SlashFirestorm's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Pretenders]

I have to admit, it was better than I expected!

Graphics: 8/10. A little dark and blurry at times, but you did the best you could with size limitations, so it's fine. Surprised you could get five+ minutes of video into 19 megs with quality this good. The intro was nice, too...seemed like a "real" movie/television program intro scene, heh.

Audio: 8/10. Voices were a little hard to understand at times, but nothing drastic. The narration did a good job of being somber and serious...until the anal fissure cream massacre was brought up. XD

Acting: 10/10. Perfectly fit into the faux-serious storyline, with the distraught and weary detective, and the gunfight was awesomely hilarious. As was the celebration over tostitos.

Humor: 10/10. Totally started out as a serious cop story, with everything deadly serious, until the mention of anal fissures cream. One wonders why the entire family had them, Mister Detective. XD The gunfight was the highlight of the movie, with the bangs and bams being absolutely hilarious, as was their aggravated interruption. Well done.

Overall presentation: 10/10. I've never been a fan of live action stuff on Newgrounds, but this was an exception. You managed to cram a lot of goodness into 19 megs without sacrificing much video or audio quality, along with a humorous story that was fun to watch. Good job.

Ways to improve: I can't really think of much, since this flash appears to have been filesize optimized well and the storyline was perfect as it was. Perhaps, as others have mentioned, the lighting could have been a bit better, since dark scenes coupled with the slight distortion of filesize cramming can make viewing difficult at times.

Fro responds:

Thanks I'm happy you enjoyed it!

For the lighting in the future we may have a better computer, and I'm going to look up some ways to get good lighting even with night scenes. In the morning we really have to be careful because the sun leaves nasty glares.

The next movie was shot in the sun, but just hasn't been put together yet. Not that I know of at least.

The high quality version is over 80 MB, so you can imagine the terrible things we have to do to these files to get them to uploading size.

Thanks for the review. It's greatly appreciated.

[Anusboy]

In a class of its own.

Graphics: 10/10. There are lots of different kinds of animation on Newgrounds. There's shitty stick figures. There's pasted sprites. There's decent hand-drawn stuff. But this is in that extremely rare class of epic, because unlike the vast majority of animations on Newgrounds, this is truly art. If there's a word for this style, I don't know it, but it reminds me of John Kricfalusi's work, what with the grotesque images and all. Really good stuff.

Sound: 10/10. No complaints here; the background music, sound effects, and voices were all swell.

Humor/Message: 10/10. I'm not sure if humor is the right word to describe this flash. There was humor to be had, if one wanted it---the slutty girl and her enthusiastic admirer, and God/Allah/whatever the fuck that was getting shot in the eye---but its tone had that sort of "it's as serious or lighthearted as you want it to be" thing that David Firth pulls off pretty well.

Overall presentation: 10/10. With animation on a professional level of skill and talent, polished audio, and a storyline very open to interpretation, this is among the best flashes that Newgrounds has to offer, even if you don't get as much credit as other less controversial authors (many of whom are overrated).

Ways to improve: I really can't think of anything. This flash wasn't lacking in any noticeable way.

Awesome stuff.

W-P-S responds:

Thank you kindly!

[Kowr Neeh Tunnel]

Haha, sweet!

Awesome stuff! I haven't seen a claymation this good in a long time.

The animation was very smooth, and you did a good job with lighting and making the movement nice and fluid. The actual content was swell---I don't know if I've ever seen a battle claymation as good as this one. Combat effects were well done, especially considering that the average clay flash just has them poking each other with pencils, lol.

Fifened. Awesome stuff, keep it up!

DarksbaneTheDog responds:

Thanks dude!
Ah man, the lightning and the extra frames are always a pain haha, I'm glad it payed off in the end though :]
Also for me, animating in effects, is one of the funnest parts haha!
Thanks a lot for the review!

[Demithyst Part 5]

Worth the wait!

Good to see part five finally up and on Newgrounds!

This installment was rather creepy...the sound effects when they showed London locked up made it feel like evil was just radiating off of him, heh. Awesome voice acting, and I love the blend of animation styles.

Can't wait for the next episode. Keep on trucking, heh. Us dedicated fans will be waiting as long as it takes. :-D

LeonardRawles responds:

Thanks Slash. You've always been a great supporter of this and I owe a lot of this to you.

[Adolf Hitler:CAI493+D 001]

Bulbasaur is great.

Hitler made a good choice with Bulbasaur. A Grass/Poison type, Bulbasaur has access to a wide range of potent techniques, such as Razor Leaf, Mega Drain, and Sludge Bomb. Also, should Hitler decide to take on the Pokemon Gyms, Bulbasaur holds a type advantage over both Brock AND Misty!

It's a great choice for a beginner. May Bulbasaur guide Hitler well on his quest to become a Pokemon Master!

AfroUnderscoreStud responds:

Bulbasaur is the greatest Pokémon ever. It could vine whip Arceus into pulp.

[[L7C] <3's YOU!]

Lacks something. Maybe everything.

This kind of flash only works when it's something funny or original.

Whenever I can honestly say that "I can do better", you know there's a problem, because I suck hard at flash. But this is just a few words with what, two or three looping frames of heart-jiggling animation?

It's not graphically impressive. There is no sound. There is no interactivity. There is no plot, no violence, no humor. So what does leave us with?

Nothing.

I'm not going to trash you for graphical quality or anything, because I have no room to talk there. But, if you're going to make pointless flashes, at least make them creative and funny. Doesn't need a plot or beautiful graphics, just have some humor. Even the most crudely-made, low-effort flashes can be hilarious---even protect-worthy---if enough planning effort is put into them.

Whether the effort is put into the creative process or the flash itself, it doesn't matter. But creativity HAS to go somewhere. This is nothing new or innovative.

JUSTIN-BAILEY responds:

Your review is very good. You know how to help an artist and you are someone who should be a review mod. But I am not Tom Fulp, so this won't happen.

Have a good day, sir.