MidNightMaren's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Chaos - Act 1: Creation]

Great first episode! It's really neat to see a series like this, in which I mean sprites and Sonic related content, being featured in NG. I thought those times were long gone.
Anyway, the animation is simply superb! You make use of sprites like no other I have ever seen, and I really mean it! Of course it does not have battle scenes that everyone loves and brags about, but in this case who cares! I got engaged in the story telling and in the beautiful use of sprites here. As an animator of the sort myself I can assume you expended a good deal of time in this little movie.
One thing off in my opinion though was the voice acting. Sonic's voice was ok. But Robotnik's one was a little off. I mean, we spend a good chunk of the movie listening to him, and sometimes it does not seem like him at all. Also, Tails' VA seemed like trying to be sound like a kid while being a mature man lol
Another thing was the lack of a scene selection. You might want to take that into consideration next time, even if the movie is as short as this.
Overall, keep up the good work! And I'll definitely look forward to you next movie.

Take care!

Accana responds:

I appreciate the comments man! Short movie huh? 8 mins isn't good enough for ya! haha nah just kidding. Don't worry about those battle scenes... They're coming trust me. Story development is not an overly "exciting" thing to animate.

I have received great feedback from my Sonic and Robotnik VA's so you're the first to tell me that the doctors voice didn't suit you but that's alright, I'm not expecting to please everyone. I will tell you though that I'm looking at more suitable voice actors for Act 2 now that Act 1 is getting some attention. More people want to be involved. Thank you again for the comments and come back for the next part!

Cheers

[Eden Episode 2]

Nice to see you got Front Paged even though you didn't get any award, you really deserved it.
I can't wait to see what happens next. I've actually been following you since Kaiblade, as I hope you take this series to at least a near end lol.
About the animation, it's nicely done, the story is intriguing and the personalities on the characters are deep. The only thing bugging me (as always coming from you), is how short each episode is, as it drives me crazy!
Looking good so far and your growth on animating is astonishing!
Keep up the good work, hoping to see more soon!

Take care

CartoonCoffee responds:

Wow, thanks for sticking around so long!

It's always shocking to hear someone mention Kaiblade. Eden in some ways in a spiritual successor to Kaiblade, so anyone who knows what that is hopefully might enjoy this series a bit.

Unfortunately I had to drop Kaiblade for a few reasons, and COTR was to practice some new animation styles, as well as to find a new art style. I would still like to give COTR a decent season finale at some point.

Eden is kind of the real deal, I still got a lot of practice to do, but there is no reason for me to not finish this one. I'm aiming to wrap up the series in full by the end of the year, so it might be a bit short. I may extended it if it seems to be an interest to people, but for now that's the plan.

Hahaha I hear that complaint a lot. I'm sorry if my episodes are a bit short, but that's how I keep myself from getting overwhelmed.

I try to improve at least a little bit each animation, I've already begun on episode 3. And I've got a neat bag of tricks I've learned recently to improve the quality, so I can't wait to share that with Newgrounds soon.

Thanks for the comment!

[Formed Enemies Opening]

Careful what you are doing here mate... I'm pleasured to see Seelkadoom in here and such BUT I never, and ever would give permission to use him in any other animated series before I finish my own.
I don't know if its him or not, and frankly I don't have any copyrighted content to sue you or anything LOL!
But the fact is that any decent person would ask for permission to use a fan-character created to the author. I don't know if its Seelkadoom, but it looks like him in every aspect...

The same goes for Aeon. BlackDevilX won't be happy to see this, if you don't have his permission, you know...
I feel flattered that my fan-made character is around the Web gathering fans, but I would never want him used by any other animator. Keep that in mind before proceeding with you work.

About the movie is like teejay said, for an intro the movie is away too long and boring, the same error I made a few years ago. The animation seems a little off sometimes, but for a first year animator you are doing pretty well!

Take care and good luck!

Alvc57 responds:

Thanks MidNight, yes I used Seelkadoom for the movie I dont found another sprite sheet of another unofficial character I only found Seelkadoom and Aeon. But I have some things to change in movie series, maybe I can replace both Seelkadoom and Aeon with some others characters from mine or from a user that let me use it. Excuse me, because in my last response I did not explain me correctly, I analize it and I noticed all mistake I do. I will make my best for undo that.
And Thanks for your review it makes me feel better. And I need to congratulate you for your movies. I am waiting for next episode of Sonic RPG
Thank you, Good Luck!

[Kaiblade Episode 2]

Actually pretty good!

