yokomeso's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[World of a Civilised Duck]

Poor ducks, dats y I am a pescaterian- fish are tastier too

Gerkinman responds:

Fish are so fucking tasty!

[Nothing Head Ep.1]

I like the art style! The name kind of evades me though- shouldn't it be called Doorknob head? or Lightbukb butt?

I kid, I kid!

DannyBacchus responds:

For a while the guy was actually called 'Knob Head', but i couldn't stick with that for long without laughing too much at him. The final name was chosen because he really has got nothing in his head, look at him learning to walk!

[The Broken Machine]

Awesome! I liked the story, the art and especially the music selection (is the first rave song from a Samari Jack Episode?)

savage011 responds:

yeah its from one of the earlier episodes i believe, thanks for the review!

[Base Times Height]

If I saw nature like that....

I would prolly be a dull and boring cloud watcher (OMG that looks like a parallelogram!)

I see where this is going though, but I believe to see math in human structures, and architecture, not necessarily nature. so it made me think differently!!

MorrowDays responds:

yeah you're right about the architecture connection... that would have worked really well too.
it would be pretty cool if clouds were more shapely. :]

[We Hate Modern Warfare 2]

Nice cOMPILE!

SO TRUE! I too h8 Soap's mohawk..ROACH!!! RAMERIAZE CUT OFF ROACHES HAWK!

MoozipanCheese responds:

Roach has a hawk? D:

[Brawl Funnies [dick 3]]

All about the message

I think your are right about how on Newgrounds things are becoming conformed to the way a lot of immature and undeveloped minds think. There are great flashes and movies on here, but its blame is not all on one thing, but a combination of all (Authors, Writers, the Audiance and Newgrounds).

Having the ability to promote Art is power, and I would like Newgrounds to promote more Art not to the majority, but to the quality NG likes itself, hopefully others will enjoy it too.

It sounds like you have gotten to the point where you don't like the things NG is promoting- I will have to jump in that boat too. I will be searching (like you said) for cartoons I like instead of just eating some of the garbage on th efront page

dreftclub responds:

A few months ago ashford pride made a movie with a foreboding title. It was called "Awesome Grounds".

Well ladies and gentlemen, that's might as well what this site should be called (at least right now), with the top row on the front page slot dedicated to an "awesome" movie and an "awesome" parody, an "awesome" t-shirt in the newgrounds store, and pretty much every "awesome" movie in the top 100, along with han's "awesome's creed".

I can't go to newgrounds with seeing something not about egoraptor or his coveted video game parody series. It makes me wonder sometimes if pursuing anything but half-assed cartoons making mildly funny observations about video games laced with profanity is even worth it. Truly, they are what bring the masses of 13-year olds to this site, and thus increases traffic and competition in the internet world. But you have to ask yourself, with this sort of two-bit audience increasing in numbers, are they really interested in watching anything else?

I understand that it's a dog eat dog world in the online entertainment business, and to compete you have to pretty much put up content that a majority of internet browsers would click on. This includes either women or video games. Things they already know they want. And that's all they want. They sign up, watch more, and come back and do it again later. They're trained to know that what they want is easily accessible and is promoted all over the site.

Original content is often shuffled off to the bottom of the page, or never gets any attention to begin with. Now comes into play the whole 'they won't click on it unless there's a boob for the icon', etc etc. That's because they've been fashioned to think that way.

I'm not saying i have all the mysterious answers to the way people's minds work. But this much is true - if all people click on are breasts and video game icons, and you give them breasts and video game icons, you're not pushing the envelope.

Newgrounds is the epitome of user-generated content. We already have a massive advantage over youtube in the fact that making a cartoon involves so much more creativity than snappily editing your webcam footage. So instead of 200 cartoons coming out every minute, we have 200 cartoons coming out every day. That gives someone a better chance of breaking out and being discovered for his hard work, and a reward for a job well done.

But in the same way that viewers are trained that they don't have to go out of their way to avoid original content they would otherwise enjoy, authors are becoming more and more disenchanted with their personal creations and are turning to nerd culture icons and cheap tactics to get viewers.

I can't tell you how many animators I have spoken to that have shunned their own creations in favor of sub-pop culture parody and disjointed scripts sprinkled with toilet humor and profanity. a cartoon catering to everyone who's forgotten what cartoons are all about. And here we are shoving away everything about cartoons that was originally appealing and magical, because we're pretty much forced to.

I'm not pointing the finger at any one person here. I think it's part of the bigger picture - bigger than Newgrounds, too. But if people really care about the future of cartoons and animation, we wouldn't be seeing this kind of blatant favoritism.

People will find what they want if they want it. They don't need to be spoon fed it all.

For thirty years animators who strive to create something genuinely unique have gotten nothing but a slap in the face. It's sickening and it has to stop someday, before they all disappear.

Lastly, this post is not about me. I'm not writing this out of self-pity, bitterness or spite. I'm being honest. I care a lot about the future of animation, and what I see around me is very troubling. The industry is bad enough, but where the future lies is in the small corners of the animation world. Newgrounds is one of them. I spend a lot of time trying to encourage and teach frame-by-frame animation, and creating your own characters and scripts. That is what is important

[The W Force - Episode 1]

Space Mercineriez

great sitcome humor. The day in the life of a space Merc; so are these guys from Earth and what does the Double-U stand for?

Work force
Wood force
Willy force?

ImpendingRiot responds:

Walrus Force, one of the few remaining animals in the super hero world, or at least they used to be. I OWN IT NOW.

But yeah, their helmets are walrus inspired, and the insignia on their uniform is a walrus.

[BiteyCastle Christmas]

Peperment Schnaps

Im glad santa's enjoying himself- Everyone else around him is being torchered for his stupidity... especially the mRs.

also, the sound of a falling christmas tree is always cheerful!

chluaid responds:

the falling tree is my fav bit.. even though it happens offscreen :P

[Valentino:The Exchange2/2]

MO' ACTION!

this is how i remember it* Wicked Jawbs!

X-Aldin responds:

Yea thanks again lol. We are thinking of doing a movie with a lot more shooting than we have done in the past. Hope you can check it out if we ever do finish it!

[Valentino:The Exchange1/2]

I Lioke passion

i lik this idea. shortz... in the wooodz?
r u crazy, u could get poison ivy, or ticks. LYME DISEASE

yap, the movie is great> Are you ever going to make some films that are full length.. no part 1/2 and 2/2(like ur bond 1s)? and why can't u if u can't?

Sound job =D

X-Aldin responds:

Thanks a lot for the review. If we were to make a full length movie it would be very difficult to fit it anywhere on the internet without splitting it anyways. And well our Ace Valentino movies have been following a certain storyline with loose storytelling. It seems the more actual storytelling there is the lower the score is. So well see what happens in the future.