Shal's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Kenny's Trip To The Beer Store]

these are walking dead guys

BlastoiseNetworkYT responds:

Wish Lee and Kenny survived though.

[Road to El Dorado: Redialed - Scene 167]

shes bad, god damn

NekoStar responds:

As nature intended~

[Lunar Kicks]

what a great way to start my day, lunar kicks first thing in the morning

snackers, your colors are so god dang cool. i saw a comment saying "the lines could have been better" when I'm quite confident that your lines are intentional but only a novice bumfuck moron couldn't see that lol
anyways yeah so your art style and colors are the best part about the whole toon..
and unless your some kind of super genius, i'll bet it took a lot of patience and hard work to come up with some of the cool epic concepts for these very original characters in here..

you created something in just over a years time that most of these art school nerds on here couldn't dream of doing. even for me, i've been animating something thats taken me more than a year now and man i wish i could go back and change the designs after watching this!! (2 LATE FOR THAT LOL)

really no offense to that art school nerds but also c'mon they force out some stupid artsy shit based on like fartwinged politics or something. this though felt inspired and throughout was just very good energy. cam did a really great job with the music too and it really helped push the energy you were going for here. bravo awesome job everyone. teddy killing it in his scene, hes crazy, also even the sound effects were really cool i thought that was you until i checked who's credited, i thought those were very fun too.

i just woke up so i hope this made sense, going to rewatch this later again and also dissect your .fla's (also lol dogl can't comment since we're on the same ip address, what a pussy lmao)

Snackers responds:

mighty praise shal, im glad I made something that excites and connects with you..! I had that problem when I was at cams place lol, NG BUSTED!!

[Innards of Clouds]

i would kill any man with any weapon if it meant you could keep making things i would disassemble men i dont care what kind of methods i used to kill said man or woman or child, i would walk through a blood soaked massacre

i hope i dont have to do these things but i would........................................

Goji responds:

oh you 😊

[Big Hoss VS the Yokozuna]

This was my favorite out of all the submissions!!!

HieronymusJohnson responds:

I'm glad you enjoyed! :^)

[Big Hoss And His Smoker]

this is the most rawest shit on newgrounds, this goes hoss

wtfffff

edit:

thanks for putting me on Stallion
i been sleeping since Mar 2, 2022

Potatoman responds:

I know Connor's music really carries this LMAO!

[big hoss (Andy and Bulb)]

== doing a review the RIGHT way ==

Score: 2

Before I begin, I'd like to thank my critic peers like Brandy Buizel, Anonymous Frog, and xwaynecoltx for inspiring me. I feel like I can now take my reviews seriously and do things the RIGHT way.

I think that it's important to go over a few questions since I'm brand new to doing reviews the right way and considering this IS my first review, I should cover a few things first.

Right off the bat, I wonder if my unconscious bias determines my score no matter how self-aware I may think I am. Can this not apply to any critic? Are critics inherently biased because of this, regardless of their statements saying otherwise? If so, and if all art really is "subjective", then why am I being so critical? This is my first REAL critique after all. My first REAL review.

Well, even if I am biased, I'm putting in all of this work to break down someone's creative work. Subjective or not, the best part of art is being able to dissect it and making sure the Author knows MY opinion. And surely, with the reputation I'm going to soon build from making these types of reviews, my opinion can only become MORE valuable and necessary.

Yes, that's it! I will build a REPUTATION with my OPINION. People will want MY OPINION to be a POSITIVE one because of all of the reviews I make. Even with an unconscious bias, people must understand that though I don't know everything, nor have I claimed I know everything, I still have to have an opinion on the things that I like in a massive post. Its not enough that I've seen a submisson. It's not enough to encourage someone to just keep making art. I need to feed my ego too. Its also about me.

I have to make sure I'm looking at things from the lens of a robot. Yes, that's it! That's what it means to be a Newgrounds reviewer. Being completely dishonest with myself. Convincing myself and others that I'm a data-collecting robot that delivers only but the most precise reviews.

Mmm yes, I can't wait for my review to be read. I'm a genius. I'm so god damn smart. I'm going to make the most crafty and intelligent reviews and I'm going to do them on EVERY submission muahahaha. People will think I'm the most capable robot alive, I can dissect ANYTHING.

Perfect. With all of that out of the way, I can now leave my "pretend to be a robot while also convincing myself that there is no bias while also believing my subjective critique is flawless and important (feeding my ego)" review. Here we go.

It's shit.

