Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

['Dimensional Flakes']

I can see why this is the highest ranked submission for this round. Damn, are there a lot of these. At first, I didn't understand how this fit with the theme of finding a way back home. I had no idea he was going to go to that weird dimension. I love how he continues to eat the cereal. Hey, nothing bad happened to him after that!

I think the animation is wonderful is this. The transition effects are great. I really have no idea what's going to happen next. The music and sounds were great too. It was a pretty unique take on this premise.

Butzbo responds:

It took me a while to find a way to finish it; at the end I thought the most ironic way was to have the character continue with his breakfast after all, heheh.
Thanks a lot for the review!

[Buncha Guys - Episode 2]

I ended up enjoying this cartoon. I think it could have been a bit funnier, but it was at least decent. The best thing about was probably the animation. RWappin and DonkeysBazooka are two of my favorite animators. I appreciate all the hard work put into that. I was wondering what would happen in this.

Omahdon is really becoming the voice actor nowadays. I like how fluidly everything moved. I thought the guy had a beard at first and not a trunk. It was fun to see him eat his cheese treats with it. I like the "buncha" name.

WeirdoGoon responds:

Thanks! Rwappin and I both worked on the animation part. I did the keyframes, the videogame scene, and some other parts and he did the bulk of the in betweens and lip sync; He really does a great job! There were also lots of specialfx n' stuff added afterwards using After Effects etc...

[David Moore Speed BG 1]

Honestly, I wasn't that impressed by this. It looks like there are some people who like it a lot. That's fine for them, I suppose. I don't even think the final product is that good looking. It was also too short. I know time lapses by their very nature aren't supposed to be long, but it could have been better.

It's nice that you appreciate your own work. This was just not enough for a submission. The music wasn't bad. This wasn't that special. The colors could have more shading, too.

ToonCastleTV responds:

Heh, yea that may have to do with the video quality and the fact that this isnt even really a speedun, just a fun project i decided to try.

[Belial Chapter 3: Ars Arc]

I am sorry, but I did not like this. I think you should probably just stick to games. Well, this is a trailer, but it still isn't a game. I couldn't quite understand the point of it. It seemed like it was just a brief demo. It didn't show any particularly interesting parts or anything.

I think I vaguely recollect the other games in the series. You should have shown the player doing cool things. He just stayed in the same place the whole time. At least you gave us some backstory. I hope the game will be better.

keybol responds:

thank you for your comment, definitely this was just a demo of the controls and the setting. We will definitely have more for demo soon.

[The Final Flatus]

Well, it's not your first thing in ten years. You did make the Peter Griffin soundboard in 2006, so it was eight years of anything. I still understand that this is an unbelievable achievement. I think you have set a record here! As for the cartoon itself, it wasn't bad. It actually reminds me of a funny news article I red about.

It said a guy had air pumped into him accidentally and it took him three days to burp and fart it all out. True story! This certainly was something different from you. I'm always loyal to my favorite authors. I'd love to see you do more stick stuff.

Ringfinger responds:

My first "animation" in ten years, the soundboard doesn't really count as a cartoon ;) But still you're right. An achievement, maybe, but I do intend on making more and improved content. Thanks for staying loyal for all these years though!

[Piles]

I have to admit that I have no idea what "piles" are. I can see the word "hemorrhoids", so I'm going to assume that's what they are. It's amazing how many disgusting things you make songs of. Piles is probably some British term. I'm glad I don't have to deal with them. In a weird sense, this was educational.

I keep wondering what disgusting thing will show up next. I really don't want to give you any ideas. I'm glad they eventually go away. Well, at least it seems like they're going away. This was pretty catchy as most of your songs are.

koit responds:

There's a massive repository of filth out there waiting to be mined. :)

[Robbed]

I have to admit that this NATA round has given us some unique stuff. I had no idea what was going to happen next. While a bit too short, still very nicely done. I especially love how it is a pretty feel good movie. I mean, someone's getting some money out of this. I guess I just wasn't expecting it to go so casual.

Well, it didn't quite at the end. The voices were quite good. I like how strong you put these emotions in the characters. I had no idea something for NATA would get such a high score. Good for you, dude!

Brewster responds:

I'm actually really surprised at the score for this one. Thanks for the kind words

['Emergency Breakfast']

As the only one I have seen, I have to say that this is the best in NATA 2014 - Round 2. Hey, it's not 2014 yet! I appreciate how the animation is really good in this. I'm not quite sure what this had to do with desperate measures. Then again, it's a fairly ambiguous term. I like the notion of robots eating breakfast.

Everything moves quite fluidly here. If you made this longer, it could probably be better. I know that was difficult given the time frame. I was surprised by the lack of sound at first. It certainly got better.

Butzbo responds:

Thank you Ericho!
Maybe the take on the theme was a bit subtle this time, but the 'measure' was definitively his "head throw".
And I couldn't agree more!, I really wanted to develop this little "world" a little more, although I couldn't get really far during the 4 days of animation.

[Ultimate Yacht Battle]

I'm thinking this may be the highest rated flash I've ever seen. However, I still can't give it the full treatment. I just think it's a wonderful cartoon. It's just amazing how much you have in this. You really do have a continuing story with these characters. I think it might be the longest in the series too.

It really is more of an action cartoon than a comedy. I thought I'd see the comedy or parody tag under here. It seems like most comedies are also parodies nowadays. The voices and animation were fantastic. I know you work so hard on these.

Sexual-Lobster responds:

cheers ericho.