Cyberdevil's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Pico Gets Arrested]

Ey a long-form Pico Day celebration animation too! :D Shout out VAs, all great voices! Cool to hear @AlexToolStudio and @Aalasteir (prolific as ever!) in here too.

And Pico survived huh, for a while it seemed uncertain, glad that cleared up at the end!

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[Pico's School: The Parodied Satire]

The voice acting at the end there lmao! XD Simple comedy at it's finest...

The epic music certainly helps too. This was surprisingly good yo. The way it's timed, the character expressions. just everything about it...

Happy Pico Day good dude!

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[Pico the Psychopath]

The animation's maybe not the most animate all the way, like aside from most scenes not actually having animation, the one where Pico crosses the street for example, has the street lines changing direction as his feet do, so you clearly see it's just flipped around with each step. If you had two layers and just flipped the feet for example that'd be just perfect. :) Feels like you could amplify this a lot with little improvements like that. Or a little head bob. Zooms. Pans. A little movement even with less animated details in more scenes.

That said though, the story's really more important than the animation here, the music's suitable and the graphics ain't bad, it's a solid one! I love all the background details, posters and what-not, the alarm clock showing the error messages. All the detail works well with the less animate style; always gives you something to focus on regardless.

As for the plot, as I don't think Pico's really a psycho, more so a civic defender in school shooting times and all, a just overall cool dude who happens to gain firepower and manage it pretty well when he does... this is quite the twist hmm! And a tragic end really, though nice that it's still ambiguous, maybe some day this could even have a sequel, something like Pico The Redeemer, Pico The Fugitive, Pico In Prison... who knows, the potential's endless. :P

Happy Pico Day man! Good stuff.

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vestik responds:

Thank you very much for the feedback and detailed comment!

Yeah, my next movie for Piconjo Day isn't that much animated either, but it has a bit more bobbing and animation. It's still a bit hard as I haven't found a program to animate in so I am just using MS Paint, not really an artist. I'll definitely keep in mind to add more movement to future movies, maybe even making full-on animations.

Thank you! I find I can make some pretty decent graphics if I take my time, I felt that the posters and details added a nice touch to what was already there. Pico isn't a psycho, but I had no idea what to title the movie and it was just a silly idea that came up in my head. Not sure what I would change it to.

I think that's a good idea! Pico In Prison might be something that I'd make for next year's Pico Day. :P
By then I'm hoping to have improved in animation and maybe make something with more movement, and hopefully to have find my own perfect style because my artstyle does get inconsistent sometimes.

Thanks once again for this comment, happy Pico Day!

[Drunk ... For A Good Cause?]

Hope that girl isn't watching this one. XD

This was amazing though. I thought for sure this would be about a medicinal study of sorts, had no idea there are things like this going on at the academy, wonder if it's an international gig...

So many high points in this one. The math questions in head bit. The Woodstock poop stories. Had me smiling wide on multiple occasions, definitely one of my favorite eps yet. And the backstory's fascinating in itself... pretty wild getting drunk at a police station!

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[Money Man: Refunded | Teaser Trailer #1]

Hyped! :D And allofasudden real nostalgic... I wonder what Compaq would say if they saw this hmm, are logos a trademark issue or no, hopefully no...

This looks promising y'all, I love the aesthetic, the music seems suitable, the transitions smooth, the trailer not too revealing but definitely promising! Can't wait to delve into the tale and all; see what new tier of narrative it's jumped to now!

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Ant responds:

Glad to see you're excited! Also if for some reason HP gets upset with me using the Compaq logo in my game then things will be changed... it's not too important to anything in the game but might be important outside of the game. We'll see what happenes..

[Better Than A Movie]

Interesting things just keep happing in your life! :D Never been on a scene of such a sight myself, might need to get out more...

Was it better than the movie though hmm, I wonder. The Joker's one pretty good movie...

Good fun.

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[Thanksgiving ...]

Further reasons not to celebrate that one festivity we do in fact not celebrate over here. :) Though a lot of this would apply to pretty much any other festive family gathering you traditionally involve yourselves with...

Fun times retrospectively at least! Good short.

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[Haunted Duplex - The Untold Stories]

Way more than just one or two stories too, this was quite the bundle! And each one a story worth telling, a lot of stuff sure went down in that house...

Love the pitch shift with the title narration, and those Shaun of the Dead posters in the background! :D The actual DOOM demons too. The little visual throwbacks and added comedic elements really add a lot to this, beyond the stories themselves.

This was fun, may just be my favorite episode yet.

Wonder who lives in that duplex now, and if they happen to be equally haunted...

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[Poker night]

Took me a while before I realized he was actually eating those chips. XD

An animated might might take this to th next level... concept's good though, and they have expressive arms too.

As for the audio I don't think there is credit in the description is there?

Keep it up though!

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[The Stairs]

lmao! XD This really shouldn't be as entertaining as it is... the pacing, the voicing, the concept too... all in all this just ticks all the right boxes somehow.

Good fun. You've got some truly original ideas going here too.

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