Intrapath's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Monkey Wrench - The Ghost Egg]

I don't think there's much I can add here that hasn't already been said, but this was brilliant from the first frame to the last - even something as simple as the font and signage used for the seizure warning was delightful. Zeurel's one of my biggest inspirations when it comes to animation, and he provides some top-notch art direction here. His style shines through so well, and all the animators involved did a great job of matching his work to create a cohesive whole.

The general framing of the plot/setting reminded me a lot of Cowboy Bebop, but the zany style definitely gives it its own identity. Every scene in the montages, along with the main story itself, did a good job of fleshing out the world - plus, the characters and the performances the VAs put in kept me gripped right up until the end.

This is such a great example of best-in-class web animation, between the character designs, animation, framing, color, editing, music, SFX, and more, I could 100% see this being studied in art classes.

If I really had to stretch to find something to criticize, I'd say that I wish a different icon was chosen for the site submission. With so many great, colorful, expressive shots in this show, it feels strange to not showcase that in the thumbnail; the one used right now is a bit bland compared to the wild style show. In the grand scheme of things, though, that's so minor, it's negligible.

All in all, I loved every second of this, and I get the feeling that a lot of love went into making it. This was fantastic, and I can't wait to see what's next!

[Postlife 6: Business Day]

I've been loving this series! I binged it earlier, and can't wait to see where it goes next. This has probably been my favorite episode so far - it does a great job of tapping into the themes that started coming up in earlier episodes, like the sense of hopelessness and learned helplessness that comes with plenty of corporate jobs. There were a couple of spots that were a little too on-the-nose for me personally, but all in all, I've found it really easy to relate to Mae's struggles. Trying to make a relatable story in such an abstract, surreal world must be tough, so great job there! Speaking of abstract, the visuals and sound go really well with the world here, too. Love it!

MiuSchardo responds:

I'm so glad you liked it! Thank you so much for the compliment. I usually like to make my art a little more subtle, but I purposefully chose an "on-the-nose" approach to this episode's themes, often for the sake of comedy.

[Piconjo Jam '22]

This was a ton of fun, I loved it! It's great to see this scene still going strong on NG. By the way, what's the name of the song from WTF Toadies! (starts around 1:40)? It's so familiar, I just can't put my finger on it.

tommygunn205 responds:

It 1s teh m4in th33m 4 pr0tal d3fend3rz t0w3r d33fens3 https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1126019

[Pico - A girlfriend for Darnell]

This was a lot of fun! The story and art were really cute (having the characters with their OG proportions, but in your style, was a nice touch). I just really wish there were sound effects! Some music and SFX could go a long way - as for the voice acting, maybe some folks on NG would be happy to provide. Doesn't even need to be full words, but some Animal Crossing-style babbling could work really well. Oh, and I felt like there were some places where the text on-screen should've been there just a little longer to be able to read properly. I think the rule of thumb is 7 frames for every word. But all in all, this was really funny! Great job!

panconmayonesa89 responds:

OOO thanks for the critique !! i'm pretty happy you liked it either way :3
actually the animal crossing sounds were on my plans !! but i didnt know how to do it so i ditched it

[Artifacts (2010-2019)]

Watched the whole thing, and maybe it was just due to the way the number of items from each year was distributed, but it felt as though a lot of the characteristics that make up your work came suddenly, in the past few years (at least character-wise; I saw hints of the way you do backgrounds in some of the 2012 shots).

Regarding the movie itself, 2011 and 2012 took up such big chunks of the runtime, it felt like those best represent the mood of the whole thing, which the tags really do reflect well. The soundtrack made the whole thing so surreal; the quick, jittery, snapshot nature of the way the animations were shown felt like I was watching a few "frames" from every dream a person had in a lifetime. A little wondrous, a little sad, a little existential, and all strange.

Aside from that, there were two major things that came to mind while I watched: the method of archiving/retrieval, and archiving in general.

Regarding the former, I'm curious, were these originally hand-drawn and scanned in to a computer, or done via Flash? I'm assuming the former, due to the bizarre way most of the images here to seem to have this jitter where they'll flip back and forth between different scales as if there was a scanning error. It would explain the timing, too; I was disappointed that 95% of what's here is timed so quickly that there's no way to understand what's going on unless you pause and keep re-watching. With how much is here, though, I understand why you might not want to re-time things, though. It could take months, even years, to get through everything here.

For the latter, it got me thinking about extreme archival in general. I've been doing a lot of digital cleaning the past few months with the quarantine going on, between 6 year old bookmarks I haven't seen in ages, ancient files from old laptops, and so on, and seeing what I can preserve and what doesn't matter anymore. It's a strange task, like an exercise in learning to let go. It's as if I'm afraid to lose the things that once gave me little sparks of joy, but if there's so much that it feels overwhelming, it gets to the point where the stuff owns me, instead of me owning the stuff. I bring it up because I get the vibe that your art means a lot to you, and with so much content in this video, I imagine you took every single thing you still had from all those years back, and uploaded it into one place. This probably is getting pretty ramble-y, but what I'm getting at is that it must feel good to have everything in one nice, organized archive that you can look back on.

Bertn1991 responds:

I apologize for the late reply. It really means a lot to me that someone took the time to watch this in its entirety. I'm happy at least one other person can find some value in it.

Some of the cells were scanned in, but most are digital and drawn with a mouse. It's jittery from some images being sized weirdly. The software I used to draw with was just the worst. And it would have been a nightmare to scale and crop them all properly. My video editing software was already crashing from working with so many images.

If you do ever make something from your old files, feel free to let me know. I'd love to see it :-)

Thanks again for checking this out.

[Rabbit Travel - Mushroom]

This was a lot of fun to watch! All the surreal, bizarre things happening to the character had me wondering what the meaning of it all was, or what was really going on, and the ending tied it up really nicely. The juxtaposition of the character with the live action/photographic backgrounds really sold that weirdness too. Loved it!

VolFMaple responds:

Thank you!

[Darnell for President]

I loved every second of this! The script was hilarious, and the animation style was so unique and full of character. I really hope this gets the award it deserves for Pico Day.

[We Gotta Get Spongebob Ba]

"We've gotta get SPOOONGEBOOOOB BAAAAACK!" Dear God, I've watched this at least 5 times now and it's never any less amazing than the first time. This was absolutely hilarious, and the animation was top-notch too. I'll definitely have to show this to my friends, just to see what they think. Oh, also...I noticed the decapitated Squidward. ;)

[John The Fisherman]

I just had to stop by and say this was an excellent short! I'd have to agree with you saying that this short is the best you've made in terms of tone and writing; every single word contributed to the mood well. The voice actress was great too, she matched the tone perfectly. The animation was nice, had a unique style, and there were a few nods to the dialogue while it played out ("probably doesn't even blink"). Lastly, it had a strong ending that matched the tone well. Fantastic work!

Gerkinman responds:

Im really glad you enjoyed it. I dont think the short would be what it is with any other voice actor in her place.

[Newgrounds game teaser]

Loved it! The presentation was great, the music fit perfectly, and each of the art styles blended really nicely. Watching this brought back some great memories of playing Newgrounds Rumble. Can't wait to see what you make next!