Nomader's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Love You]

Intriguing

Well, I must say that it was a weird submission -- scarier still was the happiness of the song, but the depressing reality of the content. Truth be told, I should've expected it when I watched it, but I didn't.

The animation is superb -- really good. It wasn't amazing in the way that every strand of hair was animated perfectly, but in the sense of style, the simple drawing really resonated with me.

The music is somewhat odd. It sort of sounds happy, but at the same time, it feels empty, and in the context of the situation in this flash, it fits the bill. The whole "Love You" part at the end was weird (I won't lie on that), but it worked.

The length was my largest problem with this movie -- it was just too short. I felt I was just beginning to watch it when it finally ended.... although, truth be told, it's still an amazing flash.

Great work!

Lambinvoker responds:

Thanks for the review.

"Because he loved her, he wished for her death?"
-Lenneth Valkyrie

[A Weird Day at College]

Amazing.

This has so many great lines in it, it's hard to start this review off without one of them -- but because I figure you wrote the flash, there's no need to remind you about how awesome this one ended up being. :D

I enjoyed the storyline -- Afro Stud gets killed by you when you drop a vending machine on him (nice job), and then you have a lame dream where you get tons of money. I laughed.

The voice acting, like usual, was superb. Good job on making such amazing voices for Afro and yourself -- nice microphone.

I do question why you went for the Dr. Pepper, when the Coca Cola (clearly the better choice) sat in the same vending machine -- I guess you got what you deserved then when you tried to buy it. :P

Per usual, the storyline, though stupid, an the show -- I loved every bit of it. I'm looking forward to the next installment!

kinggila responds:

Dr. Pepper > Coca Cola

Also, I hope you look forward to the fourth episode of News Reporter, even though you won't be aware of him just yet (you have a lot of catch-up on :P).

[Andersson's Birthday]

Wow.

Bahamut, like usual, a stellar submission, that just has a few (major :P) problems in it. Still, overall, this is better than some of your older stuff like ":", so likewise, I upped the score.

First, the story -- I enjoyed the connection between Satan and Andersson, and as the story points out, we already know all this. You should've put the disclaimer at the beginning of the flash that it was "based on a true story", but I suppose it's alright that you didn't.

I liked the graphics that you're using -- though, the eyes you put on yourself didn't do you justice when you were surprised. Maybe make those creepy anime eyes instead?

The sound quality was by far of the highest quality. I liked the accent, Bahamut -- it fitted both characters perfectly, from the devilish Andersson to your own voice for yourself, it was well done.

The credits were by far the most intuitive, allowing us to easily access the "Replay" button without having to wait for a whole scrolling slideshow to ensue. Thank you.

It's great to see you again Bahamut, and as usual, take care. :D

kinggila responds:

Heh, : was made such a long time ago. I've dramatically changed my flash style since then, but still go on with the whole Mario vs Sonic epic battle joke on Clock Day.

Anime? On my flashes? O.o

Thanks for the review Nomader. :)

[Fly Away - First Flash]

Beautiful.

I've gotta say, this was simply magnificent stuff here -- you have talent. :D

For starters, the animation was beautiful. Everything was smooth, and truth be told, you drew like a pro. I loved the anime design you put into your characters, and it felt natural and looked great. Normally I'd say that you should have a nicer background than just white, but for a first flash, I'm more than happy to let it slide.

There's a major problem though... you need sound pretty badly -- with just some sort of classical tune in the background, this would easily be one of the best flashes I've seen on Newgrounds for a long time...

G'luck!

ChiChiRoma responds:

...Magnificent? Thanks. XD
I didn't even know how to import sound when I made this. *serious noob* But I do now, hopefully I can make up the missing colour and sound next time I do this. =]

[Bittersweet Symphony: SE]

Beautiful.

I watched this entire submission from the beginning to the end -- and everything was practically perfect, from the preloader (one of the best I've ever seen), to the animation (every segment was magnificent -- save one, more on that soon), from the syncing (every mouth actually moved with the words of the song), to the sound (the intro song in the beginning to Bittersweet Symphony never sounded better -- good choices)... where to begin?

I'm going to start with the flash itself. It's the first collab I've seen in awhile which has a coherent sort of base around it -- not that it revolves around one song, but save the beginning and end, each segment focuses on a different person, sort of screaming the chorus "I can change", whether in sadness or in joy -- it depended on the guy.

I loved how when towards the middle-end, the segment talked about how we're all different, it showed hundreds of different flashed up people, with the main focal character singing the lyrics. Magnificent.

Usually, when a character sings in a music video, it just doesn't feel right -- this is the only problem with the piece. At one point, the guy wearing a red jacket who gives to the homeless guy (not sure who's it was) was singing -- but I noticed that he was singing at least five seconds too late. Never happened again though in the rest of the song, so I'm not deducting any points for it.

