Battosai810's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Red Dead Retard]

Dreadful,

Right away I could tell this Flash was going to have some problems. The art was really sloppy, and when it didn't look terrible, it looked like it was hastily traced from the game. Even then, it still looked messy. The animation was incredibly choppy, and nothing flowed well at all.

The sound was also very poor. The gun sounds were really loud compared to the inaudible speech. The only voices I could hear were shrill and sounded like someone trying to sound kind of like Cartman from South Park. Then there were overused fart sounds. I don't even know why there were fart sounds, since half the time nothing was on screen to warrant them.

I found no humor in this Flash, aside from a chuckle as a bunch of poorly drawn bad guys were killed in really limited animation. Even then, I think I was laughing for a reason other than the one intended. The jokes were mostly fart and poop jokes, which are really the lowest form of comedy. Then there was a gatling gun with a dick for a barrel, and it really bothered me that you didn't use that for a better joke. If he was using it to shoot the fat guy instead of a standard gatling gun, that could be funny. Even then, the animation on the gatling gun was just you moving the symbol around.

To improve this, I would really step up your sense of humor, then work on getting animation to flow. There was no smoothness to the animation and it all looked so horribly choppy. Next, work on sound issues. Get a better microphone or record at a louder volume. If you do these things, you might be able to make a decent Flash. This, however, is garbage, and best forgotten.

hornfluffy responds:

you know what? AHFUCK U

[Halo-Re-Evolved]

Unnecessary

Putting a transparent green overlay and a few boxes here and there doesn't really justify this. You just put this crap on a few layers over footage of Halo 1 that was probably ripped from Youtube. It's a kind of cool idea - if you actually applied that to a Flash you drew, that could actually be pretty kickass. However, the time and effort it takes to use the rectangle tool and change one paint color's alpha are negligible. The only reason I can see why this has a score as high as it does is because of nostalgia for Halo 1.

I'm sorry but you're going to have to try harder than this.

Dilly89 responds:

Eh, oh well, back to the drawing board then.

It was after all, something I wanted to try for fun.

[The Dangers of Halloween 2]

Only one thing missing...

It didn't have your adorable voice :(

I really enjoyed this Flash; the art and animation were both very nice. Not your best, but solid. I also always love hearing Ego and Tomamoto do their thing.

The best part in my opinion was the interviewer crying in front of the American flag. I'm not even quite sure why it was in there, I just found it hilarious.

Good work as always!

LazyMuffin responds:

I was the shrek child puking!

AGREED ON ALL.

[FML # 1]

Very simple, but enjoyable.

I really liked the conversational nature of this flash. It was really funny about how they can be talking about dying and be so nonchalant about it. The dialogue reminded me of Home Movies and other work by Loren Bouchard.

The art wasn't incredible, but it worked. However, I didn't really like the fact that the camera angle never changed. It was always from the exact same perspective, and something as simple as zooming in on a character while they're talking would really make this animation pop.

Good work, and I hope to see more from you in the future.

fearing responds:

Thank you very much! I think Home Movies was great and that mundane style really does appeal to me. Im very glad you liked it!

A different angle or something changing would definitely have helped but I didnt really concentrate much on the artwork too much to be able to zoom in and keep the quality the same. Ill keep it in mind for enxt time though!

Thanks again!

[Fish Sticks]

Good first submission!

First of all, for a first animation this is pretty damn good. The backgrounds are better than a lot of backgrounds drawn by people who've been here for years, myself included. Characters were well drawn and had some presence on screen, and the voices were really clear. Also, nice twist on the "fish sticks" joke. Got a good smirk out of me.

Keep working in flash and I think you could make some great stuff. Next time shoot for something longer and more complex - as good as this is, it's only about 30 seconds long and just one joke. Not that I'm faulting it for that, mind you!

Keep it up, and I look forward to seeing more from you in the future.

Trottimus responds:

Thanks mate, I appreciate your detailed response.

I shall indeed make something a little longer next time, I wanted to keep it short for my first, as I knew I'd get frustrated with my lack of knowledge on Flash.

Thanks again!

[--The Zelda Collab--]

Overall mediocre.

