SirGaryColeman's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[White ep1]

Nice use of The Mars Volta. :)

Love mars volta and this seems like a cool intro to your series. The only thing is that there are a lot of misspelled words. Are those on purpose or what?

Not a whole lot went on in the animation, but it still didn't get boring. I'll be sure to catch the next episode.

Frogcloset responds:

unintentional at first but kept the mistakes in it just seemed right

[Majin Vegetto: Episode 4]

You need to give credit to the Toei Animators.

It's obvious that you trace, but I'm not holding that against you. What I am holding against you is the fact that you're not giving credit to the original animators nor do you seem to be acknowledging that it's traced. Again, I'm always fine with people tracing (as long as they create their own story, which youre doing), but it is irritating when they pretend like theyre not.

I think a lot of people don't know that you're tracing and that's why they're giving you such high scores. For my personal tastes, I would have preferred a totally different approach to DB/Z because this just seems like a rehash of the series. Voice acting is good and the sound is fine too, although I'm a Japanese fan so I prefer that audio style over FUNimation's style.

Anyway, it's a decent series... I would like it better if you gave credit to the people who's work you are tracing over though. Btw, I've seen this series backward and forward, I could pull out screenshots and compare them if you wanted to and I gaurantee it would show that theyre exact traces (multiple scenes spliced together, but still traced).

Majin-Ryan responds:

i would give credit to toei, i could do it now, but i wont just yet cause i cba to do it now:P

[Shades of Gray [Ch.1]]

Whats with all the fake reviews?

Anyone else notice that most of the reviewers registered today and only have reviewed this series? Are they all the same dude with multiple names or just a bunch of friends that you are showing this to (although the reviewers seem to act like they don't know you).

Anyway, conspiracy theory aside... it's ok. Although it is kinda irritating that it has virtually the same title as my Flash series, but it's only a coincidence and I could always use a bit more confusion in my world.

vdj-microbe responds:

SirGaryColeman,

We apologize for the title repeat of your series on NewGrounds (one letter different but looks the same anyway). I didn't see your series first and apologize if it causes you any confusion. Not our intention at all and yes it is a coincidence.

We are looking forward to checking out your series and again humbly apologize.

[Vamp ep. 4]

Your style continues to improve.

Each episode improves graphically and stylistically... really awesome. I still think you could use some sound effects. My one problem is that the font you chose to use can be sometimes be hard to read. On a few sentences I couldn't make out what the letters were - you might want to look into changing that.

I've followed this series since it first came out and am a big fan. Hope to see it continue.

Michelangelo responds:

thanks for noticing, i personnally am not a fan of sfx because i find it a little too obstrusive to the music. kinda similair to that of 'samuria jack' on cartoon network. regardlessly, thanks for your comment and concerns, especially the writing appearence, i will improve upon it. :)

[***CLINTEASTWOODONFIRE***]

My child just died!

I'm sitting here crying as I have discovered my son laying face flat on the keyboard, choking on his own drool from his epileptic seizure with the theme song from Benny fucking Hill playing in the background! I WILL SUE

IsOnFire responds:

And so you gave it a 10?

Well, I love you. Ill sex you up and give you another child right fast.

[Samurai X : Sobakasu]

What was the point in making this?

You traced (not that well either, but it doesnt even matter) and used the crap english song. Tributes aren't just traced things... this has no creativity at all. Sorry to be harsh, but it's true. I don't understand why you would make this and expect anything above a 0.

It's fine if you did it for practice and all, but don't expect anyone to think you're any good. Tracing is fine, but you didn't make anything original out of it. I've seen plenty of traced DB/Z stuff, but at least they come up with new storylines, so that it can be somewhat original.

josh-tamugaia responds:

Hehe. Actually the point of making this is for my college work. I am not doing some new storyline and all cause that'd be using Nobuhiro's characters in my own stuff and that would be worse. Sorry to hear you don't like it but just so you know other guys have told me to take pride in my work!

[The Surface of the Water]

Hate that song.

Wow, I've never hateda song so much... I felt like stabbing my eardrums to make it stop. I ended up having to turn it down and just enjoy the visuals instead. Great visuals, btw... stylistically it was awesome. Some great water effects. Don't know what it is, but that song just really irritated me. Some weird emo crap. Other than that, it was good.

BlackmarketKraig responds:

Ha! I've never, ever heard Tricky referred to as Emo before. Sorry that it wasn't to your liking. :P

I'm glad you liked the visuals however, and that despite revulsion to the song you saw fit to give it a seven! Yay!

Thanks for reviewing (and airing your grievance)!

[A Dragon's Destiny EP5 p2]

Last one? Say it ain't so!

Holy shit, that was AMAZING! This has to be one of the highest quality flash movies EVER made. Granted, there wasn't a lot of action, but the attention to detail was unreal. I watched all of the previous episodes and you've really improved a lot. It's sad to see that someone who has grown to such an amazing level in Flash is suddenly going to stop. I would highly discourage that.

If you really want to make the comics, make them, but you should then use them as storyboards for a Flash version. Even if you put half the effort into them that you put into Ep.5, they'd still turn out great.

And to those of you who give this low ratings for no voices, you're nuts. The voices would have ruined the quality because (unless you pay) there are almost NO good voice actors for flash movies. It's sad, but true. And (as we see here) they are usually not very reliable, since they're not being paid.

Anyway, I beg of you to continue this in Flash. Webcomics don't have a great venue like newgrounds does, so you'll have a difficult time getting your webcomic as noticed as your flash. Plus, you'd be robbing us and yourself of some potentially amazing Flash work. I've seen em all, and the skill displayed in ep.5 has blown me away. Easily top 10 Flash of all time.

OmegaDragon3000 responds:

Webcomics: I really don't want my series to be exposed so much anymore, which is why I'm switching platforms now.
Even if it's at one of my sites which only a handful of people know the URL to.
I do all this for my own enjoyment and improvement... Had second thoughts on submitting this movie at the beginning..

Anyway thanks for the large comment!
T'is a really big motivation boost!! :]

[Vamp ep. 3]

Much improved. Awesome series.

I always thought this series was cool, since episode 1. And I love the style even though a lot hate it. The style of this one is pretty much the same, but much more refined and really helps make this thing stand out.

My only complaints is that sometimes the action goes slo-mo for a bit too long. Also, you should add sound effects for the guns and stuff. Other than that, it's great. Nice to see something different on Newgrounds for a change. Keep it up.

Michelangelo responds:

the reason I don't add
sound effects is because
it detracts from the song.
i found a really cool audio
clip of a gatling gun,
but since there was soo
much shooting, it really
is an annoyance, plus im
not a big fan of sound
effects. music really
captures the mood. if i
only had voices, i would
add them.
thanks for the review.

[City of Robots Teaser]

All Robots Please Report...

All Robots Please Report. All Robots Please Report. All Robots Please Report. All Robots Please Report. All Robots Please... Oh wait, my review... right.

This looks promising, but that All Robots thing really needs to get faded out faster. It was cool for the effect for a lil bit, but after a while it gets damn annoying. :P

I agree that the robots look a lot like I Robot, but as long as you don't copy their story you should be fine. Keep it up.

fukinCR1M1N4L responds:

ok, personally i dont think the robots look like i, robot, but a lot of other people think they do
but relinquished put a lot of hard work and headaches into them