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Wednesday, 8 March 2023

Worzel Gummidge "Worzel And Saucy Nancy" Review

 


I think that it's quite obvious by now that I really love watching the classic episodes of Worzel Gummidge. As such I thought that i'd review an episode of the show that i've been thinking about reviewing for some time simply because it's a lighthearted episode that is just nothing more then pure fun to watch and so then join me as I review the episode that introduces us to another classic character played by a comedy great with the episode in question being called simply just "Worzel And Saucy Nancy" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is Worzel sneaks on a coach to go on an old age pensioners trip to the sea side where he bumps into a ships figure head and an old flame. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really nice with this episodes plot being a really fun and nonsense plot which I thought was good and really well told and really fun as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Doctor Who star Jon Pertwee as Worzel Gummidge , Una Stubbs as Aunt Sally and Dame Barbara Windsor as Saucy Nancy. Also starring in this episode is Jeremy Austin as John Peters , Charlotte Coleman as Sue Peters , Mike Berry as Mr. Peters , Myrtle Devenish as 1st Pensioner , Roy Evans as Whelk-stall Owner , Megs Jenkins as Mrs. Braithwaite , Billy John as A Shepherd , Bartlett Mullins as 2nd Pensioner , Jeremy Pearce as Young man , John Sharp as Fairground man and an uncredited Geoffrey Bayldon as The Voice Of The Whelk-stall Owner.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to u in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Which for this series is nothing as every episode that i've seen thus fat has had some really good acting within it and when you get a bunch of really talented actors and actresses you always end up with a bunch of really good performances which is what we got in this episode.



This is the film that introduced Carry On star Dame Barbara Windsor to the world of Worzel Gummidge. I have to admit that her role as Saucy Nancy isn't that far remove from quite literally any of the characters that she would go on to play in the Carry On films since just like her Carry On characters Saucy Nancy has a bit of a cheeky side altho it's rather toned down to fit a kids audience and so it isn't that much of a stretch for her play basically the same character that's she's been playing in the Carry On films at this point in time.


As I always do when i'm preparing to do a review of a Worzel Gummidge I watched this episode twice once without the audio commentary and once with the audio commentary just so that I could find out some background information on the episode in question. With what I found out this time around being how they managed to make Saucy Nancy move since the character doesn't have any legs and so what the team did was basically have Barbara Windsor on a board with wheels attached to it and have a member of the crew literally hide in the back of her dress and out his arms around her waist and just push her it's a simple trick but it's one that works rather well since for years it did have me wondering how they managed to make this character move around in the first place.

When I review an episode of Worzel Gummidge i'm always using the new DVD set just because it has a new transfer and fully restored images. Which is normally great since the pictures don't usually drop down in quality however in this episode for some reason near the end of the episode the image does take a slightly noticeable dip in quality which was something that I found to distracting and it makes me wonder why they didn't correct that section of the episode since it remains like that for the rest of the episode since even tho it's a very minor issue it is one that took me out of the episode and reminded me that I was just watching a TV show and nothing more then that.


This is the episode were they started to use the characters of Jon ad Sue less since as they where played by child actors they by law could only work a certain amount f dates per year.Which means that outside of three scenes in this episode they actually couldn't take part in the filming of this episode which is a shame because it makes me wonder what these two kids would have done with Worzel at the sea side and while there absence is indeed felt in this episode they really realistically couldn't have done all that much and having them in the episode would have made the episode a little less fun since they would have been busy trying to get Worzel , Aunt Sally and Saucy Nancy out of trouble which would have made the episode a little bit less fun and funny as well.

Now then whilst I cannot for the absolutely life of me remember whatever this episodes grand total running time even was I do know that for a fact that this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of roughly twenty five minuets. Which is pretty much roughly the bog standard running time for a Worzel Gummidge episode to last ad while this episode has more then enough plot to cover that running time I do wish that this episode was slightly longer as that would have opened us up to having more jokes and seeing these rather wonderful characters interact with each other which is always funny no matter what the episode is. 


