PenguinLink's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[A Birthday Thought]

Nice!

This was great!

Graphics- The graphics were superb. Especially the background of the loading screen. The characters were all well drawn and well detailed. You are one of those clock/lock's who really care about their submissions. I congratulate you. :)

Style- The style was good too. You had a nice little plot going on here. Good job!

Sound- The music fitted the movie very nicely. Good job on selecting the music. And thanks for not adding 'speakonia", which would have ruined the whole feeling/mood of the movie. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate movies which use this function, it's just that it has been used to death and well you made a very well decision in not including this feature to your submission.

Violence- I don't think there was none

Interactivity- None

Humor- Well, there wasn't any humor in this submission, it just brought me a smile at the end when the red guy was tackled by the other clock....(Sorry, I don't know their names...)

Overall- Very nice job on this. Keep up the awesome work and you'll be known around here very well. Good luck on your future submissions. :)

ClockLock responds:

You're too kind. <3 I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[FBF test]

Great FBF animation

Frame by frame animation is truly difficult to do, but with the right practice, people can get great at it as you have. The only problem with this was that, well, first of all, it was TOO short and I understand it's a test. This happens to me also. You are animating something, then you think it looks great and then you say "Hey! I want to see what other people think!" But the thing is, if you actually wait until you have an avereagly long flash that you think is acceptable to be in the portal, that would be much better. Don't get me wrong, this was great and it shows you have skills, but in my opinion, if you would put a collection of these type of projects together, you would be better off as a great animator.

Graphics-The graphics were ok, or should I say the alien type guy, was drawn well. As well other figures you drew.

Style- Well, in this flash, there really wasn't something to portray you flash skills EXCEPT for your talent with FBF. Great FBF skills.

Sound- The music fitted the submission nicely but it would have been much better if you would have included sounds such as when the piece of the character fell to the ground, you could have added a "squishy" sound of some sort.

Violence- None

Interactivity- None

Humor-None

Overall- You definetly have skills to do many great flashes in the future. Use them to make many other flashes of the same quality but just a tad longer and a little storyline/plot wouldn't hurt either. Nice job, and good luck with your future submissions.

Neked responds:

Wow, great review thanks alot for the feedback. You sir have inspired me to make something more. Thank you

[Mario is Lazy]

Nice Job

Ok, let me describe in detail.

Graphics- The graphics got a low score because technically, they aren't yours. So, I guess every sprite movie I review will get a low score on that category.

Style- The style, well, it wasn't too original. Being it a sprite animation, it's pretty hard to vote on style also. But I can see that you thought about the script and evaluated what the characters were going to say so I guess style isn't TOO bad.

Sound- You needed WAY more sounds for this submission. There hardly were any, except at the end. Next time, try adding nature sounds such as birds chirping in the background and such.

Violence- There really wasn't violence either, except at the end, of course. You know that people here like violence, so I wouldv'e thought that implementing more violence, should I said, what have been better. But nonetheless, I guess it's good as it is.

Interactivity- There wasn't any.

Humor- Well, some of the jokes were kind of amusing. Good job on thinking those up.

Overall- You did an ok job on this. If you were to spend more time on your work, such as add more sound effects, probably include a little bit more violence, make it a bit tad longer and spend more time coming up with ideas, you would have a great sprite animation. One thing though, the last scene was kind of wierd, Luigi looked like he was doing something else, instead of punching mario. It would be a good idea if you were to make another sprite movie, not to include that type of fighting. Overall, nice job on this and good luck on your future submissions.

Skutieos109 responds:

Thanks. I know luigi looked like crap when he punched mario.

[Animated Book]

Great story!

Graphics-Well, the score on the graphics is kinda low because there really weren't any graphics to judge. But that doesn't affect in anyway the overall score.

Style-The style on this was pretty good. You told the story in a very nicely way. But unfortunately, there were some spelling mistakes and grammar mistakes. Which doesn't really matter because you can still understand. My only point here is that if you decide on making another animated book, it would be a good idea to check your spelling and grammar so that your book may look that it was done in a more professional way. :)

Sound-The music, which I recognized was from FFX-2, suited the plot and the symbolism of the book. Very well done on the selection of music. I also liked how you included those mini-sounds where you would point your cursor at. Such as the beeping sound and the ambulance. That was a very significant detail you included there. Nice job!

Violence- There really wasn't any, I suppose.

Interactvity- The interactivity on this was awesome. It's what makes this submission great. Pointing your cursor over words couldn't be this great. Which I think must have cost a lot of work with actionscript but nonetheless, adding this detail truly made the book seem more realistic.

Humor- Well, uhh, I don't think there wasn't any humor in this.

Overall-Nice job. My suggestions: If you decide to make another animated book, it would be great if you included the following. You could boost your interactivity score more than it was by allowing the viewer to select the events. Such as having the viewer choose the character's fate. It would be also great if you could make some type of background, such as a desk with a cup holding pens whatso ever. And last but not least, it would be great if you could include pictures as well, which could probably boost your graphic's score a bit. All in all, very nice job on this. Good luck on your future submissions.

