Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Madness Infected]

Pretty good overall

I was fairly impressed by how authentic it was to the style of the Madness Combat series. I also really liked the designs of these characters, particularly with how they had eyes and mouths. Krinkels has in fact made some animations featuring characters with full facial features, but this really utilizes it. The biggest complaint is that it still seem to be a bit slower than most Madness cartoons. There are creative ways to kill people at least. I think my favorite would be when the guy's eyes were both shot.

[Trix:Complete Breakfast 1]

Easily your best ever

It is of course interesting to see two advertising bunnies fight each other, but it is more than that. For a parody, this seemed to have a lot of good emotion to it, although that could have been part of the joke. As you, rtil have obviously made a lot of flashes, it is interesting to find the one that took you the longest to make. It is in fact something I have always wondered about myself. The rabbit's picture is on the cereal box itself, yet he is not allowed to have him himself?! That is definitley an injustice in the world.

[Maximum Ninja - 3]

When will it be back?!

This is one of my favorite Madness Combat tributes, because it just has so many things in it. I really like how it appears in the same continuity as MC, as it references the Sherieff. The best part might even be the beginning when the ninja just looks at the camera with his awesome shades. It is probably the first time I ever saw a character who was half robot and half zombie. The enemies are all uniquely designed too. It helps that they enemies are actually more competant than most in these flashes.

[Sonic Oddball Crackups]

I love Amy's scream

I remember when you made this and introduced it to everyone on the forum I used to go to. I just love seeing how cute Amy was in her early years, and especially with how we never saw that in animated form. I just think that seeing her screaming and jumping around is one of the funniest things in sprites. All of the sounds are great, especially Knuckles and Robotnik's laughing. The funniest character (or thing) of all was probably the Katamari. It is better than the "Skittles N' Bits" series ever was.

[The Little Girl]

MacCloud!

This is my favorite submission for you and just for having perhaps the greatest animation. Mister Creezil is a great example of creativity with his design and character. Apart from being genuinely scary, it is also a great psychological test. The monser himself has no personality or free will even though he is everything Emmaline wanted. It also makes me wonder what her second wish was. It just goes to show that the true power of neglect can be one of the most dangerous forms of abuse.

[Unglued]

Pretty colors

It is amazing how of all the hundreds (if not thousands) of stick stuff here, it never gets old. I think the key to this one is that there are such a wide variety of colors. I found it funny how the first used were green and orange when that is my brother and my favorite colors, respectively. It actually is different than other submissions of this sort, because it is great to see the entire environment just be destroyed at the end. I think the best weapon used was probably the minigun. The music was also original.

[Decline of Video Gaming 3]

An actual story!

I love this chapter, because it is here that you manage to create a story at full circle. Of course, making fun of video games is great, but having good characters takes effort. It seems like it has been such a long time since Joanime did anything here. The animation is great and it may have some of the best in a parody. It constantly looks like all of the character's body parts are moving in some way. Few flashes have managed to bag all three main awards, but this is one that truly deserves it.

[AniMSN 68]

He looks so stupid

Yeah, I do look for story and not just fights in cartoons, but this one was just so freaking cool. The funniest part is how the yellow faced guy manages to keep that stupid face up the entire time. It almost seems like a part of a collab for "The Shades Of Yellow" with all the similar colors. I guess maybe there was satire over programs fighting each other. Whatever the reason for the fight was, it is extremely authentic. You can even notice the little things like their clothes waving in the air.

[Build Me Up Buttercup]

Great to always have around

I was so glad that I watched this because it was the first time I was introduced to animators like Butterflysmasher and TrueDarkness. I love this song so much, it is great to always have it here to listen to. You have absolutely no idea what is going to happen next. There's an orange Master Chief, or a superhero, or Yoshi peering by the side. With all the randomness it even manages to do a good job of making it coherent with the song. I always look for variety in collabs and this was one of the best examples.

[Fragile Machine: Oread 2]

Some of the best animation EVER

If Newgrounds ever got upgraded and became all CGI like most movies, it would have to look like this. It calls back to so many video game series, especially "Final Fantasy". It does not even seem amateur, it is more like something that would be on a professional website. While it may have been pretty incomprehensible, that has never stopped me from liking something. I think the best part may have been when the barcode was hidden. It probably says a lot about life, but I can just praise it for the breakthroughs in flash animation.