Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[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.

[Chrono Trigger Unglued 16]

Gaspar's back!

Gaspar is easily the most entertaining character in this. It was weird how there was a brief moment where the characters talked and you heard their dialogue. It seemed a bit out of place, especially when it talked about a boner and stuff. This is still funny on several levels, but it is bad for Chrono to have an abscence (except in flashback). Speaking of which, when was the last time that devil/angel shoulder thing was played straight? Nowadays, like both the angel and devil are evil or the angel is a vigilante; geez, it's good to see that trope back.

Anyway, this had lot of good moments and some really good sprite work. I do wish there was some more action in this. The part at the ending credits was the most action-packed of all and I do wish it was more like that! What matters is that you guys spend a good amount of time developing the characters. In case anyone's wondering, Akira Toriyama is the name of Dragonball Z's creator, and I think he might have created Chrono Trigger as well.

Clovis15 responds:

Akira Toriyama did the art design for Chrono Trigger, but much of the concept and writing was actually done by a man by the name of Masato Kato. As for the shoulder angel/devil scene, I don't think it would have been nearly as funny if we hadn't played it straight. Then again, the places that usually perform a parody of the angel/devil sequence are not trying to maintain an internal narrative consistancy like CTU is trying to do. On that note, I thank you for the generous comments in regards to all the work we have put into setting up strong internal characterizations rather than just having characters whose personalities change constantly just to facilitate a joke.

[Otaku meets Loli]

Fairly disappointing

I guess I can not really hate this submission, because it does have pretty good animation where it is. It really does not succeed my expectations because there were icons of boobs on the preview image! It doesn't help that there was little going on in this. I guess you were trying to be decent by not showing us actually loli. That "Hare Hare Yukai" music and dance will simply never get old. I suggest that next time you work on making it more like the preview icon.

Then again, I did not pay much attention to the author's comments which did explain it. This could be much better in itself by probably being longer and having more jokes. I did like it how you could go back. The intro (well the icon at least) was pretty good. I hope you learn to take some time to do some more work on the premise.

powermanX responds:

i am a disappointment...ever since Vietnam i haven't been the same.

[Cheeto Clocks Day Off]

Close to decent

I am glad there are some people who do not just submit a single page for Clock Day. It's amazing how every single one made seemed to make it into the collection! It was also great to see CheetoClock, as I believe this is the first time I have seen him in action. He has a good design with the orange shades on him. It's also cool to see the characters go across the ocean like that. For something that uses Speakaphone (or whatever that is) it's amazing how you can put emotion in the voices.

The biggest weakness was that there was no music. A lot of times there were intervals of no sound at all and it got a little annoying. I think there might also be a glitch when the characters leave after defeating CabbageClock or ArtichokeClock or whoever that was. I think the animation culd also be a bit better, but it is traditional clock style. This is the second Clock flash I have seen where StrawberryClock appears as a bad driver.

ScrewClock responds:

thank you my good man

[Chrono Trigger Unglued 13]

Woah...

This was a great way to get into the series if only because of that "tralala" song. That guy at the beginning is easily the best character in the entire show. I like how you do a recap because there are simply so many of these lengthy episodes it's hard to keep up! You showed a great deal of detail in this, especially with the wide shot of everyone in the town. The only thing that was missing was some action. If not for that, I would have given this a perfect 5.

This is still great because you have no clue what's going to happen next. It was weird how there was some spoken dialogue mixed in with just the words on the screen. The ending credits were just great, I wish there was more of that in the actual flash! I could not help but think you were influenced by Kirbopher's "TTA" series. Yeah, that's just wishful thinking.

Clovis15 responds:

I'm really glad you liked Fritz's Flashback sequence. Gaspar, the narrator, was first introduced because - thanks to College - the episodes were extremely far apart after I first took over. He then stayed around, even when things picked up a bit, because everyone loved him so much. I'm sorry that the series is often action lite, but in staying true to the original creator's vision - Cryokenetic - CTU is a primarily dialogue driven affair. I do try to spice it up with stuff every now and then, and Episode 25 in particular should have something particularly spicy in it that hopefully will be a "Thriller".

I love TTA, but I did not discover it until the summer of 2010... well after the time it had already died.

