Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Sharktopus]

Woah, this was very strange. It seemed like such a pleasant thing at first. In fact, I was actually relieved to be able to watch something so nice. It then took a very dark turn and had people being killed and drowned. It's still a great cartoon. It mostly works because the animation is so good throughout the entire thing. There's ton of great visual gags too.

I also love how there's a lot of funny cameos. I saw a bunch of pokemon, Ponyo, and Flounder from "The Little Mermaid". I guess I was hoping for a bit more of a happy ending, but it's still cool. This reminds me of "Giant Shark Vs. Mega Octopus". This cartoon was kind of like that, only actually good.

[Pencilmation #22]

I couldn't be the only person who was thinking dirty thoughts with you saying that size doesn't matter in the author's comments. What struck me as cool about this was how you really seemed to set up some good stories for your characters to appear in. Dang, you pump these things out so fast! You wouldn't think someone could make stuff that good when it's made right after another cartoon. I actually cared for these characters. Hey, I'd get stung to bees to get a girlfriend.

What I also like is how you're going back to the roots. This may have not been as cartoonish as some of your other work, but it's still good. I think the best visual gag was when she almost went down the sewer. It's yet another enjoyable cartoon. It's interesting to kind of see how you drew this one.

captainmcross responds:

After taking a break from these for a while, I spent a lot of time thinking about what really makes Pencilmation really...Pencilmationy, if you know what I mean.

[Hank Hanky: Work]

I think this is one of the better episodes, mostly because there's so much to talk about. It's weird because this is one of the few episodes where it had no pictures. I appreciate you trying something new. This didn't have the usual thing where you can control the time it goes. That is, it has no time telling how long it is. It's still really good.

I guess we can just all associate with wanting to get away from work. How could someone with a kid's voice need to work? Well, you can't just a voice. The animation is as great as ever. I really like how silly this guy is.

[ZTV News Episode 2]

Woah, this was probably ZONE-SAMA's best cartoon yet! It's neat to know that isn't actually ZONE-SAMA there, but ZONE-tan. Those tans are becoming more mainstream. I had no idea BennettTheSage from TGWTG worked on this! It figures, absolutely EVERYONE is associated with TGWTG nowadays. The voices were great as before.

I guess I kind of like his non porn stuff more. I'm not that big of a pervert to enjoy his rape material. I think the only downside to this was the Stamper gag going on too long. At least it was nice to have a guest voice like him! Congradulations on your Daily Feature.

[Wonders of the Universe 3]

It didn't even seem like there were that many characters in this! I am amazed by the fact that every single one of them had a different voice actor! It's stuff like that that makes me realize how professional flash animation can look like. I'm ashamed of myself, I should have recognized Kirbopher's voice. The animation, as always, was completely fantastic. With the huge number of people working on it, it seems like a major Hollywood production!

Too bad no one likes my voice. Anyway, I thought it was pretty interesting how the robot actually went through some character development. The bits with the sand worm were probably the most awesome parts. This really is going to turn into a full fledged series! I'm so glad so many talented people are working on it.

[The Eidolon]

I thought this was really cool. I admit that I didn't really like it at first, because it didn't make much sense to me. It certainly got better the more it went on. If I learned anything from "Cabin In The Woods" it's that you always have to wait until the end to see if something's really that good. Congradulations on being Tom Fulp's favorite flash submission! I thought the girl with her blond ponytail and space suit reminded me of Samus.

The only thing I didn't like was how their noses were black. I kept thinking it was a metaphor or something? Anyway, I hope you did well in your class. It's always great when people use stuff on Newgrounds for reports. It shows you how helpful the site is.

[Rolando Quintana]

That was wonderfully animated and I liked how it was completely insane. I thought it was going to create an infinite loop where the deer turned into the ninja or something. What I liked most was when everyone screamed. It just seemed like the right thing to do. I appreciate all the hard work and time put into the animation. It was certainly an unpredictable cartoon!

While there was no background, the overall detail made up for it. Looking back, it seems like his hands should have turned into something else. The music is also really nice. It's especially cool to see how graphically the guy's innards come out. I also appreciate the time spent into people's organs.

4TAKEN responds:

WOW... i feel flattered by your review, Thank you.

Yes, this was our first attempt to animate, it was really an excercise, so we thought of something simple and quick but bizzare, unpredictable and nonsensical, so people could enjoy it. We focused in the detail and fluency, because that's the style we want our animations to have, but we had problems with recording the sounds, next time we won't. The arms were going to be snakes (pretty obvious) but it was taking us so long to finish and we wanted to begin with our next proyect, one a bit more serious with backgrounds and story.

Again, Thank you for appreciating our work, it's really nice to see that we entertained you a bit.

[The Pink Elephant]

This is easily the best of all the Elephant submissions this year. It mostly helps that the animation is the best. I love how you have absolutely no idea what's going to happen next. It really makes you wonder if the elephant even is real, but it certainly seems to be. The best part was probably when he stepped on the tank which had the tankmen on it. It's probably the best elephant cartoon I've ever seen in my life!

I love how the music sets the tone perfectly. Elephants don't eat meat, so it was scary when the elephant ate that bird. Of course, it got more scary when he destroyed the city. Not so much an elephant in the room, just a pink elephant. It's still fantastic and unbelievably stylistic. I love how fluidly everything moves.

[Tits]

I thought this was pretty good. At first, it seems like it's just a silly cartoon to glamorize, well, tits. It actually is pretty catchy. What I didn't like is how the animation isn't that good. It seems a lot older than it really is. It makes me realize how stiff those women's nipples must be if they stick out like that.

The voices used in this were pretty good. For a song about being aroused, it actually had a kind of pleasant tone to it. I appreciate you trying to let people have a good time. Wow, I can't believe you're giving us links to download this song! There should be more details, though.

koit responds:

I agree for the most part.

I KNOW I'm not great at art and I'm only ok-ish at animation but where I do well is with ideas. So that's why these get pumped out looking like they do.

I've tried to get better but I can only draw how I can draw. Whilst I can improve shading etc (as someone mentioned below) there's only so far I can take my art.

[Batman : The Droppings]

Okay, that was one of the most random Batman cartoons I've ever seen in my life. I guess for the most part it was good, just very, very strange. I do appreciate how you try to put in some real good animation. I especially love Harley Quinn and how her boobs bounce around like that. I guess it would be gauche of me to be reminded of the "Dark Knight Rises" movie coming out this year. I was, anyway.

I notice El-Cid wasn't credited in the credits, but whatever. The voices were pretty spot on and they truly captured the insanity and stupidity of this cartoon. It is pretty satisfying to just throw stuff and crush your enemy like that. Everyone put in a decent amount of effort for this. That's a strange love triangle.

RicePirate responds:

El-cid did the splash page art, that i found in the art portal. And he's credited in the bottom corner of the splash page :)