Batman And Harley Quinn Film Review

When we think of Batman we usually think of a character that's super serious and that isn't that much of a goofy character. Yet every so often we would get an animated film that really does remind us of just how really goofy that this character could be alot of the time with the film that i'm going to be talking to you all about today being one such a film and so then join me I review the film that sees the dark knight team up with Harley Quinn with the film in question being called simply just "Batman And Harley Quinn" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when Poison Ivy and Floronic Man embark on a scheme to change the entire human race into plants and so it's up Batman, Nightwing and Harley Quinn and track her down and stop them before it's far to late. 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 not that bad as the films plot is goofy enough that it does somehow work and yet at the time it's also serious enough that we the audience to end up kind of buying into this films plot as out there as it does seem but in saying that tho this film plot does feel like it's a little bit on the weak side as while the film does give it's plot alot of screen time it doesn't spend alot of time in fully developing it's plot as alot of it is just spent with Batman , Nightwing and Harley going from one location to the next while getting into various scrapes which is fine for a scene or two but when that's the vast majority of the film with very little of those scenes actually adding anything to the plot of the film it does make you wonder why the makers of this film put those scenes in the film as they very easily could have filled the screen time just by developing the plot of the film which in turn would make this films plot feel all the more stronger then what it already is since as things stand this films plot feels more like the plot to bad episode of either the Harley Quinn animated show or Batman: The Animated Series with the plot of this film being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne / Batman and Melissa Rauch as Dr. Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn. Also starring in this film is Loren Lester as Dick Grayson / Nightwing , Paget Brewster as Pamela Isley / Poison Ivy , Kevin Michael Richardson as Jason Woodrue / Floronic Man , John DiMaggio as Sarge Steel , Alec Holland / Swamp Thing , Eric Bauza as Wesley , Robin Atkin Downes as Charles "Rhino" Daly , Trevor Devall as Bobby Liebowitz , Rob Paulsen as Dr. Harold Goldblum , Min and Max and Anderson , Mindy Sterling as A Project Supervisor and this film co-writer and producer Bruce Timm as Michael J. Carter / Booster Gold.

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. With all of this films actors turning in some really good performances which is something that does make alot of sense as alot of them have been playing their respective characters for quite literally decades at this point so much so that they are the voice of these characters for alot of people myself included and so it really does make alot of sense that they would nail their characters perfectly as they would know what kind of performance would best suit there respective characters and while she does turn in a good performance is Harley Quinn it's hard not to hear her character from The Big Bang Theory every single time that Melissa Rauch as even tho she puts on a voice for The Big Bang Theory it still does sound fairly similar to the voice that she uses for Harley Quinn in this film only more lower down and less high pitched with the best actor in the whole entire film of course being Kevin Conroy as the man just simply IS Batman with him proving in this film that he can play the character not only seriously like he did in Batman: The Animated Series but also play him so seriously that you do manage to get a few laughs out of him in the process and yet it oddly doesn't feel out of character either as he's still just that good as the character and while Loren Lester does very easily step back into the role of Dick Grayson Kevin is just pitch perfect as Batman with the acting that's in this very film really being helped by he fact that this films script is just so good that all this films actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film. 

Doing the animation for this film is the legends and the really greats that are currently over at DR Movie. 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 inn 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 which is not really all that surprising as DR Movie do usually do some pretty solid work and are usually pretty reliable the issue is tho is that there trying replicate the style of Batman: The Animated Series and that's just something that doesn't work this film as while they are a solid animation company and are a good choice to animate this film there usually better when there not just straight up copying somebody else's style but there zippy and zany animation does at times help to make the film alot more funnier then what it really had any right to be with the films backgrounds looking oddly simplistic for a direct to DVD movie so much so that you'd be forgiven for thinking that they were backgrounds from episodes of Batman: The Animated Series but there this films animation really does truly begin to shine is in the films action as the animation really does help to make the actin that's in this film really come alive and make it look like that each punch does hurt with this main being done through the characters facial expressions all of which do feel really on point in this film when by all rights the characters facial expressions could have been left unaltered and the animation would work just as well with even the animation team finding ways to have Batman show emotion through the use of his eyes in his mask which again worked really well to sell both the films comedy and the films action as well.

For some reason both this film and The Killing Joke both came out when Bruce Timm was trying to prove that Batman can be for adults as well as little kids. The issue is tho is that he already proved that back in the nineties with Batman: The Animated Series and where as that show told mature stories that had these very mature themes running through them and both The Killing Joke and this film the only things that was mature about them is the fact that characters hooked up with each other and that that they swore like sailors and that's it which is the more childish way to tell a mature as by all rights this film should have been a more adult tale telling the story of how hard it is for a criminal like Harley Quinn to even find work with her trying to go straight with there being one or two jokes thrown in there but the film instead chose to go the opposite way and instead have it so that Harley has already found a job which yes granted she's not that happy with as it is below her interms of her intelligence but there's nothing mature being said in this film as even Poison Ivy's scheme of trying to turn the human race into plants isn't saying anything mature as it instead feels like a scheme that she would come up with in a show that's aimed at kids whereas alot of scheme in Batman: The Animated Series had these more mature themes to them and while the only thing that was holding back The Killing Joke from being an actual mature take on Batman was THAT gross scene with Batgirl and Batman it was otherwise a really mature story where as here it felt like that the makers of the film forgot how to tell a mature story and instead just made a more mature kids film bottom line if you want a more mature Batman story watch the episode of Batman: The Animated Series called Heart Of Ice as that one twenty two minuet episode is more mature then this whole movie is.

