Coop's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[News Reporter]

Review #575

Ah, a new promotion amongst the ranks of the Bahamut faithful. I'm still waiting to see if you're going to do some sort of character for me :P

What I must really know now is are you going to make the news reader a regular for reading the news , or for bit parts, which have a much broader scope, like Kent Brockman in the Simpsons, or Morbo the news Monster in Futurama (*late edit for Bahamut's benefit)

I'm closing in on my personal goals for things like reviews totals and you're closing in on your goal of 100 Flash submitted to the portal. Good work!

[Review Request Club]

Murray responds:

Yeah, I'll need to add you somewhere. I'm thinking of an idea now, a flash where you appear. Not sure if you will appear in the Universe Domination series, but a flash introducing you will do. :) And about News Reporting, he will report news and that from time to time, but not too often. He'll also be doing things besides news reporting. :P

[Madness #4565210]

Was it really that long ago...

...that the Chicago Bears won something? Damn, that's gotta blow :P

The animation style reminds me of a 'childish' version of Madness. You've made it from the kick-arse concept that it was to a light hearted version, which for me detracts from the true meaning of madness.

Was it really that long ago that the NES was popular? How many game systems have we seen since then? *Counts SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii* anyway, back to the review...

I like the idea that the madness guy was being filmed for his everyday life, but I couldn't understand a few key pieces - 1) why he dissapeared out of shot in front of the TV, so all we could see were his legs. 2) Why he never batted an eyelid (metaphorically, as Madness characters don't have eyes, much less eyelids) when the guy on the other side of the street was gunned down (Not enough blood there either)

Good job, worthy of madness day though.

[Review Request Club]

Imacow responds:

It wasn't the Chicago Bears it was The University of California bears.

Yep.

Along time ago.

1) He jumped for joy and got his head stuck in the ceiling.
2) What do you mean "batted an eyelid"?

Thanks for the review.

[Phoenix Maybe Not]

Alright

The same game, but another different set of soundbites. I can't give marks for originality, but I can give marks for style - the lip-sync was done to a tee and the sound was of the highest quality.

Seeing the Read a Book part, I'd suggest that you just went the full 9 yards and gave us a Phoenix Wrong Music video. That would be pretty damn impressive and it would be original, as I've never seen one of those before. So long as it's not a shite tune, you'll be on to a winner with me :)

[Review Request Club]

WanderingOtaku responds:

Yeah, not expecting originality on this. Really not expecting any votes. Just wanted to share with everyone.

A full music video wouldn't work for me. The shorter skits are easy to do, and not so daunting. But as I said to another reviewer, I wont be making another Phoenix Wrong. I did it for fun, and hopefully more people enjoy it.

[Madness - Preloaded]

Awesome

This movie is something I never considered for a theme of a flash. Stealing part of the preloader is a neat idea (plus you made a half-decent pun out of a certain Matrix Sequel :P)

The graphics are the closest to Madness that I've seen through all of the Madness Day Festivities (To my knowledge, Krinkels didn't submit one himself :P) They flowed just the same as the real thing, but with the added bonus of camera angles, which you don't tend to get so much with the originals - more the panoramic side-scroller.

To be honest, I could see a sequel to this, where other people try to steal the button, or better preloaders are made etc. You know it makles sense, as you left the zombies out :P

[Review Request Club]

[Madness: Newgrounds]

Wow.

That's a concept I've never envisaged before. It has certainly left me thinking of ways to take this further :)

How about something like Retarded Animal Babies? You'd be able to kill Bunny, but with the Madness flair - wouldn't that be awesome?

I think that not only has this accomplished the tribute to Madness, it's also done other great newgrounds items - Alien Hominid, Brackenwood and Weebl & Bob. Ok, so you didn't really animate Weebl in his own style, but the message was clear enough.

This has so much potential, see you on Madness day 2008, by which point, I'll be expecting part 2 of this!

[Review Request Club]

[Madness Mutilation]

Needs concluding urgently!

Well, aside from the shortness of this flash, it's actually really good. I'd really like to see what happens with out Doctor Robotnik lookalike and Hank.

Although the movements weren't as fluid and your Hank seems to turn around to face all of his foes, it does work, but hopefully there are a couple of ideas to work to for the climactic ending :P

[Review Request Club]

PlatinumX9 responds:

thank you. episode 2 will be quite longer and have MOAR MADNESS

[We don't really even care]

Missing pieces...

Let's start by going over the parts that need work. Lip Sync isn't there, you've got the mouths working as if they're trying to say some really complicated sentence really fast. They don't change shape for different sounds, nor do they hold the long note at the end.

The animation, other than the lips was just the guitar player's hands. The right hand should be drawn so that it looks like it's going to play a guitar (Maybe give it a pick) and it also needs to keep time with the music. The left (top) hand is playing a variety of chords, most of which don't correspond with the music, but I won't hold that accountable, as at least you're making an effort with getting the movement in there.

I'd suggest that you got the characters to move more, as they look a little static. Talking of static, you've got a problem with that on your sound file too.

I'd like to see these problems addressed, but I think that you may not even really care :P

[Review Request Club]

[Xombie Chapter 10]

Is it over?

When I mentioned to my girlfriend that you're getting a movie made of this, her jaw dropepd momentarily, then her face lit up. Guess I'd better buy a T-Shirt to help fund that project then :P

What I love about these episodes is that you never know if you've reached the end of the saga (the commentary track was highly amusing as well) but I did assume that it was, since we've never seen such a long list of credits before.

However... showing Zoe as a teenage skater style girl just looks like she's asking for trouble...

[Review Request Club]

[The Rockoons]

Gimmie fever!

Well, that's a pretty damn good flash on an awesome (if underplayed) track from Aerosmith. I like the racoon animation, particularly the roadkill and the one which gets flamed - hell, I love sadistic comedy like that :P

The music and the comedy added up well together, I need to know if we're going to see the Rockoons in any further productions - some sort of series or maybe just a set of different music videos?

[Review Request Club]

[Just Eat It]

Needs finishing.

Now this is a great start to the video, but it really lacks the finish. You've done a great job so far, but I'd love to see the finished article out here for all to appreciate.

Not sure exactly what that green goop on the plate was, but it certainly gave the impression of being disgusting, so I get the idea there.

The other main thing I'd focus on is to get a pick in the guitar playing hand and pluck the strings to the beat, as it looks a little messy in places at present.

Look forward to seeing the finished project here on Newgrounds!

[Review Request Club]

Jonimator responds:

Thanks for the review. Yea I'm really hoping to get this completed, submitting it up right now was to inspire me, cause i often don't finnish my projects. And as for the green glop, who knows? Something I personnally wouldn't wanna eat.