Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Spirds]

You're popular!

Dude, I don't know how you did it, but this somehow got into the Top 10 highest rated of all time! It was a fairly old flash for that matter! For however you did this, I think its strongest point was probably how the animation was so good. It's great to have stuff like this that harkens back to our childhoods. I admit that I wasn't expecting that ending with all the birds. I hope you got as good a grade in art class as you did here!

I'm guessing "Spirds" was supposed to be the names of the animals that appeared in this? You might want to also have a "Replay" button. The music was pretty good and it gave off a pretty good sense of fulfillness. I can't make many suggestions, because it was just something you did for class. It could have used a better punchline.

RobThanatos responds:

Top 10? I don't understand...

[Dragonzball P]

This was odd

That was a very strange parody, even for this website. I think its strongest point was probably how good the animation was. It makes you realize how goofy the character's names are. I think they are all in fact named after vegetables or food of some kind. Of course, it's weird that would be like that because they seem to be all based on English names. I recommend this to anyone who's a fan of yours, as it's one of your zaniest.

It's especially cool to see the art shifts so well done. You get so many different goofy depictions of these characters. I thought the voices were also spot on. There was just so much going on and it was so nonsensical you couldn't help but be entertained by it and stuff. I guess sooner or later someone as popular as you would make a Dragonball Z parody.

[Captain Low-Rez Ep.1]

Fairly strange

I thought this was a game at first. I guess I should have been tipped off it wasn't one by how it was listed as an episode. Then again, I think I have played games that were like that. Now, I wasn't that entertained by this cartoon mostly because it was just too talky. I mean, with the voices you did use it was pretty good. It's just that everything was low resolution, which I can't blame you for, because the name shows it's supposed to be like that.

This reminds me of that Tenacious D movie. I suggest you try to have more steady moving animation in this. I actually thought the work wasn't that bad in terms of graphics and I couldn't tell it was from 2001. Then again, it's not really something detailed to begin with. Well, you have a good fanbase but could use some action scenes.

[Santa Rockstar Origins]

Strange again!

Boy, I am just getting out the weirdest submissions to review today! The most odd thing about this was probably how I didn't even know it was going to be a cartoon. The title made it seem like it was a game. I guess there have just been too many rockstar games made. The weirdest thing was that I didn't know what the guy was going to do. At first, I thought he was going to kill Santa as it looked like he was stabbing him.

It seemed weird he would do that because he had a flashback about how Santa gave him a good present. It's just amazing how absurd this was. I think the most awesome part was when Santa emerged from the rubble looking awesome. The animation was good, especially when it showed his skeleton. Merry Christmas, friend!

[One Ring to Rule ThemAll3]

I remember this!

I think this was one of the first submissions I saw here that was based on something new that a creator had made. It's weird to think you haven't done that many things since then. I can't help but think of the fake trailers. They of course, are in no way included in this cartoon as the second episode showed. It's kind of sad you didn't make this into a full fledged series. You have all the great animation and voicework you need.

Now that I think about it, none of the "One Ring To Rule Them All" entries are not related to each other. I think the most memorable part was when Melkor thought Sauron was gay. Sauron gets so little screen time in the actual series, it's fun to make fun of him. Yeah, I knew Sam and/or Frodo was going to appear in this. In case anyone's wondering, there's no easter eggs in the credits.

[Road to Serfdom]

Pretty interesting

I think it's always a good idea to make things that have such a powerful message. Probably my only problem with this was that it didn't have much going on. I think the strongest point was the music, which really made it seem dramatic. What was also cool was how you really went out of your way to go into detail. I can see something like this doing well on a school project. It might have worked better if you adaptated it into a book.

You could have also let the viewer control when the next "page" was coming up. I have seen too many things to count about how dictators come in power. It's really something we should be familiar with. I think the main problem is that it will simply be impossible to create a Utopia, at least one in a very powerful country. There will always be conflicts.

[Skyrim Is Epic]

Beautiful, just beautiful

I think the strongest point here is how random everything is. There are just so many gross things going on. Like when the character is being eaten alive by wolves, you get to see the wolves' testicles at one point. That black guy has the longest nipples I've ever seen. I've seen some artwork featuring females who have stiff nipples, but seeing as how men have them too, it makes sense to feature them. I thought Oney was just going to be a voice.

I knew this was something he made from the animation. It's always interesting when people work together on the same animation. It was great how everything was so fast paced. It looks like there isn't anything left to make fun of in this series. It's really something when you learn the most about a franchise from its parodies.

[Sonic: AWAE trailer 1.2-t]

Looks cool!

It was interesting to have this go with a written fanfiction. It makes you realize that many of the things we have here could qualify as fanfics. I really liked the designs in this. At first, I couldn't really be that familiar with the artwork but then we saw some characters I recognized. The coolest thing was probably the music which was just awesome. I liked all the DBZ references, especially the idea of a female Super Saiyan.

I heard that the creator of DBZ said he never had one of those because he thought it would look weird. You certainly know how to create good new looks. I appreciated all the effort put into the movements. I have seen this title before, but apparently never took time to watch it. I probably won't read the fanfic, but a good recommendation.

[ASuperMarioBrosQuicky4]

Not the worst

I thought this entry was alright. Its main flaw was that everything just seems to be happening for no reason. Well, that's never been a problem before, but I guess it might be more that it takes awhile to understand what's going on. I don't know why Mario just punched Luigi, it wasn't that funny. I recognize the big goomba at the end from the games. You probably could have not done with the plain text being used.

I know that's hypocritical because I have no idea how to use that myself. At least you pointed out the absurdity of what was going on. The sprite work wasn't too bad in this either. It reminded me of "Super Mario Bros. Z" which I guess is always compared to stuff like this. It's too bad it got such a low rating here.

Mario8th responds:

ya, EVERYTHING'S compared to SMBZ. Kinda sucks.