WinTang's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Platypus]

Neat work

This was done in a very entertaining manner. It could've been more impressive graphically, sure, but the style appealed to me.
Since you are a platypus fan, I MUST point you to the song "Platypus" by Mr. Bungle. Try to get your hands on it.

[all the smalll things]

Keep trying

It's not a bad effort, but it's too random and sober to remain interesting for more than 20 seconds. It doesn't have anything to do with the lyrics, for example. And the mouths were not properly in sync.
Keep trying.

[S.M.W The Movie Pt.1!]

Keep up the work

I really like your optimism in your review responses, that'll get you far!
I don't think this was good, though, so I'll give you some pointers for the next one:
- Make it faster. A four word phrases does not have to be on screen for 5 seconds. I don't want to see Mario standing still for 3 seconds until an enemy appears. Etcetera. It needs to be very dynamic, otherwise it won't stand out.
- Use way, way more sprites. Have as many characters of SMW as possible pop their head around the door sometime. Since there are so many Mario-visits-Bowser flashes out there, your best bet at originality is to put lots of thought into the details. Make around 20 tiny side-stories that can be shown in a few seconds. Then make Mario run past, and ta-dah: you included it into the main story.
- You use good music, listen to it well and see if there are elements that can interact with the images - for example, a goombah moving to a melody, a thwomp falling down on the beat, etcetera.
- Overall, make it as smooth and impressive as possible. With so many people using this idea for a flash, you gotta aim for top-quality. I'd watch a lot of the Mario spoofs that are rated high, to see what you have to compete with.

Good luck!

funkyjunky responds:

Wow...Now thats a review i can understand :)

Yer there are bits which are shall we say "turtle like"!!

I actually really admire you for writing that review and giving your time to help me :) Fancy helping out on part 2? Email me! Thanks FJ.

[Super Mario Problem II]

All right look

You can yell all you want, but the bottom line is that your flash is just not very interesting. It's very slow, there's no humor OR suspense to be found.
Example: the music builds up intensity, and Mario just stands there. Some grossly pixelated fireball things in the air at a SLOOOOW pace. This lasts very long, and then Mario jumps into a pipe. No action at all.
There are, as you probably know, a LOT of Mario flashes. Lots of them are original, funny, smooth. Yours isn't. So instead of whine about the bad responses, try to realize that you have a lot to learn and that the fact that your flash made it through the portal doesn't mean a lot. If you spend an hour at the portal, you'll see that only the most utter crap doesn't make it through.

Final things:
1. The more you call people retards in your responses, the more you come off as one yourself.
2. Flash by WinTang:
- none -
There, I did the copy and pasting for you. It doesn't make your flash any better.

In-Style-Always responds:

no, its not at a slow pace. you must have a sucky comp. and you callin me retarted? all you do is criticize ppl on ng. and according to the score, ppl like it. ppl already put this in their favorites so i think that your just retarted. you think im retarted then you need to go look at yourself in the mirror, but wait, you're gonna break it.

[Adolf N' Woodrow 01]

Nou.

Het zal wel weer ergens goed voor zijn. Alleen jammer dat je niet de kloten had om er wat relevantere muziek bij te zoeken.

AfroUnderscoreStud responds:

"Well, it must be good for something, too bad you haven't got the balls to get some relevant music"

I don't speak Dutch.

As for the music, pfft.

[The Sad Hunter]

Very promising

You have a real nice scenario here, and I can perfectly live with the somewhat clumsy graphics. But it's a bit too draggy, I know you aimed for some awkward silences but that would work better if Mr. Hunter moved a little now and then, for loss of words. But the story is ace.

[A Short Film about Lying]

That was awesome.

The only thing I would change is the title because it
a) anticipates on the interpretation
b) delivers you a lot of interchangeable reviews ("where was the lying?" which is of course bullcrap)

Excellent authentic graphics, great use of music, I loved the sparsity of text. Great job.

wh347 responds:

I like the idea of someone watching this and anticipating some sort of lie to occur. Also, I can't believe people are actually having issues with the title. I wish I had named it something more random. Thank you very much for the review!

[-Megaman Battle-]

Nice work

You followed the music well and put some cinematographic cliches to very good use. I felt it was more focused on aesthetic value than violence - but in both facets, it could've been more extreme. I felt the "open ending" as an anti-climactic letdown. That may be as you intended it, but I did not like that :)

[Piggy]

Nah.

I think this is the kind of movie you keep to yourself. While the movie is short, it's still way too long for that single gimmick. The idea is nice, but include it in a full movie so that it can actually be funny.

[parody-weebl n Bob-Wazzup]

Good job there.

Excellent parody, save for the sound, but you apologized for that already. What I like is that it's not just a rip-off, but you went with the material and made something new out of it. Enjoyable! It deserves a higher score.