Fro's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[C&H Penny Farthing Animatic]

This one is very fitting in black and white due to it's old timey nature and theme. How did he pay for those upgrades? It doesn't look like he had traded any of his stuff for it. Did he perhaps have prepaid horse leg insurance cards?

Galneda responds:

What with the big hat, clean shave, and fancy clothes, he always read to me like a lucrative businessman of the time. I just assumed he had the spare cash.

[C&H Fist Fight Animatic]

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There's something about watching these in this style that's somewhat beautiful. Maybe it was just the emotional plot to this submission.

Is the audio the same in the final product? (He asks even though he has full access to check himself)

Please help, thank you.

Galneda responds:

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Thank you for the serious response.

I don't understand what you mean, you're confusing me young man.

The temp music used is the theme from Forest Gump, which is almost an inside joke among the office because it's the go-to "tender emotional" temp track, but the music in the final short is arranged by Steve Lehman, who puts his own spin to it and makes something original.

Further audio mastering is done by Ben Governale of Cymatic Studios.

[High Boom]

I'll write my review in English, then in poor Spanish.

~ Animation/Graphics ~

You have a really nice art style, but it is also very simple. I would like to see you grow as an artist and make things a little more detailed. The animation itself was smooth, but could be worked on a little bit as well. Adding a little bit more detail into the background would improve this submission a little more as well.

Tienes un estilo de arte realmente agradable, pero también es muy simple. Me gustaría verte crecer como artista y hacer las cosas un poco más detalladas. La animación en sí era suave, pero podría ser trabajado en un poco así. Añadir un poco más de detalle en el fondo mejoraría esta presentación un poco más también.

~ Story/Plot ~

I guess I didn't really get the punch line. Perhaps that's because English is my language. Since you are posting to a website that is almost primarily an English speaking website it may be a good idea to add optional subtitles on the bottom of the screen that people could toggle on and off. That way if they speak Spanish they can keep them off and if they speak English they can toggle them on.

Supongo que no conseguí la línea de golpes. Tal vez eso es porque el inglés es mi idioma. Puesto que usted está fijando a un Web site que sea casi sobre todo un Web site que habla inglés puede ser una buena idea agregar los subtítulos opcionales en la parte inferior de la pantalla que la gente podría alternar encendido y apagado. De esa manera si hablan español pueden mantenerlos fuera y si hablan inglés pueden cambiarlos.

~ Audio ~

I have no complaints at all here. Everything seemed good. It was kind of silent overall and could do with some more background sounds and voices. All in all good though.

No tengo ninguna queja en todo aquí. Todo parecía bueno. Fue un poco silencioso en general y podría hacer con algunos sonidos de fondo y voces. En general bien.

~ Overall ~

A pretty simple animation that could use a little bit of work, but pretty well produced. I'd highly recommend subtitles because of the population of the audience you'll have here.

Una animación bastante simple que podría utilizar un poco de trabajo, pero bastante bien producido. Recomiendo altamente subtítulos debido a la población de la audiencia que usted tendrá aquí.

~ Review Request Club ~

NickConter responds:

Thanks for the commentary, just a few think you should know:
- I actually did this almost a year ago and I first uploaded to YouTube with English subtitles (also don´t worry for the "story", it all started because I drew those two guys hi 5ing and my friends told me to animate it, so that is why it doesn't really makes sense)
- The most recent animation that i did was a 4 second animation in the Mama Luigi Project, so you can see if I have improved.
- I was bored one day and remembered that I used to watch a lot of Newgrounds back in the day (I don´t remember why, I didn't knew English back then) and I decided to upload the video here and see what happens, but I don´t know how to put English subtitles here.

In other words thanks for taking the time to review mi animation and I appreciate the criticism, I´m working on another one in between school and stuff, maybe i´ll do and Spanish and English version since it doesn't have voice acting.

[Evil Otter]

Wtf?

That was directed towards both the audio and the animation. So first I'll start off with the animation. You've definitely haven't gotten a lot better since the flashes we made with the... oh.. I don't even want to bring those up. :P Ahem, so yeah. The animation was really basic, but you've have gotten a lot better at it.

Soo... what does the Otter really have to do with anything here? It was kind of out of place and I could see the voice acting being better served on something more cartoony with a human character.

The voice acting itself was ok, but it really wasn't that funny. It seemed sort of forced... well... maybe it just didn't go along with the right style of animation?

Also, the video stops playing when it is over, but the audio still keeps going? I thought I was missing something, but maybe you should have thrown on a replay button at the end to make things more functional.

MonoFlauta responds:

Hahahaha, thanks a lot for the review.
I just heared the audio and wanted to do something quick for fun. And also: "The animation was really basic, but you've have gotten a lot better at it." Don't lie, to me, I know I am a programmer and that will never be possible haha.
About the Otter and the voice acting. It was just a random thing of the momment. I listened to it and made it in less than 2 hours. So yeah, it is crappy haha.
But well, it worked because it was fun to do something different.
Thanks once again again for the review!

[R.O.C. Ep002]

Hey, I noticed the fridge in the background.

~ Comments~

Other than that I didn't like it. In fact, the only reason that I didn't give you a zero is because I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt that you were actually trying to create something entertaining and funny instead of spamming something bad on purpose. You just really hit and miss here.

~ Animation/Graphics ~

I would consider them good, but you really did nothing here right? I mean even when people use sprites they do more work, tweening, fbf, placement of the graphics, etc..., but this was basically you putting words into a program and then the program did everything? At least that's how I'm seeing it.

