OxSox's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Lil Hop: Forbes 1-2-3 BDC]

Nice one...

Pretty well animated flash, not exactly my style of humor, but this flash is definitely worthy, if you know what I mean. And hey don't feel bad about your scores, daily 5th place, 3.54; these are pretty darn good. I've been animating for longer than you have and I'd be pleased as punch if my next one did as good as your toon has done. I know we all want are next flash to be the one that gets front page and stuff, but for most of us that can only happen with time and practice. Good luck in the future :), hope you have the success you expect yourself to get.

StupidDream responds:

I appreciate the review. You say you've been animating longer than me, well I started in March of 2000. This isn't my first account on newgrounds.

I started making movies about a year ago.. but I've been animating for a long time. Those first few years though really didn't do me any good though, I had no idea what I was doing.

I've had the front page before, and it ain't about that. I love it like everybody else does, but it was more just going from 116,000 to 300 views. To me this animation is above the others I've done. It has voice acting which everyone said I needed to do, has good art, animation, and is pretty short. You figure if everything is better then it should do better... but actually it did way worst than I thought it would do. That first animation I did I think is pretty bad to me now, it was only a year ago, but even then it got like 15,000 views and front page and all that other stuff.

Appreciate it though.

[The All-Powerful Spork]

Pretty funny

But you should note that you do have explicit text, right now you have it as "suitable for all audiences". Beyond that it lacks in length and complexity in animation to be truly great, but its fine for a quick short. Good luck on your future projects.

Spork-Lock responds:

Whoops, I completely forgot about that. Thanks for pointing it out, I've fixed it now.

As for the length, I had intended to make it longer but the scenes in mind were just not funny enough to take the time to do them.

Also thanks =)

[FINDING...]

Superb Animations

Wow the 3-D animations in this movie are out of this world. If you didn't use swift 3-D on this one your a god! Even if you did, your still a demi-god of some sort. Anyways, great job on this!

[DS Birth of an Island]

A Commendable educational message... but...

I thought this flash might have benefited from some more entertaining visuals. Although I understand you trying to make the flash as factually accurate as possible (which it was) I think any flash on Newgrounds must be made with the understanding that viewers are expecting to be entertained. I see no reason that your flash couldn't of contained the exact same information, but have much more entertaining visuals (like lava pushing it's way up through the earths crust). Even the island forming, although entertainingly shown could have been done even more entertainingly.

Say are you still planning on doing part 2? I doubt it with how busy you are. You were planning on showing ecological succession on an island, right? I don't think I told you this but I'm a forestry major and I might have fun doing a flash showing that... maybe that could be another project for us down the line?
-Ox Sox

IceDragon64 responds:

1. We can discuss the details of entertaining visuals. Although I intend it to be a serious flash, if we can come up with more entertaining images I will consider it. I was working at the limit of my ability at the time. Although it is very short and simple, the main scene involves FBF lava flows, FBF waves away from the island, three different layers of smoke and steam... it took hours!
2. Yes I am nominally still planning it, tho I don't do much flash at present. Yes, I would consider working with you on pt 2. I confess I don't know much about ecological succesion, I am expecting to do quite a bit if research, when the time comes.
Thanks for your detailed review.

[Viva Las Vegas]

Nice artistic style!

I can tell you put a lot of attention into your art work, keep working on your animation skill and I see portal awards or even front pages in your future. Keep it up! Oh yeah, also the humor in this cartoon was fairly original, and that'll take you a long ways in New Grounds.

KartuneHustla responds:

Thank you, I will be working on all my episodes in a 2 month period for release on newgrounds. So trust me when I say, the animation will be much crisper.

[Mecha Duel]

Nice

First off I loved your animation of the fighting as well as the concept behind the movie. I also really enjoyed the way the sound was well synched with your movie. It was great!

[Shed a Tear for Terrorism]

I was a bit disapointed...

Listen I feel music is one of the most important asspects to an animation and I love the Red Hot Chili Peppers as much as the next man, but this was not the right song for what you submited. Furthermore, I felt your usage of terrorism was quite manipulative; since as you've admited this actually has very little to do with the events as they actually took place. When you use terrorism (and particularally 9/11) in a flash your invoking feelings and ideas that are very powerful, it is not something you should do lightly. I felt that you did not bring anything new to the table, just played off old emotions. On the plus side your artwork is stunning and I'm sure with the talent you have you could (and will) create amazing submisions that I would love.