So now then since this is a comedy that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With this episode having alot of really funny jokes in it and not all of this episodes jokes are for kids either with this episodes best joke being a rather hidden adult joke which I really loved as it was such a funny joke that was rather subtle and rather well written as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this was a really funny episode that plays to the strengths of Jon Pertwee , Una Stubbs and Dame Barbara Windsor since it's comedy is so out there that it really will make alot of you laugh out loud in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode earns itself a grand old score of exactly an 8.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from IMP Awards . Com , Wikipedia , Amazon . Co . Uk and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Sunday, 5 March 2023

Scooby-Doo And Krypto Too Film SPOILER FREE Film Review

 


Scooby-Doo fans it is so rare that something like this happens but at somepoint during Saturday night the entirety of the next Scooby-Doo direct to DVD animated film leaked online. As such for the first and only time that I can think off i'm making this review a SPOILER FREE one as the film hasn't even been announced yet and so then join me as I give you all my SPOILER FREE review the film sees two famous dogs team up with the film in question being called simply just "Scooby-Doo And Krypto Too" enjoy.

The plot of this film is after the Justice League mysteriously disappears it's up to the mystery inc gang to find out what happened to them before all of their villains destroy Metropolis. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good with this films plot being genuinely quite entertaining and engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this film is voice acting and Scooby-Doo legend Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo and Fred Jones and Grey Griffin as Daphne Blake and Wonder Woman. Also starring in this film is Matthew Lillard as Shaggy Rogers , Kate Micucci as Velma Dinkley , PJ Byrne as J.B. , Victoria Grace as Mercy , Charles Halford as Lex Luthor , Nolan North as Computer , Clark Kent / Kal-El / Superman and The Joker , Tara Strong as Harley Quinn , Helen and Lois Lane , Fred Tatasciore as Solomon Grundy and Perry White , James Arnold Taylor as Jimmy Olson and Rex Ruthor and Nicole Thurman as Mayor Fleming.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. Which shouldn't come as a surprise at all as this films cast is mostly made up of voice acting legends and so then of course they are all going to turn in some really good performances in this film even more so when you take into account that alot of these actors have been voice their respective characters for decades now at this point. 


Doing the animation fr this film is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Digital Emation. Inc.. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good and was a lot better then what I thought that it was going to be with all of the characters having some really nice fluid movements to them but at the same time alot of the backgrounds do look the exact same tho.


For some strange reason the character of Krypto has been getting a lot of love in recent years with the character of course being the main character in DC's League Of Superpets and now this film. Which us weird because prior to either of these movies the only time that the character was in a main role outside of the comics was in the 2005 animated TV show Krypto The Superdog which even then wasn't that popular of a show and so to see him suddenly get all of this love and attention from both Warner Bros Pictures and DC just seems weird to me since they've never really given much love before the release of either f these two movies.

To say that this movie came as a surprise to anyone would be like saying it's bad that they cancelled the already completed Scooby: Holiday Haunt. Since this movie was leaked before it was even officially announced so there's not even an IMDB page for this movie yet which does make me wonder who in the heck leaked this movie because this isn't just like your leaking a short scene or a piece of promotional material this is he whole entire movie which means that someone at i'm guessing Warner Bros Pictures is about to get fired because they messed up big time.


Without giving away to much about the film this films mystery is really bad with main villain being exactly who you think it is just film reading which characters are in this film. Which I kind of hoping wasn't the case since it would make the movie super predictable and when it did turn out to be the case I just wasn't surprised since alot of the time these more modern Scooby-Doo direct to the DVD animated movies go for the obvious villain but at the same time by going for the obvious villain they rob you of the ability to work out who did it for yourself which was always apart of the fun for any piece of Scooby-Doo media.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and eighteen minuets. Which is pretty much the bog standard running time for these more modern direct to DVD animated Scooby-Doo movies ad it is something that really does work well enough for this film since the mystery is super easy to work out and so all your doing is spending the time watching the characters catch up to what you already know which thankfully comes along rather quickly thanks to this films really good pacing.


