Marsupial's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Moose Stains]

Wow this is good.

5 shorts. All animated nicely with good voices. Your style of drawing is frighteningly simple allthough it works so well. The menu was a good idea so people can actually pick out what they want to watch.

Voices were in-sync and well acted. I say well acted because most of the humourous moments wouldn't be funny if it wasn't for the tone of your voice or whoever the voice actor was.

I think you should choose one of these shorts and transform it into a longer flash played on a bigger screen. :P
I liked the last one with the doctor the most so why not that one.
This might even go into my favourites.

8/10

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BritishMoose responds:

Go on, add it to your favourites. You know you want to. Thanks for the review :)

[My Last Flash Ever!]

Shit you got me.

I'm very sorry about the last review. I was depositing for Black-Flame and forgot to switch accounts...

I looked at this flash on the request list and didn't see it was made yesterday so I completely forgot about April Fools. The twist was nice and done well. I actually found this flash funny. Especially where AfroStud asked about the Spice Girls.

Graphics weren't very good but as long as you keep up the creativity you'll be fine. The voices were all great as always. Nerdy and funny. I don't know if you meant it to be like that. :P

So yeah, my first review in ages. I thought it may aswell be something average by you. Keep up the constant cascade of flash that you have blessed (ahem) to NG coming. XD

6/10

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kinggila responds:

Nah, I just aim to be funny and entertaining. I'll put in whatever I want in my flashes. :P Thanks for the 2 reviews. XD

[Sherbert the Cat Pat-Day]

Interesting...

At first I thought this is going to be one of those random gay flashes when I saw the first part but then I learnt it was only an intro. The actual flash was well designed and plotted. I quite liked it.

Your drawing is pretty good and the cat was animated well. It is harder than it looks moving four legs at a time and you did well. The sound was also ok. The music was fitting and the voices weren't too bad. Subtitles and a preloader were a good idea. Helping out your audience help YOU get more views and positive feed back. :)

However you could improve by smoothening out your graphics and animation. They weren't too good and there's always room for improvement. The voices were ok but could have been done better with more talented voice actors and more accurate lip-sycning. I also don't think the beginning part of the flash was kind of un-neseccary and looked bad in my view.

6/10

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Jonimator responds:

thanks for your detailed review, it's very helpful!

[An Ambiguous Short]

Sorta... meaningful

Lol I've decided to ditch my usual way of reviewing and your flash is the first I will be reviewing casually like this. :P

So yeah the flash was pretty meaningful. Nice sublimenal message although the message WAS shown at the beginning. There was a lot of style here. The graphics, music. All quality and fitting with the flash. Builds up a feeling which could be described as mystical.

The flash was short as you mentioned. I would love to see a longer version although it is still effective now. Some parts of the flash weren't as nicely animated as they could have been. Such as the bird flapping it's wings through the clouds.

Another point of improvement that you should bear in mind is having a preloader with a play button. I can't remember if you have done this but I think you haven't. ( I apologize if you have. ) Either way a nice custom pre-loader will improve the flash. Using the NG preloader might disrupt the magical feeling that this flash gave me.

This is a good flash with a meaning. I look forward to seeing more of your work. You have inspired me to start flash again. Whenever you need a review done, you know where to call. ;)

8/10

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BritishMoose responds:

Reviews like this one make it all worth while.
I've been experimenting a lot with the creation of atmosphere in flash and I'm really glad that you managed to take something away from it.
The prologue that's currently in the works (well, I started drafting it) will be animated to a higher level, but will lack most of the ambiguous elements due to many criticisms over a lack of focus.
I'll work on custom preloaders for future projects.
Great review, thanks for the effort and time it took to write it.

P.S. West London ftw!

[Haters of Hating Hate]

Pretty good.

(- The Good -)

As you said this flash isyour first "real" flash and I see a lot of improvement in both quality and effort. The graphics were well drawn and I liked your style of art.
The flash was a bit random but sweet. Indeed you are VERY late for Valentine's day but if you had got this out in time it would be a a suitable flash and would capture the "love" mood.
The song you chose was appropriate and went well with the flash. The lip-syncing was accurate and looked good. Alltogether the graphics, plot and sound fitted in nicely.

(- The Bad -)

The character design might have been good but you could have drawn better backgrounds. In some places the animation could have been smoother. I found it quite rough in places.
This is hard to say but the flash wasn't as tidy as it could have been more... tidy. The menu bit with th eplay button looked kinda crap and the graphics could have been slightly more precise and neat.

(-- Overall --)

Nice music video that... would have worked well for V-day. Keep it up.

8/10

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[BlobCombat.V-tSoB]

Suprisingly good.

(- The Good -)

I liked your style of graphics. A bit factory dull but stylish. Reminded me of Madness. The characters were certainly original and I liked the way they had different personalities. The story is looking reasonably good so far.
The music was good, very sinister, mournful even. that was reminiscent of Metal Gear Solid. You included a preloader which is good. Also credits are always a nice sign.

