OptimisticOctopus's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[In Sickness]

"My dear, I'll always love you, even if you become a huge, Akira-esque meat abomination." This was more sweet and wholesome then I was expecting, the take away message--if there was one--kind of reminding me of Undertale or something similar. Very nice art/animation/non-verbal storytelling (everything for the most part was pretty clear), and the 3D backgrounds did a lot to create a sort of weird, surreal atmosphere. Bit of a Courage the Cowardly Dog vibe to em.

[MEAT DREAM (Swee Neezy collaboration part)]

The perfect thing to watch right before bed, lol. Love to see different stuff like this. Really neat, unique aesthetic and pretty damn unsettling without relying too much on established horror tropes. Good stuff!

BoredKid responds:

Thanks I appreciate it.

['Dogs of the Planet' TRAILER]

I love your style man, and the animation is nice as well. It's slightly choppy, but maybe that's intentional? Looking forward to seeing the finished product.

Butzbo responds:

Yeah in general I kept the animation a biit more limited than what it could've been, mostly to focus more on the whole sequence with its variety of dog designs.
Thanks Octopus!

[Understanding Women]

I guess it's like, a satire of people who say they don't understand women? Or maybe I'm just projecting? Either way, some pretty nice facial expressions in this. The VA doing the guy's voice though is just a bit hard to hear compared to the woman's.

[Smash Bros Collab]

Lotta great talent on display here. Amazing art and animation both, and some of these shorts were pretty damn funny. I really, really like chad Samus jacking Falcon's girls.

[2D Animation Showreel]

In response to what one of the commentors said, like, literally thousands of people at least? Anyone who either is an animator, an inspiring animator or is just passionate about the art form? Many, many people care about unconnected animations, including myself.

As for YOUR unconnected animations Tom, they're fucking beautiful. :P I love your art style and the animations themselves are both very fluid and are nicely telegraphed/readable, hitting a lot of the main principles of animation. Can't wait to see what else you do with em, would love to see your work in a game someday if that isn't already a thing.

TommeyPinkiemonkey responds:

Cheers, mate! Really appreciated. Maybe we'll end up seeing my work in full display at some point, who knows? It's certainly a fact that me and my friends have got plenty of plans, but when exactly those plans will come to fruition... well, hopefully sooner than later!

[64 Bits - Emergency!]

It was so cute until it wasn't...lol.

[Team PC]

Good art, very nice colors and character designs. Funnily enough, I DO think Parka Girl would be a good design for a female character, though there is a strong Ice Climbers inspiration there. :P

[Samurai Jack Intro - Remake Latino]

Haha, what the hell is Rick doing there? I mean, I guess he's a time traveler, but, eh. This is fantastic, even if it was so fast and fluid I had to pause multiple times to catch all the little details. But I guess that's not really a criticism! :P

[Boltron Ultimate Episode 2]

Oh cool, I definitely felt a bit of Paul Robertson influence in this. Everything looked great, except maybe the choreographing of the fight scenes could've been a little better (it was hard to tell exactly what was going on at some point), and what should've been a climactic boss fight with the villain at the end was over in a few seconds, which was a little disappointing. But your use of colors is FANTASTIC. Just goes to show that sprite movies on Newgrounds will never die, but boy have they evolved. :P