So now then since this is a comedy that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With this film shockingly having alot of really good jokes in  it but the recurring joke with Lex Luthor does get a little tiresome and is one of the films worst jokes in the whole entire film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this was a really good film and it;s one that when this film does eventually get released I can see alot of Scooby-Doo fans liking it but I can also of comic book fans not liking all that much in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that in this very film in this very review ad as such that means that this very film earns itself a grand old score a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official DC Database fandom wiki page , the official Scooby-Doo fandom wiki page , the official DC Movies fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on freaking Google Images are all fairly freaking high in freaking quality and as well as being very fairly freaking high in definition.

Friday, 3 March 2023

The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion Of The Bane Review

 


Doctor Who is a programme that has been going for close to sixty years now but in all that time there have been very few spin off shows. Well in 2007 that's exactly what we got and the show in question brought in a new generation of fans for a classic Doctor Who companion as well as giving us more adventures in the world that we love and so then join me as I review the first episode that proved you don't have  to be in space to have an adventure with the episode in question being called simply just "Invasion Of The Bane" enjoy.

The plot of the episode is when Maria Jackson finds out that something is wrong at a drinks factory she and journalist become earths only hope of defeating these alien invaders. Now then interms of what I  personally thought /felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with this episodes plot doing a very good job of setting up the show and it's characters and it helps that the plot is also very engaging as well as being really very entertaining as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith , Yasmin Paige as Maria Jackson and Tommy Knight as Luke Smith. Also starring in this episode is John Leeson as The Voice Of K9 , Alexander Armstrong as The Voice Of Mr Smith , Samantha Bond as Mrs Wormwood , Porsha Lawrence Mavour as Kelsey , Jamie Davis as Davey , Joseph Millson as Alan Jackson and Juliet Cowan as Chrissie Jackson.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us n this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With of course Elisabeth Sladen killing it and turning in a great performance as Sarah Jane Smith but the whole cast also turning some truly wonderful performances as well which is pretty much par the course for this show.



Doing the CGI for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at The Mill and Any Effects. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad for 2007 TV show standards and to this episodes credit thew CGI does for the most part hold up really well altho I will admit that there are a few very dodgy looking CGI shots in this episode but those are very few and far between.


This episode is also the only episode to feature the character of Kelsey Hooper who from what I can tell from this episode was never meant to be in the rest of the show. Which kind of makes her a pointless character since she's really annoying and on top of that all she does is get in the way of our main heroes reaching their goals if she was meant to appear in the rest of the show then i'm sure that she might have smoothed of a little bit but as she's only in this one episode she just comes across as a rather unlikable and annoying character.

Even for a kids TV show this episode was really well written which shouldn't come as a surprise since this episode is co-written by the shows show runner Russel T. Davis. With this episode giving us some lovely pieces of dialog and the characters apart from maybe one or two are really well written which just goes to show you that if you write a good script for a kids TV show then kids will watch it and better then that they will keep on coming back week after week and that's what happened with this show and alot of that is not only due to Elisabeth Sladen but is also due to the writing on the show and in this episdode just being that good. 


One of this episodes very badly written characters is that of Chrissie Jackson who is just a flat out bad character. Since from what I can work out she's meant to the the comic relief character except she's given nothing funny to say or do and she's just a flat out bad mother who moved her daughter to a new location because of the fact that she wanted to do something and that's it I get that we're not meant to really like this character but that doesn't mean that you have to write her to be this really annoying characters on top of all of that.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and twenty two seconds. Which does make this episode the longest episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures and it's not hard to see why this  episode was as long as it was since it had alot to set up and still tell a good story and as such it really did need all the extra time that it could get and to this episodes credit it really does make the most of it's running time I only wish that the pacing was a little better since this episodes does feel a tad bit slow in places.


