X-Men '97 "Tolerance Is Extinction" Review

In a few short days time the second season of the second greatest X-Men animated series behind of course X-Men: The Animated Series returns for more new episodes. It is safe to say that X-Men '97 was everything that a good revival should be as it respected what came before it but then it pushed things in directions that we never expected it to and as I was not only a huge fans of the original animated series growing up as a kid but I also watched every single episode of this revival when it was first airing you all just knew that I had to produce a tie in review for this second season and well what better tie in the first season finale and so then join me as I review the episodes that see the X-Men get pushed beyond there breaking points with the episodes in question being called simply just "Tolerance Is Extinction" enjoy.

The plot of these episodes is Bastion launches his plan to take over the world by turning humans into living breathing Sentinels forcing the X-Men to fight like they have never thought before but something far more sinister lurks beneath the surface which will change the team as we know them. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot 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 plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty really good. To put it frankly the plot of these episodes isn't just TV good it's movie quality good as you can very easily see the plot for these episodes being the plot of an X-Men movie. As the plot does give you all of the drama and it raises all of the stakes to not only get you hooked into what's going on but it also keeps you wondering just what is going to happen next and while yes the plot could have been alot more stronger in some places as some characters arcs don't really get resolved but at the same time tho this is a plot that does give you everything that you want to see with it feeling more in line with the classic X-Men show then what they were doing in the movies at the time, yet at the same time tho there are things in the third part of this part finale that do feel undercooked like the stuff with Magneto and Charles which does go nowhere in the grand scheme of things and yet even that is still some really interesting stuff, plot wise this is pretty much the perfect X-Men finale plot as it does give you all of the cool stuff with the characters whilst also giving you a plot that you could see working really well in an X-Men movie with the plot of these episodes also 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 Ross Marquand as Charles Xavier / Professor X , Doctor Doom and  Apocalypse and Matthew Waterson as  Erik "Magnus" Lehnsherr Magneto , Overeager Journalist , World Leader 1. Also starring in these episodes is Theo James as Bastion , Ray Chase as Scott Summers / Cyclops , Jennifer Hale as Jean Grey , Female Prime , World Leader 3 , Lenore Zann as Anna-Marie Raven / Rogue , George Buza as Dr. Henry "Hank" McCoy / Beast , Gil Birmingham as Forge , Alison Sealy-Smith as Ororo Munroe / Storm , Isaac Robinson-Smith as Lucas Bishop / Bishop and T'Chaka , Chris Potter as Nathan Summers / Cable , Adrian Hough as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler , Holly Chou as Jubilation Lee / Jubilee and A Chinese OZT Member , Gui Agustini as Roberto Da Costa / Sunspot , Chris Britton as Nathaniel Essex / Mister Sinister , Gates McFadden as Rachel Summers / Mother Askani , J.P. Karliak as Kevin Sydney / Morph , Reverened Stryker , Radio Jockey and World Leader 2 , Adetokumboh M'Cormack as En Sabah Nur , Josh Keaton as Steve Rogers / Captain America , Catherine Disher as Val Cooper , Cal Dodd as James Howlett / Wolverine , Theo Chou as Sebastion Gilberti / Bastion and The Sentinels , Ron Rubin as President Robert Kelly , Kari Wahlgren as Rose , Donna Jay Fulks as Trish Tilby , The Bespectacled Teacher and A Female Teacher , Christine Uhebe as Nina Da Costa , Anjali Bhimani as Daria and A News Anchor , Rama Vallury as Baron Zemo , Jeff Bennett as Ford , Eric Bauza as Master Mold and The Prime Sentinels , Morla Gorrondonna as Lilandra Neramani and Rachel Kimsey as A News Anchor , The News Pundits and A Computer.

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 honesty really good. The fact that we have alot of really good acting in all three of these episodes is something that's not really all that surprising as alot of the actors that re in these episodes are either A a bunch of really good actors in there own right or B are reprising their roles from the original show either way it does make sense that the acting in all three of these episodes would be top notch and heck the same could even be said for the acting in the whole first season of the show as a whole. With the best actor in all of these episodes being Lenore Zann as Anna-Marie Raven / Rogue as she does give us a Rogue that is very much filled with rage and hate and yet the same time you can tell that there is a sadness in her eyes with her knowing full well that what she's doing isn't who she is as a person and is only acting this way as she has lost the love of her life with this being somethin Lenore does just by using her voice and it something that does get across just what this character s thinking and feeling at any given moment in these episodes and it is something that really does shine through in her final performance. With the acting that's in these episode really being helped by the fact that the scripts for these episodes is just so good that all this 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 very episodes.

Doing the animation for these episodes is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Studio Mir. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation 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 animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty really good. These episodes animation was alot more better then what it really had any right to be as while yes the animation in the rest of the show was drop gorgeous at times there was no guarantee that that would be the case in these final three episodes as the makers of these episodes could have dropped the ball animation wise. Thankfully they did not as these episodes do maintain the series already high bar when it comes to its animation by giving us lots of really nice looking background and creative scenes that could only work in the realm of animation, this is something that the original series did as well and it was fun to see that trend continue in these three episodes and heck the characters do get some really fluid movements to them which is something that does make them feel alot more alive but the issue when it comes to the animation being the fact that there are some shots that do look a little weird when the characters are standing still and the episodes action doesn't get as fluid animation as the rest of the episodes get and while these are indeed small things that don't really harm the episodes on the whole they are also things that could have been fixed before the episodes got released as they are things that the people watching these episodes will notice.  

