Auz's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Afro N' Graham 01]

I've seen better from you

Definitely not your strongest piece of work. I don't know what exactly the idea behind this flash was. I suppose you merely wanted to give Afro and Pokelord a shot at voice-acting, is that correct? Because for the rest the jokes and such are quite similar to your former flashes and it doesn't create any new storylines either.

Anyway I think the (different) voices were not bad for this one. Afro did a nice job in my opinion, although his voice doesn't really fit the Afro_Stud I know from your flash series. I think Pokelord did a good job as Graham. He sounded much like you actually. Also, it was kinda funny to hear Graham laugh like a little girl near the end (tee hee hee).

Overall 6 out of 10, 3 out of 5. Like I said, not your best piece of work. I think it's good that you didn't turn this into another mini-series. It didn't have a lot of potential as far as I can see.

~Auz

kinggila responds:

Yeah, this was mostly a try out to see how the two do with their voice acting.

[Mars is Next! (4/3)]

Deleted scenes?

I'm not sure, was this the last part of the Universe Domination series? If so then yeah I am indeed a little bit disappointed that the series ends out of the blue with a deleted scenes flash. I expected more of a follow up episode of part 3/3 where it would be explained why the series came to an end.

Anyway, about the deleted scenes - I think the scenes are nicely made and quite funny, but I agree with all the reasons you've stated for not including them. Both episodes would've become a bit too long indeed and the scenes were not all that relevant to the plot.

Except maybe for the part were Bahamut/Satan from the year 3000 came to tell Bahamut not to blow up planets so that Futurama will exist. It would've been a suitable ending to the series, but since it was Satan in disguise I guess it's still uncertain whether Bahamut will really stop because of the warning or whether he has other reasons to stop blowing planets. If there is some other reason, laziness would be my guess :p

Overall 6 out of 10, 3 out of 5. If this is the end (again I'm not sure), then I gotta say that Universe Domination was quite an enjoyable series and probably your best. I just hope the series you've created after this are just as good (or even better).

~Auz

kinggila responds:

Yep, the end of the original continuity of Universe Domination. If I redo it, it'll be a hell lot better.

[Bahamut N' Satan 777]

That was unexpected

Lol :p Now that was an unexpected twist. I was pretty sure it was gonna be something like:"I, Bahamut, am actually... Bahamut!" and then Bahamut would tell Satan to fuck off or something. But you're actually Fred Flinstone wow :o Who would've guessed?

Anyway, this was a nice little short again. I'm surprised to read that you actually did Satan's voice for this flash. I didn't even notice any differences while watching to be honest, so good job on that I guess.

Overall 7 out of 10, 3 out of 5.

~Auz

kinggila responds:

7 is the best score for this flash. :)

[Mars is Next! (3/3)]

Good episode

Cool a main menu! To be honest I think it looked pretty good, except that the colours of the buttons didn't match that well with the fire-ish background. Orange and Red vs Blue and Grey are very opposing colours you know. But at least the buttons were clearly visible this way.

Anyway, I thought this was another good episode although I thought the former ones were funnier. There didn't seem to be that many jokes in this one. It was just about Bahamut fixing some stuff from the former episodes. I found it odd how Bahamut didn't mess up the timeline in such a way that everything would be different when he got back to his own time. The kind of stuff you usually see in time-travel stories. But I guess that would go a little too deep for this kind of series.

Overall 8 out of 10, 4 out of 5. Good episode, although not the best of the series in my honest opinion. I'm curious about Bahamut's next target since I can't remember you ever releasing a new chapter after this. I suppose I'll find out what happens in Mars is next (4/3) :)

~Auz

kinggila responds:

You'll be disappointed with the next episode. :(

[Mars is Next! (2/3)]

Very nice

This was a really long episode, but in my opinion this was one of your best submissions yet.

I loved all the random jokes and stuff you put in this one. I thought that odd *gasp* sound Bahamut made, when he saw that his house was destroyed, was very funny. The news-report was kinda funny too, although I didn't know what to focus on as there was a banner with random funny stuff and a news-report with random funny stuff going at the same time.

