JakBaronKing's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[John of War]

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snicker....XD - hahaha

I can't stop laughing!

*(Trying to hold it in)

BAW-Hahahaha!

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Oh man, the stuff you guys make.

Pure classic Newgrounds.

I can see you're quite the fan of God of War. And representing a spoof with a blatant environment such as a business company makes the association quite amusing.

But what is a thrill is the return of John - the office worker with the heavy booming voice from the "bytesize" series.

You don't make enough of these cartoons John.

I foresee that it'll make funny intents in-between cartoons on Adult Swim for example because the behavior of the characters are absurd and humorous.

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Question - say Jeff, is "John" your cartoon persona? lawl. Everyone has a cartoon persona, MC has his robot, Mike has his Carrot, Tom has Domo-Kun...

Like...would you say John is your character persona represented in flash?

[Jack the House]

The animation wasn't the best

And neither was the song itself.

The frames between each animation was too far apart. Unless you're trying to emulate the look of techno lights.

But I 'strongly' feel that smoother movements between the animations' frames would've been more mesmerizing to the audience.

To see the hot sexy bodies sway in a smooth like manner vs the jumpy and skittish jerks of a sway would've been much more attractive and hypnotizing to the eye.

However - this does demonstrate a new vision you are trying to work out.

But it's not quite there yet....probably because your trying to do a whole animations team worth of animation by yourself.

Which must be difficult to say the least.

BUT...I do have arguments about the random live actors.

As significant as they may be relationship wise to the music group or animator...they seemed too out-of-place for this music video to be taken seriously by a stern and mercilessly judgmental public.

But...if you were to include some actors that would dance - and you animated over that dance with a sort of cartoon version of themselves - which interchanges between acting and animation...

Then that would be clever and a highlight to the significance of interest.

This doesn't stir as much attention to my inner enjoyment as previous animations and music videos.

BUT...you did work very VERY hard. I could see that in other aspects of this animation.

But...because you were tired, your focus and sense of direction seemed a bit off.

Overall, the composition of the music and animation seemed 'random'.

And will quickly lose the interest of the public.

-in my opinion.

[|~Snow Snow For Lucy~|]

FINALLY DUDE, you know how much i wanted to watch

After many months of investing your kick-ass animation skills and superb story telling abilities...

I finally have a chance to watch your masterpiece...

(watching...)

Wow...pretty good dude!

I'm toughly impressed with the imagination.

Though it is obvious it isn't in it's greatest quality, but that is besides the point.

This movie is about the STORY.

And the message it delivers will touch the Christmas spirit in all of us.

Thank you VERY much for sharing this amazing piece of work.

-Jak

SpikeVallentine responds:

Thank you for your appreciation and sharing your opinion.
Whatever God has blessed me with, all the Glory to Him.

havablast

[Here Goes Nothing!]

A very neat sample of what's to come

You being a fan of the game, you obviously you put more effort in the L4D animation bit. It was well done.

Let's see if you can incorporate some impressive voice acting later on.

A decent recording mike shouldn't be too expensive.

For a first flash, it is rather impressive!

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-it was a bit short and lacking in sound
-it wasn't so much focused on movement animation.

+the lip-syncing was pretty much on cue
+impressive use of colors
+your artistic abilities really show through

Sabtastic responds:

Aw, thanks! XD

As soon as Christmas break rolls around, I'll possibly be able to buckle down into something with an actual plot. There's going to be nothing to do. lol
Let's hope I can get my hands on some good audio if I actually decide to do that! :D

Also, since you mentioned it. movement is something I plan on practicing more in the next ones. Now that i've got a feel for Flash in general, I can work with it a little more effortlessly next time around.

[Charcoalmation]

Pretty cool dude.

Although I feel that because it was charcoal, drawing this and animating at the same time must've been quite tiresome.

Mistakes probably often occurred.

But you know...this is still not bad. Sure there have been others done better but this is the first I've seen in an attempt to use something messy as charcoal.

I wonder....Why not give Oil Painting animation a try?

Can you imagine the beauty of it all!

Captain responds:

Oooo I like the sound of that, not sure how well it would actually pan out though. Might play with that in the future :P

[Colouring ma world]

A sudden ending to a potentially great loop

This idea could be incorporated into so many ideas!

It's just a feat of great imagination to express more to a gray photograph.

I know someone who would really appreciate this work of art and might even attempt it in paintings.

[Table Top]

The lyrics are impressive and catchy...

The animation was extremely poor.

Keep this idea in mind and consider re-doing this with your new skills.

However the concept of getting on with pre-pubescent virgin girls is a questionable image in your music video.

You might want to consider some re-editing of the lyrics.
Though you have every right to keep it as is.

[Dahmer is Dead]

Death is not comical. Even for criminals

Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer was a murderous rapist. But he was a person all the same.

Every person you meet is someone you could be under similar circumstances.

So the ridicule of a musical jingle is not at all pleasing to my tastes.

Celebrating the cruel executed demise of anyone - no matter how bad they were - is not a very ethical nor humane personality to express.

Rather it should be viewed as a form of respect and grief as we are all born innocent. But trials, tribulations, and choices are just as tempting to all of us. It should be a shame that someone should have to be executed without living his full life in jail to try to contemplate his/her actions. Execution takes that chance away, even if they are dangerous. Prison allows one to contemplate.

But this is a jingle of a malicious murder of a criminal.

What's the celebrate!?

The video was well animated - I just have issues with the concept of making a jingle of anyone's demise.

[The Will of One]

This music video did not have to be in sprite

Furthermore...I am a bit displeased with the lead singer and his broken voice when reaching high notes.

BUT....you did "nail" the song well at the Cross scene. Where I also realize the potential the visuals could've been if it wasn't a sprite animation.

Please reconsider doing this again with full throttle animation. And improve your singing voice just a little bit.

This does have potential as a Rock Anthem. But it needs some work.

[[Frontier Psychiatrist]]

3000% head nodding - foot tappin' beats!

I'm favoriting this!

Outstanding visions animated for an outstanding musical piece.

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