Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Rubert da Koopa]

I really liked this cartoon, mostly because of how weird it was. Am I the only person who thought the pipe looked like a phallic symbol? Anyway, I thought the voices were great in this. It kind of reminded me of the voices used in "Avanue Q". I could tell where the Koopa would end up at the end. At first, I thought it was just going to be an infinite loop, because it was hard to tell the difference between the scenes.

I am certainly glad it wasn't. I was not expecting him to turn into a shell and attack everyone else, but I guess that makes sense. It's pretty scary when you realize how many times Mario has died. Bowser only dies once in the game, but Mario dies constantly! It's kind of an uneven match when you think about it.

[Obama Vs Romney]

I enjoyed this, but it just didn't make sense to me. I guess it's mostly because the cartoon is too short. I thought this was going to be a lot like "Mortal Kombat" but it really wasn't. Anyway, the animation is still pretty nicely done. It always pays to be topical. I'd be lying if I didn't say it was freaking hilarious when Obama suddenly had giant ears. It's like he's more known for that than the fact that he's black.

The music was also suiting. I could have sworn there were some Dragonball Z sound clips spliced in there. It does kind of make me miss the music of "The Matrix Reloaded". Its imitations were better than the actual movie (which was good, BTW)! I guess this isn't supposed to be going for either side, just something quick and fun.

[Ragemelon]

I knew this was going to be awesome the moment I found out it was from you. While not one of your best cartoons, this is still great. I seriously thought the whole thing was going to stop when he splattered on the ground. You're too good an artist for that! It's great to see such superb animation. I think the police officer looks like a clam.

I kind of think he isn't, because a clam isn't a kind of fruit. Well, it's a kind of food at least. It's really cool to see Ragemelon come back to life like in the second Terminator movie. There's just so much creativity and good humor. Ragemelon sounds like a pokemon.

Sexual-Lobster responds:

thanks, ericho.

[HELLBENDERS - Applooza]

Woah, this was one of the most insane cartoons I've ever seen in my entire life. From the title, I thought it was going to be something about Hell. I guess that's just because there's the other cartoon about Satan you worked on. It was unbelievable how spectuacular this animation was. Even John Kricfalusi would be impressed! It was amazing how ridiculously insane everything looked.

Of course, the humor itself was completely flawless. My favorite part was with the black people clapping. I could tell that joke was coming, but the way it was handled was absolutely priceless. How did this not win a single award?! All the more reason you guys are such awesome writers. You just had NO clue what was going to happen next.

[Meet FR-05T]

I really wasn't that impressed by this. It's just a clip of a weird robot thing going out and looking silly. I mean, I will give you credit on how it wasn't particularly offensive or anything like that. I've seen a lot worse. It seems like this actually could be something that would suffice for a digital animation class. It just doesn't seem too appealing for this website.

There doesn't seem to be much of a message or distinction or anything. That is a funny way of spelling that word. Then again, I don't know how you can spell something with numbers in it. I hope you do well in your class. You need to have a lot more going on.

serge1290 responds:

Thanks for the constructive criticism. The idea was given to us from a selected list of planetary conditions and movement styles for a creature we had to make. I chose snowy and jumps. It is my first attempt at Flash animation and was for a class so I hope to improve. I want it here though for more ideas and this is one of the few sites I know you can share your work like this.

Still waiting on a grade for this but I'm taking this concept and using it in an app design for our next project. As for the number thing, I did it to be ironic since it's a robot...kind of like words like 1337="elite" and stuff. I don't know... Hopefully I can expand this animation sometime.

[Final Fantasy Last Mages]

I really didn't know what this had that much to do with Final Fantasy, but it's still freaking awesome! It's unbelievable how many facial expressions you are able to show when the characters are so simply designed. It's been awhile since I've seen a great FF cartoon. Heck, it's been awhile since I've seen ANY FF cartoon. I just loved how there was always something going on in this. You had no idea why this stuff was happening, it was just so awesome!

I suspect this might win Weekly User's Choice and it deserves it! I can always count on you to make the best stick flashes. While it was great, it also seemed like it didn't try too hard to be flashy or anything. It's just a wonderful, authentic cartoon. I am so glad you are always making awesome stuff like this. It's the best non game thing I've looked at all month!

[Alive (NATA Finals)]

It really does seem like you deserve to be the winner. You already won Daily Feature. I thought it was just going to end with the gags of the guy dying over and over. It actually turned out to be a lot more philosophical than I thought. It does make you wonder, what would it be like if you couldn't accept your own death? You know, 250,000 people or so die every day.

And you thought Santa Claus was busy. The animation is a bit off, though. It looks like this guy has two faces with a different shade. Yeah, I bet that was intentional, but it just comes off as strange. The voicework is adequately done too.

[Transit]

I really had no idea what was going on in this cartoon, but it was still great to watch! I had no idea there were so many of these NATA things that people were still working on. I don't even know what that stands for. It's weird, because you claim this is THE final entry, but there's only two in the collection. I guess this one didn't do as well as the first. I am of course digressing and should go back to how cool this is.

The colors were fantastic and it was great to watch. I couldn't help but think you were trying to put some spiritual twist on this. Was the train supposed to represent how we're losing our focus on our goals? I guess not, but it's still very interesting. No dialogue makes it so that it tells the story on its own.

Emrox responds:

A lot of the motivation behind this was to create something really visually interesting in addition to the whole allegory, so I'm glad you were able to appreciate it even though you weren't 100% sure of what it meant.