Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[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.

[Pico the Kid]

Cute

I had no idea that a cartoon with a bunch of blood could be "cute" but this was. When I think of old Westerns, I generally do not think of silent films. I was glad, however, to find out that you also played great homage to the idea of really early movies. This was cool to watch because I was expecting it to get really graphic, but it actually was not. Sure, it did get bad awhile ago but I was expecting some big gory joke. I was thinking that Pico was going to be too late to save Nene.

This makes you beckon back for the old days. Granted, I was born in 1989, so I never really watched movies like that in theaters nor did really anybody who was alive. It was nothing that elaborate, but it works because it tries to be simple. I think the funniest part was when the Uberkids were shot into their graves. It was not the most innovative of cartoons but it was worth a view.

[Boo.]

It is okay

It is nice that you put more effort into a Clock Day flash than a lot of other people did. It was cool to include that description because that is really all you need to know about it. At first, I thought you were going to use the Boo guys from the Mario games. It's cool how you used the legendary Missingno from the pokemon games. For those of you who do not know, Missingno is not a pokemon, but a glitch in the system. That by itself is a pretty haunting feeling.

It was a pretty appropriate choice of music as it did turn out to be spooky. I am going to assume that this simply never ends. The background was nice and it did work well as an experimental flash. I do, however, usually want more in a submission so next time you could just put in some more action and stuff. It is pretty spooky at first, but does get repetitive as you kind of want more to happen.

[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.