Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Predicting The Future]

Good idea

I thought this was a pretty interesting submission, although it could have been better in some areas. The thing I did not like was how the guy kept saying, "it's like" over and over. I guess you are just recording what he said, but it can be a bit annoying. Still, this works because it's a great idea to animate something your friend just happened to say. People have interesting or silly conversations all the time, so why not animate one? Speaking of animation, I really liked the artwork in this.

The coolest thing was how sketchy it looked. Call me crazy, but Robert kind of looked like Elvis in this! If I had not known it was Nicholas-Deary, I would think this was made by Marc M. It was nice how you just looked at exactly what your friend said and thus made it realistic. I bet most people thought there would be a similar scenario in the year 2000.

M4KBOT responds:

Thanks for the review man, you picked up on some interesting points. Yeah, I know he says 'like' a lot but when we recorded this he was literally speaking off the top of his head so I guess he needed some time to think.

[When Romba Attacks]

Oh, not bad

This was an alright movie. The main flaw was that the animation could have been better and it just seemed to end so abruptly! It would have been better if you turned this into a two-parter (or even a series if you wanted). When there are aliens invading Earth, I just expect a lot more action. What's weird is that the animation with the alien is a lot better than that with the puppy in the toilet. I guess you were working on contrasting styles or something.

It was nice to have the alien's speech being translated. The main character himself has a pretty interesting design. You could brush up on your color skills and do a little more shading. This is still not bad enough that it would not deserve to be on this website. Hopefully, you will take my advice and add more jokes next time.

Rubbertje responds:

This is an alright review. Though I don't agree with everything.
First of all: I copied the dog from my old movie 'The Killer Dog'. It's an inside joke you'd understand if you would have watched it (like you can read in the Author Comments of this movie).

It's funny how much more demanding Newgrounds has become. I liked the old days when it was still a pretty small community.

[Xtreme Coffee Action Set!]

Baby wave encore!

I love how you kept alluding to the fact that he didn't want his boy to be gay, but never said. Oh, sorry if I ruined the joke. The funniest part of this was by far when all those babies rammed out of the wife's vagina everywhere! You are also brilliant for giving us a button of which we can replay the same ridiculous scene over and over! A pity this did not win Daily Feature, but at least it had every other reward. The animation was good throughout and the voice acting was done wonderfully too.

I wonder if iced tea or sweet tea would be considered manlier than regular tea? Well, it was also funny how the kid kept acting like a sissy when he got it. I like the idea of a tea machine shooting out missiles. It would probably mess up the place, but that's what a man would do! The exaggerated voice over really made it and kind of reminded me of "A New Bunny".

BillyNapalm responds:

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[BananananaPhone]

Very good!

I am probably as not a big of this song as a lot of other people are. I guess I am lucky enough to not get that song stuck in my head all day like, well, some people. This was still great to watch because it simply had so much going on! You have showed us that you do not need to have the fanciest effects to have something really nice. I liked how everything was created with no black lines at all and just raw color.

It's great to see how funny the body movements are in this one. For every frame, there are crazy characters jumping and dancing around. It could use more of a background but it still works very well for itself. The song is so silly itself it would make sense something simple would be a good tribute to it. It's pretty much forgotten on this website now.

PPcanarkis responds:

Thank you.
It is sad to see that classic NG is essentially dead now though :(

[Madness Hunt 2]

Hmm, not bad

The "Madness Combat" theme has been done so many times, it's hard to find something original. This managed to be fairly good, because it was kind of different. For one, the characters actually talked. I think that might have not been the best thing to do because it was a little hard to understand them. It was either the microphone or the noise in the background was distracting the listener. There could have been some better transition effects. The enemies just immediately turn into zombies.

This is still fairly decent and there was a good amount of detail put into it. I really liked how there was a running total. People associate that thing with the Madness series a lot, but it actually only appeared in one episode. There was a poster with tiny writing which I was not able to completely remember. I do remember it was something about joining an organization to kill this guy, Sheldon, whom everyone hated.

Crazymonkey154 responds:

Very true- madness HAS been done countless times. But I still enjoy making tributes to the series. You made a number of valid points in this review, and I respect you for that. Sheldon was the protagonist, and the guy who everybody hated and wanted to kill. In terms of voices, I will have to work on making them clearer in the sequel. And yes, I like having a body count as well. Thank you for this review!

[LL - Stupid Distractions!]

You did miss it

I guess you're one of those users who will simply never die? Of course, myself as a reviewer will never die too! This was decent in its own right because it had some impressive animation. While I doubt you were intending to make something that great, it is nice for you to submit something that's nice for a quick laugh. I am used to seeing clock submissions get high scores I was confused as to why this was not on Clock Day. Seriously, this is probably the highest rated flash on Lock Day!

I guess people were just eager to give out some 5's to you and you are talented enough to deserve them. It's impressive with how you've manged to become so popular. I liked the contrasting style that was shown on the card's font. The loading screen was also very creative. I would not know if the Locks have an intro everyone uses on their day like the Clocks do.

