Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Noob Adventures Episode 1]

Parody?

I liked this a lot, but I was a bit confused as to why it was called a parody. It actually seems like the genre was played fairly straight. Stuff like this makes me want to go out and buy the Minecraft game, wherever I can get it. What I thought was really cool was how well everything was drawn. For characters made entirely of cubes, they all really had depth to them. Why wasn't I thinking of Cuboy sooner when I heard of this?

I like how subtle everything goes in this. It doesn't have a lot of wacky humor but has a more basic story to it. The funniest part was finding out the guy's name was PoopLoser_69 and how nobody cares how stupid that name is. Sorry if I offended any actual Minecraft players with that name. The voice work is authentic too.

[Xiao Xiao No. 8]

It's not coming back, is it?

The only thing I regret about this is that the series seemed to end right there. The following flashes you made do not pick up on the story. Then again, maybe they are not supposed to. I would love for you to come back and show us these great cartoons again, given modern Flash technology! This was great because the animation was just so spectacular! For something with few colors, this seemed to be perfectly vibrant.

I liked the way the bullets made those little wavy things as they were flying. I never would have expected it to end that way, anti-climatically. It's still good action because you never really know when it's going to end. It's amazing how much depth you put into simple stick figures. Not one of your best, but still pretty sweet.

[Mura-Military Pigs]

That's sad

Wow, I had no idea pigs could make me so sad. I guess it's better than going to the slaughterhouse anyway! I thought I wouldn't be able to understand it well because everything was written in Chinese. Sorrow, however, is something that transcends language and applies to everyone. It was so sad when the telephone pole hit her as I was not expecting that. The animation in this is really good too, particulary with how the bodies were drawn.

I found it strange how it lists it as the second episode when your other submission is the second episode in title. Geez, that crying in the credits is just going to go on forever, won't it? You really knew how to show emotion even with mannerisms that were a bit silly. The animation kind of reminds me of the "I Love Egg" series. This is obviously well done in its own right.

[Cuboy Ep.1]

So it begins

The show did in fact get better as it went on, but this is still great for a start. I think it's funny how the arms are not cubed shaped like everything else. It's just great how these characters just fly around everywhere. They exist in this little world that creates itself with everything flying around for the next scene. You simply have no idea what is going to happen in any of these weird episodes. The funniest bits were easily when they were pronouncing the words of the planet and aliens.

Sometimes it can be hard to look at. When you look at a cube like that, it can create an optical illusion whether it is in or out. I guess I've seen so many optical illusions, I just see them everywhere. I like how Cuboy is so happy all the time as he seems to understand more about this world than we do. The song at the end was pretty funny too.

[- Tribute -]

Sweet song

You guys at eddsworld just never stop creating awesome submissions. This was really good probably because the song was also awesome. What makes it ironic is that it is not actually the song that is being sung, but rather a tribute as the title suggests. It's great to see Lucifer get so perplexed over the awesomeness of it. You certainly impressed me with your great music video. The coolest part is probably when Edd starts to glow.

While there isn't that much action, the style more than makes up for it. The characters move around in a nice way, even if their designs aren't the best. You have made a great tribute in yourself to Tenacious D. Who knew a tribute to a tribute could be so good? Maybe you could make it a bit more detailed, but still great.

[TF2 Xmas lololololololol]

Kind of funny

It does seem like a machinima video would be more appropriate, but this is still pretty fun. The best thing is how there are so many of these characters just being idiots. The poo hand is one of the most random jokes I've ever heard. Nothing in this makes any sense whatsoever, but it's still funny. I thought the animation was decent, especially with how the engineer flew off on his jetpack. I thought it might feature the "trolololo" guy given the title.

It was weird to see the poo and blood stains everywhere. The funniest bit was probably when he fought with the poo hand (yes, I just mentioned it was the weirdest bit too). I like how some of these characters are colored and others aren't. Others still have parts of them colored but not the rest. You have a cool username, too.

[Sonic VS ??? Unfinished]

It might be good

The problem is that you should not really submit tests to this website. It might not be so much of a test as a preview (as the title suggests) but it's still an incomplete movie and it doesn't cause much anticipation. I think it's kind of obvious who is going to fight Sonic in this. I believe it's another version of Sonic. A pity you could have not had the character shadowed or anything. I think this actually wouldn't be that bad of a full flash.

The lines drawn aren't too bad, but the spritework needs more. It seems like you could make this better by having a lot more action. I will always regret never knowing how to give a submission a "Replay" button so I can't criticize you for that. You should look into someone who knows more to understand it. It's a bit too short for a preview too.

[ATTN Duck Division]

No strangers indeed

This was not good, but it was certainly better than a ton of stuff the Duck Division had. It seems like you can discover new organizations all the time. It has probably been too long since I have heard the Rickroll song. If you're going to make an infinite loop, you might as well use a good song. It was weird to see Pedobear with a beak. This could have also used a background as a lack of one rarely works in making it look professional.

Again, you are still more professional than the Duck Division or most other organizations out there. I think it worked best at the beginning with that German rendition of "Barbie Girl". I just assume it's in German. The artwork with the owl himself actually isn't that bad. Just work a lot more to have a plot in your work.

[Street Fighter Epic Ep.4]

Nice tribute

The things I did not like about this was that there could have been a wider variety of attacks. It seemed like a lot of the attacks were just the same. Nonetheles, it was still enjoyable, especially with how the attacks were planned. I know little about the characters or story, but can at least recognize the sprites. All of the sound effects were incredibly well done and as good as any Street Fighter cartoon. The art piece at the beginning depicting Ryu is also pretty sweet.

The battles went forward really well, making the pacing just right. The next one should be better with a wide variety of enemies to fight as well as attacks. All the voices seemed to match up pretty well. It was interesting to have a more emotional part when Ryu couldn't bring himself to kill Ken. It's great how many people make good flashes with this format.

[This Town Episode 3]

Not bad

As this is the first episode I have seen, it is a tad bit hard to judge, but I will do the best job I can. I thought this wasn't bad, mostly because of how good the animation was. It was great to see so many different shades of blue. It was a bit hard to follow in terms of story. I also did not like the part with the giant robot guy where it looked like it was building up to a fight scene, but it wasn't. Then again, the bit with the bills that followed it was kind of funny.

I am proud to be your first reviewer, as I am for several flashes given my prolificness. It was also cool to see such a wide variety of characters. They just had so much detail in them and there was good emotion put into their voices. You do need to work on having more of a story to suck the watcher in. These guys must have come from Pandora.

rbinturong responds:

Thanks for the review. I'm afraid you landed right smack in the middle of plot continuation from the previous two episodes. If I were a new watcher, I'd find this episode particularly hard to follow as well. The trouble with our toons is that the storyline depends heavily on previous episodes, so if you haven't watched them you'll be a bit lost.
If you like fight scenes, maybe you should check out the first episode (not the 2009 one).
I assure you, This Town isn't located on Pandora. We're missing the tails anyway. Hehe. Thanks for the useful review (don't know who voted it otherwise)