(- The Bad -)

The flash was slightly humorous and the music doesn't suit this. You should pick one style and stick to it.
The credists should always be at the end of the flash. I found it quite boring enduring the text. Get to the pint straight away. Show the movie as soon as possible and then mess about with extras and all that.

(-- Overall --)

I wasn't expecting much from this flash but it's pretty decent. Well done.

6/10

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[Graham's Weird Day (2/3)]

Random.

(- The Good -)

Well, like last time, the graphics weren't much. Actually exactly the same as last week. This episode was pretty funny with the wierd voices. I liked the part where Satan was talking through AfroStud. That was quite funny.
The voices were OK and sound effects were also moderate but rare. Your preloader is awesome and you included a few buttons with credits so extra points there.

(- The Bad -)

As I said graphics were so-so, meaning I can mention them in the Good and the Bad sections. there wasn't any real aimation as such but I suppose you made up for it with more dialogue. I think the voices were all too similair and confusing. You could have found a way of making who was talking more clear. However I did manage to understand what was going on.
The rest I already mentioned last week and you explained for it. e.g: taking more effort to make the flash better, improving the credits etc.

(-- Overall --)

You made an just below average flash in a week or less. I reviewed it. Same time next week?

5/10

<==Mar$upal==<

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kinggila responds:

"Same time next week?"

Hopefully, I'm unsure if I will be able to complete the next weekly flash for next Saturday, so we'll just wait and see. Thanks for the long review. :)

[Valentine's Day?!]

LMAO.. but not so good.

(- The Good -)

Quite funny, I like the bubble when your dragon was trying to think of who sent him his card. Monopoly man, BlueHippo, Hitler...
The voices were recorded which is good, not just from a random speech generator program.
I felt kinda sorry for AfroStud when he was rejected. Oh and your preloader still rocks.

(- The Bad -)

Graphics were poor and rushed. The voices were too neutral and had no emotion in them. You could have done so much more with this, like you could have made AS cry when he had the door slammed on him. The he could have passed the window were the dragon walked pat and julped through it and kissed the dragon or something crazy like that.
Your credits are once again too simple, you should make them scroll down like in real films. It creates a better effect. IThe end of the film just seemed very rushed.
Finally, the thought bubble part might have been quite funny but it lasted way too long and I felt like closing the movie. If it was shorter it would probably create more casual humour instead of a long-winding daydream.

(-- Overall --)

Another short, average collab from the guys with cool names. Your short flashes are OK, but you should concentrate on larger projects.

5/10

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kinggila responds:

"I like the bubble when your dragon..."

His name is Bahamut. :P

"The he could have passed the window were the dragon walked pat and julped through it and kissed the dragon or something crazy like that."

But then it would be me being Angry Angry Bahamut. XD I thought I'd just make it a little bit different by me not being pissed off at Afro_Stud.

"Your credits are once again too simple, you should make them scroll down like in real films. It creates a better effect. IThe end of the film just seemed very rushed."

I prefer my credits as they are now. Maybe I'll make it a bit better, but I dunno when I'll do that.

"Finally, the thought bubble part might have been quite funny but it lasted way too long and I felt like closing the movie."

I originally had it shorter, but I then thought that maybe the characters would appear too fast. :P

[Korean Love Story]

If only love was that simple...

(- The Good -)

Your style was a bit simple but it worked really well and I like some of the effects you used like 3D, cheeks blushing and the ripples in the girls skirt.
The song was also very nice and the animatiopn didn't need voices at all. I just wish I knew what it meant. Oh and I like the way you provided the English translation after the korean writing.
the story was very nice and it was reasonably lenghty. A bit sad at the beginning and sorta cliched at the end but I still liked it. You're movie actually has a decent storyline, many movies do not.

(- The Bad -)

I can't remember if there was a preloader but if not you should have put one there, along with a play button but I'm sorry if there was.
The bobbing up and down was an excuse not to draw the girl bunny walking. I know it's hard but what you did still worked allright. I have no idea why the bunnies didn't have shoes, their legs looked quite weird from up-close.
The credits looked pretty rushed, a difference form the rest of your movie. You could have mad a nice, faded background, including the two bunnies together, smiles on their faces.

(-- Overall --)

If there was a way I could give you points for story, that would be your highest mark. Still, the animation was OK and you took your time.

7/10

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Kenzu responds:

-There is a preloader.
-If I were to show the whole body, then people would loose focus on the details.
-bunnies don't wear shoes, because they are bunnies, but these characters were catgirl and catboy.

(Shoes wouldn't look nice on cats)

Thanks for the review.

[Minefield]

Ahh

You see I already reviewed the older one so this won't be a real review but I'll mention the most imprtant points again.

The graphics were crappy. Stickmen are usually rubbish unless drawn with some style instead of generic anorexics like in this one. The story was quite unclear and I didn't know what was going on. Read my full review on the improved version too.

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Frenzy responds:

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