VelvetDarkRocks's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Chicken or the egg!]

My friend, you are a genius.

That's the same theory my brother and I developed. Bacteria, due to different mutations, eventually formed into what we called a "chicken". So that means the egg came first, because it was laid by something that wasn't quite a chicken yet because of the lack of evolution.

However, when the very first chicken laid an egg, what was it that hatched? Not a chicken, surely, because it had evolved to something greater than that of its predecessors! And yet, we still call the hatched "evolved chicken" a standard chicken. So does that mean that the evolved chicken is really just a chicken? That means every time we see another "evolved chicken", it's really just a chicken. Does that mean that, the reality is, there's no such thing as a chicken? Or does it simply mean that the chicken came before the egg, and simultaneously, the egg came before the chicken? That one will get you thinking.

~VelvetDarkRocks~

[Primal War 04]

Another movie well made.

Why would he throw his weapon away? I would have used a rock.

Little bit cliche with the fighting, but I think it's a dhame someone with as much power as the mage managed to meet an untimely demise all the same. Seiing as he was kicking the Silverback's arse for the majority of it, it was kind of an undeserving win in my opinion. All the same, don't you think it's slighty similar to King Kong? Solo ape vs reptiles, with advanced weapons?

Nonetheless, nice work with the camera angles and the graphics in general. The sound effects did get rather repetative, but a fantastic choice of music. Smooth animation, but again, slightly cliche. All the same, a well furnished production.

~VelvetDarkRocks~

[School Madness]

A messed up school indeed.

That's a very interesting ending, seeing as he was killed by a zombie and wasn't so much defending something as mass-slaughtering. Not really my sort of movie- where there are innocent people who stick their hands up and throw down their weapons, and are shot in the head. Krinkles avoided that in all of his movies- he's just knock them out.

At any rate, the graphics were smooth, in opposition to being choppy like former reviewers noted. Slower than your average madness movie, and I still find it hard to believe you can deflect bullets in a 180 degree angle, using a sword, but hey. Movies are movies. A very decent tribute to the madness saga, but not quite there. If it's good, it doesn't have to be original.

And don't we all wish that someone who walk into a classroom with a shotgun and blow up our teachers as a nice wake-up from an afternoon nap?

~VelvetDarkRocks~

[Salad Fingers Episode 7]

What a queer guy. Assuming it's a guy.

Salad Fingers has once more left me laughing quite ridiculously. The genius of using his peculiar mannerisms is just delectable. I've realised something though. As strange as he is, he never seems to be overly troubled by anything, and he's quite happy for the most of it, despite the fact he's completely alone and likes to stroke rust.

A magnificent creation. You've kept true to everything that makes Salad Fingers such a popular series, and this is one of the greatest yet. Disturbing, yet in some morbid fashion, entertaining. A difficult combination. I tip my hat to you.

~VelvetDarkRocks~

[Primal War 02]

The file size was out of whack.

I found the leopard's panting to be exaggerated. The story wasn't so much developed as continued on a whole new tangeant- another player has entered the arena sort of thing. A third party. But why a monkey? Titanic strength, but not much for the finesse a rapier would require. At least, in comparison to his bulk, that's what his sword appeared. While I'm at it, that was a pretty massive sheath for such a slim blade.

Nevertheless, a well animated battle that left me pondering the remainder of the storyline. I hope to see more soon. Well done on the smooth animation and finely developed graphics, and again, excellent choice of music.

~VelvetDarkRocks~

[Primal War]

Again, and interesting adaptation of anthrope.

Thank you Napalm Death! That was wicked war music, though I found the credibility slightly hard to believe.

Though this was simple- primal, you could say, the storyline was definitely sub par. Dinosaurs on mammals (by the looks of them). That's the only impression you have room for. Stranger still, war-hardened, fully trained solider mammals attacking a dinosaur fortress with more sophisticated weapons and equipment. I find it hard to believe sub-machine guns could take on laser beams that blew apart terrain. I also thought it was a waste of an aerial attack to arm the eagles with machine guns instead of, say, bombs to drop on key locations.

Nevertheless, a very well animated war. Fantastic action for a flash movie- full credit goes to you. Brilliant work, though perhaps the sequel will develop the story slightly more. An excellent production.

~VelvetDarkRocks~

[Primal War 03]

Hm...

I didn't actually watch the first two, so I may have missed something. That was probably my fault.

From what I did watch though, I agree with my predecessors in saying that the sound effects were very much overused. I somehow don't think a Lion and a Tigress would have lived as captives in opposition to dying in a fight, but I guess because I've missed so much of the storyline it's just not connecting. She was a pretty hot tigress though, you have to admit.

I like your adaptation at anthropomorphia (or anthrope). A very pleasant viewing, though I can't say it's anywhere near complete. Perhaps the other two movies will shed some light. I like the command of the promise- firstly, creative, and secondly, definite. A perfect ending, though I eagerly away the fourth part.

~VelvetDarkRocks~

[Johnny Casanova]

I found it very, very slow.

Unfortunately, being as slow as it was and having some relatively poor jokes, I just didn't find it captivating enough to watch the whole thing. While it did have some decent puns here and there, it was just drawn out a little too much. Interesting graphics, but smooth animation, so you get credit for that. Overall, not entirely a mess, but just not to my taste.

~VelvetDarkRocks~

[Christmas Blonde 3 - Pt 1]

Dum de dah.

To think. I was actually about to watch this, until I realised the full version was out. Silly me. Quite a filesize too. Well, I'll go check it out then.

~VelvetDarkRocks~

[Android X-19]

I found it inexorably slow.

The entire movie, I was waiting for something to happen. Something big. Most of the time, I had to keep waiting. The killing of the professor, and then blowing the hole in the building was the kickstart of action. But was a ten second timer really necessary? It just slowed things down, and though I can appreciate the anti-climax, it was a little frustrating, having to have waited that long for, well, nothing.

However, it was very well animated, and the graphics were quite fine, especially detailing X-19. The dead professor did seem a little bit square in his clothing, but otherwise, you did well. Just speed it up a little, hm? Now that I think about it, if the professor *did* want the robot to destroy the city, he would have died anyway. Ah well, guess he didn't live to see his son's own downfall- literally. Hm, ironic. *smiles* So it was a good ending. Yes, brilliant!

~VelvetDarkRocks~