TheThirdSix's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Retail Experience]

Penny Arcade rip off...

I heard this storyboard described almost word for word in a Penny Arcade comic strip. I don't know if you stole it or not, but I just thought you should know.

Anyways, solid animation. Your drawings were a little sketchy, but it got the job done. You got the point across.

Linkakami responds:

Heard this connection in some of the very first comments, but no, I did not steal it and I came up with it independently, as someone probably did before Penny Arcade.

[VentureBros FanFiction]

Disappointed, until...

I was disappointed until you had them stoned and talking about DBZ. My friends and I do that all of the time.

The voices weren't too bad, though they could be improved. You've got skills with lip-syncing, but work on your timing. Try mastering your audio better too, so it doesn't get all clippy and scratchy.

I love the Venture Bros., weed and DBZ, so you have my five.

smirkstudios responds:

LoL, I see you've noticed the peaking and some half-assing. Well, I took a break from a bigger project just to joke around a bit, you know?

I still can't get enough DBZ!!! Thanks for the review! 4:20!!!

[Bill Hicks on Jay Leno]

Not very creative. . .

This flash was pretty decent, but it didn't keep me interested. The animation was very basic, and unintriguing. I often find myself watching a great flash and wondering "Oh wow! How did they do animate that?!", but this didn't do it for me. The art somewhat inhuman, and boring looking. The background was also a little disappointing. Your lip-syncing was okay, but there's definitely room for improvement. Your "frame-by-frame" animation was pretty weak as well, but all around it wasn't that bad.

In terms of audio, this had an alright feel. Clearly, there's not much to be said here, considering it's a clip from an audio routine. The audio quality on the clip wasn't perfect, but there's only so much you can do sometimes. Maybe you could have amplified the audio and put some chill jazz behind it to keep the viewer interested, but the way you did it was okay.

Normally, I'd comment on the writing, but there wasn't any, since it was someone else's. It was a funny clip, and I like Bill Hicks, so good pick.

All things taken into consideration, I'll conclude by saying you did an alright job on this flash. Could've been better, could've been far worse. I'm going to vote four, because I liked the submission, and I don't want to lower the score.

boinky33 responds:

Yuck, you are the worst. You know, just because you write a whole lot, that doesn't mean anything you said is valid. You really expect a materpiece every time you watch a Flash cartoon? You fucking lunk head, get off the internet. You have Tomorrow's Nobodys in your favorites and you're talking shit about my animation?
Nothing you said is constructive, it's just insults covered with bullshit like "room for improvement". By the way, background music would have ruined the comedy.

[KR47: Host]

Enjoyable!

I have to tell you, this movie gave me a great laugh. The characters seemed really fluid and actually real, as opposed to characters that have robotic dialog and bad voicing. I didn't want it to end, because it wasn't stale or boring. The characters intrigued me, and I wanted to see how they would interact. It was a great movie, and I'd love to see more from you, despite the stationary animation. I'm giving you a four, for a good laugh.

Ghosty22 responds:

Thank you, Sir! If you have some time, there are other episodes in that series.

[Mario:Vs Bowser]

Not bad. . .

"Mario Vs. . ." flashes are by far the most stale gimmick on Newgrounds, without any question. Yeah, Mario is a cool character, but I think I've seen him fight every video game character from his brother Luigi to Silent Hill's Pyramid Head. It's old by now. I don't care anymore.

The animation itself was pretty fluid, and I was impressed by that. You did a good job of finding a great sprite sheet. It would have been much better if you would have taken more time with your sprites, though. I noticed some white you neglected to take out on both the Mario and Bowser sprites. Take your time!

I was bored. This didn't keep me very entertained. Show me something other than a one-sided fight sequence. Play around with camera angles a little more. It doesn't always have to be extreme close up. Let the camera show off the environment a little more. I know you're a little restricted to sprites, but there's a lot that can be done. Just try a little harder in general.

I gave you a four, because I'm generous and want to see higher scores in the portal.

Diogo544 responds:

hm thanks for the four, well i found some coolfighting custom mario sprites so wi not do him fighting,
and why not do him fighting bowser? buf i will never make him fighting Silent kill"s pyramid head,its gona be kinda weird XD
but i like fighting scenes and i like the mario character , but i'm a begginer on flash maybe some day you cam watch the next movies i will made ,and maybe i keep you entertaiment thanks for the review man!

[Swordsman [2007]]

Please God, keep animating!

You really know what you're doing in flash. This movie really shows your skill. The action sequences were REALLY well put together and the dialog was just perfect. You really roped me in. The only real criticism I can bring up is the voice acting. The sound quality and just the voices themselves were very lame. I'm assuming you did the voices yourself, obviously. If you need any voice acting done, contact me. I can help you out for sure.

Zackie responds:

Glad to good, great to hear.

[Every Breath You Take]

Potential! I love it!

Let me start off by saying, I love this! Okay, I'll admit, the animation was pretty low-brow and the art was definitely sub-par, BUT you put so much effort into this! I can tell you'll get somewhere on NewGrounds with time. Keep this up, and keep striving to do better and sooner or later you'll be getting 4.00+ scores. I really hope things work for you on NewGrounds.

I'm giving you a 5 for effort.

Senilek responds:

wow thanks! i like your enthusiasm!

[Teh Dot Trilogy: Collab]

I was not entertained.

This pretty much just left me bored. Oh look, dots moving around! I've seen this crap before: "MY FIRST FBF!!1!" and stuff. This is just a bunch of those put to cool music and a menu. Really, this has a higher score than it deserves. I'm not denying that there were good animators in this collab, but this was extremely lacking in creativity.

I give you a 3 for good animation, but poor originality.

Matt2k8 responds:

T_T Sorry to disipoint you.

[Four More Things I HATE]

Meh...

There was some noticeable effort, but not much. This could've been much better. You have a lot of potential in flash, but here are some tips:

Try mastering your audio! Download Audacity and you can REALLY improve your voice acting, even if you have a sub-par microphone.

Clean up your art! You could really make your flashes so much better if you just put a little more time into your drawings. It's obvious you know how to animate pretty decently. Now, all you need is some less sloppy characters and backgrounds.

Add some music variety! I heard the intro to "Don't Fear the Reaper" like four times in that one flash. Either let the song play throughout the whole movie--getting softer during speaking and louder during intervals--or just use different songs! Like I said, download some audio-editing software so you can cut up the tracks to lower the file size.

Over all, I give you a three for okay work.

evibini responds:

Thank you for the in-depth review. Yes, I am good at drawing, but not animating. Every flash I try to put my FULLEST effort into seem to get me to where I get artists block and no longer continue. I'm also trying to keep my mind one-tasked. The problem with audio is the fact that I'm using my mothers computer and she doesn't want me downloading everything I come across, so I'll see into the Audacity. Thanks again!

[Gay.swf]

Deserves a better score!

I loved it. This was pretty original, and I liked your art. The ending was so randomly perfect. Voice acting was great, except the grandson had an overly adult-ish voice. Other than that, great job!

Therman responds:

I'm glad you loved it. Now I love you <3