Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[jumping turtles]

Beautiful

This reminded me of the stuff made by the other stop-motion guy that uses drawings. It was interesting with how you could not explicitly see the former sketches, but could see their outlines. This was great fun, simply because it was so simple. It did not make any effort to be flashy or have a lot of crazy stuff going on, it's just bare bones beauty. Sure, it could have been a little more detailed, but there was obviously a lot of work put into this. The "Turtle" ending was also funny and unexpected.

turtleco responds:

the barfing turtleco was my favorite part

[Robot Pirates (Official)]

Nice video

It is weird to hear the Speakonia being used when it has nothing to do with StrawberryClock. Anyway, this was a pretty original concept and I liked the song. The robots seem to have depth to them, even though they do not move much and are on a pixellated screen. The funniest part was probably when "pirates" rhymed with "privates". Robot pirates are always a good idea to use, as I remember them in an episode of "Spongebob Squarepants". I thought it was weird how you linked to your Twitter page and not your Facebook page which you mentioned.

[WHOOKOS Short: Gum]

True story?

Wow, I knew this was supposed to be a slice of life series, but blowing up a giant bubble like that seems pretty unrealistic. Anyway, I think this is interesting because the series seems to be advancing. The last one was about going to school and the ones before were not about school at all. I guess it all lived up to the first real episode that started in school. I think you have really improved your animation style, as this still looks a little rough. It is the longest in your shorts collection, though.

[WHOOKOS Short: Sleep]

Another good one

I was quite impressed by this one, as it goes harder to demonstrate the animation techniques you have made. The car and its rims were very cool looking. I will say that this had one of the lesser punchlines in the short series that you have been making. It is good to know that you are going to make full-length episodes from now on. I am just so relieved to be in college where I can choose the times my classes start. My only complaint is having to get up early on Monday, which is never fun.

[WHOOKOS Short: Gravity]

Best yet!

I really enjoyed this one and think it was the best in the shorts series. What makes this so impressive is that there is so much time that is set up for the joke, even though the cartoon is short. I think the animation is starting to look more like yours from better cartoons. I really liked how the grass looked when it panned out to see the trampoline. It is an unexpected punchline that is so basic, which you would expect from such a short cartoon. While I prefer the longer ones, this was still nice.

[Whookos Short:Train Rat]

Grip, dude!

It is hard to judge something that is so short, but I will try as hard as I can. It is interesting to feel connected with these characters again and see what they are up to. I believe that they are based on yourselves, or something like that. I just think that "Rat" is one of the worst names you could give a person. Although, I suppose a name like "Swiffer WetJet" isn't much better. Anyway, I did not think that this punchline worked as well as it did in your first short, but it was still pretty fun to watch.

[Whookos Short:What's That]

Pretty cute

Seeing as how it was that short, I was not expecting much of a punchline. I am however glad to say that the one you had was pretty funny and got a chuckle out of me. I think a better idea would be to take the different shorts and put them in the same movie. You are expecting something violent or something in a Newgrounds flash. It was cute how it turned out to be a little innocent thing like that. You are starting to remind me of Tomorrow's Nobody and how they released some shorts after long episodes.

[Scoot VS Statistic Part 2]

Better!

It is kind of sad with how you were never able to finish this series, as it did get better as it went on. I do know there's a lot of other stuff more popular you should be working on. Anyway, I thought this was better as it had more improved animation and actual voices. I at first was really turned off by the recap from the previous episode as it looked pretty cheap. The story itself was pretty absorbing, so I managed to forget that quickly. It looks like this was a good experiment in your early stuff.

[WHOOKOS Intro]

Great intro

This is another great way to be introduced to your characters! I saw your live-action videos on another website, so I may be one of the few people here who actually got that in-joke when he was watching the TVs. I like how it seems like it's going to be like a "Legend Of Zelda" action thing with the music at first, but it's a fairly ordinary series. The animation is as great as ever. I remember when I first learned about "Swiffet WetJets" because of this e-mail that was not true as said by Snopes at least. I did not even know what the letters in the name meant!