Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[ABC Happy Time]

S is for suicide!

I like how you made this new thing of asking for support of your work. The old thing of asking people if they liked cartoons they just saw was getting kind of old. This was really funny because it went through the whole song, er, kind of. I was expecting him to just break down when he got past "C" but he actually went through everything. You used a great example of contrasting in tone because he went back to his cheerful tone. The blood at the end was really well animated and seemed to jump out on the screen.

It's the kind of dimension that shows that you do not need to make something 3D to show something great. The animation by itself is still fantastic with how it works in shades. This is about as close as you could get to looking like CGI while still showing 2D representations. The voice is extremely suiting. While I could tell that something bad was going to happen in the song, it was still executed very nicely.

[The Internet You Need]

The animation is so good

This really reminds me of the stuff by John K. In fact, I was just looking over some stuff he was talking about. Anyway, this was great because it informed you of something that was really important. I kind of would have liked it if you had gone into some more detail about net neutrality, but this was still good. It was pretty funny to see soda being used for everything and how it eventually tore everything apart. The only complaint I have is that it does loop and it seems like such a good flash should not do that.

I guess I can not blame you, as this was still fantastic to look at. My Internet just went through a recent reboot and I do not recall anyone in my family saying anything about net neutrality. It seemed like this was also a parody of the cliched 50's commercials. The music in this was good too, particularly with when the Internet was first being used in this. The facial epxressions really made it worthwhile.

[A WTF Flash]

What?

Now this is one of those submissions where I can not decide to give it zero stars or ten stars. As I have stated before, when facing a decision like that, just go in the middle. It started out seeming way too simple to be any good, but it actually got better as it went on! I think you really have potential to do something good, you just need improvement. First, you should try not to make it an infinite loop although I could not help you with that. You could also try putting more color in.

Your artwork actually reminded me of David Firth. You should probably also work on your sketches, because they look a tad rough. The biggest thing you can do is probably make it longer and put in some more detail. You are off to a fine start at least. The music could have probably fitted the stuff going on a bit better, too.

argile responds:

Thanks for the reasonable feedback, I'm pleased that you've taken the time to write some constructive criticism a lot of the reviewers don't do that a lot normally a few them just leave a few one liner sentences telling you how much it rocks or sucks and call it a day. I wouldn't say that I take major influence from David Firth but I'd be lying if I said I didn't like some of his creations...

It may be a little difficult for me to take upon those improvements but I don't plan to stick around with the same level of work you see at the moment.

[B Happy Clock Day Part 2!]

Not the only review

I am pretty sure that I have in fact come across a cartoon that was nothing but the letter "A". I have stumbled upon so many of these Clock Day flashes it's hard to tell apart. The best thing about this was you saying, "god damnit, not again"! As the only thing that made it different than the original, it was nice to look at. I am sorry that you submitted something on Clock Day and still got such a low rating. Next time, you should probably try to put in a background and maybe a little action.

It always works better if you really want to put effort into making something even on a day a lot of people get 5's. At least you managed to avoid getting "Turd Of The Week" awards. I hope you had a good Clock Day in 2008 and the other days. I doubt the crew will ever die and users like you are a testament to that. You may not be a clock, but you do it honor.

[Stoner]

Needs work

I am quite impressed that you managed to get such a high rating. If you are still taking requests for turning this into a series, I would prefer that you not. It is not mean or vicious, it is just an idea that is not well executed. I could not help but think that the animation was intended to be a joke because you were on drugs when making this. I just have so little clue as to what is going on here. Is that guy supposed to be a horned monster or just some really weird looking guy?

His head is actually designed fairly well, it's the rest of his body that needs improvement. It's weird how he has black blood and I could not understand the punchline if there was supposed to even be one. You should probably put in some more dialogue. While there is only one character, you can still have him say some cool stuff. Either that or have him do more so that details show rather than tell.

[NSFW Poke-Fight!]

Well drawn

It was good to see a penis that looked so good (wait, that really came out wrong). When I first saw this title, I thought it was going to be pornographic Pokemon fanart. I guess I am a little relieved that it was something completely different. It was hard to understand the message of this or at least what the point was of the can of beans being there. Does that represent some crazed fetish? If not, well congradulations, you may have just invented one.

It was cool to show the sketch at the end. The thing I did not like about this was how it was very short and there was so little going on. I did not quite see how it was a parody of "Pokemon" apart from making fun of the video game's battle system. The detail is decent but there just needs to be more going on and more of a final punchline. Hmm, you did not say what genre it was so I guess it's up to me to figure out.

[Folding Cranes]

Experimental for you!

If this did not have the author's name, I would have never guessed that it was you. While you are known for working on non-sequitor stuff, this was still really different. It is just great that you are planning on an entirely new style of animation for you. As for me, well, I probably will never make an onigori crane. I remember going to this one place where I worked on paper airplanes but the only thing I remember from it is that you can just crumble up a piece of paper and throw it to make it go fast. The music was really cool too.

This submission works because it has a lot of heart to it. It seems like you really wanted to show the audience how to make a paper crane. It works great as an infinite loop because if you are working on one, you can just keep watching this all day. I liked the colors and all of the lines are drawn very neatly. While I do like your other sort of animation better, this was certainly a treat.

TheBoogley responds:

thanks Ericho, it was nice to try something new and I was a little nervous about what people would think of it. It seems to be going down well so i'm very happy!

[Mario's F*ED Up Weed Trip]

Feeding it?

I do not know why anyone would be mad over this taking stuff from "Family Guy" as cartoons here do that all the time. While it was not good, it did have some good points. I liked seeing the image of Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad as fanart or something. The logo was pretty cool with how it jumped up and down. I wish that you had taken the effort you put into making the logo into the cartoon. Imagine what would happen if the entire flash had been done with those CGI effects.

The funniest thing is that this actually is a good tribute to marijuana. It gave me a feeling of things being messed up, but at the same time came off as lazy. The thing at the end with Shadow was the worst part as it added little to the cartoon and did not even fit in with the theme. I suggest you try to work more on backgrounds and never show a blank one. I wish I knew what that police officer in the beginning had to do with anything.

[Snobody]

Bit anti-climatic

It's interesting to look back and see how far you have come with this series. This was a good flash in itself, but it does kind of pale in comparison to your later work with the "Zanta Claws" series. I thought every year was going to be a perfect addition of three, but I was wrong. It was cool how you had the song being used as part of the dialogue, or really the only dialogue. This seemed to focus a lot on music, especially with the use of the "Bird Is The Word" song. Those things never get old, do they?

It's hard to suggest for improvement because you got better. This also seemed to be fairly gag based as it was mostly just slapstick. It was still kind of interesting to see it play out it as a shaggy dog story. He had all those flashbacks and it was like he was going to make it different this year, but it was not. Also a nice touch to include the image of him with his tongue stuck in the credits.

[Disgaea: Episode 1]

Cute

For being a series about demons, this has to be one of the most adorable things I have ever seen. It gets better later in the series, but this is still fantastic. I do kind of wish that you would find a voice actress for Etna. While I am the kind of guy who will jump at any oppurtunity for voices, I still can not do girls very well. Anyway, I love how the emotions are put so perfectly into these characters. It is great that you are adding your own material because this is just so good it seems like it could be done by the game creators themselves!

I have not played the games but I have seen some cutscenes and am aware of their style. I always thought that Laharl looked like either Simon or Kamina from "Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann". The blue hair is always an awesome design. I like how fed up he is with everything and how the prinnies have a great personality. Etna herself manages to really make it character driven through her cute demeanor.