Cyberdevil's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Getting Drunk]

YOLOing to the fullest! At the start I was thinking the narration could use some more empathy, some more intensity, but at the end it's just perfect, hilarity ensuing from the slight monotony of dialog - and there are those random comments that break the pattern every once in a while too, good variation. Script's good fun; the animation backs it up, even if it's a topic I don't really relate to. Keep it going!

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[WOT: Lemming Train!]

Hmm, animation was good, but as for plot or puns - I'm lost. Least the lemming train's described in the description, but the joke... I'm not getting it. Probably because I don't play the game. Would be cool with jokes that don't depend on a select audience to get across. Keep it going though!

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[Ultimate showdown]

A pretty awesome fight! Nice how it fetches inspiration in techniques from both Naruto, One Piece, DBZ and... well probably plenty of series I don't recognize as well. It's long, smooth and intense. Nice work!

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[Urine trouble now]

Haha, so that's how it all ends... nice to know the fate of humanity rests upon competent shoulders! :P Sketchy style works well, and the green/orange style of color is pretty interesting too. Nice work!

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[The Crystal of Zanthar]

Really nice work on the scenery! Both the effects and visual details. The plot kicks in right away, our hero nears whatever place he's nearing, a nemesis appears, and the king fares his fears just before the hero appears and gets that sphere. Looking forward to the continuation!

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CroMagg responds:

Thanks! I hope I get to finish it!

Cheers!

[Mission to Mars]

Hah, genius. My first thought was they'd be delivering pizza, considering the form of that box. Nice one though! ANimation's slick and colorful too; voicing clear and easy to hear. Keep it going!

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brynimation responds:

Thanks Cyber devil! You know, my mum actually mentioned that the box was to thin before I uploaded it. Thanks for the kind review!

["A Virtual League of Thei]

That is one loooong list of credits! Twas an entertaining game too, though surprisingly little happens. With that intense view of the spectators at the start I was expecting more, for them all to be involved somehow... and we don't even get to see the fight scenes. :/ Dialog is good, but apart from the final shot, there is little more than dialog! Keep it going.

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[NATA2014: Heart-To-Heart]

Hmm, the plot's a real mystery in this one! From the start I assume the guy in the space shuttle's going to help that girl on the transmission, so he boots up and gets out the gun and shoots... the rope of someone about to hang himself? His son? A completely unrelated character (did he miss what he was actually aiming for? was that the point; pun?)? When he's spinning around in space from the recoil, it's impossible to see his expression, so if he did what he set out to do is impossible to know. Is there a message here that family's closest, or a pun on extreme precision, or something I'm not getting at all?? Animation was nice though, smooth and colorful, simple and stylish.

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Whirlguy responds:

I decided against having any voice acting in the movie, because I wanted to keep everything a mystery until the very end. Your review tells me I succeeded :)

Having no voice actors has its downsides though. The woman on screen for example. She got desperate about her son's state and sneaked into the headquarters to tell her husband that he's become suicidal. The mix of mystery and urgency didn't work out too well.

I hope everyone understood it would be something along those lines.

[Toons To Wear Pants To]

An impressive mixture of animations! Was expecting more songs to wear pants to songs, probably because: title, but it's a masterful mesh, all types of styles and themes and sounds in the background. The instrumental music seems to give a much bigger freedom in animating than the ones with lyrics, but it seems like the ones with lyrics are the funner ones to listen to, where you need to actively engage both senses (I mean, to interpret sound rather than let the visuals carry it forward). Animation's incredibly fluid and creative, and the amount of these make it seem like I'd an expect an entire collab would be - would be a fun idea for a collab too, animating shorts for certain music. Great work with this!

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AcidX responds:

It would have been nice to do more. I think the plan was originally to release a few of these and do more Songs to Wear Pants to... However, as it got left so long, it just became a big mass of shitty clips and little skits. I like the stark contrast of opinions about this lol.

[Bryan Singer]

lol, unexpected encounter. Animation; narration is great, and a well-carried-out surprise effect! Not sure if there's a point to it all, but fun it was. Nice work!

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