sonicmega's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Pokemon: Pee Red Version]

An excellent way to end a parody series.

Lon, I'm pretty sure it's no surprise to you that I had an absolute blast voicing for this, even despite how long ago it was, but I am even more impressed and proud that this project finally came to a result and was able to be posted on Newgrounds, because it means all that effort didn't go to waste. And not simply effort on my part either.

I can already clearly tell from this submission that you put tremendous amounts of effort into each scene, making sure transitions were clear, jokes (such as the Pokemon moves) were subtle but effective, and although it dragged on a little longer than most people would have liked, I personally like how you both wrap up the story AND give good reason for there not to be a sequel to this, considering the hero of the story became AN HERO (Oh god, I'm including memes in my own reviews. Please ignore that one.)

Though the VA side of myself wishes some of my voices had been better, I know I still absolutely adore Oak, Joy, and the entire energy behind the others, and I truly cannot thank you enough for your consideration and your request for me to participate in this project. Undoubtedly, it will remain one of my favorites.

As for the critical side (and why this review doesn't earn you a 10), I do have to point out the occasional blip here and there that took away from the otherwise engaging submission - Potion Guy's line was a little too soft to hear clearly without loud volume, and of course sound quality on lines was a factor, but I also understand you likely had to deal with that in order to fit the filesize that you managed. Lastly, the length of the flash, although hilarious, DID drag a little towards the end, and perhaps one less joke might have shortened it enough for it to be acceptable; but hey, it's a finale, what are you going to do, right? :D

All of this said, I'm really glad you could close this chapter of your flash career while still giving us a *lot* of reasons to laugh, and I can only hope you'll keep me in consideration for the projects you do in the future. Guaranteed, I will give you 100% of my energy and enthusiasm in helping make them memorable.

Kudos to you, sir. ;D

OrangePylon responds:

HOORAY FOR CONSTRUCTIVE REVIEWS.

sonicmega, you embody what NG is about. You are a fantastic voice actor and therefore are well endowed in both your Flash and Audio departments. You post on the BBS regularly and leave nice, constructive reviews like this one. Everything you do, you do right. There's no way I wouldn't want your voicing talent, and hell I'd be an idiot to not consider you for my next projects.

Now to respond to the criticism since you were so kind as to leave it. ^^

Gah, I hate those flickers. I know how to avoid them for future projects, so I'll work on that next time. :) I don't know why the potion dealer's lines were so soft... I blame the voice actor!... Oh, wait. :3 My scripts often are too long, and I always bite off more than I can chew (released by February... ha!) and I can always go on and on. I had plenty of material for the first and second towns, but I obviously chose not to write it since I was pushing it already.

Thank you for your mighty kind words! <3

[Megaslap]

Haha, this absolutely made my day.

Imagine my surprise to see that MONTHS after making the audio comic with Hathor-Liderc, that someone would feel inspired enough to make a flash animation out of it! You have no idea how much this brightened up my day, sir.

From a professional standpoint, I will comment on the artistic representation of the emotions portrayed by the characters and say that some improvement could have been made in accurately portraying the "sadness", "annoyance", or other expressions implied by the lines themselves, but in terms of making the scene believable you definitely did above average. One of your most notable sections here is in Dr. Light's facial movements during his mini-rant and especially during the "P-H-D" section of the flash; these really amplified the tone of the voice through the use of visual representation and added quite a bit of humour to what was otherwise a static line, and this is the essential component of successfully bringing an audio-only piece to life through Flash animation. Simply stated, you had areas that were lacking in "finesse", but the core idea is still very much present.

From a personal standpoint, I was quite overjoyed to see something like this pop on Newgrounds, especially after the amount of time that has passed since we first released this audio. It always brings contentedness to my mind to see that the creations of one have led to the inspirations and interpretations by another, and I'm quite pleased to see you using outside sources to continue your flash work. While I don't know if I'll be able to keep up to date on what you create in the future, I nonetheless wish the best for you in only getting better and better from here.

Wrapping it all up into a smaller paragraph, this was a solid submission that, while undermined in some aspects of visual delivery, nonetheless was quite enjoyable to watch and clearly made with effort to make the scene original despite the actual joke being "borrowed". Thanks so much for sharing with us! :D

The-real-iceman responds:

well quite some time had passed since the time you guys first created the audio file and the time i found it, one day while browsing the audio portal i just happened to type in vgcats and up came yours :P

but yeah it took me a while to get this thing done, though Megaman's parts have more frame by frame then some of Dr. Lights parts

but like you noticed the "PHD" section was one of the scenes that didn't require any "eye candy" to deliver the emphasis of that statement

thanks for the splendid review and thank you for doing the voices to begin with :D

[Chris & Harry]

Simply filled with bliss.

