ScaredyDave's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Universe Is Always Right]

Great job man! Haven't seen something from you in a while, you're definitely improving!

RWappin responds:

Nice to see you still browse this site enough to catch it when I submit a new cartoon, haha

[Game Grumps Naruto]

Hey Nachoman69, you realize that Egoraptor didnt animate this right? This was just Catfat taking a soundbite from Game Grumps and animating it in a fun way.

That being said, great job man! Defintely one of the better Game Grumps animated Ive seen. My only criticism is that sometimes some of the movements were too drawn out (like too many frames) so they came off as floaty, and occasionally the lip syncing could have been better. Otherwise the action was great, your models worked really well and your staging was on! Good job!

CatFat responds:

I totally agree with your points, I'll make sure to watch out for that next time!
Thanks Dave!

[When a klown dies]

Great job!

As per usual! I love your work! I've seen the other entries and they all pail in comparison to yours. I'm happy to see someone take this and actually have a meaning behind it! I was watching all the others which were just senseless slaughter of clowns and I was like "no one really thought outside of the box for this.", so thanks for filling that void as you usually do!

jagondudo responds:

thanks man, and a big congrats to you winning TOFA!! well deserved

[Nap]

This. Was. Amazing!

Holy Hell dude! This is an amazing piece of work here! Did you rotoscope some of this? Everything from the flat colors that made the characters seem MORE 3D to the idea of it was wonderful! You have really great weight and posing, and I definitely want to see more work from you. Great job kid, that was one in a million!

Spillkaidah responds:

i mentioned it in another response i think-- i didn't use any rotoscoping ;) Thanks for the compliments. (also i loved your animation "the shape of love"- it definitely gives your comments further credibility.)

[Story Time :D]

Cute! It was good but...

As far as I know, the American version of this at least (I'm not sure where you're from) you missed the part where the first 2 pigs just wanted to build there houses quick and the last pig took the time to make his out of brick, hence making the moral something along the lines of "if you take the time to put effort into something, the rewards are well worth it!". You basically just mentioned what they built their houses out of, but not why.

That aside though (and even with it missing) this is still very enjoyable and fun! I love the clean lines and smooth animations, the Sepia Tone and music giving it an old timey film style, yet adding a slightly new age twist with the movements and details. I like the idea of a virtual pop up book, but instead of the pictures popping up, they are moving instead. I hope you'll make more of these as they are adorable, and hell, a fun way to show your kids an old classic. Very well done sir!

marsonNG responds:

Yeah the morals of the story aren't very clear in this because we were meant to just animate the basic story and so I guess I didn't Put much effort into the actual telling of the story. any way thanks 4 a good review.

[Once upon a time]

Had me hooked!...But...

The ending kind of took away from it for me. You had this wonderful set up of everyday life for this Fantasy World, and I guess I was just expecting some kind of moral or at least the tone to stay the same throughout. Now, the ending wasn't bad, not in the least, I was just extremely caught off guard by it and it's randomness. I'm sure your intention was to catch people off guard with this gag, but I believe the pacing wasn't correct for it. I believe there actually needed to be LESS set up in order for this gag to work. As it stands right now, it's random, which works for some people and you can totally get away with it, but with proper timing and maybe a little more follow through, it can be comic gold. (Also, the Spock thing through it right off the deep end of randomness, which fits for its timing now.)

With the exception of my hopes being slightly shot down, the animation was great! The line quality could have used some work here and there, but you totally get it and I highly encourage you to do more!

PsychoSpider responds:

thanks for the helpful feedback! I know some of the line quality is off, I kinda slacked off there. my first BIG thing to animate. And yeah, I knew something was off, just couldnt put my finger on it. I promise next one will be better!

[A Lovely Plight]

Hot Damn!

Great artwork here Jake! Holy Hell I'm jealous of your style! You'll be quite the challenge in later rounds, so I look forward to going against you! Good luck man!

Lazymodecomics responds:

Good luck to you too.

-Jake

[George Washington]

Just Great!

You pulled off alot of great stuff here, I really liked how you did your walk cycles and run cycles. Great use of the Muybridge Horse and Rotoscoping on the skateboard scene! You have this nice blend of Frame by Frame and Tweening that works incredibly well for you.

As far as the actual content goes, you pulled it off swimmingly! I've seen far too many people on NG and other sites who stick too closely to what the words say, and their videos come off as far too literal and not very fun when that happens. But you took the lyrics and made me not know what to think of them next, like yeah, the lyrics say "George Washington learned to read and write" but they never mentioned anything about computers which is why the visuals are good. Its like the visuals are one kind of funny and the lyrics are another, and not enough people realize this is what makes a successful music video.

Also, Neophyte needs to relax and learn how to take a joke. I thought it was funny!

VillainousTurtleSLC responds:

Thanks for the thoughtful and positive review man!

[Found you]

Fantastic!

Totally reminds me of my childhood! I love your smooth movements and the backgrounds were especially good. Did you draw them in Flash or use a different program like Photoshop? Regardless they look fantastic! Keep up the good work man!

jagondudo responds:

You too man great work. The voice actors were fantastic, really sold the story and your motions are always always consistent. How do you work so fast?!

I threw them in another program. Photoshop was bit too heavy so had to resort to something else.

[WWWMR]

Gahhh I wish there was more!

This is fantastic! Great animation and I love the art style, I just wish you were able to add more on to it as it doesn't seem like its finished. Great job! I hope to compete against you in the coming rounds!

jagondudo responds:

ha! that's a scary thought