Goosebumps 1995 TV Series "The Haunted Mask" Review

Horror anthology shows and books are not really all that new but alot of them have the exact same thing in common and that's the fact that alot of them are made exclusively for adults. Well there is one horror anthology show out there that was made with kids in mind and is even based of a series of books that was meant to scare kids and so then join me as I review the episode that tried to make masks scary with the episode in question being called simply just "The Haunted Mask" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when she's sick and tired of being scared by two local bullies Carly Beth decides to get her own back by buying a creepy looking mask without realizing that the mask is more then meets the eye. 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 it was a decent plot but at the same time given that this was a two part episode it kind of felt like it wasn't big enough to warrant being a two part episode as you very easily could have told the plot of this episode in just the one singular episode with it coming across as the makers of this show wanted to see if these stories could support a forty five minuet run time with there current plots and the fact is with this episode it just can't as the plot isn't one that demands that long of a running time and while granted if they just straight up adapted the book line for line then maybe they could have gotten away with it but given that they do make changes to the plot of the book then it makes you wonder why they made this a double length episode when the plot for this episode isn't strong enough or even scary enough to warrant more running time with the episodes plot being at best thinly drawn as it does come across as the characters just doing things for rhyme or reason and when the episode does put alot of focus on the plot that's when the episode gets good and you start to see alot of the good ideas that got lost in translation from the book to the show with the plot of this episode 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 Goosebumps creator R.L. Stine as Himself / Host and Kathryn Long as Carly Beth Caldwell. Also starring in this episode is Colin Fox as The Shopkeeper , Kathryn Short as Sabrina Mason , Brenda Bazinet as Mrs. Caldwell , Cody Jones as Noah Caldwell , George Kinamis as Steve Boswell , Amos Crawley as Chuck Greene , Fielding Horan as Trick-or-Treater 1 , Rider Johnson as Trick-or-Treater 2 , Anne Marie Loder as Mother , Jesse Cairns as Little Boy , Jennifer Pisana as Little Girl , Quyen Hua as Oldest Girl , Alexander Broughton as 1st Costumed Boy and Ryder Britton as 2nd Costumed Boy.

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 while yes this episodes acting isn't all that good either given that alot of this actors are either kids or very unknown actors your not going to get great acting out of them and therefor the best that you could hope for is passable acting and that's exactly what we got in this episode as all of the kid actors are indeed trying their best and really giving it there all so much so that there's not one single bad performer inbetween them but at the same thing cannot said for the adults in the episode as alot of them are just either bad at best or look bored or disinterested at worst with Brenda Bazinet being one of the few adult actors in this show who is just bad with the other one being Colin Fox as both actors do try to make the most of what little screen time that they have but it's clear as day that this episodes director Timothy Bond really does have no idea how to direct his actors in a way that gets a good performance out of them and because of that this episodes actors do come across as feeling a bit lost and unsure of what to do with themselves performances wise with the acting that's in this very episode not really being helped by the fact that this script is just so bad as it gives none of tis episodes actors absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there respective characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does harm the overall quality of the acting that's un this very episode.

To give this episode some credit the masks in the episode do look genuinely quite creepy and not just for a low budget kids TV show either. With these being masks that you could genuinely see scaring adults on Halloween night itself but what makes the masks in this episode standout oddly enough isn't there designs but rather it's the fact that the makers of this episode do make some great use of early CGI which granted does look pretty bad by today's standerd but using it to make the masks either smile for a split second or to show some kind of human emotion does oddly enough not only make them more off putting but it also makes them more creepy as well with really the only thing that lets the masks down in this episode is the fact that we don't get to find out all that much about them outside of the fact that The Shopkeeper made them for literally no reason whatsoever and while that does explain why the masks in his pop up shop can move and talk it doesn't explain how the bust of Carly's head that her mother can do the exact same thing as all that does is bring up more questions and it's questions that this episode doesn't bother to answer and it's something that actually could have added to the episode as The Shopkeeper character is already creepy enough as it is and finding out not only how he made the masks but if others can also make masks like his could have added to the overall creepiness factor of the episode it self but it could also be argued that not finding out all of that does also make the creepy masks seem all the more creepy as well as sometime not knowing how things are made is more creepier and scarier then finding those things out.

This episode is of course adapted from the book of the exact same name by Goosebumps author R.L. Stine. With the episode changing around a few things with some scenes now happening at different locations and the school science fair scene being cut all together while none of these changes do affect the overall plot of the episode as the plot of the episode is true to the plot of the book it would have helped with the episode more longer running time if the episode did adapt more scenes from the book even if there just filler scenes as this episode could justify putting those scenes in as it has more time to fill and while i've never red any of the Goosebumps books I was a huge fan of this particular TV show growing up but even so this episode doesn't make me want to read the book as the story just doesn't seem to be that interesting to me personally but at the same time tho it would be hard to argue the fact that the story does make for a decent plot for a TV show as the bones for a good show are there in the story and if you prolong certain things to build up the tension a bit more you could very easily get a five episode miniseries out of this book alone and with those extra episodes you can then delve deep into the characters and find out what it is that makes them tick and best of all is the fact that this story in any form is timeless as it's core it's about a girl learning to be happy with who she is on the inside and that's really it and as long as you stay true to that message then you can't really go wrong and best of all is since this book did also get sequel books as well then you can adapt those as well should this one prove to be a good potential show.

There are many gateways into the world of horror and getting kids into horror with something that's both good and yet not going to give them nightmares is a good idea. With being something that does work well enough for this episode as this is a good episode that could get kids into horror should they like this episode or even the book that it's based off of course as the episode isn't to scary and the performances in it are fine heck even lead actor Kathryn Long got a Gemini Award nomination for "Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series" which was basically the Canadian version of the Emmy Awards and while there more better episodes of this show out there and heck there's better kids horror media out there this is one that will stick them due to the fact that the characters use Halloween masks something that they see alot of the time and while yes this episode could have been done alot more better then what it was done for a nineties kids live action TV show this was as good as it was always going to get as it doesn't dumb down the overall message of the story with even the books central message of it's OK to be happy with who you are on the inside being something that is not only still relevant today but also something that thanks to the advent of the internet and social media kids today could still stand to learn that lesson and what better way to teach it to them then in something that will not only entertain them but also scare them at the exact same time as that will be something that will make them remember the central message of the story and hopefully it'll also turn them into future fans of the horror genre as well.

