WarpZone's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[clock day extravagornza]

Wow. Random! I'm too confused to hate this!

... which I'm told is the true essence of Clock Day. Weird, huh?

Battosai810 responds:

yeah, that's the gist of it, really...
HAPPY CLAWK DAI!!!11!one!!two
yeah, we're never submitting anything like this again. lawl. (at least till the next clock day)

[Principled Depravity]

Story + action + style!

Friggin' awesome, man. Some things like the plants could have looked better if they'ed been hand-made instead of 3D, but since that would have taken hours and hours longer than what you did with Swift3D, I don't blame you. I agree that the explosion scenes needed some orange particle fire or something. Perspective felt a bit off in a few of the dramatic perspective shots, like when he's pointing a gun at the camera, his hand and the gun should look bigger than they otherwise would.

These are all extremely minor complaints, though, compared to the awesomeness of the final product. You've done the three things almost nobody does on Newgrounds. You actually put some effort into it. You actually told a coherent story. And you tied everything together with a unified style. For doing those three things, you get full points. Can't wait to see you do it again later.

LogFish responds:

Thanks a lot! I know this is a shameful plug but you might like my SC series if you like plot (unfinished currently, needed a break so did this one) - start with StarCraft: Reconnoiter heh.

Yea there's definately a few things I can work on here, admittedly this is doing far better than I anticipated, I did this more for my own entertainment than anything else! I'll put more work into ironing out bugs and things in later episodes - thanks a lot for the big handy review!

[so uhm yeah]

Huh.

I totally do not get what I just saw, but the quality was pretty good for a clock collab. The pacing of each part was perfect for the song, and the flickering candle-light tied the whole thing together. Good job.

Spinister responds:

under the spot light

neither black nor white

ooo

[Politicians' Picnic]

Meh.

Uh... understand your position? Uh... sure I do. Kirk in '08!

Renshu responds:

I think you got the point!

[Bbq-ish Cop]

Wow. That is surprisingly good shit.

Graphics: Various random crap photoshopped together, with a static overlay that serves to smooth out the rough spots as well as adding to the ambiance.

Style: Campy, cheesy, and weird. Feints at character-driven drama for a moment there, before stabbing directly into the heart of irreverant web-humor. This is the same formula everyone uses at NG, but beefburger and his cohorts managed to really nail the execution, this time.

Sound: Great voices, decent music, kinda crap sound effects, but who cares. It's great.

Violence: Shooting skyjackers makes red lines fly all over the place. I've seen worse. Like, today, I've seen worse, on the protal. I'm not complaining.

Humor: It was more weird-funny than joke-funny. Nothing new in terms of making fun of the establishment or parodying the sterotypical holywood blockbuster. The timing felt a little off on the "suck my dick, nah not really" joke... maybe some extreme close-ups showing the (lack of) character reaction, or else the burger guy just barely starting to move towards the end of the awkward pause like he's actually thinking about doing it, might have added to the humor there.

Overall: Funny. But more than that, it was weird and attention-grabbing. I'm not sure why. Probabaly something about the aesthetics. It kinda reminds me of... shit, I can't think of his name. You know the guy. Did all those animations for Monty Python. That dude. It reminds me of his work.

Bbqbeefburgerman responds:

I do not know this guy you speak of. But thanks anyhow.

[L&P: How Not to be Seen]

What the...?

Okay, the graphics were decent, and the audio you used was funny. But... I mean, just... why? Why did this need to be made? Monty Python already made it! I could see if maybe you'd changed all the visuals around to make it different or ironic or more funny, but this was almost exactly the same... Even the placement of the bushes look the same as the original video clip! The only thing you changed was to use squirrels or something instead of people. Do squirrels really add that much to internet humor? I don't get it.

Then again, I guess I laughed really hard when I saw Do Me, because I hadn't seen whatever show the audio came from. I guess this would be about that funny to anyone who hasn't already seen Monty Python. But seriously, who hasn't seen Monty Python?

In short, next time, be more original. Or at least more obscure.

fadedshadow responds:

it's a fucking parody, dumbshit

[Sonic Saga Season 8 OP]

The action synched up with the music saved it.

Graphics:Sprites, and not particularly good ones at that. Slow FPS frame rate and Sonic do not mix, my friend. The camera-work was ambitious, but the execution fell short in some places.

