See, the thing is...
Proficiency with movie clips and arrangement can be used to overcome the need for extra layers--even in the movie clips themselves. One can animate a multi-symboled, tween-animated movie in a single layer quite easily (it's just somewhat tedious), with the only hindrance being an inability to use guides and masks.
The actual pieces themselves were a mixed batch... Some good, some bad, some average. 7.
Hate to sound harsh, Ross, but...
That was a really, really generic WoW skit. The over-exaggerated roleplaying, the 14-year-old with obesity and acne... these are things that have been made fun of countless times before in much funnier ways.
If you're gonna do video game humor, you're gonna have to try harder if you want to be fresh or funny. Sorry, mang.
Yeah, WoW is a dead horse. But there was a lot of demand that I touch on it for the show.
That was grotesquely delightful.
I gave you -1 because the guy talking normally was a buzzkill, and some of the lip syncing could be better. Other than that, the flash was fantastic. It was like Charlie the Unicorn meets Happy Tree Friends meets the weird sprite stuff that used to be on albinoblacksheep.
9, Fifen, +Fave. Cheers.
Incredible
Every time you release a movie, you set a new visual standard for web animation. It's just great.
To top that off, you really had a great character/plot progression this time.
My two main suggestions:
1) Give the prowlies shading and shadowing. It kind've ruins the scene when they are so less detailed than everything else.
2) Try to avoid skipping frames (as you sometimes do in your FBF) when you're doing complex or quick movements. I don't really know if other people notice it, but I definitely do.
Other than those two, the visuals were just about perfect. Your ability to draw water and related objects and effects in particular is truly amazing. It almost makes me thirsty watching it.
Fifen, 10, fav. Don't stop making movies.
I think you should reevaluate your style.
Your story's not terrible, the voice actors are great, and the colorizing and shading are solid. However, the animation itself lacks taste and dynamics. You use way too many positively-eased tweens without starting them up with negatively-eased tweens, and you over-animate breasts to an extreme (particularly when the sisters are walking in; who has boobs that even move remotely like that?). Normal character movements tend to be overly simplified (to the point where the paddling scene was just the entire ship being tweened as a whole), and your lip syncing doesn't look right at all (like a re-dubbed foreign cartoon). Just because you have anime influence doesn't mean you have to take up all their flaws.
You also had some narrative issues... The paddling scene itself seemed very sudden--they went from planning their escape to the act of escaping in a complex and well-built boat; where did that come from? It's one thing to use ambiguity to make narrative thought-provoking, but this just seemed to be a causality gap.
Your antagonists (the prison guards/interrogators) seemed too obtuse and static for interesting conflict. Perhaps you should make use of more complicated enemies next time.
I understand that the movie is about being sexy and funny and all that, but I just think the overall quality seemed kind've sub-par at this point, even in its purpose; the breasts just look too fake in their movements to seem at all sexy, and the only noteworthily funny part to me was a random bit in the epilogue.
You draw the characters cleanly, but you don't animate them as well as you should. It felt almost like I was watching a webcomic that was quickly converted into a flash... like the animation was an obstacle for you instead of a tool to overcome the limitations of still pictures.
I realize that this movie already appeals a lot to the typical newgrounder as is, and I understand if you won't listen to me, and I wouldn't be surprised if I got some "unhelpful!" flags, but I thought I'd just be honest and hope something good comes of it. Good luck to you in the future.
I usualy don't answer bad reviews, but since yours doesn't contain insults I'll make 1 exception. Not because I think I can change your mind, but because I want to share my point of view. Animation IS an obstacle. Limited animation = more episodes. The most important thing for me is to tell stories. The rest is details. I tried doing frame-by-frame, it was too long and nobody really cared. Everything you see in this episode is done on purpose. If the mouth movements are random, it's a choice. If there's too many loops, it's a choice. So if it sucks, it's on purpose. If you don't like it, there ain't much I can do. You'll have to accept you don't like Miss Dynamite, because I can't do what you like.
This deserves top 50. For serious.
CHRIST IN A CAN I CALL THAT A MEGA FAV GET!
I Wasn't Particularly Impressed
Symbols: The characters seemed a little over-chibi to me, and had quite simple designs. I know simplicity can be done for unique reasons (MoreLikeBlue), but your visuals didn't strike me as particularly unique or stylish. :\
Animation: A lot/all of your tweens were un-eased (or had easing that was much too insignificant for their situations to notice). Although the tweens didn't look terrible, there was a noticeable lack of complexity in movements, and, as mentioned, easing. Probably the only parts that struck me as visually interesting were the explosion clouds. :0
Audio: I guess I'm practically alone on this, but I didn't like the song. The lyrics seemed... well... cheesy, and the "remixing" sounded almost cliche. :[
Concept: The idea of a vampire having fun and spreading his control during the night, although not completely fresh, is fairly novel and acceptable. It just seemed to be presented in a somewhat uninteresting way, what with the audio and flat character movements. Try to start with fresher audio and character sprites, and let them move around more (with easing!). Good luck on your future movies, and sorry if I seem picky--I just think you have room for improvement that you could and should fill. :]
Funny
I enjoyed it quite a bit. The visuals were nice and the voice acting was amusing.
Lulz at "THE BUTTER THAN PEANUT PUFFS YOUR CREEEEAM!"
Just as an FYI, "busting your nut" means "ejaculating." Perhaps you meant that as a joke on purpose, but "busting a nut all week" might put you in a hospital...
Hilarious.
Very, very funny. You did a really good job on timing.
I'm curious: is there any substance to what Chalk is talking about?
It was good, but I actually liked the 1st more.
I'll admit the "what's a berd?" giggle face and mutter was a really funny spot, as was the Pythagorean bit. However, most of the movie lacked some of the style things I liked about the first one.
First off all, "peanut butter and jelly sandwich," as an exclamatory phrase, is considerably less funny and overall lamer than "cabbage patch kids."
The antagonists in this one weren't very funny, unlike the first one, and the beginning parts just weren't nearly as memorable as "hate you so much it's unreal" and "major hard-on" and the like.
I dunno. Maybe I just liked the first too much. Hell, just the way he said "It's, uh, only part one though," and kept that happy open mouth look was funny to me. That was in the "bullet in liver" part, yeah, but in that context it makes sense, and coherency is less funny.
Back to the Future references are always nice, but I still miss Office Space music. :[
Visuals and audio were nice, as usual. One suggestion: use easing. You seem to use a lot of flat-lined tweens. Those never look as good.
Overall, it was good, but it's probably not something I'd send to my friends and quote, like the first one. :0 Hopefully we'll see what happens Tankmen 3.
P.S. Have you completely given up cock/gay jokes? Having one or two doesn't hurt.
believe me i EASED practically everywhere. maybe just not a few spots in the beginning because of the complexity of the layers and lining it all up.
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