The one common theme threw all three of these episodes is the idea of dreams and how they can be used to either do some good or turn into something that we are not. Like for example with Rogue as she has just lost Gambit the love of her life and therefor her faith in Xaviers dream of a world where Mutants and humans can liv side by side is shaken because of the fact that she doesn't want to loose another friend or loved one with this temporarily turning her into a villain with the same thing being true for Sunspot as after his mother turned him in just for being a mutant he doesn't know who or what to believe anymore so again he sides with Magneto much like Rogue herself does this is something that does make the two characters the very thing that they both not as they not bad people and yet because of the fact that they've both had there faith shaken in different they are forced to become these new people even if its for a little while. The same thing is true for the villains as well as we see Bastion get his dream tested when the X-Men tell him that his beloved mother lied to him and that Charles had come to visit him but that she turned him away whilst this doesn't force him to change his dream it does cause him to somewhat faulter in his dream and the same thing is true for Magneto as he has spent so long being evil that he forgot that he and Charles shared the sake goal only Magneto somewhere along the way did have his ream more warped into what it was during the original series run with it only being when Charles confronts him inside his own mind that he does remember what his original dream was and while it will of course be hard to say if the character is changed for good just based off of what we see in the final moments of the third part of this episode it does seem like Magneto has become more of an anti-hero, these episodes do a good job of showing us just what the power of having a dream can have on us as it can make us into great people or it can drown us and become warped because f the things that we go through in life.

Shockingly this episodes does also include alot of silent cameos from other nineties Marvel animated heroes. As we get both Spider-Man and Peter Parker not only taking part in helping New York City but also finally being reunited with Mary Jane but we also get Doctor Strange , Daredevil and Iron Man all of which were really fun to see as these characters do all live in the same city and therefor they would of course all be willing to help out should a threat come that's two big for any of them to handle and with alot of them having already crossed over with each other before now it does make sense that they would reappear in this episode. With the only downside to this being the fact that alot of them are just relegated to being silent cameos with the only two that get speaking lines being Captain America and T'Chaka who may or may not be Black Panther in this universe as it would have been really cool to hear Spider-Man having a chat with Mary Jane or it would have been awsome to see Daredevil and Spider-Man helping each other out bottom line being here is that there was alot of really cool things that the makers of these episodes could have dine with these characters and while fair enough it might have been seen as being over kill to have all of these heroes play even a small role in these episodes given the fact that the fanbase for this show does skew alot more older then the typical Marvel animated show does it would have been fun to see these characters that we knew as kids talk once again and while it was still great that we got to see them at all does feel like a let down and fair enough this is an X-Men show and therefor you want the focus to be on them but if your going to go out of your way to include several scenes with them then at least have them do or say something that does feel true to there character as there s no way that Tony Stark would just be standing in a room whilst all of this is going down.

Bastion is such a cool idea for a villain with him being someone who like DCs Cyborg can hear machines only he takes it in a more villainous route by using them to build Sentinels that are merged with human beings. Thus making it hard to tell who is a robot and who isn't with this being something that all three of these episodes handle really well as we see that characters that we thought were allies to the X-Men were actually robots this whole time with the only thing that could have made this all the more better being if some of those allies had helped them out in previous episodes and had gotten close to various members of the team as this is something that would make that big reveal at the end of part one be all the more shocking. To be fair to these episodes they do take it about as far as they possibly could have done with humans being robots as they are mainly used as a distraction for our heroes and to give Bastion his own robot army with this being something that does show us the audience that he really does think about two or three steps ahead of everyone else with it only being when the X-Men start to do the same thing that they actually start to gain an advantage over him and this is something that a good villain should do as a good villain should always force the hero to be better and to think outside of the box, heck we even get to find out why Bastion is evil as we find out that he's been hearing machines since he was a kid with being something that does slowly drive him crazy to the point where he thinks that the only way to get rid of the talking in his head is to destroy the X-Men and is to turn humans into robots that could kills them with him even having seen a future where he did succeed and was actually happy and heck he even turned his own mother into a Sentinel as that's how far of the deep end he had gone.

Now then these episodes has / had an exact grand total running time of really no longer then forty minuets. With episode one being thirty one minuets and twenty six seconds , episode two being twenty minuets ad twenty one seconds and episodes three being forty minuets and three seconds, with all three episodes really earning there running time as they are all telling this one epic story and the fact that the final episode of the first season is the longest episode of all of the episodes does tell you just how epic that this three parter is as that one episode does have alot of plot to cover and to do son in shorter amount of time would do a huge disservice to the plot of the episodes as a whole with these episodes really having enough plot there to really cover that large amount of running time in the first place. With the episodes really using there running times wisely as they do take alot of time to fully develop the episodes plot with them adding in things that do effect in a major way be it from Magneto being let go from where he was hidden by Bastion to the leaders of the human race deciding to bomb the asteroid that the X-Men are on in the hopes that it won't fall down and wipe out the earth these are all things that the makers of this episode really didn't have to include but the fact that they did does show us that they knew that they had to give us a satisfactory ending and that does mean giving us a well thought out and developed plot. The same thing is also kind of true for the episodes character development as while we do see what it is that might turn Magneto into more of an anti hero in this next season as it is him that not only saves Charles but also the world and the other X-Men we don't really see what it is that causes Rogue to go back to being a good guy which whilst this is a small thing given the fact that we saw the thought process of her deciding to essentially become a bad guy even if it was for a few minuets it still would have been nice if we got to understand why she flipped back to being a good guy but I really will admit that these episodes really does have some really good pacing to them 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 / resented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty really good. With all three episodes having some really fun action in them all of which d take as full advantage of the fact that there are being animated as they possibly could have done and while we don't get to see alot of the team fighting together in alot of this three parter whenever we do that's when we get some of the more really cool stuff happening as it will always be cool seeing all of the X-Men fighting together and using there powers together. With the best action scene being in part three as we get to see alot of the X-Men that are still alive on the Asteroid not only trying to hold of Bastion but also trying to stop the Asteroid from falling to earth with them only just being able to defeat Bastion when they put on a collar that cancels out his powers but then the mutants have another problem as the humans bomb the Asteroid which does start to make it fall to earth all the while inside his a mind an unconscious Charles has to get Magneto to remember who he is so that they can escape his mind and which is something that they only just barely manage to do, this one episode is basically one long action scene with there being very few breaks inbetween the action think of it as the Mad Max: Fury Road but of TV animation and you'll get the idea and yet it does oddly work because of it with the rest of the episodes action being just as good as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall if this three parter is anything go by then the next season does have an awful lot to live up to as my god were all three episodes of this show just so good that is really saying something when you take into account that the rest of the show really is just so good 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 these episodes in this very review and as such that really does mean that these episodes really do earn themselves a grand total combine score of exactly a 10 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 Blogger , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episodes that I used in this very post 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 these very episodes with alot of them really being really better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on Google Images really are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Camberwick Green: Peter Hazell The Postman Review

