jmtb02's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Japanse Man vs. The Bunny]

Great Work

For simple line art, it was very well put together. I appreciated the amount of work that went into such a simple animation. Keep up the good work!

[FBF: Art Form]

Quest for artistic excellence?

I think its awesome that you are trying to push for more quality in FBF in the portal, and more kudos because of the work that goes into it. Heck, I am a frame-by-frame animator, and I see people running through the portal with crap all the time.

However, I cannot think of any good reason to stop anyone from submitting bad fbf into the portal. Half of them are n00bs, who are trying out flash for the first or second time. They may get blammed, however, they are trying their best and they are trying to make it as a flash animator. I remember launching my first submissions and getting well below a 2.5. It's just a matter of starting somewhere. Yes, I do believe that some of the blammed submissions are crap-ass trying to get attention for nothing. But some fbf's that are blammed are okay in my mind for beginners. Let them get blammed, thats what the portal is for.

You seem angry that everyone is running towards FBF collabs and that quality is shrinking. Well of course it is! Tons of people are trying out this trendy flash "art form", as you call it, and are trying it out. In my mind, this is a great thing! You know what disney animation studios did? They dumped almost their whole original animation department to make way for 3d animators. Those original animators were the masterminds of FBF, the best of the best, and they all worked in collab together for the common cause of good FBF. If anything, I am happy that Newgrounds has become a haven for a new breed of FBF animators. The artform is dying, and there's a site like this to revive it. Good or bad quality, it is FBF altogether.

Yours is good. Don't get me wrong. But it would have been nicer without the attitude that FBF is for the first and best. I have been in several contests and film festivals, one of my FBFs is traveling in the Media That Matters Film Festival, and if I inspire someone to try out simple line animations in FBF, I will be pleased. It may be crap, but I will tell them to press on, because FBF is a dying breed.

Good job on this one. But remember, spectacular effects can also be done by tweening. Its not all about the FBF.

-jmtb02, fellow FBF'er

theY4Kman responds:

I cannot agree with you more. I'm complaining because the quality is continuily decreasing...At an alarming rate. Only for the past few days has this happened, and it is very weird.

FBF is the only way to make a truly amazing and breathtaking animated film. Tweens can get you far enough, but once you step past the line of a 2.3 or so, you need FBF.

It is true that it is dying, and my simple, short dot-and-line animations suck badly, but it is one step forward to reviving the best animation in the planet.

Let others submit crappy FBFs, for the experience, not for shock factor. Make the annoying, trippy lines, but don't scare me. Hone your skills, for the only way to bring FBF to its best state is to show everybody its true power!

[Foamy: Hurricane Special]

Good Humor

Movie was hilarious in the audio context, but given the short amount of time needed to release it, I could understand the lack of animation. In response to lolomfgisuck, who is the idiot below this review...

Did they really have a week's warning that a Cat. 5 hurricane was coming? I thought it was a catagory 1 when it hit Florida. Oh, and how the hell do you predict your hurricanes? There was no indication that they would ever get hit with a hurricane that hard. And seriously, if YOU saw someone drowning in water, wouldn't you go and save them. Honestly, this animation is not the messed up one, you are. For hell that you need safety training. I know better then to leave someone dying. Seriously, you are totally insensitive to the situation. Next time I see you drowning in a river, Ill have to second thought your return to shore. If anything this flash is using its humor to help people realize that the media is an overdrawing, "focused on sales", free-for-all, and that people are idiots for taking advantage of a storm like this to loot and steal from stores.

I appreciate this flash, and the humor helps bring some sense to the crap going on in Louisiana and neighboring states. Hope things recover there quickly.

[Malltime Musings 4]

Great Once Again

Obviously, another great addition to Malltime Musings. Keep it up!

[Malltime Musings 3]

Nice

Congrats on Front Page! I knew someday this series would get on the fp, it was just a matter of time. Keep up the good work, cant wait to crank out our next collab!

--jmtb02

[Malltime Musings 2]

Once Again, Classic

This series is really picking up, the humor in it is at its best! Congrats on another great submission, keep up the good work! Can't wait for a third.

--jmtb02

[Malltime Musings 1]

Humor at its prime

This is the kind of animation I would put on the front page. It is damn funny, its to the point, and its humor is completely original! I love the graphics, voices, everything worked so well. Congrats on this one, hope you continue your awesome work!

["Yeah" fbf collab part]

Frame by frame?

This doesnt look like frame by frame... it all looks like tweening to me. I could be looking at it wrong, but really, it looks like the same symbol motion tweened over and over again. Watch what you are calling frame by frame.

Otherwise, it was good. Nice concept, good job.

--jmtb02

Neko responds:

most is fbf, the only parts that arn't are the walking, everything else is

[poo man kill]

Wonderful!

Your work always impresses me, your fluidness between your tweening and your fbf style is great. Your topic is also very interesting, good choice. Hope you continue your work!

[Just Skate]

Very "Play"esque

Looks a lot like the Play animation, except with skateboarding. Not quite original, but it still was pretty well done. I can tell you took a lot of time doing it. Good job.

--jmtb02