While the mask does change Carly Beth her action in this episode are completely justified as the two bullies Steve and Chuck scare her at every single chance that they get something which her brother Noah does as well and even her own friend Sabrina laughs at her once in the episode. So seeing her not only take the mask but also use it scare to people is justified as that's what others had been doing to her all day long and yet she's treated as the villain during those scenes and yet the kids that did scare her they treated like the heroes when they do so and while yes her brother has the excuse of he's just young so he doesn't know any better both Steve and Chuck look to be around the same age as Carly Beth and yet they only apologize to her when she scares them and confronts them about there actions and while it was cool to see how the mask does change Carly Beth with her going from this sweet and innocent kid who is afraid of her own shadow to someone who does pretty much steal the mask something that she does admit was not like her to even scaring innocent kids all under the pretense of her staying in character it would have made the change all the more scary if we got a better idea of what she was like without the mask on first as that would then make the sudden personality shift all the more shocking and disturbing and while she is yes justified in her actions against those that did scare her and that did wrong her earlier on in the episode seeing just how far the mask makes her go does also make her seem like the villain of the story as well when if anything she's like a tragic hero in that she's only doing these things because of the fact that she has no control over her own body.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly forty three minuets and nine seconds. With this episode being double the length of an average episode of the show but that there is a huge issue as this episode really doesn't have alot of plot there to really cover that amount of running time as this episode really does have the right amount of running time to only cover around twenty two minuets at best and while this wouldn't be that huge of an issue if the episode used it's running time all that wisely to flesh out it's plot and characters as then that extra running time would be more justified it sadly doesn't as the plot of the episode isn't as fleshed out as it really could have been as at times it was hard to tell what the actual plot of the episode was even meant to be from time to time and the episodes characters aren't that well developed either with alot of them just coming across as being the stereotypical kids TV show characters with nothing new added to them with this being something that really could have been fixed if the makers of this episode did use there longer running time more wisely as then they could have developed the plot of the episode and have things make more sense whilst still keeping the creepy tone of both the book and the episode and they could have developed the characters alot more to the point where we want to see them make it out of the episode OK which is something that doesn't happen with the episode in it's current form 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 horror show that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual scares that are actually featured / presented to us u this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual scares that are actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. As while yes granted all of the scares that are in this very episode are only meant to be scary for little kids what makes them work for us adults is the ideas behind them with the best example of this being the fact that the longer Carly Beth keeps her mask on the more harder it is for her to take it off even getting to the point where there's no seams under the mask for anyone to get there hand under and pull it off which is just such a creepy idea that it could also work in a more adult horror film or Tv show as well with that also being the best scare in this episode as all of the episodes other scares are either all jump scares or involve some very poorly aged CGI effects which make those moments more laughable then they do scary with the fact that Carly Beth struggles to take her mask when it has to seams underneath it to help her out also being the best scare in the whole entire episode as the idea of being forced to wear a mask twenty four seven is a pretty creepy idea in it's own right and it's one that not only works for this episode  so much so that it wouldn't feel out of place in a more adult horror film as it's just something that's well done and will always be creepy and scary no matter where it shows up in but it is something that's also pulled off really well in this episode as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this was a decent start tot his truly iconic series and while Disney has started airing there own version of Goosebumps nothing will ever be able to top this show because of the fact that this show and this episode adapted the books with this episode being a really decent adaptation of the book as well 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 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 Goosebumps 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 Goosebumps 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 Goosebumps fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Popeye "I Eats My Spinach" Review

Popeye is a character that thanks to now officially entering the public domain has seen a surge in popularity not due to him being in anything good but due to the fact that now horror film producers can now make horror film with him as the main character. With three of them being released just a few months ago and such it was only right that I take a look one of the original cartoons that made the character so popular to being with and so then join me as I review the cartoon that sees Popeye fight a bull with the cartoon in question being called simply just "I Eats My Spinach" enjoy.

The plot of this cartoon is when Popeye takes Olive Oyl on a date to the rodeo they get more then they bargained for when the rodeo's lead star The Great Bluto kidnaps her and so it's up to Popeye to get Olive back 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 cartoon 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 cartoon was in all honesty not that bad as even tho this cartoon was rather thin on plot that's something that's to be expected from alot of cartoons from this same time period as alot of them where only around seven minuets in length and because of that there plots weren't as fully developed as they could have bee with the same thing also being true for this cartoon as well as things just seem to happen for no reason or are only happening because pf the fact that the plot needs to happen like for example there's no need for Popeye to get jealous of Bluto early on in the cartoon but it only happens so that Popeye can start showing off thus making Bluto mad enough to kidnap Olive in the first place and alot of the plot for this cartoon is like which is by no means a bad thing as that's just how things where done back in those days but at the same time tho it would have helped this cartoon alot if the plot did get alot more focused and wasn't just used as an excuse for the jokes to happen with the plot of this cartoon 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 cartoon is William Costello as Popeye , William Pennell as Bluto and Mae Questel as Olive Oyl. While this cartoon does only have three actors in it that is pretty much the norm for these theatrical cartoons as alot of them for one reason or another only had a very small handful of actors appearing in them and even then unless your name was Mel Blanc they nearly always went uncredited which is something that just doesn't work as if you want to follow a certain actor then surely you want to name is so that you can follow there career and watch them grow as a performer with this cartoon really making use of it's three actors as even tho the character of Wimpy appears he never talks with the three characters that do speak being the only ones that are actually important to the plot of the cartoon but at the same time tho it would have made alot of the crowd scenes feel less empty if they did have actors speaking as that would make the stadium feel more alive but then again due to the fact that alot of cartoon only had very minimal casts heck Tom And Jerry is famous for not having either of it's main characters talk it would there for feel odd for this cartoon to break that mold as they had only just worked out how to make sound cartoons in the first place and so there therefor most likely wasn't alot of voice actors available and the actors that were available more then likely saw cartoons as being a lesser form of entertainment and so alot of cartoons much like this one would have had to make do with what little talent that they could most likely find at the time as cartoon were still a new thing let alone ones with sound in them as well.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon 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 cartoon was in all honesty really good. With this cartoons acting being alot more better then what it really had any right to be as alot of these very early cartoon did nine times out of ten have some really bad acting in them and therefor nobody back then would have blamed this cartoons actors if they chose to phone in there performances but they all manage to turn in some really good performances so much so that for a ling while these where the voices that people thought off when they thought of these characters and heck this cartoon even sees the debut of Mae Questel who was also the voice of Betty Boop debut as the new voice of Olive Oyl with her being really good for what this role was meant to do interms of the plots of these cartoons and while the voice of Popeye would get more better of the years William Costello does make for a good Popeye with the voice of Bluto being pretty much perfect right from the word go with all three of this cartoon actors turning in some really good and at times funny performances inn this very cartoon as well with it really being helped by the fact that this cartoons script is just so good that all this cartoons actors have to do is just 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 cartoon.

