ChandlerThompson's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Did You Hear That?]

Perhaps the most creative collab I have seen.

The concept of this flash is brilliantly creative, my eyes were glued to the screen the whole time. The animation for each of the scenes was very good, but I liked MyKindOfFlash's scene the best. It was interesting to see how each author interpreted each sound. It shows how some authors have similar taste, such as many people including a lightsaber, or completely different, like the gold shine going "lalalala". I was entertained the whole time, kudos to everyone.

The author biography section was well organized and I like how you included each sound that they submitted, I guess it shows their personalities in a way. If you do wish to continue this and make it into a series I would be glad to help out in the next one. I once again congratulate you in showing the upmost creativity in this collab and having a great crew of animators to make the flash worthwhile. Keep up the excellent work everybody!

Graeme responds:

When Simon handed his sound it was titled Light Saber. So I was worried it would come out as such in almost every part. But really only like two parts. And not even Simon's. Interesting :)

Thanks for the menu props. I spent a lot of time making those bio's snazzy :)

[Mentanks]

A clever parody.

One thing from the flash that nearly put me in hysterics was how the tanks each had different accents. That part had me rolling for some reason. The animation was good, the voices were hilarious, and I got a laugh out of the ending. You captured the essence of Tankmen well in your flash. A funny submission overall, good job.

I thought that the part where the tanks ran over the people was random, but also unnecessary. I also thought it could have used a few more jokes representing your interpretation of the Tankmen, I like your style of humor and I think you should put it to good use. In the end, I enjoyed it greatly. Keep up the good work!

[Like a Brother]

You show so much style in your work.

When judging the flash's artwork, it is easy to say that this was nothing below superb. The style you use when animating is mesmerizing, you made the characters look so distinct, I am very impressed. You included a good song and had great animation that followed it. I liked the story it told too, this was a very creative piece, great job you two.

There were a few things that I didn't like about the flash though. I thought you stretched out the fight scenes a little too long, and I disliked whenever the robots threw something it would always be a slow motion tween. I'm sure the reason you did that was so you could animate the full length of the song though. Besides that, I was entertained from beginning to end.

Just short of a perfect score in my book, but I still enjoyed the piece very much. It's so cool the band liked your music video, it must mean a lot coming from them. I hope to see work as good as this from you guys in the future. Keep up the great work!

ZekeySpaceyLizard responds:

yeah the band were very nonrestrictive
we pretty much got to do whatever the heck we wanted in terms of content
and they were very supportive

[Teh dot]

An interesting submission.

It's great to see so much talent in a flash animator that young, I'm sure he'll bring much needed flavor to this site as he gets older. I thought the concept of the flash was nice, the animation was simple, and you included decent music. Some of the line movements tied into the beat of the music too, that was impressive. I'll have to check out the episodes of this series.

The animation was simple, but I thought you could have at least made it longer since it was basic animation. Granted, I know your brother is four, but I'm sure you could have helped him out with it. Anyway, tell your baby brother to keep up the good work, he is an aspiring animator and I'm sure great succeess is bound to come his way.

[--The Zelda Collab--]

Good job all around.

You guys assembled a pretty clever collab. I was impressed from the preloader all the way to the end of the credits. I liked Gunstar96's part the best, I felt his was the most creative. It took me two tries through the whole flash, but I eventually got all of the hidden hearts, and the author bios section gave me somke laughs too. Good animation on all parts, great job everyone.

One of the problems I had was that some of the voices had a low resolution and they sounded fuzzy and I couldn't understand them. Another thing was some of the parts had a lot of incorrect spelling, I may be a grammar nazi, but it got annoying after a while. I didn't count off for spelling though. Aside from those two things, I thought this was a well organized collab. Keep up the great work everyone!

[T E T R I S ' D]

A pretty cool concept.

This was a really neat idea for a flash, I love the whole Tetris block avoidance and robot battle theme you were going for. The animation was nicely done, and I thoroughly enjoyed how the Tetris theme would be in sync with the main character's actions, I found that to be very creative. It's clear to say you put a lot of effort into this, good job.

There were only a few problems I had with the flash. I thought the main character could have had a little more animation towards himself, instead of merely making him a stickman. I also found it to be repetitive at times whenever the stickman would avoid the Tetris blocks, the constant barrel roll technique made it somewhat boring.

Aside from those things, I was entertained from beginning to end. It was a great tribute to Tetris, I highly enjoyed it. Keep up the great work!

KobraEditing responds:

Thanks!

[Omgiitsaomsfc #2]

About the same as the first.

I got a few good laughs out of this one. My favorite of the sketches was when you used the sound effect from South Park about Hybrids, that was hilarious. It was good to see some of the jokes from the last one too, like the Pokemon skier and Aids joke. You show skill that you can actually take simple sprites and make them funny, good job on that.

Wasn't too different from the first flash about this topic. Granted, the jokes were somewhat corny, but they did make me laugh. The voices you used were pretty good too. The only thing I wasn't too impressed by was that the lip sync was often out of sync, and that some of the sketches didn't require too much creativty. Aside from that, I found this to be highly entertaining. Keep up the great work!

iShirm responds:

Thanks for the review!
Gonna try to get some joke writer next time, or at least try to get better in that area. Thanks again, cheers!

[Ghost Train]

Definately needs improvement.

All I could see in this flash was that you've mastered inserting decent music into the flash and tweening. It just seems like a lost cause without having any plot or characters. The repetition is boring and make the viewr immediately lose interest. Definately not showing much skill here with flash, but it means you can improve.

Simply put more effort into a flash. Add a background and characters, create a storyline, it will all come together nicely. I'd be glad to help with it if you wish. THis definately isn't the worst flash I've seen, and I'm almost positive that you can improve from this. Keep up the great work!

SilentCobra responds:

Cool, thanks for the offer, I'll take you up on that, but I have prior commitments in the EGB. Get AIM and we'll talk about this later I hope? Anyway, as I stated, this is my first actual flash animation, made in flash. I do hope to improve, though this is not a career choice, this is all merely a hobby.