themysterymeatman's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[PokeAwesome 3]

So a parody of formulaic Pokemon parodies? Ok. I'd be lying if I said I didn't laugh at the end, though. I also really like the new cartoon style you've adopted since Wet Willy. It sets you apart from the other animators; now I'll always know when I'm watching a Gerkinman animation. I'd complain about the limited animation, but I suppose it doesn't make sense to put much effort into such a tired concept (I'd have probably done the same). So three stars for you.

P.S. And what's all this about Mewtwo's new design and Pokeawesome 2 complaints?

Gerkinman responds:

Im loving my new way of animating, its taken me a long time to find something that feels like its unique to me. Almost feel like I have re found my voice with it.
This whole thing went from script to being uploaded in a little over 6 hours so it looks choppy for a reason ha ha.
P.S. People think Mewtwos new evolution or Mewthree or whatever it is looks like Kid Buu. And Egoraptors fans waited 8 months for PokeAwesome 2 and then complained about it not being what they expected.

[Villainy - The Meh Escape]

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this in the "Latest from Your Favorites" box. The animation, voice acting, humor are all ace. I really hope this series gets the following it deserves, and I can't wait to see more.

DonkeysBazooka responds:

spread the word, my man! thanks for your kindness

[Star of the North Fist]

Even when being mocked, Fist of the North Star has the power to make mortal men sprout godly amounts of chest hair... And what's this?! My beard hair...it's no limited to my neck! Thank you Mangafood and SirUndead, for turning me into the man I never thought I'd become.

How about a parody of HnK's sister show: "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure" next? ZA WARUDO!

MangaFood responds:

aw man, just watched a few episodes, is it wrong that i actually liked it? :/

[GARFIELD FALSH COLLAB!]

Fantastic. I loved the different animation styles you used, and you all clearly put a lot of effort into making this, when you could have easily just resorted to reaction faces or whatever else passes off as "satire" on this site. The ability to view the original strip before each scene played was a nice touch (I can't believe there was an actual strip where he just sleeps).
I especially like the tone you guys chose. I can easily see someone mistaking this for a HI-LARIOUS tribute instead of a subtle deconstruction of Jim Davis's "humor". Honestly, Jim Davis is one on a long list of cartoonists I can't believe have achieved and maintained the success they have. So many funnies cartoonists seem to think that they can put ANYTHING at the end of a comic strip and expect the audience to laugh simply because most assume the punchline is at the end. It's just like canned laughter in shitcoms. The viewer thinks: "I guess this is the part where I'm supposed to laugh HA....HA....HA..." You have to hand it to guys that try to go against the slow--and-often-unnecessary-build-up-
to-so-called-punchline grain like Richard Thompson and Bill Griffith (who often try to spread the laughs to multiple panels) or even guys who cut the crap and use one panel gags like Gary Larson or Tony Carillo.
Am I wrong in thinking the Beavis and Butthead parody was more of a Mike Judge parody? Because it sounded to me like the guy voicing Jon was trying to do his best Hank Hill impression. Could be just my imagination though.
I don't usually write reviews this long, but this really got me going. Thanks again, fellas. Favorited.

TmsT responds:

Interesting you should mention that the expectation of humour makes a punchline out of nothing. When I was a youngster, starting to draw my own comic strips, I always admired Garfield's precise, consistent style, and I was also mystified by how a joke could be delivered in just 3 panels - even though I didn't laugh at them, I knew they were jokes, because they were on the funnies page of the newspaper so they HAD to be funny. I was captivated by Garfield strips and wantde to figure them out and make my own comics like that. My own comics at the time usually took a whole page of panels for any sort of comedic payoff, in which the characters' appearances changed drastically between panels. When I was older, I realised that Garfield's jokes weren't actually funny, they just had a formulaic "rhythm" to them, like a running gag that's only a gag because it's familiar, not because of any hint of humour in it. The art style that I'd admired for its consistency proved to be merely bland and almost incidental to the dialogue at times. Useful to learn from as a generic guide to cartooning, but nothing remarkable.
The Beavis and Butthead scene was a parody of Mike Judge's well-known cartoons as well as Jim Davis'. But parody and tribute aren't completely distinct concepts, to me. :-)

[Flipped.]

What a nice man, donating money to that convenience store like that!

Emrox responds:

Who wouldn't?

[Shadow of the Animators]

I remember watching your "How I got through Dark Souls" vid not too long ago, and in a matter of months you've got the likes of Harry Partridge and Psychicpebbles commenting on your work, which is most impressive. The level of idolatry in the video is a bit much for me (we need to stop putting internet celebrities on pedestals, even if it's in jest), but hey the "colossi" seemed flattered soooo shutting up now... I'd like to see a Newgrounds artist as talented as [insert name here] achieve internet fame doing something other than just parodies of other works, but then again I say that to everyone and maybe I should just get off my arse and try animating for a change? All I can say is recognize your audience but don't pander to them; I'd hate to see you start lacing your dialogue with expletives and other cheap gags in a sad attempt to be "funny." But enough rambling, excellent work!

P.S. Oh, and uh, from gamer to gamer, I hear that "Dragon's Dogma" game is the "Dark Souls" of 2012...might wanna keep an eye on that one.

TerminalMontage responds:

Hrrrnnngggg Dragon's Dogma. I have the demo, I'll probably play it later today. And I have lots of original ideas, but I don't think my animation is good enough for them yet, so parodies help me improve, I get positive feed back which tickles my ego, and when I put them on Machinima I make some extra cash!

Thank you c:

[How I Got Through SWTOR]

Ha! And the critics said it had the same quality of storytelling and character development as other Bioware titles. Thanks for saving me $. Though I haven't bought an EA game since Mirror's Edge... The "No thanks, scumbag!" had me dying.

TerminalMontage responds:

Hah you're welcome! Silly Bioware!

[Facebook Twitter]

Brace yourself for my boring review! There are so many other ways you could've done this, like make it a sort of animated vLog with a regular guy explaining to the viewer his reasons behind hating Twitter and Facebook...but instead you took these two fantastical creatures and had them engage in a sort of erm, whaddya call it....Socratic dialogue? You made the right decision, if I could favorite this a thousand times I would!

JohnnyUtah responds:

thanks buddy