Coop's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

["Pass The Axe" Collab]

Needs a few tweaks, but overall good.

I'd say that the major issue with the collab in itself is the static that loads up on some of the vocals and indeed the music. If you sorted out the quality issues, it would certainly improve the flash a great deal.

The other thing that I've got an issue with is the wide ranging scale of actual talent levels for the authors. Some are superb, while others have only just learnt how to draw decent stick-figures. Quantity doesn't always equal quality, so maybe this is the kick up the arse that some of the collaberators need, but perhaps you need to consider trimming the final edit, just to give us more quality, overall.

I think that you can go far, as animators and I'll look forward to your next projects - collabs or no.

[Review Request Club]

[LL - Hammer]

Decent movie

A bad workman always blames his tools - you should have directed him to the Where is / How to forum on the NGBBS :P

That shameless plug from me aside, you've come up with the old cliched plotline of the wild goose chase, which works well in this incarnation. I liked that Carrot kept hold of his hammer for shits and giggles, as it's a neat twist.

The animation and the artistic style used was neatly drawn and the only issue with the animation in itself is that Wine never tended to move fast enough for my liking. Sorting that out might have given a better overall impression of the flash.

[Review Request Club]

Madanimation responds:

Meh.
And thanks : D

[LL - Quince's Party]

Too simple

So you decided to make a second Legion movie to submit on Lock Day. Surely you've had all year to come up with two flash that would suffice, rather than this, ahem, effort.

To be honest, if you wanted to make this a prpoer party, give Quince the microphone and have him make some sort of speach to the gathered locks before breaking into dance. You could explore all sorts of effects with the disco ball, for example and of course the movement of Quince himself.

I've managed to give you these ideas with only a few minutes of thought, it shouldn't have taken you much longer than a week to produce a quick little flash like that. I'm glad that it didn't continuously loop the 'Jackass Party Boy Song' ad infinitum, as that could have gone way too far.

[Review Request Club]

Madanimation responds:

Meh.

[Skate Something ep.1]

A little basic

There is a little of the skills that you need to provide decent flash movies here - good quality sound mixed with average quality animations. Next what you need to do is come up with a plotline and you'll be on your way toward something better.

Just showcasing a few tricks on a skateboard isn't really much of an animation. Why not come up with some sort of graphic, telling us what these moves are called? That would at least give us an education on the dynamics and terminology of skateboarding.

The length needs more of a boost as well - more tricks and perhaps a skate-off between two rivals could certainly improve the piece beyond recognition!

[Review Request Club]

sistem69 responds:

yes the graffics idea is awesome thanks. and its basic because its my first flash.

[aim_ag_texture2]

Nice work

I think that there are a few areas where you could improve, but overall, you've produced a good flash with a decently worked out plot and reasonable animation.

I think that when you draw the characters and you do the outlines of the characters, I wouldn't put it around the shoulders, as the outline looks as if it should go over the shoulder towards the neck, rather than around a U-turn towards the wrist again.

The guy that ran for cover ran far too slowly - you may as well have animated a dive, it would have been more simple and effective.

I'm still looking forward to the conclusion though :)

[Review Request Club]

[Phoenix Wrong: G.L. 2]

Good, but more work on the sprites please

Some of the sprites needed more work - particularly the end piece, where the gavel comes down thre times on the bench to close. It needs to move more for whack number 2 and three.

A good selection of audio needed, you could maybe compress these a little to optimise the file size, as 9Mb is quite large, considering the content of this piece. I'd ask in the Flash or Audio forums on NG for more assistance.

When you bring your next submission in, let me know and I'll have another look :)

[Review Request Club]

[Casualty in New York City]

Review # 967

Firstly, Happy 18th Birthday, Casualty. Why would you go to New York on your 18th Birthday, as America is one of the only countries that you cannot drink in until you're 21. That's mental!

I think that you should have used the Reel Big Fish version of New York, New York, as it's totally vocal and even pushes Old Ble Eyes close for being the best version of that song. Also, Slayer can fuck off! Gay Trivium wannabes! Why not use some decent heavy guitar, like Metallica, Dragonforce, or even Dream Theatre?!

I think that the place you need to improve the most is where you can see the edges of the parts of casualty overlapping, as you come to fade out and you can see the different shapes fade through each other - it made a mess of the ending in my opinion. Eraser these edges out so that on a fade to black it looks better ;)

[Review Request Club]

kinggila responds:

Casualty had to be destructive on his 18th birthday, so New York was the best for him to do so.

Fuck you, Slayer aren't Trivium wannabes. :( Slayer were formed 20 years before those faggots.

Also, Theater, NOT Theatre for Dream Theater!

I'm aware about those overlapping fade problem with Casualty. My only other way to have solved it was making a second fade layer and I don't feel like having two on the outro scene.

Thanks for the review Coop. :)

[Weebl and Bob : Frank]

You've created a monster

And it can't sing either! That's truly terrible. I loved the way that you made the whole thing look like a 1950s Hammer House of Horrors film, just the way they should be.

Call backs are a lost art form on many people, but on you, they are pure genius. Eeyore had me thinking a little and then suddenly it clicked and I rolled all over the floor, laughing.

I would have said that down at the karaoke bar, they could have looked at one another and suddenly declared "I've created a monster! Nooooooo!", as a result of hearing his appaling singing. Maybe something for a future episode of the goovies.

Are they ever going to be creating a Creme Egg Ice Cream? Then you could do 'Ice Age' or Titanic. You know you want to!

[Review Request Club]

[The Apex Neurotic Society]

Beautifully Vague

This flash explains so much, but in the end I find myself asking further questions. Some of the things that you've said make perfect sense, like the cynicism animation. Is that a cynic's view of cynicism, or is it a realistic viewpoint?

The way that you used the focus to your advantage paid major dividends in this flash - you've made this into such an artform that with certain degrees of focus softening, some of your drawings (The Chain-link fence, for example) looked like photographic stills. This has also been enhanced by your introduction of real photographs into the mix as well - smart move :)

To take this forward, I'd suggest that you work on your 'mainstream' animation front, concentrating more on your stickmen, which look reasonably poor, compared to your backgrounds, as this could be your next step forward with Flash.

[Review Request Club]

[We are the ONE.]

Poignant

What a wonderful flash movie this is. It has all the details that make love so special and so universal with regards to the human race. It should bring us all together, not blow us apart.

With all of the 'I Love Yous' and associated sentences in dozens of different translations, one would ask why English sentences aren't present in the French, German and Italian parts as well, with them being closer to the homeland of the English language. Maybe it was just me, but I think I only caught one English sentence in that part full stop.

Awesome animation and use of sound to construct the whole image, which contains a lot of power and poise. I can certainly see where you've given a lot of time and effort to this project.

[Review Request Club]