Shock-Dingo's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Ryu: Then and Now]

Strong start, would like to see more

Awesome (pun not intended) stuff as usual dude. I saw and commented on your youtube page previously but I figured I'd go into more detail here. I found this a funny concept and feel that you could expand this into a series of shorts in a manner dealing with the current state of SF-ers or even hilarious what-if scenarios. You've got a lot of energy and leeway with this, I'm sure you could make it work.

As always, the animation art and colours were great.

My only issue for this is, while I know it's a short, I felt that there could have been a bit more energy in this towards the end. Not "turn it up to 11 levels" like in your usual stuff, but just a bit more energy in his disappointment and content. Also, I feel the end was a bit abrupt.

All in all, a great short that I would love to see more of. Keep up the good work man. All the best to you.

Egoraptor responds:

thanks dude, I'd like to do more SF shorts to be honest, but that idea has kinda already been done by college humor haha

[Deadly Space Action #3]

Quirky fun

Really nice work you've crafted. The animation was quite smooth and the art was really well done; it reminded me of something I'd see on TV. I rather enjoyed the presentation; from the intro to the opening panning and location listing, it all felt well put together. Pretty funny stuff in the actual episode content. Overall I couldn't really think of any complaints, other than it was a little short, but, extending the length may have thrown off the pacing.

Nice work, I look forward to the next episode! Keep up the good work!
-Shockdingo

[Dance of the Manwhore]

Continued brilliance and improvement

Dude, as always awesome stuff, but the thing that's great is you never get complacent.

-First of all, this is a rather catchy tune
-Great visuals, you always are improvement. The smoothness of the animation is grand, the colours and shading is brilliant. I adore that shot of Fernando on the horse in the lightning storm. It looks just so dynamic. Also, awesome perspectives man.

All in all a humourous and awesome production. Keep up the good work man.
-Shockdingo

Sexual-Lobster responds:

thanks v much!

[Africa Dudes]

A certainly unique experience; was fun!

This was rather strange and interesting, but I'm glad I saw it. I initially feared that this was going to be some sort of troll flash with heaping bits of racism in it, but I'm glad to see I was wrong; I watched the whole thing and didn't find anything terribly offensive. I'm of West African descent and overall found this to be an amusing collaborative experiment rather than an exercise in offense. I did laugh at certain parts aloud due to banter between the crazy stock character and the "straightman"

The thing that got me was the art. You all clearly had fun with this, but didn't get lazy. I liked the amount of detail you put into all the characters, but especially the masks. Those were what brought the characters to life for me. I like unique character designs, and each of the characters had little quirks to keep things familiar but still individualized at the end of the day. The presentation was also quite lovely. I liked the credits sequence, nice touch.

The voices all were great. The quality of the mics were clear; no puffs, clicks or anything off putting. They fit with what you wanted for the characters and overall did their job.

The animation overall was a somewhat weak portion, but I'm sure that was all part of the joke, just like the ludicrous length. I know things were supposed to be stilted and fairly similar throughout the whole thing, but a few changes would have been nice. I liked how Johnny Utah added a few different perspectives after some time, The Swain had his characters move about slightly more as the stories went on, and Romeo Jr. had some fun with the character's faces at times. Oh and I forgot to say I enjoyed the manic nature of the guy on the right in Chluaid's parts.

Overall, I think I'm going on too long (sorry, force of habit with my reviews) but this was rather interesting and bizarre in a good way. Glad to see you all had fun with this. I look forward to the next big collab whenever that is.

Best of luck with things guys! :)

-Shockdingo

[B.Y.E.]

Beauty and brutality perfectly mixed

I've seen a lot of stickman flashes in my day and not only is this the best one, its one of the best pieces of animation I've ever seen.

-The presentation felt very well composed, visually appealing and classy.
-The choreography was brilliant; amazing and INNOVATIVE exploration of expected actions. The handgun kill was exceptionally well executed, and I didn't expect such choreography

-Humour; I initially thought this would be played straight, but the dark and sometimes outright humour was a welcome surprise. After a while I imagined this was all an elaborate training session for Deadpool. The nice thing about the execution of the humour in this is it never got distracting or took away from the main product.

-Detail: You didn't simplify things at all. I've always said you great art does not make a great animation. Your style was simplified but exceptionally fluid and detailed. The blood splatter wasn't just painting a blob of red; you had it varied depending on the type of injury. At times it flooded forth, and other times it spurt out. One other thing that caught my eye was the occasional tissue splatter. That added so much to every scene. Forgetting the gore for a second, you also did amazing work on the explosions, particle and beam effects. Bravo, bravo!

