JazLyte's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[: Cow-mouflage :]

Straight, the usual fanfare.

Pick a topic, camouflauge, oh wow, big deal. Next, squirrel rants about it, he flips all over the screen randomly so you only have to actually animate the bare minimum, and his mouth doesn't move, a vectorized photograph for a background with a tweened cloud or two so it's even easier to pump another one out. The humor's still JUST okay. I might've given it a better score if he were talking about something more interesting.

[GT - Monster Trainer]

I'm really starting to dig this series, man

Solid character drawings and animation, well-done voice acting, and good sound. It's also got this professional feel, and with all the crap that's coming into Newgrounds, it's truly a breath of fresh air to see something clean with actual effort. Long story short, the flash got it's point across well. =)

Also, THANK YOU! When I was 9 years old playing with Pokemon stuff, I didn't really notice, but now 10 years later, I take one glance at it and I'm like, "WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?" Leaving alone on a journey at 10 years old, that's pedophile heaven man. Great flash, peace.

[An Original Sonic Fanfic]

Pretty funny, and great acting

<(BFR)> (A bias-free review, since it's a popular game character)
This is quality entertainment you got there, it's just like some crazy mess these people on DA are making with other people's characters, hah. The humor made it shine and the voice acting was just about perfect, they sound just like the original characters. It was truly entertaining. I know it's your first flash and you were going for this storybook style, so I'll just be honest and say it didn't Wow me graphic-wise, but were solid enough to keep your attention. Good work, Keep it up!

[Chuck's New Tux!]

My mouth is STILL hangin' open

Great work, man. Everything was pulled off perfectly, the frame-by-frame was solid, the sound was without crackling, the music fit perfectly, and the colors didn't go wrong. Your style's really growing on me, man. Keep up the good work. That has got to be the most SHOCKING ending to a short flash I have ever seen. You are crazy man!

[Primal War 17]

Nice

Very cool, I like the whole beast-people thing, it's unique and reminds me of a cartoon I would watch from the 90's. The drawings and shading was well done, though the sound was a bit strange at times. I HATE it when people mix tweening with frame-by-frame for full-body movements... But it was a good flick overall.

[2 - The Story of Khale]

Stylish, Unique, and Incredible

Where do I start...? Man, I don't want to sound like I'm kissin up, but this movie did no wrong as far as quality. You've established a beautiful world for these characters that's unique and intricate, awash with this urban-celtic fusion that's amazing to the eye. The character designs are on par with the best. The first movie, the trailer, made me think about the Jak games, which I'm in love with, but you've proven that this is something fresh and incredible that left me cheesin' through the whole flick. Together with the perfect music selection (Which I think you said is original for the movie somewhere), I couldn't look away. I also found the voice acting well done, thoguh hard to hear for Khale's older brother(?)
Other than that, the flash was amazing, brotha'. I've waited so long for somebody to bring a great new original series to Newgrounds and you did it. It's just got this flavor about it that's new, but seems strangely familiar. This is Newgrounds' next hit. But I'm pissed that it's only a 4.30 right now, it should be a 4.70. Keep up the good work, you've inspired me for my works.

[Zelda: UO Epis:6]

Nice job, man.

I've seen this series, and it's crack. The character drawings are well done, and the fights are really fast and frantic, which I enjoy (Unfortunately, this episode didn't have any of that). The voices also fit the characters and the story flows very well. I like your use of camera movements during action scenes, I do the same thing.
It does have it's moments though, where the animations could have been a bit fore interesting, not really sure how to put it... Like the bomb explosions were kinda wack, but it's not a small problem, I enjoyed it, and fan cartoons are rarely my thing.
I REALLY wish you hadn't done Legend of Zelda though, personally. People love this series, and you basically reivented LoZ's story into something very interesting. I realize that people tend to vote 5 automatically for fan cartoons and it looks good on your page to have all those 4.0+'s, but some of these characters (The ones that weren't created by you) you'll never be able to say are yours, and they won't really have that piece of yourself in them. You're capable of making something original, I think you should've gone with that. But regardless, you've filled a part of NG's gap where the quality action series' disappeared from, and I'm grateful for that.
Keep up the good work, man. I'm hoping to see something from your own soul in the future.

ScootLumpDude responds:

Well thank you. I appreciate the criticism. Very good constructive review. I've seen a few of your animations as well. Very well drawn and original characters. And to be honest, Zelda UO isn't my only story. I've been developing a story of my very own for the past 5 years and so far I'm happy with it. However I don't believe it'll be seen on newgrounds for a LONG time. Anyway I'm glad you like my series and I'll be sure to keep looking out for more of your work.

[Links Cucco encounter-P1]

Nice

Not bad, man! Could have been a lot worse for a Zelda cartoon. But you applied your own visuals, sprite free, and for that, it gets much more points. You draw very well!

Unfortunately, there were these sort of common, lazy anime elements like avoiding full-body animations and drawings, always using close-ups (Which are significantly easier, but also incredibly noticeable. Trust me, I've done it tons of times in my cartoons, and people notice (But the fact that it's Zelda will probably make people not care at all)... I would also suggest that you take shading detail down just a small notch so that you won't be tempted to avoid frame-by-frame, because the best looking anime uses lots of frame-by-frame animation to bring a good flow to things. Good work.

coycoy responds:

Wow, I really wish i had more reviews like you. :) all your words I'll try to take them into consideration on my future flash projects. lol, Iv'e done frame-by-frame flash in the past, and jeez it sure takes alooooot of time to make a half decent animation. again, thanks for your kind words, and review. ^^

["Karma"]

Sweet work man

I loved the animation, it had a very classic feel to it, and the way that certain things like the dragonfly moved was natural yet highly fluid to me. Great work on the frame by frame. Personally, the colors left a little something to be desired for me too though, and the loop (sounds like a song I heard from Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy) kinda skips at on point around the time the eagle shows up. Other than that, sweet work man.

mantis0702 responds:

Thanks, yeah there was a little hiccup with the sound. So far you're the only one to mention it. Pretty observant :) I still haven't figured out editing sound very good yet but Im learning.

[Rock Cop]

You're a good animator, but not much of a comedian

The animation was very solid, I liked that part. I'll just establish that point from the beginning, you've got skill. Unfortunately, the whole premise seemed incredibly lame... I'm curious, did you even find this funny? There was NO part at all that was funny or creative about it...seriously...Also, please leave video versions for Youtube, man. Show us the actual .SWF, it's just a good look period. You're sweet at animating, but get a writer. Peace.

EnigmaCartoons responds:

Thanks YungJizz. I know it's not flashy cliched black ninjas fighing oversized horribly designed monster, but you know, Animators and artists like you give me hope that I can get better.

peace yo!