AloneInTheDark's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Green: Wicked Ways Pt. 3]

original and refreshing

Very good flash that is well put together.

Im so glad that you took time to come up with a storyline and that u managed to create the right atmosphere. With this being done very well, the lack of animation isnt as annoying anymore.

Your drawing style is one of the best iv seen on newgrounds so far. Although the entire animation was done mainly with green tones, the work of shadows and light were superb. It reminds me a little bit like comic book artists Todd Mcfarlane and Jim Lee. I bet u (used to) read comics alot and learned much from those artists.

The music was also awesome. I think its better this way without voice acting. Cause if you added voice acting, some form of lyp synching would be needed too (otherwise it would like kinda weird) and that in turn would spoil the still images.

The only main flaw in this animation is the length. It is over so quickly and that is really a pity, because with a good storyline you are creating it will take like 50 episodes to end it. Please make it a little bit longer next time so it will be also more enjoyable for the viewer and give him the chance to get sucked in to the story a bit more.

Anyway keep up the great work and im looking forward to your upcomming work.

Thomas51471 responds:

Thank you very much for the in depth review and comments. I am very flattered with where you see my influences coming from. I do read alot of comics and love the medium and the two artists you mentioned have been huge influences on my work. I also love Tim Bradstreet's work as well.

There was a lot you picked up on that impresses me about your attention. Many of the things we are doing (and that you mentioned) others do not understand yet and it is great to find someone who appreciates the subtlties as well as the overall comic.

As for the length, we do plan on making longer episodes beginning with episode 4. Thank you again for your review and stick with us, it will get even better.

[Reaching the stars]

pretty good,

Nice idea, cool graphics and pretty cute atmosphere. Indeed its a pity its only so short. But the message (whatever it is) came across. Maybe u should consider doing another flash featuring this robot which will be a little bit longer. Im sure u will make something great outa it.

Lambi responds:

He also apears in the second half of my 3rd Lambi animation.

[XIN Session 09]

woohoo, another episode!

Yes, yes, yes! another episode of my favorite anime series. I really started liking this after i watched all your episodes a couple of months ago. The drawings and animation are not the best, but the story totally makes up for that. But there is on big BUT. Where the hell is the voiceacting man? U promised it would be here and it isnt! :'( Neway this is still a great piece. More cinematic and professional than the other episodes and a good conclussion. Take care!

Lifepoint1 responds:

Sorry for the delay on voice acting.
We currently finished voices for sessions 1 to 3, and the rest should be coming along in due time.
We'd like to continue the series as originally paced however, and voices will be added in as we go. Thanks alot for the review, and I think we've improved the graphics quite a bit in the new chapter, and we hope you enjoy it too.

[Bob's Winter]

heh, not bad

Pretty cool. The graphics were kinda terrible but the music brought something to the animation. The explosion at the end was a nice thing. Meh, not really funny, but not really terrible either. Hurray!

DaEnglishWeiner responds:

hurray!

[Little Fighter Alpha Ch.4]

hmm

I'm sorry, but i didnt really like this one much. The graphics were pretty good, especially the backgrounds were awesome. But i don't think you made those, did you? What dissapointed me about this was that i found the story a little bit simple/cliche and a tad boring. The movie consisted of 3 scenes and in every scene there was a short conversation that went into a fight... Also the animation could have been smoother (more frames per movement) and the entire thing was too short. Well 2 bad, but there is always room for improvement.

MaxR responds:

No i did not make the backgrounds obviously, but I did edit it and put it together. Sprite movies wasn't mean to have so many frames, because the smoothness of the animation depends on teh sprites. And I'll agree, there is room for improvement.

[Fairy Sorrow]

close to perfection

Extremely well done. The graphics and animation are the creme de la creme. This is together with Aura, the only flash iv seen that knows how to implement 3d techniques without making the flash too cheap-looking. No doubt this will go in the top 10. It will just take a little while cause u dont have a batting average yet. I felt like the entire animation had some beautiful deeper meaning. It shows the contrasts between the beautiful perfect fantasy life in our head and the hard cold technoligical society we live in. I have no negative things to say about this and that is very rare, since im pretty critical about flash movies.

Volo responds:

"creme de la creme" Nice ;-) May I use this fraise, I like it!

[lll_Deception Part 3_lll]

allright

Not bad man. Iv seen some of your work now and i must say that you are getting better and better with flash. This piece borrows alot from Kill Bill, but still has it's own identity. Ur good with camera angles, cinematic situations and details. I dont think you are the best drawer, maybe u should buy a drawing tablet to improve on this? A little bit more annoying was the animation at some points though. The scrolling background, spinning rims, road lines and walking animation really need some more work. I know u are a fan of Luis and i see that u use some things he uses too. Like the unblurring effects and the already mentioned scrolling backgrounds. All in all i think ur an artist with good potential and im looking forward in seeing more stuff from you. Oh and tell Zidane i said hi, when u see him in France for me, ok?

alexsmolik responds:

Thanks a lot man, I'm glad you liked it, and thanks for telling about me getting better at flash!
I didn't know I had the skills of a "cinema" guy, for the "camera angles and cinematic situations". It's nice to hear that! Yeah, I'm working on saving up to buy a graphic tablet, but hey, money is a tricky thing ! :)
Yeah! Of course I'm a fan of Luis's work, he's one of the best. And yeah, I try to be inspired by my fav. artist's works. And yeah, you did notice the "blurring" effect ;-)
Thanks a lot for all the encouraging things you say, it gives me "stenght" and determination to keep making flash, but I'm really lazy lol.
About Zidane ... that was total pwnage tonight. That guy is a god. And yeah, I'll tell him you said hi... If I ever see him one day :-/
Thanks for the motivating review!
Alex