Nomader's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Zidane N' Zidane 01]

Swing and a miss!

This is an example of how a good idea can be butchered by the awful program known as "Speakonia". Truly, it is a terrible tragedy that you had to use it -- this flash would've been so much better without it.

In total, probably because the voices were awful, I laughed a total of one time: when Zidane Tribal got the red card. That was funny stuff -- but that funny stuff didn't use Speakonia, which I can't stress enough -- is awful.

I didn't find any of the opening jokes funny, most likely because I'm not a European soccer (er... "football"... you Brits are insane. :P) fan. I smiled throughout most of the movie, but mostly because I felt that the jokes you lined up for just... missed pretty bad.

Still, a good effort!
(This marks my fifteenth review of your flashes -- only sixty-seven more to go! ... unless you add another flash tonight. D:)

kinggila responds:

I ended up being busier than I thought I'd be today, so no new flash tonight. Instead, I'll submit that flash on Monday.

[Bahamut: ATWI80D 02]

Badly funny.

Well, this is the epic continuation of the previous installment which I think I watched before. Exciting.

For starters, I loved how Bahamut got blamed for everything... it feels like (OMG) real life.

Seriously though, the sound wasn't that good. You know how much I hate speakonia, so... I didn't enjoy the sound very much. Somehow, even the speakonia came out badly.

The flash itself was the definition of mediocrity. The animation was poor (as usual), but the jokes always hit -- I laughed especially hard at Koreaman (very, very good times... :D) and I loved the AOL message. What an awful world we'd live in...

Like usual, an overall good job Bahamut, but to put it bluntly, there's tons of room to improve. I did find this one a bit shorter than the last installment... maybe you should lengthen them a bit more? I was disappointed, to say the least.

G'luck!
(This marks my fourteenth review of your flashes -- only sixty-eight more to go! ... man, I'm tired.)

kinggila responds:

This is a call to action to the Newgrounds community.

For the past several months we have been unable to send any email to AOL users. This applies to nightly/weekly emails, validation emails and emails from our individual NG staff addresses. Basically, whenever we send an email to any @aol.com address it gets bounced back with a "550 Mailbox not found" error. Normally, such an error would occur only when the address in question did not exist, however, AOL in their infinite wisdom, likes to throw it around for other reasons as well. We've been on the phone for literally months trying to get this issue fixed but no one over there seems to care.

If you'd like to read the longer version head on over to my blog post on the matter: Seriously people, just quit AOL already.

If you'd like to have this problem fixed, please email [e-mail] with a subject of "Newgrounds.com email" and a body of:

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Please fix your mail servers so they can accept emails from Newgrounds.com.

Thanks!
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I'm not sure if this will do anything, and frankly I'm not sure I care. I mean, AOL for email, yuck! But Bob says, "a community is only as strong as its weakest member" and someone still using AOL for email seems pretty weak to me. Besides, if nothing else it should annoy the hell out of someone at AOL and that's a win in my book.

[A Bahamut's Xmas Tale]

Alright.

I've seen this flash once previously, but it would probably make more sense to me if I had actually watched your other flashes. I was able to get some of the jokes still by knowing who most these people were though -- without that knowledge, I would've been confused as hell.

The voice acting, like usual, was superb, but I was disappointed by crackles that kept popping up during the flash... and I couldn't hear the tub girl person (I really should watch your other flashes... and I will!)

The length was quite long, the comedy that I got was funny, and the references were everywhere.

Nice work!
(This marks my thirteenth review of your flashes -- only sixty-nine more to go... heh. Sixty-nine...)

kinggila responds:

"The length was quite long"

Wait until you see the sequel. ;)

[400000?!]

Spectacular!

This is by far one of your most enjoyable works -- it was formulaic, but still very enjoyable nonetheless.

Firstly, I loved how you exploited the fact that your a stat whore -- Afro's joke about "getting the first of the year and now this?" was perfect -- I laughed quite a lot while watching this quality submission.

I'm enjoying your flashes more and more as you ween yourself off speakonia -- it seems you've finally found a decent microphone, and your flashes are increasing because of it.

I loved how Graham made an appearance (I still hate teh Goatse! D:<... and if it wasn't Graham, sorry man. :P), and I enjoyed the characters. Best of all was your transformation into Fagamut... simply loved it.

Like usual, a great submission -- keep it up!
(This marks my twelfth review of your flashes -- only seventy more to go! ... I think that's enough for one day. :P)

kinggila responds:

TRANSFORMERS! DRAGONS IN DISGUISE!

[Space Dragon 2007]

Satisfactory.

Well, this wasn't too bad Bahamut -- this one had actual voice acting, and as such, I enjoyed it more... but the story was truly too boring (I was thinking of using "convoluted", but I decided a more simple word was better for a more simple flash) to keep my attention.