This films co-writer Jim Krieg himself has said that he considers this film to be the strange red haired nephew to Batman: The Animated series. Which doesn't really make sense as not only do that show and this movie share the same two leading actors but the designs of all the characters are very similar to how they were in The New Batman Adventures as well with the only thing that separates that show from this film being the fact that the show was made for kids and that's really it with this film basically serving as the next episode of that show but at the same time tho this could also be because of the fact that the film was just using Bruce Timm's own art style and the fact that the show and this movie shared very similar looking character designs was just coincidental but if that is the case that Harley's fourth wall break when she mentions Nightwings mullet now makes no sense however this was to just be a nostalgia grab for the people that grew up watching that show then fair enough but at least have the courage to set it in the same continuity as it would have been more fun to see more of the world that we knew and loved thank to Batman: The Animated Series but thanks to the makers of this films own comments it does mean that this film both is and is not apart of that main series continuity which given that they have Harley dress up in her classic outfit throughout the whole film should be more then enough to make this part of the main series continuity however it does seem like Bruce Timm is ashamed of Batman: The Animated Series as he refuses to do anything related to Batman in that world despite the fact that there tons of stories in a feature film that could be told in that world.

While he is meant to be a main character in this film Floronic Man actually doesn't actually do all that much in the film. With him instead being more of a bodyguard to Poison Ivy and heck it's even hinted at that it's she that came up with there plan in this film with her being more a driving force when it comes to getting there plan down with Floronic Man only really doing something that's relevant to the plot when Harley in the most Harley way possible manages to convince Ivy not to go through with it as it could possibly mean that all of the human race could die if things are off by even a fraction but for alot of the time it's Ivy that's doing alot of the heavy lifting and for a plan that's this average really doesn't do her character any kind of favors as this films plan just feels like a waste of both characters as the plan really does hinge on Ivy acting out of the character as while she would want plants to rule the world she wouldn't want it at the expense of the human race as she would want herself to remain alive with Jason Woodrue coming more across as the typical high school bully type of character which fair enough does work well enough for his character but given that the two characters hated each other in Batman & Robin it does feel weird seeing them team up in this film and while there plan does work well with each others character it still doesn't change the fact that the plan as goofy as it is does work oddly well enough for this film as it is a goofy plan but it's also one that could have been alot more better then what it is in this film which to be fair having a more a goofy plan does work for this more goofy film but it would have worked even more f there scheme was a bit more well thought out.

Now then his films has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and fourteen minuets and thirteen seconds. Which to be fair to this film is pretty much the exact running time that you'd expect this kind of film to have with this film even having the right amount of plot there cover that amount of running time however tho this film really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely tho as the plot of this film isn't that well developed and the plot moves at a really fast pace as well with the only thing that could gave helped this films plot out quite alot was if the fact that the film actually took the time that it really did need to fully develop it's plot instead of having things happen in the film that don't really effect the plot of the film as then the films plot would be allowed to be developed more and have alot more thought and effort put into it as well with this even effecting the films characters as well as none of them are given that much time to get across what there personality is meant to be apart from oddly enough Harley Quinn who comes across as bein the best written character in the film where as characters like Nightwing for example doesn't really get anything this is despite the fact that the character did appear in The New Batman Adventures and while it's understand as to why Batman didn't get all that much either as he's the most well known character in this film at the same time tho it still would have been nice if the film did showcase just what it is that made him a great character in the first place but for whatever reason the makers of this film thought that having more comedy was better then having actual character development but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho. 

So now then as this is an action film that really does mean 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 really good. With alot of this films action being alot more better then what you'd expect from a film that's abasically an action comedy where the film puts alot more focus on it's comedy aspect then it does it's action aspect but even so this films action is more better then what it should have been as by all rights this films action should have been really bad but for whatever reason the action in this film came out alot more better then what it should have been with the films best action being when Batman , Nightwing and Harley Quinn first attack Floronic Man and Poison Ivy as we get to see just what it is that all three heroes bring to the team and how they all act together in a fight which is something that will always be a cool thing to see but the film does also have another really good action scene as well with that being the fight between Harley and Nightwing as we get to see just how smart Harley is when it comes to being in a fight with her using her environment to her advantage which is something that does make her a more smarter character then what people really do give her credit for with this film having alot of really fun filled action scenes all of which really do come alive thanks to this films animation with this film being a perfect example of the animation actually helping the action come across as being alot more better then what it really should have been in it in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Overall this film is not alot of people seem to loo back on really fondly and for good reason as the film does gave alot of bad things in it but in saying that tho this film does have just as many good things working for it as well all of which do make this film a really fun film to watch 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 really does mean that this very film really does earn 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 DC Movies fandom wiki page , the official Batman: The Animated Series fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very film that I used in this very review being the really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very film with alot of them being better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on Google Images are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe 1983 "She-Demon Of Phantos" Review

To say that it's been quite a while since anything regarding the classic Masters Of The Universe TV show really was last talked about by me would be a huge understatement. As it's been a whopping FOUR years sine I last talked about anything from this show as such it was only about right that I put a stop to that right now and so then join me as I give you my review of the episode that has the most generic PSA at the end of it with the episode in question being called simply just "She-Demon Of Phantos" enjoy.

