Bezman's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Piece of shlt car in 3d]

Yeah. Why not continue?

Having said that, what you've done so far - whilst funky isn't perfect.

Basically, the bit near the start where the car's driving along the road with the green bits to either side feels unfinished as it pauses for a wee bit on a frame, as if there are frames missing or something.

I can guarantee you that this isn't due to the speed of my PC.


Apart from that, it's a good song choice, and you seem o be doing a decent job of building an animation around it.

I'd suggest you continue, but you need to remember that ultimately, you're the one spending the time on this, and you shouldn't make something JUST for NG - make something that you'll be proud of and which you'll want to show to everyone.

If you think you enjoy working on the project and will be proud of it, continue.

If you hate working on it, don't bother.

As simple as that.

gltovar responds:

THANKS, that is just supposed to show that he doesnt get too far but im gonna do something about it. ummmmmm IS IN INSYNC PPL?

[Idahoe Bill]

Professional-looking

Yeah. Although this was great graphically and everything, I just didn't find it funny.

And as many know, I rate stuff subjectively.

I liked your graphics, plot and sound. The lip-synching was done well. And I like your character and would like to see more of him.

Ember responds:

Sorry you didn't find it funny.. Im sure you'll like episode 2

[Ytown Public 1 Rock Opera]

Possibly your best yet in terms of humour.

Actually, make that DEFINITELY your best yet in terms of humour.

It possibly doesn't have /quite/ the same re-watchability value (I know that's not a word but...) as the other 'normal' episodes, but...

The first time I saw it, I really cracked up at the songs.

And you do so much more than just play amusing songs. You make little changes and basically do a pastiche of your own cartoon. That's why it's so hilarious. I could go on about all the bits I liked, but I won't spoil anything for others.

The little bits beyond the basic joke of the songs means that this is definitely worth watching at least twice, and it's great how it doesn't take itself too seriously.

However, whilst you obviously know best (it's your baby and everything), I feel that this is definitely funnier after you have seen the 'normal' episodes.

For this reason, you might want to consider making the original #1 the first episode again on the series' page.

Apart from that, I have next to no criticisms. I couldn't decide between a 10 and a 9, and I thought about this for a long time.

The only criticism I could make is that the word 'losly' (loosely) is mispelt the 2nd time it comes up in the credits.

And, looking at the past reviews, you're probably disappointed that I'm going to rate this higher than YTown Public (normal series), but I seriously find this funny.

But, if you made another one, it wouldn't be that funny any more.

(It's a 1-off joke-type thing I think)

The normal series is better in terms of it's story though, and works really well as a series. But this made me laugh more than anything else I'd ever seen on NG.

Possibly also more than anything I'd ever seen on TV!

I'll give you a 10, but in good faith that you change the spelling of that 1 word in the credits.

McRhyme responds:

I will have this one as the no1, because I like this one better. And no, I'm not disappointed that you gave a ten - I'm very pleased that you liked my humour this time. Finally :) I will fix the spelling. I did upload it again - I thought! But accidentally uploaded an unfinished version of YP#6 - Ooops...

YP#6 IS commning tomorrow!

[SWAT princess vs Talhasha]

Yeah. Really nice animation.

Yeah, it's got really nice animation and the choreography's quite decent, but it just didn't grab me.

Maybe because I basically don't know these characters and don't really understand what's going on.

Yeah.

That'll be it.

But like I say, the technical stuff's all good.

FlyingElbow responds:

That's kinda what I was going for, I wanted what was going on to be enigmatic, kind of like trying to figure out what's going on in some music videos, letting the viewer fill in the background.
Also, I pretty much thought that Newgrounds was the home of the ill-motivated fight scene. :)

[Going out to Dinner!!]

hehe...

you get a 5 for making me smile.

It might just be the fact that it's late, but...

yeah.

Can't really say any more than that without spoiling the movie for other people.

pauliojr responds:

I'm glad ya smiled! Thanks for not spoiling it!

[X-DKR scene teaser]

I really didn't think much of this.

Sorry, but the pre-loader didn't work, the joke isn't that funny (in fact it's rather tired) and the animation is pretty poor.

On the other hand, as the clocks have taught me, animation certainly isn't everything.

The sound is decent, and it's more than just one lame joke - it's a few. :)

And you have put a fair bit of effort into this.

But I just didn't enjoy watching it.

Sorry.

horsecunt responds:

You are searching for the truth; It knocks on your door and you say, "Hey go away, I'm looking for the truth!" and so it does. Puzzling.

[Ytown Public 5]

alambadodi alambadodiladidey

And I see that you need a /real/ animating job...