Doing the animation for this cartoon is the regular Popeye animators Seymour Kneitel and Roland Crandall. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon 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 cartoon was in all honesty really good and was more then up to the already high standard of animation that animation studio Fleischer Studios later renamed to Famous Studios were already known for and while yes this cartoon does have the one thing that I personally hate in alot of these early cartoons which is the fact that you see the characters bouncing up and down for no reason whatsoever there's no denying the fact that this cartoons animation was really good with it being so good infact that it could have been the animation for a feature length film and it wouldn't look out of place as that's just good that it looks with all of the characters even having this nice smooth and fluid movements to them with it being made crystal clear that all of the animators and crew that worked on not only this cartoon but alot of the Popeye cartoons as a whole where not only fans of the characters but were also really good at what they did as there putting in alot of there best effort into giving Popeye some truly good animation with this cartoons animation being so good that it could rival some of the early Mickey Mouse cartoons as it's just that good.

While the Popeye character did indeed start out life as a comic book character with him appearing in Thimble Theater. He now has found life as a slasher horror film villains thanks to the rights for him expiring and boy oh boy did horror film producers act quick as we've already had three Popeye themed horror films with Popeye's Revenge , Popeye The Slayer Man and Shiver Me Timbers all being released within the first few months of this year alone and yet Sony who did actually have the rights to make a Popeye movie at one point chose not to do so with both of these choices being baffling to say the least as surely if anything Bluto would be the horror villain and not Popeye this is something that the makers of these Popeye themed horror movies need to understand as while yes granted having Popeye be the villain is great for internet clicks and it does put more eyes on your movie but so does the fact that your making a Popeye themed horror movie regardless of he's the villain or not and as for Sony they straight up cancelled there animated Popeye movie despite it's test footage not only being fully animated and cast but also getting alot of positive responses from the audience with them instead choosing to make The Emoji Movie a movie which no one liked where as with the Popeye movie you could tell that there was some effort to make it like these more early Popeye cartoons as it had that exact same zany energy to it that these early cartoons had and is also something that the Popeye themed horror movies also don't have as there all playing it far to safe with even the best one Popeye The Slayer Man still not being as good as it really could have been either.

While there is action to be found in this cartoon they do put more of an effort in the cartoons comedy aspect. With this short cartoon being painfully funny with it having alot of jokes that have aged really well like the fact that when Olive should for Popeye at the start of the cartoon he then blushes and a heart with an anchor appears which is just so cute and of course there the usual jokes like Bluto using a horses tail as some stairs and even the fact that she's calling out for help Olive is still beating up Bluto and while granted that last one really isn't all that funny as it just goes to show you that these shorts can be badly written at times it is still a joke that works some of the time like in this cartoon for example as she's quite clearly not going to be beat up Bluto and so just kicking him will have to do for her and the cartoon is filled to the brim with jokes like this with nearly all of the cartoons jokes and sight gags working with them working nit because they mentioned a popular product or a meme but because of the fact that they are timeless jokes that when there done right are going to be making generations of people laugh with the best one of these jokes being the Popeye heart joke as it's noy only a really well done joke but it's also one that you don't really see coming and because of that it catches you off guard which is something that does make it all the more funnier then what it really had any right to be and it's something that makes you wonder why the makers of this cartoon didn't put more effort into these creative jokes instead of just relying on what worked as while the joke of someone using an animal as stairs will always work the one with Olive asking for help when she quite clearly doesn't need it doesn't always work alot of the time.

For some strange reason the makers of this cartoon thought that i'd be a good idea for Popeye to get jealous of Bluto. Which is something that just doesn't make alot of sense for either character as Bluto is meant the stereotypical bully character and Popeye is meant to be the one that over comes him at every turn and yet by having Popeye be jealous of Bluto all that does is make Popeye seem like the type of character who would get jealous if you had something that he didn't have and that's not true to his character and heck it's even him being jealous of Bluto that gets Olive kidnapped in the first place as Popeye is to busy showing off that Bluto decides to get even by taking one f the two things that Popeye loves the most in the world his girlfriend Olive Oyl when if the makers of this film wanted to have that kind of thing happen anyway all they had to do was have Bluto get jealous of Popeye and since he's meant to be a bully anyway they could have had him beat up Popeye and then take Olive Oyl just because he can do as that would something that's true to both of their characters and then they could have the big showdown with Popeye and Bluto and eventually have Popeye win the day and the girl but because they went the opposite route it makes everything that happens to Olive Oyl in this cartoon Popeye's fault as Bluto really wasn't doing anything other then his job when he first appeared in this cartoon and that was really it and yet Popeye was the one that got jealous of him and because of it Olive Oyl got kidnaped when if he hadn't done that she wouldn't have done and the whole idea of Popeye getting jealous of Bluto would be OK if it played into the characters arc for this cartoon but it doesn't as it's never brought up ever again.

