JoLiKMC's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[A Very Eden Christmas]

This is really cute! I like this a lot. The art style is nice, the voice acting is great, and the soundtrack is really keen! And I'm not just saying that because it includes one of my songs, ha hah~

Merry Christmas, Elvic!!
(Like… ten years and a month late. But, heeey~)

[Legend of Miyamoto]

So much work went into this... and yet, I absolutely cannot overlook the fact that the sprited parts of the movie not only mix sprite styles in ways that don't make sense, but the Zelda dungeon map was taken from a game site and NOT cleaned up purely referential sprites. (The Hardhat Beetles and the items hanging above pots.)

The choice of music also seemed pretty inappropriate. Granted that a piece of Nintendo music probably would have been too obvious, but a track from Fatboy Slim didn't seem like the best choice.

All and all, not a bad movie. The drawn parts were strong, byt the sprited parts were weak.

[Superman V Goku]

The level of ridiculous in this movie is off the charts! Just wow... When the guy from Bleach popped up, I actually groaned, but once everything else started happening, I started laughing. I'm really glad you went this direction with the movie instead of the obvious way, and I'm REALLY happy to see Harima Kenji and Temna Tsukamoto make a brief appearance! That was really cute.

I liked this movie.

[Splash Attack]

Supernerd Joseph Wants to Battle!

Magikarp learns Tackle at Level 15, evolves into Gyarados at Level 20, and learns Flail at Level 30 in Generation II or above. It can also learn Bounce in Generation III or higher (which is where this seems to take place). Bearing that in mind, you need to be somewhere in the high 50s to get into the Elite Four and not get your ass handed to you. Why would Blue have a Level 14 or below Magikarp in his active monsters at this point? Furthermore, why would RED? And then of course there's the fact that once all 40 PP ran out on Splash, either Magikarp would start using "Struggle"...

[Awesome Gaiden]

Hey, There's a Ninja With Huge Boobs Over There

I know I've seen this joke before...and I'm certain you have as well. That said, you took this joke and didn't just run with it. You SPRINTED with it. PARAsprinted!

(Two points to anyone who gets the reference.)

[Command & Conquer WZHS]

Truthsand Mis-Truths

I'm going to make this review short and sweet because I have something to say in Generals' and EA's defense...es...? Provided I can tear myself away from "Awesome Video Games" long enough to write this thing, anyway. XD

ANYWAY... The graphics for this movie are pretty nice. Hand-drawn and accurately showing the various units of the game. (The ones that are referenced, of course.) The style is an original one in that it semi-parodies the history of Electronic Arts' interface with Westwood Studios with cynicism and absolutely nothing nice to say, though to the artist's credit, he's not that far from the truth. (Despite being a fan of classic Westwood, I say this with no bias.) The sound is flawless, mixing voice-acting with clips from the games as well as sound effects from various sources. Very high-quality stuff for Flash. The violence is mostly cartoon violence, but there's a bit of blood in there. No interactivity. Lastly, it's a very humorous look at EA Games and Generals/Zero Hour.

Now, as I said, I have some stuff to say in EA's defense. Every game from Tiberian Sun onward was a little rushed. This is true. However, it does not mean they were bad games in the least. Tiberian Sun and Firestorm were classic and wonderful games. Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge are even better than that, adding such features as "promotions" to units while keeping the classic C&C: Red Alert atmosphere and storyline intact. (Though they DID replace Tanya's original actor... Very depressing.) Renegade is just...CLASSIC. It, as well as Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge are still VERY much enjoyed by people the world over, despite the fact that a lot of aspects of multiplayer are a little bugged, the netcode sucks ("The laggiest player wins every gunfight" comes to mind... No wonder all the godlike snipers from half-way 'round the world play on US servers!), and so very, very many features that were original planned to be included (such as "Command & Conquer" mode which would've played like Command & Conquer for one commander (think "Natural Selection") and a first-person shooter for everyone else).

Now... Generals. Generals and Zero Hour are awesome games. Awesome games...which are NOT "Command & Conquer" games by ANY stretch of the imagination. Electronic Arts put the C&C title on there just so they could sell copies. If they'd just called it "Generals" or "Zero Hour," chances are, it wouldn't've sold nearly as well as it did. The game is essentially a modern-war first-person shooter complete with all-American soldiers, Chinese dictators, and Iraqi terrorists. (That's actually the three factions, I might add.) There's no Global Defense Initiative or Brotherhood of Nod. There's no Allies or Soviets. There's no real-world geography, tiberium, or time-paradoxial experiments. Just REFERENCES to real world-isms. But as I said...don't get me wrong. Bugs aside (like the SCUD Storm), it really IS a solid game and expansion pack. I enjoy playing them whenever I feel like playing a generic war RTS. Or when I feel like playing Warcraft III with modern-day units. Whichever. :D

Lastly, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars is a solid title. I know you had no way of knowing this months ago, but it truly is a solid game...from what I've heard. It's got Kane's original actor in it, at least. No Frank Klepacki music or Frank Klepacki Commando voice...and I don't think Nick "Havok" Parker is in it (good or bad), but otherwise...very solid RTS and essentially "what Tiberian Sun SHOULD have been," from what I've seen. (That's what most people would say, I feel. Me? I LIKED Tiberian Sun.)

