D-Mac-Double's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Squirrel Please!]

This could've, nay, -should've- been really good.

I think you absolutely nailed it on the art and animation. Nailed it. But when you make a flash adaptation of a comic, something that relies -fully- upon its dialogue, then its an absolute must that the vocal delivery of said dialogue be very solid.

Sadly, the vocal performances here just weren't up to par, and that's the reason why this flash's score is currently hovering around 3.50, and not a 4.00

First squirrel's recording quality was noticably below the others, and sounded much more southerner than african-american. Huge shame, because he spoke the most. Other voices were just somewhat decent from my point of view.

Sorry if I come off as harsh, but it's all too often and disappointing when well-animated flashes like this don't get high scores due to this reason.

For your next voiced release, I highly recommend looking up the "Voice Acting Alliance Forums" on Google. They're a very talented bunch who'll help you out for free. Or, uh, ask me. I'm good too. o_o

Better luck next time, and I look forward to your next animation.

The-Nut86 responds:

Thanks man, your critique on the audio has been the only useful one yet. In retrospect, I should've worked more on the voice; guess I was too eager to get this done. Thanks again dude :)

[Waluigi Short]

Get my voice. k?

Not bad in terms of humor, and I liked the blooper joke, with the actual "blooper" enemy. Clever. =)

Okay graphics. Not special, but not bad.

The voices for Wario and Waluigi just couldn't cut it at all though, in terms of both imitation quality, and sound quality.

If you ever do anything using them again, I highly suggest you contact me and have me do the voice acting for you, as I'm able to handle Wario, Waluigi, Mario and Luigi.
(I'm the guy who voiced "Christmas Greeting" by Yoshi-1up)

Childlike-Spector responds:

In all truth I wasn't aiming to immitate his voice but create his own. Waluigi hasn't had very many speaking roles in his carreer, I couldn't find any clips of him talking so I made his voice up. Wario didn't have a speaking role. Ironicly the man who plays Mario's voice in the real videogames also did Luigi's Wario's and Waluigi's too, are you that guy? XD

[Phil the Demon]

Pretty good!

Hey there, Shun! I thought this turned out very well, and I think your artwork and animation has gotten noticeably better since Snake Eater Chronics 02.

Heh heh, so far I'm the only one who's noticed "The Brood" theme from the WWF/WWE in there for a short while. Awesome song choice.

TripleArrow also did an excellent job as Phil, but it's important that you be careful with volume control, as the thunder sound effects made it very hard to hear what he was saying at times.

Other than that, a great submission, and I look forward to your next one!

(Note to my religious peeps: You don't need to let yourself be offended by this flash, it's harmless. And you're hearing this from ME, the guy who's been called "Reverend" at school. =P )

SaintShun responds:

Hey dude, thanks for the review, damn and i did lower the thunder a hell down, oh well , what can one do huh?, dude contact me on AIM, i have a role of an action serie that you might want, that will be my first full lenght fbf animation.

[SMB: Christmas Greeting]

At a 4.05 score right now! Oh snap! =O

Also good graphics too! =D

PS: That guy who voices Mario & Luigi is teh sexy. His name's D-Pad or sumthin, rite? =|

[Batman : Mr. Freeze]

What you need now is good voice acting.

You're definitely a great animator, but sadly, the voice acting is KILLING your flashes seriousness, and hurting it's score too.
English not being your main language -really- shows.

PLEASE let me and my pals help you out with the voice acting for your next flash. We're quite experienced and talented, and will do it for free. =D

Check my profile for info on how to contact me. You won't regret it! =)

[CC-Clock 1920's]

Please...

I'm really lovin' the style used here. Heh heh. I always enjoy seeing that film noir-type feel used in flash.

But I find it worth noting that not ALL clock movies need to have those lousy digitized speakonia voices. It'll often just lower the score of your flash, unnecessarily.
Heck, "Lord of The Clocks" and "Broken Clocks" used real voice acting and they both got awesome scores.

