Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Star of the North Fist]

Wow, this was very weird. I guess I probably would have liked it more if I was a fan of "Fist Of The North Star". I have to give you props for having some really well done visuals in this. The description made it seem like it was just a preview at first. Then again, who has VHS's anymore? I loved the animation in this and it was something even non-fans could appreciate.

It seems like you really went out and explored the strange universe of this show. I love how silly the voices are too. I can see you working on legitimate tributes instead of parodies. It was great to have no idea what was going to happen next. That might be even better for me, as I haven't watched the series.

[Sad Scyther]

You might want to have also had a warning about there being blood. Wow, this website really does seem to like pokemon more. Anyway, I freaking loved the animation in this. I had no idea it was going to be so short. Then again, I guess with a description like that, it couldn't go that far. The voice was really cute too.

I actually managed to feel bad for the Scyther and his trainer. The trainer's dying words weren't even nice. It does make you realize how unfortunate it would be to have a pokemon with giant scythes for arms. How do those guys pick things up? I loved the omission of the black outer lines.

[Luigi's Adventure 3]

I didn't like this probably because it just went on too long. I didn't know when this thing was going to stop. I thought that it would be a tribute to the Rise Of The Mushroom Kingdom cartoons by Randy-Solem. While it was a tad similar, I couldn't really understand it. Why was Luigi killing all these innocent toads? I guess it doesn't help that I didn't see the originals.

I have to congradulate you on having such a high ranked submission. There were too many things that were annoying. The toads just screamed too much. Then again, that did kind of make it more satisfying when they died. The artwork didn't seem that good either.

[NG Music Review Review]

This is currently ranked as the greatest submission to the portal of all time! Frankly, I do not understand why. It goes on too long, for one thing. It also seems to just be this guy talking minute after minute. The best part was probably when it showed some graphics of the actual website. This was a bit out of place, but still worked well.

Your voice acting seems a bit off too. There isn't a lot of emotion in this character's voice. You could have also used a background of some sort. Given how popular this is, you obviously have potential. You need to be more detailed and trim it a bit.

[Problem With Eyelashes]

Dang, I still keep mistaking eyelashes for eyebrows! It was weird for you to make a test, but it was certainly better than most test submissions here. I appreciate you having great animation as usual. I was thinking his whole fae was going to rip apart. Yeah, I've been watching too much "Happy Tree Friends". I knew something bad was going to happen to him at the end.

I thought this would be about how animating eyelashes was difficult. I guess in a certain way, it was. While it was short, it still delievered the goods. I had no idea that could even happen in real life. Then again, you never said it could.

[Mob Squad: Episode 2]

I was surprised that tall guy didn't die at the end. I thought that what you would do is that a character would die in every cartoon. Oh well, this is still very funny. What really made it was the tall guy complimenting the blocks. How nice of him not to kill him. The voices were pretty awesome too. I love how stupid everyone sounds.

It seems like these characters are trying to do something obvious. I think this may in fact be the best animation you've ever worked on. It's great to see the block graphics contrast with the cartoonish designs. You've done stuff like this before, but not this well. I look forward to more episodes.

[Fiery Christmas]

Dude, you have to have more main awards than anyone else on the website! While I personally found the animation great, it was weird how the poor kid's house was going to burn down. Eh, I'm probably coming off as too soft on this. I think my favorite part was the boy's eyes. It was weird, because he didn't look that interesting at first, but when he opened his eyes and looked amazing. I don't think that's how you spell "firery".

Eh, I'm nitpicking. The image of Santa Claus going through the night sky on fire is so freaking funny. Let's hope he doesn't bring that to other houses. This is the first Christmas submission I've seen and probably the only one to win all three main awards! You are such a good artist, I can understand why it takes so long to make these things.

chluaid responds:

thanks so much man. Actually "fiery" is the correct spelling. I'm a closet grammar nazi :P
Glad you liked the design of the kid. As for why it takes so long, it's mostly because a little short like this doesn't pay any bills. Most of my life now is spent at this computer animating stuff for clients, wishing I had more time for my own stuff, like Brackenwood and music videos.

[Hej Sokoly]

Okay, I'm going to say right now I have no dea what "Hej Sokoly" is all about. Given how this is the Internet, I wouldn't be surprised if it became popular. I was thinking this would be a music video, but it really wasn't. It barely had any spoken words and mostly lyrics. Through all of this, I still thought it was extremely enjoyable. I had no idea what was going on, but it was great to watch.

I am really starting to notice your style. I guess it must take a heck of a long time to make these cartoons because the last one of yours I reviewed was a long time ago. I just think the characters look so adorable, like chibi Powerpuff Girls. As if Powerpuff Girls weren't chibi enough! Fun for any fan of music.