Galan0's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Top Gun 2]

As soon as I saw the guy standing off a bridge, I knew exactly what you were doing lol. Clever idea :P

[New Eden - Slappin' Slug]

Personally, I like this series. Sure, the animation is mostly tweens, the characters joints/body parts look like symbols over layers, and the lip syncing is lazily done; however, I find this is a different classification on how cartoons are done nowadays. Anyone to say this takes less talent is wrong because a lot of successful cartoons are the exact same way--sometimes it just works.

The style of this cartoon may be, as some might say, "lazy", but in order for a series--web series especially--to come out with new episodes every week some sacrifices must be made. Animation takes a lot of time and labor; it's either hire inbetweeners or more animators, or just do some "lazy" animation.

Now, the only thing I don't like about the "lazy animating" is the mouth syncing/movements. I mean, it could be done a lot better than stretching and scewing the mouth for an entire word or part of a sentence. I find lip syncing one of the most important things on a character.

Other than that, the backgrounds are awesome, the plot has an open door for ideas, and the humor is above average. The voice acting is nice, the designs are great, and the mixed genre (from comedy, to action, to comedy) is great. I really want to see more episodes! This series is pretty good so far!

NewEdenseries responds:

Thanks for the comment. Glad you get where we're coming from. We spent quite a bit of time figuring out the best production process that worked for us. Everyone has their own approach and this is what ended up working for us. Cheers!

[Pacific]

Amazing job. Haven't seen a quality sprite movie for a long time. The song went perfectly with the movie. I noticed you dedicated this to Edd Gould, but I'm surprised you didn't mention anything about Randy Solem (the VGDC guy). Either way, keep the movies coming! Welcome back too :P

Psycosis91 responds:

To be honest I had limited room in the credits. The movie is the product of Randy's death, Edd's death, and my boyfriend's hospitalisation... It was a rough time for sure.

Edd definitely meant more to me as one of my best friends, but yeah, Randy was the first person to spark my creativity, and nothing can replace that.

[Face Vagina]

You're showing up on the front page more often; I like to see that :) . The animation is smooth and your backgrounds are done well. Only thing I've been wondering is if you've considered shading your characters at all.

Keep it up man, I wanna see some more :D .

[BEEBO part 11]

I've been waiting for your return for a very long time now. I memorized a bunch of lines from some of my favorite episodes. This series was by far my favorite back in the day and I never thought I would ever see another one--figured you fell off the face of newgrounds like some of the others. Keep 'em coming man, I love this stuff :)

[Double Dragon DragonsTale]

I don't understand how a project like this only got 5th place; in my opinion, this deserved a higher score. The animation was awesome, and it really brought back some good memories of this game. Any chance you have a link to the actual video before it was rotoscoped?

kalabor106 responds:

I still have the videos on my computer. I guess I could make a short video of the before and after rotoscope. Just not sure where I'd upload it.

[Brofox Assault]

Who gives a shit if it looks like egoraptor, I liked it. People make their own Awesome series videos all the time, and they dont get ridiculed for it. I found this was a little humorous since StarFox64 used to be my favorite game back in elementary school (never played the others, but this video kinda makes me wanna pick up a copy), and the animation looked--if anything--forced to be sloppy just to get it's point across; if not that, then it's a great start for a FIRST MOVIE. People have their influences, it's like a band sounding like another band because they like their music.
Be proud dude. You got Front-Paged. :)

Brojack responds:

Agreed with the whole band reference mate :) I'm glad you enjoyed this video, and I'm so happy that I got front page, it has made my week :D
Glad you see it my way brolinator :)