Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Robots are Stupid]

Very entertaining

It's great how this robot consistently keeps that monotone voice. I suppose if you talked like that, you probably would think you didn't have feelings. I thought the animation in this really wasn't that bad. I mean, it looks a heck of a lot better than the artwork shown on the main menu. It was also cool how you showed little captions when people talked. It's kind of like you were riffing on an already funny cartoon!

It reminds me of that "Futurama" episode where Bender says that robots have no emotions, which makes him sad. It is a problem you can run into. This seemed to be a different kind of flash for you, but it really worked out well. I just love the robot's design. It's about time the voice for the Clock Crew was used for robots.

[All Your Face]

A decent work

Wow, I think this was one of the last "All Your Base" parodies ever made. It really shows you how much this has died over time. It was great to see all those different pictures. The main flaw is that the music wasn't anywhere near as catchy as the ones used in the AYB cartoons. The most disturbing part was easily when the picture showed that was the actual rape. I also thought the voice acting sounded a bit off in this.

It's still nice to look back to see what you guys have accomplished. All of the designs of the pictures are pretty good and original. It's the kind of flash where you don't know where it's going. The music could probably use some more work. At least you seem to want to latch onto a meme that will always hold a place in our hearts.

[Work Buddies]

Too bad

There is a rule of thumb for this website and that is not to use "Go Animate". See Happy Harry's cartoon for better explanation of this. I have never seen a single cartoon used in this way that got a good award or even front page. The voices just seemed so off in this. It was just the same boring talk featuring dirty jokes over and over. It may in fact be the most poor animation I have ever seen. John Kricfalusi would hunt down and kill whoever's responsible for this.

The only mildly entertaing part was the nuts joke. It's just that so many people are used to genuine voices and movement in animation. Even lower quality stuff has that. Please try to use regular Flash Player because I really don't think this can ever work on this website. It's nice for a start, but try to be a lot more original.

[Not that kind of elf]

Nice and weird

I thought that character was supposed to be Link, but I guess it wasn't technically him. This probably could have been better if it was longer. I still enjoyed this, particularly with how good the animation was. I was seriously not expecting that ending. I kind of assumed the other elf would die, but this was too comedic to show it. Another cool thing is how you consistently keep up the fine animation. The Hyrule elf contrasts with well the Santa elf.

Congradulations on making this the preview image for the Christmas 2011 collection! May we all have a merry Christmas! The voices seemed really spot on, especially how they moved with the facial expressions. It's just nice to see people making silly stuff. I seem familiar with your art style, despite the fact that this is my first impression of it.

siskavard responds:

Thanks for the review!
The fantasy elf is less Hyrulian and more Lord of the Rings, Legolas. I used to draw caricatures of the characters from LOTR and thats usually what Legolas would end up looking like. The way he looks here is a caricature of the caricature. MIND BLOWN!

[COMET]

Fantastic!

Dude, this is one of the most awesome Christmas flashes I have ever seen! It kind of reminded me of that great movie "Arthur Christmas". What also struck me as cool was how it really appealed to your sense of wonder. I'm guessing the whole thing was a dream, but it doesn't take away how awesome it was. This is stuff that reminds you of what it was like to be a kid. We all had glowing ambitions about what was waiting for us on Christmas.

The music was fantastic, some of the best I've ever heard. The animation was wonderfully bright and colorful. I just think it's great how you look into the inner child of us all and make us relive the fantasies we had as a kid. The lights are done perfectly and this is how you create a sense of being in a glorious world. I'm not sure how this got into the Christmas collection so soon, but it definitley deserves it!

[The Noob Adventures Episode 5]

Good again!

I swear I will never stop misunderstanding the title screen. I keep thinking that I am playing an actual game because of it. Even by the fifth entry, I have not figured that out! Although that could be more of the fact that it's just been a long time since the last episode was made. I like it how you put real phsycial depth into the characters even though it's a 2D submission. Of course, I haven't played the game myself to know how it goes.

I really only saw the occasional joke in this and didn't see why it was labeled a comedy. It's certainly decent as any other movie kind. The voices are nice and fit the moods well. It seems like this is something that deserves its own series section. It's always nice when people consistently make such good movies.

[Dizzy Symbols]

Alright for what it is

What I found to be weird about this was pretty much everything. It was quite strange how you kept on just pressing the buttons to see the next image. I have seen a lot of optical illusions before. This just didn't seem like anything that was that impressive. I could probably search all day to figure out how to get any of the secret medals. It also feels like there could have been more detail put into the boards themselves.

The music isn't bad, and its weirdness seems to go well with this. It's just that there's so little rhyme or reason it's hard to enjoy. You also might want to work on having more of a background too. It didn't make me that dizzy, I guess it's just because I've seen worse things. All in all, it doesn't have that much that's good or bad about it.

[Stage Fright]

That was unique

I was expecting something really dark or scary to happen, but it never really did. At least you continued to use the fantastic style of animation you are known for. I am familiar with your work and this didn't make sense to me. I guess it was probably supposed to be creating drama, but it was hard to tell. It kind of reminded me of "The Black Swan" one of the best thrillers that I've ever seen. The spookiest part was when the audience appeared as monsters.

I'm sure we have all gone through something like this when having to appear on stage. I entered a talent show once and won second place. I haven't known you to ever have stick fights in any of your submissions. Maybe we can all learn somewhat of a lesson from this. It's just so nice to look back at all the great stuff you have made.

[Email!!]

Awesome!

What struck me as particularly entertaining about this was how well it moved. This doesn't seem like it would fit on this website, but this site needs all the stuff it can get. I guess it's just that the background seems way too grainy. I'm not even sure what I mean in that context. The coolest thing is how wonderfully fast paced it is and there are always more jokes going on. My favorite part was when he shunned his old penis away.

It's hilarious how the penis is treated as a seperate entity in this. It's cool to see something based off a comic, even if it wasn't a webcomic. I just love how all the elements seem to be moving around so much. It's weird how there's no "Start" button, but there is a "Replay" button. The voices are great and show good emphasis.

[Deciduous]

That was so sweet

When I see something "Experimental" I normally think it doesn't have a plot. This actually did seem to have a plot. Of course, it was so weird with how it told its story, you knew it was different. It's great that people use such great visual metaphors to tell us how life goes. I could really feel for the main character in this. I don't know his name or anything, but he comes across as an emotional being. The music is fantastic as it gives off such a sweet melody.

There's the wonderful impression that you were trying to tell us what life is like. We should all know that my now. I didn't see so much good or evil in this, more of bullying and innocence. I used to play the piano and it truly touched me how well I was able to connect with the music. Thank you for making something so good.