So...yeah. I'm done. In summation: Great movie. Very truthful, but the C&C series of games as well as Generals and Zero Hour are great games no matter what.

[All your C&C]

This Hurts My Soul as a Command & Conquer Fan

Wow. This is garbage.

Most of the graphics are yanked from Renegade and Red Alert 2. Some of them are good graphics, but most are not. Graphics get flipped, skewed, and generally screwed-up and pixelated. It does not make for a pretty movie. In this case, in fact, it makes for a very ugly cut-and-paste monstrocity.

Zero. ZERO style points. You're, like, the first person I've ever given ZERO style points to. Do you know what that means? This film is freaking LAME. ZERO style. The actions don't synch up with the music and Zero Wing has been done to death. At least be original if you're doing to screw with Toaplan's game.

The sound quality was decent. But there were no sound effects to be heard.(Does not effect Overall Score.)

There was a little badly-drawn violence to be seen.(Does not effect Overall Score.)

No interactivity.(Does not effect Overall Score.)

Very, very trace amounts of humor.(Does not effect Overall Score.)

So overall? You freaking fail. You fail almost as bad as that yahoo who made the Tiger Electronics Castlevania II Handhead Game Flash. Never, EVER submit something like this again.

johnm831 responds:

Jeez you obviously don't get the whole idea of this animation. Like my Eiffel Tower "monstrocity" (spellcheck) it's meant to suck in an amusing way. I know that kind of humour doesn't appeal to everyone and that's fine by me, but if you'd given me 10/10 for style then I would have failed. Miserably.

Actions were sync'd, audio is streamed so there's no reason there'd be any issue there.

Here's the deal. I submit whatever I want, and if you don't like it, blam, it, and I won't submit it again.

[Megaman Zero- The Last Cataclysm]

Zero, the Legendary Irregular Hunter

So. . . This judge's axe comes down upon this sprite movie. . .but is it truly all that is it cracked up to be? We shall find out.

With the exception of the explosions, still-frame portraits, and the "charge" effect on Zero(which came from SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos), all graphics in this particular movie have been painstakingly ripped from the Rockman Zero series of games. The quality is pretty decent, too. Even better is the fact that there are no x1 pixels placed on x2(or higher) bodies, faces, or otherwise. This gets bonus points with me, but the fact that you mixed games does not. Regardless, graphics still gets a very high score.

The style of the movie seems to follow along the main plot of Rockman Zero 3 for the most part, with the exception of the Neo Arcadians deciding to turn against Dr. Veil and Omega X. The way this is pulled of, however, is pretty original. . . However, during the fight scenes, I noticed some rather odd-looking motions preformed by Zero in particular -- ones that look. . .dare I say. . .a little on the lazy, or rushed side. It's not enough to damage the score too much, though. Just enough to be noticable.

Most of the sound effects used were ripped from Rockman X(X1) due to convenience-sake, I would guess. This doesn't. . .oh, who am I kidding. This kind of sucks. In my opinion, anyway. You could have at LEAST ripped sound effects from Rockman X4, X5, or X6 if you weren't going to use the sounds from Rockman Zero.(And don't tell me at least ONE of those games doesn't have some sort of Sound or Music Test option on it. I know for a fact X5 does. Just not entirely sure if it's Sound AND Music, or just Music. It's been a while.) But, I digress. This doesn't hurt the movie too badly in the end.
The voices, however. . . Some of the voices in this movie are simply unforgivable. Particularly the voices of Kyubit Foxstar, Childre Inarabitta, and of course, Zero. ESPECIALLY Zero.(Watch the first combat scene. Hearing him grunt and mock so much gets really annoying after a while. Kind of like in Rockman X4, heh heh!) . . .It's like ShoPro was running the thing or something. But I have to admit, the emotions captured in the voice acting generally seemed to fit the given scenes.

There was enough violence in this movie to satisfy even the most bloodthirsty person looking to see robots get torn apart, sliced in half, and just generally messed-up. Though not pegged as a violent movie(as a "selling point," I mean), this actually DOES effect the overall score for once.

Zero interactivity. Why? In my opinion, interactivity only counts in games, or in movies with non-obvious Easter Eggs. Seeing as there was no mention of such things in this movie, the score lies at zero.(Does not effect overall score.)

Two words. "Naruto sucks." Regardless, I suppose the Naruto bonus scene could be considered "humorous," even if it's honestly not. It's just corny.(Does not effect overall score.)

So. . .in closing, is this movie worth watching? Only if you consider yourself a Rockman Zero fan, or even a general Rockman fan. This is a very worthy addition to any Rockman fan's favorites, and I genuinely look forward to the next episode.