The plot of this episode when the Queen of a trusted ally to Eternia is suddenly put into Skeletor's control it's up to He-Man and friends to break that control before it's far to late. 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 in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as while it was yes granted a rather generic and simple plot that's also something that could be said for all of this shows episodes as the main purpose of this show wasn't to have deep thought provoking plots it was instead to sell toys and that's it and because of that they don't really need alot of plot in there episodes they just need the basic premise and the set up and that's it and that's all this episode has and while yes it would have been nice if the plot was a bit more well thought and alot less formulaic at the same time tho that would also be going against the style of the show as well but in fairness to this episode this is a plot that whilst it does work really well it's also one that's not all that good as it does feel loke a very paint by numbers plot with all of the plot beats that you know are going to happen happening but without any rhyme of reason to it which does cause the episode to loose it's heart and soul in the process as well as it's just that generic of a plot for this episode to have with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is John Erwin as Prince Adam / He-Man and Strongarm and voice acting legend Alan Oppenheimer as Skeletor , Man-At-Arms , Cringer and Mer-Man. Also starring in this episode is voice acting legend Linda Gary as Teela , The Sorceress and Queen Elmora. this shows executive producer , composer and developer Lou Scheimer as Orko , Lizard Man and Slave Driver and Norm Prescott as Stratos.

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 not that bad. As let's be real here nobody would expect or even want great acting from this show given that it was only made to sell the toys and that's it and yet that's really exactly what we got in this episode with it being clear as day that all of this episodes actors really are trying to turn in a good performance and make this show worth watching for more people then just it's intended kid audience and while granted this show doesn't demand great acting in it's episodes the very fact that these actors were more then willing to try to turn in a good performance does show you just how good of an actor that all of this episodes really are with it being quite hard to say just who exactly the best actor in this episode really is as to be frank here anyone of this shows actors could make that claim and it would be totally justifiable however if push did indeed come to shove i'd say that the best actor in this episode is Linda Gary just because of the fact that the three characters that she's playing are for the most part complete and total opposites of each other for large portions of the episode with her even having to make Queen Elmora still sound like a good guy when she's under Skeletor's mind control which is something that won't be that easy of a task to do in the first place with the acting that's in this very episode not really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so bad as it gives none of this episodes actors absolutely nothing to work with inters of what it is that there respective characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does hurt the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.

Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Filmation Associates. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation 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 animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as even tho this episodes animation is nothing all that spectacular as is to be expected as this was done on a TV show budget there are moments of promise to be found in this episodes animation like alot of the backgrounds for example all look really good and even for a nineteen eighties TV show do look very highly detailed which does help in making Filmation one of the hidden gems of the animated world as alot of there works be for film or TV more often then not had some really good looking animation in them and yet because there not Disney , Warner Bros or Hanna-Barbera they will more often then not get overlooked by alot of people but in saying that tho much like with Hanna-Barbera the characters movements in this episode do come across as being a little bit stiff from time to time with them only getting very fluid movements during very brief and pointless scenes like for example both Prince Adam and Man At Arms only get very fluid animation after having a very brief talk with Queen Elmora and that's it as for the rest of the episode there movements are much like the rest of the characters movements in that there very stiff at best which makes you wonder why the makers of this show didn't bother to give all of the characters these really nice looking fluid movements all throughout the episode as when they do that it is something that does look really good and yet by not doing that all there doing is highlighting just how cheap there animation can be when it comes to the characters movements.

It's not unusual for this show to end on some sort of PSA with one of the shows characters usually He-Man giving the shows kid audience some sort of advice. While alot of what they say in these PSA's is usually very helpful and tied into the plot of the episode here in this episode on the other hand they go the other way with it and give us not only the most generic PSA but they also don't have to be tied into somethin that happened in the episode as here the PSA is all about safety not any particular kind of safety just safety in general which is so generic as the advice that they give could be applied to anything as it basically just boils to just be careful and that's it which is so generic that it's like the makers of this episode weren't even trying with this being made all the more laughable when you take into account that they could have done something that tie's into the episode due to the fact that Teela deliberately goes against her fathers order thus putting herself in harms way so there could have been a PSA on how the kids need to always do as there told when it comes to very dangerous situations as not doing so could end up with them getting hurt and hospital which granted is still pretty generic but it's also something that does tie into the episode and therefor doesn't really feel that out of place as the kid audience would have seen what could happen should they not follow the advice that was just given to them but for one reason or another the makers of this episode went with the most boring and most generic piece of advice that they could have given which makes it feel like that they just made a bunch of PSA's with the idea being that they could then use them in rotation for various episodes should the need to do so arise and didn't bother to come up with alot of creative ways to tie them into the plot of the episode.

