Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Duality]

Dude, I had no idea this would be so good! I know your cartoons are short, so I didn't think this would be that good. This seemed long! I mean, you just kept showing character after character. Amazing how much you did in such a short time. You deserve recognition.

I'm assuming most of these are canon. I know at least some are. It's hard to keep up with the massive amount of video game characters going around nowadays. You certainly did these characters justice. You tell so much in such a short time. I thought it would be humorous, but it's wonderfully serious.

[OTHERQUEST]

That was odd, but very funny. I knew we'd get something good out of the intro. I do love doing that. You know, with the names. I was inspired by "The Amazing World Of Gumball" to name characters Mybutt. You can get a lot of mileage out of that joke.

Maybe it should be rated A because it shows closeups of bare boobs? Then again, those could just belong to a fat guy. The sounds were good. The ending was a little abrupt though. Still good for laughs.

[Orange Knight]

I'm impressed at how prolific you are. I was confused as to when the credits were shown. I was afraid you were going to just show a bunch of credits. So glad you didn't do that! Orange is my favorite color! A pity nothing rhymes with it.

It was quite unpredictable. You knew how to put a different spin on every joke. It's nice how it abruptly ends too. We really have been getting some great stuff lately. I'm not looking at you, illwillpress.

squeakytoad responds:

Thanks, Ericho, always appreciate the thoughtful reviews!

[Color Stealer 3: Judgement | Stickman Collab]

Kind of weird to promote another website, but still this is great! I guess I was expecting more of a collab. It seemed to just be one style. It's still very impressive. It really did get emotional. It's hard to do that with stick figures.

I guess stick flashes will never die. I'm glad, as they are great. Technically, it's stickMEN. Whatever, it's very nice. While I haven't seen them, it definitely seems to be the best in the series.

[Stream of Consciousness]

Not the ideal audience? I loved this! It really was artful. True, it was short, but so are lots of great cartoons. It was so refreshing to see something so experimental. Those are probably better short.

I'm glad you make it clear you don't want to sell anything. Well, nobody here really does. I'm glad it's a loop too. That fits the material well. It's a very interesting little cartoon.

Bingleheimer responds:

Great I'm glad you enjoyed it!

True most artists simply want their ideas to be recognized and appreciated.
I've posted something similar and received negative feedback but you're right I shouldn't jump to conclusions :)

I appreciate the feedback! Thank you.

[Chapter 3 REGRET]

This came off as very real to me. My brother struggled with grades too. I admit it did get kind of too silly at the end. It suddenly seemed like an action anime. I appreciate the animation of course. It was weird to end with drawing Zuko.

Still, it's a nice drawing. The grades were higher when I was younger. Good thing I was a good student! I don't mean to degrade you. Exaggerated, but still great.

SarlechFROST responds:

Thank you for your input. Zuko to me represents rising from failures and mistakes. That's why I drew him. And you are right...the end kinda got cringe bit hey I'm sticking to it 😅😅😅

[Chaotic Heart: By the Fire (Episode 2)]

Hmm, it could have used action. It's still great, because of how peaceful it is. It does seem like an ordinary setting. You know, except for the supernatural stuff. I appreciated this little talk. It makes the characters seem more real.

The voices are great too. I love how something so magical can seem so mundane. They come off as real people. Well, a real witch and talking hat. Still great for just the second episode.

[Burrito & Son Ender(?)]

That was really funny! I was afraid it was going to be too short. I mean, you could have had even more jokes. Then again, you did say it took long to animate. I have to appreciate you for putting so much effort into it. The best joke was easily the last one.

I'm not that familiar with these characters. You have already won tons of awards. It's great fun seeing the action too. It just moves so fast it's hard to keep up with. Not much to do with burritos. The colors are gorgeous too.

mattyburrito responds:

thank you so much! I definitely need to improve on pacing, timing sequences like that. Will keep working to get better and make the actions clearer. As well as the burritos.

[sum twinkle stars]

Wow, I was really wondering what was going on here. I mean, I couldn't tell if this used original characters or not. Whatever it was, it was definitely amazing. I'm glad the credits revealed it was from a game. Maybe it was a game you made? No, I just read the author comments.

I always have loved games like that. Never seen a full blown cartoon about it. The animation was gorgeous. These were some really weird characters. That made it all the more interesting. So glad you made a tribute to such a great looking lesser known game.

ChipsGoWOAH responds:

omg yeah, im glad you liked it, yeah making the original designer happy made me really happy, i also love the characters from the game cause its all very light hearted, the world might be covered by darkness but they still take their time to play on the beach, and kims sole mission to get girls was funny to me, i really like these characters and im glad i could portray them in a way that others would like them as well

[Superficial Xerox NEO-GEO]

This was a great cartoon. I just didn't think it was the "greatest" cartoon. I kind of expected more action. It's still amazing. The sprite work was gorgeous. It seemed like all or mostly original characters.

You have to appreciate originality. It has a nice heartwarming feel to it. Don't worry, arcades are still around. Thanks for paying tribute to this great website. It's certainly been a huge part of my life.

stevenm1988 responds:

It does have a weird balance to it structurally, doesn't it? The plan was to create the beginning and end of the films first, get them out of the way and allow more time to work on the big montage of heroes. Unfortunately there were 20 seconds I didn't manage to get everything done for, so they had to be cut out. I'm working on sticking them back in since we're over the deadline now, and it won't count towards the contest judgement (only the original upload qualifies). I don't think the addition will greatly help the overall balance, but it'll be nice to say "this is how I intended it to be".