squeakytoad's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Bytesize Volume One]

Oh good grief.

That was 1 minute and 22.88 seconds.
It was three scenes, both pretty average looking. Considering how absolutely awesome your art usually is, this is somewhat disappointing.
Those three short scenes consisted mainly of repeating mouth movements (which were all identical and unanimated). There were about two or three non-mouth movements this entire cartoon. They were still images simply tweened.
Not to mention we've seen all but one of these before, so it's hardly anything new. Why'd you need to submit this, man? All it will do is take attention away from other animations out at the moment.

While the voice acting was nearly identical for each character as usual (you got to see if you can find yourself a few extra actors), they were still pretty funny and well done, also as usual.

The jokes themselves weren't really all that great. Of course, this is subjective. I just didn't find this funny.
I suppose others do and will.

I guess the main thing with this, for me, is that you just threw a few of your already made and released cartoons together, added another which couldn't have taken more than an hour to create at most (if that), and tossed them into the portal to undoubtedly gain awards and front page spots that it really doesn't deserve.

Oh well. The cartoons were nice for what they were, good job, etc.

-st

JohnnyUtah responds:

well you're welcome to your opinion on how "good" you think they are but your other arguments are beyond ridiculous. 1 minute and 22.88 seconds? are you really such a jackass you had to time the thing out exactly?

Second, I don't give a shit about AWARDS or FRONT PAGE. I can make sure it's never PUT ON THE FRONT PAGE. I uploaded them to just add em to my flash collection and so people could comment on them if they wish.

THIRD, NOT EVERYBODY WATCHES THE BYTESIZE MOVIES. If they're taken out of bytesize rotation I'd rather have en easily accessible on my userpage and not lost forever.

I AM making total sense here, so I'm glad to enlighten you.

[- Move Your Feet -]

Oh, look, sprites.

Hey, look, an enjoyable sprite movie.
More surprising is that every single one of the sprites is completely original. Most sprite movies deserved to be flagged with all the stolen content featured in them.

Loved the synchronization with the music. Well done.
Great colors. Really energetic.

Awesome piece.

-st

[Clown Show]

A clown is a jolly man indeed.

Oh, that's fun, Mr Clown.
Let's make more funny talk together.
BA BA BA BA DA DA DA CA CA CA CA

Good show, old chap.

-st

ZekeySpaceyLizard responds:

hi!

[Snowy IV: The Gleaming]

Still a fan.

Your humor is missed by so many people. But I absolutely love it.
Seeing a new one of these each year has become an awesome Christmas treat, and I'll be hoping for more next year.
Everything about this was fantastic. It may have been just slightly shorter, and not a laugh-a-second like previous ones, but it was still a great watch and absolutely hilarious.
Keep animating these, man.

-st

[Zanta Claws]

Nothing short of brilliant.

Not often I encounter an animation I actually feel like putting on my favorites list.
This is one of your best yet.
You did awesome on this one.
Anyway, I seriously enjoyed this cartoon and am quite envious of your ability to make so many quality cartoons.

Awesome work. Looking forward to more.

eddsworld responds:

Cheers Squeaky!

[Apple Orchard]

Excellent work, man.

Loved the texture, and the style was golden.
The music played well to your art, great selection.
Your expressions were also well defined and fantastic.
I absolutely loved your use of colors, as usual.

It was pleasantly simple.

The only thing I found somewhat poor was the ending. Indeed, it was abrupt, and I was hoping for more delightful animation. Afraid not.

Of course you'll have your idiots who whine about this being on the front page. Of course they prefer poor quickly brushed few second parodies of video games that rely on saying "balls" and "fuck" every 2.6 seconds, giving such animations scoring in the top fifty whilst ignoring the stylistic beauty of pieces like this, which they don't even give a single award.

Ignore them. Please, do so, and keep animating. I want more, man.
Your cartoons are always a pleasant site for sore eyes here on NG.

-st

imjeffhip responds:

Oh don't worry, I love reading bad reviews, they will never stop me from doing anything.

I know the ending was abrupt and dumb, but that's all this was, was a pointless flash.

[Link Gets Hurt Once Again]

You've got to be kidding me.

Where do I start?
Perhaps the fact that the first thing you show us is an unanimated picture of the town. Nobody's moving. Not even the kid caught frozen in a running position.
First sign that you're not planning on putting any effort into this.

Standard anime link in a very unoriginal style?
Check.

Then you begin a very lame joke. I mean really lame. When an entire flash relies on a single bit of humor, you might want to make it pretty ridiculously funny.
In this case, I didn't even chuckle. (And yes, I've played the games so it's not like I "Don't get what's going on". However, unlike the obsessed fanboys around here, I do not think an animation is of extreme quality based on the popular video game characters who appear in it.)

When I saw Naruto thrown in there, I realized at that point that you had never even bothered to try.
You realized that having Link and Naruto in the same cartoon will bring about popularity no matter how crappy your art, animation, and "humor".

My constructive criticism?
Never open Flash (or any "art" program again) until you can become slightly original.
At the moment, you don't have a scrap of creativity.
And no, these comments are not based solely on your Flash here on NG. I checked you DeviantART gallery. You have NEVER made anything completely original or creative.
Kinda sad really.

Brush up on your animation as well. Find an original art style.
Unfortunately, you can't really acquire a sense of humor if you don't have one, but maybe you might want to spend a little bit of time developing your "joke" next time.

-st

[Spooky Scary Skeletons]

Just so awesome.

You never fail to make great content.
Your style is just brilliant.
If you stopped animating, Newgrounds would die.

ZekeySpaceyLizard responds:

and lo, I saw....a Pale Horse...and death rode with him.

[Waterlollies]

This is perfect.

This is so brilliant. You've got an incredible plot going this time.
You really explore the character of Bitey as well.
The soundtrack was a lot better than previous ones.
The landscapes and backgrounds were absolutely breathtaking.
Character animation was wonderful and better than ever before.
Your effects, lighting and water especially, have reached an all time high.

Now go make a feature film!

[We're Not Gonna Take It!]

Excellent animation, childish execution.

You have great animation, and I look forward to seeing more of it.
You have an excellent (though very heavily influenced by obvious sources, though there's nothing wrong with that) style.
You do a great job with your characters.

As for your message, by all means, take action, don't stand by. But the message was childishly portrayed. Imprisonments? Shootings? Overthrowing the government with physical violence?
You can't exactly claim you weren't talking about America, when the newspaper at the beginning is quite blatantly littered with references to the United States and its politics.
You have a very naive view of how things work, and seem to be just a child attempting some monumental and revolutionary political message based on misunderstood facts fed to them by select sources with no real knowledge themselves.
This also reaks of a child believing themselves to be "fighting the system" and "taking down the establishment".

However, it doesn't really matter. It was fun and entertaining to watch.
I voted five, so don't get upset.

Just stay away from attempted "political commentary" next time.
You don't really get what's going on.

Keep animating, though. Your creations are great.

-st

cyberen responds:

I shall do whatever I please!