Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Apathy Day]

I don't care

The funniest thing is that this was submitted on Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday! Hey, are you saying we shouldn't care about MLKJ? How racist of you people! Seriously, this was a good flash and it was funny to see Andrew Kepple contribute to something that he did not fully work on. The most enjoyable part of this was probably the nurse's bouncing bosoms. After awhile, she realized she had to relish in what she had to be thankful for and simply strip down to her underwear and run around.

I would do the same if I was a woman with that body. I knew the woman in the burning building was not going to care or at least show something off. The animation was good, especially with how the heads exploded or cracked open or whatever. The graphics with the green letters were pretty cool, too. Now, there is really not that much that is great about this, but the good outweighs the bad.

[Napoleon Dynamite Xmas]

You have to be a fan

I am going to admit right now that I am not a fan of the movie "Napoleon Dynamite". That being said, I can not hate this because I thought this was actually a really good tribute to the movie. The best thing was probably seeing the dang quesadila in a pear tree. The thing I did really not like was how it was just the same picture. Yes, you put in some okay graphics, but it still did not look like much. It is hard to talk about improving because every fan of the movie should enjoy it, so you are loyal to the movie.

I thought this was going to be a game at first because of the "Steaming Bull Games" logo. It is now fairly hard for me to imagine what a game like this would be. I do hope you had a very Merry Christmas as I certainly did. We are just taking the rest of the ornaments down as I type these words. At least the color used in this (and the movie, I guess) was pretty good.

[ANIMATION INVASION]

I didn't find it funny

I found it a bit strange this was in the "Funny Cartoons" section, because it did not seem humor-oriented. In fact, it seemed a little more scary! This was still a great thing to watch because it had probably the best example of flash interacting with a live-action world. "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" was innovative because it was completely flawless in everything it did with special effects. You have shown that a person can do this on a much smaller scale. I noticed there was a part where you tried to bite the head off of one of the cartoon characters.

The way the characters just go across your room and floor is so cool. As we get to see you animating, it's cool because we get to see you on a more personal level. I always like it when people show off the flashplayer itself in a submission. I do not have one myself, so it makes me think about what it would be like. I hope you get out of your computer sometime soon to make more stuff.

[Duck.fla Spin]

Lots of fun

This was a really fun thing to watch because it just had such a fantastic way of appealing to its audience. While not one of my favorite nostalgic shows, "Tale Spin" had a great theme song. Of course, it seems like every nostalgic show had a great theme song. In case you think of ending this prematurely, take note that this is NOT a loop and it does in fact have an end at about three minutes, I think. Only devotees will notice that. I think this might have been ripped off by the Duck Division.

The only thing I did not like was the blank background. It was probably part of the appeal seeing as how the duck itself was drawn in a pretty simple way. I guess it is sometimes hard for me to get used to watching things that have "spin" at the end of their name, if you know what I mean. I love Piloswine's random appearance. You have done the Clock Crew good by creating this and it deserved its front page.

[Party On The Moon]

Lemon Demon?

It just seems strange for someone else to be submitting a Lemon Demon song, but this was still good. The best part about it was how unpredictable it was. The coolest part was definitley the kids from "A Charlie Brown Christmas" dancing. This is my all-time favorite Christmas movie so it is great to see a tribute to it. I did not even recognize Neil's voice in this at first. The animation was okay, but I felt like it could have been better with more colors.

The best example of good animation was probably the pixellated Earth with the moon orbiting it. There were a lot of unexpected cameos in this. You might have missed seeing Geodude as one of the rocks that falls on the guy. While not the greatest song, it still has a good beat and I could tell there was heart put into this. You would think I would be aware of every Lemon Demon song made.

[[KK] Basics Of Life ep22]

Huh?

I highly doubt you guys will ever lose your touch of creating flashes that are not good. I could not understand this one at all. The funny thing is that I was actually just thinking about someone's real father before I watched this. I do not understand how discovering who your father is is supposed to be a look at extreme. I guess that like most of the other stuff you guys have worked on, it's simply nonsensical and has no real meaning. The only funny part was hearing the chipmunk voice.

Next time, I suggest that each of you try to work on something to contribute to this. I always find it strange how so many people are billed when I do not know how you all contributed to it. It is still funny to recognize every one of you guys. You do have a fairly good intro to your stuff or at least better than a lot of other things. I do like cats, by the way.

[A brief summery of D.B.Z.]

It's decent

A lot of people have spoofed the stuff in "Dragonball Z" but it's the sort of thing that just never gets old. I felt that this went on a little too long just like an episode of the show itself! It was great how you apologized to me for sitting all the way through. I do wish that the animation was as good as what I saw on the loading screen! I can of course tell it was not intended to be anything that well animated, just a parody. You did a pretty accurate represenation of the episodes.

The best part was probably how you mentioned the other characters being useless. Dragonball Z just has that to a ridiculous extent with no one but the Saiyans getting any good shots on. Vegeta's role is pretty much a good example here. He always complained about not being the strongest, yet every other character couldn't even do anything useful! I like the visual puns, especially the "but/butt".

[Shattered Heaven Act 3.7]

A bit compelling

I have not gotten much into the series, so it is hard to judge how good it is in terms of storyline. There were a lot of good and bad things about this. The best thing was that the dialogue was actually pretty compelling and it did a good job of making you feel for the characters. The downsides were that the voice acting did seem a little off. It seemed like some of the actors were too close to the microphone or something. The voices were still great as this has got to be one of the largest casts I have ever seen.

I am surprised this did not get more views as there were simply so many people who worked on it. It seems to be more proper to just list the actors who were in the episode. The animation did seem a bit off too. The way the blood flowed from his mouth seemed a little contrasting to the better animation style. This series definitley has potential, just put in some more action and maybe a bit longer for more character development.