This animation was actually pretty good, and shows a lot of potencial!
This episode presents only 3 characters, but I can see from the intro a good whole cast of characters. The plot don't tell us a lot, but i'm sure it will in the future!
Something stunning is the voice acting, which inpressed me a lot! You have quite some good conects I see :D The voice actors really gave the characters a good personality, congrats!
Theres something bugging me actually. One thing is that you could have added a little of glow effect to make the animation a little bit more of Anime-ish. Like in the skin, cloth and backgrounds. But either way, the animation is good!
Other thing is the sound effects. You can actually find much better sound effects out there, trust me. Yours didn't make much of a exciting battle, it almost seems that you are using any.
But anyway, this critics are only to help you improve in the future, don't you think them as complains ^_^
Anyway, just keep improving and try to make the animations a bit longer, and it should be a peice of art!
Take Care!

MidNightMaren

CartoonCoffee responds:

Thank you so much for the review. The deal with the sound effects is i was trying to stay away from copy written sounds such as DBZ sound pack or Naruto sound packs. Which did made it a little difficult. But i'll keep searching for better sounds. And the battles will get better i guarantee it.

[Sonic 15th 2wo]

Just loved it!

Well, even seeing some of the clips before your submition, I loved the rest of it! Some of the clips were really hilarious! The beep beep idea was a great one! I cant stop seeing it!
The Family Guy fart contest was hilarious as well, haha!
You have an excelent voice actor there! Congrats man!
Over 9000 huh? Well, that I can see, 10min's of crazy clips!
I just hope you get good with this one, 'cause its a great work from you buddy!
Just dont lemme down, and dont be out of animation a long time ;)
Take care!

MidNightMaren

RicPendragon responds:

Thanks buddy, also, your logo owns, like a jar of dirt :P

[Sonic: His world]

O.o

Just a great clip! Man, I just loved it!
Congrats, you just did a great job! The music also sounded great to me, and with the animation looked even better!
Even thought I like draw movies, this show the Sprites potencial! You just used them the best way I ever seen (ok, not really, I have already seen lots of great sprite movies :P). Well, all my movies are in Sprites too, so I cant complain, and I dont want to.
Great job! Keep that up!

MidNightMaren

Mini-Speed1 responds:

Thanks for watching! Wait... I know you! You are the one who made Sonic RPG! COOL! I love your serie! Anyway, glad you liked it^^

[Sonic Next Chapter 1]

Not bad at all!

The movie was pretty cool!
Loved the battle scenes, just great. The english wasnt that bad as you say.
I couldnt understand the storyline though. Anyway this isnt over yet so be sure you complete the next one soon, and tell us more about the storyline. Battle scenes are cool but everyone want a good story.
Graphics, well, sprites; not much to say
The music was ok, and the sound effects, ya from DBZ like everyone else :P.
No interactivity at all, and not much humor.

Well, it was pretty nice.
Keep up the good work.

MidNightMaren

Cha0szero responds:

About the storyline, in the second part a lot of things will take clear

[Dawning of Darkness]

Much better with music ;)

Ok, part 1 is complete and it looks very good.
You know my oppinion about FbF animation, is much more difficult and some times if you dont have the atention riquired, the animation doesnt look very smooth, like what happened with the first battle between S. Sonic and S. Shadow.
You have to improve a little the effects, like shadow beam for example (maybe next time I can give you an hand).

I know you gonna change them, but Im gonna tell you before you forget... Change Bowser sprites. He looks really stupid.
Hell Shadow Sprites are very well made, I really like them, but... I think he dont need a bike :P.

Overall, the movie looks very interresting, need some improvement. And the plot is very original too.

Hope you finnish the next one soon :D
Keep up the good work

MidNightMaren

shadefalcon responds:

Thanx alot man, i think by eps 2 you'll really like all the new sprites and other new things that will appear in eps 2...

[Dawning of Darkness Intro]

Ok, lets see

I have already seen a bit of your work, and this dont show what you are able to do, you have a lot to show to this people duh!
The Trailer didnt told a lot about the story, and didnt show any action, so submit the damn movie!
Cant wait to see it!
In the meaning time im gonna help you, with what I can.
Take Care!

MidNightMaren

shadefalcon responds:

thanx alot man, it means a lot 2 me.

[Sonic VS Super Sonic 3]

I dont know why the hell this didnt got F. Page

I have seen so many crappy movies on Front Page already that this one diserves it for sure!
Is your best work so far.
I already knew this series but... I thought you have forgot them:P.
But this one is great! As I have told you already the voices were great! And the voice actor of Amy, is the best voice actor I ever heard.
Well, its a pity we have to wait that long to see another work from you:S... Anyway this is a very good movie!
Keep up the good work my friend!

MidNightMaren

Vixin-McCloud responds:

I know about the front page crap! It's quite sad really. Oh well!

All credit goes to Kagome for Amy. That girl is a miracle worker!

Hey. Good flahes take a long time to do. You of all people should know that, but I do have something eles that's coming to light soon.
Hope to hear from you soon.

Vixin McCloud