[Tiptoe Through the Tulips]

I loved it!

Wow, I knew little about the 2011 Flash Flood, but it managed to create this simply fantastic clock submission! How could this have not been frontpaged? This is easily the best way DwarfinatorClock has ever been animated. I loved the design of CthluthuCarrotClock and even the designs of every single clock that was in the background. Everything just fits together so well and the animation was fantastic! I heard of the prhase, "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" but had no idea what it meant until now.

It was also really cool to see DwarfinatorClock take on his Voodoo gear. I could help but be reminded of those "South Park" episodes when Cthluthu came. This was great in its own right as you had no idea what was going to happen next. Some of the more simple animation greatly contrasted with DwarfinatorClock's design. This is truly an underrated clock masterpiece!

CorpseGrinderClock responds:

Thanks fella. And yes I did particularly like South Park's tribute to My Neighbor Totoro, though that's not what inspired this precisely.

Also if I had sent Tom an email it probably would have gotten front page, and it's not that big a deal as there were two clock movies on the front page at the time anyway.

[Hyperborea]

This was good

I was hoping for some more action particularly with how the guy was captured, but this was still good. While not as influential as the Brackenwood series, I can see this becoming popular. The best thing is the animation and how smoothly everything flows. It is good that you did not try to go for anything superficial. The funniest part of it was when the enemies were being set on fire slowly. I have no idea what any of the words used in this mean, especially the title.

It got better as it went along, so it stalled a little in the beginning. It was pretty unpredictable with how the butterfly cut the guy free. I doubt there was any deep meaning to this, just a simple story was what you intended. The music is very good, especially at the very end. I can tell you put a lot of effort into making the landscapes.

exotworking responds:

Thanks for the review. The meaning behind things is what you perceive, so my intentions are secondary.

[Goofy Movie]

No Goofy?

I was looking forward to seeing Goofy (the Disney character) in this and it was too bad he was not there. I thought that maybe this would be a parody of "A Goofy Movie" or something. This really goes on for too long. The animation/effects are quite poor, paraticularly with how the cartoon guys exist in the real world. There some good parts, like how you shot the cartoon dudes at the end. This is really not even the kind of website a video like this should be.

I do not have a problem with the occasional live-action video here (well, this did have animation). That's how we got "Numa Numa"! The thing I do not like is when the quality is low. I guess I can not really hate this submission because you yourself stated it was not intended to be good. It still was not entertaining to me.

InfamousD responds:

Don't recall stating that it was not intended to be good. I suggest you get your eyes checked an read more carefully, ho!

[Umichan Dark Winter]

Looks good

This was fairly entertaining to watch and it was good to see all of those voices and songs. The animation was simply gorgeous at least in terms of how the camera worked and the background. The downsides was that the character animation could have been better. It is a little hard to take this seriously when her breasts bounce as she is running. I don't know, maybe if she was hotter, I wouldn't care. This still has a great atmosphere to it and really keeps you guessing.

There was not that much action but you are trying to first set up your characters and story. Congrats on managing to make it into the Christmas 2009 section. This could use some more dialogue as it got confusing. What matters is that it does seem to have an original design and for the most part it works. The transition effects are good too.

Vortex00 responds:

Thanks. hopefully I can get better at animation and story telling.

[Yoshi walk]

Not as good as the first one

The first submission you had here was really great, but this was not so much. Do not get me wrong, I thought the animation was nice and everything. It just seems like you could have put more effort into making something like this. It does work really well as a short cycle but that's not the sort of thing we expect on this website. At least you have good animation and were nice enough to use that classic music. I never played "Yoshi's Island" as a kid (or an adult) but I recognize this music.

I think the thing you really want to look for is if there are things popping up in the background. While not the most creative, there a couple of those things that show up. The best example of detail is probably the blue mountains. Many things here have a lot of designs even if it does not come off as elaborate. I believe you said, "Link in comments", but I don't see a link in the author comments.

JoelOnToast responds:

Sorry to hear you were expecting a lot more from this. It was more of a little gift to my girlfriend and an experiment than anything.

It'll be the last loop animation I'll submit to this site, so dont you worry about that.