Galneda's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Pelican!? - Home life]

lmfao!

These Pelican!? shorts get better and better after each one. It'll be interesting to see how the hell that bird is going to top this.

I like how they both turned, acknowledged him, and the little bastard went in for one last hump before high-tailing it! You drew her out to be pretty hot looking, his expression at the end was priceless. Though I suppose it was an intentional part of his character design, my eye was drawn/distracted towards that bit of hair that moves as he blinks.

It makes me wonder who's blood that belonged to at the end...but, eh, fuckit...the bird's a bastard. Loved this! Voted 5.

Neo-uk responds:

Glad you liked it, matey. I have so many half-finished ones and this was one of them I decided to finish now that I have nothing else to do.

Thanks for the review!!

[Hilarious Cat Sleeping!!!]

Bahahaha, Newgrounds will never die.

Youtube does videos, Newgrounds does flash. They're not the same ball-game, hell they're not even the same field. Besides, NG is physically older and has changed the most dramatically in my opinion. But there's shit you go to youtube that you can't find here and visa-versa...this compare and contrast game could go on through the length of the review, so I'll just leave it at that. :P

NG has yet to get the powerhouse sponsorship that it's competition receives, but the fact remains that NG is STILL a very heavy-hitting website...and that it's doing all of it WITHOUT those powerhouses makes it an exceptional website. The creative possibility in our collective soup could explode one day and open the world's eyes. With The Behemoth's progress into mainstream gaming, it could only further funnel the potential in this creative nexus that grows and grows each year. I'm hoping to do my part with future Art, Flash, and Literature submissions. It will take us all for it be Everything by Everyone.

This flash was a pretty funny pop-shot, but my biggest complaint is how WILDLY different Youtube is from Newgrounds, and the fact that it's being phrased here like they are similar. We all know people go apeshit over cats online, but the thought of a 2 million viewed video of cat sleeping being the death of Tom Fulp is more confusing than it is funny.

Like, the joke was weakly executed. *BWOON* "OVER 2 MILLION VIEWS!" (Tom Fulp is dead) what? ...err...alright. Yeah, I'll go to NG instead of Youtube...how else am I watching this? But the fact remains I go to both sites. When I want to check out some copyright protected music, watch some old shows, or view some funny bullshit videos, I go to youtube. When I want to listen to some non-copyright protected music, watch some cartoons, art, play some games, and view some funny bullshit flash, I go here. NG has way more going on than Youtube, sure, but on both sites I'm still Phobotech...and this seems like a dry joke meant to recruit people to NG...ON NG...It would defeat the purpose of the flash's punchline, but wouldn't this be more effective ON youtube?

Don't take my ranting the wrong way, I still thought the flash was entertaining. What I gotta ask is how did you manipulate the perspective of the camera? For one, you created a believable "handheld camcorder shake" on the cat, as well as successfully, smoothly zooming in on the view-count. Was everything a movie clip, tweened together, do you have some sort of flash trick into everything within the frame acting like a camera? I must know! :D

Voted 5, gratz on the Daily 1st!

[C. Crashing Corn Boss]

Aww, I loved the ending drawing. :3

You're definitely improving! It's hard not to notice your animations; you're almost becoming a regularly featured animator on the front page.

Immediately the first thing I noticed was the improved shading. When that first knight walked out from the corn field to signal the others to follow, it looked incredible. The fight scene was engaging, though you could tell you weren't too caring of the superb shading and lighting effects on our heroes as you were in the beginning. It's understandable; after every intense frame-by-frame scene I do, you can notice the dip in time spent on the animation immediately after it...lol, so it's a common problem, if you were fretting about it, don't.

Congratulations on your first Weekly award! I think 2011 might be a prosperous year for you as a learning animator! :D Don't be afraid to experiment a little more in your future animations...you can't reach new boundaries until you push yourself into them, or just dive into it.

The sound effects were well chosen, I especially liked the sturdy "clank" after the Red Knight dropped his weapon from the first hit. Using traditional CC music has always been a good call.

