Xenophaje's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Rainbow Dash <3 Ice Cream]

Didn't personally find it funny but hey - the animation was good. Interesting art style (my inner brony asks why there was no flying animation though) I get this feeling it doesn't fit the concept of the flash itself but then again maybe it does as it seems like it was supposed to throw people off (or bronies anyway). I'm not much of a brony anymore... or not AS much of one and I'll be honest I never really liked RD that much - always kinda thought of her as a bit egotistical but... this is pretty cold. As an animator you're pretty good (I lol'd at the patrick voice) but some part of me has this inkling feeling you made this purely for the reactions - just my guess - I don't really know though.

[Super Mario bros Z ep 3 (old series)]

Mecha sonic is awesome

But Yoshi is surprisingly durable - his shell is immune to bullets, he survived a shotgun blast to the face and managed to put mecha sonic in an egg... with out being torn apart from the inside out. For yoshi - that is awesome

as is this flash in general

[Animation: Blades]

this seems unfinished... almost looks experimental

This is way too short first of all.
this is good, but where it stops is almost like a teaser. Build onto this, make it something epic and memorable. don't get me wrong - this is epic but just too short... way to short
you did a great job animating the bits that are here - transitions are great, action is cool, but where it stops... its kinda like you just hit the pause button, which is gonna piss people off.
Also the "fin" in the corner - its gonna take 60% of the people that view this a minute to notice that (some may very well think their computer froze given how you made this). At least make it loop or something.

add on to this and - if you can - add some plot to it, then it will be something people will really like.

-Review Request Club-

Kwing responds:

Thank you for the input. I actually felt that this animation was plenty long, seeing as there are three characters and they aren't all necessarily on the same side of the screen, meaning you can rewatch it to try and notice certain things you might have missed earlier on. I agree that the end was sudden, but that was why I put in a finishing combo instead of just making a single finishing move or anything like that. The reason it ended so soon was mainly because I couldn't think of a way to save the red guy after he made the super slow uppercut, so I just had the blue guy polish him off.

I agree that these things work better with a good story, but I'm horrible with cinematics.

[Dream/Nightmare]

I see what your getting at he but

how this is drawn makes it VERY difficult to make out, try to put more effort into that next time. Detail in the drawing can make a big difference in how well people
view your work.

[SS - Human History 1]

Interesting

Some aspects of this I find questionable but for the most part I'm willing to believe it.
The race that came from mars could have perhaps influenced such human thoughts and behaviors such as causing violence, greed, possession, power and control, etc.
Perhaps resulting in such things as disagreement and ultimately war. is that correct?

You did a great job animating this by the way.

RiverJordan responds:

Yep :) pretty much everything on earth today was caused by the duality they brought to us, if this is story is true

[Elemental Style Fight]

you know what.

its kinda bad ass. Sound effect would make it feel much more epic though.
Even though, the drawings are very basic, you captured the action well.
some more detail would be appreciated.

[Vegeta vs broly ep1]

Seems incomplete

But of what is here, it seems very basic, fairly interesting. Might make it feel more epic with sound effects though.
I say it incomplete for a couple of reasons
- Your basically right back to where you were in the beginning, there was no obvious victor and no one died. If you end it there, you might as well have made it loop
- Just simply the way it ends, its as if you cut off more of this. That on top of the fact of how short it is.

[Killer Whales Confessions]

Clever

I liked how you gave the whale a realistic personality.
I don't know that this is a comedy really, but I did enjoy it.
You did a good job with the art, and transition, the voices were great.
Its well thought out and overall a fair piece.

[Madness Test 2 Short]

well...

Since this is a test I won't complain about length (but I recommend you work on it)
If you ever intend to make something like this but longer, add some music.
the sound effect quality needs a bit of work I think. the sounds that were used are inaccurate I think - the knife, it doesn't sound at all like it hits flesh, it sounds like its being sharpened or sheered against something hard and metal.
The body movement could use some work (but this will do).

[The Missing Heart]

well...

I'm not an animator (I make music instead) but its not hard for me to imagine how hard it is to make animations which is part of the reason I don't...
It seems to me this is something made to show only feelings which might be why many other people here will look at this and go "what?")

The music is pretty good and fitting, the voice while it is fair, I don't hear DEEP feeling to it, give a slightly wider range in tone, it will add to the dramatic effect. As does more voice - try to give the guy some voice
Judging by the detail you either have crappy drawing tools, you don't have REALLY in depth Ideas of how it should look, or most of what you try to draw doesn't come out the way you want it and you just make do with what you can.
(I'm assuming the third one is most likely the case)

By the way (as you probably already know) not all people on NG are jerks although while there are many zero-bomers (people who'll give your work a zero for no real reason), there are some nice people who will give you real opinions (like me).