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2011-02-28 20:32:28

A game-changer in high-quality Flash animation

There's only so much you can do in Flash alone. Not to say that people can't push the envelope a little bit at a time, but even then it's still Flash. There have been some fantastic looking Flash movies and games, but there are always hints of a limit or a restriction. But if people always abided by those limitations... oh, what a boring Newgrounds this would be.

In his animation "T2judgement Day!(serious)" DangerousBob combines rotoscoping, CGI, and Flash, and it looks.... pretty damn spectacular. You will be amazed, and rightly so. Almost everything looks fantastic -- the scenery, the weapons, the people, the EXPLOSIONS. How everything is shot and viewed, how everything is in sync with everything else in spite of the different programs, how stylish it is... it's utterly cool.

Yeah I'm done kissing ass.

Of course, there's not much else to comment on. It's a redux, a tribute, to the Terminator film series, and most of it is a visual treat. There's no real plot, just a scene tied together by its concept. You fans who like to have characters you can care about, or stories you can get into... tough luck.

And aside from that, now matter how nice it is to watch this movie on Newgrounds, it's only a fraction of the full quality version. It has a certain compressed look to it, which granted you may not notice the first time around.

You *must* watch this when you get the chance, you must. It's truly wonderful to look at -- it sets the bar for high quality animation online. Of course, given the chance, you NEED to view it at its highest quality. Trust me, for something of this scale and scope to be made with Flash? It's breathtaking. But don't take my word for it; you be the judge. Go ahead and watch it. Hasta la vista, baby.

DangerousBob responds:

wow great review. thanks a lot.

Sonic Gut Feeling

2011-02-27 22:48:40

Fascinating, but not entertaining

Sonic the Hedgehog was (his present-day status is up for debate) a video game ICON, up to par with the likes of Nintendo's main-man Mario. Obviously, some people have fond memories of the faster-than-sound mammal, and parodies are rampant over here on the 'Grounds (pardon my lack of witty slang). The amount of quality Sonic material may have gone down, but the love for him has only grown.

Thus, this movie was born. I guess. I don't know. "Sonic Gut Feeling," as it's called, is something fascinating, if not completely entertaing. I feel compelled to watch it. I'm not even entirely sure if I liked it or if I didn't -- the plot, or whatever you it should be properly called, involves Sonic ramming into a spike. And it goes through his gut, makes a mess of his stomach. Sonic wants Tails to get him off the spike, and... yeah, that's generally the story.

It has to be said that the animation is very inconsistent with itself. There are times it looks great, like it's drawn by official artists, and then in within a few seconds their movements or parts of their bodies look deformed or sloppy, drawn hurriedly. I wouldn't mind if you perhaps took a little longer to polish it. That it's a little hazy is no fault of your own though. I understand -- compression sucks.

The sub-par voice acting aside, the animated humor isn't for everyone. Sure, a little gross is okay, this is more than a little it needs to be. Or maybe it's not -- various shows and time-blocks (MTV's Sic'emation, anyone?) proved there was an audience for "outrageous" cartoon humor. And it's not always just for shock laughs -- I genually laughed at the very end, although that particular punchline wasn't gross.

This is up in the air for me. It's not a terrible movie; how can it be when it fascinates me so, when it draws me in, when I want to watch it again when I finish it? But then it's not that great to be honest. It's not really entertaining, and I can't say I'd honestly recommend this to anyone. It's decent, but clearly rushed so it's only half-way there. Maybe we should learn from Sonic and try not to go so fast next time?

kalabor106 responds:

My voice acting was really that bad? Well there could of been a few parts I could of redone, I guess. Yeah my art style isn't up to par yet. Sort of get sloppy when I start to try and hurry a shot. I need to learn to take my time. But its okay right?

Gooseboy

2011-02-27 20:16:39

To quote, "It's just ANNOYING."

Day after day, week after week, there are people who complain about Newgrounds and their daily firsts. There's a lack off substantial quality, they say. Style over substance, they say. What's popular can't be good at all, right? Pish-posh, I say! Everything by anyone nowadays can benjust as great (if not greater) as the problems of the future, yesterday. However, for the first time... I feel I must agree with the complains. What gives? This animated short is loud, obnoxious, and just plain unfunny. It's also the Daily 1st. Surely the others can't be wrong, can they? In my eyes, they are.

This movie -- entitled "Goosefoot" -- is about the "wild, purple-footed gooseboy" and its first time being captured on film. It's treated as if it were from an animal show a la the Crocodile Hunter, with the gentleman behind the scenes so excited to capture such a rare specimen on camera! It's said that his friend made a weird noise and they decided to make a story out of it. Trust me, it shows. Just a little.

The animation is, to put it nicely, simple. It's just a drawing, an animation, over a backdrop (Illwillpress would be proud). And while this might be excusable for a newcomer, DarqV has been involved in 7 videos since 2008, with 4 of them winning awards. What's the deal? If one judges just the gooseboy, it's very nice looking and simple. Smoothly moving from frame to frame. But given the content it's working with, with the backdrop it's against... it's just not enough.

It's loud. The humor is implied to be dry. Ironic. *Funny.* As the gooseboy screeches and yelps its OBVIOUSLY horrible cry, the voice says by-the-book lines like, "It's so beautiful!" Ah ha ha, irony! Implied cleverness! Ah ha ha! It's just not funny, though. Really! It's instead rather... loud. Rather unengaging. It's rather bothersome. It's just ANNOYING.

I'm not sure what I'm mad at this movie about. I know I've laughed at similar movies. So what makes me so angry towards this particular one? I started off by mentioning shock at its success, but I don't think the success is the problem. It's the effect, not the cause, and as standard and unimaginative as it is, it *did* capture enough people's attention to be thought so highly of. Whatever my reason is, my apologies to you -- your success if well-deserved, I'm sure.

DarqV responds:

"Dot Dot Dot," anyone?

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view /558516

Gagsy: KOTP

2011-02-04 22:05:40

Original

And somewhat funny.

Too bad that's her nephew.

I wonder what she thinks?

"Who the fuck is Gagsy" lmao

What's the song that plays?

Pop-Tart responds:

She loves it. And yes, I know that's her nephew. That's why it's funny.

The song is The Touch from the Transformers cartoon back in the 80s.

Backwards Day

2010-06-28 04:10:00

haha

The animation was pretty good overall (though the backwards pooping was disturbing). The humor was top-notch but extremely short. I expected more focus on the Backwards Day itself.

Only too problems I had: the sound (especially with yelling), and the eyes. Oh goodness, the EYES...

Otherwise, a fantastic entry!

Zeurel responds:

They watch you when you sleep~

Captain Violence