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[What All Men Want]

Hmm below are my thoughts

~ Animation/Graphics ~

This could use some animation. Simple things such as background animation of what the words are explaining kind of faded out so you can't really see what's going on so you don't totally ruin the joke. Also, some nice things like fades and transitions could probably improve this submission a bit too. I tend to over use the fade effect so if you use transitions make sure to vary them. There can be too much of a good thing sometimes.

~ Story/Content ~

Kind of gave me a smile, but not too much of one. Really in my opinion it was quite predictable. Also, it was very short. I think that if you want a submission to be successful like this then maybe you should include several of these jokes/rhymes to the submission. Just having one is kind of useless and doesn't make the submission too interesting.

Also, even though it was rather short and had a low file size I still think you should have had a preloader. If not a preloader than at least a play button. I never like it when a submission starts playing on it's own.

~ Audio ~

None at all and this was really the biggest downfall of this submission. There were quite a few downfalls, but this was by far the biggest. You should have included nice sensual background music and a sensual female voice (maybe could get away with a guy since it was suppose to be about a man receiving oral sex anyway).

~ Overall ~

Needs some basic animation and transitions, more jokes/length, and background music and voices.

~ Review Request Club ~

[Poozy goes to Georgia]

That was a pretty big fishstick...

I can't believe how big that fishstick was man.. The movie was almost scary to a point. Of course everyone loves them, but fuck. Great work all around. Except for the whole animation part, which was lacking almost completely. Audio makes up for it for sure though. Great stuff.

TheJamoke responds:

I can't animate for shit. But thanks.

[NG Welcome 2008]

Really good!

~ Animation/Graphics ~

I was actually very surprised when I saw this. Drawings were really good and animation really wasn't that bad at all. Looks like you put a lot of effort into the drawing. Keep up the good work and I'm sure animation will get better with time.

~ Story/Content ~

A very simple flash, but it was nicely done. Not really funny or action packed, but just a nice flash to sit back and enjoy. I think you should work on some flashes with plot in them sometime because you really are pretty good with it!

~ Audio ~

Nice use of sound effects and a good choice with the song. Nothing too much too add except for maybe a voice or something like that.

~ Overall ~

A decent job all around and I think you should start making more flash again because it looks like your quite good. :)

aldlv responds:

i didn't even had half year on Ng when i submitted this...

Flash with Plot/Great Drawings/Nice Music/Etc. is comming... well when i get some time to work on it, I don't have the time to do anything now

but as soon as i put my agenda in order.... i will start

anyway, thanx for the review man
=D

[Happy TalkLikeaPirate Day]

Omg, it's been forever.

And I can honestly say I did miss your flash submissions. Not this week, but I'm guessing next Friday I'm going to be able to write two or three more reviews on your submissions. It's going to be nice to see some of them again.

Good artwork here for the most part. Damn mic not working. :( Would have been nice for the real voice in this submission and everything. Decent amount of humor, which you would expect from one of your submissions.

I remember this day last year, but didn't do anything like actually talk like a Pirate on the forums or anything. Nice idea for a flash and pretty good job all around.

kinggila responds:

Haha, when I saw ~X~ reviewing more of my flashes, I then wondered if you did review all of my flashes or not, but it turns out you still had stuff to review. Anyway, for last year's Talk Like a Pirate Day, I just listened to Alestorm. :)

[Kirbys]

Not bad at all.

~ Animation/Graphics ~

Beautiful drawings! I was expecting this to be some sort of sprite animation, but you drew everything out frame by frame. It looked great and you should keep up the good work with the part of your flash because it looks like you would be great at drawing and animation a lot of stuff.

~ Story/Content ~

Just looked like a random piece showcasing your drawing skills, which is perfectly fine, but if you could make a flash animation with some sort of plot to it with these types of drawings I have no doubt that you would have a trophy winning submission. I would also add color to really add to the submission.

~ Audio ~

You need to add music to it. At least music. You should probably add in some sort of voice and/or sound effects. I think when you make a submission that has more of a story/plot or purpose behind it is when the audio is needed the most. Something to keep in mind for the future.

~ Overall ~

Good drawing skills. I hope to see you submit something in the future.

[EmanHOTTan]

Great collab part.

~ Animation/Graphics ~

The drawing and animation was great. Nothing much more to add about it seems you have a good talent for the graphic part of the submission.

~ Story/Content ~

I could see it being used in a collab, but doesn't seem like it would be one of the best parts in a collab. Only something that you would see for a couple of seconds or something like that. What I could see it being used for and I think it would look awesome would be as a credits. The animation that you had would be off to the left and the credits could role on the right side.

I didn't see the collab itself so I don't know if loops were the main part of it, but I would think that you would want something with more content. Something more than a loop itself.

~ Audio ~

Good choice of music that you had with the submission. Perhaps with more content in the submission itself it could lead to more animation, which then would lead to more need for sound effects or something like that.