So now then since there is some action in this episode that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. Altho I will admit that it is very easy to tell when they are using stunt doubles and when their using the actual actors which does take me out o the action but at the same time the action in this episode isn't that bad and was alot better then what it really had any right to be in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this was a great introductory episode to a great series that was rather tragically cut off far to soon and it's one that I hope alot of us remember fondly because this show and this episode are both that good in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from  the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all really fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.

Wednesday, 1 March 2023

The Mandalorian "Chapter 17: The Apostate" SPOILER FILLED Review

 


Star Wars the day that we have all been waiting for is now finally here since the new season of The Mandalorian has just debuted it's premier episode. This was a debut that I was looking forward to mostly because I was interesting in seeing how or even if they mentioned Cara Dune at all and well I was not disappointed and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the show that starts of a new quest for our favorite hero with the episode in question being called simply just "Chapter 17: The Apostate" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is Din Djarin decides to go some Mandalorian springs in order to redeem himself for removing his helmet however those springs happen to be on Mandalore itself. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad with this episodes plot doing a very good job of setting up what might be the plot of this season in a very entertaining and engaging way in  my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Pedro Pascal as The Mandalorian , Katee Sackhoff as Bo-Katan Kryze and Emily Swallow as The Armorer. Also starring in this episode is Carl Weathers as Greef Karga , Tait Fletcher as Paz Vizsla , Wesley Kimmel as Ragnar , Parvesh Cheena as A Nevarro Copper Droid , Marti Matulis as Vane , Shirley Henderson as The Voice Of The Anzellan Crew , Nonso Anozie as Gorian Shard and Mat Fraser as Pirate Coxswain.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Which for this show isn't anything that's all that new since this show has always had some really good acting in it which just goes to show you just how good the acting is not only in this episode but in this show as a whole.



Try as I might I cannot find out who did the CGI for this episode anywhere online at all which is such a shame as I really liked the CGI in this episode. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with this episodes CGI being movie quality good.

SPOILERS START HERE!!!!!!!!!!



Like i'm sure alot of people I was curious to see how the would handle Cara Dune given that actress Gina Carano was fired from Lucasfilm. Well i'm pleased to tell you that the character of Cara Dune is very much alive and well but is just of screen this is perhaps the best way that they could handle the departure of this character since either way they'd risk making alot of people angry and this way they can still have the character make an impact on the show without her actually showing up in any of the shows episodes.

If you've seen the episode then you might have noticed that i've left one name of the cast list with that name being Taika Waititi as The Voice Of IG-11. Since yes the droid who died in the shows first season does play apart in this opening episode with Din using some of his parts to build something that will hopefully come in use to him on Mandalore this is a great to bring this character since it's something that really hasn't been done before at least in terms of either the live action Star Wars movies or the live action Star Wars TV shows and I have no idea why since it makes this world feel alot more reel and alot more realistic. 


We also get to alot of Grogu doing alot of cute things which was just a joy to watch but there's only so much of that that they can show before it starts to get tired and repetitive. Which was very sadly the case with this episode since alot of the cute stuff that we saw Grogu doing just felt repetitive but at the same time I don't think anybody could ever get tired of seeing Grogu just doing cute stuff but also there has to come a time now where you have to stop doing that because of where the characters are in their own personal journey and seeing Grogu doing cute things might eventually hinder his own personal character journey.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly thirty five minuets and sixteen seconds. Which was such a short running time for this episode to have since you very easily could have stretched this episodes plot up to at the very least forty five seconds which would have made the episode feel alot more satisfying then what it actually is since with it's current running time the episode just has to rush from plot point to plot point and as such scenes just aren't given the time that they need to just breathe and that does effect the overall pacing of this episode as well with scenes going by so much faster then what they really need to.


So now then since this is an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With this episodes action being alot better then what I thought that it was going to be and it helps that we get a really cool and really great looking action scene that reintroduces Din and Grogu which is just so really awesome and is a really awesome way to reintroduce us to these really great characters in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

SPOILERS END HERE!!!!!!!!!!


