IceDragon64's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Chocolate]

In my oppinion...

a flash joke should only be as long is its humour can support it.

A quickie joke should be- load quick and hit the punchline quick.
So, its length is fine for a small joke. There's nothing great about it, no great art, no background etc, just semistick men, but who cares, its just a quickie joke!

Its got credits, its got humour, its got sound and good, simple voice acting, simple but OK lip movement- thats OK!

[Blueprint from the Beyond]

Very Good.

All looked and sounded just fine. I wouldn't change it. Can't think of anything to say!

[Rube Goldberg Machines 3]

Improved

Hello, its me again!

In addition to the things I have said about your previous versions:

1. This is not really a series, its updated versions of the same thing.
2. I like the glint on the knife

3. Shading on the funnel would look good.

4. You have a glitch right at the end. Your new picture of all the objects disappears, then reapears for a flashing moment.

5. The new intro is quite good, if a little fast, but although you have defined a Rube Goldberg machine it still begs the question, who is Rube Goldberg or how does this type of machine get its name.
6. The text at the end rolls too fast- of course YOU can read it, you already know what it says. Always get others who HAVEn't been involved to see your movies before you show the world.
7. A heavy sound of the big bowling ball rolling would be good.

8. A different image for the smaller ball would make more sense.

Its good, its getting better, but you can still improve.
Best Wishes,
Ice

[improoved situation]

OK

+art v good
+animation v good
+sound OK
a bit funny

not much to it

You might make the sun & sky go redder as it goes down.

[Office Spider: Episode 1]

Yeah, its funny.

+OK graphics (shame about the stick legs, it wouln't have taken much more time to have drawn trousers etc- you only draw them once. spider looks great though.
+OK animation. Nothing ambitious but its everything you need
+Sound and timing good
+funny, somehow chillingly believeable in a sense- it reminds me of humouring real people like that who one is affraid of.

do more- do the series.
Do the women in the office and the person who brings round the tea and the cleaners, the window cleaner, visitors to the office, the phone rings and Pete answers it. The boss wants to tell Pete he's fired, Pete wants a raise, somekind of engineer- maybe a phone engineer or computer bod or something comes. A boss from a rival company comes to visit/complain, a creditor comes to complain, a wife/husband/child comes to visit. Office Party, Christmas Party- seasonal stuff, pigeons on the balcony, office suicidal on the balcony, time to go home, working late, deadlines theres SO much you can do!

[Alarm Clock of Darkness]

Good stuff

Its one of our basic fears/feelings.

I particularly liked the voice of death and the view from inside the clock, which reminds me of terminator.

some very nice art and pretty good animmation too.

I wouldn't change it!
Best Wishes,
Ice

[Utopia 2: the prequel]

Beautiful graphics

So much better than Utopia its frustrating. The story will go from this to that.

The sound is good and the music is very well chosen.

the art is wonderful and the animation is very good. Possibly Radial is a little overused, try a little more conventional shading in the mix, I know it takes more memory though.

I would like to see a better image of him breaking free, I feel seeing only the top of him was a cop-out.

I think it would be better with a rattling sound when he tries to break free.

I don't like your funny hit areas on the play button on this and Utopia.
I dont quite get the book thing. If he picked it up when he was in the little cave and reads it at the beginning of Utopia, why does he not have it when he leaves the old mans home?

You will have to sort out the names- if its a prequel you can't call it Utopia 2. its either Utopia 0 or its Utopia 1 and Utopia is named Utopia 2 or you just call it Utopia Prequel!

Fifth is spelt thus.
Excellant work. your art is becoming SO top class and the animation is getting better too.
Best Wishes,
IceDragon64 of the Dragons & Spirits

Vuny responds:

Well in the old mans home is after he got crushed in Utopia 1. The old man simply repaired him. So he doesn't have that book anymore. And you're right about the radiants, I will and should stop using them. And as far as calling it a prequel, It's because I needed something to call this first part of the second movie, and sense it shows his flashback of how he got in the forest, I just made it the prequel part.