Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Zelda UO - Episode 1]

Wow, so the first full episode is finally here! I must say that I'm very impressed. It was great to see how adorable this animation is. Some of the running is kind of weird looking. I'm just always impressed at how cute this whole thing is. It's starting off kind of slice of life.

Well, as slice of life as the Zelda world can be. Weird how Zelda has yet to even show up. Well, that's always been the problem with title confusion. The action is working up quite well. I really do associate with Link just wanting to fit in with everyone.

[GG THE SHORTFILM]

At first, I thought the animation was done in the same style as NOX. I don't think that even is technically animation. It was definitely an amazing style. This won Underdog of the Week award? Given the high score, that's extremely impressive! It got featured at the top.

I've played table tennis on computers before. Yes, that is the name of the sport, but ping pong. Anyway, this was extremely creative. The faces were so wonderfully distorted. GG reminds me of the Glock Group.

[#BLUD-Cinematics-Chapter-07-twin intro 2]

What a beautifully drawn scene! It was great to see the villain appear. Yeah, I'm still wishing for more. This does doesn't seem like something from an indie game. It's more like part of a longer cartoon. You make these things fast.

Well, it helps they're short. I could still never animate something like this. Oh, I could never animate anything. This was a pretty creative idea. Should have put Halloween under Tags.

[#BLUD-Cinematics-Chapter-06-Bus Outro]

This was indeed quite fun, but it was a bit too short. It's still beautifully animated though. I hope this becomes a series on Cartoon Network. Wait, is it one already? I am getting more familiar with your work all the time. You're pretty accomplished.

I appreciate the devotion put into this. Aww, I knew you'd have your own section here. So it's part of a game obviously? I'd love to see all the scenes in one submission. I appreciate the bright colors.

[october]

This was just plain awesome! I love this character! I thought that really was the alien hominid at first. Oh yeah, of course it was Halloween. To be fair, he did make errors. I love how she had floating hands.

Her voice was just amazing. I loved how it was just joke after joke. There was just so much going on. This might be the best Halloween cartoon for this year! What a simplistic title too.

[Scallywag Darryl]

I was confused as to how the guy in the thumbnail wasn't Scallywag Darryl. I liked this animation a lot. I will admit the jokes could have been a little better. I keep thinking this is inspired by "One Piece". That anime is so influential I think any pirate related thing on the web is about it.

The colors were so nice here. I admit it was pretty unpredictable. The pirates were all designed well. We don't get too many pirate related things around here. Again, except for ones about "One Piece".

[ZONE OF TERROR]

Boy, was that bizarre! I remember your Pepe cartoon. I had no idea at all what was going on in this! I mean, it was nothing but random scares. I liked seeing the different cartoons on the screen. Those were some nice different styles.

I also loved the beginning. You know, with the different parts of his body coming together. There was so much going on. It worked great as a surreal cartoon. It was indeed a zone of terror.

[Childhood Injuries]

I'm getting more familiar with Michael all the time. I have to admit I'm surprised you scraped half your face! The worst I ever got was my knees and elbows. Yeah, I fell down on my bike a couple of times. That never happened to you? You had some unique injuries.

Given the sheer amount of cartoons you've made, of course you can make more. Every kid's gotten injuries like that. Well, except the really lucky ones. I loved it when you mentioned you went out like a poorly drawn cartoon character. You literally drew that.

[I’m Gay for Halloween]

Yeah, I can understand why the rating is so low. I mean, it was just a skeleton saying, "Hey". There wasn't much emphasis put on anything. I guess I liked how the skeleton was pink. That was kind of different. It was just far too short.

I find that in a lot of bad flashes. It shows there wasn't much effort put into it. It needs to be a lot longer and have action. Well, it's fine to be gay. This wasn't interesting at all.

AspenThorne responds:

Thank you for your feedback! I put quite a lot of effort into into it. It’s stop motion combined with animation. I took about a hundred pictures of a posable skeleton from Joann’s. Then I drew flames on each photograph for the eyes.Then I layered in the music and the voice over. As a queer person I enjoy making these shorts as a kind of allegory for the way I have been treated like a freak before people know me. I AM a little freak…but an adorable one who loves glam and Halloween.
As for the length, I’ve been struggling with depression. I’m bedbound and chronically ill and it really takes a toll. Art is a big outlet for me to cope. Especially because I lost the ability to paint and had to relearn how to draw digitally. I have been struggling to create lately. I’m very proud of this even if the effort doesn’t show.

[KENOPSIA]

This reminds me of a Creepypasta titled "Dead Mall". I binge read Creepypastas every year. It had a fountain too! It was interesting how this got dark so fast. It actually ended on a very uplifting note. Well, at least more uplifting than many horror stories.

It had very nice colors. This was kind of the thumbnail for Halloween Movies 2024. It just wasn't the image used as the actual thumbnail. Whatever, I think it counts. It's nice to have a well done Halloween cartoon.

horrorhare responds:

omg!! i had no clue anyone made a dead mall creepypasta, id love to read it!
in another universe, i wouldve been able to pace this film a lot differently so it didnt immediately jump to being 'dark'. i had plans for a completely different beginning! but alas, ill have to just keep those ideas in my back pocket for now :(
thank you for enjoying my work though!!