None the less I'm still hoping you make a series of this, and if you do, please don't hesitate to ask myself or NG's Voice Acting Club on the BBS for help. Lots of great talent there, and we'd love to be of assistance. Plus, 1920s/30s type voices are one of my specialties. =)

BoulderClock responds:

Ill remember that, thanks buddy

[STARFOX: Mission Complete]

Good for what it was. =)

Very impressive art/animation. Shame it couldn't have been finished, but I'm always glad to see more StarFox in the portal, which there isn't enough of. StarFox 64 is my favourite N64 game, after all.

You did all the voices yourself, I'm assuming? Not bad, I must say. I liked your job with Falco, though others like Andross coulda been a bit better.

I'd gladly help you out with voicing if you made another SF flash, as I'm highly experienced with it, so don't hesitate to call upon me or other members of NG's Voice Acting Club, if you wish.
Regardless, you're quite talented, and I greatly anticipate your next flash.

AlmightyHans responds:

yea, i thought about that too, i wanted to make a video game parody, i really hate video game parodies if you ask me. but i thought, well everyone seems to like them. and since copying off a video game isnt original, i wanted to be a little more original so i used a video game that happened to almost be untouched, and apparantly was one of my favorite games. i completely agree, STARFOX 64 is THE BEST starfox game!

[Chips & Pete]

"Not everyone is nice." ...That's Newgrounds. =(

Dang, I cannot believe the score this is currently sitting at. It needs to be averaging a 4.00 OR HIGHER, and when I first viewed it, it WAS at 3.99. ;_;
This having a "Teen" rating may have hurt it a bit. It really should be an "E".

I felt the animation and artwork were just about top notch. You put a lot of effort into them, and it shows! The backgrounds and character designs were all great! =D
The voices sounded somewhat compressed in quality, but were still good for the most part. Topleka didn't really say enough for me to make a judgement call on, but Elliair did a great job as Tony.
I usually really like Frogs, but I didn't find the voice he used here to be suitable, it was just 'okay'. Chips could've sounded more energetic and 'monkey-er'.
Poor TVs_Slayer out with the Flu. I wonder how he would've done...

I did think that this was lacking a bit in the humor department, but I CANNOT believe how negatively it affected so many of the other reviews. It's just, ridiculous that so many made humor the deciding factor in their scores. -_-

Overall, I find this to be a very well-made flash toon. Though I found the actual art and animation itself to be a bigger draw than the writing, I'd still gladly offer my services as a voice actor again for your next flash. =)

I'd give this an 8.5/10 , but will round it up to a 9. =D

(Future reviewers! When you comment on voice acting, please be specific on what you liked or didn't like. If you just say, "The voice acting was bad." you don't help anyone improve! O_O )

LiLg responds:

Hey D-mac.. thanks for the good advice about the rating.. i put there was mild violence and it gave it a rating of a teen. I don't know why.. it should of been more like cartoon violence cuz i mean the tony get bit and pete gets hit with well.. you know :) .. i personally don't think it desirves the score it got either but what can i do

I guess make better flashes :)

[Megaman Zero- The Last Cataclysm]

Fantastic!

(Hey PrideoftheAsians, a lot of these voice actors -were- in Xin. Look at the credits. Legend and the green guy were both voiced by Omahdon. =P)

Great work Flamezero, this is easily the best sprite flash I've seen in a long time.
The animation and fight scenes were great, and you also did terrific job with casting voice roles, and music selection.

I'm really looking forward to part 2, heh, especially if Dr. Weil plays a larger role in it. =)

[Starfox 64 Spoof Part 1]

With more polish, could've easily scored a 4+

I liked this. I thought some parts were quite funny, and animation was very solid. =)
However, I felt that you being from Quebec really hurt the scriptwriting and voice acting, as English doesn't seem to be your first language.

If you are going to make another Starfox flash PLEASE contact me, as I can be a big help with script editing and I'm also a very talented voice actor. Just check my profile. ^^

Trust me kid, you're on to something here. =)