Vicil's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Tinman]

Not bad. Styalized but missing the message.

One thing I can point out for when you do your next flash movie: The robot's arms were swinging the wrong way. When the leg goes back, the arm goes forward -- like the way people walk, otherwise it looks strange.

And I did get the impression of lonliness from the movie. But I don't think it quite conveys what your description is trying to illustrate.

The quality is good though. This should set the bar for new animators. Anything below this standard is people dicking around (who should be impaled). And your audio is the best quality I've ever heard.

BlackmarketKraig responds:

Yeah, about the arms. Heh, I knew something was wrong with the way he was walking but I couldn't put my finger on it until another reviewer pointed it out.

Thanks for the complements about the quality of the animation.

And yeah, I really dislike bad audio quality, I try to have it optimized but when you cut down the bitrate (is that the right word?) too much you lose quite a lot.

[Rise of the MK: Part 4]

Nice style!

This series has been by far the pinnacle of 8-bit storytelling on Newgrounds. The sprites don't get too far out of context; and for an 8-bit format, the illusion of scale is expressed well. And your sound clips didn't get too annoying.

I think this is as far as you can push 8-bit without getting obsurd, so you earned the points for your hard work and clever intuition.

[There she is!! step 2]

Style is your forte.

I'm all about two things in flash -- the quality of art, and the quality of animation; animation being the most important. I look at flash like MIU SIM and scoff at the choppy animation, dispite the hard work they put into the art. If it don't move right, it's not real.

This cat-rabbit univer you worked so hard to create may have simple black lines around the surface, but none of the animation you've submitted so far is the least bit off. The characters are easy to build, and you work so hard to animate them. It's part of a style that all newgroundites should assimilate. the frame by frame blends perfectly with auto-tweening and nothing is out of place.

And if anyone scoffs at your work, fuck'em. It has style -- and a lot more blood and sweat that a lot of flash artists care less to put in to their own work.

[F.N.F. #5 - Nature Calls]

You dai! You dai you F**kin' pega you -- BLAAAH!!

NOW THAT'S funny.

[Playground]

Don't... EVER do that again

You like senseless killing eh? Why not experience it firsthand and jump out a window? This is not worth the front page -- in fact, I think you got it for sucking so bad.

And god -- at some point while making this you must have questioned it's merit! Is this the message you want to send to the world?

[Far away angel]

You're angel would rip it's wings off

This is just embarrasing, kid.

#1: You could have worked harder on the character design.
#2: You could have put together some sort of story; this is a sad rehash of WAFF from every crappy game/anime I've ever seen.
#3: If this is a V-day present, your GF will shoot you.

Aim higher, work harder.

[She freakin blocked me1.5]

Very Clever

Everyone loves Puddle of Mudd, and this parody really earns you the points.