SirBladewind's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Old School Nintendo]

That was one of the most hilarious and true commentaries I've heard in a long time. It was funny as hell. Well done sir. Your art wasn't exactly incredible but it got the job done and I laughed my ass off. Great work!

[I Love Dota 2]

Hey you know what'd be really awesome?

If you finished that Larry series you started like a million years ago. Or made an update. Or a trailer. Or something.

I mean seriously. I can't really take anything you make these days to heart that much knowing that you ignored one of your best animations that drew me to you for like forever. Now maybe you've got some legit reasons, but why not let us KNOW those goddamn reasons. Larry was why I favorited you and became a fan just like Leo And Satan was why I found Oney.

And lets be honest, this video isn't your best work. Its okay. It got a chuckle out of me. Your stereotypes were pretty lame and the joke was a long time coming and the voicework kinda seemed like you phoned it in. Wasn't great. It was okay. From a newbie I'd say it'd be amazing. From you I think its pretty generic. I know you can do better! Why not go back to what you did that WAS great! You had gold in your hands and you've traded it for bronze! Come on man!

Now I fully expect no response from this review, or probably a mean comment thats very defensive. (Not a critical response to you on a personal level, but every artist gets a little pissed when someone points stuff out they don't want to hear) But I hope you DO read this and I hope it does sink in. If you aren't going to do Larry, then murder the project so I can quit living on with hope. And if you do murder it then make something absolutely amazing in response. If my old dog is going to die, give me a new puppy to love so I won't feel so alone!

Help us out Jazza, please!

[Robo Justice]

Hey this is a really good documentary of the modern police officer you made here.

[Gamer - Shaping Staff]

Great video! I know you did the pacing for the song, but it was kind of funny/odd how he just stood there and watched as the crazy tentacle lady shot her tentacles out to devour him. Didn't even try to run or shoot her or anything lol.

Also, anyone else notice the computer in her apartment playing space invaders?

spacefader responds:

He couldn't resist the sensual touch she was laying on him.

[Eggban]

Your video and animation skills ain't bad, but god damn does your audio need work. You read your lines off stilted and a little breathy. There isn't really any emotion in what you are saying and you seem kinda bored as you are doing it. When eggman yells it makes it a little incoherent and scratchy and it hurt to hear it a little.

I know its just a silly video that isn't that long, but I'm always hurt by the potential of a video or artist when they just have one thing that ruins it for them. The original concept ain't too bad so you could have had a solid video, and you obviously have good animation skills, so it sucks when it could be so much better. You need to get more into your lines. Part of what makes some of the NG greats so funny is that they can do amazing things with just their voice (go take a look at "Dot Dot Dot" for a good example of this). Now I don't expect you to be able to emulate that kind of practice and control right away, I think however you can probably put in a little more emotion into your lines. I mean "heheh" when can enters was weak. You could have tried that one a few more times till you got it right. And when he says "or I'll fucking kill you" you could have growled it a bit or sounded angry. Instead it came off as...abstracted. Bored. Like its every day someone just walks in and is like "hey wheres the milk, oh by the way I'll fucking kill you".

Put some emotion into it and don't settle on just one or two takes for your lines. You don't have to be perfect but STRIVE for perfection and then even if you don't succeed you'll have a damn good product.

How to get better at voice acting.
1. Get another person to help. Have that person act out the character and you respond. If they character is supposed to be scared, have your counterpart yell the lines at you so you can be genuinely scared (or at least tense) or have them try to act scared to what you were saying so if it sounds weak to them it'll sound weak to you too.
2. Listen to it over and over. Not right away because your brain will filter out the bad, but shelf it for five minutes and get a drink or something then come back and see what it sounds like to you then.
3. Have a test audience and don't be afraid to scrap some stuff if they don't like it. Have a few friends give you honest reviews on your work and don't be discouraged by what they say. Just take it in stride that you are gonna have to change things sometimes to make it better and in the end it'll make you a better artist as a whole.

You got some talent man. I'd like you to do more with it though. Give it your all! I'll be watching you. I hope you feel encouraged by this review of your work and dive back in and kick ass. I'm gonna favorite you and see what else you have in store for me in the future. Good luck!

LapisLapines responds:

Thanks for the advice. I'm not trying to be high art in voice acting but I'll take a look into what you said.

[SegwayOfTheDead - Reviews]

So...you make a shitty april fools game that wasn't funny that 90% of the people in the universe didn't like and thought you were an asshole for making it and then you make fun of them after pissing you off in this way. Real good way to keep your fans happy dude.

On the other hand...

At least you making fun of them is pretty funny, thus earning you MY forgiveness somewhat. (although you still need to buy me a damn keyboard and possibly pay to have my finger replaced with a robotic one) The voice actor could have been better I think because he did "cry" voices and "rage" voice a lot but either way it wasn't too bad. Not a bad video overall, got some chuckles out of me. Now quit fucking around and make Road Of The Dead 2 so people love you again.

[An Old Classic]

I gotta say, you don't seem like you really put ANY effort into your voice acting. You animation style is enough that with good story and acting you could make a funny flash, but your voice acting is literally so horrible I wanted to shut it off the moment you started speaking. You need to practice a lot more and next time actually try several takes instead of giving this boring by the numbers performance with no soul and just accepting it right off the bat in your flash. I mean get into your scenes, make yourself the character and then start talking. If the super hero is getting angry he needs to SOUND angry. If the other actor is dying he needs to SOUND convincing. Good sounds make or break a video and in this case it broke it entirely. Try again man. Sorry.

CartoonRecoil responds:

Thank you for the feed back ill work on it.

[Man Spaghetti]

what is this, i don't even...

SpamClamberton responds:

No, you don't.

[Menu]

This just confused me.

DieterTheuns responds:

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[Sarcastic Walk Collab]

I love how the music evokes a walking pace and you did a collab about walking. This was interesting and I enjoyed it.

Good job =)