I'm always so happy see your new works, ESPECIALLY because of the faces you create that everyone secretly wishes they could do in real life. The nut shot was perfectly timed, and I have to admit your timing camera view changes to the pace of the music rang quite heartily with my sense of musical timing, so even more kudos to you for that.

Thanks for the cameo, and PLEASE don't let up on your advent to continue improving your flash ability!

Oney responds:

glad to have you involved my flower ;)

[El Taco Hospital]

I... I'm speechless right now.

Darnit, Darkar, I knew I was going to have to ask what you were working on next eventually, but this is NOT what I had in mind. You lovable bastard, you have absolutely NO idea how hard I'm laughing right now. Even though my voice differentiation stank when I made those.

My god. My stomach hurts.

Darkar responds:

Then I achieved one of my goals. :)

[WoodMan Is Incredible]

Such a smooth animation!

Honestly, it brings my heart good to see sprite animators who are able to make their animations proceed with FLUIDITY AND PACE, not just loud music and sound effects.

The only reason this doesn't receive a 10 from me is, ironically, because I think my voice could have been deeper, or at least better projected. I'm glad you liked it anyway, though!

Well done, man, you've certainly come a long way. :3

JumpNJetz responds:

Thanks for the review, the help and the support with this flash. You really motivated me to finish this fast and continue doing work like this. Your a true friend :)

[LL - The Cookie Jar]

Quite enjoyable!

Normally I am not one to partake in crew flashes (based on past experience), but I can honestly say I fully enjoyed this submission of yours for a variety of reasons; the music choices were well placed as well as quite nostalgic (Super Mario RPG and Sonic Adventure 2's final scene them, for some examples), and the humour placed within was prominent without being too edgy.

Simply put, I'm impressed! You put together a very decent piece that didn't stress itself too hard to be funny, and managed to attain originality even through poking fun at the reuse of previously-made scenes.

Well done, my friend! :D

MasterLock responds:

Thank you very much :D

[Stick Town. PREVIEW]

This flash certainly has potential...

However, I have to express some concern over your music choice. First off, I would have appreciated if you'd asked me ahead of time to use my music in your flash, but this is not for effort reasons; I would have ended up telling you that the music you were interested in using simply doesn't fit the flash's content, doesn't match the FEEL you're trying to create, and likely I would have suggested something better for your flash (such as Four Brave Champions by -Orr-).

I hate to say this, but it almost feels as though the only purpose that song serves within the flash is to help it get a better score by means of association; good song, higher scores, which means the flash itself is not fairly graded. I could be completely wrong about this, but at the moment that is what it feels like.

I do realize I am still fairly credited for this, and I will not be cruel in asking you to take it down NOW, although I may do so when you release the full version, but allow me to express that I was a little disappointed of finding this out via surprise instead of deserved information. :\

Kylehere123 responds:

Dude. I only choose it becoz it was playing when i went into the audio portal. It doesn't say anything about personally asking you? as long as i give credit ETC. . Anyway despite what i wrote thanks for the song, But it did not use to promote my flash.

You just said the song promotes the flash, so no fair judgemnt? the next time you do a flash animation, use no sound.

But thanks for saying it has potential etc. At least you didn't flame

[So... Brawl was delayed..]

I don't know why I laughed so hard....

...but something about this movie was just so hilariously simple and funny, I found myself laughing loudly. This is a rare example to me of a movie that doesn't need to be detailed to be enjoyable :D

Jimtopia responds:

Yeah, animatory venting is the best kind of anger management ever!

[Hallucinogens]

That was actually really hilarious!

I honestly have to say that although I was skeptical about the creativeness of this "school project", I found myself laughing more than once throughout the course of the movie. The sheer randomness was still organized in a way that really brought out the humour you were trying to incorporate, and I really do believe I'll end up watching this more than once.

Excellent work, man. I just hope yur health teacher doesn't dock points simply because it isn't completely serious. XD

Starogre responds:

nah he gave me extra points. this was only part of the presentation.

[PW- Wright to Justice]

Definitely one of the better ones!

I must say, I went into this thinking the flash would be antoher stupid attempt at paralleling the Phoenix Wrong series, but a lot of the skits in this were actually well choreographed with the sprites! The Spartan one was especially funny to me. Nice work!

sonikku88 responds:

I know what you mean about the lackluster PW flashes. I felt like it was duty to bring back the glory of the Phoenix Wrong series, in a way. =D The Spartan skit was my first idea. I really wanted to see the audio from that in a PW flash. XD Thanks for the comment. =]