Now then this cartoon has / had an exact grad total running time of exactly six minuets ad fifty three seconds. Which is not only the bogstanderd running time for alot of these early Popeye cartoons but also alot of these early theatrical cartoons as well with this cartoon really having the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time as this is a cartoon that really doesn't need a long running time in order to tell it's story as all it needs is enough time to get across what the basic setup for the cartoon is and that's really it and while this cartoon doesn't really use it's running tome all that wisely as nothing from the plot to the characters are as fully developed as they really could have been in this cartoons defense however they don't really need to be as these cartoons aren't meant to be something that requires you to think whilst your watching them as you don't really go to cartoon like the Popeye cartoons or really even the Looney Tunes and Tom And Jerry ones to have fully developed plots and characters as all you want to see is either the jokes and the action and that's really it with the Disney ones being the ones that you go to for fully developed plots and characters and as such while it would yes have been nice if both the plot and the characters were fully developed characters there not something that's needed in order to make this cartoon enjoyable as for that all you really need is the characters and the wonderful animation and that's something that this cartoon already has going for it in the first place but I really will admit that this very cartoon really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this an action cartoon that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon and 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 cartoon was in all honesty not that bad. However at the same time it wasn't all that good either as we don't get to see alot of zany action in this cartoon with Popeye only beating Bluto with ONE punch at the very end and that's really it with the rest of the cartoon being spent with Popeye showing of at the rodeo which is screen time what would gave been much more better served by having a longer fight scene as then both of the characters could really go at each other and while this cartoons action was by no means bad as it is serviceable but at the same time tho it's something that could have been so much more better like you could have had the characters use the animals as weapons or just something that takes full advantage of the fact that it's a cartoon with this cartoons action being something that could have been done in live action but with that being said the best and only action scene in this movie being the third act fight between Popeye and Bluto as even tho it gives us a much more shorter version of what a fight between these two characters should be with Bluto first beating up Popeye until Popeye eats some spinach before winning the day it was something that does still work enough in this cartoon for the action as a whole to be a really passable piece of action in this very cartoon in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall while cheaply made horror movies might be what keeps Popeye in the public conscious for at the very least a little while it's these early cartoons that really did bring him to the main stream audience with this cartoon being a really very good example of that even if this cartoon isn't the best Popeye cartoon out there 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 thigs that are in this very cartoon in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very cartoon really does earn itself 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 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 Popeye The Sailor Man fandom wiki page , Amazon . Co . Uk and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very cartoon 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 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 Google Images are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Mystery Of The Cliffs PSA Review

To say that the nineties was the heyday for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles would be a huge understatement. As not only did they have a very popular animated TV series , three live action movies and a live action TV series which also crossed over with Power Ranger In Space however people really seem to forget or just straight up don't know about all of the more stranger pieces of Turtle media to come out in that decade and well I thought i'd take a look at one of the two live action PSA's that they did and so then join me as I review the PSA that merges THREE piece of turtles media together with the PSA in question being called simply just "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Mystery Of The Cliffs" enjoy.

The plot of this PSA is when Splinter sends the Turtles out into the dessert for some training they discover members of the Foot Clan stealing somethings within the cliffs and have to 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 PSA well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt hat the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very SA was in all honesty not that bad but at the same time it wasn't all that good either as it did a good job of doing whatever it was that it was trying to do but at the same time tho it makes zero sense for the turtles to be out in the dessert in the first place as Splinter doesn't fully explain why he wants them out there in the first place with the dialog explaining it feeling forced as even tho it's meant for us the audience the characters would already know why there out there and so they wouldn't need to repeat it in the first place look fair enough you need to have a reason for these characters to be in this location and this PSA quite clearly didn't have a budget but at the same time tho there should have been a lot more effort into giving this PSA a plot that not only makes sense for the story that there trying to tell but also for the characters as well as the turtles especially the 1980 animated series turtles would never be caught dead in a dessert because there's no way for them to get any Pizza with this PSA's plot feeling like it was written by someone who was only given a brief outline of who the turtles are but quite clearly isn't a fan of them in the first place with the plot of this PSA not really being really rather entertaining and nor is it really rather engaging either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this PSA is Cam Clarke as The Voice Of Leonardo and Townsend Coleman as The Voice Of Michelangelo. Also starring in this PSA is Barry Gordon as The Voice Of Donatello , Rob Paulsen as The Voice Of Raphael , Peter Renaday as The Voice Of Splinter and Splinter's Ancestor , David Anthony as Splinter and Splinter's Ancestor , Mark Barrett as Michelangelo , Michael Carpio as A Foot Ninja , Laura Kotecki as Leonardo , Danyol Leon as Donatello , Scott Quintard as A Foot Ninja , James Saba as A Foot Ninja and Danielle Silveira as A Raphael.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very PSA 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 PSA was in all honesty not that bad. Which in this case is something that does make sense as it's actors are quite literally just the same voice actors from the original show all of whom are reprising their roles in this PSA and there for thy would have of course know how best to perform there roles with the in suit actors doing a passable job given not only the suits that they had to work with but also the fact that this PSA had no budget to it but at the same time tho this is quite clearly not the best work from the actors that are reprising their roles as even tho there not sleepwalking through this entire PSA at all it's quite clear just feel lost and unsure of themselves like there not being given the right direction needed and this is something that this PSA's director Jacques Guerin really should have helped them with as that is something that would have made this special all the more watchable then what it already is with the acting that's in this very PSA not really being helped buy the fact that this PSA's scrips is just so bad as it gives none of this PSA's actors absolutely nothing 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 overall quality of the acting that's in this very PSA.

For one reason or another the makers of this PSA chose to make Mikey's entire character be about Pizza as that's all he talks about in this PSA. While yes both he and the other turtles love Pizza this is something that we all know but they don't all keep on talking about it all the time as no joke around ninety percent of Mikey's dialog in this PSA is just made up of him talking about Pizza with the other ten percent being made up of nineties catchphrases and it got to the point where I was dreading him having to talk about of the fact that I knew right away what his dialog was going to be about and this is a good example of the makers of this PSA not really being fans of the characters and just being given a very brief outline of who the turtles are as no self respecting turtles fan would just have the characters talking about Pizza and having the one turtle that alot of nineties kids loved become so annoying in this one PSA that you actively dread having to hear him talk because you know where his dialog is going to go and while yes it would have been hard to get people who are adults and who are fans of the original animated series turtles to write this PSA as they more then likely didn't exist but at the same time you could have gotten advice from the makers of that show on how to write for the characters or even perhaps watched one of the shows episodes just something would have done as then you would know that Mikey doesn't talk about Pizza in every other sentence but that would mean that the makers of this special would actually have to do the work to understand these characters which is something that they just didn't do and that is something that you can tell just by the way that they handled not only Mikey but the rest of the characters as well.

