JazLyte's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Ride Like The Wind]

Fantastic

This sir, is the best thing to come through the portal in weeks. I miss flash cartoons with integrity... seems like they've disappeared. Anyway, everything about it was expertly done. The backgrounds looked great, the character art was solid, and the colors were just right. I wasn't fond of the song, but I'm not gonna take away points for taste in music. The only thing that held this back from being a perfect 10 was the racing/action itself. Everything the 3D here touched looked pretty choppy, and it was lacking that sense of speed. I can tell you were going for it with some of the camera movements, but it just didn't do it for me. I seriously think you could have animated a better race just using 2D and enough creative tweens and camera movements if the crafts were too difficult for frame-by-frame. Still, damn good flash, nice job ;)

[If Anime Was Real]

I agree with Gamakichi, needs more.

That was pretty funny, it definitely caught me off guard. I agree with old boy a few reviews down, there's so much more ridiculous shit in anime that you could poke fun at in this format. Nice work.

[Tales of the Jesusaurus]

D: I are angry

Don't make fun of Jesusaurus. Only those with the most succulent livers will be saved, meaning people like you with pasty white Canadian livers are doomed.

[Sonic X: Cosmic Chase]

4 years of production could've been better spent

I'm not going to lie, to get this out of the way up front, I WISH I had your diligence. To work 4 years on one project is beyond my comprehension in ways I can't describe. The 8-some months I spend on my lovechild projects is ecxruciatingly unbearable, but 4 YEARS? MY GOD. You get points for that.

Unfortunately, here's where it becomes a dick review... This flash doesn't deliver even close to what everyone who saw the trailer a few years ago was expecting. In 4 years, a single animator could create a 10+ episode series, and even though in all that time my taste in cartoons has changed drastically, when I saw the title, I turned 15 again and got chills up my spine, because I was 100% sure that I was in store for an hour- long epic flash masterpiece with mind-blowing graphics and quality that would make me give a fuck about Sonic again... Nostalgia's a bitch, ain't it? Because now I look back at the trailer and realize that it wasn't even all that sweet, so now I have to rate it like I would any other painfully average Sonic fan movie that the portal shits out every once in awhile.

The graphics were average; they may have been impressive for basement toons back a few years ago, but now that Flash's incredible potential has been discovered, this looks just... okay. It was a 5-minute flash of utter randomness from the Sonic universe that really doesn't impress story-wise. Everything else isn't really yours. Frankly, being a proud Guilty Gear addict, I didn't think a full-GG soundtrack transplant added any value to the flash. The animation wasn't exactly convincing, so the lack of sound effects really took away from the overall experience. It was just bland. We've seen Sonic and Shadow fighting a million times, shit we'd seen them fight half a million times back when you announced the project.

I think I understand what happened here, because you certainly didn't spend all this time making shoddy 3-frame loops of Sonic's hair blowing, or conservatively animated, filter-raped fights and there is no sound design or casting to worry abut. Boredom first, I'm assuming, then real life matters, and after a long period you finally decide to sit down and finish it; but you've been working on the same damn thing for so long, there was no opportunity whatsoever for your skills to grow as an animator. And I know I keep bringing up the timeframe, but 4 years is ample time for a GIANT LEAP in Flash skill; having to do nothing but keep a consistent standard for so long can rob you of alot of opportunities to improve. Long story short, I suggest from now on you make shorter projects so you can have more room to improve, I'm sure that there's stuff you've been dying to do since you've started, so get crackin'. I'll still watch myself, but my only request is that it will not be about Sonic, seriously, we're tired of that n***a now. I wanna see something YOU came up with.

[A Sperm Limit Law]

Ridiculously talented

I can't imagine how much time it must take for you to make these trippy ass shorts. As always, the animation is literally perfect, the story makes no fucking sense, and the music sets the mood just right. And that's why I can watch your shit over and over. Seriously, you inspire me. Faggot.

Catoblerone responds:

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

[Pleasure Island 3]

Best series on Newgrounds.

Seriously, I love you gay long time. The quirky humor, graphics and everything were just right. I wasn't fond of the 3D backdrops at some parts, but everything else was gawjuss. There's such emotion in the acting of these angry ass weirdos and their horrible, horrible walrus lust. Alas, it wasn't as LOL-funny as the last one, and the cliffhanger was pretty ghey, but still enjoyed it. Best thing to come through the portal in weeks.

Sexual-Lobster responds:

thanks YungJazz!

[A.E. Chronics BETA | Ch.0 - Pt.2]

Oooo enjoying this so far...

First of all, THANK YOU for making a serious original series here on NG. This genre has disappeared just about completely here, and it's refreshing to know somebody else is still doing it.

I'm enjoying the story so far, especially having seen that Hallow Statistic pilot episode of this and knowing what it leads to. The art is solid for this style, and does a good job of creating the eerie atmosphere. I can appreciate that the voice acting is realistic and not cartoony, and the sound quality's good enough. I liked the eerie noises in the background, that was creepy as fuck what was in the box hahaha.

The only thing that disappointed me is the animation itself, alot of it is tweened and it didn't really venture outside of decent. Usually I'd expect that for the animation to be so conservative on most of it that there'd be some wild action scene to balance it all out like you did in Zelda UO (And I know you have it in you, I've seen it before) Regardless, damn good flash. I lit up when I saw it in the portal this morning. Keep up the good work.

[Battle in the Sky]

The absolute shit.

100% flash goodness. You have a great character style, nice and simplistic but still full-body and with alot of potential, I also enjoyed looking at the muted sepia city. You did a great job of showing how alive it is. The song didn't wow me, but I can't take points away for taste. Your movements for the most part looked great. The only complaint I could possibly pull out of my ass is that the action sequences could have been faster and more exciting, but that's nothing I think is far from your skill level by any stretch of the imagination. I can definitely see the Vinnie inspiration, but you in no way imitated him like I've seen a lot of people do which is good. Keep up the great work, love to see more from you. Sexy shit.

[Atheist Ant]

Ouch...

Well... It wasn't horrible, it seems that if nothing else you know how to keep a movie free of holes and blank space. But It could really use some work. Try studying real life before you attempt walk cycles, making a humanoid creature walk is one of the roughest things to animate no matter how long you've been doing it. The flash overall is pretty polish...less...without polish...

Also, review-moral :D Here it comes since clearly you were asking for it.

Get thyne head out of thyne holy ass. Who cares if any scientist believed in god, you trying to collect names to your cause is not going to make your religion more plausible. Being an ex-Christian, I'd say that a song comparing God/Jesus makes him sound big, dangerous and heartless rather than this omnipresent benevolent being the church portrays him to be when they're recruiting. The train didn't create the tracks, and ants should worship trains, nor should they build churches/monuments to them, because a train can in no way be beneficial to an ant. The ants should just stay away to avoid getting hurt whether they believe it was created by someone or not. Food for thought :P Not that you're going to read this review.

TheMentalInstitute responds:

Thanks, I'll try to improve...
I didn't write the song so I don't agree with it 100%. I do agree with the message that train tracks can't come from nowhere though! (which I thought was the best point).
Thanks for watching and reviewing! I appreciate it.

[Happy Birfday Hulalaoo]

Oh my god

You made a cartoon about how me and Hulalaoo met :D Thx booboo