LadySeraphina's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[TOME Episode 05]

Okay, I had to watch this twice to be able to get some sort of feedback that wasn't just "HOLY CRAP THIS IS AMAZING!"

Don't get me wrong, it was amazing, there are just a few things that I noticed my second time around that I feel needs to be addressed. Before that though I will give you my praise. First of all, the new music was great. It had me on edge and it set the mood very well. The voice action was spot on and very convincing. Especially all that "Oomph" that Nega-Alpha was displaying. The fight scenes were very nice, especially the one that displayed "The Beast" that Alpha had turned into.. I liked that Kirb finally decided to put Flamey in her place, I was really tired of her back handed comments to him without any sort of retaliation. Kirb is a bit arrogant but I don't think he deserves the verbal abuse he gets from his comrades when they decide to gang up on him even if it's all in good fun. I could see why he would be annoyed by them at times since he's almost like the odd man out. Nylocke and GC have their thing, and of course Flamey is Alpha's fan girl, so I could see how that would be lonely. You should add a sixth member for him. :P

ANYWAYS, on with the constructive criticism. The on and off shading is starting to get to me. Like, it seems like you pick and choose which times you'll shade your characters, and I know you can do better than that. It's not just the times where the characters stand idle, it's also some scenes where you just didn't bother to shade. I don't understand the point to that. Then I felt that some of the expressions were off, like when Kirb was talking about how they haven't decided the pairs yet. The post was just weird. I think you should make up a few more poses to avoid that in the future. The next thing was that I didn't understand why Alpha all of a sudden didn't want to use that power.

It seemed really out of place from what we saw with the hackers. He didn't seem to feel guilty using it to get rid of them. Did we miss something? What made Alpha decide that what he was using was potentially dangerous? Why care about using it against that machine thing that was beating up his friends? It doesn't make any sense to me. And the other thing, what was that animal machine thing? I don't like that a random monster provoked Alpha into becoming Nega-Alpha. I really hope you explain this in the future.

The last thing was it seemed like Zeta's machine arm kept switching from left to right, but that could have just been me.

Even with all of that criticism I still give you 4.5 stars, because I love Tome and I'm a big fan of you, Kirb! Please keep up the good work! I can't wait for episode 6!

[It's Going Growl!]

The style of this animation is very unique, which I love. I just didn't really understand any of the audio. Didn't get what the female trainer was saying, and I made out about 50 percent of what the trainer said. The jokes had me smiling, but I wasn't laughing much. I still enjoyed it though.

Next video I would consider A) Buying a better mic or B) Look for some voice actors on Newgrounds to help you with the dialogue. Keep up the good work!

izakdawxact responds:

I agree with what you are saying. The audio has been a major obstacle in my animation endeavors. I feel very comfortable with my style and I am stoked see that you liked it! I would like to have someone do voice acting that actually embodies the character. I am fairly new to this site, so if you could let me know how to go about doing that that would freaking awesome! Thanks a lot!

[BLACK SUNSHINE]

I don't really think that the person who made this is racist. Myself and my family have never been on welfare, so I can't relate to this in anyway. That's why I'm not particularly offended, because I know that this isn't true just from personal experience as a black person.

Hopping on the overdone stereotype bandwagon probably wasn't the best way to go, however. I didn't laugh at this once. If you're going to make jokes about ethnicity then they should...be funny. If I decided to make a Flash to insult a certain group of people, then I would obviously expect to be called racist. If that was the case, I would make sure whatever content I put out was worth it...you know...I'd make sure it was actually funny and not overdone to hell and back.

I give it a three for the actual animation itself. Not bad. Abrupt ending though.

Those who are screaming racist need to chill the fuck out. Obviously this isn't what every black person is like. I'm more concerned about the fact that the whole "joke" overall is stale, not racist.

[Magus Ascnesion]

Totally in sync for my perfectly awesome computer, no issues there.

Great animation, a little scary when you're watching it in the dark with your headphones turned up though. I felt really bad for the red guy. Kind of wish we got to see what happened to him, lol. Anyway, good quality audio and fluid animation. Also unique, stick figure animation is usually hit or miss, and yours was a hit! Keep up the good work.

[Rap talk]

I gave a one at first for the slightest bit of effort, but I regret it and wish I could change it. Had I seen the tag "n****r" before I rated, I would have given you a zero. Shitty joke, shitty use of tags, and shitty length. Zero stars. I'll come back tomorrow to give it a zero.

[Apartment 51 - Episode 1]

For some reason your voice actors and the way they interact reminds me of Red vs Blue. I love seeing a Flash comedy that isn't filled with over used memes and obscene jokes once in a while. The animation was smooth, simple and pleasant. Can't wait to see a second episode.

[Halloween with Dross]

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I don't really understand what you were going for. Maybe I'm missing the reference here.
I gave you a half star because I save my zeroes for things that make me angry. :)

[Egorapture]

I love this. I wish I could read all those comments that scroll in the background at the end.

[Anni-May Stars]

This had me laughing---

I've never been into Girl chan in paradise, I think I watched it back in 2010 or something so maybe because of that, it didn't take away from the experience of the actual flash. You did awesome, and I was laughing at nearly everything, which I haven't done since Pokeawesome. :P

Keep up the good work.

[SNONIC TH MOVE]

Kirb, is that you?

Seriously, this is the first time I've sat through one of your films without so much as a smirk on my face. My lips were in fact, pressed together the entire forty or so seconds. I don't know if it's because of the author D-Mac-Double that made you think that this was remotely amusing...but either way, I'd say that this is a movie that you need to sweep under a rug and forget you ever had taken part in it.

I gave you a three, but that's only because you're one of my favorite animators, next to Egoraptor. The animation was only enough to give it a two in any other case.

If you're going to do something besides Tome, at least make sure it's something your fans will enjoy.