Compdude's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Triangle n' Octagon]

A series?!

Oh dear, it's becoming a series. Sorry guys, but even good animators like you guys don't get high points for the stupid stuff.

[Stamper </3]

Never thought I'd say this-but needs more gay sex.

If you're using Stamper's songs & cartoons as an inspiration for your cartoon, then you should make your content reflect his style of over-the-top crazy homoerotic antics as much as possible.

This toon though is just too boring and slow. Not only is it "tame" by Stamper standards, it doesn't even really go anywhere regardless. It's just slow and boring.

Good graphics, and a decent idea, just not played out that well.

Frax responds:

I Guess.

[Circle n' Square]

Too little content.

A little too simple, Stamper. Can't give you high points for this.

[Bowja From His Cashle]

Not funny-dumb; just plain dumb.

When you have cartoons like this that are made "purposely-dumb", it's very subjective to review them. Either the cartoon is so dumb it's funny, or else it's just plain dumb. For me, this cartoon is the latter. But since it can be so subjective, I could easily see this toon striking someone else as hilarious.

[Retro Xmas]

Game-worthy!

After seeing how cool the graphics looked, I was disappointed that this didn't turn out to be a game. Jumping snowballs and jacking Santa would have been AWESOME. Still, good stuff.

[Jitters]

Too much style, not enough substance.

On the positive side, I think you've shown good effort at making an abstract (and perhaps creepy?) flash. From my perspective though, this movie feels like it has too much style, and not enough substance. The animation, the story, the music - it all feels a little hollow and disjointed. I can appreciate that others might get "more out of it," though.

[Bambee]

Good stuff!

Bambi is a movie just ripe for parody, and you don't disappoint! A funny movie with a a good sense of demented humor, and a goofy animation style that reminds me of Kricfalusi's (Ren and Stimpy) work.

It's not what I would call crazy-funny, but it is consistently entertaining and makes me smile. Sometimes it feels like it gets a little too off-topic from the source movie though, and the "bird" joke runs thin.

Overall though, this is good stuff.

[Calvin and Hobbes]

Good idea, okay result.

It was a pleasant cartoon, well-intentioned and in the spirit of Calvin and Hobbes, but honestly, I didn't get much out of it. It's kind of short, and it doesn't really go anywhere, other than to recap & summarize some of the common themes from the comic. Still, it did get a smile from an old Calvin and Hobbes fan. :)

[Madness-Solipsistic part1]

Slick and Violent!

Excellent work, in true Madness style! The violence is pleasingly over-the-top, and the graphics are quick and slick. Perhaps even BETTER graphics than the Madness series! The music also fits really well with the action. All of those things are really fitting in Madness style. But even as its own standalone work, this is really good stuff.

The only thing I can critique is that the story & its portrayal feel a bit off. Let me explain:

I guess the first thing that bothred me is, the story sort of switches gears right away. The viewer gets set up to watch a story about alien autopsy, then suddenly the whole thing shifts into some "experiment-on-hapless-scientist" story. Both are good ideas by themselves, but they don't seem to jive together, or at least not how they're spliced together.

The latter story is sort of confusing too, because it's not really clear what motive the "gov't guys" have for operating on scientists, or why they chose this scientist in particular. Did they choose him as punishment for operating on aliens, or did they just grab the first random schlep they could find in their corporation? And why would they be giving this guy superhuman powers, and SHOWING him videos of him murdering their cohorts, when they must have known full well that that's what he would start doing? Maybe they underestimated his powers so soon? They certainly didn't seem to have a lot of restraints on him, at any rate.

I guess some of these questions could be answered in part 2, but it does detract a bit from enjoying the movie. Plus, there's the undeniable dissatisfaction of watching a cliffhanger. :)

Some of the "comedy gag" bits you added felt sort of out-of-place too - things like hitting the super-complex operating machine in the beginning to turn it on, and the inclusion of the "PB&J banana." These didn't feel like they fit the tone of the "ultraviolence" nature of the Madness series. Yeah, I know Krinkels added Tricky to his work to mix it up, but even that character worked to COMPLEMENT the violence, and added a "criminally-insane" aspect to the story. Some of that stuff I mentioned felt out of place.

I know I just wrote a lot of negative stuff about your work, but that doesn't mean I didn't really enjoy it. I only wrote so much because it was tough to explain the little things that bugged me a bit. Good work - really - and I hope to see part 2!

Alienslushie responds:

Thanks for the constructives
I will try to use everything you've mentioned to improve on part 2... I will also try to sort of re-explain some of the plots outlines that were a bit hazy.

thanks for the review

[The Assumption Song]

Decent, but could be better.

It's a funny idea for a movie, but this just doesn't feel as funny or clever as it could be. The singing gets really droning and repetitive quickly, and it doesn't help the that some of the naughty words get "repeated" a couple of times. Plus, the lyrics don't seem very interesting either. It doesn't have to be Shakespeare, but it's just one disjointed line after another. I realize that's sort of the point, but there's no coherency here, just a "first-thing-I-think-of" sort of lyrics. Decent, but could be better.