Cyberdevil's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Ninja'd - a ninja's tale]

Not that there's really much of a tale in this, but it was an interesting watch. There's plenty of jumping and running around, and a city which I didn't realize was actually a city until he jumped into it (might want to add some windows or something). The surroundings aren't always very detailed but there's plenty of detail in the main character. The one point where he enters his apartment, especially, the movements seem unnaturally natural. Good work!

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[Stick Animation Contest]

Well this was a fun watch. Apart from the occasional silent animation, it's a great collaboration. It turns out the sound really does a lot for stick animations, but the different styles of sticks and the quality shifts all work together in the end, style shifting along with colors and, when therer are sound effects, it's refreshing that those are different as well. Nice work!

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[Color Collab]

Dymanic.

It's always great seeing clashes of differnt styles and concepts in movies like this. Happy to hear a few favorite tracks along with the animation in this one, and the mixtures of FBF and other stles is nice. There's rays, reflections, stunts, all kinds of stuff. I was wondering how the different topics would all be related to color, but it turns out it was just the color. My favorite is probably the Blue one, simple and stylish. Nice work!

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[Everything You Know Is Wrong]

Awesome.

This whole movie is ust one complete episode of randomness. Flying bacon, people ripping their faces off, car crashes, cows flying by, a clash of graphical styles, the circulating banana, portals, hah, the animation just keeps changing. All the time! So much creativity packed in this, and it syns perfectly too the music as well. Great work!

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[Son of the Apprentice]

Well that was unexpected, the door getting kicked down, that menacing voice... it wasn't what I was expecting when the initial stick figure popped up. Overall it's a really varied mixxture of styles, some Pokemon (?) interface, blur effects, stick figures, real muscly body-structures, simple figures, photoshop (?) backgrounds, real photos with lipsync... it's all like one big experiement. It's a bit like a collab in how all the different styles are mixed. Looks good!

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[SummerShorts]

The beginning kind of reminded me of Resident Evil. Not sure why, maybe it was the music that did it, or the gray gritty layer effect above the animation. After that it completely switches in a different direction though, from dull and depressing to crazy happy, hah. Love the added NG ray transition just before the 'real animation' kicks in. Nice work!

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[Spittin' Narcissism]

Gotta love that intro transition. The whole animation is a great sprite build up, and it's not just the regular sprite fight either, it's a music video! The added subtitles are a great addition, and the music itself is great. Nice work!

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[Viva La Vida Mario]

It's with a more lifelike view of the SMB universe. After a while Mario still goes on a killing spree, but overall it's a refreshingly peaceful animation. The music fits great, and all the characters helping out. Next word Earth? Haha, that's awesome! Wasn't expecting that end. :) Keep it going!

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jackbliss responds:

Thank you so much! Btw your games rock :D

[Oxob's Demonstration]

This reminds me of Xiao Xiao. I'm wondering if it even uses the same program for animating all those 3D looking effects. When I watch this I feel like that one's still getting a bit too much hype. This has some awesome effects, like the circle of cracks on the ground after the tank explossion, the close'up of the first, all the different angles that really add a dimension to the action. Even the background, the simple white and gray, helps bring out those angles. Fitting music, great sound effects... only thing that seems a bit blocky compared to the rest of the animation is the tank. Great work!

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