BlueKoalaClock's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[SUPER 8 Database Cinema]

Amazing.

I really liked the art/animation style on this flash, and the music fit very well with it. I found that scene where the guy eats his own arm strangely hilarious. Also, it's pretty cool how you can rearrange the movie however you like. I just wonder what you were thinking when you came up with this.

[Pico Misadventures Part.1]

Well that was interesting.

While in my opinion there wasn't much in the way of humour, I liked how the art style often shifted between this smooth, painted look, and a simpler cruder style. However, in parts of the flash the sound was very quiet; I'd highly recommend making the sounds somewhat louder in your next movie. As for the plot, well, it was strange to say the least.

[[L*] Lucky Stars Return]

Well-drawn, but otherwise needs work.

Before I start with the review, I think I should let you know that I've never watched Lucky Star. For this reason, my opinion might be a little biased or something.
Now, although the characters were quite well-drawn, I found the lack of "real" animation pretty disappointing. Also, the "putting your own name in every part of the mostly unnecessary credits" gag is pretty overused; the movie would've gotten a higher score/rating if the credits gag was either more creative or just removed altogether. The movie would also be improved if the characters' dialogue had sounds and lip-synching of some sort, rather than just captions appearing next to the character that's supposed to be saying them. I also didn't find the plot particularly interesting. As such, the combination of shoddy animation, dialogue and plot made me lose interest in the flash quickly, and I probably stopped watching it before it was even halfway done. I hope my advice has helped you with your future works.

[2.t00n]

ha ha wow

I'd say this is a genius flash if I've ever seen one. The graphics were spectacularly designed, as well as the plot and dialouge. And to think this got Turd of the Week! This clearly deserves a Daily 1st Place award thing, at least! But seriously, you've got to tell me what that song's called.

[Captain Low-Rez Ep.1]

Shows how much one can do with so little.

The vocoded/text-to-speech voices in this flash were hilarious, and added to be science fiction-esque feel of this movie. Also, the the graphics, and indeed the plot were highly reminiscent of Atari 2600-era video games. The animation is probably little more than tweens, but due to the flash's obvious mimimalism, it doesn't at all detract from the quality of the movie. In fact, it's part of what makes this flash awesome. That, and the aforementioned robot voices.

[5 Confucian Analects]

Very basic, indeed.

This flash was very informative, and the music was pretty catchy, but there were quite a few ways this could be improved on. For one thing, there wasn't much for graphics/animation, which would've made this flash much more interesting. Second, that cirlce with the green gradient was really distracting and I have no idea what that even was. Speaking of gradients, I noticed you used the same green gradient for the play button. I would advise against using this and other such default gradients in the future, as they look cheesy and add a (usually unwanted) "newbish" quality to most movies. I also didn't much care for the font you used, but this is probably a matter of taste.

[Luis Day Collab]

Great, though some parts were somewhat lacking.

Out of all the contributions, I think FluffKomix's and Magical-Zorse's were the best, the former because it was funny (especially the subtitles), and the latter because it was a pretty fun game. JKAmovies's part was pretty hilarious too. MartinSMcfly's part was rather poorly done/animated, but I kind of think that was intentional. I noticed that most of the parts were quick little shorts; for many of them, it worked, but some of them just seemed thrown-together. Despite this, I'd say this is a great collaborative-type movie.

fluffkomix responds:

thanks.

[Back to the Futures]

Doubleplusungood.

I'm sorry, but this flash is really terrible. However, I can give you some advice on how to improve it. First off, when animating, it's good to sometimes use animation techniques other than basic tweens. Second, when making a parody, it's good to think the parody though, and not throw it together in a few hours like most makers of flash parody seem to do. Lastly, it's good to be original. This flash borrows greatly from the style of this flash by "Lawlolawlstudios" I saw just yesterday, in both art style and title. I hope you make good use of this advice in your next flash.

[300s]

That made me laugh because I am easily amused.

This movie got my fifen, as I like the simple art style and the well-done immature humour. However, I'd recommend that you don't use Speakonia for the voices. Or, if you do use Speakonia, at least vary the voices some and change the pitch and stuff. Otherwise, this flash was great.

lawlolawlstudios responds:

Thanks, man! Offbeat and immature humor is what Lawlolawl aims for ;D

[: 4y-Records : Episode 1]

Wow, an IWP flash that isn't completely horrible.

I'm quite surprised to see a flash made by you which doesn't seem to resort to using the same tweened movieclips and blatant fanservice to entertain viewers. I hope this will become a series, but one more original than the travesty you call "Neurotically Yours." Of course, I am something of a music snob myself, and as such I find this guy whining about music to be pretty amusing.