Doodler's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Phillip the Tennis Ball]

An example of great art... but terrible story.

In terms of general aesthetic, your animation was exceptional. You guys are truly skilled illustrators, but your story and directing was honestly the worst I've seen in a long time. Your sense of humor was shotgunned at us in a quantity-over-quality fashion, which was probably fun to make but could have used significant revision. I'd really recommend collaborating with someone to do your scripting, and then let your visual creativity enhance it. I look forward to seeing stuff from you two in the future, but try to consider your audience and work on the humor a bit :)

ZekeySpaceyLizard responds:

no.

[All Your Base DX 2006]

Meh... Could have done so much more!

This entry was fine and all, but it really didn't pay proper homage to the damage that AYB has done to society. What I wanted to see were unphotoshopped images of actual AYB infiltration ... surely there were many comics, social commentary, etc., that included or mentioned AYB! Who cares about bad photoshop jobs? It's been done, and in fact, it's been done 5 years ago (hence the anniversary). I'm sure the more extreme of you nerds have defaced public property in some way as a tribute to AYB... why not show that? In my opinion, AYB's legacy holds much more value than its shoddy sequel.

Sonucais responds:

Good review.

[Pallid Fingers 2]

Lots of ideas, but needs just as much work.

Although I enjoyed this animation, I couldn't make it through the entire thing. The pacing was extremely slow and the editing often sloppy. Consider using more than one perspective for shots to keep things moving, and if you're going to have everything move at the pace of a dialogue piece, make sure that every line is well thought out and witty.

There were many good ideas, and it served well as a parody, but try to cut out unnecessary pauses -- use them only for dramatic effect when necessary -- and keep the camera moving. It will make a huge difference.

Good luck in future projects! 7/10

rtil responds:

i care

[The Warrior - Battle]

Holy CRAP!

Someone actually did a walk-cycle!

Yeah, this was short and overal not THAT good, but you have some of the best walking on newgrounds =)

-Doodler

Rhade responds:

Do you have any idea how hard and boring that was?

[Zero Wing]

Well, it was 'ok'...

There is obviously a lot of effort put into this movie, and the backgrounds have been put together wonderfuly...it's very stylish, but the Animations could have been a lot better, and the main graphics (ships, etc) were only decent...
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Sorry, I am trying to vote honestly. This is a good movie, but it's not the best i've seen.
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-Doodler

TFX responds:

For the animations: I agree. A lot of the animations were done on-the-fly, or I did them as I went along. A lot of Definity's explosions will be based around the ship's parts (the ships will be segmented for explosions and such) and much more will be done in pre-production. I've learned a lot from this project.

As for ship design: I can agree, too. I wanted the ships to look sharp while not killing people's machines. I say screw to that in the next one. I'll try and crank up the detail level on various things (perhaps not the human figures) but like space objects or the 3D shots and whatnot.

Thanks for the review! :)

[Rabbi Blazo/HelterSkelter]

GREAT ANIMATION!

I agree, the sound was rather annoying at times, but this movie had some of the best overal animation on newgrounds. *gasp* There were walk cycles, actual HAND DRAWN 3d rotations and all kinds of physics (such as the shirt flapping in the wind) that are hardly seen in other movies.
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If only this involved a lot of killing, naked chicks and drugs, it would be #1 in the portal.

-Doodler

Schmuckoid responds:

Actually.. there wasn't anything in this animation that was hand drawn, lol. It was all done with a mouse.. heh.

[Stick Slayer: Episode One]

Ah....you bastard...

This movie almost made me laugh and cry at the same time...because of you, i dont get to win the NG shirt...bastard =P

Oh well, since I cant rip off your idea I think ill be stuck with my own =(

Good Job!

-Doodler

Ben-Spurgin responds:

I get a shirt??