Tombstone News: Sticking Around, Go Figure?

Get it? Stick around, go figure? Stick figure? I wonder if I should change the title because it comes off as another post about leaving or not leaving Newgrounds.

Slow news week from me on the VA front, folks. Don't bug me any, this is really kinda just a fun little hobby for me, it's an amazing honor I get as much attention as I do for it.

Hey, The Forgotten Legion just aired its second episode on here, and I have to say, it's really stellar quality that's had a lot of time and effort put into it. The atmosphere is delicious, so be sure to pause your blues when you watch it. Hard, I know. Hard indeed.

I'm always trying to promote doing action and drama and not just comedy in amateur animation because it's what I really love to watch, and it's interesting to see that stick figures, despite their mixed reputation, are kinda one of the longest standing heroes of this agenda. Sprites I suppose are a blacker sheep I won't discuss here. What might you all reckon about action and drama in variants of animation often viewed as inferior, like stick figures, machinima, sprites and such? Any good examples out there?

And don't forget to accept your invitation to bitch about the redesign so you can say things like "I told you so" and "I was there in the 1850s when we were just pleased to have a front page!"

That's it for this time. Go watch The Sudden Stop, and as always, thank you for listening.

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VicariousE 2014-09-06 00:12:19

Wanna do a Batman? http://mysticskillz.newgrounds.com/news/post/903429#comments I tried, but I'm no good without a script :p To me the best Batman movie was the one with Mikey Keaton and Jack Nicholson (the best Joker, in my ancient opinion)

Gianni 2014-09-06 00:12:19 (Updated 2014-09-06 07:46:56)

Nicholson was really good, I'm not a Batman expert, but if we're talking about live action I'd say he was my favorite too, no hostility against Ledger's legendary performance or anything, I just really liked Nicholson's classy flavor of madman in that role. Of course I still think the VAs are the best portrayal of the characters, since all of them are originally from some pretty wacky comic books I think it's fair to think that being literally animated fits how animated they are in their nature.

"Anybody can take a life, but to save one, that takes real power."

Wisdom from George Clooney's Batman to Mr. Freeze at the end of their movie.

I always will say that Batman, in live action movies today, should have a full-face mask which runs his voice through a modulator, and that modulator is actually the voice of Kevin Conroy. It'd be stupid, but literally EVERYONE would be happy. No live action Batman has compared to the animated one, and not just in voice. It always seems like the live action ones are just making shit up, but the animated one always has a clear and focused plan which is exercised calmly.

Oh yeah, I shot him a message, thanks a bunch Vic!

VicariousE 2014-09-06 14:16:42

Wow, I see what you mean about Kevin Conroy, I loved the Batman toons around the turn of the century. I used to also record Yu-Gi-Oh, Static Shock and a few other toons on VHS while I was at work, so I'd have something to watch while I ate dinner at home.

(Decent celeb voices? Try Liberty's Kids, though I'm still pissed they never credited the post-Revolution book from where the script came... same with Shaolin Showdown... written by a Chinese guy in the late 19th century... take that long dead, white sci-fi authors! Can only wonder how many other mass media hits, were stolen from out of print/copyright books!)

VicariousE 2014-09-13 15:05:22

Just saw Kel-Chan's Gunmetal Black, reminded me of a TV bit I did for a friend (wonder if he still has the footage?). It sucked because I'd have to run around the studio a few times :\ I played a bowling wrestler, quick 1 -2 minute sketch, all pumped up and out of breath, that running around really translated well!

Gianni 2014-09-13 15:05:22

I'd watch that before any of the stuff I've been put into, amigo.

VicariousE 2014-09-14 16:49:43

Despite my reservations, it did turn out to be a decent bit... can't do it now though, stupid cigarettes and yelling don't mix. At least Stamper was wise enough to quit, though those e-siggies are just as nasty :p

Gianni 2014-09-14 16:49:43

I don't believe in a version of VicariousE that doesn't enjoy a cigar here and there.

VicariousE 2014-09-14 17:39:53

I'm like an Arnold Schwarzenegger stogie chomper! I didn't even stop and have one this year at the Pico party :\ I just toot my little brass weed pipe for smoking kicks, though a good cigar would not go amiss. The Cuban ones really are worth trying. I'll let you know when I have a VA demo up, could use your input!

Gianni 2014-09-14 17:39:53

Shit sir, you're better than kid clowns like me. Still, I look forward to it.

anton-raadschelders 2014-09-16 07:40:49

Just stopping by you did an amazing VA job as usual! Now I don't know for sure, but did you ever voice characters in Fallout New Vegas quest mods too? You sound familiar.

Gianni 2014-09-16 07:40:49

I don't think so, but I wish I did. Mods are awesome projects to be a part of like every time. Hate me, because I haven't even played New Vegas yet despite owning it and having made a character in it.