Cyberdevil's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Christmas.fla]

It was all worth it after all huh. XD

Good fun! Was expecting there to be a hand grenade or something similarly deadly in the package - glad that wasn't the case!

Merry Christmas!

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[Merry Christmas From TacoBot!]

What an awesome way to showcase the fans!

The music's upbeat the animation's fast and the merriment a fiery dose of ferocious fun holiday festivity! :) Nice way to end the year! Nice work y'all.

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["Madness: Project Nexus" Cinematic Trailer]

"If we don't stop this madness...'

Such an iconic line. :) Though this is full of iconic lines. And iconic characters. And a soundtrack that'd rival a movies. So good. So good resemblance to the original characters too, though the zombies kinda remind me more of Silent Hill than of this franchise. Wonder who inspired who initially...

Imagine this whole thing as a live action series too, I wonder how far it could reach; how many people would see it, it definitely has the right kind of cast for something even bigger! Though imagine what a budget that'd require... just this must've taken a lot of time.

Awesome work bringing live to the realm for real! Awesome all the way.

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[Lego Santa Explains Why He's Black Sometimes]

What an animation! What a showcase of stopmotion mastery! I wonder how much of this is real, the lights, the fire, the snow blowing in through the door, is ANY of this actual stop motion or is it very authentically looking 3D animation instead, I have no idea, maybe the slightly choppy framerate's proof it's the real deal, but maybe that's factored in to make the animation look like stopmotion too, this is just too good...

And then the plot! And the surprise musical! And the ominous end! This is so much more than I expected it to be, and all of it's so wholesome, so captivating, so fun. Starts slow but really takes you out on a run.

Well done.

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[sonic forestal run]

A little basic animation - sometimes more so still images than animations, but they transition nicely! You do get a feel for the race.

Would be cool if when Sonic himself moves the background would scroll behind him too, to give the impression he is moving, and that scenes overall were more alive, like the sceneries panned or zoomed, and Sonic himself actually moved, like he does in the first bit.

Feels like you could take this further if you want, it's like a storyboard for a full animation.

Keep it up!

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[EOFS - Genesis (Promo)]

Interesting! This really wasn't the story I'd expected, was thinking it'd be more so a massacre in the bedroom, and when the one guy started being suffocated that might've been the turning point of it all but... it really was a bible story. A somewhat truthful depiction of the events that transpire therein - with an unusual dose of gore compared to other similar reconstructions.

The pace is good, the visuals too, despite the common context it was surprisingly captivating as well... the character banter definitely adds a little to that too. Transitions between the room and the story-related visuals work well, and I recognize some of 'em from the individual art. :) Feels like you're in an inner circle somehow...

I am curious how things might change after this, if this is it, if it's a new kind of interpretation of the holy book, or if there's more to it? Do historical events somehow bridge over to the present eventually? Does it end with a twist? Is there a moral of the story when it's all over? Also curious what EOFS stands for?

Two things I think you could improve a bit:

1. Bigger/clearer subtitles. They might not need to be bigger, but would it be possible to export this with better video quality? As it is the text's a little blurry. Same with the animation itself, though not so important with precise edges there as it is with text/readability.

2. Female voices. XD It adds a comical tone when it's all male but... it'd really add a lot regardless. Maybe you can find some VA here on NG that'd be willing to join in?

Overall this was not at all what I expected, and yet more captivating than I expecting. Animation's good, the subtitles are good - appreciate the added note on for example religious phrase usage in Brazil too - the voicing's good too but kinda strange with the genders.

Good stuff here. Seems there's plenty more to get into... will give the longer ones a shot later on! Curious to see where this all leads.

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TheMiamiDeSantos responds:

thanks! EOFS stands for "The Enchanted Ones from Santos" (Santos is a good city here in Brazil, I like to joke and say it's Miami in Brazil). It's an adult cartoon full of humour, social criticism, parodies and such (like Family Guy, South Park, Simpsons, etc). (Christian) religion will be one of the topics covered on the cartoon, as well politics and other society stuff, I did read all the bible and plan to combine some stuff of the christian religion with the cartoon (like the japaneses combine the japanese folklore stuff with their animes), as well other stuff like occultism, satanism, black magic, etc. There are some morals to the stories, i want to let the public thinks about it, but overall it's meant to be an adult cartoon like family guy, south park, etc.
Yeah, the subtitles will be clearer on the next eps, i got some comments about it already. I'm gonna see what i can do about the VA, the next ep will be released soon, it will have an alternative dub version with more people doing the VA i'm gonna see how it will come out.
Once again thanks for your review! And take your time! The other eps are a litle different than this one on many aspects so it will be a different experience for sure!

[Realistic Spacecraft Impact with an Asteroid Simulator]

Fersto sums it up pretty well I think. :) Without context there's little allure here, but when you do know the context... well it still feels pretty eventless. Even though you're headed right for the rock. Feels like having the original audio track in particular would add a whole new dimension to this, or any audio for that matter.

But I also wonder: when there's an original video that looks pretty much just like, I'm curious why you'd recreate the same thing exactly the same way? Seems like you'd want to enhance it somehow if you did; add your own spin to it. It really looks almost exactly the same.

Impressive replica but... not that captivating standalone.

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TheMiamiDeSantos responds:

yeah, i did saw this NASA video then thought i can recreate this. Then found a pic and did the animation took me about 40 minutes to make the replica, it's just meant to be a replica of the nasa video

[Gura VS Oreo]

Some solid culinary advice here, though takes a while till you get to it. :P

Cute work; great voicing; nicely done!

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[MADNESS VS THING THING: DUEL]

You put a looot of thought into the backstory here! Never considered the potential connection between the Thing Thing series and 'The Thing' movie franchise, though if you by visuals they're really not that similar... are they? I forget the games. Gotta play again sometime.

This was masterful though. Both animation and stopmotion, and the sound effects and motions add so much, like with the chainsaw fight you can really feel the aggression! Feel a little sorry for the 'Thing' when it's all over... but then you get the end bit so maybe it's not over after all. :) Must say both contestants really were crazy agile being able to dodge that amount of shotgun shells too! Impressive fight.

Potential things to improve: transitions. When for example in the intro you have the 'stop motion' text... and then you move into regular animation, and THEN switch to stopmotion, it feels like the shift between animation and stopmotion would've been a better place for that transition text. I get the same impression with various bits of text, that the message comes too early; the animation it refers to comes a second or so later. Some lightning shifts in filming too, and a typo in Madenss Day towards the end - but maybe that bit's intentional.

Overall great stuff! This was fun to watch. Brutal, creative; with a little comedy too.

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[Joe Rogan in South Park]

Well that was entertaining. XD

Just the regular video version Joe Rogan meets Random Person sketches are fun, but with animation you really can take them to the next level... endless potential with this kinda content! Good stuff.

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