andrew-w-p's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Central Station]

This makes me so angry

You have great animation, and a very good message but here is my issue, and I am seeing it more and more.

Why on earth would you pour so much effort into your art only to submit a sub par quality? This is Newgrounds! Flash animation by the average guy started here. Why would you post a higher quality on fuckin youtube than here?

I am fully aware of size limitations, and you are already close to 10MB but for work as good as this would have been without the quality dip they make frequent exceptions.

As an artist myself, albeit not in flash animation obviously, I would be disgusted showcasing anything other than my best work in the highest quality possible.

You should be ashamed of creating such great animation only to post such a shit quality version of it. Think about what I said and try asking Tom to up your cap to show off your work.

Giving Newgrounds, the flash animation website to end flash animation websites the poor quality version and giving youtube the internet's cesspool the higher quality version..... WTF is where you thinking?!

hozaah responds:

Ahahah, the internet's Cesspool, i love that.

As you could probably tell by the teeny amount of anims on my page, im not to familliar with this site, and i had no idea on could actually get around the file size. The final high quality one started hitting 15-20 mb size and that was with some pretty heavy compression as well.

How would i submit the higher quality one here anyway?

[You are a pirate!!!]

Yarrr!

Every time I see this song put to animation I am saddened that almost no animator uses the whole song, so imagine my joy to discover you did in fact animate it all!

Animation style is good, not much need for polish and only minor criticisms not worth going into. Very smooth and solid animation over all. This is the only version I like better only because of tits and the shovel guy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MalBJu I9O5k&feature=related Sorry for the youtube link but I cant find it on Newgounds at the moment, but I know its here.

Hope your next animation is not as serious as you say, your comedy work seems great and I would love to see more. Any hint as to what the next project is about?

Steinberg responds:

Next project will be about dinosaurs.
Thanks for reviewing man!

[Madness Duke Nukem]

A new twist on an old favorite

I liked the switch of having the overly Americanized Duke as a Russian voiced animation. I mean he could have been saying anything and most people stateside would have no clue but I still found it refreshing.

Correct me if I am wrong but the title was not meant to imply a relation to the Madness animations by Krinkles but it was meant to express the madness of the zany humor. That is my take anyway.

Nice animation, Could be a bit smoother but I am not complaining. I liked the way you drew Duke as well, something about the thick torso with little legs made me smile.

Good work!

brysew responds:

My "Madness" series involves no massacres like "Madness Day" and the insanity of the protagonist, it should behave like a crazy. Thanks for the detailed review, andrew-w-p. Animation really could do better, but I was limited in time

[Long, inactive days]

Trippy

Interesting work, but not really much animation, just pictures set to weird music that slowly moved. On that note, everything was VERY slow, frustratingly so. The whole thing left me feeling anxious.

Hard to explain but it is an unpleasant sensation. Sort of like knowing you are trapped in a room while you are really stoned and there is only one red light in the room and an oscillating, warbling tone coming from a broken speaker that mixes in static. Felt like that watching this.

Rutger responds:

I'm not much of an animator, really. Just making images is more my thing, I guess. I enjoy producing animations though, I should probably find someone who likes animating more than me and is willing to help me out...

Anyways, I'm kind of proud I managed to 'activate' such an intense feeling, even though it's unpleasant... I've been through a phase of having panic attacks every day last year or so, so that could definitely explain why my animations from that time period could make people feel uneasy.

[Self-Checkout]

Oh lord yes

The angry old vet, the bitchy competitive ass kissing woman, the boss who is dumber than shit, the guy who cant speak English, getting written up for doing nothing by some guy who is so anal retentive he could turn peanut butter into diamonds! The new guy getting promoted over everyone else.

You spoke to something I have gone through, something many of us have gone through. Sadly the venue changes but the politics and bullshit never does. Working in retail had the same issues as all the years I have worked in a hospital.

Hope you make more, with smoother animation. Not bad for a pilot. Could use a bit of polish but the story and idea are top notch. Keep it up!

ositopolar responds:

Yeah, keep checking back. There will be more soon. Thanks for the review.

[shoot 'em in the FACE!!!]

Well...

I will say this, it is better than all of the lame ass clock day shit that's out today. Anyway the animation was alright, not the best but still got the point across without looking like it was made in 98.

Reminds me of driving around with my friends and the weird stuff they say. Good job, but room for improvement

LightningLion responds:

Yeah the main 'experiment' was to draw realistic and express the voice clip the right way. The last part I pretty much slapped together to get the thing complete.

I love reading your reviews by the way, even the 'useless' ones that go off topic. Goes perfect with your picture.

[MOOLT-The Facebook Effect]

optim munc%u0103

I love your animated Armenian goodness! One of my best friends came to the U.S. from Armenia and he assures me that your work spot on to his family life.

Wish you had the time to give the world more of your animations, all the best from me and mine.

La revedere!

Sykohyko responds:

Thanks! wish I had the time too! Maybe one day.

[Great Destiny Man 2]

Great video lobster!

Your work never fails to make me laugh like hell.

My only regret is not knowing you personally.

On a side note will we ever see Angry Dog again or did aniboom snatch up the rights to that?

Also can we please see a video giving us more of the background and story of Goose man? Why did he want to see the walrus pits? How does he live with Fernando?

Don't care what you make, just keep making more animations!

your loyal rabid fan
me

Sexual-Lobster responds:

thanks! there will definitely be more fernando and gooseman in future, but no more angry dog, aniboom does indeed own those characters.

[Gundam Wing Final Battle]

Nice!

I love the Ren and Stimpy flavor of the animation! This is more or less exactly like every Gundam program ever made. I personally cant stand any Gundam anime, something about re using the same plot over and over gets to me.

This made me laugh, great job! Hope to see more parodies or just any animation in a similar style.

Extra points for using Ren and Stimpy background music as well as a similar animation style. Just need the ultra detailed gross close-ups.

The guys at Spumco would be proud! *For the confused, Spumco are the guys who drew Ren and Stimpy, The Ripping Friends and a kick ass music video for Tenacious D's Fuck her Gently*

drodZILiA responds:

Thanks! I love Ren and Stimpy, and I can definitely understand why it would influence my animation style. I've always tried to keep a style similar to traditional animation.

[MLS - Therapy]

Not too bad

Reminds me of the old days on the grounds, you managed to take me back to 1998. Points for nostalgia!

Voice work was nice and clear, good quality. Wouldn't hurt to ask some of the girls who do voice over work to cover the female lines though. Animation could be smoother but really it was not too shabby.

Hope to see more of Dr. Amatur!

MrAmature responds:

You might see a few more patients in his office every now and then.