MysticShinHanKu's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[A ComiX Halloween!]

a solid animation

I really liked the look of everything. The animation was done well - you use tweens in a way that doesn't bother which is good. Some of the jokes were funny, others weren't, but overall I liked it.

The voice acting quality was pretty good, the performance it self was good, but I didn't like how you did all or most of the voices yourself. A lot of people can pull that off, but having two main characters who are just regular teenagers voiced by the same guy is very noticeable. It distracted me since I could immediately tell they were both done by the same person, and one of them had a strange more open chest voice, and the other had a higher throaty voice.

They just seemed like strange choices for voices - not really cartoony, not really realistic, just a little off to me. That's just me.

Nice job.

DAGamesOfficial responds:

thanx man. well problem is that I love doing both gordon and ian. nobody else could do it, cus then it just wudnt BE gordon or Ian. so cant change the voices Im afraid. if I changed them now, people would think "wtf? thats not what ian and gordon sound like!" so yeah sorry man xP

but in any case, glad ya liked the cartoon :D

[Wolverine Sucks!]

it was alright for what it was

an overall ok movie. It was entertaining - the jokes were kind of weak, but there were some pretty good ones. What dropped your score was that it really didn't show me your flash skills at all. I probably wouldn't even put something like this on youtube. I just didn't find it very funny, there was no real animation besides slight eye and mouth movements, and, besides camera angles, there was barely any movement. If you had to put one of these type movies on newgrounds, it's usually better to do some crazy stop animation or something.

It was alright, but for your next movie, I'd put a lot more into it. And if you're relying entirely on humor, I'd get some friends together to help you edit your script and strengthen and suggest jokes for you. Newgrounds also has a full arsenal of voice actors at your disposal. Don't hesitate to use them.

Good luck on your next animation.

XxwaSSupxX responds:

Woo! A helpful review haha. These are a rare gift.
I understand your points completely. And yes, I was relying on humor. And I tested the script out on about 4-5 people and they loved it.

It's not for everyone, but thanks for taking the time to write something other than "kool... funny" or "wolverine does not suck! This is why, but I won't help you and your cartoon making!"

[John McCain]

A great comback

Back after 4 years it seems? Wow - this was an extremely professional looking animation. The camera movement and the slight easing of John's body and the other characters... fantastic! I could see this on Adult Swim at the very least - much better than many of their programs. Great job.

As for material, I loved the song! haha And I guess it wasn't originally about McCain, but that was a great change lol. The weird chorus area is so creepy and pretty cool.

What other programs did you use? Or could you really generate all those particles and crazy backgrounds and liquify his face in Flash?

SecretAgentBob responds:

I've actually submitted a few things under other accounts, so I haven't been "totally" gone, ha ha. I do want to get my more recent stuff on here though so you should see a few more of my movies being uploaded here soon.

The song was in fact originally about McCain. If you'll notice, during the last debate he said "my friends" a total of 22 times. He says it many times during every speech he gives. After noticing this I decided to make a movie about who his friends were. And they are delicious vegetables.

The characters were drawn in Flash, the backgrounds in Photoshop, and then everything was animated in After Effects and exported as video. It was in After Effects that all of the visual effects like the face melting were created.

[Retarded Suicide]

take it youtube

this took no effort to make. You are not an actor (not now at least), you didn't animate anything or utilize flash in any constructive way. This should not be a newgrounds submission. You could barely even understand what you were saying, and that was in no way humorous.

Though that was quite an awesome semi-circle of a couch back there. Please don't bring silly video submissions like that here. It's just wasted space.

Fautzo responds:

Says the guy with the dragon ball z picture.

[Dreams.]

haha awesome

The random scenes were just great. You guys are awesome every time. You always deliver. Great title - perfect.

The ending scene was my favorite

TommyVF responds:

Yeah, thanks! Everyone loved that one. :D

[Metal Gear Life Alarm]

ha clever

pretty clever - I liked it. Pretty good voicing, I really liked the girl's voice.

Graphically, it was pretty impressive - not incredible animation, but your use of tweening was very good. I really loved the cartoony looks of the characters. Great job - Hope to see more animations from you in the future.

mrnihil responds:

thanks.

there will be more animation from us in the future, but not game parodies.

[SKATER V2 Episode: 04]

AAAHH YES!

MARCY! That was great! hahaha, I loved it!

Your animating has gotten so much better! The kickflips were sweet!

Dude, you HAVE to email me that remix song! I loooved it! My sister watched it, and didn't believe I did the punk too! Great job, dude, I love you man.

MarcyVF responds:

Thanks a bunch, my friend! :D I'll send you the song as soon as I get home from vacation :)
I'm glad you liked it, because you know what you're saying.