BlackCaliber's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Tankman Three!!!]

Wyld Stallyns rule!

Great work. I love the Tankmen. About time they give that little guy I've been looking at in the corner for 5 years a little character. Why do people have to be jealous because this cartoon is popular? They should spend more time trying to make something better than you instead of creating half-assed (if that) parodies. I realized this didn't take much effort either but I realize you need to spend time working on better cartoons. Unusual but hilarious concept anyway.

[Thinking Impaired Intro]

What are the odds...

I was browsing around newgrounds after a long absence (due to my fried computer) and saw the new intro. I saw it before but I thought I'd let you guys know how I felt about it. The art was great as always. You don't have a hell of a lot of detail but the simplistic style reminicent of PBS cartoons (to me at least) always make me smile especially with the seamless animation. Such innocent graphics with great adult humor not unlike that of 'The Simpsons' or 'Family Guy' will never cease to amaze me nor cease to make me laugh. Of course, being only an intro, the humor of the actual series isn't truly expressed. The music is great. Because the old intro was so short, I was only able to hear the entire song after downloading the file on the site before it was edited. I love the way it starts out with a simple little beat and ends up jumpy like the 'Cowboy Bebop' theme. Well keep it up. You should be offended you were placed below 'Hyperboy'. The art, sound, humor, or crap-your-pants factor can't even amount to the genious... or incidental abomination that is 'The Thinking Impaired'.

[Sin Angel pt1]

Exceptional graphics but choppy plot

At the beginning, I was impressed by the art. The characters looked cool and the color scheme was half decent. It was pretty consistent most of the way through with a few exceptions (that guy was disintegrated in an explosion of jello) even if the characters were a little outlandish. The story was awkward. Did her mother even notice her kid had wings!? She was living a normal life and I found that awkward but that wasn't too big a deal. Suddenly the mother dies and you feel bad for the character but then she goes off and kills that little girl's father. I realize this is just the first part to a series so try to sew these patches together with some drama. The story kept shifting and there wasn't any build up. I'm pretty psyched to see what you do next.

[Showdown With Goku]

That was pretty hilarious.

I dunno if you were trying to make this a serious movie but I found it outright histarical. I apolagize if that wasn't the kind of mood you were trying to create. I thought it was a pretty original concept though. The filming wasn't top quality and neither was the art but, for amateur work, the sychronization with the cartoon character was impressive. I liked some of the angles you did. The choreography wasn't half bad either. Great concept with a decent execution. Very entertaining.

[Metroid: Invasion Part 1]

Sprite cartoons with quality?

Why I've never heard such a thing! I usually believe cartoons like this lack creativity but your effort shows in this cartoon. Most flash cartoons aren't fully voiced or as animated as this. As far as spriting goes, this was awesome.

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Thanks.

[Chillz Story]

A hip cartoon disguised as a film noir.

This was a pretty fun movie. The style was the best thing going for it. It was vivid and surreal and the characters were quirky and fun to look at. The animation was pretty decent. Sometimes the animation was a little stiff but it kind of gave it a fun cardboard cut-out flair to it so it worked. The way you told the story by replacing dialogue with music and animation worked out very well and I'm really impressed by this piece.

[Utopia]

An inspirational tale of the robotic spirit...

This surprised me. I saw this and at first I thought, being only placed in third, it was going to be another sub par film. However, the concept was developed and, though some of the art bothered me, the animation was pretty well done as well. If there is one thing that bothers me more than anything is when people get out of control with gradient fills. I enjoyed it from beginning to end.

[Environmental]

Great message...

... but I've heard it before and I've seen it done better. Don't get me wrong. Great visuals and great music. However, I don't think the Fight Club theme was really the best track to have used. It was cool how whenever someone littered or wasted something you saw the long-term effects on how it effected our environment. However, you said things like we hurt ourselves. As far as this cartoon is concerned, all littering does is hurt animals. However, as far as cartoons go, this was a nice piece of work. Just try a little harder next time.

[X-Men: House of M part 3]

Not as good as some...

I liked some of your other cartoons better. This was good but it wasn't quite as funny as some of your older toons. I liked how you drew Wolverine this time around but his uniform is so much more funny. It was fun seeing some not-so-recognized cameo appearances though like Cage and Cloak. At least your knowledge of comics is at its pique. Keep it coming.

[The Ultimate Showdown]

A dynamic take on a one-dimensional concept.

People make cartoons where a cameo that shouldn't be there happens every five seconds. However, you've created ANOTHER hilarious score and exagerated this basic concept elaborating your animating guts out. The basic premise of every popular media figure duking it out was genious and with a catchy-as-hell hip hop esque song tieing it together, this is one of the best cartoons I've ever seen. My friends, you have my attention.