Classic animated English TV shows are a tressure trove of hidden gems as alot of them are very basic in there approach and storytelling. With the episode that i'm going to be talking to you all about today being a very good example of this as there's not much to this episode nor this show as a whole and yet it's not only a really charming show but it's also the first episode of  show that started an entire trilogy of shows all based around the area of where this show is set and so then join me as I review the episode that might have been ripped off by Postman Pat with the episode in question being called simply just "Peter Hazell The Postman" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is Peter goes on his rounds delivering some letters to the people of Camberwick Green. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. The episodes plot is one that is yes simple and predictable but given that this episode does focus around the villages postman it does make sense that the plot of this episode be almost exactly like the plot of Postman Pat with the only differences being that Peter doesn't drive a car and doesn't have a cat but apart from that it is shocking just seeing how similar the plot of this episode is to the plot of Postman Pat. However tho granted there are only so many plot that you can tell with a Postman as the main character and in all fairness to this episode having this episode be the one to start of the show does make the most sense as it does introduce alot of the shows main characters in a way that does make sense to the episodes plot and while having the plot of this episode be this simple plot is something that does work for the episode it would have worked even more better if Peter had some sort of obstacle to overcome as that would add a bit of excitement to the episodes plot but this is meant to be a slice of live show and that sort of thing doesn't really require something like that to happen rather all it needs is the character to just there usual charming selves and that is exactly what this episodes plot does allow the characters to do 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 Brian Cant with the thing that makes the acting in not only this episode but the show as a whole standout being the fact that Cant isn't doing voices for the characters rather he is just commenting on the things that they are doing with him occasionally giving them voices. This is a unique way to do things as given the fact that he was an actor for the BBC it would have been very easy for the makers of this show to have him just give all of the characters voices and whilst that would have been a good thing to see it also would have made the show as a whole blend in with the rest of the other kids TV programmes coming out at the time whereas having him serve quite literally as just the narrator for the show does help to make the show stand out a bit. Whilst other shows like this like for example The Wombles and later on Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends would mostly struggle with having the one actor voicing all of the characters as they more often then not just used the one voice for all of the characters which is something that would make it harder to tell just whom is talking alot of the time here in this episode we don't really have that issue as Brian isn't really voicing any of the characters and the one time that he does in this episode its one very quick and very brief scene therefor you don't really need to know who he is voicing in that one as there's only the one character in the scene in the first place this is an approach that i'm shocked more TV shows like this one didn't really take as it does allow for this show to stand out and it does mean that the makers of a show wouldn't have to worry about the little kids watching it if they can work out who is talking as technically none of them are with this also having the added benefit of giving us the audience the chance to use our imagination therefore Peter to some people could sound like an American and to others like myself he might very well sound like that he comes from Greater Manchester and all of those and all of those would be perfectly valid.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. As even tho there is only the one actor in the whole entire show you really only need the one actor as there isn't so much acting in this episode as there is a narrator just telling us what the characters are doing but in saying this tho it does still take a lot of skill to give some convincing narration and make it sound like it's something that could actually be happening with this being something that Brian Cant does do really well. With the best actor in this episode of course by default being Brian Cant with him having a background in working with kids as he mainly did kids TV shows when he was working with the BBC with him putting alot of the stuff that he learnt from those other shows to good use in this episode as while it would have been very easy for him to just either talk up to or talk down to the audience given the fact that the episodes main target audience is mostly little kids he doesn't do any pf that in this episode rather he talks to them on a level and that is something that alot of great kids programming should do with this being something that does allow him to turn in a performance that is yes still very child like but is also alot more mature with this being something that really does shine through in his performance in this very episode. With the acting that's in this very episode really being helped by the fact that the script for this episode is just so good that all this episodes actor really has to do is just read the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of him naturally which is something that really does help to raise 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 were currently over at Gordon Murray Productions. 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 really good. The episode does use mainly stop motion puppets and clay to animate everything that we see in the episode this does help to give the episode a unique look to it as the episode doesn't quite look like the village that it's meant to be based off of but at the same time it doesn't look fake enough either. With the thing that stands out about this episodes characters designs is the fact that none of the episodes characters have mouths whilst this was no doubt done to make it easier to animate the characters it is also something that does make the characters un this show stand out from all of the other characters out there and while this is something that could be seen as making the characters look creepy which is something that would be a fair point to make as yeah they do look kind of off putting it is also something that does add some charm to the episode with the makers of this episodes giving the characters these really fluid movements alot of the time which is something that does work as alot of the episodes backgrounds really do look quite dull and boring with this no doubt being because of the fact that two men were mainly animating the whole show and therefor they really didn't give alot of thought and effort to the episodes backgrounds but at the same time tho if really you visit the countryside you do see how detailed the local surroundings are and it really would have been nice if the makers of this episode did make there backgrounds be as highly detailed as they could have done. 

Its been said before in this review and it will be said again but this episode does feel like it was knocked off by Postman Pat with Peter himself being someone like Pat was. As he is someone that everyone in the village does know by heart and while the characters aren't looking or him like the characters in Postman Pat are they do still get excited whenever they see them with even the local platoon leaving there posts to go and see the letters that he's brought them which does feel very much like somethin that you would see in Postman Pat and heck if Peter was given a van to drive and didn't just walk everywhere you really could excuse this for being an episode of that show as they are very similar in nature. Peter tho does have one thing going for him that wasn't copied by Pat that being the fact that he really doesn't care what people think of him with Peter being this somewhat absent minded person as we do see him kind of day dream in this episode which does result in a comical moment and we do see him actually empty the post box's in the village thus showing us the audience that he really is committed to his job where as with Pat we only really saw him pull up to the Post Office to begin his round he never took he time to empty any of the villages post boxes even tho he would have had more then enough time to do son this is a small thing but it's a small thing that does make a big difference as both this episode and Postman Pat are meant to show us what its like being a Postman but Postman Pat does in it's own way glamorize it by showing us that people will like you instantly and you will be loved by everyone because of it where as here in this episode they kind of tell us that whilst yes it is a decent job to have you won't be going anywhere by car and you will be walking alot and that people might not like you for doing your job as you very well might be getting in the way of them doing there job.