It reminds me of something I'd see on a for kids youtube channel. No substance. No creative drive. Overall, it's very empty. And is it me or is the framerate way too much?

I don't know what andy and bulb have to do with Big Hoss or why even add them. If anything, it seems like a cartoon about them and not Big Hoss.

The genre is set to comedy, however, I don't see where the joke is. If the punchline is just Andy and Bulb being flipped as meat on a grill, then that really sucks.
"Hahaha, Big Hoss is fat so he's going to roll and then eats a lot"
That being said, the "humor" and "writing" is dated and I think it's something a boomer would have laughed at 20 years ago.

The music sounds like it was done in garage band and it was honestly just annoying. Seems like you referenced something you found online or you just found copyright-free music online. Idk.

I can't stand that stupid goat scream that's used in a bunch of for kids youtube cartoons. It's not really creative or funny anymore. I think I would have rated this at least 2.5 if not for that.

The best thing you have going for this cartoon is Big Hoss existing in it and rolling. I appreciate the effort in taking the "rumble tumble" part so literally, but also it feels like you didn't mean to be creative or funny with that, it really seems like you just heard the title of the collab and went with it.

You're not a very good animator. I think animation and comedy are what are going to be most important in my new official reviews. I think Animation not being good plays a big part in why I scored you so low here. Bulb running away looks ridiculously lazy. You got tired of animating the run cycles you referenced online, so you instead went with a bunch of repeating smear frames. Andy sticking his tongue out while running was just a weird choice. You had the opportunity to really exaggerate the characters and emphasize the fact that they're running, but you didn't you just played it safe which ultimately backfires hard.

It didn't really make sense the way that the characters got splat but then also stuck to big hoss but we didn't see them on big hoss until they just appeared out of nowhere, only to stay on big hoss rather than jumping off or falling off? Only to just be splat again after going off the ramp. The dirt ramp was drawn okay. The perspective though you used to make the buildings is not right. I have absolutely no clue how you are you going to leave "professional" and critical reviews on Newgrounds and not know how perspective works but
anyways,

I hope this is what you were looking for!

Can't wait to keep doing these. You and Brandy were right, this does feel great and my ego feels a whole lot better.

Animation: 1 | Sound: 1 | Variety: 2 | Comedy: 0 | Big Hoss: 10

Anonymous-Frog responds:

Thanks for the review, but a 2 out of 10 seems a little harsh and overexaggerated.

I don't review submissions this way to boost my own ego. I do it to inform users who clicked on the submission what to expect before they consume it, which a simple one sentence or one word "review" may not be able to achieve.

Animation and comedy (or just how well it entertains in general) are the two most important factors I cover, with animation, the hardest and longest process, being heavily prioritized.
I am in no way the best animator on this site and I'm always trying to improve all of my skills. In fact, I made a couple of other errors you didn't even mention, such as with the spatula.

If you think the "humor" feels dated 20 years ago, I don't blame you. It's not the quick fix zoomer humor you were expecting from this jam, which I’m personally not a big fan of, for various reasons. For all the wacky shit you've seen, you drawing the line at "goat scream" and knocking over half the score down is a little hypocritical.

I'm also never fully satisfied with the music, which I composed myself. I wanted something similar to an upbeat country theme, or the Slider theme from Super Mario 64, but could never quite get there.

[Decisive Action]

This rocked & I saw it before anyone else did so i got to hold my load this whole time imagine that imagine holding your load for like 3 months and then letting it all out thats what i did basically with this cartoon anyways good stuff great work cat and team

Linethickness responds:

Im so glad you were able to keep your big fat nuts in check long enough to blow for this moment...

[Evangelion Collab]

good looks fellas kind of confused on how the bored ape joke came to be since this project started in 2010 guess wanda was the reason this took 50 years but his was one of the funniest so its cool

sage, postboy, & Noah Segura killed it
i also liked snail pirates & magibaubles a lot
& the rest of the submissions were cool and so were the bumpers especially
was hoping to see original's by snackers & carmet but i guess seeing them credited on other peopls toons was good enough

milkypossum is nuts at the end, really enjoyed the credits

and having cashcabfan97 was a huge risk. very bold move having them on projects considering their history with drug abuse and general violence

not sure why theres just a solid minute of nothing at the end btw lol who edited this, talk about a huge r word

Magibauble responds:

IM SORRY ABOUT THE MINUTE OF NOTHING I WILL FIX IT LATER

[The 3rd Battle of Ballfrog]

if this wins the 1000 dollars THEN I WILL BUY BALL FROG

coystags responds:

Well we know who won't be buying the game.