Aalasteir's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[O' that Stingy Dragon]

Super nice style, very distinct, with great narration supported by musical instrumentation.

@ZaazNG's excellent music is always amazing to here. His great ability to express and communicate emotion through his songs is admirable. I greatly admire his work and deeply appreciate his passion for the arts. He is multi-skilled in his abilities and always amazing. I don't know why I'm referring to you in the third person. I don't know if you'll read this, and I'm not even sure if it's a good idea to write reviews. I would just like to interact with the community, and I think you deserve recognition and appreciation because you are amazing. Your love and passion for art are greatly respected, and I wish I could be more like you. Thank you.

ZaazNG responds:

I love you :)
Review legit made me grin widely, thank you so much for your kind words buddy <3

[Flipping channels]

The puppets are really nice, and all of the scenes are great. They show lots of attitude, with people contributing their own unique spins on Newgrounds, which is really awesome. The puppets are really funny and cute, with excellent voice acting, and the art is so nice and charming, featuring great personality. Overall, it's very fun and well thought out.

Picochu responds:

Oh goodness, it's been a minute since I got an interview on this old thing! This was honestly such a nice thing to wake up to! Warms my heart to still see folks enjoying this video of mine!

[Newgrounds Summer Fest 2021 Opening Animation]

Using the text in many different styles to communicate "Everything, By Everyone" is very creative. Typography is a great tool for communicating ideas, and that is creative.

The animations are impressive! Full of life and personality—very inspirational. Personally, I wish there was information in the comments detailing who made each section.

Stanpai responds:

Thanks for the thoughtful review! It's actually a bit challenging to answer who did what as many of the scenes in this and the other OP animation are actually mixed compositions from various artists and animators. There are a few notable exceptions where only one person did both the background and all the characters on screen, but the majority of the scenes in this cartoon are all featuring multiple artists at once. I suppose it's a lot like with a theatrical release!

[Senpai SimDate - Ending A]

The movie already starts with a very creative logo, which I find to be excellent. The framing of it being a dating simulator is interesting, and the way that things are communicated shows that a lot of thought has gone into how it should be established. Having this stated as being recognized as a piece of Lost Media is interesting, as well as calling it Ending A, which is a good reference to dating simulators, showing a clear understanding of the genre.

The almost uncanny pseudo-emotional anime voice acting that is present is well-parodied, and it exhibits all of the characteristics. I would say that proves that reference material was listened to and practiced on to get down the vocalization and styling.

Cherry blossom tree XD and the music supports the voice acting and the visuals are good combinations for supporting the narrative. There is almost a drastic change when the Senpai gets a close-up. I know this isn't a problem for me, but going from being a parody of anime style to a Western-looking comic character is something I noticed. Yes, I enjoyed the movie. It's cool, great teamwork.

Anislug responds:

I cant draw anime type stuff for my life LMAO happy you enjoyed

[Merry Christmas Mr. Strife]

Yoshi looks so scuffed; I thought that was very funny. The characters are stylized in a comedic way, and it's interesting how that makes them funny. It's great that this is capturing the spirit that lies in the golden era of the 2000s. The way you do the lips, reminds me of Tamers12345, along with especially with the homoerotic themes that are present in your movie.

Stanpai responds:

I am really amused that I made this video before becoming a big Tamer12345 fan. You are so right about the similarity.
The goal was to make that 2000s style game parody and you definitely understood the intention.

[God of Hyperdeath vs 10 yr Old]

Great sense of comedic pacing with good distribution of line weight, excellent silhouettes, and color schemes matching the characters' origins. There's strong characterization, with expertly timed actions that are well communicated through your fluid animation. There's amazing attention to detail, with dynamic movement and great lip sync.

ICantSeeHelp responds:

Ty aalasteir! i thought the movements came out pretty well

[The Cake]

The way the background moves in the opening sequence, from 00:00 to 00:01, feels a bit uncomfortable for me to experience. However, the second scene does not have the same jarring movement, and feels a lot more natural, as the mountains do not feel as juxtaposed to the faster pace of the buildings' movement.

Perhaps I am simply not as familiar with seeing that type of rapid, layered background movement, and it sticks out as a bit strange to me. I apologize if this feedback seems odd, but I wanted to be honest about my experience with your animation.

Your use of colors and shapes is very awesome! And the punchline is good!

You are very welcome to call me stupid, because I am. Please, I hope my feedback can be of use to you. This is just my experience.

Thank you for creating your animation, you are extremely skilled.

ComixGuy927 responds:

Thanks for your feedback! Yeah I tried to get this out like right away so I kind of didn’t know what to do for the background moving in the first scene. I’ll try to think of a better way to do it tho. Glad you liked it tho! :)

[MADNESS 5 COLLAB]

Excellent Madness collab! Thank you for using the song "Courage"

beans68tde responds:

no problem awsome track by the way

[Average Kill La Kill Episode]

The philosophical battle between fashion senses. Excellent animation and voice acting! With great comedic pacing!

ICantSeeHelp responds:

Ty!