Cyberdevil's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Stranger Forest]

This was awesome, in terms of animation as much as in setting and atmosphere. Everythings smooth and atmospheric, the eyes glow, the screens flare, the shadows loom, the lighting plays upon the floor, bubbles rise in the tank... it's all very visual. Really cool idea with the aquarium TV, the whole concept of a robot world, both inspiring and depressing. There's moral, there's mood, theres machinery... a masterful movie!

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[NeptuneCircle 4th of July]

Haha, it's a game! All of a sudden the wiimote doesn't seem that deadly after all, then it goes bananas. :P Appreciate the easter egg, and appreciate the entertaining conversation too. Creative!

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[Censorship ROCKS!]

Haha, at least NG doesn't censor! :D Great lesson, and that mixture of animation and real photos for faces was awesome... though it'd be even more so if that went for all characters, not just the main ones. Keep it going!

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[The Agony of Mrs. Claus]

It's missing... an end! Great start, but what's the pun? Where's the fun? What happens? Animation and voice acting is flawless though, keep it going!

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[Leaf 2]

lmao, that ending! Simple animation, genius idea. Keep it going!

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[Ninja Action - 4]

Woo, another great dose of action! I'm glad it's back to the original wild and dangerous style of carnage, and the addition of plot's a welcome entry, too, I didn't mind the lack of it, but now that a story has emerged it seems all the more exciting. Also appreciate the subtitles. :) The mixture of experiment subjects, ninjas, egents, the odd characters... it's a perfect blend. So much variation, so much detail, so fluid animation. Looking forward to the next one!

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[Grape]

Awesome experiment! It's not like the traditional FBF animations out there, not only in how the color's a choice of the user, but in how there's plenty of tweens and transitions mixed in, and I'm unsure if some of these effects are programmed particle effects or if it's all frame by frame? Also wondering, to use these different colors, is only the background color changed, and everything else is black? And is it changed through actionscript or is each color a seperate sequence of frames? That'd be interesting to know, overall this was a fun experience, varied, long, with ambient music and empowering motion, full of force. Keep it going!

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BryanV responds:

Thank you! Everything's made with Flash. The particles were done frame by frame (which was a very fun experience for me ). Initially, everything would be black and white. I then placed a colored movie clip on top of everything and gave it a blend mode of Multiply which pretty much turns everything white into the color of the movieclip.

[Paladin: The Final Battle]

Haha, a bit of a gap in power there! :D I remember the Paladin series, been ages since I watched that... this did a nice job mimicking the original style too, though I seem to remember the real one didn't have so dark outlines, I'll have to go back to that some time. Nice work!

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