Coop's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[MSPaintWhatDoYouWantToBe?]

Not really edited enough

To be honest, it's a low quality slideshow that doesn't even come with buttons to speed up or slow down the images that you flick through. Granted, some of them are of such memorable quality that I can't be bothered to give individual artists pointers on how to improve their works. It might be a combination of factors, considering that some were possibly drawn badly intentionally, while others were like that due to a lack of talent.

I think that in order to improve the piece, start by getting a standard set higher than you've currently got on show. Once you've got that, a little additional work on your part for the programming side would help seal your part of the deal, by having options for 3 songs from the Audio Portal of different genres, topped off with an advance and back button, so each image can be looked at in greater detail, if needed. Finally, make links to each of the profiles, in order to round it out and you'll have a much better finished product.

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[ReynoldDunbarAndTheAlien]

Quite insightful

I can certainly agree that this piece is very insightful oif the way that kids act about internet memes, having met a few of the less well adjusted kids myself. Sadly, Reynold Dunbar just happens to be one of these individuals, that falls prey to the ecstasy of finding those piece of shit jokes funny for longer than one or two occurrences.

The animation is lovely and smooth, though I think that when you were putting in the code, you could have had a single shot of the screen and show the code being input into the computer at the right speed - it would have looked much better. The only other issue I had with the animation itself was when Reynold started talking - his mouth took up most of his face and the pupils seemed to move around his eyes rather erratically.

Good plot, decent animation, funny jokes. Please give us more.

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Ying-yong responds:

I can justify the animation - his mouth is big because he talks LOUDLY.

Thanks for the review, suggest it to Tom if you like it.

[TBA -Heroes vs Villains]

Very well written

I think that this is a wonderful piece, showing some great animation, a different drawing style that certainly wouldn't be out of place in a comic book. With how it was animated, it does start to look a little messy in places, but but that's something that you can work towards with your next few pieces.

As I look at the piece, I feel that the one major piece of the puzzle that is missing is voice acting - the piece would be so much better with the characters talking to one another, so perhaps this is the next step to be considered. If you're after one, you could do a lot worse than me, so I'll throw my hat into the ring here and now. Check my work and range from my submissions and if you're up for that, let me know.

I love the writing, as it really does give a great dynamic, showing that you've been thinking about how parts of the story will play out at a later date, particularly with the identities of the two SAHU. With your work at such a high standard, I think that concentrating on tidying up some of the more outlandish moves, particularly during the combat, so as not to confuse and then maybe giving us a few more of these tangental plot lines to work with, you could certainly be up there as one of the artists on Newgrounds with a really bright future.

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Comick responds:

Thanks man, this was a very nice review on the whole piece :) I agree voice actors whould have added a great element to the work (if only I had the chance given the time limit) but its a sure think to have in the future stuff! Thanks again for the review I appreciate it and will try to improve even more :)

[Blinklife: Social Addicts]

Wean yoiurselves off them!

A great little demonstration of how to slowly recover what life you've lost over the past few years of spending time on sites such as FaceAche and Shitter. With the way that the jokes are portrayed, you can see that the authors have either been reformed victims of this craze, or have spent lots of time in there researching for this.

It is a sad thing to believe that people have become so dependant upon this that they really would struggle to adapt back into mainstream life. One of the problems with the younger generations of Social Networkers (particularly the males) is that they really wouldn't know what to say to someone in order to convince them to get naked, so probably would try things like the credit card.

With the way that you've animated the piece, it does have a lovely look to it, almost akin to the Twitter graphics, which I quite like about your piece, it seems to enhance the satirical value. Looking at how the animation is a little simple in places, it could have possibly been made a little longer, allowing for more jokes, possibly that not everyone wants to see images of how hilarious you were while drunk last weekend at the 2 for 1 shots offer.

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[Space Buckets of the Deep]

I didn't say it.

Perhaps it's from my years of watching flash like this and leaving the occasional review that I sit watching this, desensitised to the sense of humour and mayhem that you try to confuse me with.

As I look at it, I can see that you've gone for surrealism here, with a large helping of confusion. Flashing screens have been done before, so has backwards writing. I think that the scene in the prison cell was about the only truly original thing there, but then again, it could be inspired by Alice is Dead Chapter 2 ;) It's not like you went out there to do anything overtly shocking for the audience, more something that bewildered, as opposed to being borderline offensive.

