jmtb02's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[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.

[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. :)

[Pick Up]

Everything that is good about animation!

I have been watiting for this project to finish for some time now, I have been so impressed by the artwork and style, so to finally see it grace the portal is fantastic. The humor, the audio, the animation, everything was above par. The characters were developed cleanly and nicely, and the backgrounds were amazing. The music worked perfectly, and geez, everything was just so polished and perfect.

You have an amazing talent, so keep with it! I hope to see more from you in the future... you are definitely becoming one of my favorite artists :).

-jmtb02

Skaijo responds:

I already look up to you as a Flash masta'. To hear this come from you has really made my day. I seriously appreciate the love.

[LL - Rewrite]

Phenomenal

The animation and graphics in this collaboration were amazing. Congrats to all that worked together to achieve such an awesome submission, and I hope to see more from all these authors in the future.

-jmtb02

Wonchop responds:

Ta, man

[GAY SHIT 11]

And again...

Spread the love :). If not for the music, I might have tried to bury this one, since the flashing yen signs made me want to hate life. But otherwise, you guys are two for two in your mastery of the humble art of insanity. Great job once more.

Cheers,
jmtb02

TheSoulMan responds:

<Insert happy face here>

[Bunnycat]

Great!

I have always admired your work. Your tweening and everything about your animation and graphics have always been polished. You deserve a lot of respect for that.

I love the simple ingenuity behind the story. While it doesn't have to do with much, it is nonetheless entertaining and made me laugh. Great job, great short, will appreciate to see more!

-jmtb02

Wonchop responds:

Ta very muchly

[fetimo-heart]

Great

This is one of those movies that has a great feel to it. The visual components are amazing... I mean, the graphics are not superb compared to other popular flash titles, but it works so well with the animation that it only helps the animation.

I thought you did a great job on this, the whole animation was done well. I hope you continue your efforts as a flash artist and continue to submit to Newgrounds. Thanks for the awesome submission. Very different from many I have seen.

-jmtb02

zoetrope responds:

he,your giving me a big ego boost!

[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!

["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

[NGs' Guide to Reviewing!]

appreciated

Really, I think what you have here is a gem. The Newgrounds community has been plagued with the overabundance of bad reviewers, who will use their deep intllectual minds to produce ridiculous one-word reviews, and call it a review.... and mark zero in all categories.

But Newgrounds strikes a careful balance in that regard. For every poor review, theres going to be a massively awesome review, where someone is going to be too nice and give too high a score. If there was an elimination of either side, there would be a huge imbalance.

However, getting back to your piece, I thought it was informational. It was good in telling us what we need to know, however, what people really want is interaction or animation. Slideshows just are not glitzy enough to get people to stop in awe. My proposition is the infuse some comedic animation or some kind of interactive game... you kind of had the right idea with the quiz.

Anywho, hope people will read this and catch the drift.

--jmtb02

Potski responds:

Me too, thanks for your review and suggestions.