Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Empire of Sock: Episode 1]

This was one of the best things you've ever worked on! It reminded me of Problem Slueth and Homestuck for some reason. I think it's because it's hard to follow the actual story but the imagery is so gorgeous you just don't care. I love how there is so much going on. I knew those green orbs were going to turn out to be bad. I hope this wins Daily Feature.

This was extremely creative, even more so than your usual cartoons! The sketchy style is absolutely fantastic. I could tell from the first thirty seconds this was going to be something I woudl love. It helps that the music is great too. Everything flows together so perfectly. I'm glad you're turning this into a series.

[A Simple Melody: No Evil 004]

I really liked how homey this was. Yeah, that word's probably lost its original meaning in modern times. Anyway, this was certainly a lot of fun. I wish the rabbit would have said something. It's not that big of a deal, because it's still a beautiful cartoon. It really makes you pine for all the simple things in life.

Cottages in the woods are just so comfortable looking. It's great to see everyone in high spirits. I would love to see/hear more cartoons like this. You truly get the sense of being in a nice place. Congradulations for your success.

[Yotam & Fantasia 09]

Wow, the guy in this really is supposed to be you. How'd you get so skinny and lose your color? It looks like you donated a lot of blood or something. This is one of my favorite entries in the series. It's mostly because it's something you can relate to so well. We all know what it's like to be stuck in a line.

I'm usually the guy who tries to pass time by making the jokes. Well, my whole family's kind of like that. The animation and voicework was as good as ever. I have myself thought that I heard lyrics wrong and liked my version better. Haven't heard much of Shakira lately.

[The Armbar]

I found this to be pretty good. I did have the problem of how it didn't make much sense. This guy tries to break the other guy's arm for no reason? Then again, it is a pretty funny image. The best is how he keeps punching him over and over. I hope I'd be able to do the same thing if that happened to me.

The voices are as great as evert. Abo's really stands out as the best as always. I was afraid he was talking about a metaphor for sex. Good thing the sounds made me know it was in a football game. It seemed to be a good length.

[Onirotelepath]

Glad to know this won an award on some kind. The only thing I didn't like was how it was in Spanish. That's because I spent a year or so studying Spanish and I could barely understand anything. I'm amazed at how little I seemed to have learned from that. But I digress. This is a very unique and tenderly done cartoon.

I just love how cute these little mice look. I've been studying psychology so I know a lot about neurons and stuff like that. Granted, this was pretty unscientific but visual metaphors are cute. The animation somewhat reminded me of "Avatar: The Last Airbender". This is, of course, great in its own right.

[Pinched]

Wow, this was one insane cartoon. I thought it was going to end with the doctor getting the new giraffe patient. I'm glad it went the extra mile. The funniest part was probably when it showed him turning into a normal guy again and then a lobster monster. Those are funny words. The animation as really good.

The lack of dialogue only helped with the visual stuff. I was hoping he'd just turn into himself after cracking his shell off. Getting revenge is probably better than going into the ocean anyway. You just had no idea what was going to happen. It's enjoyable to watch.

[Pip the Robot: Buttons]

I was quite impressed by this. I seem to be seeing a lot of incomprehensible stuff lately. I guess that's just what happens with Robot Day. I thought the CGI was freaking awesome! I was expecting more of a climax, but it's nice the whole way through. I like the name "Pip".

It reminds me of the MLP character or the lesser popular South Park character. It seems like you really went out of your way to create an amazing world. I think this will go big. I think there's just a lot of cool things going on. Congradulations on being the current thumbnail for Robot Day 2013.

Zictor responds:

Haha yeah I'm glad its the thumbnail! Thats really cool! :D

I know it seems pretty incomprehensible... but it has a simple concept "Do not press the button" this is why. You never know what it's going to do. So I got to make all kinds of different scenes and be pretty creative. I'd just go "I want an 8-bit section" and then do it... each one continues from the next...

I could have done all the ideas as sketches but I thought it was cooler to string them together into a story where the little robot can't figure out why he shouldn't press the Button! Check out the others. There are 6 other Pip cartoons!

[Stainville Episode 3]

I love this cartoon because it's so insane. Its only problem was that I wasn't that familiar with the other episodes. You had idea whatsoever what was going to happen here. I thought it would be about the poop that comes to life in the beginning. I can vaguely recall the intro. There are just so many gags going on, it's hard to keep track.

I don't know how they got in his ear or anything else. The animation is really good in this. RicePirate is truly becoming the new Rina-chan. My favorite part was probably the butt that pooped dodgeballs. It's easy to have wacky hijacks in a game like that. I loved the squid.

[Foxy Apartment Ep. 3]

Wow, that was one weird cartoon. I haven't seen the other two in the series, if they even exist. I thought it would have a lot more of a story. I assumed that this was actually an infomercial that someone was watching in-universe. I do have to give you credit for having some good animation. I just think you're better at serious stuff.

It is nice how you point out that this video makes no sense. Meta jokes can work like that. I was pretty much wondering everything he was talking about. It is nice to see you back to making cartoons. I was unsure of who you were because you changed your game to Affinitia, instead of TangledBlackHeart.

Affinitia responds:

Ohhhh! Yeah the other two episodes exist and have been uploaded to Newgrounds. We put a new episode out once per week. It's been an insane amount of hours crammed into spare time when I'm not working my fulltime "grown up" job. I literally miss entire nights of sleep on a regular basis to keep up with the schedule. It's a challenge and it's very enjoyable to complete each episode in a 6 to 7 day timespan. As for the Name change, BlackTangledHeart was the name I used on Newgrounds about 10 years ago. Affinitia is the name of my music project that was started in 2004 and it is most definitely the name that I am known for online. When I really started to get back into Newgrounds again I asked Wade Fulp to change my username to Affinitia so that I am properly representing myself across the web under one name. I may be "better" at serious flash, there's some serious projects that I'm working on too, but Foxy Apartment is meant to be fun and I'm no where near as depressed as I was when I went through my teenage years and made those animations from 2001-2003. Depression isn't part of my heart anymore so the music and animations I'm making are focused more on fun than anything else. My girlfriend and I are working on some other projects that will take more time to refine. Oh and Foxy Apartment has no story. It's just meant to be short skits of random things. You'll see some of the same characters from time to time but "who" the characters are doesn't really matter much. Thank you so much for watching and reviewing this, hope you can check out the other 2 episodes, and stay tuned for next week when we upload something completely different yet again.