VicariousE's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Dollar]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrodollar_recycling

[E.T. Excursion - episode 01]

Ah nice, we finally get some backstory on the weirdo that started this whole thing. The audio is slightly better than your more recent submissions, but I still had a little trouble w/ the dialogue not being more on the surface of the mix. Maybe normalize all tracks, then give the dialog/VA stuff a nudge up idk. Characters got streamlined nicely, attractive and serviceable, a testament to years of repetition and improvement. 5/5 production, you know how to tell a tale and put on a good show, best wishes on going forward. It's been a pleasure following your career.

[Deadpool's Biggest Fan]

You know, you're really good at this shit. With consistency like this, maybe you should be a race car driver, diamond splitter, lion tamer... nah, you're an animator and story teller, a rarely successful combo, but you have pulled it off. Really sorry you got burned on this project, but like a phoenix you'll come back just as strong (and hopefully better paid) next time. Don't burn in silence baby, you're just getting started.

MisterHerbal responds:

My man! long time :) Thanks for sticking around. Your words always lift my spirits. Hope you're doing well buddy!

[Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible - Ep 2 Review (Spoiler Free)]

Welcome to Newgrounds presenter, happy and honored to have you here. I do hope you'll keep up the British horror movie theme in later videos, it's a very worthwhile subject! Quickie review of Ep1 and Ep2 (this un)

Decided to round up my rating largely due to the quality of the whole presentation. Different facial expressions, sitting positions, outfits, backgrounds.. well, more animation, would go far to accentuate the spectacle. The amount of clips and stills used were right on the money, though sometimes the composition of the stills looked a tad wonky.

Newgrounds has a lot to offer, other than sharp elbows and locker room etiquette, check the Audio Portal for BGM and SFX options, lots of production resources here, and folks happy to help and follow your work.

[MUPPET ELDERLIES]

IDK, maybe covering the original Muppet Show and not the subsequent (and lame) cartoon, would've had more legs/opportunities for sketch humor. There's humor in old age, and though the motions were made, the outcome was slightly less than satisfactory.

Production of the cartoon and audio was consistent w/ thisisaok's usual high quality, but the script seemed tame... What about nursing home: sex (STD's, enhancing drugs), violence and neglect (patients, staff)? What about escaped patients, physical therapy (in or out of the LTC facility), day trips? Seems like a lot of day-to-day/slice of life stuff could have been capitalized on.

So. Great premise which could've been fleshed out brilliantly, and with an excellent 21st century flair, was dropped like uterus on a bladder, causing the viewer to hit the head, not stay the course

thisisaok responds:

We didn't ask for your essay on "comedy."

[Madness Corruption 2 Collab]

Groovy.

[Little Jack and the Imaginary Bigfoot]

OK, that made me laugh, mission accomplished with extreme prejudice

[Pugataur Story Time - Scraggle Princess]

You can tell a lot of time and TLC was involved with this animation, however I can't get my ears around the voice of Pugataur. The VA work in and of itself is well intonated and consistent, but it lacks bass, overly high pitched, and machine processed (bumpy sounding). Otherwise, a good production and a welcome new addition to our little corner of the internet, hope your time here is enjoyable and productive!

Pugataur responds:

Thanks for the feedback. We have gotten a better mic since. When we initially made this video we didn't have any experience with audio. Still trying to figure it out but hopefully we'll improve. =)

[GETTING TO KNOW YOUR PARTNER]

Was kinda hoping to see a wrong answer or two, since no (young) relationship is 100% perfect or that well examined early on. The couched metaphors were OK, but nothing over the (ha-ha) top, purely a T for teen rating. Seems a very safe tutorial for Relationships 101, maybe too safe, after all, love's a battlefield.

(Mouth and eye) animation was tight, VA work impeccable, but the lack of backgrounds, action and detail really hurt this piece, though the few asides were done well. So 1 star off for animation and 1 1/2 off for the script, which could've been a bit less predictable, and more thought provoking.

lemonadeandlatte responds:

Thank you for your comment. We really appreciate it!

[The Fate of the AHCA]

Not bad, but you should tag it a 'loop', and let it run a few times, not just once.

darkn00bknight responds:

Good idea. Thanks for the tip.