Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Pip the Robot: Buttons]

I was quite impressed by this. I seem to be seeing a lot of incomprehensible stuff lately. I guess that's just what happens with Robot Day. I thought the CGI was freaking awesome! I was expecting more of a climax, but it's nice the whole way through. I like the name "Pip".

It reminds me of the MLP character or the lesser popular South Park character. It seems like you really went out of your way to create an amazing world. I think this will go big. I think there's just a lot of cool things going on. Congradulations on being the current thumbnail for Robot Day 2013.

Zictor responds:

Haha yeah I'm glad its the thumbnail! Thats really cool! :D

I know it seems pretty incomprehensible... but it has a simple concept "Do not press the button" this is why. You never know what it's going to do. So I got to make all kinds of different scenes and be pretty creative. I'd just go "I want an 8-bit section" and then do it... each one continues from the next...

I could have done all the ideas as sketches but I thought it was cooler to string them together into a story where the little robot can't figure out why he shouldn't press the Button! Check out the others. There are 6 other Pip cartoons!

[Foxy Apartment Ep. 3]

Wow, that was one weird cartoon. I haven't seen the other two in the series, if they even exist. I thought it would have a lot more of a story. I assumed that this was actually an infomercial that someone was watching in-universe. I do have to give you credit for having some good animation. I just think you're better at serious stuff.

It is nice how you point out that this video makes no sense. Meta jokes can work like that. I was pretty much wondering everything he was talking about. It is nice to see you back to making cartoons. I was unsure of who you were because you changed your game to Affinitia, instead of TangledBlackHeart.

Affinitia responds:

Ohhhh! Yeah the other two episodes exist and have been uploaded to Newgrounds. We put a new episode out once per week. It's been an insane amount of hours crammed into spare time when I'm not working my fulltime "grown up" job. I literally miss entire nights of sleep on a regular basis to keep up with the schedule. It's a challenge and it's very enjoyable to complete each episode in a 6 to 7 day timespan. As for the Name change, BlackTangledHeart was the name I used on Newgrounds about 10 years ago. Affinitia is the name of my music project that was started in 2004 and it is most definitely the name that I am known for online. When I really started to get back into Newgrounds again I asked Wade Fulp to change my username to Affinitia so that I am properly representing myself across the web under one name. I may be "better" at serious flash, there's some serious projects that I'm working on too, but Foxy Apartment is meant to be fun and I'm no where near as depressed as I was when I went through my teenage years and made those animations from 2001-2003. Depression isn't part of my heart anymore so the music and animations I'm making are focused more on fun than anything else. My girlfriend and I are working on some other projects that will take more time to refine. Oh and Foxy Apartment has no story. It's just meant to be short skits of random things. You'll see some of the same characters from time to time but "who" the characters are doesn't really matter much. Thank you so much for watching and reviewing this, hope you can check out the other 2 episodes, and stay tuned for next week when we upload something completely different yet again.

[Killgore EP1]

I admit that I love this as much as everyone else. I think its biggest strength is how good the animation is. I didn't even think the guys in the meat place were that bad at first. They really do seem to be more evil when the shadowed boss appeared. Shadowed bosses are always trouble. The voice acting is great too.

I would love to see where this goes. It doesn't have much of a story to continue, but I don't care. I liked how he was willing to spare the other people after he killed the boss. Of course, they could have all just died when he blew the place up. This is truly an original idea. You deserve all the praise.

meridianisdead responds:

I have a lot of ideas for episodes :D And the guys who helped me on this project deserve praise as well.

[World's Most Intense Film]

When I first looked at this, I thought it was just going to be a bunch of blank spaces at first. I guess I'm glad it wasn't. It's hard to really know what to say about this. I had no idea you'd actually show most of that. You did eventually stop the film before he reached the end. There could have been something really cool happen at the end when that happened.

This music just suits everything so well. The turtle himself is drawn in a fairly good manner. He seems much like any other turtle. The grass is nice and green. You should have done it until he got to the other side.

Kwing responds:

I'm glad you liked the music.

[Raw Latex]

I agree with most people that this is one of the best flash submissions ever made. I think it's mostly because I have no clue what's going to happen next. I thought that kid was just going to get himself raped at one point. I found myself rooting for him when he used his pickle. You know, I think I understand what a strap-on is. The funniest part was when the dad said he would fuck his wife again.

The voices and animation are absolutely fantastic. I get a feeling this is something that's going to change the world. Or at least this website. These really are good characters. It really isn't that silly and has actual character development. Yes, it's a sick world too.

Sexual-Lobster responds:

finally, 5 stars from ericho! after years of striving, of bitter disappointment, finally, five stars from the master reviewer. i am humbled.

[Newgrounds VAC 10 Awards!]

Okay, my main complaint with this is that it goes on too long. I think it's the longest thing I've ever watched on the website since this new format was made. I appreicate you wanting to pay tribute to so many talented people. It's just that there should have been more motion. I know it's not about animation, but it would have been more entertaining. The voices are of course wonderful.

My favorite presenter was of course RicePirate. Speaking of prolific people, why wasn't Rina-chan involved in any of this? I don't see TomAto either (or however you say his name). I couldn't remember most of these flashes. As I have reviewed so many, I thought I would.

JaShinYa responds:

Yeah the video was actually a very last minute decision so the artist really pushed it out as fast as she could. We're planning on doing this again for the next contest, but will have a lot more prep time and therefore better stuff! Rina and Tomamoto weren't asked to do this because they never were involved with the contests (at least not since I've been doing them). Ricepirate entered in VAC7 and is obviously a great talent and all around cool guy as well which is why he was in this. Thanks for the review and I hope you like it better next time around!

[Clockwork Gentleman]

The only complaint I have with this is that the CGI does look a bit bad at times. I still have to say this is an awesome cartoon. You really have no idea where it's going. I had no clue it was going to take such a dark turn given the title. Why would this guy give sentience to a robot body he would take over? I especially love the end where he just falls out like that.

I suspected that this would not end well. The robot's head kind of looked like C-3PO. I just freaking love spider legs. It's a kind of design that I've been fascinated with my entire life. I can see why this is on the front page before passing judgement.

Marcomatic responds:

I am sorry the CGI looks bad at times. I promise to make the 'CGI' gooder next time...

[Chocolate & Sweets]

Wow, the second music video I've seen from you with no bodily fluids! It just seemed like a very nice tribute to something that so many people enjoy. I think the best part is how you show all these different brands. I haven't even heard of that one with the blue and white wrapper. I always try to get a different candy bar when I go out. It's something I've always done.

You just have such a nice voice with this. Or did someone else do the audio? You're so popular here it makes sense you'd be on the Top 50. It's just a nice and cute little song. I do like chocolate and sweets as much as the next guy.

koit responds:

My friend, I always do my audio :)

Where's this top 50 of which you refer ?