WillieCorley's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Dailytoon #243]

Bullying people on the internet was different in 2006.

PowerRangerYELLOW responds:

I remember this movie took me three months to animate.

I was very surprised to see this movie on the front page of NG and it turned out that even Foamy_27 loved it too.

I was expecting foamy_27 to really hate this movie.

I wonder if flash animation bullying still exists.

Thanks for writing.

-PRY

[Lego Santa Explains Why He's Black Sometimes]

This was hilarious to watch, but I didn't like the cliffhanger ending. It felt unnecessary.

[Frontiers]

lulz

[GHOSTBLEED: The Bio Horror (ゴーストブリード)]

This is easily the best parody of PS1 horror games I have ever watched. I'm blown away by both its spectacle and humor.

[Banana Phone]

One of the funniest flash movies ever made. Seeing this for the first time in 2005 left such an impact on me that I made a forum signature in 2005 that used four frames of animation from this cartoon when the main character is tilting his head side to side.

["winner"]

Brilliant satire that summed up Trump's last year in office without dialog.

[Sonic X: Cosmic Chase]

Honestly, there are few flash movies on this platform that mean more to me than this flash cartoon. I have a ton of nostalgia for the NuShift community that I was part of in 2006 through 2010 and I have rewatched this many times for over a decade. If I want to be a critic, I could point out art inconsistencies, but the further along in the cartoon, the better its animation. It showcases what BritishGolgo13 is capable of as an animator and his growth animating an ambitious project that was in development for a long time. I'm thankful to have this animation in my life and appreciate all the positive memories I have with the NuShift community. I wish the absolute best for everyone involved in this amazing project.

[Drugs in Your Head : Foamy The Squirrel]

I find it difficult to rate the Neurotically Yours cartoon, Drugs in Your Head. The old me would have given this a high score, but who I am now strongly disagrees with rhetoric in this cartoon. Sometimes we become the type of people we used to mock as kids. It's a sign we threw away a lot of old values. That's both good and bad. Some of my old beliefs were terrible. I feel like I am a better person now compared to who I was when I originally watched this cartoon.

Drugs in Your Head is a reminder of my old self. When the original flash cartoon first came out, I shared it on a bunch of forums and a lot of people I knew on a Ratchet & Clank clan forum thought this was a funny rant. So I have positive memories attached to this specific episode because of the timing of its original release. It was also more impressive as a flash cartoon in 2005 than it is a video in 2020. I can't rate the original flash cartoon here anymore, so I can only rate it as a video.

When this came out in 2005, I was a fifteen year old boy against drugs and thought this rant was hilarious. Now I'm a 31 year old man reliant on CBD oil because it's the only medication effective for the 24/7 migraine I have suffered with since 2009. The rhetoric in this cartoon used to be funny to me, but it aged poorly. There are a lot of benefits to medical marijuana. It helps with my pain, sleep, and depression issues. I'm glad both medical and recreational marijuana are legal in California.

One agreement I do have with Foamy the Squirrel is that many people are hypocrites about prescription drugs. When doctors experimented on me with prescriptions, it messed me up far worse than alcohol and weed ever did to my life. A lot of prescription drugs are dangerous, especially Topirimate (AKA Topamax). If a doctor ever recommends it, do not take that drug. It is a drug known to cause permanent memory loss and brain damage. I was never the same after taking that drug.

So yeah, Drugs in Your Head. I give a 3/5. A lot of the messaging and animation is bad, but it's not a bad cartoon. It's an entertaining video that is reflective of popular opinion from 2005. Despite how bad everything is right now, I'm glad we no longer live in the Bush years. I do not want to return to an America that is against weed. It should be legal in all 50 states and Washington, DC.

[Beginner's Guide To Being A Bitch Hermit : Foamy The Squirrel]

Excluding rule #2, this old episode of Neurotically Yours is more relevant than ever before thanks to the pandemic.

[Cloud Talk : Foamy The Squirrel]

It's sad how the social commentary in this cartoon is still relevant today, except we have way less school shootings this year because of the pandemic closing down schools. Always loved this episode and I'm thrilled it's back on Newgrounds. ^_^