To be frank like shows like The Wombles and Paddington for example this episode is very relaxing in nature. As all the episode is just following this one person going about there day to day routine and seeing them encountering all of these people all of which pose no threat to the character and are there just to get letters from him this is something that is a common thing in a lot of British TV shows from around this same time period as alot of them where very relaxing in nature due to the fact that alot of them would go on just before tea time at around 5 to even 6pm in the evening as that's when the shows target kid audience would also be going of to bed and therefor they would need calming down after having a long day. This is something that does work really well in this episode as it does allow for us the audience to just soak in the atmosphere of the show and to just listen to the episodes music all of which are things that do help this episode to be a very relaxing episode this is not to say that the episode will put you to sleep as it won't but it is something that you could watch after a long hard day either by yourself or with little ones and you would still feel nice and calm after it, with it being a shame that they don't make shows like this anymore as with all that's going on in the world right now it would be nice to have a show that the whole family could watch and feel calm after watching it but for one reason or another people today just aren't that interested in shows like this and are instead more inclined to watch shows like Spongebob Squarepants which isn't as relaxing and as calming as show like this one is as this episode does give you the time that you need to just live in this world where nothing bad every happens and where the biggest threat that you might face is your letter not arriving on time and given all that is going on in the world right now it's shows like this that we need more and more off.

This episode was perhaps the best episode that the makers of this show could have gone with to start this show out on. With it not only setting up the world for the show but also giving us a good idea as to how the rest of the rest of the shows characters are as well with this being helped by the fact that Brian Cant does also add in his own bit of narration that do help to make the rest of the characters feel about as fleshed out as they are ever going to be with a good example of this being him describing Mrs Honeyman as someone who does talk to much and who spreads alot of gossip with those thing being then enough to let us know that she is a character that the rest of the shows characters are going to find annoying. This is an episode that really doesn't need to delve into any of the characters are alot of the charm of not this episode but the show as a whole is seeing how they interact with each other and whilst yes it would be fun if we got to see the characters be more thought out bit given the fact that this is a slice of life show and the fact that we are only dropping in on these characters during a certain activity it's not really somethin that is needed as the characters are more then charming enough that you do end up forgetting about the fact that none of them are that well thought out with this being something that could also be true for alot of the characters that we meet in our real life as well as let's be honest here no one knows that much about there postman or about the local town or village gossip therefor in this regard this episode and show is very true to life as it's presenting these characters as real people which is something that the makers of this episode really didn't have to do.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly fifteen minuets and twenty one seconds. This is the bogstandard running time for this show and to be fair to this episode with this episode being as long as it is it does help to make it further stand out as alot of kids shows around this time were around five minuets and length and yet here we have an episode that is three times longer then that and yet you don't even notice that this episode is this long due to the fact that we do end up being so engrossed in the world of this show and even tho there isn't really a plot to this episode that does justify it being as long as it is this episode really does have enough plot there to cover that amount of running time in the first place. However tho in saying this episode really doesn't use its running time all that wisely as the episode doesn't take the time to fully develop its plot which is something that in all fairness it doesn't really need to do as all this episodes plot is is just following this one postman as he makes his rounds and that's really it and that's not really something that does require a deep plot to it but at the same time tho it would have helped if the plot was a bit more developed just to fully justify it being as long as it is as by all rights you could cut this episode down to five minuets and it would still be as good as it with however tho the makers of this episode did care more about having Brian Cant describing the rest of the shows characters then they did in fully developing the plot for this episode. This is something that does in its own way effect the episodes character development as well as even tho none of the episodes characters are meant to get any kind of character development it would have helped the episode out just a little bit if we did see Peter get some form of character development even if it's something as simple as him as watching what's in front of him so he doesn't make any mistakes which yes is a basic thing to have in your debut episode but it is also something that would be perfect for this episode however tho the makers of this episode do seem alot more focused on introducing the rest of the shows characters that they do end up forgetting to give the episodes main character some actual character development 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. The best word to describe the jokes in this episode is cute as that's exactly what they are as while there really only two jokes in the episode they both are cute jokes that will get a laugh at the episodes target audience with there not being any adult jokes in there for the mums and dads watching the episode and yet even they will find the episodes jokes to be funny as they are classic jokes that will always work. With the best joke in the whole episode being when Peter uses his special knock on the door of the bakery to get the owner to open as after he doesn't reply a few times Peter notices smoke coming out of the chimney and tries again to get the baker to come out only this time when the baker does answer the door Peter still does his special knock only this time its on to the baker himself which is just a simple gag to have in the episode and yet it works because of the fact that it is such a simple joke where as if the makers of this episode did carry on the joke and make it more complicated it would stop being funny but due to the fact that they knew to keep the joke simple it would not not only work but would also be a timeless joke then we do end up with something that whilst yes granted its not laugh loud funny like alot of the jokes in the Paddington animated TV series are it is still a joke that will get a smile out of anyone watching it with the rest of the episodes jokes being just as good as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall weather or not there will be more reviews of this show is hard to say but this episode was a fun introductory episode to the show with the episode and its cast of whimsical characters being alot of fun to watch with even the animation more then holding up all of these later 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 7 out of 10 from me.

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Looney Tunes "Deduce, You Say!" Review

When you think of Looney Tunes you usually think of zany and wacky comedy yet they did also dip there toes into parodying other things. With Bugs Bunny starring in spoofs of Red Riding Hood among other things therefor it wasn't out of the blue to discover that they also really did a parody of Sherlock Holmes and well with the new Enola Holmes films out next week I thought that now was the right time to take a look at this classic cartoon and so then join me as I review the cartoon that sees Daffy Duck take on the role of Dorlock Holmes with the cartoon in question being called simply just "Deduce, You Say!" enjoy.

