Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Little Fighter Alpha Ch.5]

It was good, but not great

I couldn't help but be reminded of the TTA series that I myself used to be featured in. While I am not saying this is a ripoff (as it couldn't be, it came out before) it was not one of the best I have ever seen. That isn't to say of course that what action it did have was pretty nice. I also appreciate the character designs even if they were perhaps not that creative. It doesn't help that I am not familiar with this series and can't really understand what is going on. I still have to recomend this for the creative fight scenes and character designs.

MaxR responds:

Thanks, I really appreciate your feedback! Though I can't take credit for the character design, they're sprites from the game called Little Fighter 2.

[A Newgrounds Christmas]

Quite awesome indeed

I was very impressed at the varieties of characters used in this flash, especially with how well they were drawn. The best was probably the Tankmen talking about (bleep)s. It was especially funny to see the turtle from "Toss The Turtle" appear and get bloodied up again. My only complaint was that the guy from "Stick Slayer" was there, but there was no tribute at all to the late Ben Spurgin! Oh well, this had a really great concept going for it. In fact, I don't think I have ever seen such a wide variety of characters in a single flash.

Jazza responds:

thanks man. i know what u mean with ben and all, and as good as it would have been to have a better tribute to him, i didnt coz i waz working with that characters that would interact the best, and have a lot of personality.

[Bound on Earth]

I remember that duck!

While I never actually played the Earthbound games myself, I remember that duck being used in this "Hock" animation here by Billy Cass! I had no idea what was going on, and why the other characters were ghosts. What really saved this was the great animation. All of the characters, especially the ghosts and the duck were designed well. I thought it was funny how that dumb duck just made quacking sounds when it was defeated. It was a bit hard to find much point in this, but most NG flashes are like that anyway.

MichaFrario responds:

well most of the humor lies in the spazzing duck, and earthbound players will understand everything

[Edwin Ep02]

A lot of voices

I have to love this if only for the high number of voices used. When you use a voice for nearly every individual character, you really have to appreciate all of the hard work put into it. I especially love the main vampire's voice. The animation was pretty good, and it seemed to fit the mood of a more humorous flash than most vampire stuff well. The action scenes were also kind of cool especially with how the vampire was killed. While I'm not your biggest fan, it was very nice to see some of your most high-rated work.

Kieran-s responds:

Thanks. The voice actors did great.

[Doom: Loops Collection]

A real treasure!

This was one of the finest collections I have ever seen on this website! I am a huge fan of YTMND, and judging from the inclusion of the "What Is Love?" meme, you were heavily inspired by it. I just loved all the varieties of the different kinds of crazy songs. While not the biggest Doom fan, it was awesome to see all these flawless character designs! It has so many it would be hard to pick a favorite, but I think I would choose the "Moskau" one. You are a truly talented and funny person and I find it amazing this didn't win a single award.

Ludamage responds:

Wow! Thanx for appreciating )))
Why it doesn't got award? Because at ealy time my submittion had very low rate. Also at that day was so many better and funny submittions by others )

[Vegeta's Ordeal!]

DIET!

It is no doubt that choosing Diet or regular is a great source of comedy in general. It was also great to see the Kool-Aid guy appear at the end as it reminds me of one of the first jokes in "Family Guy" (not that I'm a huge fan of that show). The animation was pretty nice. I think this would've worked better if it had been part of a collab, as it doesn't really do much to me on its own. It was kind of nice to not hear an "Over 9000" joke in making a Vegeta parody. This should have been a bit longer, but was okay overall.

Trixen responds:

I think you would enjoy saiyans Paradise, another parody I wrote, yes, this was a short, but it did its job I think.. Short and sweet, thanks for writing a msg!

[[CD09] Creaking Jodphurs]

Tribute?

I admit that is a noble idea to honor all of the NGers who have died. It's kind of sad that you can now add another one to the list, in the form of Ben Spurgin (what has been it with celebrity deaths this year?). That was the best thing I found in this, as it didn't seem like it took much effort to make. It would be really nice if you added some music, even a short loop. It was basically a yellow background with purple stuff in the middle. It was just nothing that I thought was too impressive and it needs improvement.

jonthomson responds:

haters gonna hate