Queen Elmora does seem to be a pretty good character as she is someone who is a friend to Eternia and actually has powers of her own. However tho at the same time like alot of this shows characters she does come across as being very note as all she does when she gets turned evil is hit He-Man with a few of her spells and that's it which isn't that good as we don't get to see how that impacts her as a character something which is made even more worse when Skeletor puts another spell on her so that when she sees He-Man she sees him as Skeletor which in all fairness isn't that bad of an idea but at the same time tho she does very quickly work out who the correct Skeletor is which does make that whole idea feel like the waste of a good tension building idea as she could have asked both Skeletors a question that only the real He-Man would know and heck they even could have had her attack He-Man thinking that it's Skeletor just something that would make that idea worth while but instead they have Teela interrupt before things start to get good to tell her that the person that she's seeing isn't Skeletor but is actually He-Man with her only figuring it odd when she casts a spell that she knows the real He-Man would be able to get off which again is a good ides but it's one that comes to little to late as the very fact that they had Teela interrupting the big showdown does undercut alot of the tension and whilst this is something that might have been done to appease either censors or parents groups it is something that does take you out of the story with this being somethin that should have been fixed just by not having Teela show up as then you could have scenes with Elmora struggling to work out which Skeletor is telling the truth and have her just ask them both a question that only the real He-Man would know the answer to and that's really it.

Speaking of everyone's favourite Skeleton he doesn't really have much a plan in this episode with his scheme being to replace take over the Queen's homeland which he does at the start of the episode. With him even replacing the minerals that Man At Arms and Prince Adam got to make there weapons from the Queen with some cheap knock offs which is quite literally one of the two only things that tip them off that something that's not the level as Adam points at the Elmora was acting strangely and that's it with Skeletors lack of a plan really falling to pieces once the heroes arrive back at the Queen's palace and it's something that does have you wondering what Skeletors ultimate goal is in this episode as everything he does in this episode seems to just annoy He-Man and not cause him any psychical pain which is something that des make Skeletor out to be a pretty weak and ineffective villain as if his end goal was to take over the Queen's homeland then the episode is already over before it began as he already did that before the start of the episode but if it was something else then it makes no sense as the Queen would already have access to these minerals which are meant to be the strongest in the known galaxy and very easily could have told Skeletor and his men where they are or his true evil scheme just wasn't explained at all as the makers of this episode just couldn't be bothered to give him one which does make his inclusion in this episode feel wasted as his role in this episode could have been taken up by any of the shows villains and it would have made total sense but because he's the shows main villain he just has to be in this episode even if he doesn't really have an evil plan to begin with.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running mee of exactly twenty one minuets and thirty seconds. Which to be fair to this episode is more in lone with the running time with the rest of the show as well as all of them have a very similar running time with this episode even having the right amount of plot there to cover that amount of running time but in saying that tho this episode really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely as it's plot isn't that well developed and really can't be that well developed as the episode is more focused on just rushing along to the next predictable plot beat then it is in telling a good story and while kids TV shows around this same time did typically just tell single episode stories this is one that could have benefitted from being a two part story as that then would allow for the plot of the episode to be more developed then what it already with this having the add on effect on making Skeletor himself seem more like a villain that no only can het things done when it counts but it would also make him more of an effective villain as well with this also effecting the episodes characters since as tings stand all of this episodes characters aren't that well developed which again is more in line with other kids shows from the eighties but at the same time tho these characters could have been more well thought out and get the chance to be alot more developed then what they already since as things stand all of this episodes characters do come across as being very one dimensional and while that is fine for this kind of show it is something that does make this episode and this show come across as being a bit predictable but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is an action show that really does mean 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 / resented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. With this episodes action being yes generic but in a fun way as we get to see He-Man and friends beat up Skeletors crew in some really fun ways with the only thing that does really let this episodes action down is the fact that we don't get see Man At Arms take down the guards that have Cringer locked up in a cell which is kind of a key plot point as it details the rescue of one of the shows main characters and yet the episode just completely skips over it like it's nothing with the best action scene in the whole episode being the final fight between He-Man and Skeletor in the Queen's throne room which works because of the fact that even tho we would have seen the two characters fight quite a few times now in the series other episodes it's what this episode adds to it that makes it good again as we get to see Skeletor be manipulative by trying to convince Elmora that he's actually He-Man which whilst it is an undercooked idea does make the action in that scene seem really good with even seeing He-Man escape this supposed unbreakable box just because he's the main character of the show is fun and campy and something that does make the action in this episode all the more interesting and fun to watch as well as it means that the makers of this show know that there making a bad show and a bad episode and therefor just willing to have some serious fun with this episodes action in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall whilst this show does do both He-Man and Skeletor better then the first live action movie could only dream of doing this episode really isn't the best example of just how fun that this show really could have been as this could have been as these two characters can be some really fun characters 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 really des mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 5.5 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 He-Man fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great the official He-Man fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with alot of them being better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on the official He-Man fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Wednesday Series Two Part One SPOILER FILLED Review

After quite literally years of waiting the little show that took both Netflix and the world by storm a few years ago is now back with it's long awaited second season. As I was such a huge fan of the first season of the show and love The Addams Family to death you all just knew that I had to check out these first four episodes of the show and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the first of half of the second season of the show that aired on the right day of the week with the show in question being called simply just "Wednesday" enjoy.

