ToastMasterM's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[IF Round 4: vs Cyril P1]

Close, very close

But no cigar just yet. I'm liking that you seem to be using less anime and more of...something else, this felt more like a hybrid style. But I really am starting to get sick of anime, anyone who's taken any sort of art class knows that these days anime is "the easy way out". Seriously, I'm not kidding, took me 2 days tops to actually master it, and it's not like I'm a super art prodigy, I'm pretty mediocre and /or crap at other styles.

The story seems interesting, I might be inclined to watch the rest of the series, but I'm gonna want to see something a little more western(or southern? Is there a southern art style indigenious to that hemisphere?) style, I can't relate very well to this triangular asian stuff, plus I don't like the typical "over exaggeration" when it comes to displaying emotions thats a staple to anime, like when the teal dude says "WHAT?!? Not more fighting..." And he flops his arms all over the place. A slight widening of the eyes and a vague depressed look afterwards would've done the trick, but I know firsthand how hard it is to animate subtle movements like that, which is probably why anime uses over-exaggeration.

But you've clearly got a lot of talent, you're kinetics were great, all the normal movement of the characters felt like they all carried the proper amount of weight, and the scottish/british accents were a refreshing break from the normal whiny, high pitched voices you usually get with the anime genre. In fact, I wish more non-anime animations and such would use that kind of voice acting, it sounds both silly and serious at the same time, it's great!

So keep up the good work, hopefully you can find some time away from any deadlines to refine your style, and come back with a real ass-kicker!
Yes, I must sound like some fancy-pants windbag art proffessor, I can assure you I'm not, I just hate the fact that anime is everywhere now and I can't escape it. It's like it's taking over American youth culture! And, even scarier, adult culture...

Oh and a word of advice, when you had Ominus give that evil smile after his welcoming to "Boy o' Steel' (I think it was after he said 8 stand before him) it felt kind of off... like, his mouth suddenly had melted shut and had split open on his right side. I'm being anal retentive, but whats art without trying to improve and perfect your creations?
8 and a 5, well earned, but come back with something different and better than all those narutards and DBZ fanboys next time, or it be the plank for ye!

Zeurel responds:

Oh aye, theres much to improve i agree!

Trying to get away from teh stable anime style is my current goal, been trying to work on my own atm, taken 4 years so far to weem off it, but its slowly working.

cheers for the review!

[Irod Bad!]

Very good...but..

That was quite funny, I like the look on Starks face when he's walking through the desert!

Your voice sounds very familiar though, have you ever made Gmod machinama?

Ukinojoe responds:

nope and I have no idea what that means.

[I hate MAC ads]

Perfect

I don't know what everyone else is whining aobut, I found that to be just long enough to seem like a commercial ad parody, and a damn good one at that, mainly because it's true.

Keep it up!

Bobert-Rob responds:

Thanks, yeah, I like its length too. Any longer and it'd be dragging the joke out too long, and any short and... well, shorter would mean less jokes and that's never good. Later!

[Tank Epic]

What the...?

Was that flash or some sort of 3D animation?

thelonelyduck responds:

It was 3DS Max 9.

[Mole-Day!]

Thats why....

I did my best to not remember chemistry.

Daveyman responds:

i dont blame you at all buddy

[Lolcat History (Part 6.2)]

That was...

Refreshing. Good thing I decided to give lolcats a second go, nice one with the Nickelback!

jiggitysmith responds:

Thanks. Believe it or not, but that's actually Kroeger's voice (look up Portugal and Nickelback on youtube and you'll see where I got the audio).

[Rocket Crotch]

Sad

yes, sad that this is actually better than all 3 spiderman movies combined

lenkalamari responds:

hehe, cheers dude.

[Lolcat History (Part 6/6)]

Refreshing

Well, orignially I tried to watch the first episode and closed it out after th first 2 scenes, thinking it wasn't worthy of front page status, then after reading a few reviews decided to give it another shot.

Fos some odd reason, the second time around I ended up liking it. And yes, it is a refreshing change from all the stupid uber-violent mario-vs-sonic animations that clog up the front page, and I also would like to add that it wasn't done in the shitty-assed anime style thats becoms so popular in america, destroying whatever was left of our art culture.

Good work man, all I can say that was bad about it was that it never felt really... involving, the way the plot progressed just kinda went too fast and left me feeling detatched from the storyline, so just work on your pacing and I think you'll end up a winner.

Can't wait to see your next project, keep 'em comin'!

jiggitysmith responds:

Glad to see I converted another one! By the way, as far as it not being too involved, I made the animation mostly to be just something entertaining to watch with a lot of stupid jokes and funny things to see play out.

The plot isn't really *that* important. It was more about the funny interactions among the characters than anything.

[Wii Are Sold Out]

WTF?!?

"I would NOT let those japanese people into my house because I know they're into rape and tentacles and all that other bullshit."

That made my day. What the hell do tentacles have to do with anything? I know they eat octopus in japan, buts its actually really good....

SardonicSamurai responds:

Ever see any of the Hentai they have?

Fuckin Tentacles, lol :D

[The Spirit of Halloween 2]

Zim?

Hilarious, and it seems you have finally discovered the secret to emulating Johnen Vasquez's art style a la invader zim both in humor and the actual aniation. Well, you've gotten closer than anyone else I've seen at any rate! I wanna see part 3 damnit!

squeakytoad responds:

Oh no. You've got be kidding me. Heh. After people telling me the last one looked like Invader Zim (which I had never seen before beginning it), I wanted to go the opposite direction. I don't want to imitate someone, especially someone whose work I don't watch.
Hmm... perhaps he and I are just remarkably alike artists.

Oh well, if you guys are enjoying them, I suppose that's what matters most.