Overall this was a great way to start of the new season of this great show and it shows that having that extra year of from making this show really did work well enough in this shows favor in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode earns itself a grand old score of exactly an 8.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Star Wars fandom wiki page , the official The Mandalorian fandom wiki page and Google Images.With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episodes that I used in this very review being the official Star Wars fandom wiki page simply just due to the fact that alot of the images that are featured / up and on the official Star Wars fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.

Monday, 27 February 2023

The Mandalorian "Chapter 13 The Jedi" Review

 


Good or even great TV shows don't come along all that often and what is even rarer is one that is consistently either good or great. Well we are now just a few short days away from one of those shows debuting it's third season as such I thought that i'd take a look at one of the episodes that had alot of buzz surrounding it and so then join me as I review the episode that introduced a fan favorite character to the world of live action with the episode in question being called simply just "Chapter 13 The Jedi" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when The Mandalorian takes Grogu to a mysterious planet to hopefully be trained by a Jedi the Jedi instead enlists him in a fight to remove an evil governor from power of a local village. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with the episodes story being rather simple and effective in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Pedro Pascal as Din Djarin / The Mandalorian and the great Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano. Also starring in this episode is the great Michael Biehn as Lang , Diana Lee Inosanto as Morgan Elsbeth / The Magistrate , James Croak as A Prisoner , stunt woman turned actress turned director turned martial artist Dylan Alvarado as A Village Boy , Mai Brunelle as A Village Girl , Wing Tao Chao as Governor Wing and Clark Schierle as A Villager.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With all of this episodes cast turning in some really good performances all of which help to elevate what could be seen as a really dull script ad make it seem alot better then what it actually is because that's how good the acting in this very episode.



Doing the CGI for this episode is the legends and the greats that are all currently over at Legacy Effects. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Granted you do get some very dodgy looking CGI effects as well but those are in the minority and don't represent the majority.


As I mentioned at the start of this review this is the episode that introduced the character of Ahsoka Tano. I fully remember all of the hype and all of the rumors surrounding this character and when she would debut in this show and I have to say that this episode did a very good of introducing this character to  an audience that for one reason or another might not have seen her debut in animated form and her character in this episode is very much the next logical step in her characters journey and it's one that I can't wait to see play out.

This episode does kind of make both Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels essential viewing. Since a character who played a big part in the end of Star Wars: Rebels is mentioned by Ahsoka Tano this is something that I can see putting alot of people watching the upcoming Ahsoka TV show just because of the fact that not alot of people like watching animated movies or TV shows but given how interconnected these The Mandalorian spin off shows are that was always going to happen at some point. 


This is also the episode where we find out that Baby Yoda is actually called Grogu which is a name that I didn't like just because it sounds to much like Goku. Which isn't always a bad thing but when your alien names are often very creative and very distinctive it makes Grogu standout for all of the wrong reasons not to mention the big reveal really isn't treated as a big deal it's something that's done half handedly with the reveal almost coming of as a throwaway line which works well for the character of Ahsoka Tano but it doesn't work well for the character of The Mandalorian who would ave treated this as the big deal that it is.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly forty four minuets and forty eight seconds. Which is a bit of a short running time for an episode like this one to have since you very very easily could ave stretched this episodes running time to one hour just by expanding upon it's plot which would have allowed you to fully develop it's villains and go deeper into the blossoming friendship between The Mandalorian and Ahsoka Tano both of which are key to making this episodes plot work. 


So now then since this an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Altho the action goes out of it's way to making Ahsoka Tano look good then it does The Mandalorian which wouldn't be an issue if this was the Ahsoka show but it's not and so all it does is make The Mandalorian feel more like a side character when it comes to the episodes action sequences in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this was a really good episode that goes a long way as to showing us what this show is like when it at's it's best and is honestly more true to Star Wars then the actual sequel trilogy ever was in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad thins that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode earns itself a grand old score of exactly an 8.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official The Mandalorian fandom wiki page , the official Star Wars fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episodes that I used in this very review being the official Star Wars fandom wiki page simply just due to the fact that alot of the images that are featured / up and on the official Star Wars fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.

