Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Sonic Gut Feeling]

Woah!

This is one of the most insane Sonic the Hedgehog flashes I have ever seen on Newgrounds. The animation is just ridiculous. It reminds me of the stuff by Spumco/John K., only even more grotesque-looking! Every single second there is a character moving his body in some weird way that shows his emotion! It is also great to see Mike Joseph getting some more voice work. It seemed like some of the animation styles were just contradicting each other as they went along.

I could not help but laugh when Sonic was getting cut up with his ring. The punchline (which I shall not spoil) was also fantastic. It does kind of make me wonder why he didn't just run backward. I managed to feel sorry for both Tails and Sonic with what they were going through. This cartoon is absolutely insane and I would love to see more like it!

kalabor106 responds:

Was going to draw the spike with barbs so he couldn't run backwards but it sort of slip my mind. LOL. Yeah I'm A.D.D. with characters. I tend to want them to move, so they don't look dead. As for Mike Joseph, he is great and easy to work with. If you need a voice actor he is a good choice. Thanks

[My Little Ponies-Cupcakes]

It is magic

I am so glad I managed to see a tribute to the latest "My Little Pony" series! I kept hearing such good things about it and tons of pictures of stuff but never did I actually find an NG or other parody of it. I love this because it has amazingly authentic animation. The coolest thing was how adorable everyone was. I admit that I was afraid the joke was going to turn into something...a little more dirty. While it was like something I had expected, it was still really funny to watch.

I am not in any way familiar with the characters in this series. I think I had one toy when I was a kid, but then again, I am a boy after all. I especially like the expressions in their eyes (both of them). Even the preview icon is adorable with her chomping on the precious little cupcakes. I hope you had some fun making this.

rebornMCW responds:

Starting from scratch isn't the fun part but once I had it all drawn out it was enjoyable passing the 1st frame finally. Glad you enjoyed it!

[CSI: Minecraft]

Not creepy

I was confused by the title in this because it did not seem to be a parody of CSI at all. Boy, CSI and Minecraft has got to be one of the strangest crossovers I have ever heard of! It was really cool to see this style of animation. I do not think it is new, but it looks amazing, particularly with how the characters just move about. They manage to show emotion in the silly appearances they have. This is a cartoon where you have absolutely no idea what is going to happen next.

I am not familiar with Minecraft, but I do know of the creeper creatures you are talking about. It was also cool to show the screen at the end with the choices. It seemed like this was going to be a game at first. The voices are also nice and authentic. While short, what truly matters is that you manage to make a really good joke out of it.

Falconer02 responds:

Thanks a lot for the plump review! I'm glad you liked it. And try out MC some day if you like sandbox games. Totally worth it.

[VALV - S2 - Ep.01]

Great new thing

This is great to watch because as a new series, it has tons of potential. The most awesome thing is that the animation is simply fantastic. You make sure that every part of the cartoon has the utmost detail put into it, especially with how the effects still remain in the picture. I was thinking he was going to bring back his friend. I suppose this is going to be one of those shows that has no continuity. All of the voices (although I can not understand them) are very well done as well.

Everyone in this just has so much emotion in their dialogue and action. I imagine it would be fairly painful to have a magic lamp come out of the crapper. It is a very unexpected sort of thing and the series has no single theme. I wish I could wish (?) to sleep better, get a girlfriend, and good grades. Even the backgrounds have great detail!

Darkar responds:

I really... REALLY enjoy your reviews! Thanks! :D

[2011 | Squirrel Antics]

Too long!

It's been awhile since I have seen a new submission from you. It just goes to show that you never lose your idea of being good at something. Did this really take you an entire year to do? Anyway, this was great because it was a great homage to classic Looney Tunes cartoons and other cartoon slapstick. The animation is really good and for being a goofy cartoon, all of the elements have quite a bit of depth to them. I admit that I was not expecting that ending.

There were a lot of things going on, like the seagulls flying. The best part of animation was probably when the rocket hit the moon in the beginning. While not very long, it is always nice to put in scene selection in. Even the music was a great tribute to classic slapstick! Congradulations on making something great after being gone from submitting stuff.