The plot of this cartoon is the great duck detective and his pig companion take on there most dangerous mission yet when they get from the infamous The Shropshire Slasher. 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 really good. With the cartoons plot being a really fun plot and one that you can very easily picture being filled to the brim with classic Looney Tunes characters should there have been sequel to to it however tho the plot of this cartoon is about as basic as it gets. Which is fair enough given the fact that the Looney Tunes cartoons never really ran longer then eight minuets and therefor they did have to go the more basic route with there plots alot of the time but at the same time when your spoofing something like Sherlock Holmes then basic isn't going to be good as you do need to go the extra mile in making the plot of the cartoon feel alot more different then the plots of the average Daffy Duck or even Porky Pig cartoon for example however tho going the more simple route is something that does work for te Looney Tunes brand as it does allow them to pack in more jokes and just to have fun with the story which is something that they wouldn't be able to do if the plot of this cartoon was even a little bit more complex, the plot of this cartoon whilst it doesn't stay true to the world that Arthur Conan Doyle created it is a world that does very much belong to the Looney Tunes with the cartoon plot fitting in rather nicely in this regard 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 Mel Blanc as Daffy Duck / Dorlock Homes , Porky Pig / Dr. Watkins , The Shropshire Slasher , The Telegram Deliveryman , Alfie and The Bartender and June Foray as The Shropshire Slasher's Mother and Lady Ashtabula. This cartoon dies have two of the three best Looney Tunes actors in it and my god can you tell that they had fun making this cartoon as while alot of the cartoon is just Mel Blanc talking to himself which is the case for alot of the Looney Tunes it's when we get to see hm June Foray that we get to hear just how much both of them are having in this cartoon. As they do have some really good chemistry together with June of course playing all of the female characters in the cartoon and Mel playing all of the male characters in the cartoon but even so you do get the feeling that Mel was just happy to have someone to bounce off of in the studio as usually it was just him with him accusationally being joined by Arthur Q Bryan which again does hit home the point that he must have been really happy to have someone literally anyone in the recording booth with him as it must have been hard for him to record alot of these cartoons just on his own but even so you don't really get the feeling that he was missing just talking to another person in this cartoon as you can't tell that it was just him playing all of these characters as he makes all of the cartoon characters sound so unique and different from each other and while we do of course know the voices for both Daffy and Porky the fact that he does go the extra mile and give even these one shot characters there own unique voices is something that does make it easier to tell just whom is talking to who and when and while June doesn't play as many characters she again gives both of her characters unique sounding voices that your not going to confuse for say Granny for example.

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. The fact that this cartoons acting was as good as it is isn't something that's all new as all you have to is look at whom is starring in this cartoon to know full well that we are going to be getting some really good acting and this is something that we get in this cartoon and it is something that will never be a bad thing as you never just what kind of performance that both Mel Blanc and June Foray will bring in given cartoon. With the best actor in this cartoon being of course Mel Blanc just die to the fact that does voice the overall majority of the characters in this cartoon and with each and every one of them he does give us a unique performance with this being something that would be hard for even voice actors today to do and yet him it almost feels natural almost as if he'd been voicing these characters for decades as he is just so natural playing them and while that is of course true for both Daffy Duk and Porky Pig it's also true for all f the one off characters as well with this being something that des make him stand out as a voice actor as he never just does a silly voice and call it a day he puts on a performance and this is something that does shine through in his performance in this cartoon. With the acting that's in very cartoon really being helped by the fact that this cartoons script is just so good that all this cartoons 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 cartoon.

Doing the animation for this cartoon is Abe Levitow , Richard Thompson , Ken Harris and Ben Washam. 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. Look granted all of the Chuck Jones directed Looney Tunes cartoon do have some really good animation in them and whilst this cartoon is of no exception to this rule one can't help but notice that the animation in this cartoon is not up to the high standards set by cartoons like Robin Hood Daffy or Duck Amuck for example. As while the characters do have some really nice fluid movements to them and while the cartoon does get a lot f mileage out of Porky's expressions the backgrounds in the cartoon do look very flat and uninteresting and the designs of all of the background characters do look really weird and almost off putting this is something is never an issue with other Looney Tunes cartoons and very here it is something that does seem to be all over the cartoon, with Chuck Jones you do have the expectation that the animation quality will be really high and to this is extent it is still very high quality animation and heck you could even argue that the animation in this cartoon is alot more better then the animation in cartoon released today as here you do get to see all of the blood , sweat and tears that the animators have poored into it but even so when the backgrounds just look this dull and lifeless it does make you wonder the makers of this cartoon back when they first made this cartoon as there is more life in the background of Roan Runner cartoon then there is here just to be clear this isn't to say that the backgrounds are really bad as there not it's just that there not up to the high standards that we see in other Looney Tunes cartoons.  

This cartoon does of course spoof the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson and while having the idea of having Daffy Duck playing Holmes is a good way to send the character up the cartoon doesn't really spoof Sherlock and Watson all that much. This is something that the cartoon really should have done even if it's just by having knock off s of characters from those book it still would have been something and heck the cartoon even could have spoofed the common tropes seen in not only those books but also in detective fiction as well as that is something that would have made the cartoon be alot more interesting and yet the makers of this cartoon don't really do any of that with them instead just choosing to have knocks of Holmes and Watson. Which don't get me wrong is a good idea as the team had used Porky and Daffy as a team together in other Looney Tunes shorts but the thing is tho in those shorts when they were spoofing something they went as far as they could have done with it thus making the parody alot more better where as here it feels like that they are holding themselves back when really they should have been going as far as they could have done with it like for example why not have a knock off version of Moriarty only now he's as dumb as Daffy is and why not have Mycroft in it only now he looks exactly like Daffy there are so many things that the makers of this cartoon could have done to really send up Holmes and Watson and yet they don't do it weather or not the makers of this cartoon were fans of the original books and films is hard to say as what we do know is that hen Chuck Jones is a fan of something he does go all out on spoofing it like he did in What's Opera Doc where he did an entire opera in seven minuets of course it very well could have been a budget reason which is something that does make sense as the cartoon does take mainly take place in this one bar but either way the makers of this cartoon could have done more with spoofing Sherlock Holmes.