Friday, 24 February 2023

Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish Film Review

 


Animation fans with the Animaniacs reboot coming to close as of right now it only seemed right I take a look at the movie that also served as the series finale for the original show. Since this is a movie that for a long time was the last piece of new Animaniacs media up until the 2020 Animaniacs reboot and so then join me as I review the film that dared to try and kill one of it's main characters with the film in question being called simply just "Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish" enjoy.

The plot of the film is the Warner siblings and the rest of the village of Acme Falls all race to make a wish when Wakko makes a wish upon a wishing star. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good with this films plot being the exact plot that you'd expect from an Animaniacs movie with the plot itself being just as crazy as you'd expect it to be as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this film is Jess Harnell as Wakko , and Tress MacNeille as Dot , Marita Hippo , Hello Nurse and Mindy's mother. Also starring in this film is Rob Paulsen as Yakko , Pinky and Dr. Otto Scratchansniff , Sherri Stoner as Slappy Squirrel , Nathan Ruegger as Skippy Squirrel , Maurice LaMarche as The Brain and Squit , Frank Welker as Ralph , Thaddeus Plotz , Runt , Buttons , Chicken Boo and Flavio Hippo , Nancy Cartwright as Mindy , Chick Vennera as Pesto , John Mariano as Bobby , Bernadette Peters as Rita , Paxton Whitehead as King Salazar , Ben Stein as Desire Fulfillment Facilitator , Jeff Bennett as Baloney and The Captain Of The Guard , Paul Rugg as Mr. Director and Julie Brown as Minerva Mink.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt abut the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With all of the cast members turning in some really good performances which really shouldn't be surprising since alot of this films cat members are voice acting legends and so of course they are going to turn in good performances.



Doing the animation for this film is the legends and the greats that are currently over at TMS Entertainment. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good even more so when you take into account that this film was released straight to VHS.


Like I said this film was basically the series finale of the original Animaniacs TV show but this film doesn't feel like a finale. As this film just does it's own thing which is very on brand for the Animaniacs since the TV show is known for doing weird and wacky things and so then it only makes sense that the movie would do that as well as that  is something that the fans of the show had come to expect from the show but tho I would have liked it if this film did try to wrap the show's storylines up just so we could have that sense of closer and finality. 

This film does of course gave songs which are written by the films co-director and producer Tom Ruegger and the films co-writer Randy Rogel. I have to admit that the songs are where this film starts to fail for me since alot of this films just aren't that good and what makes matters worse is the fact that this film has a song play every couple of minuets and as such the film feels alot more like an advert for the soundtrack rather then it is an actual but when the film does ave a good song in it like for example "Never Give Up Hope" you really do know it since it is one of the best songs in this whole entire movie.


This film had the courage to almost kill of one it's one main characters which for a nineties kids movie is something that you'd very rarely see. What really helps to sell the scene is both the writing and the acting since the writing for the scene is so simple that it works it also helps that they set up the story very early on in the film and so when they bring it back near the end of the film we the audience understand just what that story means to both Dot and to her brothers and the acting in that scene from both Rob Paulsen and Tress MacNeille is so good that it really does make the whole scene very heartbreaking so much so that I was choking up while watching the scene because the scene itself just had me so hooked because that's how emotional and how good that one scene even is.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and nineteen minuets and thirty three seconds. Which is another issue that I personally had with this film since his film is far to short as you very very easily could have gotten this film up to one hour and thirty minuets just by expanding upon the plot and giving the new characters a bit more of a personality both of which would ave made this film feel alot more like film and alot less like just an extended episode of the TV show and nothing more then that plus it would have allowed for more characters from the TV show to play apart in the film as well.