The plot for these first four episodes is when Wednesday returns to Nevermore Academy she finds herself very popular and now has to deal with with a stalker all the main while trying to solve another murder case one which is linked to the school itself. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty not that bad as the plot it self was something that was handled really well for the most part as for alot of these first four episodes it does feel like that there's alot more plots going on which does make the seasons main plot far feel unfocused as the shows is juggling several different plots two more of which do feature members of The Addams Family with so far one of them not really being that well received with that being the plot that Pugsley has in these episodes which to be fair isn't the best of plots but at the same time it was never going to be as it was always going to be the more lighthearted comic relief subplot for the season and that's really it but in saying that it does eat up screen time that could have been taken up with making the seasons plot of Wednesday trying to solve this murder feel alot more stronger then what it actually is but that is something that could get fixed when the shows drops it's final four episodes for this season in a months time with the plot of these episodes really being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Starring in these episodes is one of this shows executive producers Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams and Steve Buscemi as Barry Dort. Also starring in these episodes is Emma Myers as Enid Sinclair , Hunter Doohan as Tyler Galpin , Joy Sunday as Bianca Barclay , Moosa Mostafa as Eugene Ottinger , Georgie Farmer as Ajax Petropolus , Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams , Owen Painter as Slurp , Billie Piper as Isadora Capri , Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo as Ritchie Santiago , Victor Dorobantu as Thing , Noah Taylor as Bruno Yuson , Evie Templeton as Agnes DeMille , Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams , Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams , Haley Joel Osment as Chet LaTroy , Joonas Suotamo as Lurch , Jamie McShane as Donovan Galpin , Christopher Lloyd as Professor Orloff , Heather Matarazzo as Judi , Thandiwe Newton as Rachael Fairburn , Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester and Dame Joanna Lumley as Grandmama.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honey really good. Which is something that's to be expected from this show as alot of this shows actors are a bunch of really good actors in their own with even pretty much the entire first season having some really good acting in it and therefor it would make alot of sense for this season to so far carry on that trend only now the acting does seem to be alot more better as the actors that are returning from the first season will of course be alot more comfortable with there characters and would of course know there characters a little bit more better and what kind of performance would best suit there respective characters as well with even the shows new actors like for example Steve Buscemi and Dame Joanna Lumley not only holding their own when it comes to acting with some of the actors from the previous season but also turning some really good performances in their own right with of course the best actor in these first four episodes being Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams as she is just such a joy to watch not only in these first four episodes but in the show as a whole with it being very crystal clear that she's having a blast playing this character and that is something that you can see in all the frames that she's in in these first four episodes with the acting that's in these very episodes really being helped by the fact that all of the scripts for these very episodes are just so good that all these episodes actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in these first four episodes.

Doing he CGI for these episodes is Alter Ego , CoSA VFX , Folks VFX , Herne Hill Media , Incessant Rain Studios , Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies , PowerHouse VFX , Rocket Science VFX , Scanline VFX , Take 5 VFX , VFX Legion and WeFX. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty not that bad as there are some pretty good CGI effects to be found in these first four episodes but at the same time tho you can still tell that this show has a TV effects budget as there are some effects like on the ravens for example that do look a little bit two fake almost as if they were added in at the last possible minuet but in saying that tho a character like Thing who at times is a fully CGI effect does look really good with there beings tons of character added to him that helps to make him more of a fully formed character and without giving anything away the one effect that alot of people could all agree upon was really bad in the first season returns in this season and it's aged well with it looking even more like a cartoon character then what it was in the previous season with it making you wonder why the makers of this show didn't take the time that they already had due to the three year gap between seasons to improve upon that effect and make it look like that it was actually there on the day instead of choosing to make it look like something that looks like that it would be more at home a kids cartoon halloween special.

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One of the biggest issues that the first season faced was not having alot of the other members of The Addams Family in it for longer periods of time. This is something that is thankfully fixed in episode one of these episodes as Morticia takes up post at the school at the behest of the schools new Principal with her being in charge of getting funds for the school with Gomez staying because he doesn't want to leave her side and even Pugsley stays around this season enrolling as a new student with both Morticia and Gomez even having Lurch with them as well this right there is a huge step up from what they did in the previous season where they only had the main family members show up for an episode or two and that's really it and yet now that there here we the audience get to the chance to see alot more of the family dynamic with the only two family members to get a real plot together this season being Morticia and Wednesday as they are trying to learn to come together as one and not to be fighting all of the time however there not the only members of the family that show up in these episodes as we also get Uncle Fester and Grandmama showing up in the shows fourth episode with it being reveled throughout these first four episodes that both Morticia and Grandmama shared a very similar relationship to what she and Wednesday currently have all due to the fact that Grandmama possibly had Moritica's sister Ophelia Addams sent to the same hospital that Wednesday is currently investigating and heck it could even be argues that family is a key theme this season as even Bianca Barclay has somewhat of a subplot involving her mother in these first four episodes as well and while none of the plots do get resolved by the end of episode four it is something that does make wonder just how they can resolve these plots in ways that not only feel true to the characters and the show but also be satisfactory to those who are watching the show as well.