The sound, as mentioned above, was really great. You picked a perfect intro song with a great preloader to make a good first impression, and then you topped yourself further by using a mainstream song -- but made it sound good. Truly excellent stuff.

This is by far one of the best music videos I've seen in awhile here on Newgrounds, and I'm more than happy to add it to my favorites.

Amazing work!

[Happy Guy Goes To a Show]

Good job!

Well, truthfully, it was pretty impressive -- is this really your first frame by frame animation? It did turn out quite well then, didn't it?

The best part was actually the animation -- the happy faces seemed almost a little psychotic in how even when they were getting beaten to death or thrown around, they were still smiling. I'm not sure whether it was you being lazy or not, but it worked. :D

There wasn't much in the way of a cohesive story. This guy sort of walked around, beat people up, and then an alien started playing the guitar. I didn't really go for the sound either, because it was just so low... I had to turn it up to hear it at all -- the music wasn't very good either.

If this animation had a bit more sound, and possibly some more color, it could've been that much better... but it didn't, so I'm giving this a six.

A great effort indeed!

[KSNF ep 2 old version]

Nice work.

I must begin by saying, that despite the annoying cliffhanger ending, it does make me want to see the next episode. Nice job on that front.

Overall, this flash was a nice piece of work -- I was disappointed by the lack of voice acting, and in the beginning, I was stunned by the lack of sound, but eventually when the music kicks in, it does the job more than well.

The animation itself was a little bit blocky for me, but I could never do anything of that caliber, so therefore, I don't care. The anime drawings did look nice, though I thought your characters looked exactly like Power Rangers.

Overall, it was a nice effort, and I'm looking forward to the next installment!

[wrong=right]

An interesting lecture -- an un-interesting flash.

Well, I must say, you brought up some interesting philosophical points, but the flash itself was rather bland and ugly... because it felt more like a PowerPoint.

This is a flash website -- I know that you asked us not to vote based off of that, so I didn't. I voted (not reviewed) based off the message.

The problem with the message, because all of our beliefs are based off other people's.

Even loners believe because they go against what the norm is. I don't see how that makes people arrogant to the world around us -- people can never know what they believe is true, but they have to believe something -- they think over all the possibilities, and the best of us try to make an educated decision.

If you really want reasons why I would believe in God (one of the things brought up in the lecture -- I'm using this as an example):
Pascal's Wager: If God does exist, and I believe in him, I get eternal life and happiness. If God exists and I don't, I get eternal damnation. If he doesn't exist, and I either do or don't worship God, it doesn't really matter either way. Therefore, there is more to lose in believing in God than not doing so.

The main problem with your point, is that you believe people are arrogant -- for the most part, this is true, but you interpret the meaning of arrogant incorrectly. Arrogance is not seeing any of the options, and sticking with one that is wholly incorrect. But with all the options out there, one option is bound to be somewhat correct, therefore rendering the idea of arrogance for all nullified -- though, I suppose we could all be wrong. :D

Overall though, as a flash, this was terrible. It's easier to make PowerPoints that look better (no offense meant -- I know the point was the message), and the music, though pleasant, was meant to add to blank backgrounds which don't really work.

Very philosophical though. :P

SheepVpower responds:

well... i cant disagree. i know there are errors in there, but the thing is i am dutch and not all that great in english. i could say you are right but that would say i am wrong and that would mean i would make a reality that i dont like. why would i? :P

the thing is i dont think people should worry so much about being right or wrong
the result should be(in EVERYBODY'S eyes) a goood one

so were both right :P

[Chickenball Z: Episode 1]

Hilarious .

This flash was a blast to watch... from the pseudo-Zelda storyline to the Harvest Moon chicken sprites, I enjoyed it all. :D

It ended a bit too soon for me, but it didn't stop me from giving this positive review -- a few comments:

I really loved the storyline and what it sets up. It looks like some evil Crow (I might be wrong, because you haven't really introduced him yet), stole some chicken magical things. Brilliant.

The whole Mario-esque setting for the story was rather funny as well, and it gave me a good laugh.

This entire flash is a parody on the things I love, and as such, I loved it. A job well done!

[Superhuman: SDO Day #8]

Enjoyable, as always!

Some people just don't seem to appreciate the fine art of a simple flash movie nowadays... but I must say, you've completely mastered that aspect of it.

Like usual, I'm disappointed that when I press the arrow keys, they do nothing, but at least it makes me feel good -- the animation, like usual, was of the best quality. I also enjoyed the strobe lights on "Dance!"

Overall, this was another great submission. :D

Chaz-o responds:

I agree, some people just dont know.

Yea... i get that alot, ill think about making the arrow keys do something.

i couldnt agree more.

thanks fer watchin.