Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Most Dangerous Game Show]

It seems familiar

It's been awhile since I have reviewed something made by you. It was interesting how you managed to make such a high-quality flash in such a short time. The problem I had with this is that it didn't have any music. At least you included sound effects like when Ursa Major showed off his chainsaw arms. The voicework was pretty fancy, too. For some reason, this reminded me of the work by Snakejohnson (an animator here) only more high-tech.

I was expecting Ursa Major to just cut Whatever in half as he didn't care about anything. It was certainly random with how it was about Russian czars and then zombies. Please put some more zombie action in the next installment, if there is one. It's the kind of non-sequitor stuff that fits a crazy website like this. A good effort.

[The Real Legend 4]

It's back!

It's been awhile since I've heard from you, Granfaloon (hey, that rhymes!). The coolest thing was that you continued working on such a great series. Every single episode gets better as it goes along in terms of animation and even humor. The funniest part was probably when Sheik's boobs suddenly popped out. Wow, Omahdon is starting to become as prolific as TomaMoto! The animation was so lush in this.

As I haven't played that Zelda game, I can't quite get some jokes. That still didn't stop me from loving this wonderfully done cartoon! I love the voices, especially the part where Link's literal creator called him up to kill Navi. Everyone just looks so highly fluid in this cartoon. I probably wasn't that much turned on by the blue sea woman as some, because I'm not a furry, or a scaley or whatever that thing is. It's also quite unpredictable.

[ball.swf]

I guess it's not terrible

Well, it's really hard to recommend something that doesn't have any sound and is nothing but a ball running around. I guess the animation was a bit decent, because it did seem to flow well. It should have had some sound effects when the ball hit things. It seems like you are new to Flash and one big thing to do is not to just work on tests. It certainly seemed like a test to me. A lack of color can actually work if the action is good.

The thing is that the action is not very interesting and has little going on. I guess this is good for a test flash, but that kind of thing is not highly reverred on the website. I hope you learn to improve from your mistakes. It seems more like a thing that would go on a personal website instead of a public one. At least you have desire to make Flash.

[Dead Space Fail]

This actually isn't so bad

Well, I have no idea what's going on, but it sure is cool to watch. The most awesome thing about this is how you have no idea what is going to happen next. Well, it's obvious he's going to be killed, but sometimes it is subverted. I don't even know what you're making fun of, but it's so funny I don't even care. It's just awesome to see this lush animation and these goofy antics. It was great to see the references to all your previous works.

I was expecting the Turtles poster in the background to be an Easter egg. The voicework was great with how he freaked out over everything. Of course, I'd probably do the same thing if I kept getting killed. The funniest part was easily the one with the baby. I knew that baby was going to turn out to be some kind of monster.

[Awesome Noire]

One of your best

I guess with all the praise you get, that's not much, but boy is it great! Probably the biggest reason I like this so much was because it actually reminds me of something my brother did. He always wanted me to strike a pose for some silly reason. The animation was just gorgeous in this! Not to sound meta, but you can draw faces very well, my friend! It was just great to watch all the exaggerated facial expressions move around everywhere.

I haven't played this game, but you don't need to in order to laugh at it so much. The funniest part was easily at the end when the chief went psycho on the other guy. The best animation was probably when he swore grabbing his pencil everywhere. Oh wait, this isn't a game you would recommend? At least it inspired one hilarious flash cartoon.

[Wonders of the Universe 1]

Off to a great start!

I always enjoy seeing the results of a brand new series on the Internet. The biggest selling point of this is probably how good the animation was. There's an amazing amount of detail put into each and every object here. I can tell a lot of different people contributed to the animation which is always good. It's one of the few occasions where the same guy also did some voices (Joseph Blanchette obviously). It's always great to hear familiar voices and familiar artwork.

The funniest part of this was easily the robot dude. It was funny how he spoke in a robotic voice to things that actually sounded less generic than they would normally be. I imagine a 55% water percentage would be admirable in the future. The music is also great and gives a perfect futuristic tone. I look forward to more episodes.

[Villainy - P.I. #2]

Now that was weird

For a teaser, this was still really good. Even at the beginning, you started off with a bunch of jokes as there was his description that make a nice sex joke. What was also funny was how good the animation in this was. It's cool to see just how every muscle and body movement is just so well animated and merges to make something funny. I really had no idea this was going to take such a dark turn, with how he admitted to killing the children.

It was a bit hard to understand the main joke, but then I went and read the author's comments. I really should read those first more. It seems like a great setup to a new series because I would love to see these insane characters interact with each other. The voices are fantastically done as well. Nice to give a heads up on how the series would be different.

[Revenge of the Yak]

Now that's strange...

I have to praise you for having such good animation. The only problem was that I really had no idea at all what was going on. Don't get me wrong, I love stuff like Animutation which is also quite incomprehensible. The thing is that those works are more creative and they go places with their surrealism. This is still not bad, because you can't deny it's unique and took a lot of creativity. The funniest part was probably how "Mississippi" was spelled.

While there isn't a lot of going on, it's still a collage in its own right. The characters just seem to have random objects for body parts. In fact, one character even acknolwedged that happened. You have at least done all the hyper surrealism folks out there justice. I just did not think that it was executed in the best way.

[Smodpast]

A bit interesting

I had no idea that Kevin Smith was working on a real podcast like this. Then again, I am not really the kind of person who listens to podcasts. In fact, unless there's one that has some visuals to it like this, I don't think I've ever listened to it. What matters is that the animation for this is good. I thought it might have been a joke at first, in that it wasn't the real Kevin Smith. I thought it was weird how they came up with their name.

"S" and "M" are the same letters Smith has in his last name. It doesn't matter if the other guy was there, it could have been called that anyway! What was interesting was that you got a look into some of his personal tastes. I imagine any nerd in the business would be a fan of Harry Potter. There just could have been more detail.

[Adventures of p and j]

About what?

I did not like this cartoon because nothing made any sense. The thing that really made it less enjoyable was how there was not any sound in it. Well, except for that one occasion with the countdown. I could not tell whether or not Jeff was a man or woman at first. It's weird how they mentioned "cock and bullocks". I thought "bullocks" meant butt or breasts, so I guess I can say that I learned something from this.

The jarring thing was how random it was. The animation was not that good and it also seems to run in a loop forever. The part at the beginning was weird too where everything just seemed to spin around. At least you could have put the p and j in the title in lowercase. I guess you made the astronaut joke because of diapers or something.