Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Many Hopes of Good]

Happy April Fool's Day

It is interesting to take a look back at the April Fool's Day celebration I happened to be present at! Looking at other spam movies, I do not even find this to be that bad. It seems like it would be nice to remind us of that day. Then again, I have heard of this one website where you can simply look back at every old page on the Internet. The music certainly sounded Oriental. I believe that was supposed to be Bruce Lee who was flying around the screen.

It seems like you could make the music stop at one point. When writing reviews such as this, that can be annoying. Never mind, I think it stopped now, and now it's back. I suggest that you have the action movie much faster, like have the images fly by faster. I guess as it was for April Fool's Day by having it be irrelevant you suit the holiday well.

Smidly responds:

Thank you. Very helpful as to what I should include next Apr Fools

[Frosty the Pervert (2006)]

Hey, not bad

I think the claymation effects were okay in this. It is great that other people are doing claymation stuff apart from the most famous ones like Knox. This was mostly enjoyable because there was simply such a great song to go with this. It seems so perfect I highly doubt you came up with it yourself. A lot of cartoons are just vulgar for no reason, but this actually seemed to be vulgar with a purpose! The kids and other characters were not designed well.

I like how the song changed all the lyrics. At least you did not show any kids actually being molested (well, it wouldn't fit into the song). It was hard to see how Frosty's penis was growing. Was there a closeup of his penis at one point in this? I saw a closeup of his white body and it was hard to tell what it was aiming on.

[A south park scene]

Good for a death

Well, what can I say? I can not really hate this because this is a pretty authentic representation of the scene in the "South Park" episode "Tweek Vs. Craig" where Kenny dies. Its main fault is that it is really nothing except that scene! It does remind me back in the days where you could see scenes and episodes online and didn't have to worry about copyright. You can only go on the official websites to see that. As the show's animation is simple itself, you did a good imitation.

What you do need to work on is to have a background. You might also want to try not putting it in an infinite loop, not that I would know how to fix that. At least this should please fans of the show who want to see this scene. It kind of makes you realize how little the characters care about what's going on. The teacher is still the most sensible.

[Koit/Eddsworld Collab 2]

How unpredictable

When I first hear of "collab" I think of something like a music video or a series of sketches. It was great to have something completely different. The best part was how you guys mentioned your names in the lower right hand corner so I knew who was doing what part. This reminded me of the Monty Python Spam sketch. While there was no spam, there was sausage and egg in it! It is great that you managed to get this done after it was put on hiatus for such a long time.

I like how the sausage had a more realistic drawing than the surroundings. I was in no way expecting him to show up when the turtle crossed the street. It seems like you guys just animated whatever was the first thing that came into your head that day. As you ate breakfeast, I mean that literally. There could have been some more music, but still good.

[Predicting The Future]

Good idea

I thought this was a pretty interesting submission, although it could have been better in some areas. The thing I did not like was how the guy kept saying, "it's like" over and over. I guess you are just recording what he said, but it can be a bit annoying. Still, this works because it's a great idea to animate something your friend just happened to say. People have interesting or silly conversations all the time, so why not animate one? Speaking of animation, I really liked the artwork in this.

The coolest thing was how sketchy it looked. Call me crazy, but Robert kind of looked like Elvis in this! If I had not known it was Nicholas-Deary, I would think this was made by Marc M. It was nice how you just looked at exactly what your friend said and thus made it realistic. I bet most people thought there would be a similar scenario in the year 2000.

M4KBOT responds:

Thanks for the review man, you picked up on some interesting points. Yeah, I know he says 'like' a lot but when we recorded this he was literally speaking off the top of his head so I guess he needed some time to think.

[When Romba Attacks]

Oh, not bad

This was an alright movie. The main flaw was that the animation could have been better and it just seemed to end so abruptly! It would have been better if you turned this into a two-parter (or even a series if you wanted). When there are aliens invading Earth, I just expect a lot more action. What's weird is that the animation with the alien is a lot better than that with the puppy in the toilet. I guess you were working on contrasting styles or something.

It was nice to have the alien's speech being translated. The main character himself has a pretty interesting design. You could brush up on your color skills and do a little more shading. This is still not bad enough that it would not deserve to be on this website. Hopefully, you will take my advice and add more jokes next time.

Rubbertje responds:

This is an alright review. Though I don't agree with everything.
First of all: I copied the dog from my old movie 'The Killer Dog'. It's an inside joke you'd understand if you would have watched it (like you can read in the Author Comments of this movie).

It's funny how much more demanding Newgrounds has become. I liked the old days when it was still a pretty small community.

[Edbert and Otis ep. 13]

Eeeeeee!

I have seen so many submissions here, I can start to understand what might come next. I thought that Edbert was going to show off his guitar to make a flute sound. I am glad that the real punchline was something unexpected and maybe funnier. The best part was when he hit Otis with his guitar. For something that does not have the highest quality animation, that was actually quite well done. I am now used to the bird appearing and crapping on his head.

The funniest thing was probably when he made that scream. It's interesting how you have managed to keep up with this series for so long. You certainly do the Clock Crew honor with the high ratings these episodes get. I like how you also omitted the black lines surrounding the color. You could have more of a punchline next time.

[Xtreme Coffee Action Set!]

Baby wave encore!

I love how you kept alluding to the fact that he didn't want his boy to be gay, but never said. Oh, sorry if I ruined the joke. The funniest part of this was by far when all those babies rammed out of the wife's vagina everywhere! You are also brilliant for giving us a button of which we can replay the same ridiculous scene over and over! A pity this did not win Daily Feature, but at least it had every other reward. The animation was good throughout and the voice acting was done wonderfully too.

I wonder if iced tea or sweet tea would be considered manlier than regular tea? Well, it was also funny how the kid kept acting like a sissy when he got it. I like the idea of a tea machine shooting out missiles. It would probably mess up the place, but that's what a man would do! The exaggerated voice over really made it and kind of reminded me of "A New Bunny".

BillyNapalm responds:

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[Villainy - P.I. #1]

Looks great

This was a really cool cartoon to watch mostly because the animation was so good. I will forever remember you as making the "Gone Too Far" series, but you have made other great stuff as well. While this submission has little action, the main thing is that it's so well done. The voices are very nice and the perfect amount of emotion is put into the voices. The funniest part was when he talked about showing him his d*ck and stuff. How nice to make a funny cartoon in your own record time!

While not much of an introduction, this is great to watch to see how the story goes. It's almost like he's not really a villian because he only attempts things to do! Attempting to accidentally hit the old lady with a door was another funny joke. I can't wait to see what happens when the dog gets into the mix. It was fairly realistic as well.