-Sound was top notch; the music was great, the sound effects were amazing. I'm really glad you chose not to go with common sfx that are found and used all across the internet. By going the extra mile, it felt fresh and never once took me out of the action. The voice samples (or did you record your voice or a friends?) Were amazing. They weren't angry or bland growls, these were individualized and had unique intensity and delivery for every scene.

I don't know what else to write heh. I think this is my longest review on the site. Congratulations to you and all involved in this project. It's truly a marvel, and I hope you all are immortalized in Newgrounds. Keep up the excellent work man. This was one of the most creative and entertaining 5 minutes of my life.

Thank you so much!

-Shockdingo

[Awesome Reach]

More of the zaniness I love, but something's amiss

Hey dude, I'm a longtime fan of your stuff and while I think sometimes there are hits and misses with your work, this was more on the side of a lovely hit. It as usual, was really well animated with the level of smoothness you're known for, the colours, shading, and line work all were well utilized and beautiful.

I found the over the top nature of things hilarious; gotta love the hype of a new game. The only thing that bothered me was the rather abrupt end; it felt like you sort of just rant out of steam and decided to stop there. I was expecting a third friend to have been there the whole time and act as a voice of dissent; maybe saying "eh it's alright" and thus resulting in a number of reactions.

Don't get me wrong, this was fun, but I think there could have been more, or at least a stronger and more clear cut finish.

Either way dude, keep up the good work and I hope to see more work from you.

All the best to you.

-Shockdingo

[Starbarians Teaser]

Great skill shown off in small short

I'm a long time fan of yours and what has always grasped my attention is the presentation for your work. Your fluid animation style, vibrant colors and audio stylistic choices make your projects really shine. This and Saturday Watchmen bring back nostalgia of cartoons of days past; you really know what details to use in order to get those themes across. As I said earlier the animation in this was very fluid; the simple exit of the duo from the craft had more frames of animation than what I've seen in characters on professionally broadcast shows.

I can't really find anything wrong with it other than it was short, but you did say that this was a teaser so my point is moot. Anyways dude,you and your team keep up the good work, I'll be looking out for more from these characters.

All the best.

-Shockdingo

[Supernerd EDIT (Preview)]

Not much of a preview + thoughts

Hmm, well uh dude, you didn't really show much of anything to get the audience excited. The little you did show has a degree of smoothness in movement which is good. I imagine if the syncing was fixed, things would also come off a bit better. I can understand wanting to show a bit of your prided work and hope to stir excitement, but you needed a lot more dude; ok, start off with the guy, but then, show some individual clips of what's been completed like a movie trailer, or even have a gag or a cool moment happen. The key word is something. Things don't have to necessarily be in order, but they should show off the best examples you have to offer. Right now, this was a little too plain; there was not a background, color, or anything exciting or energetic.

I don't want to sound harsh man, but I figure, some honest reviewing could help you out. I wish you the best with your work, but try and push yourself past your limits and you'll do amazing work man.

Keep at it and never give up.

MrStaticGamer responds:

Thanks man, gave your review a plus and I am gona listen to your advise (Y) cheers.

[If Anime Was Real]

Pretty good concept that could go further

Nice work dude, I enjoyed this little short. The art was pretty good as was the humor, but I think it could have had a bit more to strengthen it's entire quality.

-The noseblled gag was pretty funny, but I felt as though you could show other stereotypes either in the scene, or make a few vignettes featuring a different gag; the overdone powering up sequences of DBZ, the exaggerated expression changes, revenge quests, anything with robots and ninjas, or even crazy day to day issues in a typical anime highschool could have been contenders.

-Voice acting was pretty good, it did it's job; sell the joke.

-Presentation: Good clean and simple, no complaints there

-Art: I liked it, the animation was smooth, the characters were fairly well drawn and the lip syncing was good.

Overall, I enjoyed this man. I wish you all the best with your future works, and I do hope you revisit this concept, there's a lot you can mock or just have fun with.

[Pleasure Island 3]

Abominations and Island Fun!

Dude, I always enjoy the zany adventures of your characters, but this one was really top notch. I quickly noticed that in this episode, the animation was smoother, better executed, and overall the art was significantly improved. The presentation and overall "camera work" felt more dynamic than in past episodes. Plus, you just can't beat the idea of the monster utilized in the episode. It's so random and murderously unique. I can't wait to see the next part man. Keep up the good work!

-Shockdingo

Sexual-Lobster responds:

thanks shock-dingo!