I remember the corn boss being a pain in the ass to fight, I can't wait to see what boss you cover next! Again, experiment! You've got amazing potential, and it's already evident you've come a long way, so keep up the good work and keep pushing yourself!

Voted 5!

alfa995 responds:

Thank you so much for the review! I hope I can get my first daily 1st award next year, I'll put much more effort in my next C. Crashing flash (I made a news post about it, if you want to see it), I still have lots to learn, but I'm sure I will achieve a lot if I work hard :)
(Congratulations for your first weekly award on Repercussions of Evil, I watched it a few days ago and I really liked it)

[Yule of Krills]

I have a very serious question!

First off, I've always been a fan of your colorful, smoothly animated, creatively DARK style. Love this shit, love you, I get excited whenever I see anything "Catoble" up.

This is no exception! If anything, I'm noticing more complex things thrown into the mix, which is why I gotta ask.

How do you get the animation to continue going within the restrictions of the thought bubble as it condenses? Like, the Dad is drifting back, and the thought bubble forms OVER him, while the animation continues within the thought bubble. Same thing as the bubble focuses over the Dad's head being axed in the other thought bubble. Is that a masking property? Your Christmas Present to me would be taking a few minutes out of your time to enlighten me :D

I love watching how you make their mouths move. Like I said or implied, I always enjoy your style. Keep up the great work! Voted 5!

Merry Christmas and a Happy 2011 to you! :D

Catoblepas responds:

Second most oldest trick in da book. It's just a moving, bubble shaped hole in the bg wall.

[The Christmas Caper]

Wow Brow saved it.

I was sulking more, and more, and more, convinced this was a lazily thrown together, farfetch'd, no good Christmas cartoon with bad jokes...but then I saw Wow Brow. After a hearty laugh, I realized it was a lazily thrown together, farfetch'd, no good Christmas cartoon with A COUPLE of pretty funny wtf moments.

Sure, none of the funny gags tied in with the plot, and sure, the song 2/3rd's in was absolutely pointless...but it's CHRIIIISTMAAASSS...

I would work on structuring a plot, without making jokes that grind the progression of the plot to a halt.
I would work on volume leveling..."Three Ways to Saturday's" vocals got waaay quiet at some points...and it made no sense that the detective and Mom were singing "I can see it in your eyes" when it shows both of them inches away from their face and their eyes closed. I smiled, sure, but it wasn't clear if it was intentional or not.

The most clever line? "I'm not a detective, I'm a Dick!" ...which means detective... XD

The nerdy guy? Weakly established, weak performance, weak, almost accidental Deus Ex Machina to the plot...and the most action packed scene, when he's recounting Santa Dad beating him was TOLD THROUGH EXPOSITION, not SHOWN in something that's supposed to be a visual median.

...Hell, You know more than I how lazy you made the visuals! If you ever had thoughts of improving, why not challenge yourself?

All-in-all, this animation was mediocre at best. A few funny lines here and there, but overall, just more sloppy than I can tolerate. Voted 3, try to test your limits!

...Oh, and Merry Christmas. :D

[A paedophile story]

WOW!

Style! Artwork! Really, REALLY pro animation! Impressive sequence one after another and it just never lets up. The sound and music was beautifully balanced, and I kept finding myself audibly "wowing" over those visual sequences. You made these characters come to life! Additionally, the ending was great, though the giant rat thing DID seem to just kinda come out of nowhere... was it the symbolic evil, growing and growing as the cycle of perversion swirled about infinitely?

Consider me a new fan of your work! Fived and Faved! What in this was the hardest part for you to do, and which did you have the most fun doing? Did you use any program other than flash? You rock!

[Furries In Space Ii]

THUMBS UP YER THE BOSS!!!

The Captain's voice was hilarious, the web comic was hilariously bad, and I hate that I want to see this story continued in the format of this story-telling. I loved, I laughed, I already voted, I don't know why I'm still typing, somewhere along the line their I lived...and found out I love you. What was the hardest part to animate in this? :P

[Zombie Age of Rock]

lol that was awesome!