So now then since this is a comedy that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty a very mixed bag of affairs for me personally. Even tho we do have some good jokes in this film those are very quickly followed up by to or three bad jokes which are just painfully unfunny in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this film was a great way to end the original series it;s just a shame that Warner bros Pictures. chose to release straight to VHS because they didn't want to market the film since this film could quite easily have made them quite alot of money at the box office in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that means that this very film earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well  then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Animaniacs fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful the official Animaniacs fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the official Animaniacs fandom wiki page are all really fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.

Wednesday, 22 February 2023

Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command: The Adventure Begins Film Review

 


PIXAR fans with the film Lightyear claiming to be the film that inspired Andy to buy the Buzz Lightyear toy. I thought that i;d take a look at the movie that also claimed that exact same thing and does it so much better then what Lightyear did just by being a movie that a kid his age in the nineties would actually like and watch and so then join me as I review the film that is the first Toy Story spin off ever made with the film in question being called simply just "Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command: The Adventure Begins" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when his partner is killed by Zurg Buzz Lightyear and a bunch of new star command recruits are tasked with going on a mission to stop the evil emperors latest evil scheme. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good wit this films plot being very entertaining and as well as being very engaging and the kind of plot that you'd expect to see from a pilot movie but in a fun and slightly unique way in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this film is Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear , Wayne Knight as Evil Emperor Zurg and Stephen Furst as Booster. Also starring in this film is Nicole Sullivan as Mira Nova , Larry Miller as XR , Adam Carolla as Commander Nebula , Patrick Warburton as LGM , Diedrich Bader as Warp Darkmatter , Jim Hanks as Woody , Wallace Shawn as Rex , R. Lee Ermey as Sarge , Andrew Stanton as Hamm and Joe Ranft as Wheezy.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With this films cast turning in some really good performances however the films script really doesn't give the actors alot to work with interms of what their characters personalities are and that is something that does affect the overall performances in this film.



Doing the animation for this film is the legend and the greats that are currently over at Jade Animation and Walt Disney Animation Japan. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good especially for what is basically a direct to VHS movie which for those that don't know those very rarely if ever had any really good animation in them whatsoever. 



Like alot of this of this show this film opens up with the characters from Toy Story with alot of them still being played by their original voice actor. While I really did like this scene in this movie I have to wonder why it was even concluded since all it does is set up the fact that this movie is just that a movie in the world of Toy Story which wasn't really needed since we the audience could have worked that out for ourselves but it was still great seeing these characters that we all grew up appear in a movie for a show that has pretty much been scrubbed from the official Toy Story canon.

As I said at the start of the review this film and the show that it comes from were both billed as the show that inspired Andy to buy his Buzz Lightyear toy and to this films credit it does look like a movie that a kid his age would love. Which is something that just wasn't true for Lightyear since that movie was dull and lifeless and yet this film is colorful with it's characters being very highly entertaining and while the Buzz in this movie has a very predictable character arc it is one that you'd see played out quite frequently in alot of shows that are made to sell toys.  


I will admit that one of this films more weaker elements is Zurg himself granted he is treated better in this movie then he was in Lightyear. However in this film he comes of more as a bumbling villain instead of someone who is a serious threat to our main heroes which given that in universe this show was meant to inspire Andy to get a Buzz Lightyear toy that does somewhat make sense however it doesn't make him appear as a threatening villain which is what he really should be coming across as being.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and six minuets and fifty five seconds. Which considering that this film is just three episodes of the show edited together is to be expected however this film could gave done with being at the very least twenty minuets just because you could then get across each characters  personality alot more and that would in turn make all of the characters seem alot more three dimensional then what they already are and on top of that it would allow us more time with these incredibly fun and times some rather really funny characters as well. 


So now then since this is an action film that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. Even more so for a kids animated direct to VHS movie but at the same time the action that we got in this film does get to be a little repetitive at times as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this film is a much better origin story for the Buzz Lightyear character then what Lightyear was since this film actually looks like a film that a kid would actually watch and like in the nineties in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that means that this very film warns itself a grand old score of exactly a 6 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Disney fandom wiki page , the official Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful the official Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the official Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.