The idea of having Porky and Daffy team up in a cartoon is a really good idea as it does allow for a combination that we never new we wanted until we got it. Whilst yes they did team in the Duck Dodgers short and Drip Along Daffy it is a team up that works as Daffy gets to be usual crazy self and Porky gets a chance to show his more sarcastic side and it is something that does make him more thought out as a character as Daffy is the only character in which Porky could get away with being sarcastic to as he can't do it with Bugs as Bugs to smart for that and he can't do it with alot of the other Looney Tunes as like Porky they are the straight man in there comedy double act. Yet for one reason or another alot of people very rarely have the two of them team up in this way with the closest that we got to that being The Day The Earth Blew Up and even then you could make the point that Daffy was being his crazy self and Porky just wasn't taking any of it where and yet this and other cartoons like this do show you that having these two team up in this way is something that does work as it does allow for Daffy to be the funny man and it allows for Porky to be the straight man where as anyone who teams up with Bugs has to be the straight man and therefor there aren't that many combinations that you could do with Bugs Bunny, with this cartoon even sticking very much to the funny man and straight man routine and it is something that dos work as you know right away just what Dorlock Holmes is going to say and do but what we never know is what Watkins is going to say or do and yet nine times out of ten they do feel right for those characters and while if course it would have been nice to see daffy team up with another character just to see how well that they bounce off of each other having him team up with Porky Pig is something that we know works and it is something that works just as well in this cartoon. 

Whilst te cartoon doesn't really take full advantage of the fact that it's spoofing Sherlock Holmes The Shropshire Slasher oddly enough does feel the most like a villain from one of those books and movies. As while we don't get to find out his crime or why he's called that in this cartoon just the very fact that Holmes does choose to seek him out does help to make him feel like a credible threat with it being helped by the fact that The Shropshire Slasher towers over both Holmes and Watkins which is somethin that does make him feel more intimidating as a villain as we the audience can see that Holmes is quite literally in for the fight of his life and while we do of course know that it will only be Holmes that gets beaten up in this cartoon it doesn't hinder the fact that The Shropshire Slasher does have to use his brains of sorts to hurt him. The only thing that does let this character is the fact that as was mentioned we don't get to find out why he's evil in the first place which is fair enough for this cartoon as this is meant to see him essentially giving up his evil ways it still would have been quite fun to see why he's meant to be this big bad villain in the first place and heck on could argue that seeing Daffy not only take him on but also win would make the cartoon alot more funnier as it would be something that we'd never expect to see and yet for one reason or another the makers of this cartoon don't do that and while it is understandable as they don't have that long to get across the plot of the cartoon and tell lots of jokes it still would have helped the cartoon out if they did take the time to tell us more about him as a character even if it's done through either Porky or Daffy as then when we do meet him we the audience would feel something as opposed to feeling nothing like we do in this cartoon.

Now then this cartoon has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly seven minuets ad seven seconds. Which to be fair to this cartoon is pretty much the bogstandard running time for these Looney Tunes cartoons but in saying that tho this cartoon really could have been about six minuets as this is a cartoon that doesn't require a long running time due to the fact that it's plot is so simple with even a small portion of the cartoon being pointless filler as we do get to see Daffy and Porky walking to the bar where they are to meet The Shropshire Slasher which isn't needed and neither is alot of the stuff at there house either as all that does is make those scenes feel like padding when this cartoon really didn't need padding out at all as the cartoon really does have the right amount of plot there to cover that amount of running time in the first place. Yet even so this cartoon still doesn't use it's running time all that wisely as this cartoon really does take the time to fully develop it's plot which granted was something that was always going to be hard given it's short running time but if instead of having those pointless scenes both add and do nothing for the plot of the cartoon the makers of this cartoon very easily could have taken the time to add some small amount of plot development as that is something that would make those scenes feel more worthwhile but the makers of this cartoon do seem to more focused on giving us pointless filler scene then they are some actual plot development. The same thing is also true for the cartoons character develop as while cartoons from this era didn't typically give any of there characters character development it still would have been nice if the makers of this cartoon gave characters like for example Watkins or even Dorlock himself some form of character development even if it's done as a joke as that would then make there characters worth while but given the fact that these older cartoons don't typically give there characters character development it doesn't make sense for this cartoon to do it either with the cartoon being more focused on not giving us much of a Sherlock Holmes parody instead of giving us some actual character development but ai really will admit that this cartoon 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 thats actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon 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 cartoon was in all honesty really good. Much like this cartoons animation while the comedy is indeed good it's clearly not up to the high standards of comedy set not only by the Looney Tunes themselves but also by this cartoons director Chuck Jones as while there are some funny physical comedy in the cartoon there's nothing in this cartoon that is laugh out loud when all of the best Chuck Jones cartoon have at the very least one laugh out loud funny moment in them. With the best joke in the whole cartoon being when The Shropshire Slasher is beating up Daffy the cartoon cuts to Porky who give us this rather sarcastic type of smile which is something that is perfect for his character as with Watkins being the smarter f the two he would of course know full well that Holmes is doing something that's really dumb and stupid and to be fair to this cartoon its this joke that does prove that Porky can have more of a sarcastic side to him with it being something that does really well in this cartoon as its something that will always be funny no matter what with that one joke even proving that the makers of this cartoon still do know how to tell a good Looney Tunes cartoon and while it is a quick joke its one that does also work because of how quick that is as Chuck Jones himself once said that the difference between getting a laugh and not getting a laugh is single frame and this joke does last the right amount of time as it allows for us the audience to work out just what s going on and the  react to it whereas if it was to fast we wouldn't have the time to work out what is going on and if it was to slow then it would just feel awkward with the cartoons jokes being just as good as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this cartoon is clearly not the best Chuck Jones Looney Tunes cartoon out there as the cartoon does have alot of things wrong with to but at the same time tho you can still the love and effort that went into making this cartoon with the issues with the cartoon being things that could have been fixed if they had more time to fully work on it 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 cartoon in this very review and a such that really does mean that this very cartoon really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review will then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got al, of the images that I personally used in this very review from Tenor , LooneyTunesWiki . Com , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very cartoon that I used in this very post 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 cartoon with alot of them really being really better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on Google Images really are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition and there's really only one way to end this review T-T-T-T-THAT'S ALL FOLKS.

