TharosTheDragon's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Gigi]

Oh dear. The dialogue is so unbearable. The writing and acting are horribly awkward and amateurish. I wanted to stop watching like 2 minutes in. Animation ain't bad though.

Budj responds:

You're too kind.

[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!

[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.