~ Story/Graphics ~

I think this may be somewhat funny to some of the 5th graders that I taught and apparently one of the reviewers down below... I guess it may just be an opinion, but little elementary level humor doesn't usually make people laugh. This was a major step below things like South Park, Family Guy, and other shows like that. Those at least make me laugh, but this was seriously like someone took a decent idea and removed 90 percent of the humor out of it. Perhaps it's because of the lacking emotion that I'll talk about shortly below.

~ Audio ~

With a simple program you could have easily had real voices put over this video along with some sort of dramatic background music. The lack of emotion really doesn't help this already poor submission's case. In fact, it might have been exactly what this piece needed to get a couple of points out of me. I would have had the same effect just reading this as text as I would these voices talking out the little skit.

~ Overall ~

I'm sure I'm with the majority of the people when I say create something yourself, rethink what the majority of people actually find funny at the average age on newgrounds, and find some voices not made by a computer or robot.

~ Review Request Club ~

ninjadezombidetueur responds:

ummm, i agree with your hypothesis of how this non-animated-by-me-animation is a general piece of shit.

[Madness Inflammation]

Yeah, some were pretty good.

~ Animation/Graphics ~

If I had more time I would break this down by author, but I don't so it'll have to be an overall view. Some were really good and yet some looked liked they were made by an amateur. Most were pretty smooth and in fact some were things that I would compare directly to Krinkels work, but on the other side there were some that ran very slow and rough around the edges. For the most part the animation was pretty good.

~ Story/Content ~

That thing is I've grown out of enjoying random killing like this a long time ago. So after awhile this did start to get boring. I did my best to try and stay interested, but there just really needed to be more humor in my opinion.

The only thing that was funny to me was the one where the clown went on a killing rampage and at the end shot himself in the head with the gun. Other than that it was like watching the same generic shooter again and again.

~ Audio ~

The music was good in my opinion and for the most part the sound was good as well. There were a few that were lacking sound effects and that made them seem very out of place. The submitter should have went through and added them.

~ Overall ~

A lot of mindless killing just like Madness should be, but so generic that it lacked a lot of individuality. I wouldn't have minded seeing more humor and perhaps something way different that we wouldn't expect to see from Madness.

~ Review Request Club ~

vogxhamraks responds:

Haha thanx for ur review and for giving ur opinion

[Bahamut N' Satan 777]

Look what I've done..

Haggard's review was a 7, Auz's review was a 7, and I just couldn't let the opportunity for this not to have three reviews in a row with a 7 score. I have now made the last three reviews 777, the number of this flash.

Yeah, I didn't see that coming at all. I was assuming Bahamut was going to do what Auz said below, just actually be himself and then tell Satan to go to hell, aka home. I also thought he might show up as another one of your characters such as Afro_Stud, but you definitely caught me off guard with Fred Flinstone as he had nothing to do with anything. :P

So I'll give you a 7 for catching me off guard like that, making me smile, and for using that wonderful Flinstone theme song there that I hadn't heard in so many years. The Slayer song wasn't so bad either. ;)

kinggila responds:

EVERYONE who reviews this should give it a 7.

[Crackman's Birthday?!]

I liked this one.

It kind of reminds me how old these videos actually are with the whole Guitar Hero game and everything. My first year of college was when I played Guitar Hero for the first time. The comment at the end made me laugh as I know how people can get addicted to games like that. For example, one of my many roommates my freshman year ended up skipping most of his classes to stay in the room and play Guitar Hero 3.

The Futurama reference made me laugh as I've seen it in many of your flashes and on the BBS several times. The thing is I don't remember who the people are that dislike Futurama and who the people are that like it as I never know when someone is joking and when someone is just making a joke on the reference. I personally enjoy the show. :P

Overall, a great flash if made in one day. How many hours do you think it took you to create this?

kinggila responds:

The only Futurama hater I ever knew was Crackman. I never talk to him these days. :(

I think I spent 2 - 3 hours on this.

[Bahamut's Bday Card]

I can't believe I didn't review...

I forgot all about reviewing this submission. Sorry about that man, I should have been right on that the day it was submitted. I must have been busy or something.

The disco Bahamut's dancing in the beginning were simply awesome. All of the animation was pretty simple, but done very well.

The letter from Dream-of-Duke was great. I wonder who the brilliant person was that came up with that... wait I mean... I can't believe Dream-of-Duke could think about complaining about the update even on Bahamut's birthday!

The secret letter was great as well. I would have never figured out the password by myself. You weren't too hard to trick though as I only told you that I had guessed right and you spilled the secret word only moments after. :P

The music was a great fit all around. You and your Mexican music, I should have known what I was going to hear. ;) I just pick of course. Next time loop the song though. It actually just ended while I finished this review.

Anyway, this is a great birthday flash for a great user.. I mean dragon... Keep up the good work and I hope to work on a project with you someday.

ThePigeonMaster responds:

Thanks for the detailed review. I love them ^^
And yeah, Dream-of-Duke is such an awesome guy ;D
Bahamut deserved something like this because he's awesome. Not because we're afraid of him :P

[Bahamut: ATWI80D 04]

So I decided I should start again..

I thought I had most of your submissions done, but wow, I still have lots to go. So I better get started if I'm ever going to finish your flash submissions. I can't believe that I was Corky52 when I started reviewing your flash. :P

If only Afro had put this much effort into his submissions. I also recognize this background from Final Fantasy 10 (probably my favorite Final Fantasy game from the series), but I wouldn't have realized it unless I read the conversation between you and Auz below.

The song was very fitting. I haven't actually heard it before, but it fit the beach theme for sure. Anyway, you better be finished with your 100th flash by the time I'm done reviewing all your stuff. :P I'm going to try to do one review a day so you have about a month to work.

kinggila responds:

"Anyway, you better be finished with your 100th flash by the time I'm done reviewing all your stuff. :P"

Oh the irony!