wizardman's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Last Metroid]

Wow, this was an incredibly well done flash, especially for 2001. The graphics looked great, the story was rather easy to follow, and I saw no real weaknesses flash-wise. My only problem with it is that it was a cliffhanger, specially given that this was your last flash. Did Samus catch Ridley and the last metroid? I need to know.

[Luigi Teaches Gambling]

I've liked many of your flashes in years past, but this one... I don't get what it was. The gremlins music was nice sure, but all it was was an NES cartridge along with a background that was extremely prone to inducing seizures. It was hard to watch, both figuratively due to a lack of effort and literally due to the flashing background.

[Super Mario Orchestral]

A great flash indeed, hard to believe it's from 2001. The music was very nice, and the enemies moving around to it was great. Bonus points for actually drawing them out instead of just using sprites. The story being told through them was great as well. Only part I didn't care for is that the graphics were just alright. I could tell that they were what they were supposed to be, but they were a bit crude.

[Icehockey: Sudden Death]

This was a very simple flash, just the zambonis showing up and running over the hockey players. That being said, this is how you do a quick flash. The sprites were simple yet looked good, the running over them was absolutely hilarious, and the one sprite jiggling around while the others lay motionless just made this that much funnier. Very short, but nonetheless great for a quick laugh. Not often you find a hidden gem like this from 2000.

[Elian Strikes Back]

The only thing redeeming in the flash was the effects after the gunshots at the three people, since that was rather well done. However, the Budweiser thing was annoying, but more importantly they were mumbling, so it didn't even sound like the joke. Plus, using Jpegs instead of real animation is just cheap and doesn't look good. It really takes away from this flash.

[Shit The Cops!!!!!]

I don't really know what the heck this was. Many of the words were misspelled throughout, and that's if they weren't moving too quickly to read. The graphics weren't very good, and it was overall a big mess. What story there was was actually interesting, and the punchline at the end was actually great. Problem was I missed the joke because the text moved too quickly and there was no effort in the animation itself.

[Masturbator]

I'm glad I watched the whole thing, since i almost turned it off after the first five seconds. Seriously, those sound effects at the beginning were horrible and took away from the flash. The song was rather funny and while the graphics were simple, they worked well for what this was. Adding a background and removing those effects would have earned an extra boost in the ratings easily.

[Blue Screen of Death]

There was nothing to this flash, really. The sound of the keys typing was rather annoying, and could have been subdued a bit. The blue screen of death is always an easy target, but to make it really funny you have to do something different with it; this was basically more of the same. The BSoD is a pain in the butt though, no one's going to dispute that.

[History of fuck!]

Ah yes, the F word has had a long and varied history. The audio quality is very nice, which may not say much, but it's more than I can say about many flashes of the first couple years. There was minimal animation, but it was still effective. It's a relic of the early 2000s flashes, and while it's just silly now, the lesson is always good for a laugh.

[Who be da millionare!?]

Smething seems to have went badly wrong here. The flash opens with two buttons, neither of which work. The flash seems to be simply a link to download so that you can actually watch the flash. Aside from that potentially being dangerous, that is precisely what this portal is for anyway. This made it impossible to get to see it, though I will admit the title and the concept sounds quite good.