Tails-Lock responds:

A user who will never die? I guess so. Kinda makes me imagine myself as a zombie though, refusing to fianlly succumb to death, when I actually wanted to be a super famous Flash animator. Also as for teh score, most of my movies have the highest score out of all Lock and Clock movies submitted on the same day as I am a 5 addict. That's right, I vote 5 on my own movies. I am a horrible person.
This movies was much shorter than I remember, but then it was made in almost no time at all as well. It really does not deserve it's score. Heck, it probably should have been blammed.
I think there was an official Lock Day preloader, but I made my own because I am cool and...Actually I made it a while ago I think and never got a chance to use it, so I did. I didn't know where to get the official preloader anyway.

Seeing these poor attempts at movies really get me down. I'm meant to be better than this.

[The World Warrior]

Fighter!

When I first saw this with the name "Hyadain" in it, I thought it was going to be that some Mario song. I guess those are probably the same people who made this, as it turned out to be just as awesome! This was really cool because it was just fun seeing those characters. Everyone just looked so adorable in this, especially Chun-Li. I love how you used the original cast and every character described himself. My only complaint is that there should have been more of a background.

These voices are brilliant and while you did not make them, it's still great you used them. Not only is this in the "Street Fighter" section, but it has a very high rating as well! I am surprised underrated submissions like this get no awards. Another cool thing is how the song itself just describes the genre so well. It was barely even violent!

R-Taco responds:

Hyadain is one guy. He makes remixes and sings all the lyrics himself.

That includes Chun-Li's.

[Eulogy For: Slice of wtf]

No meaning indeed

It seems like you deliberatedly made this movie to be bad, so I have to give you props for that. If there was anything good about this, it was that it was kind of unexpected. I seem to think everyone came from stock sounds from certain movies. At least you were nice enough to warn us that a loud noise was coming. I actually did not even find it that annoying. It seems to actually fit well for the experimental genre.

If you do want to make a flash, you should probably put more effort into it. I guess the occasional pointless one can make for good filler. In case anyone's wondering, it does not end with Hitler talking. Try to work on having a background and to put more things on. At least you had the nice intention of offending Nazis and neo-Nazis.

straberrykiler6789 responds:

i actually want to make a movie that is decent but there is not much time
i know im not winning any awards for my flashes and probably never will

but i try to make a movie every once in a while just to see if i can make a few ppl lol

however i am planning to make a flash game

a windows game
Not the lame worn out
error message followed by
BLUE SCREEN, BLUE SCREEN, BLUE SCREEN, BLUE SCREEN, BLUE SCREEN, BLUE SCREEN, BLUE SCREEN, BLUE SCREEN, BLUE SCREEN, BLUE SCREEN, BLUE SCREEN, BLUE SCREEN

but maybe something that gives a basic idea what win 98 was like

i believe that this movie had to be made
it'll cause problems IN the future
and it is only going to make the new slogan every thing by everyone more true

[TRUE Super Mario world]

Nice thing

I was initially hoping this would be a game but at least it turned out to be a good movie. While not the best in animation, it was still pretty funny. The best sign of good animation was seeing Princess Peach in a bikini like that. I like how there were so many jokes in this like the stars Toad had when Mario hit him. The sound effects were also decent and it seemed like you were trying to put Mario in a more realistic scenario. It was funny how the goomba was mad after being hit like that.

The jokes with the chomping were pretty good, especially at the end. You could have worked a little more with putting in shades and drawings. This seemed more like a reference to Mario games in general, and not just Super Mario World. That happens to specifically be my favorite video game ever. Mario looked funny fat.

HexMe responds:

Well, to be honest - as this was a school project and the deadline came insanely fast in the end i rushed the last scene (from where mario started jumping up the last hill) quite alot.
The main objective was just to get a closure (the movie was originally supposed to contain 2 additional scenes, including a fight vs bowser!) but there was just not enough time.
I do plan to someday fix this up and add the missing scenes, but right now im pretty tired :P
Thank you for your comment, it makes me happy to deliver entertainment to yall.

[The Ballad of a Big Dummy]

Dummy?

I am not familiar with Red Foxx so I do not know if calling him a "dummy" is supposed to be a joke or something. Maybe it was part of his show? Anyway, it was weird with how you mentioned Santa Claus because I don't know how RF had anything to do with SC. Did you say that because of the "Red" in his name? Anyway, I was expecting you to reference the fact that people thought he was acting while he was dying. I guess it was nice to throw in that music, but it got a bit annoying.

What you need to work with is putting on a background. The whole thing came off as too silly and I could not find any jokes in it. I guess it was kind of something different to see on the website. I recall my brother saying, "dummeh" (spelled like that) so maybe he got it from Red Foxx. Too strange to really enjoy.

ChandlerThompson responds:

Sanford and Son clips on YouTube are a must. Go for it!!