The-Swain's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Newgrounds Face]

I haven't watched it yet...

...so this had better be good.

LewToons responds:

haha thank ..you..?

[Don't Sleep, Robby!]

Haha

I really liked that dream sequence, with those faceless people popping in and out of identity. Really creative!

-Swain

Bobert-Rob responds:

Wow, that's out of nowhere. Didn't expect a review from you, hah. Thanks for checking it out, though!

[LARRY episode 1]

WELCOME BACK

I really enjoyed that Jos, I admit at the end I was put off by the abrupt change from comedy to seriocomic/dramatic, but knowing that it was trying to establish the rest of the series made it easy to forgive.

Nevertheless, I loved it! The Larry character is very amusing, I love his petulant whining haha. I'm a fan of your comedic timing, that's a fact.

Looking forward to the next installment! Have you already animated ahead of this episode, or will we be waiting patiently for the next great episode to be finished?

-Swain

Jazza responds:

thanks man. you called me jos! thats my REAL WORLD name, its a SECRET here... lol. anyhow, yeah not too much of a choice but to have SOME semi serious moments to keep some form of plot running. i'm hard at work on the next instalment now, and i'd say you can expect it in january.

[Pleasure Island 2]

Yesssssssssssss!!!

Thank you for reminding me why I fly out of my seat every time I see Gooseman staring at me from Front Page, Chris.

We put this on at Comicon in our hotel room and it had all of us laughing uncontrollably, though I swear I was crying with glee.

THIS, my friend, is the Gooseman I remember!

-Swain

Sexual-Lobster responds:

haha thanks swain, glad you guys liked it.

it was fun animating gooseman again, i think he's just as tender as he used to be, if a little angrier, but questing works anyone up, right?

[Luis C -V.S- Tom P]

Weeeeooooooooooo

Though the human motion was kinda stiff, it felt like every punch carried a lot of impact, which is a much harder thing to do right. I like this cartoon for that reason.

-Swain

Hulalaoo responds:

To create this movement i need the double of time had taken that the animation, but is posible, i are new in th world of the animation, thanks for comment swain, you are a great animator :3

[EW: Matt Sucks]

Woo

Animation's getting a lot smoother, my friend. Definite improvement over time and up to this point, so I'm impressed.

Though someone's gotta get you a better mic :D It makes the Swain sad when great conceptual setups are undercut by lines that you can only half hear. Use that Halloween contest cash and get a kickass mic, and I SWEAR you won't be disappointed.

Oh yeah, and congrats on that second place!

-Swain

eddsworld responds:

Thanks for the review, man! And as for the microphone situation, it appears the problem is not mainly my microphone, but more about where i am recording apparently... If you have any suggestions on decent mics or how to fix this, please PM me!

[Rocket Crotch Halloween]

!!!

I likes Jezza's story best, though I chuckled vigorously at Mocha's constant interruptions. Let's face it, I always love Mocha. What episode will come next, Crotchmas?

Also, the guy a few reviews below me might have had his bad reviews deleted, let's not forget about that :X

-Swain

lenkalamari responds:

Breakfast is next and the last of the little trilogy of bonus episodes. After that it's full speed ahead for Rocket Crotch 2 ; )

well once I get this fecking uni work out of the way : (

[A Madness Mystery]

Woah

That's glorious - I almost completely forgot that Blockhead's 'birthday', aka first submission to the portal, is 2 days from now :O Seems you know all our characters better than we the creators do :D

In fact, that's what I liked the most about this. Aside from Pico (who seemed more like he was just along for the ride), you really played off the individual character personalities really well. I sorta wanted to complain that the voices sounded like they could have used more emphasis by speaking louder into the microphone, but I tend to forget that not everyone has super duper microphones, and loudness can crap up the quality fast.

Great job! This one was recommended to me by Krinkels himself, and I'm glad he did. Happy madness day!

-Swain

El-Sammo responds:

Thanks for the review man. I'm glad you liked it.

In regards to Pico, I based him off the flash I did for Pico day this year. Tis a bit self indulgent but meh...whores will have their trinkets.

Love your flashes and thanks again for the review.

[Then I Run]

Good, but something suffered.

Felt like I had to say something, because this was a very nicely and carefully created piece with just one major flaw that I couldn't get over. That flaw is the lack of any easing on any of the tweens, and I fear it really kept me from getting into it.

I dunno, it was terribly distracting to me when beautiful pieces of art jerk around on screen and then stop just as extremely, over and over. It was most noticeable during the wheat stalk scene, when, instead of swaying and bobbing, they were kind of jerking around awkwardly. I would highly recommend looking into adding some easing to your tweens. If you're not familiar with Flash's easing function, I would be happy to help you get used to it on request.

That aside, onto the good stuff. The Firth/KolBelov influence was pretty clear here. I particularly liked the color desaturation; it kept everything very bleak. Song choice worked with the visuals as well (or vice versa), and the use of FBF was very careful and added a lot to it.

Keep up the good work, and I look forward to the fruit of your improvements!

-Swain

Foxcato responds:

Wow I got a review from the Blockhead-guy:)

I do know of the easing function in flash and I DO use it here and there.. but you could be right.. maybe I should practice more with it in the future.

Except for that I'm glad you liked my film and I really hope you will like my future work as well.

[My Screen Name]

SWAIN'D

YOTAM TODAY'S #1 HOT NEW ANIMATOR

I wanna be as brave as you and manage to submit cartoons based on all sorts of subjects, rather than being confined to one or two series. There's a music video to a song I wrote years ago that I MIGHT JUST do, thanks to you.

Also, why is Dead or Alive (the 80s band, durrr) the bad side of the internet!?

Love,
Swain

LazyMuffin responds:

Yeah, but making all of these still make me feel unproductive with the Nameless series.
It's a lose lose situation.

WELL THANK YOU SIR,
I shall be expecting at least 50 frames of credit to me in that music video, if you do end up making it.