smokinjoeevil's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Starcraft II]

Not quite sure what to think...

First off, I have to mention it, but your second title "The Search of Jim Raynor" makes it sound like Jim Raynor is doing the searching. It just isn't the right context to use the word "of" in. It should definitely be "The Search FOR Jim Raynor".

Otherwise, I'd have to say I wasn't overly impressed with the art/graphics. They were a bit over-done, almost too detailed, but not in a good way. Maybe too busy is a better way to put it. And the fact that this is 14 MB when it is ONLY THE PREVIEW, is quite unsettling. It wasn't even all that long. If the actual movie is larger, slower, and of similar quality, I think I will have to pass.

TheQookieMonster responds:

for crying out loud. I set everything high and i forgot to fix that. I was like "oh shit". Here ill fix it for you right now jesus.

[Secrets of B]

Flash doesn't let you zoom-in that many times.

I'm not really sure what else to say.

ArchonClock responds:

Just keep on watching and eventually it'll reach maximum zoom.
Then the complete truth is revealed.

[Newgrounds Log Bytesize]

It is still almost a half MB...

Which seems rather high for something like this. Which I assume would be posted on the site as a sort of banner ad? Seems like a large download for an ad. I like the graphics used, and the message is somewhat amusing. Not sure I like the rainbow-flashing text much. And isn't threatening that a puppy die very much like threatening that a kitten die... which seems very much like an already dead horse being beaten... severely.

Simple responds:

I suppose it is pretty high but Casualty seems pretty pleased with it.

So im not complaining.

[Paddy is Emo]

Not trying to be abusive, but honestly...

...this was really awful. Flashes like this (the animated something sitting in either a drab or epileptic-fit inducing backdrop, with some derogatory or inflammatory word(s) scribbled across the stage) is completely over-done. So is the posting it under like 10 guys names/handles, when it obviously didn't take that many people to create. So is the reply to each and every review made about the Flash with something like "Your mother's box tastes like cardboard" in all caps... and probably a couple misspellings.

I can't really even say much more about this without something being construed as an attempt at [more] offense, so I'm going to stop.

Heil responds:

UR MOTHRES BOX TASTES LIK CARDBAORD!

[Vice Faction Episode 6]

Odd character interaction...

The actions and reactions of the characters in the story were kinda strange. Like the guy who showed up because he "wanted to be where the action was", and then some girl was asking him questions like nothing dramatic (the fight) was even happening. And the two girl's being tied together by the sleeves of one of them seemed a pretty weak action to have been taken by some one with super-powers. It doesn't take super-powers to tear out of a stupid sweater. Also, I'm not exactly clear on why some big-name, secretive corporation would be interseted in acquiring a tattoo parlor. And that they would be so interested they would be willing to kill its owner? Very strange indeed. And not the mysterious sort of strange that leaves you awaiting conclusion to an amount of suspense... more like a "sure thing, whatever you say" sort of strange, that leaves you walking away and not returning the strange party's phone-calls.

The drawing and animation weren't too bad. Kinda stiff, and there were a few spots where the drawing seemed really mediocre. Like when the girls ecscape in a big blue column with yellow squiggles in it... what I guessed was suposed to be water... among a few other effects. And some of the girls looked like guys when side views of their face were what was shown.

Bishop-Supreme responds:

I would like to respond to you, since you're the only one with some constructive criticism about my animation and story.

Ok let's see... Relics's motives in joining Alyson should become more clear later on.

Caitlin asks the questions because she is more interested in why these people are fighting... than the actual fight... but apparently, Relics isn't.

The sleeves thing... well it took that power (which I won't say what it is) to tie them up without the sisters knowing it. It just took Megan a good amount of time to free her hands from the knot. They didn’t tear out of it, Megan was just working on untying the knot.. no superpowers involved in that.

The corporation is interested in acquiring everything. The actual murder of Nola (which happened in episode 1) was really only an accident.

And the drawing and animation, like I've said before... this is an old animation (I completed it about a year ago.. and I believe it is really the 8th complete animation I've ever done in my life.), but there will be definite improvements as I go along.

[Train Game Simulation 2]

You said it yourself, this is only a simulation...

... which also means that it is just a movie of a game. It has no plot, no story, no likeable characters. There is next to nothing interesting about a movie of someone playing a game, unless the game itself is something to marvel at. Unfortunately, your game leaves a lot to be desired. It is a basic quiz game, with the only twist being that your choice determines which of two paths you take on a train track... one that takes you further, and one that kills you. Ask yourself: how much different is that, really, from a quiz game in which the player simply sees a win/lose screen? It might be somewhat more interesting if the train car crashed in multiple different ways... off a cliff with one wrong answer... smashing into a brick wall the next... falling into water or something. And it would be more interesting if answering correctly won you some prize, like getting to see a new area, or graphic of some kind. But that would only be interesting until you had seen them all... and the animation and graphics would need to be much better than what you have showcased here... otherwise there goes even THAT level of interest.

I'm not trying to be a jackass here, but with your descrition tooting your own horn like you did... basically sticking your tongue out at potential reviewers and shouting "MY whistle is bigger than YOUR whistle", and touting your previous submissions as some great and powerful things because they won some mediocre award... you're really asking people to ramp up their agression before reviewing your submission. You're assaulting their egos... nobody likes a guy who looks down at them. Especially if the "pedestal" he's looking down from is actually just a telephone book.

highwatermark responds:

Sorry about that, but I passed judjment. I might as well get turd of the week now.

Thanks for the recommendations, but I'm ot going to remove the whistle statement because it's actually playing people like you to my favor; I'm losing points: fast.

BTW, my other submissions DIDN'T win any awards, but I did spend a lot of time on them.

The car will have different characters to put in, there will be a background, and everything will be more colorful.

Thanks for the long and detailed review. If you still want to complain, PM me.

[Kingdumb hearts 2 part 1]

Simply awesome...

As cool as the game mechanics and options were in the Kingdom Hearts games, they both suffered from the same horrifyingly awful writing. The stories were absolute garbage... and boy was it fun watching someone poke fun at that so adeptly. I laughed out loud at several parts... but I think one of my favorites was when the 3 heroes were running around without purpose from planet to planet, with the occassional scenbe of Sora and Goofy beating on a couple heartless thrown in. Hilarious... and not really far off from the actual storyline...

RogerregoRRoger responds:

Strange how some people say it has nothing to do with the storyline, and some like you say it does fit. Logic in some way tough, since this movie is mostly created from my confusion for the story, thuss is litterly my interpretaton of the story, so only others who are confused seem to understand where I'm going at. Ah well, many people enjoyed themselves, so I did my job again I guess.

[Megaman The Series PT.1]

Kludgy at best...

The running speed was not synched up with the animation of his feet... it made it look like he was half running in place, half actually getting somewhere. The jumping was horribly slow at points. Have you ever heard of gravity? Its that thing that causes an object to ACCELERATE as it falls. The sprites were great... but you didn't draw those. Other than that, with no dialogue or character interaction outside of Megaman blasting things, its like watching someone play one of the games... except that for some reason the game makers decided to give the game a really horrible physics model and animations that didn't make sense with the slowness of the actual movements. I'm really not sure what is so promising about this.