LordXavierBritish's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Prostitute Mickey 2 1/2]

Tweentastic.

I really have a hard time believing you put any effort into this at all, even if it was short notice.

It was just all motion tweens. Even the lip sync was like what, three different frames?

I don't understand peoples' fucking obsession with taking old cartoon characters, fucking them up, and then just saying "HERE YA GO!" That isn't comedy, that's using someone else's work as your own. This whole fucking series is the polar opposite of Bambee or Saturday Morning which were actual parodies of the original works

You know, a parody. Where you make fun of another person's work by pointing out flaws and making witty interjections. Not, for example, taking a character and putting him in an obscene situation and expecting that to be funny on its own.

Also, I noticed you're insulting people who give negative reviews again.

Pro tip.

If you don't want your work criticized, don't fucking show it to people.

Jonnyethco responds:

Pro tips are normally given from pros aren't they? Shouldn't you call it something like, "Prick Tip"

I'm just sayin....

[Nintendo DSi "Promo"]

Eh...

You just cut away to a blank screen with text so you wouldn't have to animate.

It's not like it was that good in the first place, but come on.

["Strange Fruit"]

Liek.

Let's face it, there wasn't a lot of animation to this, but it was just cool.

It did tend to drag on a bit, but the aesthetic is just great.

Yes, this is good.

You did the song justice.

[The Titty Ditty]

Zhh.......

Look I don't even really care about whether or not music was good, this was a fucking powerpoint.

Though I can't really blame you.

It's not like the Audio Portal gets that much push from the front page.

TheBardOfBlasphemy responds:

yeah, point taken. not quite a powerpoint, but not far off.

spot on about the audio portal thing.

i truly believe this song could be made super-awesome if the right animator got hold of it and went nuts.

[Day in the Life - Cthulhu]

Meh.

It was ok.

Needs more Yog-Sothhoth.

Battosai810 responds:

Give it time, I'll have more gods if I make a series out of this.

[A Bid For Freedom]

God Yes.

Great.

Great art, great story, great voice acting.

Good good good.

Some of the humor felt a bit forced, but this is definetly one of the better projects on Newgrounds.

[Baby's Got Back]

Phhh...

This just looked really sloppy, and unfinished.

This is finished? This is a blank fucking canvas.

I mean first off you didn't animate the whole song, and even then it was just a bunch of sticks.

And by "it was just a bunch of sticks" I mean it was a bunch of black lines and a white background. Stick animating really it's animating in the first place, it's bullshit. The only time you should ever be using sticks is to plan out an animation, not as the animation. Looking at some of your other work it looks like you could be doing a lot better, AKA not sticks. But then again that's just my opinion.

And, for the record, sticks aren't a style.

Sticks are easy.

ActiveObjectX responds:

I could tear you apart in this response, but i won't. Instead, I'll talk about a story. Now this is the story all about how, My life got flipped, turned upside down, And I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there, I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel Air. In West Philadelphia, born and raised On the playground is where I spent most of my days. Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin all cool, And all shootin' some b-ball outside of the school. When a couple of guys who were up to no good, Started makin' trouble in my neighborhood. I got in one little fight and my mom got scared,
And said You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel Air. I begged and pleaded with her the other day But she packed my suitcase and sent me on my way She gave me a kiss and she gave me my ticket I put my walkman on and said I might as well kick it First class, yo this is bad, Drinking orange juice out of a champagne glass Is this what the people of Bel-Air livin' like, Hmm this might be alright! But wait I hear the prissy, bushwa and all that Is this the kind of place that they just send this cool cat? I don't think so. I'll see when I get there. I hope they're prepared for the Prince of Bel-Air!

[MovieMakers]

Hmm...No.

The animation was decent, but the writing was just really subpar.

Sadly, with 4chan slowly engulfing the minds of today's youth, this will probably get tons of kudos and awards because it's incredibly random and about cats. That's really a shame because there is a lot of potential here that is, frankly, being wasted.

I really tried to like this, but it's just impossible. It just has an overriding feeling of been here done that. Looking back at some of your older work, it seems pretty obvious that the quality of your flash hasn't improved much, in fact I'd say it's plateaued. If you're fine with the level of quality your working on right now, stay with it. If you want to improve however, I'd suggest you start to reestablish yourself with the reason you animate in the first place.

R.

eddsworld responds:

I'm sorry you didn't like it very much, i hope you found something in it that you enjoyed even if you did feel you had seen it before. and personally i like to use flash to try and entertain people in some form, which is always a bit hit and miss.

[The Hard Way]

Lmph....

There seem to be a lot of web comics submitting animated shorts here recently, and I think it needs to be spelled out.

Animation and Comics are two different fields.

They share many similarities, but the key differences are what make them incompatible with the other unless altered into a completely different form

Firstly, Comics rely on the Punch, Animation relies on Timing. This piece clearly shows you have not made that distinction. You see, since comics are in panels, they rely solely on the joke and only the joke. Animation, however, relies on both the timing of the joke and the delivery in real time. While the joke itself was decent and unexpected, the entire animation moved along at a somewhat slothful pace, even taking into account how short it was, and when the joke was finally delivered it really didn't have much kick. You need more visual flare, some effects. Have the scene rumble as the stampede of runners comes by, have them kick up a dust cloud. ANYTHING! It was just really plain and kind of boring. The joke, by definition, should not be be boring. Quite frankly, it should be the exact opposite.

Next, the context in comics, specifically strips, is entirely different from the context of animation. In comic strips, a lot of build up isn't needed because the dialogue of the script is often short and to the point. However in animation, just throwing someone into this world with little to no explanation of what is going on or who these characters are leaves somewhat of a emptiness to the proceedings. The reason this works in comics is because it hinges more on dialogue while animation is focused more action. Not exactly slap-stick necessarily, but subtle body language and mannerisms of speech to give us some sense of who these people are and what the fuck is going on. You seem to have gotten some of the quirks of speech down, but all the characters' faces and bodies are generic and bland. All I know is that the guy on the ground is fucked up and those three guys next to him are probably in the mafia. Choochoo, all aboard the comedy train.

Also, while somewhat subpar art may be excusable in animation due to it, well, being animation, sticks are not. Hell, sticks are even worse in comics unless you know how to pull it off and use it to your advantage, and so far the only web comics I've managed to see that can do this well are MS Paint Adventures and xkcdm, and even then that is stretching it. Sticks just make everything look sloppy and unimagined and should really never be used, ever.

Ok, I'm done.

R.

[Castle Repercussions - C]

Spiff.

Mrrrphm.

Why are these sticks.

I mean I was expecting sticks, this series isn't exactly new, but why?

The rest of this is actually pretty well done, but all the fucking characters are just a bunch of black lines.

It's really hard to have an emotional connection with a black line, even harder for anyone to take you seriously in the first place.

It's really hard for me to sit through this without just wanting to close the fucking window, because I really want to like it but that is near fucking impossible when every god damn character is a stick.

I mean it's obvious you can draw, hell it's obvious you can animate.

So why the sticks?

Fuck if I know.

R.