Bezman's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Phantasmagoria 3:Rebirth]

Great!

'Stereovisionary' and 'The Happy Sheep' managed to do a great job of bringing about the idea of reincarnation, with a blue scribble or a halo representing the life force.

_Black_Mage_ did a good job of dealing with the subject in a humorous manner.

If all (or most of) the entries had had a similar life-force symbol at the start and end, it may have been more convincing that they were being reincarnated.

As it was though, it was a great piece of work and everyone did a great job.

I miss the random craziness, but this was great in a different way.

A couple made me chuckle and it certainly kept my interest all the way through.

I loved the various styles all being brought together.

Top stuff!

SeizureDog responds:

Thanks Bez :)

(not much else to say)

[Phantasmagoria 2:Avatar]

Funky, but away from what the series used to be...

I think this one has too many longer animations - it loses some of the hyperactive craziness that made 7 and 8 so awesome.

It's a funky watch though, with 'Happy Sheep' making me chuckle and a few others proving entertaining.

However, when something's as long as some here, a couple you don't like /that/ much can bring it down, whereas one or even two you don't like in a shorter format would simply be adding to the variety of styles and wouldn't detract too much from the humour of others.

SeizureDog responds:

Well, 7 and 8 were (near) solo projects though. And lot of people didn't like how short it was. The Phants were meant to be based of the #s, and I orginially was thinking that people would follow that example (hey, they are easier to make that way) but to my surprise I ended up getting longer entries. And thus it evolved.

[Phantasmagoria]

Great work, but some slightly too long...

Xas Intro - nicely done with great graphics. a bit long for my tastes without much humour or anything though. Blurred cars were really nice.

Adrenalin Rush v.2 - would hve been better at the end. Fairly funky as an interlude though.

Slam It - excellent animation. Nice work.

Distorted Reality - funny ending.

stLoop1 - excellent. Nicely different style. Like cut-outs. Almost like a political work.

SBC King of the Portal - nicely amusing.

lil loop mix 7 - made me laugh!

Confrountation - great. random. funny stuff.

fucking scream - brilliant for this style

Mommy, I've looked everywhere - top stuff.

Industry - really nice style. I'd say this may be a bit too long too and though I really enjoyed it and the sad mood, may be better on its own... then again, it's funky in here...

Desperate Hope - nicely fitting with the song title. ;-)

All in all, it's a top idea, though I feel you should maybe shorten some of the works, maybe have a limit of 15s or something.

great work though and the first collaboration is a great watch.

SeizureDog responds:

I'm just going to say thanks. Ok? Ok

["7"]

Great!

The art was definitely better here, and Lavagasm's fbf is wonderful.

The bits of text were a nice wee change and the font (or did you draw it?) at the end is awesome.

Liked some of the styles. Li'l piper was probably my favourite bit, as it did something I wasn't expecting.

Didn't actually make me laugh this one, although it did make me smile.

For that reason, whilst the art is better and there's more variety thanks to the text, it scores the same, thanks to the lesser humour.

Looking forward to seeing more of these! I'll check out the BBS link.

Stay funky,
Bez

SeizureDog responds:

I didn't draw that text. It's called NerveTonic I think.

Hehe, everyone loves the little flute elf ^_^

At least you smiled :) Smiling is good :D

Wait, there's a BBS link? o_O [Confused]

["8"]

Qulity stuff, in a style of its own!

Sorta reminds me of 'Wario Ware' a bit for obvious reasons.

In a way, short songs get more exposure when used as loops - I mean, that way you guarantee a viewer will hear them multiple times.

I really liked the one with the peas - really made me chuckle. And I liked the way the hip-hop one was a sorta joke, as was the DevilClock one. I didn't realise DC was controlling the plane on the first watch though.

In any case, it's different enough to be interesting and short enough that one chuckle is good value for my time.

I'd just prefer if you made them all a tiny joke/story, but then that would be too much for you, probably...

SeizureDog responds:

I been wanting to play that game...

Yeah, as loops they do get that. But then I wouldn't be able to use as many now would I? Exposing a lot of songs a little bit rather than one song a lot.

[The Bad Pun]

So bad it made me laugh... :-D

I liked the art style, and the voice-over is great too. A hint of reserved amusement...

The pun was terrible and the suspense and stupid build-up (long enough, but not too long) was what made it such a release - 'yes! Hahaha! It /is/ terrible!'

Whistles were a bit too loud though.

ZekeySpaceyLizard responds:

Thanks.

I cant remember where I found that whistling sound effect.

[Kiss]

Really cliched.

The art is nice, and some animation is alright (although the walking and running is a bit horrible).

However, the whole movie just seems so cliched it's almost a joke. And the dude punched the baldy without any apparent motive.

I liked the fade into the b+w pictures, which appear to have some Photoshop filter applied though.

Credits were a turn-off too, seeming a bit pompous and I really didn't like the way it just started, without a button to press.

Some nice art, but I just don't like this.

yoho4ever responds:

WOW, A user that actually writes a good review, even though he didnt like it, he manages to still have something decent to say, WOW im shock......so there is still users out in the portal that care to share. Shocking....

thanks dude.

[Majin's Downfall]

I'm shocked.

I'm horrified to see this surviving.

I mean, so it shows this person may be a bit of a dick. But it's not of any interest to anyone outside the clique.

And the needless song at the end bumps up the file size unecessarily.

biblo responds:

It's not needless. It provides the ambiguous atmosphere for the entire flash. Do your homework.