Believe it or not not only is the not the first live action turtles PSA but also this PSA actually combines THREE elements from other turtles media as we have the voice actors from the original show all of whom are reprising their roles for this PSA but we also have the music from the firs two live action films and we have the suits from the The Coming Out Of Their Shells Tour as well. Which is just weird and yet at the same time oddly awsome to see as well as one of the things that people love about the first two live action films was the music and the suits from the tour is one of the best things about the tour and the fact that they got the original actors back does lend the project some legitimacy to the project but all it does is remind you of those other projects and it makes you wonder the makers of this PSA went this route as they could have put together some cheaply made turtle suits or gone the Operation Blue Line route and have the suit mascots be the suits used in this special and they could have come up with an original score instead of sourcing it from somewhere else but in saying that the disco type version of the nineties movie theme song that they play over the end credits was pretty good and the makers of this PSA did know when to use a creepy piece of music from either film but again tho hearing these tracks play over a scene with the tours suits just feels weird somehow as at the very least with the Operation Blue Line PSA they used there own score and had there own suits whilst also oddly enough using the original series actors.

Perhaps the smartest thing that the makers of this PSA did was have Donatello be the one that spouts out all of the information by why us the audience should want to preserve these old buildings in the mountains. As that is something that is perfect for his character as he is meant to be the smart one of the group and so of course he would be the one to listen the hardest when Splinter is telling it to them in the first place which makes it all the more weird when both Mikey and Raph pick on Leo for not remining them about it when all they have to do is ack Donatello who is standing quite literally a few feet away from them in the first place and while this is understandable given that it is a PSA alot of his dialog is all about trying to save the things that are to be found in these maintains which does make sense given that this is a PSA but at the same time you don't need to keep on going on about it as mentioning it once or twice would have hit the mark all the same but given that this PSA was made for little kids it does also make sense that Donatello would keep on going on about it as that's who he's trying to get through to at the end of the day and having him be the one to tell all of the turtles these facts about the maintains that there in does oddly enough make alot of sense and is actually the only thing that's in this PSA that actually does make sense as alot of it is just weird at best and at it's worst just feels like the people that are making this PSA are trying to hard to make a good turtles product instead of actually making a good piece of turtles media in the first place.

In what is both an understandable and yet at the exact same time baffling reason this PSA dedicated about four to five minuets at the end very end just to telling us why we the audience should want to see these old mountain buildings be kept as they are. This is baffling in the sense that they just dedicated the first twelve minuets of the PSA to exactly that and now after the end credits have finished there now doing a more shortened version of it which is something that really doesn't make any kind of sense whatsoever as no kid is going to willingly watch an additional five minuets of this PSA tape as it's telling them things that just don't interest them but to play devils advocate here it does also make sense to do exactly that as it does give you information about what you should do should you see someone trying to take something from them and it tells you where they either are or now where as well why alot of that really couldn't have been covered in the main PSA tho remains a mystery in it's own right as those are things that Splinter surely would have told the turtles before they left to go into the dessert and heck given that we also see members of The Foot Clan stealing things from one of these buildings it also would have been oddly relevant to the main plot as well with it being tacked on at the very end it only makes it feel like that it was something that the makers of this PSA forgot to do whilst filming it and so they just stuck it on at the end and had Barry Gordon do voice over over a couple of still images and called it a day which if that is the case is just a lazy to it as it is something that could have been worked into the main plot of the actual PSA itself.

Now then this PSA has/ had an exact grand total running time of exactly nineteen minuets and forty four seconds. Which is a fairly solid running time for this PSA to have but in saying that this PSA really doesn't have alot of plot there to really cover that amount of running time as by all rights this PSA's plot only about should have been ten minuets long and no more then that with both the end credits and the after credits speech from Donatello eating up alot of the PSA's running time with this not really being helped by the fact that it doesn't even use it's running time all that wisely either as nothing be it from the plot to the characters is particularly fleshed out which is to be expected as these were never meant to be seen by alot of people apart from kids in schools and that's really it but at the same time tho even PSA's should have fully fleshed out out plots look at another Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles PSA called "Cartoon All Stars To The rescue" as a prime example of that as while yes it was still trying to get across a very important message it still took the time to fully develop it's plot and characters to the point where you want to care about them and where you want to see them succeed here tho because neither is fully fleshed out us the audience can't care for either the plot or it's characters as the SA doesn't really give us a reason to care form them outside of the fact that there characters from a hugely successful TV show and that's really it but I really will admit that this PSA really does does have some really pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a comedy that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in tis very PSA well then in all honesty I in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very SA was in all honesty not that good. With nothing that the turtles say being particularly funny or clever either with them instead just feeling like that the writers of this PSA  were trying to hard to be funny and clever where as the turtles from the original eighties TV series just were and while yes they were goofy and silly it was that exact goofiness and silliness that not only made them enduring but also both funny and likable where as here because of the fact that the characters aren't being goofy and silly there not that enduring and there not the funny with the only funny thing in this whole PSA not even being something that the turtles said or did as just before they are about to fight the members of The Foot Clan the PSA does a random scene transition to after the fight which is only funny as it makes you realise just how cheaply made this PSA was and heck even the The Coming Out Of Their Shells Tour which was still done pretty cheap still managed to have a fight scene with the turtles , shredder and the foot clan and yet this special couldn't afford to have the four or five Foot Clan actors be involved in a fight scene with the turtles and that is the best joke and it's not even something that the turtles as all it does is put emphasis on just how cheaply made and how quickly thrown together that this PSA was of that is the best joke in this whole entire PSA as the thing as a whole just isn't that funny in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall while this PSA does get credit for having turtle suits that has mouths that actually open and partly close the better live action PSA has to be Operation Blue Line just because of the fact that we get to the turtles out of New York and in LA for literally no good reason whatsoever where as here there's nothing that's all that redeemable about this PSA as it's just that bad and is better left forgotten about 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 PSA in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very PSA really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 3 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 a swell as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very PSA that I used in this very review being the really great Google Image 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 PSA 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.