COUNTYGATES responds:

Yeah I know, I didn't really proof read it until the end so I couldn't really fix it or the layout of text on each page would of had to change which would have just been long, but next time I'll be sure to type my story out in word and prrof read it first

I actually had in mind the suggestions you made for if I did make another animated book, particular the idea of the user choosing the fate of the character because I already had a story in mind which had 2 endings. I'll have to see how it goes but thanks for the review and advice

[Dave And Junior Ep. 5]

Nice!

Graphics- The graphics fit the style you have in here. If you were to change the graphics, such as make the characters' more detailed and such, they wouldn't fit into the background. If you were to change the background, it wouldn't fit the characters. Such as making the background more colorful. And all this portrays style, which is the next category.

Style- The style is great. It's very creative and makes you feel you're watching an old cartoon they used to have way back then in the oldies. Every little detail, such as the starting music when you are supposed to click play, to the very last scene of it, where it says "The End" Those details, and of course the unique characters, makes this movie have and your other episodes have an awesome style.

Sound- The sound is ok nevertheless. There were some problems though. When Dave threw the grenade and it exploded and started yelling (Which was hilarious by the way) The yelling caused the speakers to "crack" so to speak. But! That really doesn't matter. Now, to the next category...

Violence- Well, the only violence there was was when Dave threw the grenade and of course, when Junior got hit on the head by a bone.

Interactivity- There wasn't none.

Humor- Well, humor, what can I say? To the dog dying randomly, to the funny R.I.P signs there were in the grave, (Well, fluffy, we kinda loved you) To the Dave throwing the grenade and screaming endlessly for two hours, To the Junior saying all these words that didn't correspond to the dog dying at the grave and to Dave saying "I don't think they heard us" Which obviously is ironic because who wouldn't hear that loud explosion. All this is considered to be "humor"

Overall- Very nice job on this. All I can say is keep up the good work!

clevelandsteamer1 responds:

Thank you for the in depth review, I always appreciate compliments! The sound is sort of the achilles heal of the whole series, and I'm trying to fix that with each episode. Thanks again!

[Crazy Console Battles!]

Nice!

Graphics- The graphics were well done. But there was a detail you forgot to put on the PS2 controller. You forgot to put the triangle, circle, X, and the square on the buttons. But I guess that really doesn't matter. Overall, nice job on the graphics.

Style- The style was good also. Although this might not be considered to be very "original", you still did a great job on animating the controllers and such.

Sound- The sound was executed very well also. Every move a controller made matched the sound you had selected to correspond to it. NIce job on that too.

Violence- Well there was violence. So I guess there is nothing to describe here.

Interactivity- Interactiviy was on here also. You made this flash even better by allowing the viewer to choose who would be the victor and of course, by imputing easter eggs. Great job.

Humor- It was funny when the Gamecube controller appeared and really didn't do anything, and then was taken away. The Xbox and PS2 controller then continued to fight like it never appeared.

Overall- You did a very good job on this movie. The only thing I could tell you to further improve the greatness to this flash is to make it a little more longer. That would be the only flaw here. Other than that, nice job and keep up the good work!

ryguypie responds:

I didn't forget to put the symbols on the buttons I just chose not to. I thought it was pretty original, the battle thing has been done many times but I think the concept of console controllers was pretty original. Thanks for the great review :)

[Good~Will Kitty - Smoking]

Good

Graphics- The graphics were the best feature to this movie. The background looked really nice.

Style- I have never seen a good willed kitty telling people not to smoke in a flash before, so I guess you have a nice style going on here.

Sound- There wasn't really much sound in this movie, except for a bird squawking every now and then and of course, the song at the end. Next time, try adding more sounds. (I understand you made this in one night, so I'm not marking you down that much points off this category.)

Violence- The kitty lighting up on fire is considered as violence I guess...

Interactivity- There wasn't any.

Humor- Well, maybe it's me, but I didn't find this movie to be funny.

Overall- Many people seemed to like this video, and some want it to be a series. My opinion: Go right on ahead. You have the capability of doing many great flashes in the future, just with a little more practice and time. Good luck on your future submissions.

KraakenHex responds:

Thank you for your well thought out critic. I definately like you.

[Joe escapes evil stuff.]

Great!

Let me describe in detail.

Graphics- The graphics can use some work overall, but they are fairly decent.

Style- I guess your style differs from other people's. "Joe escapes evil stuff" "Evil Coathangers" Never seen anyone use those as titles or evil enemies.

Sound- The sound was ok providing that the music fitted the flash nicely.

Violence- This movie had its "portion" of violence nevertheless.

Interactivity- None

Humor- Having a little guy escape evil stuff is actually funny. The ending is as well, as other reviewers have indicated.

Overall- This was a neat flash. But I would suggest working on the graphics a little bit more and make it a tad longer. The characters' movement were great, so I don't think that needs improvement. Hope to see Joe escaping evil again soon!

Greyfox999 responds:

Thanks for the Review :)
I do try to take the things people tell me on board. I appreciate you putting the time in to give a lengthy and constructive review :)
Thanks again,
Greyfox