TharosTheDragon's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Hardcore Gamer Buys Wii U]

I don't get it.

[Mario and the Penguin]

How did Zach Striefel do the music? Wasn't this Mario music?

Xcyper33 responds:

Yes it was Mario music, but he recreated the classic music instead of taking it directly from the video games.

[New Eden - Pilot]

Very awkward, long, and drawn out. The comedic timing is amateurish, the voices are obnoxious, and the jokes are uninspired.

I know how it must feel when you're an animator and you take a long time drawing something and you want to leave it on the screen for as long as possible so everybody gets a good long look at it, but this really needs to be faster paced. Your 6 minute cartoon feels like it's 20 minutes. The best part was the first minute when things were happening all at once and it threw stuff in your face and didn't waste your time.

I would say the quintessential sci-fi comedy cartoon is Futurama, which is saturated with jokes. It's just funny funny funny over and over again with a gag every few seconds and no boring gaps in between. Yeah, that's hard to do. But you gotta make sure you try to throw as many gags at your audience as possible and find every opportunity to do so. And don't milk just one joke because there's a chance it was never funny in the first place. The red button thing was groan-worthy. I feel like you had maybe 2 minutes worth of quality content, so drawing it out to 6 minutes makes your audience just wanna leave.

So... make the characters charming and likable, pick up the pace, don't reuse jokes, don't draw things out, and be original and inspired.

NewEdenseries responds:

Just wanted to say thanks for the feedback. All good solid criticism that we can use. Look forward to hearing what you think of the Shorts. Cheers!

[Lollipop Chainsaw Parody]

For the PS360. Ha ha, loved all the hidden messages. "Many-tentacled underdemon penetrator of orifices wonders why you just can't hug tonight without it leading to sex."

Speedo responds:

I drew a full version of that pic in the art portal... though surely you already seen because there's no way in hell you read that from watching this lol
Yeah, I love cramming loads of easter eggs in the backgrounds of my vids, even if they're impossible to see on Newgrounds xD

[enter: dollhouse one.]

Don't know why this wouldn't deserve a 5. Great animation, great sound effects, and that cat is an amazing actor.

beccahyman responds:

pahahaha chloe does anything for cat treats. including interrupting my brief departures from reality. thanks for your review!

[The use of time travel]

Mechanazis are jerks.

Cenaf responds:

they deserve not existing. Thats what they do :O

[How Drugs Help]

Oh, sex with maracas? I thought he said Moroccans.

Catoblepas responds:

Sex with maracas does raise some questions. As does sex with Moroccans.

[The Steven Seagal Show #2]

Plaque on the wall:

LOS ANGELES COUNTY FOOD SAFETY COMISSION

By order of the Mayor of the Food Kingdom. This Food establishment is deemed worthy of offering food to consumers for consumption.

This decree may be revoked at any time, without notice, whenever the mayor of the Food Kingdom says so.

Decisions made by the Mayor of the Food Kingdom may not be challenged in any court of law, here on Earth or any known or unknown planet, now or anytime in the future.

If you have any questions, they will not be answered.

Container on the counter:

Skin Lotion Industrial Strength

WARNING: Prolonged use may result in zooming in on tiny place-holder text that doesn't really say anything interesting.

ken9000 responds:

Haha! I was wondering if anybody would ever notice this.

[Game of The Year Edition]

Ha ha, Hideo Yamamoto is the manga artist who made Ichi the Killer. Was that supposed to be just a random Japanese name?

nevarky responds:

Yes, just a random name, Hideo came from an obvious place though.

[Kony 2012]

I'm a little confused as to why people say IC is a scam because Joseph Kony isn't in Uganda anymore. The Kony 2012 video explicitly states that Kony has moved on from Uganda. IC never once claims that Kony is still in Uganda, yet people keep on calling them out and saying they're frauds because they're supposedly keeping their attention on Uganda even though they're not. You don't have to do any research to see how ridiculous this is. It's right there in the dang video! IC claims to be about capturing Kony regardless of where he is.

Anyway, IC may still be a scam regardless. It's hard to say. I guess I'm somewhere in the middle.

Here's an article to read, with some discourse in the comments: http://www.newuniversity.org/2012/03/
opinion/invisible-childrens-scam/
Here's a question and answer on Yahoo answers that provides a lot of sources: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/ind ex?qid=20120308161016AANrRq7

Regarding StarWarder's comment, I looked at the link he provided that showed IC's taxes. Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but it looked to me like IC made nearly 5 million dollars in profit. They spent almost 9 million but raised nearly 14 million. So... what are you trying to say with that, StarWarder? I searched for the word "profit" and the only time it shows up is indeed in the word nonprofit but it's talking about nonprofit health insurance or something.

Yeah, I know, I'm missing the point. The video is just supposed to be a joke, and I get it. I just feel like most people who say IC is a scam have no idea what they're talking about and are therefore just as bad as people who blindly support IC. People are too quick to dismiss activists and charities and stuff just because they're too cowardly and lazy to care. It's easier to say it's all a scam and so we're not obligated to be concerned about it. So go on, call me stupid for caring.

Zachary responds:

WHO CARESSSSSSSSS