Mystery Science Theater 3000 "Doctor Mordrid" Review

For every big summer hit film out there there's always a cheaply done knock off by The Asylum however they weren't the only ones that would do those types of movies. As the episode that i'm going to be reviewing for you all today spotlights a film that was made by Full Moon Features and that is a knock off of the Doctor Strange character and so then join me as I review the episode that sees the crew of the satellite of love tackle a bad knock off movie with the episode in question being called simply just "Doctor Mordrid" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is Kinga and Max have to get a host from the past while Emily and the bots have to try and survive the latest bad movie. 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 thats actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as even tho the plots of this show are usually pretty thin at best the plot of this episode did a good enough job of advancing the overall plot of the season despite it not really being focused on all that much which is pretty in keeping with this show but at the same time given that this is an important episode for this season it would have made more sense if they did focus a bit more on the plot of this season instead of only bringing it up once or twice which is also an issue with alot of the episodes from this season and it's not something that's just an issue with this episode but at the same time tho if this episode did put more focus on the plot of the season then it would mean that it would get in the way of them making jokes about this bad movie which is what alot of people myself included came to this show to see and while it would have been nice to have more of a stronger focus on the plot in this episode when push comes to shove having a weaker plot would mean getting more jokes which is something that this show is all about having with the plot of this episode 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 this episodes writer Emily Marsh as Emily Connor and Kelsey Ann Brady as The Voice Of Crow. Also starring in this episode is Conor McGiffin as The Voice Of Tom Servo , this episodes writer Yvonne Freese as The Voice Of GPC 2 , Baron Vaughn as Dr. Kabahl , The Guld creator and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog star Felicia Day as Kinga Forrester , King Of Queens star Patton Oswalt as Max , Joel Hodgson as Ardy and J. Elvis Weinstein as Dr. Erhardt.

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' actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. Which is something that's true for alot of this shows acting as well as this show has always had some pretty decent acting in it which while granted this episodes actors won't ever be as good as say Scrubs for example but for what is meant to be low rent comedy show where not alot of the actors are professional actors the very face that we get good acting in it at all is a miracle in it's own right made even more so when you take into account that alot of this episodes actors only started playing their respective roles in this very season of the show and yet all of this episodes performances are just as fun and just as goofy as you'd want from a show like this one in the first place as this is a show that really doesn't demand good acting in it as having just passable acting would be more then enough for this show and it's one that works well enough for this episode as well with the acting that's in this very episode really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so good that all this episodes actors really have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a a good performance really 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 episode.

While this show is none for making fun of bad movies what it's not really that well known for is for making a ton of references. As just in the first few minuets of the actual movie alone there's more then a handful of references which is a bit beneath this show as while yes they do make references to other things in the past it was usually done in a smart and clever way and yet in this episode they just straight up yell what the reference is and while making references to something can be seen as being funny what made this show work so well was it's wordplay and the fact that they were saying things at the movie that us the audience would never say with the one bright spot during this films many references is the fact that Emily Marsh herself is pretty funny and if she did choose a career in comedy she very easily could be a big thing in comedy as se just has a wicked and quick sense of humor and while she herself does make alot of the references in this episode she does at least balance them out and space them out a bit so that it's not happening all the time where as with the actors playing Crow and Tom it's something that they do alot of the time and that is something that there characters would never do as they both are meant to have a really sarcastic sense of humor and making a reference to say Blackadder and The Flintstones does go against that even if it really does remind people that The Flintstones and Blackadder was once a thing it still would have been nice if they did tone down on the pop culture references or space them out alot more better then what they do because as things are it makes it look like that the only jokes in this episode are just pop culture references and really nothing more then that.

As you can all no doubt work out just from the title of the movie and the films poster Doctor Mordrid is actually a knock off of the Doctor Strange character. With the film even starting out life as a Doctor Strange movie before Full Moon Features lost the rights to the character when this film was in the pre-production stage but instead of cancelling the film all together they instead chose to carry on with the film and only make very small very minor changes to the films script to avoid any legal troubles hence why this film comes off as being a Doctor Strange knock off movie which makes you wonder if the film is this bad and weird as itis then imagine just how bad and weird it would have been if they had managed to keep the rights to the character for a little bit longer as this film is still so similar to the character of Doctor Strange that Marvel and Disney could if they so wanted sue Full Moon Pictures over this film as both of characters are Doctors , both of them deal with the mystic arts and both of them have to deal with end of the world threats and while granted that last one would be stretching it a bit but when you put it with the other two it does add up to something as there really aren't that many superheroes that have a PHD and that deal with the mystic arts as well but at the same time tho if Marvel did sue them then it would mean that this rather odd film would disappear from alot of places and a film that's this weird really should be seen by people and it doesn't really effect the Marvel name in any meaningful way whatsoever.

What would have made this episode a little bit better was if we got some build up as to who it is that's actually going to travel back in time to get the next host. As as things stand in the final cut pf the episode it's something that's brought up at the start of the episode and we see nothing from it until the end of the episode whereas if it was something that was built up a little bit more during the episodes host segments then they could have made it into a running gag all throughout the episode with various guest stars popping in which gets Max and Kinga excited only for the guest star in question to turn down the offer to go back un time for whatever reason which granted would start to get old pretty quickly but at the same time tho if you did spread them out a bit it could be a cute little joke that would then build up to the big reveal at the end where we do a have a returning guest star come in and willingly go backwards in time to find the third and final host for this season which does feel a bit anticlimactic as it did start out as being something that was going to be a big part of the episode only for it to instead be something that was barely touched upon or even mentioned for the rest of the episode when you very easily could have built alot of the episodes plot around that one idea and still have the plot with the rest of the crew watching the movie play out the exact same way as the two plots don't really ever connect in the first place and so nothing plot wise would be affected as at this point in the season there not meant to connect to each other which does make you wonder why the makers of this episode chose to dedicate so little time to the seasons main plot when it's never going to connect to the actual plot of the episode.