Style: It actually tells a (very simple) story and does so with a bit of pizzaz. Unfortunately, poor production quality really hurt the piece as a whole. See Overall, below, for a partial list...

Sound: Okay, I can respect you for re-using a professional Sonic soundtrack. But why, oh why did you have to pick the one that's a relic from the 90's preserved only on home-recorded VHS tapes? Other songs, you could have found a decent MP3 to use. This song, there IS no clean copy of it. (Or if there was, and you had a copy of it, your compression settings ruined it.) Also, the soundtrack reminds me of the old TV show, not the games, which picks fights with the sprite graphics. Personally, I woulda gone with Sonic Boom.

Overall: A good idea, but it had lots of little flaws which detracted from the whole:
-Poor choice of soundtrack.
-The title screen was kind of dull and long. (But at least you didn't submit JUST the title screen...)
-The distant background kept scrolling by even when sonic slowed down in the loops.
-There was nothing happening visually when some of the explosions were going off in the airship part of the soundtrack.
-The airship generally looked bad from the outside, like a big metal bananna with vents in it. (Surely there's some cool egg carrier establishing shot from some sprite game you could have used? If not, you should have made one up, or heck, I'd have settled for the airship from kirby with an Eggman logo slapped on the side.)
-The final explosion looked VERY cheap and lame and fake.

All that said, I liked it for some reason. Probabaly because it told a story and had some good ideas buried underneath the crappy execution. I look forward to your future submissions. Keep practicing, and keep trying to do better. :)

Nutronic responds:

Yeah I agree with you on some of those points, however I just want to point out it's only an opening video. My comic's been up for quite some time and this Idea was meant for season 1. It has nothing to do with actual comic plot wise, just kind of a "corny" action scene to establish the characters. Thanks for the in-depth review and I hope I can figure out how to get rid of the glitches.

[Dog Daze of Boredom]

I enjoyed this more than any man should.

Graphics: Attention: Rest of Newgrounds. This is what a flash looks like when you use EFFORT! Take notes. Not stick figures + a few distinct frames of animation - tweens of any sort + moderately funny writing = quality. And best of all, they didn't even have to suck any part of Walt Disney in order to get there.

Style: Not quite polished enough to be a distinct style, but at least it was unique. Ambitious animation concepts such as 3D perspective shots and complex animation were attempted. Execution was a little rough, especially in the "surface" department, but this is still hands-down better than any of the "we think it's funny to not try" crap that clogs the portal on a daily basis.

Sound: "Your voice HURTS!" Well, actually, it doesn't. At least not as much as most NG flashes do. The voices were distinct and understandable, but felt a little soft around the edges. If your microphone is more than a few years old, or if it was included with the computer, buy a new "noise-cancelling" one for like 20 bucks; you'll hear a big improvement.

Humor: Spike pretty much stole the show. The humans were pretty boring. In retrospect, I probably should give this a 7 in humor... the 9 was cuz I watched this, watched the bonus features, watched it again, and was grinning from ear to ear by the end of it, but I think some of that grin was just you restoring my faith in America's youth by not deliberately sucking.

Overall: If this is part of a series, I'll watch the other ones and let you know what I think. Spike was just fuckin' hillarious though. Once again, thank you for not deliberately sucking. I look forward to you continuing to not deliberately suck in the future. (Yes, that sentance parses. Shut up.)

Bobert-Rob responds:

Now THAT is a thorough review. Thank you for taking the time to write that. I will do my best to touch up on these points... namely the microphone, I really need to look into getting a better one. Mine's at least 5 years old now... heh. Sounds decent enough to me, but it is something I need to invest thought into improving. Take care.

[Life During WARTIME]

A new type of no-effort Flash! Yay!

Man, this Flash has it all! Suspense! Romance! Famous Celebrities! And unlike the rest of NG's no-effort flashes, this one was actually interesting for a couple of minutes. Good job! Mussolini wins mustard!

Tropicana responds:

I just cut my finger on a mountaindew can. thanks though

[Virginia Tech Tribute]

Thanks for being sincere about it.

I kept expecting it to suddenly be a fake tribute at any given moment. Thanks for proving me wrong. I'm getting way too cynical.

Also, thanks for not blaming it all on video games and music.

Little-Rena responds:

Heh, I wouldn't joke about it, it's a serious issue.

The only thing that's to blame is the slack gun laws.