Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Luigi's Wonderland]

Boogie wonderland!

My older brother was a big fan of disco when he was younger so this was great to hear. I don't think I even knew that the lyrics to that song were "Boogie Wonderland"! This was extremely random, but it's disco Luigi so everything works out in the end. I was expecting him to masturbate or something. Wow, I really have been on the Internet too long. The strongest part of this was probably the animation, especially given that this was not an action cartoon.

It was cool when those mushroom girls randomly started appearing. It was slow at first, because of how long he was watching the TV. I am so glad that was not the cartoon itself! This whole thing had that random humor that makes websites like this so good. It was great to see Luigi with sunglasses and a brown afro too.

[Action N' Topcatyo Movie]

Topcatyo?

It was weird how Topcatyo did not have a "clock" title in his name on the author & file information. It is always great to be introduced to new characters. I would have never guessed that someone named ActionClock would have one of those movie things as his or her icon. The best part is that you guys just look so great in this. It seems like you went through half a dozen art shifts as everything kept looking different! It got a bit weak at times, like with the fight sequence.

You could have used more of a background, but as it's a Clock flash, I did not really care. I like how you gave so much animation to the way they were talking. It is hard to put into words; I am talking about those little lines that signify that you are talking. Congradulations on working on this for a year! You have done your crew honor.

[The Clockmas Collab]

Very nice!

I was not expecting something that was geniunely good when I unearthed this submission. The fact that it was not submitted on Clock Day makes it even more impressive. I guess people could just not help but get into the holiday spirit! The funniest was probably at the end of Pop-Tart Clock's part when they got bored and killed Santa. It did take them a pretty long time to get up and down the mountain, you know. I don't know why, but that thing BlobClock did just never gets old to me.

I could tell you all had fun with this, hopefully as much fun as you depicted yourselves in it. Every individual part had a fairly unique aspect. It was weird when it came to NintendoClock because he looked like a present himself! In case anyone's wondering, you can just start at one part and watch it the whole way through. I like how you're all on Santa's lap when you move the mouse over your part.

[Valentine's Day 2011]

She should enjoy it

It was great of you to do this as a Valentine's Day card for your girlfriend. I liked this more than the game because I actually thought this would have worked out better as a game! Then again, I suppose the other submission would not have worked well as a cartoon. This was extremely unpredictable and I love all the work you put behind it. Apart from having consistently great animation, you make us recall our youth. All the color effects look like they were used via simple crayons.

At first I thought the thing they were riding on was going to eat the ice cream cones. Speaking of that scene, it could have been longer. You may not be able to travel into an electrical socket with your girlfriend, but you can still have ice cream! It seems weird how someone made of ice cream would hate fun. The story was good and random.

[EVolution-abduction ep1]

Quite entertaining

The time traveler really reminded me of "Invader Zim" both the show and the character. It was really on the loading screen where he had those spider limbs pop out. And like that show, this also had a good amount of humor. In fact, I think this is going to work out better as a comedy series than an action one as there was little action in this. While it could have used some more action, still very well done. I especially like how silly the girl is when she talks about God and stuff.

There's a perfectly logical explanation for her to be in that situation and it's at least scientific. The animation was flawless all around. This is the kind of cartoon that really wants you to know what happens next in the story. I have no idea why Brian went back in time or why he captured those two people. The idea of him being human was also quite original.

[Mother 2]

I am (or was) a Spongebob fan

It was nice to hear that audio as I could recognize it. This still needed improvement on a lot of levels, mostly because the animation was not that good. It seemed like the whole thing was random. How was "Earthbound" similar to the Spongebob Squarepants episode you were parodying? I guess the lips sync up well and everything, but it needs to make more sense. In case anybody is wondering, in the cartoon Squidward does not get to eat that krabby patty and I doubt Ness will.

The color effects are okay, but that does not distract you from the flow of the artwork. The score board thing at the beginning was also really weird. The audio clip used did seem to have the best quality either. It seems like you could have worked with sprites if you want to make it more authentic. The title also seemed random.

Zirch45 responds:

Well, to answer a few things you said:
Earthbound was similar because you can eat hamburgers out of garbage cans and that happened in Spongebob.
I HAVE tried working with sprites before, and that was not pretty ^^'
And I couldn't really think of anything to call it.

[Mega Happy Flash Battle]

Transformers Vs. Evangelion!

This was great to watch if only for Transformers and Evangelion robots to fight and then be stopped by Godzilla! The Japanese were always fans of big things, weren't they? Anyway, the animation in this was really good, especially considering it was made in 2003. There were people who were working hard for what they could get in those times. I didn't even think of the Nazis so much as I did of the robot fight. The funniest part was when that one thing hit Joe.

I guess that purple dinosaur was some hardcore Barney parody. This cartoon had a really good feeling to it even if it could have used some better transition scenes. It certainly lives up to its name. It's also funny to see Joe just flap his arms and legs around so much whenever he's falling. A pity this seems to be your last flash, but great to go out with a bang!