With this season of the show being split up into two parts that does mean that episode four has to end on a cliffhanger and well the cliffhanger is a good one. As it ends with the possibility of Wednesday being dead after being thrown out the top floor of the hospital window by Tyler Galpin in his Hyde form this is after another character from the previous season in this case a returning Christina Ricci as Marilyn Thornhill / Laurel Gates who does try to convince him that she's still on his side but he this time just doesn't believe and uses his claws to kill her with the first four episodes making some great use of the hospital set in all of the episodes in which is appears with it even taking centre stage in the shows fourth episode but at the same time these four episodes do lean alot more on the horror aspect of the show then it does the comedy aspect of it so much so that you might be forgiven for forgetting that this is a horror comedy and therefor things should be more balanced like they were in the first season which yes did have it's fair share of horror moments in it as well but it also knew when to stop being a straight up horror show and be a comedy where as with these first four episodes it does feel like there skewing a little bit two much into being a straight up horror show when that's something that The Addams Family should never be as they should always be the kind of horror comedy that you could perhaps show to little kids and while this show has always been mature in it's story telling and presentation it still does feel weird when they openly show a character bleeding due to being stabbed which would work if this was a straight up horror show but given that these four episodes did go out their way to show off more horror then they did comedy it is something that makes you wonder if the rest of this season and even the upcoming third season will lean more into the horror aspect of the show which if so then you might as well just drop the comedy aspect all together as it won't a horror comedy at that point as it would be a straight up horror show.

If you loved Enid last season then odds are your not going to like these first four episodes all that much as she and Wednesday don't spend alot of time together which is something that they do have an in story reason for. As when Wednesday has a really intense psychic vision on the first day of school she sees Enid grave with Enid herself straight up telling her that she killed her and that's all Wednesdays fault with being what kicks of the storyline for this season as Wednesday has to try and figure how Enid's upcoming death is connected to all of these murders which have been going on and are connected to the school in some way however in doing so she doesn't spend alot of time with Enid which is due to her wanting to project her but at the same time all this does is drive the two of them closer as Enid starts to feel left out when Wednesday starts hanging out with a new character called Agnes DeMille who is a superfan of Wednesdays and has the power of invisibility which is something that makes you wonder if Wednesdays vision is more of a self fulfilling prophecy like by trying to avoid causing any harm to Enid she ends up causing the very thing that she didn't want to happen as it's clear as day that they both think of the world of each with Enid even saying that Wednesday is the tunnel to her light with both characters even needing the other as Wednesday needs Enid to keep her grounded and to stop her from getting in her own way and Enid needs to Wednesday as to show her that it's OK to bend the rules and have some fun a little bit of the time as well but in saying that tho if the makers of this show were to have Enid be killed off at the end of the season it would provide an interesting thing for when we get to the third season of Wednesday.

Now then each of episode of this batch of episodes has / had an exact grand total running tome of exactly no longer then one hour and two minuets. With all four of these episodes being around about one hour each which is something that's perfect for these episodes as it's perfectly inline with the first season as alot of those episodes had a very similar running time as well with these first four episodes even having the right amount of plot there to really cover there respective running times but in saying that tho these four episodes really doesn't use there running times all that wisely as the man plot for this season thus far isn't that well developed but that is something that could be fixed by the time that the season has finished airing tho but you always want to lead with your best foot forward and so far these episodes aren't doing a good job of developing the main plot as all of the seasons other plots are all fighting for screen time when it would have made more sense to cut down on the number of plots and not give every single a character this season a storyline even more so if it cuts into the running time that could have been sent in developing the main plot of this season with this slightly effecting the shows characters as while the returning characters do of course come of slightly better in this regards due to the first season it's the shows newer characters that do somewhat suffer from a lack of development as while Principal Barry Dort doesn't really get that much development in these four episodes that's more due to the fact that he's being used as a red herring as the show does put alot of focus on him being the big bad for this season with really the only character that does suffer from a lack of development being Agnes DeMille who goes from being this creepy stalker character to being someone who is just obsessed with Wednesday and willing to help her out with there being no rhyme or reason for the sudden character change but I really will admit that these episodes really does have some really good pacing in them tho.

So now then as this is a comedy that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in these first four episodes and 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 first four episodes was in all honesty not that bad. As while there aren't that many laugh out moments like there was in the first season that's more due to thew fact that the makers of this show are putting more of an effort on into the shows horror aspect then it is in creating some actually funny jokes but to be fair to these first fur episodes they do still keep all of Wednesdays killer one liners all of which are really funny jokes and do feel perfectly in line with her character with the best joke in the whole entire first half of the season being when Fester is in the hotel before getting himself committed to the mental hospital when the police burst in on him he's there in the bath just singing along to self and he just turns to the where the policemen are and he just smiles which yes granted is a really stupid joke but at the same time tho it's something that does feel completely in line with this character as is the fact that in episode one Pugsley uses his new lightening powers to take out a stop sign which in turn causes a huge accident all of which the Addams's fail to notice behind them with those two jokes proving that the makers of this show do still know how to tell a good joke that's in the spirit of The Addams Family which dies make you wonder they chose to focus more on horror when alot of the jokes that there telling in these first four episodes whilst they aren't as good as the ones in the first season they all still work really well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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Overall while these first four episodes could have been alot more better it's still great to be back in these world with these characters and the fact that the show has already been confirmed for a third season does say that the show does have legs with these first batch of episodes more then proving that fact in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all o the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in these very episodes that are in this very review and as such that really does mean that these very episodes really does earn themselves a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally sued 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 Addams Family 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 really great the official The Addams Family fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from these very episodes with alot of them being better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on the official The Addams Family fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Wacky Races: See-Saw To Arkansas Review

