Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Spectacular Space Race]

Fairly mediocre

I thought this had its good and bad moments. The good moments was that the music you used was really sweet and it kept you thinking about what would happen next. It was nice to see OrangeClock in this as he manages to do some good work here. I thought that this was a game at first. I kept pressing the "Space" button because I thought that was what the submission was telling me to do. The best part is probably when you went across the planet with those other clock guys.

A weak part was that it did go in a continuous loop and you should try to fix it. The animation itself was not that good, but at least better than a lot of other stuff I have seen. It also felt like this was too short, because the music does make you want it to be longer. You did a good job of creating tension, but it did not really add up. If you threw in some more action, I can see this being a lot better.

[Samurai Vs Ninja]

Good movie

I was thinking this was going to be a parody movie, but it was a lot more of something played straight. This seems like an obvious theme to do. I think the main difference between samurai and ninja is that ninjas worked more for hire while samurai thought it was their destiny to do it. Whatever the reason, this was still enjoyable. I just enjoy seeing your icon as you look like a member of the Kitty Krew. This is funny because you make things so much better than any Kitty Krew member!

The music was pretty appropriate and my only complaint was that it was not that original. I kept thinking the samurai looked like Sasuke when he had his shirt off. The best part is that you manage to make this really well paced. When something is fairly short, you certainly want there to be a lot of action. It's impressive how you have managed to make over 100 submissions too!

[Russian Dancing Men]

We are russians!

This was a quite different music video from Weebl, I guess I am just not used to PEAB0's influence. This was of course definitley good because the animation is great. You always reminded me of "Ren And Stimpy" only focusing less on gross-out humor. You really let the actions tell the story even though there were words. I liked the overall red theme as it seemed unique. The song by itself was catchy too.

Another great thing was that there was detail put into the background. It still holds that Weebl surrealism like when they are all dancing around that sphere. With there are no subtitles, you still use words on the screen to describe it. I also like how the men's smiles give off a sort of malicious glee. Another great submission from TheWeebl and PEAB0!

["Arcade Attack"-SMBCSM]

Better

This was far better than the previous thing that I reviewed. This is mostly because the animation (well stop-motion) is done far better and I can see how it got a higher score. These Super Mario Bros. chess pieces just look so awesome! If nothing else, I praise you for introducing them to me. Everything was presented in a very clear manner, but the big downside was that there was not much action. If you want to work in stop-motion, then you should have a lot more things going on.

The music was pretty appropriate but there needed to be some more wonder. You could make it like a battle between the characters and throw in the Mario icons. That still does not take away from the fact that this looks nice. It just did not have much going on. All of these figurines look great and I would love to see them engage in a lot more action with sound effects.

doppler73 responds:

Thanks for the improvments, and the 5!

[Ecko the dolphin]

No, I didn't

I thought this was just going to be the dolphin blowing the rings, but it was something else. It did not scare me that much as I am kind of used to it by now, but still effective. Dang, it almost makes me wish more people worked on those prank flashes. I do wish you would make it so that it does not endlessly loop. That is pretty hypocritical considering what my single submission is like. At least that dolphin is cool to look at.

The dolphin by himself is not bad to look at, although I guess it would be someone else's work if you just showed the dolphin. I suggest next time you try to put in some more music and maybe a scarier goblin thing. It's really the best thing you can do to improve on this. I did even notice that this was submitted on April Fool's Day! Of course someone else's video would have been a joke by itself.

[The Worm and the Apple]

Eh, not terrible

The animation in this was alright, but the main fault was that it did not have that much uniqueness to it. I did find it better than a lot of some other stuff because the part where the bird snatches the worm is really good. I don't think I have ever seen a bird do something like that. It seemed like you were getting a little cliched with the wise man thing. I do not understand how this was supposed to be funny. While the lesson was a good one, it seems like it's the kind of lesson that has been done many times before.

This was good in that the background was in very good use. I liked how the worm's cartoonish design contrasted with the realistic background. That apple reminds me of how I have eaten everything from Christmas except a single apple! It has been a long time since I have heard about a worm appearing in an apple. The characters need to have some more depth to make the submission out of the ordinary.

[I'm a Ball.(2010)]

I'm a ball?

I guess you were just trying to make something really simple, but it did not work well because so little was actually happening. It was just these shapes talking. Oh wait, were you trying to get into the shape meme of cartoons here? Whatever your intention was, there needs to be a lot more action going on and many more jokes. Seeing as how this was "experimental" I guess it wasn't supposed to make any sense. Congradulations on working on your first independent cartoon, I suppose.

The only good part about this were that the lines were drawn pretty well. It was far too short and needed to have far more going on. I guess it works as a test but you should know that on this website it is generally not polite to submit things that are simply tests. Too bad you did not win the Underdog Of The Week award. Have more going on with more jokes for a higher score!

doppler73 responds:

Let me guess, I'm a Ball 2?

Also, FYI, doppler14 did the voices.