Ran-Cossack's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Newgrounds-Invasion]

Fantastic tribute.

Well, I can only hope you were given permission by each author to use their characters, and if so, well done my friend! I found it all well animated, although the story was a bit unusual.(If the animators already knew about the invaders, once they started losing their animations, why did they wait untill their creations were all wiped out to start re-animating them? That is the only "flaw" I can find in the story itself, at a first glance.)

However, other then that, a job well done. I also found the "suprise" at the end worth giving a chuckle over. Keep up the good work.

[IF Round 4: vs Cyril P1]

The beginning of another epic series.

I have to say, after spending so much time around Newgrounds, and seeing so many movies, good and bad, this honestly looks to be quickly shaping up to be another fantastic series. Considering the fact that you have only made three flash animations thus far, if this is just the BEGINNING of your animating, one can only imagine how wonderful your work will be as time goes on.

Animation: Simply wonderful, it moves along very nicely in the movie, and honestly, I can't still have yet to get bored after watching it over and over again. A 10 out of 10, for certain.

Violence: Sure, there wasn't alot of rending and murdering with loads of blood, but so what? Fighting doesn't always have to be about blood and gore, and this movie simply reinforces that fact. Another 10 out of 10, for showing that a fight doesn't have to be filled with blood, to be wonderful.

Audio: Ah, another fantstic piece that makes up this movie.. The voice acting was grand, I doubt anyone can deny that. The "sound effects", such as Spoiler walking, and Cyril blasting off fireballs, all sounded like music to my ears. The only "negative" I can find is when Spoiler was hit by Cyril's lightning, and Bellah(I think thats her name?) started screaming. It's not that it didn't fit the moment, but it simply came right out of the blue, a bit too quickly, and loudly. I'd suggest lowering the volume on screams like that a bit, so that it doesn't hurt a persons ears if they don't have the ability to turn their volume down quickly. However, other then that, audio gets another 10 out of 10.

Comedy: What can I say? The comedy was comedic, though not heavily enough to take away from the "seriousness" of the scenes. You balanced the comedy quite nicely, and I have to say keep up the good work. I also liked the little references throughout the movie, such as "raise the shields", and "I'm a WIZARD, not a Mage! Ya don't see me spammin frost lance, now do ya?". Another 10 out of 10, though those who don't like this type of comedy will obviously find it to be one of the reasons to whine.

Overall, a 10 out of 10 in my books. I truely can't wait to see what you come out with next, my friend.

Also, on a slightly related note, do you have any plans on possibly animating the beginning of the series, when things were still comic format? I'd have to say, it would be very fun to see the fight between Spoiler and Mistress JJ, and it would help those who don't take the time to check the info you provided when it comes to learning more about whats going on, if we had the option of seeing the series from the start in animation format as well. But, thats not to say it doesn't work just as nicely in pure comic format either. One way or another, it is your choice what you choose to do with this fantastic series, and I eagerly await the next installments. Till then, good luck with your future animations and comics!

-Cossack.

Zeurel responds:

If i get time i'll most likely go back and animate everything, there really needs to be a 48 hour day.

cheers for the review!

[Vegeta's Problem]

Tad too late for a front page?

Well, I'm guessing since it's April 1st, Newgrounds must of decided to throw this ancient pile of crap(Pun not intended.) a bone and let it move to the front page, for a short time, despite the fact it was submitted EIGHT YEARS AGO. Overall, it was a poor movie, with a simple DBZ/crap joke as the entire point. It was ok back when it was made in 2000, but in this day and age... Well, it's just a necromanced corpse that got beaten down, then pheonix downed, omnislashed, wished back to life, and finally erased from existance.

... But eh, it's April Fools, so I guess it has the right to live for a few seconds longer.

[Bowser's Kingdom: Eps 9]

"Oh my, a three headed piranha plant."

"Hi guys!"
"Hi guys!!"
"What up crackers?!!"

Truely, didn't see that one coming... But I must say, it was quite a good one, heh. Wonderful job on a non-pixel episode of Bowser's Kingdom, I would have to say my favorite scene was with Geno, I wont include details, in case some havent watched it yet. But I have to say, you made him look quite badass, like he should be shown as. =P

Keep up the wonderful work! Can't wait to see the next episode! Maybe the next could be a combination of both Pixel and drawn... That would be an interesting mix for this comedic series.

-Cossack.

[Sonic: Nazo Unleashed Part 3]

Congradulations on perfection.

I think I already reviewed this once before, but once again, I must congradulate you on this piece of perfection, and I am happy that you were given a front page, I thought you had already been given it before, but if not, then you definantly deserved it now.

All that can be said about this movie, is that it is perfect, you took existing Sonic voice clips and made them into workable sentences, conversations, and that takes effort, and skill.

I hope that we will be gifted with more movies from you in the near future.

Keep up the grand work!

-Cossack.

PS: Do I smell a sequal? Especially with Robotnik's cameo... I'd love to chat with you about the possible continuation of your great Sonic works.=D Send me a message if you have the time.

[Sonic's World NX ver.]

Shocked for no front page..

This movie, to put it simply, is wonderfully perfect. The song fit the animation perfectly, and I honestly am shocked this wasn't put on the front page, where it should be.

I look foward to further works from you, and can't wait to see each and every one!

-Cossack.

[mouse over]

Truely worthy of front page status!

All I can think to say is that this simply was great, keep up the good work my friend.

-Cossack

[M.K. vs. S.F. B.B.D.]

A stolen plot, and a sad attempt at a copy.

I know very well that you stole this entire plot from another author, who created his series long before you made this. I honestly have to say that I hope that this is deleted, and blammed to the seventh level of Hell.

Be more original, stealing is bad, mmkay?

-Cossack.

[News With El Presidente]

Boring, pointless, and a waste of time.

I have to say that not even the "catchy backroung music" could honestly save this movie, or earn it any voting points higher then a 0, or -5.

Try harder next time, I'm certain you can do better if you try next time.

-Cossack.

[Super Mario bros Z ep 6 (old series)]

Perfection.

It is the only worthy title for this movie. Keep up the wonderful work, I pray we will be gifted with another grand movie at some point, though we are not worthy.

lol, well, its true!

-Cossack.