RamblingFool's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Starbarians - Episode 2]

Feels a bit rough around the edges in terms of setting up viewers' emotional investment, which kind of makes it feel more like filler than a prologue. Not sure why that is... maybe it's because we get this intro conflict with the aliens and then there's no hint that the protagonists are going to get caught up in it except that it's there (oh.. and maybe that obscure sarcastic "Nothing in the universe is going to stop that" at the end... but let's ignore that for a minute). However, that isn't exactly a new thing... nor a bad thing... plenty of big budget cartoons pull the "Here's a thing, but our dopey protagonists don't give a shit about it yet!" So, really, maybe it just needed something more to identify that the protagonists are gonna get involved with the aliens -- maybe putting one of the evil aliens from the first scene into the arena ad would have worked... or something similar depending on what your actual script is like; also I think maybe a more obvious tone in the line-delivery could have helped to make it more OBVIOUS that the ALIENS would INDEED somehow get INVOLVED with THE protagonists.... MAYBE *cough*.

But anyhow, I'm just a Newgrounds reviewer, Jim, not a scriptologist or phonetician; the rest of this is obviously top notch enough to warrant 4 stars despite the deeply troubling feeling of non-investment that I get from this filler.... uhhh... I better make that a 3.5

[The Girl on TV]

A long and erotic short film about a man on the road to discovering a long and erotic pagan diety. This film sure is something long and erotic I can get behind.

Yeah, that's right, I just derogatorized everything and corrupted Newgrounds by making old quotes into a selfish meme rather than actually reviewing the film. What else is knew?

[What Does The Fox Say]

Inane, sloppy, random, made me smile. What else can you ask for from a flash?

[Turducken]

A good encapsulation/personal take of/on the classic sort of hybrid satire/absurd humor sometimes found on TV (only example I can think of at the moment is Assy McGee), but it just lacks comedic timing (which, sadly, is everything for your kind of awkward timing-reliant comedy) ... and most of the gags drags on a bit too long for their own good (for the most part, they're caught somewhere between standard length and the 'comically-too-long' length I think you were going for). Oh, and of course the art is a bit rough, but I like the style in general.

[SegwayOfTheDead - Reviews]

You should rename this "Depressed Guy Screams at Himself in Manic Sour Grapes Fit Over Year-Old Failed April Fools Joke" ... or.... maybe just "Lazy 'YouTube Reacts' Knockoff."

Evil-Dog responds:

You should rename your only submission "shitty artist attempts stick character comic but fail"

[Valentine's Day! - 2013]

Topical

[Rectal Computer]

The negative reviews have got it right this time. I mean, you've always done shit-humor (sans "shit" most of the time), but it's also always been surreal as fuck, which is -- as far as I'm concerned -- your ultimate appeal.

This animation is JUST shit-humor and forced randomness, which was funny for a few of your previous uploads (pikachu and batman... etc)... but mostly because those were short gags and a nice change of pace. But this one really reached a tedious peak for me...

I think it's time for you to make an epic saga of some sort.

[Prosnorkulus 2]

This would be perfect with a little more polish; the series is already a Newgrounds classic as far as I'm concerned, but it's the minute details that throw it off from being a great professionally done flash/series for me a little bit:

During the opening charge scene, it's not clear enough that it's a joke about inept soldiers charging each other just because the people on the other side are coming towards them. Going on general cartoon humor tradition, the stupidity of the soldiers really feels like it needed to be exaggerated a lot more (it was mostly the serious tone of the voice acting at this part that made it a bit off-putting).

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As with the first episode, it's really unclear what side the soldiers are on sometimes. I feel like this might be intentional, especially with scenes like the Sniper just randomly killing people anyway. But it would help to give a little filler dialogue or something ("I hear Prosnorkulus is coming"... etc.) to set up your scenes a little more. During the scene here with the bear tied up, all this is especially unclear. Even as far as random violence (they're just random pointless soldier characters there to be killed), it just throws things off a little.

Other than that, the characters, settings, animation, art, music, and overall style is unique and expertly done and as I said before, it's simply a classic series. The only real problem is the minor details that seem to make it too mindless (yes, even for a flash entirely about --).

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Minor notes: the art could use a slight bit a polish (little jagged around the edges), it could use slighter depth of story (characters need a little bit more personality... YES... even in a story about basic characters with broad personalities (angry badass mute dwarf; creepy professional ((PRECISE)) sniper; egotistical ab-building warlord). Frankly, it could use an actual (elaborated) story. The only other thing is maybe... having less close-ups of the characters, and broader 'camera shots' of the settings.

[Santa's merry factory]

So....... it's just "Fat Man," then?

[Fagatron]

Wow, terrible.