House Of The Dragon "Salt And Sea, Fire And Blood" SPOILER FILLED Review

Finally after two long years of waiting the show that brought good will back to Game Of Thrones and then lost a good deal of it with it's season  2 finale is now back for season 3. This is a show that I and many others have been eagerly awaiting for and despite the fact that the season 2 finale was a bad episode just based off of this episode alone there does look to be some small promise still left in the show and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the episode that gives us a different theme song for the first time in years with the episode in question being called simply just "Salt And Sea, Fire And Blood" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is war comes ever closer to Westeros and Corlys Velaryon and his men run into trouble in the sea one which results in a deadly confrontation. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. To put it bluntly this episodes plot is alot more better then the plot of the previous which for better or for worse could be seen as being both a good and bad thing it's a bad thing in that this episode plot does feel alot more like the plot of a series finale and not a series premiere as the episode doesn't really set up any plot lines for the forth coming season of the show. Yet it's also a good thing as it does mean that the season gets the chance to start out with a bang and give us a rally good plot that will have people talking for the next week or so be it for good or bad reasons which is something with the episodes plot even doing something that alot of first episodes have forgotten to do and that's make you want to watch the next episode as the plot of this episode does have alot of promise and it does give you all of the things that you want to see in the first episode for a Game Of Thrones show but at the same time tho it was hard to work out just what the plot of this episode was meant to be alot of the time as the episode doesn't really focus on its main plot with them instead focusing on other things which is something that does make the plot of this episode feel alot more like an after thought when it should have been something that was the only thought but to be fair tho this is the more stronger plot that the makers of this episode could have had to start out on 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 Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen and Emma D'Arcy as Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen. Also starring in this episode is Olivia Cooke as Queen Alicent Hightower , James Norton as Lord Ormund Hightower , Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon , Fabien Frankel as Ser Criston Cole , Matthew Needham as Lord Larys Strong , Sonoya Mizuno as Mysaria , Tom Glynn-Carney as King Aegon II Targaryen , Ewan Mitchell as Prince Aemond Targaryen , Harry Collett as Prince Jacaerys Velaryon , Phia Saban as Queen Helaena Targaryen , Bethany Antonia as Lady Baela Targaryen , Jefferson Hall as Ser Tyland Lannister , Abubakar Salim as Alyn Of Hull , Clinton Liberty as Addam Of Hull , Phoebe Campbell as Lady Rhaena Targaryen , Kurt Egyiawan as Grand Maester Orwyle , Freddie Fox as Ser Gwayne Hightower , Gayle Rankin as Alys Rivers , Kieran Bew as Hugh , Tom Bennett as Ulf , Joplin Sibtain as Ser Jon Roxton , Paul Kennedy as Lord Jasper Wylde , Max Wrottesley as Ser Lorent Marbrand , Phil Daniels as Maester Gerardys , Nicholas Jones as Lord Bartimos Celtigar , Tommy Flanagan as Lord Roderick Dustin , Abigail Thorn as Admiral Sharako Lohar , Archie Barnes as Lord Oscar Tully , Ben Dilloway as Ser Soren , Vincent Regan as Ser Rickard Thorne and Annie Shapero as Alysanne Blackwood.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. This is something that really isn't all that surprising as the acting in tis show has always been top notch even in the shows more weaker episodes with the acting in this episode following suit by being really good as all of the episodes actors do bring there A game even those that are only in this episode do bring some really good performances to the episode which is something that does help to make this episode all the more better because of it. With the best actor in this episode is Phoebe Campbell as Lady Rhaena Targaryen as she does get alot to do in this episode and wile alot of her stuff is mainly in quick scenes when she does appear in the episode she does leave a lasting impact on you long after her scenes have finished and while it would have been super easy to say that someone like Matt Smith is the best actor in the episode it has to be Phoebe Campbell due to the fact that we do get to spend alot of time with her which is something that does give somewhat of a chance to show off just what it is that she can do as an actor with her going from scared to joyful and back to scared again all throughout the episode with this being something that does not only help her performance in the episode but it also shines through in her performance. 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 have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will com 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.

Doing the CGIA for this episode is PixStone Images , Pixomondo , Outpost VFX , RVX , Red Visual Effects , Rodeo FX , The Third Floor London and Viridian FX. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Again much like the episodes acting the fact that this episode does have some really good CGI in it isn't something that's all the surprising for the fact that this show has always had some really good looking CGI in it. While tho the dragons in the episode do look good there are scenes where the characters do seem to be fully replaced by a digital double and they do stand out a mile as they do look really bad with the makers of this episode not really giving the effects teams enough time to create convincing looking digital doubles of course tho this is something that could be proven to be false but as the the behind the scenes featurettes haven't been released in full yet and won't be until the DVD and Blu-Ray of this season comes out, there are also times where the episode does go fully animated when it really didn't need to with those effects again not looking bad but they also aren't that good either but hen this episode does create some really good looking effects like all of the scenes at sea for example then we do get something that does look really good but it's those smaller thins that do hold the episodes effects back as it does appear as if the makers of this episode put alot of focus on the more bigger an important scenes that the smaller scenes do end up falling through the cracks.

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

In what was a really shocking move we actually get quite alot of character deaths in this opening episode with Lord Jason Lannister , Admiral Sharako Lohar , Vermax and Prince Jacaerys Velaryon all dying in the episode. This was something that will catch alot of people off guard as you don' usually expect character deaths in the first episode of a new season rather they are something that you expect to happen nearer the end of the season as that's when they will have the most impact and while there is nothing wrong with having them here in the first episode it does mean that for example Sharako can't leave that much of an impact as she was only introduced in the previous episode with her dying in this episode before she has the chance to do anything that's really actually important to the main plot of the show. However tho all of the deaths in this episode are really well done with them all taking place during this big sea battle over the course of the middle to the end of the episode with all of them getting killed of in really fun and gory ways which is something that is oddly befitting for this show and while more time with Sharako would have been nice as she did seem like a fun and cool character having her be killed of with some the more established characters in the show does now make us the audience wonder which one of the main characters can now die as while Jacaerys and Jason aren't main characters by any stretch of the imagination they are close enough to being main characters that them dying does make you go that any of the main characters can now die with Jacaerys having a pretty cool death as after his dragon is shot out of the sky with him on it he crash lands in the sea and has to struggle to get himself free from Vermax and yet when he does and he does reach the surface he gets shot several times in several parts of the body with arrows which was a really shocking way to end the episode.