Why not have the guy that cut open the blue outline figure delve into the hole he cut, rip out something from inside and eat it? That would be more shocking, but there's bound to be someone on this site that expects that as well :P

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Dapper responds:

Thanks for the review. Confusion was my main objective here, and I fully understand that by creating a movie like this, I'd probably get in a few low scores. And, I didn't really get any inspiration or anything like that ;)

Story? No, this is my own little 'experiment'. Probably do something like this in the future again, maybe with a pretty shocking story. It needs to be different from the majority of NG movies.

[Battle of the Best]

A few issues, but good overall

I think that the piece could certainly do with some voice acting and the way that you've set out your stall to be the mother of all fights, which was cataclysmic and horrendously destructive, you did make it a little too pacey in places.

I'd suggest you use musical credits for "additional audio" on the bar to the left of the movie. Iron Maiden's Dance of Death and Darude's Sandstorm are pretty good tracks, but they still deserve to be credited, after all. I wasn't exactly sure that Sandstorm fitted the theme of the fights, but it didn't really seem to affect the piece too negatively.

When Ken came down from the sky in a blue / white bolt, you need to angle it, as opposed to dragging it across the screen. I noticed that you took steps to deal with it for Ryu's moves similar to that later in the piece, so you must stay faithful to the style, I feel.

I think that the ending was a little anti-climactic. You used a lot of sprites there from games like Metal Slug and of course Street Fighter, so good use of the additional material The death was reasonable and so was the punchline. Perhaps I'd have thrown in the credits there and had the punchline jump in with the replay button as an end to those.

I look forward to more of this style of piece.

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slick-sheep responds:

Thank you for taking the time to review my flash. I need responses like this, done in an appropriate manner to help me in the future to upgrade my style of flash. Im glad you liked parts of it and I hope that in the future I can take some of your advice to help my next flash.

[CoolJaw: O.S. II-V]

A shame it's a little slow

I think that your presentation of these pieces is good, but when it boils down to it, you've got such little pace to the development. I see a story here, but the plot exposition is painfully slow. I do regret using this pun, but it's like pulling teeth.

When it gets to the scenes at the start, they appear quite bare, with no background at all. I know that you've got a minimalist style, but to have just a blank background, it just smacks of a lack of effort, which I plainly know you aren't guilty of. Put something in there, like a line for the corner of the walls and where they meet the floor, for example. If you're feeling bold, something like a filing cabinet would certainly make something slightly more attention grabbing to the rear of shot.

The piece is still too short for me and I can certainly still stand by my surmise that the piece would look better as a single page view, like a traditional comic strip.

I think I'm starting to see where the plot is leading now, so keep up the good work.

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Celx-Requin responds:

Really you thought the story was moving too slow?
I thought people were going to critique my storytelling for being too fast.

I do agree the drawings were lacking in this particular comic, and I also feel it's my weakest entry in the series so far in terms of the artwork.

Thanks,
- Celx

[CoolJaw: O.S. I-V]

Certainly an alternative comic

Well, the drawing style jumps about a bit, with the way that you've set it out into the unique style with the black background and relatively few colours for effect, you've really shown a great passion for the drawing and presentation of this piece.

Do you have a set page format for this that you could present on a website, for example. Try looking at how Giant in the Playground present their comics, because that might be a better way to look at how it all comes together - I'm not a fan of viewing comic strips in flash, more of reading them in the traditional format.

With the drawing style, I think that you could do with making the piece more unified with the drawing style - the doctor has the mad hair going for him, but he looks very differently drawn to the patient lying in the bed. Yes, the teeth missing don't help, but that's plot.

Certainly looking decent and I look forward to more.

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Celx-Requin responds:

Yeah I've been trying to make the comic art style more consistent.

The thing is most of those drawings were done when I was seventeen, and I've just been tracing over them with my wacom.

I wanted to go against the traditional format, for a variety of reasons, but mostly so people could get a better view of the artwork.

Thanks,
- Celx

[Wanderland.]

Interesting symbolism

The idea of Christmas during a recession was one that was certainly difficult for many to come to terms with over the past few months. Hopefully it will not be a sight we witness again for a very long time.

The animation and the tune created a very powerful ambience and as a result, you feel that you are connected to the protagonist (you?) in the piece. I remember the wonder that filled me on Christmas morning as a child and now it seems so far away, but there is still hope. Despite the woes and all of the goings on with my family, there was still enough of a chance to sit back and appreciate what I still had, which was most of my family around me at a time when we should be thankful for what we have, as opposed to pining for what we have not.

A very good use for the new tablet - congratulations on winning one, I hope to see many more successful animations from you and your new equipment.

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