Ferstofus's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Yu Damn Bastard - Yu Is a Filthy Rat - (Persona 4 Parody) - Zaaztoons]

Pretty hard to miss some of those easter eggs. But what a magnific tale, what a doozy. Fucking loved what you did with the whole ridiculous cartoon vibe. And of course, great work from the voices and music, stellar

ZaazNG responds:

Thank you so much, Fersto my man! It was a nightmare putting this together, really glad you liked the finished result! :D

[Breathing Space]

Man. I just loved this. Everything is so fluid, from the story to the animations. And the characters had so much personality. And the music was kick-ass. Loved it. Loved every second of it.

And you said you've made this a few years ago?? And you improved??? Holy moly, please post your next stuff here! I can't wait to see it!

ArtOfAlexH responds:

Thank you so much, I'm so glad you enjoyed it :)

['Wandering Cloudlings']

Man. So simple yet so intricate in the experience it gives. I think that's what William Blake was talking about when he wrote "to see a world in a grain of sand". Amazing, keep it up.

Butzbo responds:

Wow that's a big quote!
I wasn't sure how a 'less eventful' animation would do, it's been great to see the response, Glad you liked it! :)

[Madness: BLACK BERSERK EP1 - Pilot]

Ok. Very interesting one. I got some feedback.

First, the subtitles. There were many times when it was so hard to read them due to poor background contrast. Seriously, many times. Maybe put in a subtitle strip? I don't know.

Then there was this bit around 11:30 where a guy just died for no reason? I got really confused and kept pausing and rewatching it trying to understand what happened. Then I realized he got shot by the gun that fell from the other guy. The gun shot him when it fell. So that was that. Thought all this took me away from the actual story for a couple of minutes, you know.

Really liked the fact that Blackhole spared unarmed enemies. Gives him character, I really liked it.

But then in his duel with the red sword guy, Blackhole literally gave him his sword back at some point? I really didn't get that. Mercy is one thing, but that...is Blackhole a chivalrous gentleman? Didn't get that vibe at all. I got confused as fuck.

Also, please give us something about "the idiot" in the next episode. Or the one after. I just think taking too long would be kinda bad. Even just a mention would be fine, it's about making us believe that he actually exists, I think. That he exists and matters?

Some parts of the greeting terminal scene at 17:45 felt like mindless exposition to me. As in, I think they could be shorter, or rewritten, etc. I could be nitpicking though, see what others say about it.

And...I think that's it. Somewhat cool story, hope I'll get to see where it goes.

Btw, voice acting was not as bad as you think, don't beat yourself up over it.

Keep up the good work!

BlackholeStudios responds:

Yes I explained why i had problem with subtitles in some scenes in other comments on ng or yt i think,

The part where they fought and he gave him the sword was because,it was an act of respect to the enemy,he didn't wanted to kill him when he's defenceless,this act was often used by knights as an act of honor,here's an example from one of polish lecture ecranization at moment 14:48 https://youtu.be/YBs4a4Io49I knight allows him to pick his weapon as an act of respect for him

And Im glad that you like the voiceacting : )

[DORA THE FORD EXPLORER (Dora the Explorer Parody)]

Whatever you wanted to make me feel, I think you achieved it

SteakstixAnimations responds:

You felt an erection then?

[The star of the group]

Sorry

The sound and voices were annoying, the drawings and the animation too simple, the "jokes" not funny and the video, not worth watching. It seems that you tried to create a comedy video, but it was not funny at all. And it resembled Eddsworld a little, if you ask me. Now, how about some tips?
There was no music in the entire flash. This is not right. Most of the times, a good video needs music. Without a song coming to our ears, the silence usually makes the video boring (although there are exceptions for this, like the Jerry series from HotDiggedyDemon). And that's what this video is, boring. I suggest you taking a look at the audio portal; there thousands and thousands (if not millions) of songs there that you could use in a way or another. And I also think the sounds used were painfull to hear and the voice-acting was bad. Maybe you could contact some good people willing to help on the BBS or posting a message on the frontpage, I dunno.
About the animation, it was something too... silly. The drawings weren't that good and the animation didn't have much movement (not mentionating your "smoothness"...). The preloader, the introduction and the credits had only a simple and boring white background. Even if they were black instead of white it would be better (I think it's because it gives that movie feeling =p). The sky was only a blue space and the grass, a green one. WORLDOFTOM, give this baby more details! At least try to do so. Draw more, train more, think more, get better! If you can make the visual quality better, so will be your video. Try making more (and smooth) movements and decent drawings. And for example, don't use just one colour in each part of the scenario; and give a chance to some FBF (frame by frame) animation.
Ok, so maybe you think that it's too much work for you, but you still want to submit videos to NG. Well, if that would be the case, I say one last thing to you, fella: make it enjoyable. It doesn't matter if your video is like this or like that; as long as it's enjoyable people will give their 5s and "AWESOME!"s to you. Some flashes don't actually have much quality or effort put into it, but if people like to see it anyway, that's all that matters for most of them! But be aware that quality (musical and visual) is always important to make a video enjoyable. Some of them are enjoyable just by the fact that they have very well made animations and songs in it. What I'm trying to say is this: if you want to make a movie that people would enjoy, watch it and think if you enjoy it yourself. Forget all that you passed creating your work, think that it's from someone else and how you would rate it. Boring or enjoyable? "Now you're thinking with flash portals" ;)
Anyway, I think I've already written enough :s. Now taking a look at my opinion and hating or liking my suggestions, I hope you make something nice and funny next time, WORLDOFTOM. A "fuck you" from you would just mean to me that you now know many things that could make your videos better (I'm almost sure you would read the review because, after all, like... "WOW! A huge review? About my video?! I have to check it out!" XD). And I guess that's what matters in the end of a review, right? Ok, ok, I'll stop writing now. Good luck on your future projects, buddy.

WORLDOFTOM responds:

Thanks for the comment really helpful i will take into account what you have said and try to improve on the next video and also yes i am doing something like eddsworld they where the ones that got me wanting to make flash videos ;)

[Fun With Vampires]

Good enough

Smooth animation and not so bad drawings. Maybe would be better with a background song and more details. Or with some comedy, I mean, better comedy. It was not that long too.
Oh well.. it's a good and simple halloween movie. I think there isn't much to complain.

duhidiot responds:

:P i couldn't find any background music that fitted for an un-spooky halloween movie.

[The Fifth Element (TEST)]

Yeah...you have to train more

Nothing interesting or enjoyable. Try to do something that have a reason to be watched. This is just a test, so I don't blame you for not being good. But please, don't put tests like this on the portal. They're no good. If you're going to put then here, at least put when they can be worth watching.

BananTj responds:

ok
sorry

[Tarboy]

Excelent movie!

This flash is just too dawn awesome! All the animation was very smooth, all the images were excelently made, the music, the sounds, the voice acting, the story, every thing! It sure deserved the daily feature and I really don't know how it could be any better.
One question though: Why were those mercenaries right there on the corridor to attack Tarboy? Shouldn't security guards be there or something like that?

JamesLee responds:

I gotta admit that was something we were a bit iffy on for a while, whether it made logical sense. In the end we just figured that mercenaries were cool, and that maybe coolness factor would outweigh the discontinuity :P Thanks for the review