Dwarfer-Stu responds:

No no this didnt take me an entire year to do. I did most of the animation a year ago, then stopped, and came back to it a couple of days ago to finish it. I know, I'm being lazy :/

[Alligator Insult]

Where to start?

This is one of those cartoons where it is extremely difficult to hate or love it. On one hand, it has really good animation that quite literally moves very fluidly. Then again, it has no sound and no plot. It seems to be in my best interests to put it strictly in the middle, where I believe it belongs. Next time, you should probably work on having more elaborate stuff going on, but it is still not terrible. The best thing is the animation.

It seems like I have heard a phrase like this before. It almost seems like some childhood memory that was somehow forgotten. It is kind of like that one song where the monkeys are talking to the alligator about how he can't catch them. Wherever it is from, it still seems random to make a cartoon like this. I couldn't think of a good alligator insult.

DuckingForTruth responds:

I do appreciate the time you took to comment on this, and I do agree with the points that were made. Future projects that i submit will be "finished" and stuff. Again thank you for the clear feedback. :)

[Wilhelm Park]

That was random

Apart from the fact that the animation was absolutely gorgeous, this had one of the coolest endings ever! I was NOT expecting the girl to enjoy her sex with the monster...much less marry and have a kid with it. Those Cthulthu like beings can be unpredictable. The voice work was absolutely brilliant as well, especially the girl. I am glad to look at your stuff because you have done a lot of great things for this website. I kind of suspected that guy was going to be the monster.

This had a great way of creating tention and stress and complete unpredictability. Too bad you missed getting this out on Valentine's Day by a single day. I like how everything is normal until the monster actually shows up. It's especially cool to see how much detail you can put into a more mundane story. I am glad it did not result in rape.

redminus responds:

lolz, what up Ericho?
Glad you enjoyed, and got the joke... really though, I wasn't aiming for V-day, it just sort of fell like that, and I also feel like a good story idea (even if it's just a 5-minute short) should be able to transcend any of the holiday/theme days that give it context, you know? Its good to hear that people sort of think it did, especially because the valentines thing was kind of accidental. Take it easy man, keep up the reviews!

[Derek and Kelso 4.2]

Could have been worse

I am not familiar with the rest of the series, so I was quite confused as to what was going on. I did manage to think this a little entertaining because the animation was so bad it was good at many times. That being said, you could work more on animation. It seems weird how the characters just move and even tell jokes. You did seem to have a good understanding of what color effects to use, though. I think there were some uses of the cutaway gag from "Family Guy".

Anyway, the voices could also be better, although they were certainly not terrible. It was also hard to understand what was going on. It seems like it was trying to have a story when it really did not. Random humor can really work for me but it can clutter something that tries to have a story. I am reminded of Dr. Kelso from "Scrubs".

InfamousD responds:

Thanks Eric,

I uploaded the full version of this flash under 'Derek and Kelso 4' which could give u a better understanding of what's going on. I would like to know how it reminded you of scrubs, lol.

[Chrono Trigger Unglued 12]

Again!

It seems like you just never had a bad submission under the Chrono Trigger Unglued title. This was fun because of the funny sound effects. I loved hearing the Muppet noise at the beginning as well as the ending music. It is too bad Jaspar had yet to be introduced into the series. Still a good watch, because it had a lot of good humor, especially when Fritz entered the story. It was funny how you had to click on the shiny thing because it was so frigging obvious!

Well, I guess that was the joke. It seems like there could still be some more action scenes put in, because I do kind of expect that. The humor is good, but it is a parody of "Chrono Trigger" after all. It's amazingly how consisently you guys have made this long running series. It was weird to see Lucca on the title screen but not the cartoon itself.

Clovis15 responds:

I'm glad you liked it, and thank you so much for your kind words. I will admit that CTU isn't very battle driven, but there is a nice fight scene in Episode 15 with the Dragon Tank. There will also be a major action event in the upcoming Episode 24 (or possibly 25, it depends on how the writing works out). As for the title screen, that's actually Jenny (an original creation of CTU). Jenny was originally meant to first appear in this episode, but the flashback where Fritz explained how he couldn't possibly tell how young she was eventually got bumped back into the next episode.