Cyberdevil's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Line of Work Mission 3]

Another good one! Feels like some turns of events were a bit messier here, the red thread less clear, but such is maybe the nature of flashbacks... seemed a little strange for example that Python just asks one random pedestrian about the butcher at first, and then takes a Taxi when said pedestrian doesn't know the answer. Would've assumed he'd gone to the shop right away, or taken a taxi there right away. Also a little confusing how the butcher is suddenly called Yanni when on location, though he's referred to as the butcher initially. Little details like this seem like they could've been a bit more polished script-wise.

Otherwise I love the atmosphere in this one! It feels grittier, the black and white with certain flashbacks was a nice touch, the lightning's atmospheric - especially early on the lighting and transitions with each scene are so good, the soundtrack's perfect, the sound effects too - even that ringing sound right after a shot - details that really take some forethought to include.

Feels like the latter half or so of animation might've been a bit more rushed than the first, not the same attention to detail or atmosphere always, but overall this just keeps getting better and better, and what a twist at the end! Looking forward to seeing where this leads next!

Love the character introductions too. Seems like the show's getting started for real now!

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Mejson responds:

Whoa, big comment! Well, the first part - interesting conclusions, it's possible that non-animators perceive differently and these are the consequences :P

[Sublo and Tangy Mustard - Nightclub]

Always impressed by how interesting these are even with the so commonly seeming slice-of-life-like setting, the complementing personality contrasts with Sublo and Tangy - with the daunting dance moves - and Katy with her temporary creative crisis and confidence lows, soft club music that keeps an appreciably even volume even when it blows people away, and you for maybe the first time ever catch a glimpse of Sublo's propeller...

It flows so naturally, yet so immersively, with relatable social nuances, miniature conflicts, amusingly animated motions and demeanor... the smearing session was a wonderfully wonky stretch too, and though nobody ever goes out of the way to offer any direct life advice it always turns out right after all, and shows you the way, out of the club, onto the arts, back to bouts of armpit bubblegum and friendship.

Thoroughly enjoyable; I always wonder why. Some secret formula in these just works so well; makes these entertain so in the most unexpectedly casual way, though maybe this one did get a bit wilder than usual...

Awesome work; looking forward to the next one!

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Aaron-Long responds:

thanks for writing such a long review, I liked reading your thoughts on it!

[Valentines short]

lmao XD

This was fun. Loving effort; deserved ending! Good stuff.

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ShiraCartoonz responds:

Thank you! ^^

[Funny Prank XD]

A prank that really only works in the Madness realm. XD

Good one. The selfie style's a creative touch too, not sure I've ever seen that used with madness before.

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Grunt1 responds:

oh wow i didnt expect anyone popular to see this thanks

[Artifacts]

Getting that sudden ending after reading the 'Unknown runtime' bit in the description somehow makes this all the more entertaining. XD

This was great, and went way deeper than I'd expected it too! Getting nigh existential in regard to what forms the creative landscape as we know it; what an important foundation for leaving a legacy the tools we have for making things really provide. New tools though... will we ever have a need for them when we can still use Flash? When there's Ruffle too?

This was such an awesome showcase, and testament to it's potential. With visuals way beyond the artifacts you'd traditionally relate to a Flash animation - but plenty of those nostalgic ones to at the most suitable point. Appreciate the narration!

I learned some things too, like line boiling, it's a technique I've seen used but never knew the process or name of! Took me way to long just to find the onion skin feature, and later on I at some time assumed you traced frames using that to get that line boiling effect. It never looked right though. This is so much easier.

Awesome work; awesome homage! #FlashForever

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Emrox responds:

iirc the "boiling" term came from someone at AKA Cartoon [update: this is way false], where they actually would manually redraw every line three times with a leaky pen (maybe the leaky pen was apocryphal?) So people on the internet would call it a bunch of different things that I can't remember rn, stuff like "wobbling" or "squiggling" or whatever.

You know what's funny is people on internet forums used to just make up words for stuff like that, and then other people would go around using those words that the one guy made up like they were official canonized animation terms they read in a disney book or something. I remember a kid (who I later befriended) criticizing me for using too much "snap" animation - another term for "smears" coined by a guy named "ThorClodOfBlunders." I don't know if it makes sense that I think that that's a funny story, but it has something to do with dumb kids all pretending they know what they're talking about to eachother.

Anyway, thank you for enjoying this thing! I enjoyed making it!

[All Your Michael Jacksons Are Belong To Us]

Ahh it's Michael's voice! For a moment didn't recognize it, was waiting for some imagery or other edits with the words related to him... this ain't bad but feels like you could've done more editing. With the video too. It's just the classic reel. Doesn't match the thumbnail.

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HenriDeadMort responds:

Sadly I've got no video editing skills so a thumbnail is the best I could do

[Scared of Me - Kheil Animation]

Super short shot here but yes, definitely a good one! Bad-ass one liner.

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BMBrice responds:

Thanks ^^

[Emo cat gets quason]

Well that was fun. :D

Felt like the backing vocals might've matched a male better, but maybe the image of Mario saying that line in that one other animation on the same meme is just permanently etched in my mind; I can't see anyone else more suitable...

Looks/sounds good overall! Nice main character. Nice work.

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renaissancekid responds:

Thank you!! and yeah I did see that Mario skit although I did have that idea a little bit before in my mind so I thought to myself what the heck lol

[TRIPPING BALLS]

Oh this was trippier than I expected! :D Just the three faces but they morph and loop so well, and so does the background... the pattern there seems all the more difficult to discern, is it a pattern, is it more like a spectrogram of sorts... towards the end that bit reaaally gets trippy! Curious if it's all automatic though? Seems all the more complex if not, and you barely even notice at first...

Trippy stuff.

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chicogenerico responds:

oh well! the background its a trippy video i found on the internet and edited with the pixelation of clip champ , i think it also looks extremly trippy towards the end and i love how it turned out... probably cause i was also tripping balls when i made it.

[Clock]

And it actually works! It's actually an actual clock! :O That seems eternally stuck on the time at which you first view it. Like time is eternally frozen. Like it's Clock Day forever. Hell yeah.

Intriguing. Don't think I ever learned the AS for time-related functionality like this...

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Little-Rena responds:

CLOCK