Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Special Place]

Not too bad

I was actually somewhat touched by this, because it seemed like you really put your heart into it. Is this based on something that actually happened to you? If so, then I do feel sorry for you. There are always times where our families get into fights and we want to leave. It's something I can certainly associate myself with. I suppose we all have our special place where we want to become secluded, but realize we can't stay there forever.

I thought it was pretty cool how you put a lot of variety of the speed of things going on in the background. I am actually referring to the Newgrounds logo and nothing in the actual cartoon. I know that might sound kind of insulting, but it's still something to take note of. You could probably do better with the animation, as it isn't well defined. I hope everything works out for you.

[Team Fortress 2 General]

Could have been better

I didn't quite understand the appeal of this. I guess the animation isn't that bad, but it is not as good as most of your stuff. I have learned so much about "Team Fortress 2", I should be able to understand an joke. Then again, I've never actually played it, so maybe that's the kind of experience you need. At least the voice (for what little there was) was pretty good. I guess I'm just more used to elaborate stuff made by you.

Big fans of "Team Fortress 2" should probably have more fun with this. I have played online games with other people. I guess I'm just not the kind of person who gets really absorbed into that stuff, because I'm not angered by it often. You could have probably put in some more music. It's hard to judge something that is so short.

[Gaia - life and death]

Vote 10 here?

I think this might be the first time I was encouraged to vote ten on something. While I decline that score, I will give this credit for being very creative. I know you are always going to be around to give deranged cartoons to us. It seemed like this was trying to be a satire or something. At first I thought it was just about nature, but with the snake and the naked woman you got all into religious text. I don't know what this is supposed to represent.

Maybe it was about how Mother Nature is abused by man? I'm guessing that makes as much sense as anything else. The music was really good and set off a great tone. It was weird how she was depicted with small breasts even though she had the long hair and size of a woman. For all the wacky insanity in this, it's well worth it to watch!

[Infinity Blad]

That's funny

I guess those guys have a lot of teen pregnancies in their lives or something? I am not familiar with this video game series, but certainly appreciate good humor. What also made this was how good the animation was. You normally wouldn't expect something to look so good when it's played for laughs. I especially love the facial expressions of the guy he is fighting. I am not familiar with this, so I do not know the characters' names.

The music was also nice and really set the mood. The only thing I didn't like was that it would have been cool to show the fight. Then again, that might have ruined the joke. It's great how you still have that nice voice. I can understand why you, RicePirate, are so prolific in nearly everything you do, given how popular you are.

RicePirate responds:

Thanks for the review :)

[The Latest Model]

Small?

I was surprised this lasted so long with something described as being small. I've seen cartoons that have nothing but less than twenty seconds in them. This just shows how good an artist you are! I felt this might have been a satire of the Cold War. Seeing as how the Cold War ended a long time ago, I guess it was more about just getting new stuff. That's quite relevant in today with all the iPads and iPhones we have around.

It could have had more music, but it was still pretty decent to listen to. It helps that the voices are spot on. While the voices themselves don't have much variety, they're presented in an organized fashion. There will always be rivalry with new technologies. I suppose that "new technologies" is kind of a redundant phrase.

[MAME Jump]

Why isn't this more well known?

Well, at least it was featured on another website. The coolest thing about this is how you just have no idea what is going to show up next. I don't understand why you coined this new term "flovie" but it's pretty cool. The colors and effects are very nicely done in this. As all of us played arcade games when we were younger, we can all remember this. A pity those arcades declined, although there are still a few around.

I had heard this song before, but I had no idea that it was sung by Van Halen. It's amazing how many beautiful worlds you discover in this cartoon. Jumping is probably the most important part of being in a platformer. For something done with sprites, it's quite colorful. I also love how this has so much spirit and joy in it.

[CSI: Ponyville]

That's funny!

I was thinking that this was going to show off a violent, gory image like a dead body. Then again, it did show Rainbow Dash about to be tortured by Pinkie Pie. That fanfic will never die, will it? I thought the animation was really good in this. I just love to see how awesome these ponies look like when they have those sunglasses. It was just great to see everyone being represented in such an awesome way.

While short, it sure didn't need to be long. I love Big Macintosh's voice and I wish he would talk more in the show. I really should have seen that ending coming because of how many times that has been parodied. I love how smoothly the characters look in this. MLPFIM is itself a series that is animated in Flash.

[Simple Coloring in Flash]

Best thing I've seen all day!

What made this cool was how well you were trying to help people. As I do not have Flash, I will probably never use it. Then again, it's the thought that counts. What really strikes me as cool is how the animation in itself is so good. I have always been a huge fan of flash, that is probably why I like "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" so much (made in Flash of course). I think you kind of look like Scott Pilgrim in this.

I'm not the biggest fan of freestyle. It would have been more enjoyable if there was more of an actual rap. I really didn't know that creating colors and shades could be so simple! It's also nice how you've even included a background story for how this came to be. It's also probably the first time I saw a TLDR in a submission description.

[Evil Dead Ejaculation]

Didn't get the joke

I think the original joke about raping yourself wasn't bad. What I didn't like about this was that there didn't seem to be any punchline. I was thinking you would make something with how you said the word "F*ck me" and Ash was just talking about raping himself. The guy looks like Napoleon Dynamite. Another weak element was that the animation was not good at all. I wish it was done in a more modern style.

The voices were not that bad, but this just didn't seem to amount to anything. I'm sure the intentions were good, but it didn't pay off well. I thought it was going to be a parody of the scene where the eyeball comes out of the woman's eye. That would have been material for something related to ejaculation. I guess that might have been too gross.

Psychopath responds:

It has two punchlines, "and even though I said no, I knew, that I wanted it." and "I know you didn't, but I wanted you to."

What do you mean by "I wish the animation were done with a more modern style"? There are two styles of animation in Flash; Motion Tweening and Frame by Frame, oh and fuck the former.

I know he looks like Napoleon Dynamite, I forgot what Theodore Raimi was supposed to look like. All I could remember was that he had glasses and red hair. Sadly, I will not be replacing the artwork anytime soon as Theodore Raimi is not as funny looking as Napoleon Dynamite.

I know the animation blows, that's because this was my first Flash movie, which is the reason why I'm the process of polishing it over.

[Slintas and Dog]

Watchable

While it could have been more detailed, I still really appreciated all the hard work put into this. It's an extremely strange cartoon of course. This reminded me of the animation by David Firth. While you are not as good as him, it's still great to watch, particularly with how you don't know what's going to happen next. I guess I'm glad he didn't eat the vomit. The creepiest part was easily at the end when the man's face appeared on the dog.

The music was very nice and created quite an unpleasant atmosphere. I guess you might not want to be aiming for that in a cartoon, but it worked all the same. I wonder if you could do the same with a cat? It's too bad this didn't win an award, seeing as how it has such a high rating. I guess I like experimental stuff more when it's a music video.