Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Ask Raptor Jesus]

I am finally here

I knew that is was only a matter of time before you submitted something that I would give a "5" to. I loved how this is the first time I have ever seen Raptor Jesus in a Newgrounds flash or really any Internet video. The guy was such a popular meme I knew he had to show up somewhere. I liked seeing everybody and especially it was funny to see Captain Planet back. It's funny how the watermelon demands he answer the question when coming up with different replies was what they were just doing. Oh, and crossdressing is still funny.

Sexual-Lobster responds:

thanks ericho!

[Avatar vs. Avatar]

Very cute

I liked watching this one simply because it was so amazingly cute with the animation and everything. However, I do want to make an important point to you. James Cameron can really not be sued for calling it "Avatar" because neither directors own the word. "Avatar" is a term meaning the embodiment or personficiation for something. In the animated series, it refers to the title character (Aang) as the embodiment of the last airbender. In the James Cameron movie, it refers to the bodies that are created for the humans where their consciousness is represented.

CurtisCarey responds:

Thanks, I aim for simple but cute...maybe a bit annoying as well.
I'm not talking at all about sueing anyone, I'm just poking some fun. And playing with the idea that My cat thinks it's Ok to call a movie Seinfeld. I get the whole name thing, I just think it's funny is all. Like M.A.S.H is an actual thing too, but if you made a MASH Movie, you'd probably expect some drunken doctor highjinx more so than some amazing CGI Thunder cats. I meant no offense to anyone.

[Max Eagleball]

Could be much better

I actually remember seeing this cartoon (or at least something like it) on your website before. It is many years old and it really shows. I think the next part of this series released here in 2004 was much better. I did kind of enjoy the music that was used. My biggest complaint is that the characters just simply do not have depth to them in pretty much every sense of the word. I guess this was in your early days, so it's great to know you improved. The transition effects were probably the best aniamted part.

gjlcards responds:

Hello,
Thanks for reviewing. Generally, I was just trying to give people a few chuckles from my cartoons. I generally don't strive for good animation, as it takes a lot more time than I have. From now on though, I think I'm going to be concentrating mostly on games, as those are what I am best at. Thanks again for reviewing and checking out the website!

- gjlcards

[Purple an animation]

Mediocre

I could not really find anything that was particularly good or bad about this cartoon as it was really average. I think it was interesting to use the purple background. I did not quite understand how the ship crashed into the Sun and did not just burn up. It does seem like something a new person coming here would make, but you have to stop somewhere. The designs are simple, but they are not really crude. Next time, you should put in more action and more unique designs for everything.

MrTurtle667 responds:

Thank you, I was trying to keep it simplistic, I thought that I wouldn't have enough time to complete (not that I could have made something too much better). I am trying to make another much longer, more detailed flash. This other flash is going to take quite a while to make being that I am not able to get to the computer with flash very often.

[DBZ: Game On]

Pretty funny

I was pretty entertained by this cartoon simply because it was so unfathomably silly. The animation reminded me of the Awesome series by Egoraptor, although it did look a little rough. I like how Master Roshi's legs clearly break off and then come back in the next scene. I was really waiting for him to be killed by Vegeta. I was also interested as to why Vegeta would want the Dragonballs in the first place. Oh well, it was fun while this stupid thing lasted and I liked the villian toys above his bed.

vlaktemaat responds:

Hey thanks man :D

[World War IV: America]

It needs work

This was not terrible, but I do think it is lacking in a lot of areas. I think that it's kind of a contradiction to say that a world war is going on and then only show America. The animation was not terrible, but it does need to have more things going on. I would have liked to see more troops or soldiers or at least some more action, although the action that was there was not too bad. I liked the Sarah Palin jokes. I guess it would help me if I had seen the first one and could understand this better.

ANTI-SPAMGUN responds:

World War IV: America and having it say part 1 wasn't clear enough? This was a made for youtube video, I just wanted to get some feedback from an actual flash oriented site, thanks anyway

[People of Punk-o-matic 2]

38 minutes?!

This was quite different than the other entries in that it really had nothing to do with music. I can still tell that a lot of effort was put into this by the sheer number of voice actors. The animation in this is simply fantastic, although it would have been better if there was more action. I guess this kind of thing isn't my style, but it's definitley something I would recommend. Some of the conversations are pretty funny, even though they have little organization. I think the most memorable character is either the bum or the old lady. I knew Rina-chan would voice the slutty looking girl.

Evil-Dog responds:

yeah if it wasn't just in-game story stuff, I would have made it more animated, lip movements and more movements defintily :)

[WaterLoop!]

Not bad

I was thinking that this was just going to be a single loop that was more like a joke flash, but I was pleasantly surprised. As I know some stuff about science, I could understand where you were going. I think my favorite part was when the flames turned Walter into steam and he sort of rose up like a ghost. It was pretty innovative, especially when he turned into bird poop. My complaint is that it does look like the animation used in this is a bit too simple. You put in a great choice of music too.

Veinom responds:

Everything is animated, even the backgrounds. Nothing remains static for more than a few frames the most, so Im not sure what you mean that the animation is simple. In my opinion a simple animation would be to use tween to move arms and legs, which I havent

[Hook Line and Sinker]

Very cute!

This is definitley the record for longest time spent without submitting anything to Newgrounds! It has been exactly 8 years and 7 months since you last submitted your "Karma" flash here! At first the record holder was OTWIC, then AlanMidas, and now you! Anyway as for the flash itself it was great to watch even though I thought it might be a game at first. I was really amazed at how how fish moved; they had such a three dimensional aspect to them. The plot was very simple, but very enjoyable.

billyblob responds:

Hello Ericho,
Take that OTWIC, and AlanMidas.. HA! Yeah, I don't know what my problem was. NewGrounds is the best. Thank you for the nice comments.