VelvetDarkRocks's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

["We're Starfox!"]

Now there's a trip down memory lane.

Dude, this was amazing. I seriously couldn't stop laughing for most of it. I love the personalities of each of the characters, the spin you've put on their own words. Peppy as the geriatric veteran captive by his own nightmares (and spaghetti), Slippy the retarded frog, Fox the legend who just wants to dine... And Wolf O'Donnell, the awesome king.

I loved it. So creative, so hilarious, so well animated when the voice clips were taken out of context. Each one was used brilliantly with very few just thrown in for the sake of it. An epic tale.

~VelvetDarkRocks~

PuffballsUnited responds:

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it so much!

[tWHYlight]

Ha, not bad!

For all the guys who were sucked into watching it with their girlfriends, this is painfully true. Oh it hurts, sometimes, to think about. Fansservice. Pah.

~VelvetDarkRocks~

Bobert-Rob responds:

Hey, it's painful to think about... think of how painful it was to ANIMATE parts of that damn thing. Yeah, I'm glad I did it, but it was still lame animating it, heh. Animating the non-Twilight parts was the best part of doing it, heh. Thanks for checking this out!

[One Big Morphing Orgasm]

It is indeed a work of art.

Beautiful, truly. Apparently random, but I have to wonder how you (and collaborative artists) came up with what each object would morph in to. Is there perhaps a story or symbolic meaning attached to them, or is it entirely aesthetic? I think if the morphs somehow represented something it would be a pretty epic way of telling a story. Very nicely one indeed, and beautiful music.

~VelvetDarkRocks~

TheBoogley responds:

yeah, I've seen that sort of thing done in documentaries... there is a real potential in it to tell a story with rhythm, perfect for poetry. :)

[The Adventures of Steve 3]

A little disappointing.

I'm a massive fan of the first two Everyday Adventures of Steve, which I consider the peak of humour. Though Steve 3 is longer and filled with more intense action, the jokes and puns took a severe dive, though there were still a few good ones in there.

In terms of music, you made some excellent choices there, but as the voice acting (while your effort is noted) was just a little hard to buy. As for the animation, you've noticably stepped it up a notch which is great to see, but all this doesn't quite make up for the traditional Steve we (or at least I) know and love.

I was hoping the ending would redeem the previous nine minutes, but it was highly anti-climactic: I was expecting Steve to demand a promotion or free access to porn or something similar, but it just sort of cut off. That said, the Megaman credits were pretty cool.

All up... Though longer, the humour (what I feel is the winning characteristic of the Steve series) took a pretty serious dive leaving the whole movie a little subpar. Looking forward to Steve 4 and a renewed supply of humour.

~VelvetDarkRocks~

Neo-Egyptian responds:

This review pretty much PERFECTLY sums up how I feel about the episode. I think after 20 months I'd lost the ability to see Steve 3 objectively, but now I've finished it it's pretty obvious that I was trying to make something that wasn't really a proper Steve episode. If I'm being totally honest, the previous episodes look like balls - especially the first one! - but they did so well because people seem to really enjoy the crazy humour and the completely random enemies and action. The Steve series it not meant to be heavily plot-driven or full of pseudo-dramatic dialogue, it's meant to be about Steve kicking ass and 'cracking wise'.

But anyway, I am still proud of this episode and I'm glad a lot of people enjoyed it to some degree, but don't worry - Steve 4 is gonna be old-school.

[Smash Bros: Go Pichu!]

Wonderful!

Haha, I loved the pun about Pichu doing more damage to himself than his opponent. Simon... Simon was just the perfect touch. And Miyamoto-sama! You did fantastically well, and although Pichu has never been one of my favourite characters, I now appreciate his cuteness. May he forever be protected from the Smash Ball.

~VelvetDarkRocks~

Topaz989 responds:

Thanks man. I'm glad you liked the flash. Pichu is a very cute character in Melee; I just wished he was better in terms of combat prowess (especially after all the work you have to put in just to get him). Thanks for writing :)

[Taxi]

What the deuce?

I'm still trying to work out if this was hilarious or terribly mean...

~VelvetDarkRocks~

aap responds:

Taxi drivers ARE mean. So they just need to die a bit.

Thanks. :)

[An Awesome Halloween]

Great!

That was great! You got some great jokes in there. Especially loved the references to Metal Gear Awesome. This is really great stuff, you should make more of it.

~VelvetDarkRocks~

Egoraptor responds:

References to Metal Gear Awesome? Did I reference MGA?

[Morocco Rescue]

Mediocre

Graphics were the saving point of this movie. Otherwise, I wasn't impressed with the humour or lack there of, and the helicopter sound was overbearing. The text speech was ineffective, the gun sounds were annoying. You were shoving sounds through my ears and they were annoying. The pace was a bit slow, and the backgrounds in some parts need a lot of work. To me this was just a gore-fest with little artistic value. Like I said, your graphics were decent in terms of characters and frontal objects, but I would say that is all.

Brooksay responds:

Yup, I pretty much agree with everything you said. Sounds were bad but I scavenged what I could off the internet. Used text speech because I wasn't familiar with sound in flash at the time. The humor, now that I've watched it a couple of times, is simple and pretty lame all the way through. Thanks for watching though.

[DD : The collab]

That was pretty sweet!

Interesting choice of music, but it definitely did the job. Very well choreographed and synchronised, with some sweet ass moves! I'm in admiration of their level of fighting, which still remains on a human level while being sheer awesome. Although I've never played DD, you've inspired me to seek it out. Perhaps I shall some day =)

Thanks for a great tribute!

~VelvetDarkRocks~

rebaz responds:

its on the NEs Snes and GBA,...serious DO NOT START WITH THE SEGA VERSION YOU MIGHT CHANGE YOUR MIND >_> , DD 1 is hard as hell, DD 2 is Realy fun and easier, but DD 3....is not for wussies..that game is HARd.....its harder then i got a boner from this DD collection, anyway. Glad ya liked it, also make sure you play the Snes version, THEY RULEZ ZLEL ZLE
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