Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[ZTV News Short: Christmas]

I felt there could have been more action, but this was still very nice. Oh, and Merry Christmas of course! I was amazed as ever by how good the animation was. This may in fact be the most SFW thing you guys have ever worked on. It sounded so funny when Zone-tan swore at the beginning. You really get to appeal to her as a character.

I also think the octopus toy is totally cute! While this was pretty short, it was still nicely done. It actually had a nice amount of heart put into it. You rarely see those things in ZTV stuff. I'm glad it didn't end up disgusting or anything.

[The Meek]

I think this is one of the best Clock Crew flashes I have seen in awhile! What really makes it work is how everyone got together for this. My only complaint is that it does get kind of weak with the last segment. Anyway, it's still great to see a retelling of "Rashomon" like this. I was thinking it was going to be about Christmas, because of the title "The Meek". It turned out to be about the non-existant 2012 apocalypse.

It's amazing how many different styles of animation there were in this. I think my favorite was probably the first one. It's great to have such a strong start. The omnious music really helps too. May the Clock Crew live on forever!

[Yotam & Fantasia 08]

I think this might be my favorite entry in this series yet! I admit that I really don't specifically care for these cartoons, because there isn't a lot of action. This turned out to be an exception because there was a nice dynamic going on. I think it might have been because they were in a public place this time around. They just stood out so well among the black and white people. I have never noticed that happened in real life.

You know, the thing with the kids and tickets. In fact, I don't think I ever saw kids cut in line like that. I still go to theme parks sometimes, especially with my dad. The voices are spot on. Geez, you look anorexic in this.

[4 Swords Misadventures 8]

I kind of thought that this wasn't as good as some of the other episodes. I think I had some trouble with the Easter Eggs. I managed to get some, but then the cartoon started slowing down, so I guess I wasn't supposed to be clicking like that. I did think it had its funny moments like the "Gseundheit" joke. I also liked the 8-bit dirty old man.

I guess I was a tad disappointed there wasn't more action in this. At least the voices are very nicely done. It's great to see how this series has become popular over the years. I'm surprised it doesn't currently have more views. It might have even worked better as more of a tribute than a parody.

VicHD responds:

Think of it as the beginning of a new arc. I have to give a prologue and explain what's going on before the chaos unfolds.

I got the same criticism with episode 5.

[TZristmass Postcard]

That didn't seem that much at all. I can understand you guys trying to be different and making a flash movie, but this was just too short. I thought there might have been something more to this, but there wasn't. It was just the kind of thing you would see preluding a holiday game. I would have liked to see one of those. I guess I can only wish you guys a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year as well.

I guess your heart is in the right place. It's just that there are so many submissions out there, you need to have something unique. The music wasn't bad. I guess I might be too used to you guys giving out great games. This might work as an experiment, though.

IriySoft responds:

Well Movies is a definitely wrong place for this postcard but there is no better category for this on Newgrounds %)

[Cornelius & Toots 3: Xmas]

This is probably the best Christmas flash I've seen all year. What really sold me was how the animation was as great as ever. You get a wonderful sense of a lot of people putting work into this with the credits. I didn't know Toots could kill ghosts so easily. It was pointless, but fun. I think my favorite was probably the robot ghost.

I just like the idea of that being existing. I knew things weren't going to end pleasantly when the first ghost was destroyed. I love how there are so many things going on. It almost looks like the Teddy Ruxpin doll is on the electric chair in the past. Poor Santa Claus.

[Mr Cat]

Wow, this was amazing! I like it because you just have no idea where it's going to go off. Then again, I think it was pretty obvious something big was going to happen with the cat playing the video game. That reminds me, I haven't seen a lot of cat videos lately. Anyway, it helps that the animation is as good as ever. I love how the cat goes back home at the end.

You'd think that woman would notice. The facial expressions are freaking fantastic in this. I love how it ends just as it begins. It looks like it could just go on forever. Anything with cats is awesome.

[What are the odds?]

I thought this was very nicely done. I was quite surprised to find that there were so many voice actors in this. It didn't seem like there was a need, as there was only one character, that is, the narrator. Of course, I have to give you credit for going the extra mile. It was very interesting to find out all this information. One followed by 90,000 zeroes is more matter than there is in the entire Universe.

I do think this logic might be a bit flawed. It does seem like these things are going to happen inevitably. I was also a bit confused when you were talking about life randomly appearing on Earth. Of course, I don't want to turn this into a theology debate. I really liked this.

Emrox responds:

Hey Ericho! Thanks for the review -you always seem to have something uplifting to say. I keep regretting my choice of words for that "random spawning" bit- I'm well aware of the laws of conservation of mass/energy. What I was trying to describe was the inanimate lifelessness, but I instead wrote 'inanimate nothingness' which implies something was just created from nothing.