I will say right off the bat - this is not the worst Zelda flash I've ever seen. I was pleased that there were none of the typical never ending "HEY! LISTEN!" jokes that plague most Zelda flashes, and no jokes focusing around Link not being able to talk.

The art was mostly ranging from mediocre to decent, with the only real standout pieces being the transition screens and the final segment. The final segment had some really nice frame by frame animation. It's a shame that the shortest segment of this collab was also the best.

A handful of cock jokes and some really predictable other jokes really killed this for me. The "This is a nice chest!" joke was probably one of the more predictable jokes, and indicative of the general low-mediocre quality of this collab as a whole. Other jokes, like the first segment, were really drawn out and just felt like they were searching for a punchline the audience already figured out 30 seconds ago.

Too many segments were just one or two people standing around moving nothing but their mouths. This wouldn't be too bad if they were more detailed in general, but they typically weren't. Watching dull, barely animated characters' mouths flop around slowly isn't terribly entertaining. Although I do have a bit of this in my own animations, I usually move the characters while they talk, move background elements, or at least try and make sure that what they are saying is funny.

This collab has some talent in it. I just think that much of the talent was misguided with their own poor scripts. Another thing to consider is that Zelda is a topic that has pretty much been mined dry. I don't think there's any potential for humor in Zelda parodies anymore.

I really did try to enjoy this, but it just fell flat on too many notes. Whether you work together again or on your own projects, good luck to you all.

mechanixnut responds:

Do you know what I say to your long and intensely cruel review!?!?

I say, well thanks for the most entertaining review. Though I don't believe you were correct in some of your points, I do believe that you are correct in some respects.

Bwahahaha Tuxedo-Mask away!

[Terminator: Madness]

Charming and entertaining.

I saw this the other day and I just had to leave a review for it.
Reading the title, I figured it was going to be another "Madness" animation. Some reviewers had this issue, but unlike them, I'm happy it wasn't just another black and grey fighting flash. To this I was pleasantly surprised :)

The comedy was a little dry - I can see why not everyone who reviewed this enjoyed it, but it really appealed to me. The slightly "off" English, if anything, added to the flash. I thought it made things just a little more silly and tongue in cheek. The bits of audio taken from the trailer are well used, and I think it was a pretty clever joke you made from them, even if it was really just a cock joke.

Animation was simplistic, but you showed you had some real chops with parts like the frame by frame as the terminator walks towards John and Marcus. The overall style reminded me a little of "Cyanide and Happiness" and the Explosm flashes based on them. Simplistic, but overall well animated.

I really think it's criminal that this flash only has a 3.32 and 6.2 review score right now. It definitely deserves a little more, as it's a rather well done flash. Good art, good animation, clever humor, and all in a tight little flash short. Well done, and look forward to more from you. Always interesting to get flashes from Russia and other countries where English isn't the native language :)

Keep it up, you'll only get better!

brysew responds:

Thanks for detail review, Battosai810! ;-)

[Paper's edge]

Very cool!

This is a really clever little animation. Moving around your desk through different objects (multiple post-its, rulers, erasers, etc) really separated this from other hand-drawn animations on Newgrounds (of which there are few) and helped to sort of break the fourth wall.

Erasing every frame is sort of a pain and looks a tiny bit sloppy, although I honestly think it added a little to the overall animation. If you want to do this cleaner in the future, get a pad of acetate. It's clear plastic sheets that you can write on with Sharpies and other markers like that. You can get acetate at most art supply stores; I think it's like 10 bucks a pad. A little expense, but I'm sure it would improve your work :)

Visuals and audio synced really well in this video. The sound was kind of low quality, but I can see the file size is pretty big and you probably couldn't upgrade it with NG's file size constraints.

Congratulations on making a really solid bit of animation. This seems pretty likely to win an award, which it really does deserve. Hope your next piece is even more detailed and fun to watch!

stickbob123 responds:

(Thank God (i am a strong christian) that i got back on to the computer for you review, i read the whole thing!) thanks a lot! i will definitley look into acetate and see if this can improve my work! Always trying to learn new things and newgrounds is chuck full of it! (why i basically left youtube) thanks again!