Mechanus's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Soylent Fuchsia]

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And also I liked the crayon style, although I imagine it raised the file size quite a bit.

[How Clocks are made]

One problem

On clockday you ought to portray a clock as having a dick at least three times that big. I can't honestly give this a ten for that sole reason.

[The Dark Knight Tribute]

Thank you

Through this magnificent animation you have not only saved me several dollars that might have otherwise been spent on seeing the actual movie, but you have also exposed how easily people get upset about suicides. I don't hear Heath Ledger complaining, and I think he's affected more than anyone else.

[Tales of the Oak Sage ep1]

Pretty good.

However there were a couple parts that were a bit off. In particular, the animation of the character's (the oak sage?) hand/forearm was awkward (especially where it was turning).
Also, this is a minor problem, but I noticed that the character's antlers/branches are the same color as a tree in the background during one part. When the character walks in front of it, they blend together.

[.::1200 FRAMES::.]

About the framerate thing

In Actionscript 3 it's possible to change the framerate while the flash is playing. The code is something like this.stage.frameRate = framerate; on the movieclip (or in this case a frame on the root stage) that you want to change.

Personally I'm not a fan of this kind of animation, but it could definitely have been worse. The main thing that bothered me is that you told people not to vote if they don't like it. If we all did that, every flash on the site would be scored a 5. The whole POINT of voting is that not everyone will like the flash.

Like I said already, this isn't my cup of tea, but hey, I've seen worse. And I kind of liked how the blinking circle matched the beat.

[Snake in a box]

Could have been better. but could have been worse

I kind of liked the general idea, but it could have been more interesting. Maybe something like him hiding in the box in a room, then a bad guy picking it up and finding him inside. Graphically, it looks like there's pretty much a total lack of shading and the shapes for the soldiers in particular look unnatural (mainly because totally straight lines or totally smooth curves are rare in nature). However, from the looks of it, this wasn't a big enough thing to really warrant that much detail. I'm just trying to give feedback on what was good or bad.

Also, the gradient gunshot was way ugly. I'm guessing you just didn't have the time (or didn't feel like devoting the time for a complex muzzle flash. Really though, they're not particularly easy to do, so I guess it's excusable, but if I were you, I'd probably go with a flash of smoke instead.

Half decent.

Pete-the-poe responds:

This was slapped together in 2 hours, I wasn't aiming tpo high for this. But your criticism is what I want to hear from people. I know this was half-assed. But thanks, and be on the look out for a series were gonna start spiting out.

[Unforgotten Realms: Epi6]

GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!11q

Barbarians are literate if they have 1 or more levels in a class that is not illiterate. Because sorcerors are literate, Mike having a level in Barbarian doesn't make him illiterate (though he would be if was just a level 1 Barbarian). That was clearly stated in the player's handbook. The movie itself was very funny, and, unfortunately, the people who have begun mocking you aren't, unlike when the Star Syndicate made fun of TooF. Too bad for them. Keep making them good. Oh yeah, in the next one, maybe you should have Mike somehow become a quasideiity. That could be pretty funny. Make a musical, you have a wonderful singing voice.

Sirschmoopy responds:

You don't think I know this? I did it on purpose so people who make this exact review and look like total nerds.