TharosTheDragon's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Newgrounds DS Collab]

Notably missing:
The World Ends with You
Professor Layton
Henry Hatsworth
Kirby Mass Attack
Phantom Hourglass
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
Scribblenauts
WarioWare D.I.Y.
Okamiden

Lesser-known gems I still would've liked to see:
Monster Tale
Scurge: Hive
Steal Princess
LostMagic
Picross 3D

theOve responds:

I was gonna do one for Wario DIY where Wario is directing a porno, but then I didn’t wanna do it no more.

[The Behemoth 20th Anniversary Collab!]

Where was Battleblock Theater?

Simoes1000 responds:

Nobody makes an animation about this.

[DEEPSTATES 1: OVERSIGHT]

I love that there's a woman just hanging out naked like that's totally normal

wollymight responds:

That's occultist Rosaleen Norton

[why do you do that]

Who did the voices?

TheShammah responds:

me and a friend

[The Cat Cuddler]

What if the cat scratches you though?

AlexisE2D responds:

if the cat scratches a human or other non-CatCuddler entity, that is for the cat to decide
as for the Cat Cuddler? the cat simply won't scratch it. there is nothing preventing the cat from scratching the Cat Cuddler, however, no such attempt has been shown to exist.

[#BLUD-Cinematic, Chapter-08-The Fight]

Okay but if this is a quicktime event, are there more animations for each point of failure?

EXIT73STUDIOS responds:

you betcha! lots of extra animation baked in! But we like the version where Becky Survives!

[BEE & CARROT]

Wasn't there another movie called Bee & Carrot, or at least one with these characters? I can't find it

ZYNTHSTAR responds:

Not that I’m aware of! These are original characters I designed, but you might’ve seen something with similar-looking characters :0

[SPACE DOODS - Teaser]

What's the song?

MilkRug responds:

It's the theme song that Rowan Mathews made special for the episode. The full version will be in the final animation when its done.

[Valentine's Day Bear]

Nice to see the "lesbians" tag used in something other than porn

Artcompany responds:

Yeah it sucks that any associated with lesbians is basically gonna get overrun by porn. Not that there's anything wrong with porn but sometimes you want SFW ya know.

[SPEEDMAN]

The animation quality is 10/10 amazing. The characters emote and gesticulate so naturally. I'm just pretty confused about the story. During the propaganda segment at the beginning, I thought you were setting up some kind of Starship Troopers-style satire where we later see that they were wrong about the octopus people, but then all we ever see of the octopus people is that they're a bunch of jerks after all. Then we get a setup where Speedman is an old cripple before he gets his powers, but there's no payoff for that because his feelings as a superhero are never examined. And that makes it all the more confusing when he goes berserk and attacks the scientists.

Bowz responds:

Great call out! I think unfortunately the Starship Trooper style intro and the Super Hero genre can preload expectations on how the story will play out.
The goal of the intro was to show the world is at war with an invading force, and there's a call to arms. This is why Speedman was created.
Speedman was meant to be a super hero to save the planet, but he was never actually heroic. All his actions where self indulgent, serving his ego and desires. In the end he lost control and went berserk with no reason to stop. He fully indulged in the intoxicating high of power. They never really knew who they were giving all this power to. Turns out it was a crippled maniac.

As a main character he does leave a lot to be desired. We never really get to know him and I can see how that's unsatisfying. We should have someone to connect with more.

This is going to be a series, so Speedman's story isn't over. It's more of a prelude to the series, and I agree it's not perfect as a stand a lone short.

Thanks for your comment!! I appreciate the more critical reviews.