Anonymous-Frog's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[404chan [LOOP]]

I don't really see a lot of animation in this loop. All it is is a drawing of a girl with a bit of line wobble. A line wobble, mind you, that was done by copying the vector and hitting "SMOOTH" a couple of times.

RE: Do I know you?

red-cvnt responds:

omg hi anonymous frog

[Squirrel]

If you don't own it or create it yourself, don't upload it.

[Madness Combat 12 (fanmade) pt1]

Choppy animation aside, there's no way in hell that the Auditor dies from a PISTOL, that easily, and no explanation for why Tricky's back from the dead (again). His death in 11 was defintely meant to be permanent.

Cestry responds:

yep i know, part 1 is shitty

[A.I. Selfie : Neurotically Yours 'Bits' (Foamy The Squirrel)]

I don't want to repeat myself in this review. I already covered everything I want to say in your last "bit", titled "Apple?", but to summarize, the entire Bits series is way shorter, has worse animation, and is pumped out twice as quick, to the point where it makes Doobus Goobus look better!
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/895288

So enjoy this rant about AI.

AI is weird. AI art, like the one featured in the thumbnail, is heavily subject to criticism, such as whether it steals from other artists or whether it takes away work from human artists. Some even reject its use outright and may boycott anyone for simply using it.

Newgrounds' stance on AI (for movies) is subjectively based on how much work was human-made, such as, when there are four AI-produced, fully shaded, detailed, photos of Germaine compared to two flat simple tweened oversimplified that took no longer than 4 hours to create, and that somehow scores the same, if not higher than some of your longer videos.
(EDIT: At the time of the review, this was almost at 4 stars. Now it's below 3.5. Do better!)

If you're out of ideas, just admit you're out of ideas. Maybe try working Foamy into a different genre of movie.

[(OneyPlays) R*pist Beware]

Not seeing a lot of substance here.

The first half was just a black screen. The second half (a grand total of 3 seconds) was a rough sketch of Oney (with decent lip syncing), with no background or colour.

[Apple? : Neurotically Yours 'Bits' (Foamy The Squirrel)]

These "bits" should probably just be on YouTube. Or TikTok
What do I mean by this:

1. It's not just way shorter than the previous episodes, but also only 7 of the 30 seconds contain any animation, and it's even less polished than what came before. The rest is that singing outro you always do.

2. The joke wasn't necessarily that funny. Pilz-E suggests eating an apple instead of delivery, which Germaine slaps away, suggesting they're "tree babies"

3. The background was likely generated by AI, which itself is ethically questionable considering that most programs steal work from other artists as part of their datasets.

4. You've already had 20 years worth of backlash for taking a quantity over quality approach with Neurotically Yours, most of which is already documented here on Newgrounds.
Your "Bits" series is only making this worse. More smaller crappier toons instead of bigger better toons that take more time doesn't seem like a worthy solution.

I understand you want to change things up, you're sick and tired of making the same thing every year, and you also want to maintain your sizeable audience at the same time, but just take regular breaks every now and then, or halve your existing schedule to free up more time for true creativity to shine, your fans will still accept you, and you will be much happier.

BTW, when are you going to finish reuploading all the old toons here?

[UFO]

How exactly does this count as "live action"?

ZabuJard responds:

It's not but I'm using the tag anyways to catch people off guard WTF!!!!! 🐸

[BLAM THIS!!]

There was originally a rule that states not to submit purposefully bad movies with the intention to give users "free blam points", but I can't find it anymore.

So enjoy this PASSING score. I can at least say the stick was animated "too well"

[I'M DARTH VADER (STARTWARS) - Allan Santos + RUDEJACK, feat. Spaceman Spliff]

So, how many times are gonna reuse the same clip throughout a music video before it gets boring? No offence, it’s great, but it seems cheap.

[Flying Egg Animation Test]

Anything marked "Animation Test", maybe don't post it to Newgrounds. Completed, non-test animations are recommended.

RE: If you really don't want to post this to other platforms, you can always leave the file unpublished, then in the preview settings, set preview access to "Anyone", then post the link in your personal blog.
https://www.newgrounds.com/account/news/post

Then once you have a completed, polished movie, you can post it normally.

Simon3676 responds:

That's fair, but given twitter's concerning situation I don't really have other places to put short things like this other than discord and sometimes youtube. So I after just reopening my newgrounds I figured it would be easier to just archive short stuff like this here in the future.