Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Dawning of Darkness 5 (P1]

Randy-Solem?

It's submissions like these that make me miss the work of Randy Solem, as he's been gone for a long time now. This was great because it had the perfect amount of action in it. The designs for the transformations were fantastic, particularly with Sonic in that gray spiked hair form. I also like the idea of Shadow having a "son". I have yet to see the other entries in this series, but if they are as good as this one, they will be great! It was also cool to use that underrated song from Nickelback, "It's Not Over".

shadefalcon responds:

Thanks for all the kind words, but the song you referred to at the end, is by Daughtry.

Thanks for the 10.

[Dance, Snake Man, Dance!]

Hard to hate

The reason I can't really hate this is because the song itself is pretty good. It is also because this just would have done so much better if you had just turned it into an audio submission instead of a flash submission. It was nice to at least have some different shots of him dancing like that. At least there was definitley no false advertising. I was also surprised to find out that it did in fact have an end, even though it did loop. Put in more of a background and have more action going on next time.

[The True Meaning Of B]

Not just that!

You managed to become one of the highest rating flashes on the entire website! I guess on Clock Day that might not mean much, but it's certainly a heck of a lot better than I did. There were a lot of things wrong with this, especially with how it was drawn. You probably should have just typed it out like StrawberryClock did in his classic "B". It just looks not as clean as when you draw it by hand. I would suggest that next time you look to put in some sound or music to increase the chance of it being passed.

TurtleKirby101 responds:

Wow, it got into the top 50? :o

Yeah, it wasn't really very neat.

Sound and music... Well, the thing is... I don't have flash. I had to send it to Basset to make the pic into flash. I don't know if he knows how to put music in flash. If he does we could update it.

Thanks! And good luck with your own projects!

[Resident Evil Pwanchi Pt6]

I bet he will

It was great to see more of this as it is not often people work so hard to get voice actors for every specific role. I loved the credits where it showed the characters in style drawn by Gonzossm. It's nice to be able to identify which part of the cartoon someone worked on in terms of artwork. There were some funny parts, especially with the guy eating the sandwich. I really know little about the names of these characters, so I was just as confused as anyone else about the names. The coolest part was probably when everything just blew up.

[Sonic Chaos]

Nice and surreal

I loved how one of the guys Sonic got out of the way was your avatar appearance. Anyway, this was fun to watch because it had all the ridiculousness you would expect in a cartoon from you. You just now seem to be making front page after front page, my friend! I guess it does really detail what goes into Sonic destroying those computers. I always thought they were TV screens. Tails looked like a girl at the beginning of this but then I clearly saw that he had testicles and he died in a funny way.

[Deadly Space Action #3]

Bit lesser

I think this was one of the weakest entries in this series, but it still had some things to check out. It was really cool to see a guy watching one of your cartoons in the background. I guess you might never put the rest of the "Bonus Stage" cartoons online? The biggest strength of this submission is how good the animation is. For something of a comedic nature, you really worked on voice work and detail. This was fun to see if only because it mentioned someone getting a job from a resume.

[Elvis the alien]

Way more work

There was always a joke I made about an alien Elvis, so I thought this was actually going to have an alien Elvis. I guess it technically did, but not in the way I thought it would. I would have liked it a lot better if I could also understand what was being said. The color effects aren't too good and you really need to put in some shading effects. It also seemed to have very little going on except an alien talking. He did not seem to say anything particularly thought-provoking, so try to work on more detailed scripts.

[Unforgiven Souls 2]

So good

This is some of the best of those kinds of flashes I have ever seen. It helps that you decided to include that awesome music which is always good with everything. Even at the end, you managed to make the animation pretty good with all the random crap flying around. I should have expected something goofy from the Clock Crew. That guy looked pretty funny with his green hair and his cut up genitals. You guys at the Clock Crew have a great sense of humor and this is a great example of that.

[Paging Dr. Seuss]

Now that was insane!

This was a lot of fun to watch because it had such a great and dark style with it! For a moment there, I thought the Cat in the Hat was actually going to make things better in some way. I guess that kid closing his eyes signaled that he was actually dying. The animation is just brilliant, particulary with how the cat's goofier design contrasts with the more serious tone everyone has. Or should I know, the sane tone everyone else has. It was unexpected to see him just go on and then have a dark laugh in this voice.

[Dance of the Manwhore]

Your take on Weebl!

It seems like a lot of people make infinite loop music videos like this. This one really works because it is just so random and the animation is so well done. It's also great to hear such funny lines like, "My father never loved me" and have him get all sad. You guys are really good at pumping out random funny stuff, kind of like Monty Python. Anything that begins with mentioning a brontosaurus is going to be good! I also loved to see the return of Raptor Jesus (even if you could not see all of him).

Sexual-Lobster responds:

thanks ericho,
i'd like to keep raptor jesus going but he's a pretty detailed character with the robes and the teeth and all so making him do anything takes ages.