There are some TV shows that will only be remembered by a select group of people due to the fact that the show in question didn't last that very long in the first place and even those that remember the show won't remember that much about it. Such is the case with the show that i'm going to be talking you all about today as this is a show that only last one season and yet out of that one season the show managed to spawn two spin off shows , a comic book series and a remake as well as having it's central villain be the main villain for several Yogi Bear shows as well and so then join me as I review the episode that introduces us to the worlds wackiest racers with the episode in question being called simply just "See-Saw To Arkansas" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is the racers have to race through Arkansas and reach the finish line in order to end the race. 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 as this is show that really doesn't require a deep plot in order to make it work it just requires the very bare minimum and that's it and to this episodes credit that's exactly what we got in this episode as due to the lack of a plot it does allow for the shows characters to be their charming selves and not be bogged down by telling a deep and thought provoking plot and while yes granted it would have been nice if this episode did have a plot as then it could have made the episode alot more better then what it already is not all shows need to have a deep and thought provoking plot in their episodes to make them work as sometimes just being a simple plot is more then enough as is the case with this episode as this show isn't one that really requires one as we the audience see join the race when it's progress and therefor we don't need to find out why these characters are racing we just need to know there names and that's it as the fun of the episode comes not from it's plot it comes from the characters just doing whatever they can to get ahead in the race with that being something that would be lost if this episode did have a deep thought provoking plot to it with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Yogi Bear star Daws Butler as Red Max , Peter Perfect , Rufus Roughcut and Sgt. Blast and Scooby-Doo star Don Messick as Muttley , Professor Pat Pending and Ring-A-Ding. Also starring in this episode is The Flintstones star John Stephenson as Luke and Blubber Bear , Janet Waldo as Penelope Pitstop , Dave Willock as The Narrator and Paul Winchell as Dick Dastardly and Clyde.

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 not that bad. As alot of this shows actors do put in some really decent performances in this episode something that really couldn't have been all that easy to do due to the episodic nature of the show which is something that would have made the acting in this episode all the more harder and yet because of that it's even more impressive that this shows actors pulled off these characters really well as they make the characters that your meant to be liking even more likable and the characters that your meant to hate even more hateable because of it with the true standout actor in this episode being none other then Paul Winchell as Dick Dastardly and Clyde as he has to go from being kind of in the middle of being likable and hateable with Clyde to being the full on bad guy with Dick Dastardly in the same scene and it's something that really does work in this episode as you can tell clear as day that Paul Winchell is having the best of times playing both of these characters and that is something that really does shine through in the final cut of the episode with the acting that's in this very episode no really being helped by this episodes script as this episodes script doesn't really give the actors a whole lot to work with interms of what it is that there actual characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does harm the over all quality of the acting that's in this very episode.

Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Hanna-Barbera Productions. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about h actual animation 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 animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good as while granted the episode does have that typical Hanna-Barbera cheapness to it with there being alot of repeating backgrounds and even the backgrounds themselves not being as highly detailed as the backgrounds in say Tom & Jerry for example that doesn't change the fact that this episodes animation was a lot better then what it really had any right to be as all of the character designs for the show look really good with the characters some truly iconic designs and even the cars that there driving looking really and fun and creative with the thing that does let the animation in this episode down is the lack of details in the backgrounds as that does mean that all of the episodes backgrounds do start to merge into one thus making it alot more harder for us the audience to work where each character is in relation to the other where as if the backgrounds were a little bit more detailed then that would go along way into fixing this issues not helping things out tho is the fact that the characters movements do feel very stilted which in fairness to this episode is something that was also a problem for alot of Hanna-Barbera shows as well and while it doesn't take away from the quality of the episode it is something that does take away from the quality of the animation and while it is understandable why this episodes animation look cheap alot of the time as this show was produced on a TV show budget the makers of this episode should have done something to make the animation in this episode well and truly standout a little bit more.

One of the highlights of not only this show but this episode is seeing what kind schemes that Dick Dastardly would come up with to win the race. With his schemes in this episode being not that bad as he hides a sign to make it impossible for the racers to tell which way to get of the freeway and other such things and while they do all rightfully end with him getting run over and in case blown up it is something that does show that being evil doesn't mean you'll win which is a good message to teach the shows target kid audience with it being a message that's backed up by the fact that when Dick Dastardly isn't pulling a scheme on the other racers he's actually a pretty good racer in his own right as here he finishes fourth in the race and yet every single time he does try to pull a trick on them he always ends up getting hurt and while his schemes in other episodes would get more and more outlandish as the series would progress here they do feel a lot more tame by comparison and heck it's even Dick Dastardly himself that gets alot of the episodes screen time which is fair enough as he's the series main villain but when you take into account the show is basically an ensemble show thus meaning that it has no main character it does feel odd that he would get treated like the main character of the show just due to the fact that he gets alot more screen time then all of the other racers and while he does pull lots of schemes on the other racers it's The Ant Hill Mob that pull one off him thus giving him a good taste of his own medicine which was a fun thing to see as you don't often get to see one set of characters who it could be argued are villains openly take out someone who is the shows main villain and yet still be treated as being one of the good guys in not only this show but also in The Perils Of Penelope Pitstop as well.

