Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[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.

[a proto story]

Not much to see

What was frustrating about this was that there was no sound. It's just that when something doesn't have sound, it doesn't really belong here as a full submission. Those are more like tests that you should make yourself. This itself looks like a storyboard that never got finished. At least you gave us the option of being able to fast forward through everything, because ten minutes of this would be pretty boring.

It looks like you have some good ideas, particularly with the cast. The problem is that there's little action actually seen. It seems more like something that would make a good webcomic but not a flash cartoon. I didn't like it how that purple background seemed out of place. There were some instances where it took up half the screen.

[Bankomat]

One of your best

The way the guys had their eyes (rhymes!) implanted reminded me of the Borg from "Star Trek". It was great to see all this great artwork flow so well together. The music was also fantastic and gave off a great sense of being intimidated. This really is a creepy cartoon. It might be a bit hard to feel that much emotion about it, because it's simply so random with everything it does. I could go on all day about the hidden meaning in this.

I'm guessing it was probably something about conformity and/or obeying the government. I love the way you omitted the black outlines for the colors. It's a cartoon that really moves around, which how the angels are presented. It really is fascinating to see how much goes on in this. We might never understand it, but will always appreciate it.

[The Steven Seagal Show #1]

You have a McDonald's account?

At first I thought this was going to end just after Steven Seagal killed the old man. I'm glad it didn't, because it got better as it went on. It was a great idea to have another celebrity included in this. The best thing is probably how emotionless Seagal is the entire time. Remind me not to ask him what time it is. I imagine that it would be the same for other actors known for being physically strong, like Chuck Norris of course.

It seems like it's been a long time since you have submitted something. It looks like your art style has really improved over the years and I'm glad. It may be a bit too long, but it definitley delivers the goods. I think the voice wasn't the best, but I haven't seen many Seagal movies in the first place. I only saw "Machete".