TorchedBear's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Nix Timelapse]

Conceptual animation....................

That's very good. I grade pretty damn hard so don't take the rating to heart, but I thought you did very well for the most par. The art is nice and it has full detailing to give it it's soul. Thing that got me was that you didn't make any sort of animation with him at the end. He was fully drawn so joint movement should last you little time. Nonetheless, I thought it was a very well drawn picture, but it could have been given more life in the animation field. Looking forward to the first flash.

liable-to-explode responds:

Thanks!

[funky]

Chattin' with Del.........

That was something that I can say was a short burst of joy. Luckily, I had no disappointments, but rather a yearn for more. I ended up watching the video three times before I closed the window. The animations went well with the feel and the music was at eye level with it. The only thing is I never saw who did the audio. Hopefully you'll continue this with longer episodes and more Trance/Electronica music. Keep em' truckin. till the tires blown.

[[SG] 3RD RAVE!!!]

Pick me up then throw me down.................

The beginning of this made me smile and want to dance to it. The music was bumping and the animations went well along, but then disaster struck. May be it was just for me, but at the end it just seemed to loop the dance floor dancing, and that's what killed me. The audio was awesome and the visuals were pretty good. The content now, was like cubic zirconium. When you first see it, you are amazed and bewildered by the greatness, but when you figure out that those looks don't last beyond the first innocent looks, you grow saddened after every minute. I hope to see more raves from you, hopefully with even more seizure inducing moments, but with more movement later in the movie other than looped dancing.

AxeShades responds:

Jeez you don't need to be so dramatic it's just a flash movie lol. But okay, i see what you mean. I'm all done with loops now.

[Mr. Baker]

A shorty........

I may make short flashes, usually not short reviews. This is one of my exceptions due to one clear fact, I did not like it one bit. The audio scarred me, the animation confused me and was done badly, and there was no effort to make it interesting, it baffled me as to why there was such little effort into making something. I cannot even try to compliment this one. As per guidelines, so I do not invoke any trouble, I apologize for anything that may have offended you.

[Blue Bobbat]

When no payment is due.........

This was something I rather would steer from watching if any of you have not yet. It is a flash with no purpose, and even purposelessness is not to be filed along this one. This has a very odd voice acting, and it does not invoke any laughter from me. To make it worse, there seems to be little to no effort to align the audio with the animation. The paint style writing did not help this at all, and the animals simply annoyed me. At this moment, please revise this to a more entertaining level, so then we all can be happy.

[Goat Trip]

A good trip.............

That was something everyone of simple peasures should enjoy. I really loved the thought of a goat going on a trip, it is a concept that I haven't seen yet. It had a very funny premise as he goes into random trances of different areas and the song helped the feel of each of them. Even better is the fact that you show the goat coming back to reality to show what truly is going on. The laugh though (simpsons) was a bit misplaced in my opinion. Something I also wish i saw is that the goat would hit a stae where he is doing some more random things (i.e. he is eating cotton candy, but really it is a pillow or such) In the end this was something I liked and laughed at. I hope to see your next efforts beyond this one.

Graeme responds:

Thanks for the review. Glad it could give you a smile.
The flashing back and forth between "drug world" and reality was insipred by Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny.
The Simpsons laugh maybe could have been used better, or switch all together. It was a choice I made, and it makes me smile a bit.

I would have had more switching between reality and such, but the song is only so long.
And even then I had to edit the song to make it loop a little bit.

[The Ballad of London]

"What the hell?" in a good way...........

Wow, I have something short to say about this. The most random song and animation i have seen that made me laugh to a point of not even caring how it looks. I give you 10 points for the caught hail mary.

TR-COOLGUY responds:

k thats nice.

[FF7 - Still more dying]

If this is ever read.......

not quite sure if anyone will even read this review, but I do have to say that I was not much of a trooper in watching this. It was short, and not the good short, the short that I wish was shorter short. You seemed to use shapes with obtrusley thick lining instead of hand drawn medium to thin lining. Also, the sound and premise were weak. Hopefully future flashes we can see your real talent, not just some 3rd grade shape building skills. Hope you improve and will be happy to check out your new one.

Daioh responds:

That's my style, simple drawings, I'm not great at art.
Unless you'd rather see stickmen?