While this was a pretty average episode at best what made this episode was it's host segments as alot of them where really good. With getting a chance to see how Emily and her bots act around each other compared to Jonah and his bots who have had more time with each other and while both Emily and Jonah are basically the same character something that the episode itself does rightfully call out at the end of the episode what makes them so different from each other is the fact that Emily really is willing to go all in with whatever her bots ask her to do for them and while the same thing could also be said for Jonah as well he is the type of character who would try to talk to them out of it first before then going along with it where as with Emily she's all in from the second that they ask her to do something which is something that I don't think we've seen in a host before now as Mike was kind of the lovable goofball type of character and Joel was their father figure as he made them and this is something that we see all throughout this episodes host segments and it's something that does make those segments be alot more entertaining then what they what they really had any right to be as on paper Tom doing the exact same speech from the movie that he just saw only to then go into a bad comedy routine could be seen as being unfunny and drawn out but because everyone just goes all in on it it makes that segment one that's really fun to watch as by all rights that segment along with alot of the other host segments in this episode could have been seen as being dull to watch but they instead end up being the highlight of the episode because of the fact that all of the episodes characters really do commit to each and every single host segment of this episode.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty six minuets and sixteen seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for this show with it really being helped by the fact that this episode really does gave more then plot there to cover that amount of running time but the issue is tho is that this episode really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely as the episode doesn't focus on the plot of them them trying to find a third host which is something that is more then strong enough to carry an entire episode and is something that could have been done without harming the plot with Emily and the bots being forced to watch a really bad movie as the plot about Kinga and Max trying to find a third host could have been the side plot of the episode and all you'd have to do is dedicate one or two host segments to it in order to fully flesh out that part of the episode and that's really it and while it's understandable that the characters aren't all that fleshed out either as the that characters are essentially meant to be us the audience it still would have been nice if the makers of this episode did take the time needed to help to flesh out Emily and her bots as characters but at the same time tho given that they have to squeeze in an entire movie and the fact that the show doesn't really flesh out it's host character there's no reason for them to start now this late in the same as it would seem jarring and unneeded as it's something that they didn't really do in the past episodes of the show nor in the movie either but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So ow then 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. With this episode having alot of really funny moments in it and while it would be easy to point to any of the jokes that the make about the movie and say that that was the best joke of the episode that just wouldn't be true as while the movie does indeed make some really funny jokes about the movie in question alot of this episodes best jokes oddly come from the host segments which is weird as it's usually the other way around the scenes in the theater being more funnier then the host segments are with the best joke in this whole entire episode coming when Emily and her bots are showing off there latest invention a phone that has fully Gilbert & Sullivan songs on it and while Tom is singing about what the phone can do which is already a pretty funny idea in the first place Emily is there in the background taking pictures or everything and everyone that she sees with it being her over the top facial expressions and action that make that joke so much more funnier then what it really had any right to be and while the jokes in the theater are funny in there own there's just far to many pop culture references and not enough jokes that can stand on there own without us the audience knowing what the characters are referencing in the first place which is something that does make alot of those jokes seem unfunny where as lot of the host segments are just funny in their own right in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall where t not for the painfully funny host segments then this would be just an average episode of the show but because of the fact that the episodes hist segments are really funny with alot of the jokes in the theater still being really funny just to a much more lesser degree and the fact that Emily Marsh herself is really funny not only on this show but in this episode as well 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 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 pf 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 Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom wiki page , the official Mystery Science Theater 3000 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 Mystery Science Theater 3000 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 Mystery Science Theater 3000 fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Batman: Gotham Knight Film Review

When you think of The Dark Knight trilogy you usually think of it as just being Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises. Yet the one film that not alot of people know about is the very film that i'm going to be reviewing for you all today as there is a fourth film in The Dark Knight trilogy with this film being set inbetween the events of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight and so then join me as I review the film that is Batman's first ever anime film with the film in question being called simply just "Batman: Gotham Knight" enjoy.

The plots of this film is in "Have I Got A Story For You" four kids each tell a story of how they met Batman whilst in "Crossfire" Crispus Allen must overcome his prejudices towards Batman when his partners life is threatened in "Field Test" Bruce Wayne tests out a powerful new gadget that works a little two well while in "In Darkness Dwells" Batman searches for the missing Cardinal O'Fallon when he is taken in the middle of a public speech he was giving in "Working Through Pain" Bruce Wayne flashes back to an earlier point in time where he learns to control any form of psychical pain and in "Deadshot" when The Mayor is assassinated it's up to Batman to find out who killed before it's far two late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plots that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plots that are actually actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad with some plots being alot more better then others which is something that was always going to be case given the fact that this is an anthology film with there only being a few plot strands that carry over from each short film with the best plot going to "Deadshot" just because of the fact that it was something that saw Bruce try to deal with the pain of loosing his parents which was interesting to say the least with the plots in this film 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 film is Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne / Batman and Jason Marsden as A Cop , A Doctor , Youth 2 and Thomas Wayne. Also starring in this film is Scott Menville as B-Devil and A Cop , George Newbern as Jacob Feely / Man in Black , Guido , A Man and Youth 3 , Corey Padnos as Porkchop , Crystal Scales as Meesh , Alanna Ubach as Dander , Hynden Walch as A Woman , Young Cassandra , Female Campaign Worker and Young Bruce Wayne , Jim Meskimen as James Gordon and Floyd Lawton / Deadshot , Ana Ortiz as Anna Ramirez , Corey Burton as Yuri Dimitrov , Ronald Marshall and Dr. Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow , Gary Dourdan as Crispus Allen , Jason Marsden as Doctor , Pat Musick as News Anchor , Rob Paulsen as Sal Maroni , Mole Man and Youth 4 , Andrea Romano as The Police Dispatcher and Martha Wayne , Will Friedle as Anton , A Cultist and Youth 1 , Kevin Michael Richardson as Lucius Fox ,  Avery , A Wounded Man and Bulky Man , Brian George as O'Fallon , Arman and A Scruffy Man , Parminder Nagra as Cassandra and David McCallum as Alfred Pennyworth.

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. Which given just who is starring in this film and the fact that alot of this films actors are not only voice acting legends in there own but in the case of Kevin Conroy is well known for playing Batman that he could play the character in his sleep if he really wanted to with alot of this films other actors also having major roles in other Dc Animated projects and while this might sound like a cliche thing to say at this point in time but the actor in this whole film is quite easily Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne / Batman as the man just simply is Batman so much so that he is who many people hear when they read the Batman comic books and it's who they think of when they think of Batman as he's just that good and while his young Bruce Wayne voice does sound a little bit weird just because of the fact that it doesn't sound as youthful as the character design makes him look the performance on the whole is really good with the same thing also being true for alot of this films actors as well as they all turn in some really good performance in this film with the acting that's in this very film really being helped by the fact that the scripts for this film are 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 Studio 4°C , the legends and the greats that are currently over at Production I.G , Bee Train and Madhouse. 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 not that bad with this films animation really being a whole lot more better then what it really had any right to be as by all rights the animation to standalone Batman anthology film that is basically a tie in for The Dark Knight really should have that good animation to it and yet for the most part this film has a exactly that with all of the films shorts having some really well done animation with the only real issue when it comes to the animation being the fact that during the two Madhouse produced segments all of the characters have alot of shadows on them which is very distracting and seems to be there style as they did the exact same thing in one of the Marvel anime films that they worked on and it didn't work then and it doesn't work now and while the Production I.G segment "Crossfire" does look really good it's not there best work not that it's bad because it's not it's just that they've done better animation in other films but when they get it right in this film they really do get it right as the action scene in that segment really does come alive thanks to the animation with the animation in this film as a whole having alot of detail in the backgrounds that anime is known for so much so that it feels like that you can read any of the signs that are in the backgrounds of this film as that's just how detailed this films backgrounds are alot of the time.

