Needle's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[MegaMan Robo Song]

Horrid.

Holy jeebus that was bad. Let me take a guess - you saw that the "Hey Ya!" sprite movie made it to the front page, so you thought you'd give it a shot.

First of all, why the hell are there sprites in this movie that have NOTHING TO DO with Mega Man?

Second of all, you need to set your music to STREAM. It's currently on EVENT, and that's why it's not timed correctly.

Third of all... learn to use Flash before you submit a potential Turd of the Week movie, because this looks like it's heading right for the poop chute. Good luck getting you already poor credibility back after that happens...

BuRnBoY responds:

It that's a zero all your movies are 2s.

[NG Time Trial IV Group B]

Good job, guys!

Hey guys, great job representing with Group B of the Time Trial. I'll go through and comment for all of you.

HatterClock - I liked it, a classic concept using everyday object. the "stuttering" animation style was pulled off very well. A little disappointed that you copped out and thre in a gun. Would have been funny to see the knife and spoon duke it out. :)

J_sMoOtH - that was great! The ending is predictable, but that's okay, because the joke was set up in fine fashion. Audio's a little scratchy, but the voices are wonderful.

Freek_Sk8er - From what I understand your whole entry was not represented here, so I won't pass judgement. If you resubmit the whole thing solo, I'll throw you a review.

Seizure_Dog - That was really well done. It's a little hard to follow in some places, because all of the characters look the same, but I still managed to get the general idea and it was pulled off pretty well for a three-day project.

Dark_Drako - Looks like you might have bit off more than you could chew, trying to build and animate the whole character in limited time. A tip - you're animating too slowly. Don't be afraid to shorten up your tweens. ESPECIALLY on the bullet. I've never seen a bullet travel so slowly. :)

Good job to all!

J-Smooth responds:

Thanks Needle :)

We all appreciate the review.
You yourself did a fantastic job on representing Group A. I havent seen an original flash like that in a while.

Once again we all thank you, and really appreciate the review.

[Davedreams]

Quality.

This is some good stuff. When I was a kid I used to dreamlike that too, especially when staring out of car windows during long rides. I almost feel like as his dream sequence continues, bits of color should seep into the composition. That would have been really strong. But it still works this way, it's more of a suggestion than a criticism.

Your style is nice - I'm gonna take a shot in the dark and say you're using a tablet. If you tightened up your lines a little bit, I think you'd really bring this to the next level.

I don't really know what else to say. I guess some of the more straight-minded mathematician types might not "get" it. But I'm not one of those people :)

Sundial responds:

wow, thanks. Glad you liked it. I considered the colour thing, but i really enjoyed doing all black and white. I was actually going to make it so that once he gets out of the smoke stack, it's entirely in colour, and really bright colour at that. but i changed my mind. And no, im not using a tablet. I wish i had one though. thanks for the review, man. Peace.

[Gary Tender]

Nice Parody

A great parody of a ridiculous scene in "Titanic". Yea, it's a little disturbing... okay, it's quite disturbing. But it's still funny. I don't know how well this is going to be received at Newgrounds though, there are a lot of people around here who will probably take it the wrong way.

TaKEitOrLUMPiT responds:

Yeah i know, now people think im gay when im not in the movie...idiots. and second its a joke

[Curiosity killed the Clay]

Comparitevly Decent.

This stop motion is better than most others of its kind on Newgrounds, if you ask me (except maybe for KNOX, but he's just crazy). Especially if this is your first oe, Id say you did a damned good job. I do have one suggestion for you though that may add some polish to your technique.

On scenes where you're not animating anything - for instance, there's about 5 seconds of dead time when we're just staring at the "easter egg" object - you still need to animate some stop motion even though nothing is happening. This simulates the "film grain" that the JPEG compression causes. You don't need 5 whole seconds of frames - actually, you only need three frames. Set up your camera and shoot 3 pictures of the same shot, then loop those three frames for 5 seconds (or however long you want the static shot to last). It will make it look like the camera is "rolling" and it shouldn't add too much more file size.

Good flash! Let's see some more!

Incitic responds:

Thank you for the constructive post. I will try and do better next time :)

[Crimson Emblem]

Endless Dialogue.

Your movie is nothing more than a lot of glorified dialogue. You need to work on your storytelling. We're forced to endure a long scene regarding ammunition that seems to go on and on forever, which is more or less pointless, since in the next scene we're not focusing on any one person anyways. And then they all get killed, rendering that dialogue even more useless.

Why were the robots bickering? This is not a plot point. You seem to be filling in time.

Fifteen people cannot repopulate a large force in fifty years.

Your epilogue borders on ridiculous. It's convoluted; you've got 5 minutes worth of story in the animation, then hundreds of years of story in text? And then all is for naught? Why even bother telling the story at all?

I don't mean to sound harsh, but you've got to work on your storytelling skills. I would go back, re-write it, and try again.

PunishedOne responds:

Did you miss the skip button? It was on the left side

[Jerricco: Episode I]

Great Direction.

This was a great film. The directing was fantastic and I especially enjoyed the attention to details, like the bullet hole through the cowboy hat, and even the way water kicks up when the helicopter blades come up out of the ocean.

Here's some constructive criticism, just me nitpicking. Feel free to ignore. :) Your compositions are a little flat. You're using some generic gradients, but a lot of shapes are simple, one color fills. I think you'd notice a considerable raise in quality if you broke down your fills into subtle two or three color shades.

The plot is a little cliche... it reminds me on a Steven Segal movie. I personally think the "slow motion gun attack" has been done to death. But hey, it's your movie, you can do whatever you like with it. :)

Otherwise, this is a damned good flick. A lot of NG users could learn a thing or two about directing and planning from this film.

jerricco-team responds:

I'm a rediculous perfectionist, that's why there's alot of detail. I'm still trying to improve on my skills so thanks for the graphics advice. Yeah the plot's pretty cliche but heck, it's fun and it'll get better. I know the slow-mo is overused but it's still cool so i tried to do something at least a little different with it. Thanks Tons!!!

[Yin Yang B.O.L. II]

Sticks Done Right.

This is definitely one of the better stick action movies on Newgrounds. I'm not really big on sticks, but you did a really good job on this one. At the end, when the two final fighters are wrestling for the sword, I couldn't help but laugh, even with death on the line!

Looking forward to your future projects.

5AMURA1kid responds:

Thanks, Needle. It's good to know that even people that aren't into the stick genre like my work. I also thought it would be good if there was some humor in the end. Thanks for the approval, Needle.

[Unfortunate Bad Day]

Very nice.

I hope this survives. Every comedy situation is unpredictable, which makes it absolutely great. Sometimes when you think you can see a joke coming from a mile away, it's easy to let your guard down. Good job on ripping the system!

RabidGopher27 responds:

My plan worked then

[Awesome lights]

Nice Style.

You get points for style. Lots of people have trouble making stick figures look alive, but you've managed to make simple dots dance around. I gotta at least give props for that.

The music is a little grating, but I can deal with that.

awesome-animator responds:

yeah, i hate people that vote on the music, its the only thing i could throw in