Galneda's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[WALL-E & R.O.B.]

Very cute!

Neat little concept, I'm thankful that Wall-E was an articulate toy, because it allowed you to come up with very funny expressions and body language for the little guy.

The only thing you need to work on is stabilizing the camera; the very minute differences after each frame give it the illusion of constant motion, like your on water, when it's clear you were trying to make the camera stationary.

That, and additional sound effects wouldn't hurt. Quiet little treads running, motors softly whirring and Wall-E's garbling. I know that this was only for a class project, and it's your first try at this, but that's the constructive criticism I'm leaving.

Other than that, you did a great job! I'd like to see more, so keep it up!

[LEFT4LOL]

HAHAHAHA!!! "Oh my God...Mexicans!"

This was brilliant! The friendly fire thing, where Louis gets in between Zoey from shooting herself made me laugh-out-loud...hell, I burst out laughing for just about every punch-line. ESPECIALLY the nod to Half-Baked at the end.

Brilliantly done! Your microphone sounded badass! Great voice-acting, flawless pace, and really good animation to boot. You worked hard on this, and it shows. Favorited and voted 5! Great job!

[Evangelion: CGD Footage]

Army_Ranger...

It took me a while to figure out it was you, but all of the Robotech submissions were the give-away.

Onto this.

-Good musical selection; it was very appropriate, and the build-up with the simple "pound" on the lines in the very-beginning were effective...just when I was thinking to myself, "if it pounds one more time, it'll kill it" it stopped. Great sense of pace to that regard.
-IMPRESSIVE, really, really impressive CG. I loved when the Eva part moved in the fluid-pool, and how it reacted and splashed appropriately. The lifting elevator and passing beams, the gates-closing, all of it looked spectacular.

There were only a few spelling errors this time around, so you're obviously getting better at that.

All in all, it was an effective preview! If I hadn't known this was being canceled, I would've been looking forward to it with gusto.

But as for people not willing to coordinate with you, that's their own beef. You just gotta keep looking if you're adamant about working on this project.

My only beef? I know I gave you a hard time in my previous reviews on your works, but I was a little jerk that didn't know how to animate or any of that shit. My only beef with this is how little creative licensing was put into this.

Sure, the Eva's looked different, and the setting looked different than the urban environment of Tokyo-3, and I have no DOUBT in my mind the characters would not have been Shinji and Asuka and Rei and what-not...but not enough was different to me.

You have an incredible talent at your finger-tips. I'm trying to work on something original myself after my shitty video-game spoof. Would you like me to help you write something original that you and I could do without a problem?

I'd be down for that. I still feel bad for all the shit I typed in this space for your flashes years ago. Congrats on the tablet! I'm sorry about people bailing on you.

I await your response. Oh yeah, and I voted 5 :P

Nanashi responds:

Voted 5 but scored a painful 7? Ouch.

I don't hold grudges (that and I don't remember very clearly what you're reviews were like) But I do appreciate every word you have written here.

I'm actually interested in sending you the story to the whole series to change your mind. I think you'd be blown away. I worked on it with a friend who normally does MOVIES, and he's a GOD when it comes to dialog.

The story really was interesting. Its the only reason why I did any of this. I wanted to tell the story of a EVA pilot who WANTED to pilot. Of a Girl who WASN'T fucked up to begin with, and of the people of NERV02 (in the US) who put heart in soul into what they thought was saving the world, before sudden and permanent circumstances silenced them.

Yes, I'm an idiot for not making something original. I know that is easily a big -50% on cool points, but I came up with this idea during the long dull hours between patrols in Iraq, and after watching all of EVA again, I was really exited about making this 'spoof'.

[Cpt.Falcon Hyes]

HYES!

Double-Dragon walk is a mega-win! I loved the Ren N' Stimpy-esque super detailed close-ups, and absurdities like Snake blowing up in a challenge of manliness.

All-in-all, the artwork was great, music was appropriate, great collection of sound effects, and what can I say? I'm a fan of everything parodied in this! I was thoroughly entertained, and could ask for nothing more!

Thanks for the flash! And Lastly, LOL at Falco's face ---> ) } OcO

[With My Mind's Madness]

Jesus Christ.

...This was done in a week and it leapt to Top Fifty....

THIS is the kind of stuff that gets me motivated, and pumped to animate. This is truly inspirational. There were some complex things in this animation I don't even begin to fully understand how to do, and it was all a kick-ass music video; just the kind of stuff I'm trying to do.

I've watched this many, many times, and for some reason I always overlooked the Author's Comments until now. (Doh!)

Thank you for this, MindChamber.

[Awesomefield]

OMG Beth...that Flaming Hobo bit you.....

"....Can I get your number?"
*boom*

Great take on Cloverfield! I think it would've been interesting how they would've reacted to the rebar stuck through her (and how she could run just fine moments later) But that was a good, and very random conclusion!

Nicely done! Great sound effects and voice-overs!

[Sleep Weaver]

What a brilliant line!

Great commercial, appropriate music, good animation to go with it!

My only complaints are it was a little too "gray" colored all throughout...here on NG you get a heap of gray everyday, but that doesn't mean I'm not thankful for the dashes of color in the environment, and our satisfied purple customer.

Also I just wish it was a little longer, because I was entertained by the concept, and laughed out loud to the final punch-line.

...I'm going to start saying that now and people aren't going to know what the hell I'm talking about...well I guess that means I better show them this flash then. :D

Voted 5!

MrMeeky responds:

Thank you for the kind words! Yes, indeed, tell your friends!

[Drifts vs FLFFLL]

Awesome!

Excellent cinematography throughout, what with the dynamic camera-angles, choreography, and special effects.

I was going to give this thing no higher than a 10, but you rocked the hell out of these stick figures. Great music, sfx, and special effects (again)

The story was a little bland along with the dialogue, but with a flash like this, those elements seem to be overshadowed by the fight itself.

Keep it up! I'd like to see something as epic as this with more complexity in the future!

Drifts responds:

lol giving me no higher than a 10 would be the most pleasent thing you could do.

[My first anim/The Ritual]

Nicely done sir!

Although it lacked in sound, this is by far a LOT cooler than my first flash!

-You show great artistic ability and comprehension
-The animation was fluid, and easy to watch for something that's a higher frame-rate than default.
-You even had a series of buttons to keep it from just automatically playing, which I can appreciate, even if you didn't have a preloader.

You're off to a great start! Keep it up, only next time be sure to have something audible to go with your flash; voices, sfx, music, or any combination of the three!

I'd also love to see what kind of stories you can concoct with that neat, surreal style you got going on. Keep me posted!

KardedKattle responds:

Thanks! I plan on giving my next animation some sort of plot/conflict that would require at least a little bit of voice acting. I also plan to fit in some ambient noise to stave the silence away.

[Bowja From His Cashle]

My lord.

I haven't been assaulted by something that annoying in a really long time.

It assaulted my ears...talking like that does not equal hilarity, it results in a back-hand.
It assaulted my retinas. Even the worst flash that was ever front-paged on a very youthful Newgrounds was better to look at than this.

Here's the synopsis of the flash: if you took a spam submission, made entirely from sprites on the first Super Mario game, and gave the creator a microphone to wail into during the whole thing...this is what I was just subjected to.

This is what's being featured on the front-page. Gratz.