But yeah. This is pretty good stuff. But perhaps no better than Ytown 4, bar the quiz.

I'm not entirely sure if I like the way you've got the normal characters goggling at stuff. Maybe you could take a leaf out of the Japanese' book and for comic situations draw a kawaii version of the characters, against either a blank or psychadelic background?

Has the voice actor for Glory Gal changed? I just noticed that she sounded really 'stilted' when she was talking about taking a photo...

2nd last thing (this isn't a criticism - merely a suggestion) - at some points, the subtitles were hard to read, because the backgrounds were a similar colour to the text. Maybe you could make the ubtitles roll across the screen? Or maybe you could make the characters have speech bubbles or something...

Lastly, to be honest, I didn't find this amazingly funny.

But, then, I didn't find the earlier episodes that funny, but I enjoyed watching them for the plot. And this one certainly didn't disappoint in this respect.

I liked a lot of the bits which I'm not going to spoil for other people.

I also really liked the quiz, and the 'reward' was really good. Whilst coding a scrolling engine, I decided to lidten to it for some strange reason, and I started laughing like a madman in the middle of the class! Certainly cheered me up, after having coding problems...

Yeah. This is a pretty tight series you've got going here, and it's definitely one of the better NG series. But there's still room for improvement.

Oh, and I like the idea about the sub-series. But have a preloader to THAT. Make it so that you can do the character bios and background story bit until the quiz loads, then you do the quiz until the sub-series loads, then you get to watch that until the proper movie loads!!!!

It'd be maqdness!!!

But, it'd be great. And hysterical. (Or, mildly amusing at least.)

McRhyme responds:

Yeah, thanks for reminding me to make a TRIVA again and but it in the preloader. It's pretty sad you don't think things have gotten better since #4. I think this episode has a much cooler story (but AL in #4 is hard to beat). No "movie link" this time. In #4 I was thinking of "2001 a space.." with AL and all.

Yupp, maybe I made a couple of googled eyes this time. I think the opening scene with Fred screaming is fun (not beautiful). I have chosen to go for "add on"-google eyes when they get excited. Looks okay - The best thing about it is that I can animate the eyes really easy, making them look around and increase bust.. sorry eye-size at any time. In #2 I used a phsyco effect when Newton charged Giga. The background was white. Sometimes I use a blue manga style background, but I don't want to over to it and start looking like Pokémon. Glory is still played by my sister, but I think she had had a hard day :)

I could make a small background for subtitles, no sweat!

I have learnt by now that you don't laugh very easily. Nor do I - But I find the series amusing and I SMILE.

I'll try to make the TRIVA and SUBSERIE (it will be comic like-not animated)

[Always Coca Cola]

Was alright.

The graphics were decent, the sound was pretty good, the thing obviously had a modicum of phumour present...

but did it really entertain me? No.

I guess I just don't share your sense of humour.

illicit responds:

Sorry it did not entertain you. I'm working on 2 other film's which I plan on uploading soon. Note: I made this film 2 months ago. I've bettered my skills since. I was surprized to see this back on the portal page. It's 2 months after the making. It's done better then I thought it would have. I was estimating around an average of 1.80 on this film compared to what is available on NG. But needless to say one person can't entertain everybody.
Thank's for your review.
iLLiCit147 :)

[The Suitcase]

Could have been better, but it's still good.

Starting with olde elnglish lettering and fading to the sound of a single chilling note, Gavin Coughlan's new movie certainly doesn't give the impression of being a comedy.

However, the chilling sound soon gives way to a cheery doorbell, tuneful whistling and a small piece of humour.

However, the film soon reverts to its original state, and starts to display classic thriller cliches. It took me a while to realise, but I belive this ro be a case of dark humour being formed by a spoof of the genre.

I did actually laugh at one point, but perhaps one thing got in the way most of all.

The fact that this movie diplays a few things I would consider to be faults means that the thing it is ridiculing suddnly seems just a little better.

The horrible flashing text. The poor scripting at points. Yes, yes. This could be said to be further spoofing on the part of the author, but I don't believe that it is.

I think that had the author gone a bit further, included more irellevent pieces, a few little touches in the background for people to notice during a 2nd viewing, then this could have been a classic rather than 'just' a decent film.

Hey, it's a decent film.

I'm an over-judgemental bastard, who also happens to be pedantic most of the time.

Make of that what you will.

Oh, and the whole thing reminded me of the adult comic 'Viz' a wee bit. And I reckon that you should have had play and replay buttons at the start and end.

How about doind a remake of this some time in the future?

If you do, e-mail me. I'll want to see it.

cocklesby responds:

Thanks for the review, its great to get feedback like this, and feedback I agree with too.