~ Overall ~

Decent collab part, but I do think that there should be more content in the submission.

ChillyCheese responds:

Yeah, the collab was just fun little loops poking fun at Emanhattan.

Nothing to serious.

Thanks for the well thought out review man, I really appreciate it, even though its just a short loop you really put time and thought into these things.

[Metal Man!]

Random.

~ Animation/Graphics ~

Great drawings and great animation all around. Very simple drawing and animation itself, but it was well done. The simple use of the zooms was well used throughout the submission.

I wouldn't mind seeing some more complex animations of the metal man moving more such as arm movement.

~ Story/Content ~

Very short. What you had was alright, but wasn't the best. A little bit of humor in it, but really not too much. I recommend making the submission around 30 seconds longer or so, but at the same time not making it drag on during the submission by adding more humor and everything.

There doesn't need to be a plot or anything like that because it was completely fine being random, but this submission really does need more content behind it.

~ Audio ~

Good voice acting and sound all around. Not really too much more to comment on except for that. Maybe with more animation there would be more room to add sound itself.

~ Overall ~

Not the funniest, not the best content or length of a submission, but the quality of the drawing, animation, and voice was great.

[Madness's Ex]

Needs some work.

~ Animation/Graphics ~

Of course the drawings are well done because they are sprites and everything. :P The animation itself could have been much smoother and that's the only thing that you can work on to make this flash a lot better in my opinion. I sometimes couldn't tell if some things were in slow motion or if some things were in regular time, but it was just lagging, etc.. Just the movement and animation itself could have been much smoother.

Also, some in between animations would have been nice such as when an enemy comes out from a door they actually walk out of the door instead of just appearing where the entrance of the door is.

~ Story/Content ~

I see you said you didn't have a lot of time, but it was rather short. Not very original either as it looks like 1,000's of other Madness submissions on this site, but I can't penalize you for that because there isn't much to do with Madness anymore. It's all been done. We can't all be Krinkles. I would suggest either making this long or adding some sort of plot though.

You could also greatly improve the menus by adding better colors, animation to them, etc.. By menus I mean the beginning and end where you use the gray text and credit some things.

~ Audio ~

Decent sound effects and decent music all around. Nothing too much more to say other than that.

~ Overall ~

Could really be cleaned up and added to be made better. Try to start earlier for next year's Madness Day. ;P

~ Review Request Club ~

Cooliam responds:

thank u

[Frame By Frame Flash]

Not too bad.

~ Animation/Graphics ~

This is what you would expect from the generic frame by frame flash. The drawings could have been a bit better, but as in most frame by frame flashes like this the choppy look works.

~ Story/Content ~

I'd like to say at first there was a lot of action and later on it kind of started to drag on. It looked like later you were working more on more complex drawings. I think you should have went on with a little more action after it slowed down a bit. I also wouldn't mind seeing color put into this. Color would almost make this trippy and I think it would look a bit better.

~ Audio ~

I liked the choice of music here. In the future you should try to find some stuff in the audio portal of newgrounds. The song that you choice worked great with the beginning of the submission, but towards the middle and the end it just didn't flow well with the animation in my opinion. (Why I stated above there should have been more action later on) It did sync up well with the head exploding at the end though.

~ Overall ~

Almost your generic frame by frame flash. Not too bad, not too good.

~ Review Request Club ~

J0hnnyR0tt3n responds:

FINALLY! Thank you very much for the much needed constructive criticism! Most people leave three words but this is exactly what i was looking for and the reason i posted this to newgrounds to begin with. I plan on doing better next time, possibly using colors. But as for the sloppy artwork, all my work is dont on a laptop with no conventional mouse, so this makes things a little choppy... i plan on using a real mouse next time however. Thank you very much for the much needed review!
-j0hnnyr0tt3n

[Narrator's 2nd Love Story]

That was great.

Also, added right to my favorites.

~ Animation/Graphics ~

Very smooth animation all around. Probably doesn't get too much better than that. A good style of animating also. Maybe the drawings could be drawn a little better with more detail, but they are still done great. Good job all around here.

~ Story/Content ~

The whole video/porno joke was awesome. I really laughed hard there because it was completely random and obviously wouldn't work as a pick up line almost anywhere. Several other jokes were also quite comical, but that had to be my favorite one. Great humor all around in this submission.

~ Audio ~

Good voice acting for the most part. The only thing that you could do to make it a bit better was during the yelling scenes. The person yelling actually made their voice quieter than the normal parts. Other than that the music and sound effects were really good.

~ Overall ~

Great humor and good job all around. Keep up the good work.

~ Review Request Club ~

PostTimeskipSam responds:

I shall thank thee for such an amazing-eth break down of my animation. I'm glad you enjoyed this movie as much as I did and thanks for reviewing! :D