CosmicPenguin's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[StarFox excelent adventur]

I'm delighted this is so popular

I recently played through this game for the first time, and you have a wonderful sense of humor about the incomplete nature of the plotline. I suppose that's what happens when a near-completed game suddenly gets a change in license. Regardless, your models are well drawn (although your animation could be improved), and the script was great. I look forward to seeing your future animations.

[MengoMango]

A rerhnarkably well done flash animation

I'm somewhat amazed that this flash only managed to capture 6th place for the week. The animation is fast-paced (the hand drawn style looks wonderful), and it's simply oozing with style. As far as improvements go, perhaps focusing on creating gradients in shading instead of using several tones of color could be a positive contribution to your work, and i can't help but notice some odd charcter design (Is the gorrilas ship *supposed* to be so phallic, or is that unintentional?), and perhaps refining the design of the core charcters (It looks like you've put about as much effort into their design as all of the throw away charcters. Not a complaint, per se, just a direction), all adds up to an impressive flash movie that rises above the action/anime cliches it skillfully avoids.

[Wacky Lesbian Hour: Ep 1]

It's dumb and absurd fun

It's pretty ridiclious, has jokes that go nowhere, and isn't nearly as offensive as the title would suggest. Worth watching if you're into that sort of thing.

[Salad Fingers Episode 6]

An exausting display of dementia

Well, i'm not quite sure how to explain this epsoide, it's really horrifyingly demented, even more so than previous entries in the series. It's a display of over-the-top weirdness above all else, and seems to be developing quite a cult following on NG. While epsoides following the first haven't been the absolutely perfect forumlatic movie, they've still been remarkable in their uniqueness

I certaintly can't critize a work like this, and it's popularity only serves as evidence of it's beloved nature. Great job.

[Alive]

There's a lot going for this flash

First off, i'd like to say that your animation skills are among, if not the best on all of newgrounds. Your story-telling elements are abstract at best, but your creative artistic styles keep the flash intresting at all times. There are certaintly flaws to this flash (Using the american beauty soundtrack is straight up cliche), it's merely nitpicking. Amazing job, and i'd love to see your future work

AloneInTheDark responds:

Thanks! But u also can understand that it is impossible to put in a soundtrack that simply everyone will like. And I dont feel Thomas Newman gets the respect he earns. Usually movie soundtracks are played a billion times until everybody starts hating them. Newman is relatively unknown and has such awesome work (e.g download his six feet under theme) that he deserves to be in the spotlight too.

[NG Tournament: Semi's 2]

Frusterating, but well-done

Giving a flash movie like this a 6 is hard for a few reasons. I've kept up with the series, and it's really an intresting concept. Also, it's obivious that you put quite a bit of work into this epsoide of it. And yet, at the same time, i just can't give it anything higher. There's something so frusterating about the pacing and timing of this epsoide that it loses much of it's redeeming value. I'm clearly alone in thinking this based on the other reviews i've read, but there's an element to the flash that's so pretentious and overstated that it's hard to like. Your NG'er culture referances seem forced and un-natural. Your text boxes somehow destroy the flow of the movie. I really want to like this movie, but there's something standing in the way of it. I suppose on some level, given the wonderful content on newgrounds as of late, it's no longer enough to be a good artist and animator. You have to be able to fully capture the ideas of a good series, and this epsoide is somehow lacking.

I pass it off as a fluke given the rest of the series, but there are quite a few things in here that are worth fixing. Good effort, but, ultimately, a lesser chapter in the series.

[Mario Brothers - Part IV]

Why are you working with flash?

Looking at your flash, which is crazy-pretentious film student stuff, begs the question: Why exactly are you playing around with NES sprites when you clearly want to work in the medium of more legitmate film?