JazLyte's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Rebalanced]

Well...At least somebody still enjoys a good fight

Though I find sticks to be a bit unimpressive, there is pretty much no limit to what you can do with them, and that shows with toons like this. Everything about it was just sick. The animation was fluid and sleek, the choreography (if there was any) was kickass and the music choice fit everything. One complaint was that the ending was really abrupt. When the music got to the main chorus I was like "Oh shit, NOW it's about to get good", then a few punches and it was over. Other than that though, kept my attention longer than 99% of the shit that comes through the portal. Nobody makes action anymore. Nobody makes fights or chases anymore. Everybody wants to be a fucking comedian now and none of them are funny. Keep doin' what you do.

[FYAT]

Smh, cock-blocking.

He should have his dingaling ripped off for doing that shit.

Oney responds:

cock teases are worse tho

[Patchman: Production]

Would've been better with blood-curdling screams.

BUT nevertheless, good shit man. If he was a black ragdoll he'd have put hot sauce on that game.

RiverJordan responds:

LOOOL! I get it!

Yeah the screams u sent me were good, just the overall consensus was go without..sorry :'(

[WGJ4K: Twilight Princess]

Hmm.... This one missed for me.

I really enjoyed the last 2 episodes but for some reason this one didn't hit it for me. I still like the art style, and the presentation is really nice as well as the voice acting and sound but the humor on this one really missed. It seems like they're getting shorter and losing the care/thought, even the last one declined in quality from the first. I think I'd rather see one really good one a month or two than an average one every other week.

[WGJ4K: Game Chat]

Funny as hell. It shouldn't be but it is.

Like the first episode, we are pulled into Mickey the Dick's world of awkward conversations and minimalist insults. And once again I have managed to LOL at it.
However I will say that I didn't want to click this for days because I thought it was a Warhammer40K fan flash. Keep up the good work, less acronyms.

[Ex Memories]

Shit, you people heard of sentimental value?

3.59, ain't that a bitch. Well I will still vote 5 for you, Mr. Chu. Egocity and everything involved with it still has sentimental value for me, and I LIKE IT. >B)

LenZ responds:

Thx Jazz ^^

[Leo & Satan]

Funniest thing you've ever made.

Seriously this shit makes me horny.

Oney responds:

thanks mr jazzypants

[WHOOKOS Beta: Epis 1]

Glad to see some original stuff

Nice art here, the backgrounds look great and everything 's really clean and polished. The voice acting was realistic for the characters (for the most part, except for the bully and the teacher but I'm sure they were double-ups). The downside is that I feel like it has the potential to stand out more but doesn't. The bullies and high school stuff kinda seemed needlessly 80's-ish, but beside him getting kicked in the nuts there really wasn't much different about it than most flash buddy-comedies. This kinda disappointed me because the opening scene with the guy beating off in class really caught me off guard, and I expected that the rest of the movie to have that same off -the-wall humor but maybe that's just me. I liked it, I'll definitely be watching future episodes, but I'd like to see more originality.

[Vice Faction: Episode 15]

Bland

There's a solid drawing style here, decent voice acting, and the drawings are clean and crisp (less people here get that concept than you'd think). I've never seen the previous episodes so I suppose I can't really say too much about it...
However I have to admit that words like 'bland', 'flavorless' and 'blank' come to mind when I watch this. There is obviously alot of characters, but neither of them managed to say or do anything interesting through the whole episode. There's no style to it...nothing unique or interesting... It's just THERE. Another thing too is that even though the story may be decent but choosing not to put a "Previously" thing here after like 15 episodes probably isn't a good idea unless you're just not interested in drawing in new fans. It wasn't bad, it was just kinda the bare minimum.

[Omega: Episode 2]

Major potential, but could use SERIOUS work

I think you have a great vision of what you wanted this movie to be, man. I think it has imagination. The small details like the variation in the city and all the people and flying objects; that part I really like. The designs in mind for the characters were good, and the storyline, if nothing else, kept my attention. The problem here is that the only thing that was executed right was the ideas.

-Visuals-
You say it's your third flash, so I'll judge accordingly. First off, you could really stand to learn frame-by-frame. The tweening on the characters made them look like marionettes the whole time, and there was this constant side-profile shot going the whole time that really wears on you (especially that excruciating scene where Omega follows Trask. That was just brutally long and mundane unless you were just looking at the variation in the background...) I have to tell you that variation in key in animating, you gotta change things up if you want to be able to keep people's attention. I suggest you simplify your character designs while you're still new and work on drawing out a new shot every 8-16 seconds so it doesn't look so ameteur. Also, please NEVER use the default gradients that come with a newly opened file like the "shitty chrome" or the "bleached donut black-white radial".

-Sound-
OUCH. MY EARS. I used to struggle from a problem very similar to this where I didn't know to work with another program besides Flash for sound. This is a necessity I'm afraid. That scene at the fight club could have easily wrecked my speakers with the horribly crusty cheering, you have to watch that. I suggest going to Google right now, typing in "Audacity Download" (It's free, a small file, and legal) and learning how to make your sound volumes consistent, and don't EVER export flash without optimizing sound. You really have to work on that, you'd be surprised how it'll turn people off.

-Overall-
You've got me intrigued with the series, and I will be checking out everything Omega that comes through the portal in the future. But try watching some professional cartoons (You seem like an anime guy, check out the composition of your favorite cartoon), and practice, practice hard! I commend you for making a movie of this length, not many people are willing to do that, but keep in mind also that the quality has to be at balance with the quantity. Don't ever re-use character symbols for every shot just so that your movie can be 10 minutes long, it's not worth it. People wont want to rewatch it and neither will you. Wow, damn, you caught me on a tangent. But I'm always intrigued to see a new action series on NG, that genre of flash is dying, Kudos! Keep working, I'll keep watching.

JTmovie responds:

Thank you for the comment and really great tips.

And yeah that walking scene got way to long and I defently need more variation on the character instead of just side shots.

Thanks again. If I do make another one I defently gotta fix the sound and movements.