capn-g's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Caged]

Well done

While I'd agree that this movie is "artsy" you've managed to avoid some of the more hackneyed cliches of the genre, bravo. In terms of meaning, the movie tends to revolve around two themes: creation without purpose and destruction without reason, all the while observed by detached, clinical figures. The only point I would contest is that humans can sing, thus making music without using their hands.

MonkeyClock responds:

How would you learn that from studying a pianist?

[Transformers: Mutiny]

Bravo

I applaud your efforts but you need to push a wee bit more. Moving mouth plates on characters like Prime and Grimlock for one thing. Better effects too (use gradients). Otherwise keep it up. G1 4 EVA!!

powermasterprime responds:

Grimlock's mouthpiece never moved in the show...doesn't mean that his T-Rex modes mouth doesn't move though..heh, that comes next time.

[Betrayal DVD]

Sorry but no....

Maybe it's me, I dunno, but I'm just not seeing a point here. This reminds me of so much art wherein the artist feels he's making some deep statement but is in reality presenting a scenario so vague with such open symbolism that virtually ANY meaning can be inffered. If you're trying to make a statement, make one but don't just throw up some random scenes and expect to come off like a genius. Nice art, though...

Needle responds:

No deep statements here. Part of the way art works is to allow elbow room for the viewer to make his own decisions about what he or she has seen. That's the beauty and appreciation of it.

I know not everyone will "get it". Just as half the people who walk through a museum have no idea how to equate what they see, I expect the same here (although I wouldn't exactly call my work museum-worthy).

[-Computer Problems-]

Very True...

I have come to believe that computer stores are in fact magical vorticies in which no computer can malfunction. I had a similar problem once after I got an upgrade where I had to take the computer back to the store a staggering 13 times. In the end it turned out the retards simply hadn't screwed in the printer connection port properly. Assholes... Oh good movie, BTW.

MetalClock responds:

Heh, that sounds like a real pain in the ass. Thanks for the review.

[Life Lessons]

Just one thing

You misspelled "disgusting"

AntiClockClock responds:

Sorry I forgot to use microsoft word with spell-checking.

[Legacy episode 1]

Nice rotoscoping

While I'm impressed that you took the time to do this, I've never been a fan of rotoscoping (for those who don't know, it's traced live-action footage) And you definately need to up the sound. A lip-syncing tip: put mouth shapes on the frame before the frame the sound appears on.

confusedwatcher responds:

As I told the above reviewer, Thanks for your flattery. If you think the smooth animation on this one was traced. Wait till you see episode 2. To answer your question No, it was not traced. You see, it's easy to do smooth frame by frame if you start out with stick figures. Then you can make it as smooth as you want. Then use real art over the stick figures. Try it sometimes. The results are phenomenal.

[Point Perspective Tutor]

Great tutorial but....

I'll admit, I skimmed through it, (as all the info in it is pretty old-hat to me) so maybe I missed it but didn't you leave out the horizon line? Arguably the single most important element of perspective layouts! Also, you might have mentioned (although it's a little advanced) that objects not aligned to each other have different perspective points. All in all good stuff though.

z3n responds:

I disagree that the horizon line is necessary in the construction of the drawing elements. The perspective points in 2pt.pers accomplishes that. It can be drawn in when you need to generate the actual horizon in the drawing.
I do agree partially that objects can have their own perspective points, but anything with any orientation can be generated using the existing scene perspective points.

Thanx for the thoughtful reviews!

[Warhammer 40k: Gauntlet]

Things you need to do...

1. Get better lighting

2. Paint the damn minis!

Overall not bad, let's see more.

Fujikoro responds:

No reason to paint the minis for a 10 second short that's going to destroy them all. But look for all painted guys in the large scale one.

[CHU CHU]

Pwapapapaaaaaaaa!

I love that song. Dunno why, really. For anyone who cares, the lyrics are:

Chu chu ro-ke-to! Nezumi o tasukeru!
(Chu Chu Rocket! Save the mice!)
Chu chu ro-ke-to! Neko wa kowai!
(Chu Chu Rocket! Cats are scary!)
Chu chu ro-ke-to! Ro-ke-to Sugo-i!
(Chu Chu Rocket! Rockets are amazing!)
Pa pa pa pa pa puaaaaaaa!
(sound of rocket taking off)

Shmorky responds:

Find the dead president of Sega, WIN A MILLION DOLLARS*!

*not real money

[Elf Vs Orc - In Greenwood]

Suggestions....

For a first work, this isn't bad. You actually drew characters as opposed to stick men, and drew backgrounds and attempted sound. All very good for a beginner. I suggest in future you try to work on timing, the arrow was far too slow moving. You also need more angles and more action. Basically you need more drawings. Welcome to the wonderful world of FLASH....

incanus responds:

Thank you for your suggestions... I was thinking the same thing about the arrow being so slow, so, last night, I fixed it, and just uploaded an updated file, that should run a lot smoother, and be a bit funnier. :) I don't really like the stick-men thing, don't get me wrong, some of the animations with stick men are pretty cool, but I prefer using real characters with faces and accessories, if you know what I mean. I am receiving a lot of good reviews on this, so I believe I am going to keep on and expand this series. Perhaps I'll get better as I go along. :)

Thanks for your time,
Incanus the Grey