Bahamut, this time you got onto a weird ship thing, had a corny Snakes on a Plane note, got locked in a cryogenic chamber, and counted down the New Year. Sadly, I didn't laugh once, save at the variety of stupid characters counting down the New Year -- but the other jokes felt like misses to me... sorry (SOAP completely missed this time 'round).

The voice acting was so much better than the Speakonia though, that I gave this flash high marks anyways.

Cheers!
(This marks my tenth review of your flashes [oh yeah!] -- only seventy-two more to go!... well, seventy-three on Friday, you bastard. :P)

kinggila responds:

90% of my flashes since Bahamut: ATWI80D 03 are Speakonia free! :D

[Bahamut: ATWI80D 01]

So sad... :(

That epilogue was just so sad... it was you, Bahamut! You ruined the world for everyone else! :(

Anyways, I want to start off by complimenting Andersson's music choices -- I agree with him in that Iron Maiden is the best band ever. Rock on! :D

The speakonia, like usual, was grating, but did the job. It was a better story than the average Adolf Hitler submission though -- an interesting choice indeed. Still, I'm sort of sad that this installment won't be continued...

Like usual, a great job!
(This marks my ninth review of your flashes -- only seventy-three more to go!)

kinggila responds:

"(This marks my ninth review of your flashes -- only seventy-three more to go!)"

Yes, there are 82 flashes now, but on Friday, I'll be submitting my 83rd flash.

Actually, I might have another flash done TOMORROW!

[Bahamut: ATIO80W 02]

Hahaha....

I didn't particularly enjoy listening to a speakonia voice telling me the whistle rules after I've read them a dozen times, but hey -- I guess it's needed.

I thought that like usual, Bahamut's design was amazing. I thought that the room he was originally speaking in was of nice quality as well, but... the whole whistle thing took far too long, and listening to that voice was painful.

After awhile, even the background music went away -- were you getting lazy towards then?

In the end segment, the text was far too late after the speakonia voice -- it was somewhat of a nuisance to have to wait for the text to come...

This submission felt like you didn't even try this time -- and I mean it. This isn't abusive... you just copied the rules onto the speakonia program and didn't even bother to sync the text with the speak.

Still, I enjoyed it! :D
(This marks my seventh review of your flashes -- only seventy-five more to go!)

kinggila responds:

I'm always lazy. :(

[Cigaro]

Cool, in denial!...

It wasn't too bad for your first flash, Bahamut. It wasn't bad at all. :D

For starters, I thought the sprites were a tad (way) oversized for this submission... stretching them out that far really made the pixels look a bit low-quality. The animations were all fairly simple -- the left guy's head nodding with the music, a small mouth that looks totally out of place on both of them, and a seldom angry face ( >:( ) that tweens through in the background.

I can understand the epilepsy warning -- that made a strobe light look like child's play -- still, the best part of the flash. :D

The backgrounds were simple at best, fitting in with backgrounds from various old games or no background at all. They were so simple, in fact, that I felt they were boring -- after my eyes started to wander from the two guys who have a nodding complex, I was disappointed to find little detail in the back as eye candy.

The music... well, I'm not much of a System of a Down fan, but it was still a funny piece to use -- especially when you have sprites singing to it. Interesting concept though.

Overall, a good piece -- well done!
(This marks my sixth review of your flashes -- only seventy-six more to go!)

kinggila responds:

Wow, I thought you reviewed this flash already. I guess not. Anyway...

The two characters = Edgar and Locke

The backgrounds were taken from the NES FFI game, but the characters are from FFVI. :P

I'm not much into System of a Down anymore, but I don't mind listening to them every now and again.

LOL, good luck on reviewing all my flashes and thanks for reviewing this flash Nomader. :)

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Outstanding!

This was a story of epic proportions that I'm not sure I'll ever see on Newgrounds again. The story of Mario... and Sonic.

Sound familiar? Yep -- it's overused, but Bahamut mixed perfection with perfection to create astounding perfection. It hypnotized me as I watched Sonic spin constantly (quite literally) in a whirlwind of depression, with a whip (or a fork), ready to strike at his enemy... the statue un-moving and powerful.

The music was strong in this one again -- the gibberish that woman sung sounded pretty awesome (I thought she was speaking British for a bit... :P), the previous submissions were awesome, and I loved it all.

Amazing work, Bahamut!

kinggila responds:

Epic x a billion

[13th - GOATSE]

Oh noes!

Bahamut... I hate teh Goatse. ;(

Seriously now, the flash wasn't exactly a stellar effort here (no offense meant, my friend). Much of it was just motion tweening, though effort can be seen in the movement of Afro's and Goatse's mouths.

The storyline was a bit ridiculous, though to celebrate Graham in the portal is a tiny bit sad. Anyhow, it was at least a good effort overall.

Like usual with your submissions, the audio was supurb -- the Speakonia never sounded better, and the song at the end was hularious enough for me to actually enjoy this flash.

Nice work!

kinggila responds:

Graham called you a fucking prick. XP