' thing and a link..
So i ask now if someone wants to help me..
As soon as i know all these things i will remake this movie.
thanks for the review!

Flandr.

[Evolution -BmK]

Absolutely stunning.

Like other reviewers have said: what a rare treat.

And it's true. Newgounds is known for its somewhat violent and controversial side, but every once in a while you get something beautiful and simple like this. The music was an amazing choice. The simple rotating graphics were so soothing and set the mood perfectly.

I really enjoyed it. It's been so long since I've seen a flash that relaxed and touched my like this one. Even the credits had a tone of sincerity and grace in them.

I wont bother trying to interpret it. Like any good song or poem, the individual perceptions can be endless.

Anyway, your work enchanted me so much that you got my top vote for the February Cash Prize. I wish you the best of luck.

BlackmarketKraig responds:

Thank you so much!

I'm in the middle of looking at the Feburary submissions myself... BOO for 56k! >:(

I have to agree that individual perceptions are varied for everything, and that is what makes art personal and unique. But I still like to hear what my cartoons mean to anyone who is willing to share.

Thanks for reviewing!
<3

[Qrip]

Good graphics, but that's about it.

It was well animated, I must say.
But the storyline was just too dry. It was beyond cliché.
The voice acting was quite uninspired and poorly written. The characters showed almost no emotion, or an over-exaggerated one. The guy was like "TURRRNNER! - so, blah. Blah blah." Really tacky.

With your animation skills, I bet you could do something really nice with a good script.

Not bad.

yoho4ever responds:

"The voice acting was quite uninspired and poorly written. The characters showed almost no emotion, or an over-exaggerated one."

I know what you mean, but do you know how hard it is to get people to do voice acting, I posted for people to try out that didnt happen. Its also like they wanted to speed through, guess im gonna have to dig more of better voice acting.

[Could u?]

Good message.

It's been done, but not that I've seen on NG. For a site that promotes and embraces violent humour, I like how you used the example of violence to express your views on bullying/ suicide and it truly does affect many people. I'd bet there's a lot of users on NG that could relate to this.

Frank-Uselesschris responds:

i'm hoping there to be few Users that can actually relate from a bullying experience though

[The Great Eggscape SE]

Not bad.

It was long, I liked that. It kept going and going, and he kept killing eggs the entire time. While the main action wasn't entirely interesting, the setting and plot were. He killed eggs in a variety of ways so it didn't get too repetitive either. The music went well with the scenes and complemented the action.

The graphics weren't even close to great, but you obviously saved a lot of time by not concerning yourself with them. It doesn't take away from the movie at all.

TheDevilsJoker responds:

I like to keep eggs simple, cos ders not much u can draw of em, and i felt the backgrounds looked simple but therefore clean.

[Armageggon]

Spectacular.

A wonderful short! Strangley original, and about as simple as you can get. I can tell it took a lot of effort and time to create the minute or two of eggish doom, but it was well worth it! Bravo! You get 8 points!

FargalEX responds:

Otherwise known as...9 points!

[NG Tournament: Semi's 2]

Beautiful.

This concept is awesome. Extremely well done; the dramatics and cinematic effects are bang on! The dialouge did slow it down a bit, but everything else overrides that minor setback. The previous two episodes rocked, this one was no exception. The final fight will be much anticipated and if the climax satisfies what the series has been building up to... I think it'll sweep the Portal awards :).

Bravo!

error-45207 responds:

haha thanks dude. Much appreciated and yer i know the dialogue sets it back a bit.. didn't wanna put in voice acting tho for madness and stuff coz that could go two ways.. and im pretty sure i'd have people winging at me saying thats not how he'd sound or wateva... Glad u liked it tho and i will try and get the next part out soon!

[Avoiding Blamnation (HNT)]

Great Googly Moogly!

I like, I like. As past reviewers noted: this flash is quite helpful, and new users would benefit from it for *sure*. It's all true, all of the tips! Not to mention the funnyness of it all. Some people just don't seem to realize how submit stuff that is NG-worthy. This, amongst other high quality 'tutorial' flashes should have their own front page and/or portal link, preferrably near the SUBMIT button.

Bravo.

JujubeLock responds:

Haha, yeah...but at least they put the portal faq button right next to the submit.

[HOT PISS!111]

Whoahhh

What a creative mosiac of tepid and relatively unrealated colours and shapes...

But seriously, that wasn't as bad as these other reviewers seem to make it out to be. I mean, it is like those total shitheaps you get with cut and paste drawings bouncing around with high energy annoying music.... but only some of the time.

I gave it a protect score because I love the effort. It went on for so so so long, I watched it right to the end, it was mesmorizing...

No, I wasn't on drugs. It was just very entertaining crap!

Ctiger responds:

Don't worry, most of these guys draw a Star of David on the ground hoping to summon Lengendary frog.

They're stupid.

[A Shattered Shield - 01]

Not too bad.

I liked the outfits. The guns too. The plot isn't very original... but whatever.

The sound was OK (voice acting is a plus), but it was faded at points. At least it was enthusiastic.
Annnnd portaying the movement that eventually led to the creation of Israel as a bloodthirsty mob of villians may cause some Jewish contempt in your flash... ^_^

Dark-Boy responds:

Lol I know what you mean..but i did'nt want to really end up making a referance to what ahppend in isreal..I just used the faction idea..not really the people i guss..thanks for the input.