ProsciuttoMan's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Catching Up (Pilot)]

This is the perfect embodiment of the biggest problems with web cartoons. Lazy comedy, an over-reliance on guest VAs to boost ratings, and just a complete lack of its own identity.

As has been pointed out before, this one really drags. I know it's 19 minutes, but it feels like hours, just because everything is given way too much breathing room.

People are ragging on the comedy, but I honestly didn't find it as atrocious as its being made out to be. Most of the jokes just boil down to either using unconventional sound effects or slapping some web personality in there to do a voice, which is boring and cliché as fuck now: SrPelo and PsychicPebbles sitting around telling unfunny jokes is, shockingly, unfunny. That said, a few of the visual gags got a decent little chuckle out of me: so while there is a lot of kinda lazy comedy, the seeds of something more interesting are present and should be built upon.

I don't think this would have done even a fraction of the numbers its doing here (which admittedly is very little) if you weren't an established name because this is so heavily lacking when it comes to having its own voice or identity.
If you're doing more with this, I would really push you to try to carve out a stronger sense of individuality into your work. I see a lot of reviews complaining about the character designs and the art style, but honestly I think that's fine. The main problem here is that its too afraid to really do anything to set itself apart.

[Tyro1301's Animation Showcase 2024]

I mean, it's good I guess, but why would a man literally ask people to call him "Tyro1301". Are you some kinda maniac, is that it? I just have no idea why you'd choose such a perplexing name for yourself, man.

Tyro1301 responds:

its just my username bra

[The Amazing Digital President]

MrPakoMan literally predicted the future, omg... Little Paki we call him.

[Have you heard of Sonic the Hedgehog?]

The whole reason the original works well is because it's extremely visual: it cuts to different angles, and the facial expressions and movements reflect the awkwardness the audience is intended to feel.
Here, you have quite literally removed everything that makes the original scene interesting and substituted it with simplistic lip sync. I guess the pupils turn white once and the arms move, but that's barely anything.

[Agent Calc]

This is, without exaggeration, the most joy I've gotten out of a Newgrounds cartoon in years.

Dry responds:

this one did go out to a specific group of people after all....

[BLACK SUNSHINE]

You are undeniably one of the most talented animators on NG, but this just ain't it chief.
I usually find race jokes funny, but this cartoon is literally just two stereotypes existing. There's nothing beyond that, leading the whole thing to feel kinda lame and uninteresting.

[Romeo VS Tybalt]

Damn, I was expecting this to suck, but it actually wasn't half bad.
Animation is a little amateurish sure, but the comedy is pretty on point, and the audio quality was surprisingly good.
I can't wait to see what you do in the future!

StupidProductions08 responds:

Thanks. I do be trying to get better at animation 🗿

[Newgrounds Redux: Metal Gear Awesome 3]

I mean, objectively everything about this is good: clean animation and the like, but I struggle to understand how this is a Metal Gear parody at all.
There's an earlier review that summarizes my thoughts pretty well: Newgrounds these days is so bogged down by its own self-obsession that nobody is trying anything new, and that really hurts this particular film a lot: for a film called Metal Gear Awesome 3, the only gag related to Metal Gear in the whole thing was a post-credits scene!
Every other joke is reliant on the audience being familiar with Newgrounds stuff. I laughed at some of it sure, but I doubt I would get much out of this if I weren't familiar with Tankmen, Alien Hominid, and Madness. Even then, I feel like most of the laughs came from just recognizing things rather than from genuinely finding any of it funny: the only one I remember is the blood splatter forming two guys having butt sex which is admittedly kinda funny, but nothing else springs to mind.
In the end, it's basically a glorified Newgrounds commercial: it doesn't do anything new (or even try for that matter) or interesting with the source material.
It's basically a well-animated parody of a parody, when it had the opportunity to be so much more than that.

[Rock The Dragon Animation Jam]

Damn, it's been so long since Egoraptor was involved with anything and somehow his style is still sharp as ever. Such a shame he fell off so hard.

[JohnnyUtah's Abusive Husband]

Reminded me of my favorite school shooting game: Penis Cool on GlueTowns.
Happy Penis Gay!