BrokenDeck's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Mystic Forest]

Short but sweet

The timing and sound has greatly improved Steph! I totally got into the story, and was almost expecting the dragon to allow the girl onto it's back and take her for a ride.

Jessismith responds:

Thanks Andy! I'm glad to know that I'm improving. Seems I learn a lot of new stuff every time I make something. I was thinking about adding a dragon riding scene, but I wanted to stay true to the original story. Perhaps in a sequel though. :D

[WWTCAGS!?!?!]

This is how network television really makes shows

Believe it or not, it seems people like this in real life are making reality TV shows these days.

The animation and voice acting were all superb.

The only weakness is the recording style, or the voice recording equipment itself it appears. Vocal placement seemed a bit distanced away from the microphone.

ScaredyDave responds:

Yeah, I have this really crappy old $5 mic I got from Super K :/ really need to fix that lol. Thanks for liking!

[Legends of a New Earth P1]

Good to see that you finally submitted it.

But it looked like you should have done more work on it first. :D I know my voice acting was a bit weak... but I thought you were just using my audition lines as a temporary placeholder ;) I CAN do a much better reading. :D There's a lot of pauses, sound effects, and music cues to fill. And all of use (the voice actors) need to hunker down and discuss some changes to make the dialogue sound mroe convincing :D

Jessismith responds:

I agree totally. I like your voice. It best suited the role. ;D Heheh....it was recorded kind of weird, and that's why I asked you a while back to re-record it, but I was totally fine with it anyway. :) I never knew that the voice acting would be such an issue with everyone. I like all of my voice actors. xD

[Sampson The Horse]

Has potential.

You need to work on your storyline. The horse quits his job because old ladies annoy him... He tries other jobs and fials, or hates it, and goes back to the same job he started with. There were many possible instances where the comedy could have been better contrived, such as the job hunting scene. In addition, the audio was was popping and hot on several occasions, and the mix was unbalanced. The dialogue should never have to compete with the playback (music) for attention. I found it slightly difficult to pick up what the horse was saying at times.

Dave-Flinch-Price responds:

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. My accent is quite bad anyway what with me being the horse and all.

Thanks again.

[I Was Almost Murdered]

It's like... reading rainbow...

This remind's me of Levar Burton's reading rainbow on PBS a long time ago. The animation style was good. The choppiness and imperfections actually fit the style you chose, rough penciled sketches. Your biggest problem, is the audio. First, the music DOES NOT FIT. Personally, I think that something similair to Danny Elfman's style would have been better. Your voice acting, while good for storybook telling, could have been MUCH better. I see this as a common problem in Newgrounds; the voice acting sounds like people are READING FROM A SCRIPT, unless that was your intended style. You also popped the mic lots, another audio pet peeve of mine. Even though I only gave you a 7 (mostly for technical flaws), I think this is one of the stylistic stand-outs in the portal. GOOD JOB & WELL DONE! I hope to see more from you.

Matt-Merrill responds:

Yeah... sound coulda been better. Part of the problem was just that it gets a little screwed up when you stream it in flash.

lol, and the narrator was pretty much just reading off the script :-P

[Sounds of CS]

Interesting smapling indeed

A lot of the gunfire, the way you mixed it, made it sound like actual drums. Maybe it's a phenomenon of some sort. :S Good beat, although in some places it repeated the same beats for too many bars. It should have been shorter, but I actually got a little bit bored around the middle, waiting for the beat to change.

StealthBeast responds:

Agreed. Oh well, live and learn. Hope you liked it nonetheless!

[Bob the Ball]

Magic bees cause I'm George Washington Christ...

HA HA HA I almost pissed my pants off when I saw this one. I'd shuffled my way through a shitload of the usual crap and anime/video/street fighter rip-offs then I found this. lol I loved those two lines... the one from the junkie (magic bees) and Bob (Kick me that far again and I'll fucking kill you). Also did anyone else notice the kid's bottle of pills was labelled "chill the fuck out kid"? Ha Ha I saw that when I watched it the second time. I loved that it was done Reading Rainbow style. This is seriously twisted and a television series should be made, perhaps similiar to "Southpark" or "Kevin Spencer". lol I can't wait to see part 2.

mlaskaris responds:

I love reviews like this. Descriptive and full of compliments! I'm glad you liked the toon and took the time to review it.

I don't really believe that "Bob the Ball" is quite good enough for television (needs a LOT of work), but there *WILL* be a DVD available once I bash out a few more animations.

Thanks again for the review!

[(2003)Jacob]

This is so lame.

This wasn't funny, artisitc, or good. It should be blammed!

Knox responds:

and it wont...awww...