TheDownwardDog's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Music Video Gone Wrong]

goddamn this is a good flahs

Alphaman responds:

thank you asdfasdf

[Alfred's Big Suprise]

wonderful and heartbreaking. this is one of the better flash movies I have ever seen on newgrounds.

[Sonic: Uncut 2]

Still my favorite sonic flash series

I like how you make all of the sonic characters really cool guys and put them in really cool situations. My favorite is still Knuckles. My little brother likes tails and sonic. I like tails because hes such a cool little guy, I like how he ended up okay in the end. Amy should have had more lines if you ever go back and make a part 4. Also: make an episode about knuckles. Because knuckles is the coolest.
Signed
Kevin and Logan

PS: Logan thinks you should make one about tails bein a cool guy as well.

[Nerds can never love]

hated it at the begining

hated it until the punchline at which point i still hated it but not enough to leave a spiteful review

[IAMW, Charlie Brown]

A very compelling and comprehensive product.

Initally watching this I had very high expectations for this flash. Although not all of my expectations were met, I still very much enjoyed the flash movie and it succeeded in bringing out emotions and being a powerful peice of work. I'm not going to say I loved the story or that it appealed to me on every level, but I will say that this was a very professional peice of work.

The thing that really makes me like this are the extra comics that were included with this. That's what really made this stand out in my opinion. The best and most well written one was the first comic. If you ever release a compilation of this series, I would reccomend you include the comics in the animation first as they give great background and character to this. I feel like a lot of people didn't actually read the comics and that is what kept this from really achieving a higher status.

My only complaints are subjective critiscms with the concept. I think that the prelude was a hell of a lot more compelling and interesting than the actual work. The actual movie itself without the comics is kind of vauge and unfufiling. I'm just saying that the comics are the essential information to this cartoon and that they provide more character and depth than the actual animation.

Overall though, would I say that I loved every part of this? No. The plot itself doesn't really appeal to me, although it's interesting that the pills created hallucinations of the devil. I'd say it's interesting conceptionally, but there have been much stranger works than this that succeeded in provoking more thought and creating depth than this. In my opinion the best part of the whole thing was that first comic. After that the whole thing kind of spiraled out of control (in my opinion since I know this was your intention) and it became a bit outlandish. It works for what you were trying to do, but without the back story the cartoon itself doesn't really grab me. I'd love to see where you're going with this and where the story is going to end up considering the backstory ( I would love to see the whole beelzebub part of the story incorporated to the actual work). If I had to rate it on a 1 to ten scale, I'd give it a 7 out of ten. This is just for the review though. Since it's newgrounds and actual peices of work like this are so few and in between, I think you've earned a five.

I'd love to see more of this and I'll definitely check out the next part. Let's hope it comes sooner than the expected date you've given since I think this has a hell of a lot of potential that the overall production has kind of deluded. I can guarentee you that the next episode will do a lot better than this. This is a misunderstood work that I really, really hope succeeds as much as I know it can.

Fived, favorited.

NEXTVIEW-Designs responds:

Awesome review. We wanted to put the comic more in the forefront, but given the audience here at NG we were worried that a lot of people would find that boring and exit the flash before they even got to the main part. We've gotten feedback that suggests are concerns were both valid and invalid, so I don't know. Damien and the demons will be integrated much more deeply in the main plot of the sequel. Not sure if we'll include a comic the second time around, but if we do, it'll be as prologue this time. Thank you for the review, I'm reading all the comments in search of feedback like this.

[Kawaii Battle Stars]

Look

I've been watching your cartoon in brief intervals as I come in and out of my room, and I can honestly say everything i've seen of this sucks.
I don't know what kind of audience you're after with this kind of shit, but everything I've seen under the Spazkid or whoever the hell is animating this (if you've made an effort to syncronize your art styles then congratulations becaause this is uniformly unappealing). Every single flash I've seen come form this group or whoever the hell is making theese is the same goddamned recycled product over and over and over and over. If a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, every flash movie you've ever made would smell like shit. I haven't laughed at one of your cartoons since the Chris Chan animated series. I'm only telling you all of this because you seem really commited to becoming an animator and breaking out somehow, but this same tired old crap every single time you submit something isn't going to cut it forever. You're eventually going to have to put a very commited effort into your cartoons, or just stop bothering at all. Because as someone who's been on newgrounds for YEARS, for someone who's favorite flash submissions have always been trashy "spam" cartoons (most of which exude more creativity and humor than this) this SUCKS.

Let me spell it out for you:
Screaming into the microphone ONLY GETS YOU SO FAR. EVENTUALLY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO START ASKING FOR SUBSTANCE FROM YOU, THIS IS WHERE ALL OF YOUR CARTOONS FALL FLAT.

Yes I realize that this review was very mean and you probably didn't want to hear it, but I really doubt that the average newgrounds user is going to tell you any of this, and you REALLY need to hear it.

I will continue to watch your movies, but I really hope that you step it up for your next ones. Keep trying, but try a little bit differently next time.