The great looking walk-cycle trudged on smoothly, and the way his head and face pivoted upward to look at the "summoning of the guitar" looked seamless and smooth. Though basic, this is a clear indication you got an eye peeled for important details. The demon's silhouettes looked great as well, their presence only amplified by their EVAL MOANS.

The background could've used a little more complexity, and perhaps the disassembaly of the demon's look a little more natural, or destructive. But all in all, this is a worthy, BADASS first animation; you're off to a great start!

Fived, dude! Keep up the good work!

[Shower Products for Men]

lol! Hilarious!

It's great you even have a scene select in this! It was all around very funny and entertaining. Yeah, yeah, a little Power-thirsty, but completely it's own parody. Sometimes I feel like some of those hygene products advertisements aren't too far off from the truth ever since Old Spice started doing their absurdly ridiculously hardcore advertisements...hell, if Idiocracy is any indication, we may very well see stuff as hardcore as the "Shower Hammer" or "Badass Aromas" in store! (no offense to you, of course)

All it needs is a soundtrack. Hit up the Audio Portal and throw in some music into this, because that's all it really needs! I laughed out loud at a couple of the visual and dialogue gags, including, but not limited to the facial expressions and the idea of getting shaved by a space-ship/razor with jetpacks. The pace started waning out around the Genie Soap skit...what I mean by that is by the time it got to the Genie Soap, you're just kinda like "Eh...come on." ...like, I don't know how else to explain it, other than something needs to happen around that transition to break up the pace, otherwise the audience is just CONSTANTLY being bombarded by manlyisms. Yes, that's the point of the animation, but something to switch it up would've been good just to give the audience some breathing room, and to prevent the entire flash to seem like one giant run-on sentence...much like this paragraph. lol

I have to ask, what program's did you use to animate this? Was it ALL in flash? Additionally, what part of the flash did you have the most fun doing, and what was the most difficult part for you?

Thanks, and good job! Voted Five

Chag responds:

Awesome Review man, much appreciated =]

I'll defiantly work on pacing and things like that next time around, it's been mentioned a few times. (or everyone just has really short attention spans)

Music I considered as well, but decided against in the end for a couple of reasons... Something I may reconsider later on.

All the cartoons were done in Flash and all the Typography in AfterEffects, that's why it rendered out blurry... Which was a shame, I just wanted to take a crack at assembling an entire film in AE really.

Most fun part? Probably the Lightspeed 3000 ad. Particularly because the entire segment came together in one massive 18 hour sitting. Draining, but interesting to be so completely focused on just one project for so long

Most difficult would have to be right at the beginning of 'Shower Hammer' for some reason I hit a block there and just didn't get round to working on the movie for about a full 2 months.

Thanks again! =]

[Madness :: Smoking Kills]

That was impressively creative!

The beginning had a slight chop to it, but the familiar scene was spiced by the creative license taken in the goon's death. When it bullet-time reversed through pivotal scenes in OTHER Madness episodes, I grinned from ear to ear! :D

Not only was it impressively executed, it looked great too! The sounds were all around well-chosen in further making the badass sequence more spectacular.

While I would've been quick to point out the inconsistency that, though it was just established the shot went through a tree AND through a train car before reaching the goon at the building, from the perspective of his scope, none of those obstacles can be seen...but when he centered on the two near minuscule flicks of the lighter, and took the shot, I started cheesing again because let's face it...that was so awesome it makes up for the inconsistency...at the very least because I perceived a nod to a Brock Sampson quote.

Great job! I'm jealous with how seamless and smooth your 3D looks in this! Keep up the great work, and happy Madness Day! Voted 5!

io3creations responds:

I'm glad you enjoyed it so much! :D

Yeah, I know about the inconsistencies you mentioned. The sniper shot in "Wanted" inspired my little movie. At the last minute I decided that it might be a good idea to do a 'forward' shot at the end. Only did I realize later, as you also mentioned, the train might block the view near the time of the shot but by then I didn't really want to change things. This is MADNESS after all! :D