As was mentioned at the very start of this review this film is set inbetween the events of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. With this film openly referencing the events of Batman Begins in the segments "Crossfire" and "In Darkness Dwells" the latter of which was actually written by the co-writer of the entire Dark Knight trilogy David S. Goyer but even so this film doesn't really tie into The Dark Knight as nothing that this film does or that happens in this film is mentioned at all in The Dark Knight it would there for be truly understandable if alot of people just straight up didn't know that this film is meant to be in the same world as the Christopher Nolan films and heck none of the designs for Batman match up with how the character looks in those films with the closest one being in "Field Test" which even then isn't exactly how the Batsuit looked in either Batman Begins or The Dark Knight for that matter but this film does carry the same realistic approach to the characters and to the world of Batman and the same tone of those films only now it's done in animation and that's really it and yet given the fact that one of the shorts was written by the co-writer of the Christopher Nolan Batman movies you'd think that he at the very least would make sure that the film connects to The Dark Knight and have more then just a reference to the finale in Batman Begins but nope and heck even having a character from those films come in would have been more then enough to tie the films together but we don't even get that which then makes this film feel like the black sheep of the family when compared to the rest of the Christopher Nolan Batman films.

Out of all six segments here in this film the best one overall is quite easily the last one "Deadshot" as it not only gives you a good villain in Deadshot but it also sees Bruce Wayne trying to come to terms with the death of his parents. Which is always going to make for a good segment as it does allow to do a deep character study on the character the issue is tho is that this film doesn't do that at all not only during that short film but in any of the others either which would be fine if they did that in the main live action films but they don't do it there either which is odd as that is something that does lead to some really good scenes when it's done well if you want proof of that watch Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm as that film has a scene where Bruce breaks down at his parents grave telling them that he might be able to continue to do his promise for them because he's happy and that is something that this film could have done as well as that Batman in these Christopher Nolan films really hasn't had the time to take stock and look at what it is that's making him happy and that is something that this film could have die either in "Deadshot" or "Working Through Pain" either on of those shorts would worked really well as they both feature flashbacks to a younger Bruce Wayne and seeing Bruce reflect on those moments could have caused him to wonder if he can continue on being Batman because he's found someone or something that does make him truly happy in the first place and yet by not doing that it makes the character of Bruce Wayne feel like a two dimensional character as he doesn't have those moments where he can reflect even if it's private on the death of his parents when that is something that a character like this one should have done in this film as this film does have two segments that would allow him to do so.

This film is made of six segments with not all of them being that good and even the film the first segment "Have I Got A Story For You" basically uses the exact same idea from an episode of Batman: the Animated Series. AS in that show there was an episode titled "Almost Got 'Im" which has a very similar set up to this films first segment where as instead of four kids each telling how they met Batman that day it's four of the dark knights foes each saying how they almost caught him and where is in the kids stories Batman's design changes depending on which kid is telling the story in "Almost Got 'Im" the design stays the exact same and that's really it which makes that whole first segment feel pointless as it's story that we've seen been played out before in a much more better piece of media and while the ending itself is also changed as instead of it being Batman tracking down this one recurring villain in "Almost Got 'Im" it's about Batman trying to find and rescue Catwoman an while the rest of the film isn't made up of stories that have been told more better in Batman: The Animated Series it is odd that the film does contain a story that was done alot more better in that show and part of that might be cause of the fact that the shows version of the story had a longer running time then what this segment had and because of that this type of story could have was told in much more better way then what it was done in this film with the rest of this film being made up of wholly original stories with one of the more unique ones being "Crossfire" as it's very rare that we get to see a Batman story told from the point of view of the police and having one of the police be distrusting of the caped crusader does make sense given that Batman has only just arrived on the scene.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and fifteen minuets and fifty nine seconds. Which is pretty much the exact grand total running time for alot of these direct to DVD Batman films with the film really having the right amount of stories there needed to cover that running time but at the same time this is a film that really could have been a bit more longer n certain segments as alot of the films segments just end when they feel like that there just getting going with a prime example of this being both "Crossfire" and "Working Through Pain" as both the stories just end right when there picking up steam thus making there ending feel unnatural and out of place and while the rest of the film does have the same problem for alot of it's stories it's those two segments where you really do notice it as the plot of each segment does suffer because of it were as with say "In Darkness Dwells" you can kind of forgive it for just ending because the very next segment is a direct continuation of it and yet that one just ends with none of the films plots really getting the time that they really did need to be fully developed plots and as a result of that is the fact that while alot of this films plots could have been some really interesting Batman stories in their own right none of them are given the time to do so because of the fact that they have to rush along to get to the next plot beat when lasting alot more longer would have helped this film out in the long run but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a 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 not that bad. As alot of of this films segments do have some really good action in them with it being hard to say which one has the best action scene in it as that all depends on the segment because if your looking for a more realistic type of action scene then "Have I Got A Story To Tell You" has that but if your looking for something that's more inline with Batman Begins then "Crossfire" has that with it being that segment that does have the best action scene in the whole movie as it's just Batman fighting Deadshot on top of a moving train with what makes it good being the fact that we have to see Batman try to use his wits to outwit Deadshot as if he takes his eyes of him for a second then he could get knocked of the train or worse when is something that does add to the tension of the scene and seeing Batman just beat up Deadshot almost to the point of the death but the struggle not to deliver the killing blow does remind us of the very narrow line that the character tows as if he goes that one step to far in any action scene then he's no better then the villains that he fights with it being helped by the fact that its in that action scene where the animation for that segment looks it's best and where the characters having alot of distracting shadows on them does make sense given that there fighting in a tunnel which is something that does help to sell you on just how good the action in not only that segment but the film as a whole really is in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this wasn't a bad anthology film as it was great to see this classic character be seen through the airs of various anime studios for the first time but at the same time tho whole main selling point of this film was to see how it connects to The Dark Knight and that is some where where this film fails as to be put bluntly it doesn't connect to the The Dark Knight at all which makes this film feel pointless 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 ting that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does ern itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out 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 a swell as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Batman fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com 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.