Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Batman Lives]

The Batman, ladies and gentlemen

This was pretty cool because you got to make fun of how Batman is considered such a dark hero. While again, not as good as the stuff you made later, still fun. What's interesting is that the artwork is great, especially with how Gotham City is shown at the beginning. I imagine that if Batman fell like that, he would probably say those things. It was cool how you had Batman appear on the loading screen. I'd like to see more variants like that.

Batman just looks great as a big shadow going over the town. "Batman Lives" sounds like it would be the perfect name for the next Batman movie, although that's already been announced. For something that's just one gag, it still works well. It's actually pretty unique to the styles you usually work on. The artwork would make for a great serious flash.

[Cowboy K Goes to the Zoo]

Twisted!

This was one of the most creative flash submissions I have seen in awhile! It was just so ridiculous to have absolutely no idea what was coming up next in the cartoon. The best thing was that you thought it was going to end at the "The End" phrase, but it actually continued! Not only that, but it kept the surrealism with the guy turning into a ghost and everything. The animation was superb in this as well. It was great to see this cowboy act so weirdly in his equally bizarre world.

I love how he just has these little fingerless hands that fly about everywhere. The purple elephant was funny to look at and quite random. Even the opening credits seem to really come off the screen. Who knew this would turn into a fight with spikes coming out of a cowboy's nipples? The voice work is fine too and it fits the characters.

[My Brothers an Irishman!]

Wow!

It's amazing to go all the way back to the beginning and see how far you have advanced with your artwork. This isn't that great of a cartoon, at least not compared to your later stuff. It was still good enough to recommend. I think the main character looks like Jon from the "Garfield" comic strip. The coolest thing was how fluidly the animation moved. While it's a bit primitive by today's standards, it's still fun to look at.

The brother is cool as he just dances around everywhere. The loading screen with your picture on it looks so different than your recent work. It's great to know you started out as just a fan when first submitting something. I guess living with a leprechaun at 44 years old would make you a virgin. The dirty jokes were nice too.

[Valentines Dating Advice]

What a Valentine's Day

Your artwork reminds me of LazyMuffin, but you're still competant in your own right. The coolest part of this was how the women looked. I expected they'd do a lot more talking, but instead they just screamed. It was interesting to see how amazingly calm he was in everything he said, despite being a serial killer. Even as all those guns were on him, he was still cool as a cucumber. Relationships aren't going to last long if you kill the person.

The funniest part was probably the woman who was in the weird pink costume. It was probably some abstract fetish Michael Davis has. What was also great was how some of this advice could actually work. I know little about getting dates for Valentine's Day, or any other time for that matter. Keep up the fun work!

[Albert (big)]

Strawberry Alarm Clock!

It's about time someone mentioned the origin of StrawberryClock's name in a positive Clock flash. I kept thinking that you used audio from Noam Chomsky for this. I guess it was audio from Albert Hoffman. That dude seriously lived to be over 100, which kind of makes you think positively about LSD, huh? This was not Clock related, but you did honor to the Clock Crew by submitting this on Clock Day. The animation was gorgeous and it was a great experiment.

I think my favorite part is the second half where Hoffman just flies around in the area. I noticed these flowers disappearing and reappearing for no reason. I knew I was in for a wild ride when I saw the two Hoffmans together. When I first saw the title, I thought it was going to be about "Fat Albert"! It certainly seems inspired by drugs.

[God Gets High]

Had its moments

What was interesting was that it was a pretty good song to use. The problem I had was that it seemed to take way too long to load. I normally expect something that long to be a joke or to be a really long movie. Another thing that weakened it was how there was no background and just some regular text in it. To a certain extent, it did seem to have a kind of homey appearance to it. I don't know why, but the animation, while not detailed, was kind of good.

Do not worry about me being offended by this. Hey, no one could be worse than Doug Stanhope. I was thinking you would make some joke about how God created the platypus while high. It was good fun to just hear that delicate voice, it really didn't sound like it was trying to offend anybody at all. The ending was pretty unexpected too.

[WarMachine PART2]

Great enemy

The thing I found the most interesting about this was the robotic enemy. I was wondering where the blood was coming at the end, but it was apparently an organism in a robot body. It was sweet to see it just explode with its flesh everywhere at the end. The hero took a fair beating as well. I thought it was going to be a stick flash at first because of the loading screen. It's still a great flash because it has such fantastic animation and amazing fight scenes.

Well, fight scene, that's really all it is. There are tons of submissions here that are just fights and nothing else, but they work because they're just wonderful to look at. It couldn't have been that quick of a battle if it was in two parts. The sounds were great as well and the art shift at the end with the beat up hero was funny too. Robotic arms are always a delight for fight scenes.

[Xiao Xiao]

First?

I am not sure if you are the same person who made the other entries, but it seems to be an authentic "Xiao Xiao" submission. Looking back, it's great to see how far you have come. This suffers from the fact that it's mostly just another typical stick flash. The one thing that was interesting were the voice clips used. I also liked how you had that cool Matrix style title screen. I can at least appreciate you mentioning how long it took to make.

For the short duration it was, the fighting style wasn't that bad. It's just strange because these characters look so small. In the other entries, it's better because the characters seem to make more use of their surroundings. These also appear a bit more humanlike in appearance. It is great to know you got a whole lot better, especially with the third one!