TheCriminalDuder's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Rats On Cocaine - Ep #10]

Why I love this series?

The characters are fuckin' great and the jokes a brutally entertaining.
Love the animation and the singing pussy + cuts were great.
"I forgot to change him." lol
I hung out with a lot of E-tards last summer and ya nailed the e-tard personality.
I wish this stuff wasn't just on NG but TV - it's bloody great.

ApocalypseCartoons responds:

etards...hehehe...

[Tom & the Afro-Ninja Sigs]

Bahaha!

I didn't even join in the fad, but that just made my day. lol
Interesting way to do mouths, but I think you could make 'em better. :3
The mindchamber bit at the end was my fav.

Kart-Man responds:

Yeah, I probably could've. Thanks, Mr. Mullet Man! :)

[Rats on Cocaine - Ep # 9]

Brutally Entertaining.

Wonderful shots and I never get tired of the characters.
I'd like to see you take it to a higher level of insanity though.

ApocalypseCartoons responds:

higher?

[Mastermind]

ZOMG TITS!!!

I totally came! :P

I love the art style you used in this. The colors allwork so dang well and it's all so smooth. The changing angels were awesome too. I'd just like to see the Mastermind himself stand up a bit, I'm curious. :3

Also: I totally didn't just review this now cause I'm partying and it's funny how making tits the icon forced this up to #10(and rising). ^^

The-Swain responds:

Well, I like to think that the icon is attracting views but the cartoon is what's earning the score :(

Also, you just want to see Mastermind stand up so you can check out his package. Don't worry, it's terribly gargantuan. And also, he stands in ep.3, whenever I get around to making it.

[The Halloween Party]

Good artwork but animation needs work.

The art was great. Mainly due to the shading. Try adding some more lighting effects. Just a simple low set yellow to white gradiat works great. Color bleeding is good effect too. Figure out the most common color of the scene/shot then cover the entire stage with it and set the alpha really low. (Like.. 7-15ish) Adds a great effect as it's easier on the eyes for viewers.
Your lip sync needs a lil' work. The size of the mouths aren't a problem at all. I could tell the audio was off a bit at times. Just try setting the audio to stream or changing the flash publish settings audio bit rate down to about 46-56 and quality to medium. It's rarely noticiable and works great. Add a few more mouths. All I saw was the standard opened, closed, and teeth mouth. No "O" mouth.
Eye movements and body movements durring lines are good too. The one characters eyes and brows didn't move at all. Which gave a stale effect.
Also: For your shots. You instantly had a close up. If you don't have a Vcam I highly reccomend it. If you do but are simply just cutting to a close up don't. Zoom in even if it's a 2 second zoom. It's easy on the guys and holds the same effect.

And finally... Rudy you dog. You say you hate mullet but both those dude had mini-mullets goin' on. :3
Keep up the good work man. Your lucky to be young. Ya got more time to practice. :P

Rudy responds:

I tried to zoom in for the effect, but the Vcam made EVERYTHING lag when trying to tween it in and out which was my main problem. I'm trying to keep up the good work, and mullets are fairly acceptable... No, scratch that, they aren't. :) Hah.

I lost inspiration and just copied the same lip movements from other lines, I just didn't feel like working on it anymore.

[Jim Day 07]

lol Poor Jim.

I really like your series. You have an unique style to it and it's good to see your improving it.
My only problems are they're no voice overs for the characters. The VA club on NG can get you all the voices you need and heck ask me and I'll VA for ya too. (I VA alot in my toons. :P)
Anyway if your just avioding the Voices to aviod lip sync then just pull an illwillpress and just have them talk and move with know mouths.

Also: I'm looking forward to what evil jary will bring. ^^

Jimtopia responds:

A great plot is already in the works for Jary, just you wait.

[Newgrounds Blamming]

Ya know what.

Despite it bein' short. You've really improved in flash. I remember your first submission. You definately will be winning an award in the future if you keep this up.
Maybe make a series or something. Storylines = goodness.

PostTimeskipSam responds:

Thanks, I am creating a series the script for episode one is done and it seems funny just need to complete the character models and backgrounds.

[RIP Advent-Sinner]

RIP Advent-Sinner

He was a good guy. We'll miss him...
At least he went out like a man, doing something we all love doing... Racing.

TheMightyChicken responds:

Thank you for your best wishes, I just wish he didn't have to go out at all. If only he were still here...

[Connection]

Not bad.

It wasn't that bad actually. The lip sync that was done was down well. Each character was unique. The backgrounds were creative and fit the enviroment. Your mouths were done greatly along with your eyes and heads. If you spent more time and improved the characters bodys and added some shading for depth and maybe some lighting affects you could go far. You have the potential. Believe me I can tell.

PostTimeskipSam responds:

Thanks, Although near the end I slacked on the lip sync then started to lip sync again. Ok thanks even though shading looks awesome I really didn't add it on the characters!