jmtb02's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[ShoBizNewsyNews #36]

Falls Flat

This installment, as well as the series, has completely fell flat. The jokes were not humorous, little effort was put into it, and for an animation that relies on humor, it fails to meet expectations.

There's a time and a place to let a series go. The user input from reviews should have made you realize this by now. The original concept was an interesting idea, but has now turned into a poorly executed comedy. Childish humor and name calling were a ridiculous way to approach a comical piece, and it shows. Maybe next time we'll see a bit more than a lackluster commentary paired with boring animation and content.

-jmtb02

["Sunshine"]

Loved It

You captured the emotion of this guy perfectly. The graphical style and illustration of the entire piece was amazing. I loved the simple yet effective character, and how it was an immediate bond with the audience for his well being. Great job, you are an excellent storyteller all around.

-John

Luke-Millett responds:

This is the best review for this piece yet.

[Happy TalkLikeaPirate Day]

Aye!

Yarr! Ye be servin' upa mighty fine treasure thar. The arrrrrrrrrt was fine and yur voices were golden, yer skallywags.

-John

kinggila responds:

BlueHippo's voices were golden! :D

[TooF Leaves]

Why quit?

I am not quite sure about why the Toof series is leaving Newgrounds. Obviously, there are many more fans then there are TooF haters. Sure, you became the center of attention during the TooF Parody rampage of August, but I am still puzzled why the series is seeking a new home.

The TooF series was an incredibly original idea, something that many people never expected when they opened that Flash file for the first time. Simple tween animations fused with great character design, within a restrained environment provided a medley of quirky antics and random-ass battles and musical numbers. The voice acting was well done, the style was simple but enough to make a difference, and the setting was enough to return to episode after episode.

But the downfall of the TooF series was the fact that the author decideded to release the submissions far too close together, causing a few different problems. First, it allowed for a mass of fandom and popularity for the series to spring up to quickly. Secondly, the response to one of the TooF parodies by the author (with a comeback animation) fueled the opposition by drawing lines (even if it wasn't the author's intention, which it was not). And finally, the tiring of the series due to the amount of parodies. By the time the audience finally got to the TooF series, they were already fed up with watching several horrible renditions of the TooF storyline.

The author has decided to move the series away from Newgrounds, which I feel is only going to leave the people who enjoyed it most depressed and the people who enjoyed it least claiming victory. I think you, the author, has the responsiblity of stepping up above the cloud of a few TooF haters, and making your way towards continuing your series here on Newgrounds.

You are a popular artist. You are going to get hated on for all the right and wrong reasons. Every post you make on the forums will be judged a second or third time now. You were King of the Portal. Stamper even put your picture in his sig. Obviously, there is something more to be earned here then a few 13 year olds who have a need to band together and drive down your work.

Your series is golden. You have a great style and touch when it comes to your series, and as much as we hated seeing the portal clogged with TooF parodies, the compromise of your work being driven down because of it is now over. Hopefully you will realize the potential of what your series can offer, and instead of saying goodbye to Newgrounds, possibly bring back your series in a new light.

-jmtb02

MACception responds:

Awesome review, to which there were many good parts. But, you must see that what I am doing is the solution to one of the problems you stated. I'm taking away the mass flood of TooF animations.

I couldn't only do one TooF a month or 2, that's just not what TooF is for. SO, I'll do my weekly on the site, and then every so often put something on NG to keep it fresh.

I dunno.

[Bbq-ish Space Race]

Becoming Legend

You are definitely becoming a celebrity, and now a daily award?! Congratulations, your animation and simplistic style are all your own, I love it.

-jmtb02

Bbqbeefburgerman responds:

Yes it appears to be so. Thank you.

[BM's: Bear]

Great job BM

Underrated, of course, but I loved your character and his simple escapade on to the local road. It is a really interesting, unique character. I hope you continue your storylines in these small little increments and continue to show us where this little messed up bear is going.

-jmtb02

BritishMoose responds:

I'd never intended to continue this project, but after a review like that, I must say, it seems like a good idea. Perhaps a longer episode comprised of short "chapters", similar to the one cartoon posted here?
Thanks very much for the review!

[The Death of Dailytoons]

The Little Syndicate that Could

It was love, it was hate, but it was definitely something. The Star Syndicate had that amazing power to do some incredibly scary, horrible, strange, or flat out awesome. Either way, the work you guys put together over the past few years has been the essence of everything Newgrounds summed up in one giant klondike bar.

You will be missed. Your goals were definitely accomplished, and with style. You created both flash that was so bad it was funny, and flash that was so funny it was awesome. You strove for pure crap to recieve golden reviews, and made some amazing artwork that always made me question how the heck you guys were the same animatiors. You made an impression on Newgrounds that few would ever achieve. Poser SS groups sprung up left and right after your riegn, but few had the power that the syndicate had earned.

Good luck to all of your animators, and hope we see you all in the future.

-jmtb02

[The Phobia Collab]

Eliminate your sorrows

Sure, your collab wasn't the best collab ever created.

There's going to be people giving you crap for the score you got and the overall quality, but I think instead of getting down about it, you guys will just need to take what you learned from this collab and use it for your future releases.

A lot of you guys were new, and a lot of you are just starting out with flash. Granted the little time I have known some of you guys on the BBS, you guys did a great job on some parts. The use of sound effects was a lot better than a lot of animations floating around the portal, and the humor on some of them were great. The duck was my favorite part, so whoever made that, good job with the humor.

All in all, you guys did okay. And you guys had fun making it, right? :). See you around the BBS.

-jmtb02

KyleDaFox responds:

Yeah, you can't always do good. It was still an OK try!!! Thanks for the nice review and constructive criticsm, I really needed to see that in reviews.

[Pass the Flash 2]

Awesome!

Awww, you guys are so sweet to put me in the credits :). Great job on this animation, some of your techniques were incredible. I loved the flow and the music, each worked incredibly well together! Hope to see another, you guys did a great job.

-jmtb02

[The CCs humble beginnings]

Nice!

Congrats, this submission was amazing! Humor, graphics, and storyline was perfect... and its great for someone like me who does not know much about Clockcrew. Best submission I have seen today, great job!

RupeeClock responds:

Haha, thanks much pal. :)