IceDragon64's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Great Space Robbery]

what a waste!

I DID protect it- just and I don't mean to be hostile but it was barely watchable. All those great backgrounds with such lame character art and limited animation. A reasonable story, not expressed at all while you are in it.
You seriously need to collaborate with this if you can't see yourself sorting it.
It has a lot of potential for a major sort out and resub. If all else fails you, PM me and I will see if any of the DS crew feel like taking it on.
Best Wishes,
Ice

Wiz-Kid responds:

Thank you. I was disappointed with the movie, too - and it's my own movie! I just wanted to start off with something simple, before I move out to more complicated projects. I'm a beginner on Flash, so consider this as a practice.

Thanks again for the critic, IceDragon64, and for all the bad comments - at least, you were sincere.

After all, "TGSR" may be "barely watchable", but it was better than seeing two stick figures in a "DragonBall Z" parody, right?

[Ruby - Misheard Lyrics]

Not too bad, but...

I don't think the lyrics sounded much like what you wrote.
It was a bit funny but not very.

spell guitar.

[The Square Ethics]

LOL

I literally laughed (quietly) out loud.

As you say the art and animation is not exactly sophisticated, but hell, its funny!

the style is kinda weird, but I wouldn't change anything!

[Haphazard Episode 1]

Very good

weird, of course, but quite funny and makes me want to see the next episode. reminds me of the story in The Silver Chair where the heroes are in the kitchen.
Needs tiny bits of text editing. eg "Backgroundgs"

[The Abyssal Zone]

Good

I was impressed with the voices- All yours!? Its usually obvious and lame when an author tries to do all the voices. Some of the sound quality is poor and needs replacing as it is hard to hear. The sea spider is largly inaudiable and the clown fish sound when it is eaten is poor.

I liked the angler fish narator and the sound/music generally seemed well chosen and planned.

Some links to More Info at the end would help.

A diagram of where the Abyssal Zone is would look good. One satellite pic from above and one cutaway view from the side, maybe all in More Info buttons at the end.

True lip sync is hard work, but makes a lot of difference. To get the angler fish to truly talk to us would take a lot of time, but the results would be great.

Its doing OK already, but this could be reworked into a 3+ resubmission if you care to take the time on it and could even lead to a successful series, should you choose.
Best Wishes,
Ice

[Stars Lecture]

Not bad.

Looked good. Quite informative.

May struggle here for lack of sound. The text could do with a little editing, but its OK and shows potential.

[LL-Every Mile]

Good

Yeah its all there. I gave up trying to catch the sublim!

the Convoy song takes me way back!

Best Wishes and cyberhugs to Clock Lock on her birthday from the Dragons & Spirits!

Ice

WinchesterLock responds:

Thanks, and I'm sure she would appreciate it.

[LL- Way of the Roman]

Good

Art good
animation- fit for purpose

Sound - appropriate, within the style of LL

Idea- imaginative, different, funny, thoughtful.

Good stuff. Throw out that over-modest Authors notes. You are a Lock and that was proper lock style!

TrueDarkBlade responds:

Thanks, but looking at most of the other more famous Lock movies make me look at my skills and say, "It is crap!" Again, thanks for the words of encouragement. It was encouragement, right?

[SpaceRobotLasers]

only 7 reviews-I'd better write one!

This is a noteworthy submission. Not fantastic but a nice little 3d number.
Nice art
nice animation, not stunning but I've seen worse on TV.
In fact, It had quite a professional style about it.

I would rewrite the notes. You only have a simple story so don't tell us before we see it!

Its OK with just the music, but to go to the next level you would have to either have music which developed in time to the vision or sound effects as well.

With the robots eyes lighting up at the end you have the way open to another episode. Since this one has already been succesfull you should think about making the most of this success and, should you choose to make another episode, developing your skills.

This might mean a more complex plot although the simple plot was OK for this little story, or it might mean develping the sound medium along the lines I expressed above. With the success of this one already under your belt, you should think about collaberating if you have any doubts about any aspects of future productions- its worth it.
Nice work, keep it up!

sorbitol responds:

Thanks for the review IceDragon64!
Sorry it's taken me so long to reply!
I'm glad you liked this cartoon which was my first 3D effort. It was only really an experiment that I thought turned out pretty decent- not stunning, as you said- but decent.
I must take this opportunity to thankyou for writing a proper review that you've clearly put some thought into. I hate having to reply to 14 year old ASBO maggots who elaborate no further than,"*SNIFF* S'alright, s'pose...".
I wish there were more like you-
It has been a pleasure to respond! All the best- Adrian.