It's not that hard to see why this show has mostly been forgotten about by alot of people as even from this episode you can tell right away that it was never designed to last more then one series. As it would be a show that would get really repetitive pretty quickly and therefor it was kind of doomed to only last a certain amount of episodes but due to the popularity of characters like Dick Dastardly and even Penelope Pitstop both of whom not got there own respective spin off shows but also appeared in the dreadful 2017 remake as it's the characters that really do carry the show and help to make it all the memorable as for a show called Wacky Races you'd expect all of the races to have something about them that makes them wacky and crazy but rather then the races that are wacky it's the racers the actual characters of the show that have something wacky about them and that is something that does help to make this show alot more memorable then what it actually is and it's a shame that when kids today think of the name Wacky Races the first thing that comes to their minds won't be this show as they didn't grow up with it it will be the 2017 show which yes had the more actually wacky races but it lacks the charm and character that we see in this episode as for all of it's faults one of the many things that this episode and this show has going for it is it's char as it's a very charming show that you can put on and watch and be just as entertained by it today as you were when you were kid watching this same episode for the first time and that is something that alot of kids shows today are missing and makes no sense as not all shows need plots and characters as sometimes just being charming is more then enough to make for a good show.

This show and this episode is the very definition of a nothing episode as there isn't alot of plot to speak of. The characters whilst they are charming aren't given alot of personality and the races just aren't as wacky as the tile of the show would have you think which is something that does make it hard to talk about the show and judge it fairly as all of the above things that were just mentioned could be seen as being part of the point of the show as we are only seeing the race from after it's started so we don't get to see any interaction with the racers either before or after the race and so why would they stop and talk to each other when there being alot more focused on trying to win the actual race and while we do get to see alot of the racers win each race the show becomes more fun in not only trying to work out who's going to win but how there going to do it as well as even tho we all know that Dick Dastardly is never going to win any of the races it's still fun seeing him try and stop the other racers so that he himself can win and while this show and this episode might be a nothing show and and a nothing episode there's another word to describe this episode and that's fun as that's exactly what this episode is it's fun but in a child like and silly kind of way and while granted that might put people off the show and off the episode as well there's nothing wrong with being silly and childish as it reminds us of a more simpler time with that being exactly what happens when you watch this episode as it really reminds you of what you were like when you where a kid and had those care free days that we all now really long for and while yes this show will never be that well remembered it will always be a show that is alot of fun to watch with this episode being a prime of example of just how much fun can be had when your watching this episode.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twelve minuets and five seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstandard running time for all of the episodes of this show as all of the segments of this show was paired with another segment to form one twenty two minuet episode which when the episodes are this repetitive can be seen as being hard to get through especially when you take into account that all of the episodes this one included really don't have alot of plot there to really cover that amount of running time with this episode not even using it's running time wisely as the main plot of the show can't be that well developed due to the sheer nature of the show with us the audience basically starting the episodes whilst the racers are already racing which does mean that the plot of any of this shows episodes can't be that well developed with this being even more evident when you take into account that this episode basically doesn't have that much of a plot to begin with with the lack of development even effecting the shows characters as well which is pretty standard stuff from when this episode was first being broadcast all the way in 1968 as alot of the animated shows back then just had very basic characters and had a clear cut good guy and a clear cut bad guy both of which are present in this episode but it is something that would have helped the characters in this episode stand out all the more if the characters were a bit more well defined since as things stand they do some across as being like one dimensional characters which again might be the point of the episode but it is something that is a knock on this episode as well but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho. 

So now then as this is a comedy that really does mean 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 not that bad. As alot of this shows jokes whist granted they aren't laugh out loud funny there more cute funny which is something that's perfect for this show as this is a show that doesn't really rely on having the more traditional jokes but that's not to say that this episode doesn't have those kinds of jokes in it as it does with an example of this being the scheme that The Ant Hill Mob pull of Dick Dastardly by telling him that get to back to the main road he just has to take a sharp left at the next turn which results in him drowning in mud which is a simple joke but it's one that works really well however that's not that best joke in the whole episode as that honor goes to when the first four racers are near the finishing line The Narrator happens to mention that could be a photo finish which Dick Dastardly himself over hears and so just before he crosses the line he gets out of the car and posses for his picture thus letting all of the other racers past him in the process which is a good joke as it feels like something that that character would do as he does have a bit of an ego and so he would of course stop and strike a pose thinking that someone was going to take his picture with alot of this episodes jokes whilst they are some really good jokes they aren't as good as that one joke is in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall as was mentioned it's not that hard to see why this show has largely been forgotten about as this episode doesn't really have all that much going for it that does make it memorable but in saying that tho this is an episode that is really fun to watch as you never really know just what's going to be happening next which is something that does make a really fun episode to watch in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the god and as well as all of the bad things that are in this vey episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly 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 Hanna-Barbera fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great the official Hanna-Barbera fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with alot of them being better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on the official Hanna-Barbera fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.