The few special effects this movie contained weren't done well in my opinion though. Like the fireball Bahamut attacked Afro with and Afro disappearing. It could've used a sound effect there. Same goes for the amnesia... circles. But on it's not really such a big deal, since this series isn't really about the action and violence (other than blowing up the universe).

Overall 9 out of 10, 5 out of 5. Like I said: one of your best flashes yet, if not the best. Hopefully the upcoming episodes will be just as good.

~Auz

kinggila responds:

"since this series isn't really about the action and violence (other than blowing up the universe)."

The hell with Gears of War and Call of Duty! XD

[I'm not your father!]

Fathers Day...

Heh Fathers Day. One of the most bullshit days of the year along with Mothers Day if you ask me. I think they're even worse than Valentine's Day. At least on Valentine's Day I won't be forced to pay family visits and such, it feels optional =/

But anyway the flash itself wasn't anything impressive in my opinion. It was a bit predictable that AfroStud would appear again and be up to something. I liked how you did Luke's voice though, he really sounds like a cartoonish old man. For the rest it was a bit short, but the voice-acting was done well again. All in all I think it was an OK movie.

Overall 6 out of 10, 3 out of 5.

~Auz

kinggila responds:

I still think Valentine's Day is the worst.

[Mars is Next! (1/3)]

Nice

This was a very nicely made episode in my opinion. The funniest scene must be were Bahamut took out his golden glove and got punched in the face by the AVGN and the golden glove fell back on his head. Classic joke that never gets old :p

Furthermore the drawings seemed to get a little better again. I saw you tried to use some shade effects and stuff, which made things look much nicer. The Wii and the bomb looked very good as well, although I guess those might have been taken from existing sprites and pictures. I also liked Pokelord-EX' voice-acting work. His voice fits your flashes quite well.

Overall 8 out of 10, 4 out of 5. So far I think Graham's Weird Day with Idiots On The Moon and this series is still my favorite flash series from you.

~Auz

kinggila responds:

That golden gauntlet is a classic.

[Bahamut: ATWI80D 04]

Meh

Besaid Island? That's from Final Fantasy 10 right?

Not much to say about this flash actually. I think it missed some humor and it wasn't really anything special in general. Although the conclusion with Bahamut on Besaid Island was a nice frame, nice sprite editing there. For the rest I kinda liked the random characters walking the background again.

Overall 5 out of 10, 2 out of 5.

~Auz

kinggila responds:

Yep, FFX indeed. :)

[Edgar N' Locke 01]

Very nice

I always thought the Edgar N' Locke series was one of your earliest, but apparently you already made over 30 flashes before this one. Oh well, anyway this one was quite nicely made. Seems like sprite editing had become really easy for you at this point, everything looked very smooth. I also saw that you weren't too proud of Terra's voice, but I thought it was good enough. Most of the voices were done well actually.

As for the bad points: There was a bit of an anti-climax at the end in my opinion. At first everybody seemed to dislike each other for their taste in metal music, but then they just decided to headbang to whatever metal song. I was expecting some fight scene at least or the planet being destroyed or some other random act of violence.

Also it's once again good that you added some random facts & crap. I'm not really familiar in the metal music world (although I like some bands), so I didn't know what the characters were listening to actually. Some jokes and stuff went over my head because of that, but the random facts helped to understand.

Overall 8 out of 10, 4 out of 5.

~Auz

kinggila responds:

CAN'T YOU SEE THAT I LOVE MY (DRAGON) COCK?!

[33 1/3]

Very good

This was a good flash in my opinion. I saw that there were some new designs for several objects, which I thought weren't in any of the former flashes yet. The couch Bahamut was sleeping on looked very nice now that it had more depth. The shotgun was also nicely drawn. I think the shadow below Bahamut is kinda odd though. I'm not sure if it was in all your former flashes as well, but it really caught my eye when he was sleeping on the couch.

Anyway I also liked the idea of making this your 33 1/3rd flash and adding 1/3th of your next movie into this. Is it exactly 1/3rd of the next movies runtime or did you just end it at a convenient moment (to not reveal too much)?

Overall 8 out of 10, 4 out of 5. It's nice to see some more improvements in the graphics.

~Auz

kinggila responds:

The shadow below Bahamut has always been there. As for the 1/3 of another flash, it was close to that.