Renegade-Hamster's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Studi]

A surrealistic tour de force. Bobby Kennedy would be proud.

BillyNapalm responds:

Thanks for watching!

[Deleted Hobbit Scene]

It was an okay idea, but I don't think you really went as far as you could have with the comedy. I feel like you thought to yourself "What if the ponies in The Hobbit were My Little Ponies?!" and then left it at that without exploring what jokes you could get out of that idea e.g. how the journey would be different, what obstacles would be harder (or easier).

veselekov responds:

I actually went off the scene before the trolls. Thorin tells fili and kili to go watch them. But because of all that has happened at recent with mlp and stuff while watching it I imagined them as mlp ponies.

[The Obnoxious Orange]

George Lucas Special Edition of Annoying Orange

A good parody comedy mocks the original in a satirical fashion, but this was just pretty much the same set-up as The Annoying Orange + swearing and blood. This cartoon has no satire; it's a George Lucas Special Edition of The Annoying Orange.

It's not like Annoying Orange is unable to be parodied. There is plenty to criticise, e.g. the transformation of what seemed to be a funny one-off video, into a catchphrase-driven, cameo-drenched, unfunny series. But there is no such criticism in this parod; Just vulgarity in the hope of gross-out laughs, and the addition of blood, which didn't change the severity of the original's "knife" ending one bit.

psychicpebbles responds:

This was written about a year ago very quickly, and the audio was done at the same time. I didn't touch this project for about a year and just about a week ago gutted the storyboard and animation and started from scratch. I didn't want to rewrite and rerecord the cartoon, so I just got this done as fast as possible.

I completely agree, there is a lot I could have done with it, and there's a lot I did want to do with it but couldn't due to time constraints, etc.

I appreciate the honest review, thanks.

[Central Station]

Great to see Central in cartoon form!

I loved the concept. I can't say I've ever been accosted by pamphlet people at Central, but I have had this kind of experience elsewhere.

I think the voice actor(s) could benefit from sounding more Australian, though. You seemed to be veering into English territory, and this may have more to do with (unintentionally) imitating English comedians than anything else.

It's a problem I share. When I try to do a regular Australian cartoon voice, it either ends up like something from Yoram Gross, or like a cockney accent. It's hard to keep natural when there aren't very many Australian voice actors to learn from.

hozaah responds:

I find that kinda funny when i am actually australian, and that was my normal voice :P

[Mike's Date]

"I never want to see Mike again"?

More like "I'm reporting Mike to the police".

I think I liked the non-sequiter at the end more than the rest of the cartoon. That was a good laugh.

I did enjoy the girl's anxious face during the movie scene, though. Expertly drawn facial expression, showing the conflict between trying to be polite and inwardly wanting to run away.

MiddleFingerRings responds:

Hah, thanks a lot. Yeah, the ending scene is a kind of running joke I've had with some friends for a few years, so I threw it in with the cartoon.

I do love facial expressions; I find them to be the funniest thing in comedy, often.

[The Justin Bieber Show]

"lol random" humour, no reason for Justin

I'm not sure how this cartoon was meant to be entertaining. It just seemed to be going for a "lol random" reaction (which it is getting), without actually giving us any jokes. Justin Bieber seemed to be there for no reason, since the cartoon wasn't making fun of him at all.

HappyHarry responds:

Why would I want to make fun of Justin Bieber?

[[KK] Super Mario Hentai]

Hahaha! I loved it!

To be honest, if you made a longer fight with better graphics or whatever, I wouldn't have liked it as much.

This is great simply because of the ending.

Animation was okay, sound effects were okay. Graphics could be better (you know this) and I think the "come get some" fingers were a little weird, plus the freeze frame just before the multiple enemies fight was an unnecessary break in the action. It should have just flowed.

Anyway, this has gone straight into my favourites. Thanks for the laugh! :D

Joey-Kazaam responds:

Thanks man, I appreciate it :D

[Two Chicks, Same Time]

Joke bad, drawing/animation needs work

Well, this was a one joke cartoon, and unfortunately the joke isn't very funny. Part of that is because you pretty much gave away the punchline in the author's comment. But, basically it's just rude, and I don't think there's any need for this kind of humour.

I also think you could improve your drawings, and voices. But good try, keep working at it.

DestructoBox responds:

Raphael is K00L but rude
Michaelangelo is a party dude
Teenage mutant ninja turtles
Teenage mutant ninja turtles
Teenage mutant ninja turtles
Heroes in a half shell, turtle power

[G.I.N.A]

Good action but sexploitation was hilariously bad

I liked the action in this, and the alien designs were pretty cool.

All of Gina's playboy poses and butt shots were RIDICULOUS! I burst out laughing several times because of how stupid and blatant it was! Misogynism is not an admirable trait in an artist.

RickMarin responds:

well then tell that to the greats like Ralph Bakshi, Frank Fazetta, and even comic book artist (great) Adam Hughes.

[Phase Ten 2.0 Trailer]

A standard trailer

This should probably be sent to Newground Alphas, not the main portal.

Critique:

The animation looks alright, but the background is pretty sparse, and could be made more interesting.

The different characters are hard to discern, because their only difference is colour. If you plan on having an actual plot besides fighting, it would be good if you could find a way of differentiating them more, so the audience knows who's who.

Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work! :)

outphase78 responds:

I'll use your advice on the background.

The characters in the actual animation all have different abilities and so that should differentiate then enough I think.

Thanks for the feedback. =]