In what was a shocking move this episode does introduce a new version of the Game Of Thrones theme song. With this new version still being as good as the original one was but it now sounds oddly more classical with a slight rock twist to it which is something that would have been fine if this was a new show as then it would help to set the show apart from Game Of Thrones but is this the shows third season and it's ending next season therefor changing the theme song now even if it is just a new recording of it doesn't make all that much sense but to it's credit tho it does go well with the seasons new intro which now does keep alot of themes from last seasons intro but it's now been made alot more darker with alot more bloodier images added to it. In what might be another shocking turn of events Daemon doesn't actually get to do all that much in this episode with him feeling more like a side character even tho Matt Smith is quite literally the first actor listed at the start of the episode with him really only appearing in the one scene very early on in the episode where he finds some new recruits in the form of Stark soldiers to help him and Rhaenyra win the war and that's really it and that is something that des seem like a waste for his character as his character is at it's best when he's there with Rhaenyra and not off on his own doing his own thing as we know just how powerful of a fighter that he is but what we want to see from him is what it is that makes him tick and we want to see more scenes of him trying to outwit his opponent by talking to them and not sticking them with the pointy end as that is something that would get old rather quickly and while this is only the first episode of the season and while he is acting on his orders from the previous episode we should be seeing more of Daemon and not less of him given what this show is building towards in season 4 as now is the time that the makers of this show should be getting us to really like all of the characters even the ones that are the bad guys as then when we do reach that final episode of next season it will be all the more impactful.

To the episodes credit we do get to see that Alicent is actually scared of her son as we see her planning to give Rhaenyra the throne and when that doesn't go the way she planned we see her looking afraid of Aemond Targaryen as even she knows that he is close to going to insane. This was such a good thig to have in the episode as it does let us the audience know that there is danger even in one of the places that one of the main characters is meant to be the safest with the danger coming from the one person who she wouldn't expect to harm her should he do so and while this is something that would have worked just as well being a little bit later on in this oddly short season it works just as well here as it does mean that us the audience get to see Aemond Targaryen possibly fall even more into insanity then he already has done before. While Alicent does get a little bit more screen time then Daemon got in this episode she doesn't have much of an impact on the episode as a whole as alot of her scenes involve her sneaking around Aemond Targaryen and while the theme of sons and mothers is something that does run through this episode as we see Jacaerys go against his mother and have her locked up in her room when she says that she's going to help Corlys in his fight against Sharako and her men which granted with the added benefit of hindsight was the right thing to do otherwise it would have meant that she would have died and not him and it now also means that Rhaenyra is now going to be less likely to end the war should she find out that another one of her sons has died in her name with this being something that is going to make episode 2 alot more interesting to watch as now we know that she is going to be on the war path and given the fact that her side does have alot of dragons it does mean that no one is safe.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and five minuets and thirty six seconds. This is pretty much the bogstandard running time for this how with this episode really needing that amount of time as the episode does have alot of characters to not only catch up no but also help to set up there arcs for the season and it wouldn't be able to do that and still tell a good enough plot with a smaller running time and while this is the kind of running time that you would expect a season finale to have it works just as well for this episode due to the fact that it does allow for us the audience to truly live and breathe in this world that little bit longer with the episode having more then enough plot there to cover that amount of running time in the first place. Yet even with this in mind the episode still doesn't use its running time all that wisely as the episode doesn't take the time to fully develop its plot which is something that would have been passable if this was episode nine of season two as then you could argue that the previous episode did all of the set up that was needed but this is meant to be the start of a new season and therefor the episode really can't be acting like its the final episode of the season as it has to spend time on developing things like the plot as this episode very well could be used to set up things that are important to the rest of the season but as the makers of this episode are far more interested in showing us alot of pointless with Lady Rhaena Targaryen and her new dragon Sheepstealer the plot of this episode is left feeling more like an afterthought. This is also true for the episodes character development as well although here you very well could make the case that alot of the episodes characters have the previous seasons to get there character development and therefor they don't need to get it here which us something that is a fair enough case to make but then you get to characters like Sharako who only appeared in one other episode before this one and yet here she gets no character development with nothing being added to her character when the makers of this episode should have done exactly that to make us feel something for her when she dies but it does seem like the makers of this episode were more focused on spending ALOT of time on the Battle Of The Gullet then they were in giving any of the characters any form of character development but I really will admit hat 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 / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. The very fact that this episode even has an action scene in it right away makes it alot more better then the season two finale but even so alot of the time this episode does cut away from the action only to cut back to it when alot of the stuff that we actually want to see has already happened like for example the episode cuts to the end of a war with Daemon and his soldiers and yet that is something that we would have wanted to see as it would have made for a really cool action and yet tho when the episode does allow us to actually see an action we do get something really special. With the best action scene in the whole entire episode being the Battle Of the Gullet as we get to see these two ships just trying to outwit each other and making moves that they know the other will follow in the hopes that it will lead them to there doom but then things get better when both Baela and Jacaerys join the battle on dragons and burn down alot of the attacking fleet but then just when you think that things can't any more dramatic Sharako and her men pull out a device that they use to help to injure the dragons something which is made all the more important when Rhaena and Sheepstealer come into play as Sheepstealer gets startled and starts attacking anyone friend or foe all the while down below Sharako and her men have boarded the queen who ever was and start attacking Corlys and his crew the fight only ending when both Sharako and Jacaerys are killed in action with the rest of the episodes action being just as good as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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Overall whilst this episode is a good episode and is a solid way to start of the new season of the show it does feel very much like that this episode would have been better served being as episode none of season 2 rather then episode 1 of season 3 and with this season also being eight episodes it does make you wonder if this season will end on the same lackluster note as the previous season did but this episode is still a great start to the new season 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 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 an 8 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 revie from Tenor , 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 post 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 really being really better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on Google Images really are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.