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Saturday 30 June 2018

A Review Of Both Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines And The Perils of Penelope Pitstop


Wacky Races fans I bet this is something that you never saw coming not one but two reviews for the franchise yes you read that right i'm reviewing both of the spin off shows it's something i've wanted to do for sometime but have always put it off well no more here is my review of both Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines And The Perils of Penelope Pitstop.

The set up for Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines is the duo along with new characters Zilly and Klunk try and stop a pigeon. Yeah it's a simple set up and I think that it does work however they don't explain why Dastardly and Muttley are no longer racing nor what happend to The Mean Machine.

The set up for The Perils of Penelope Pitstop is that Penelope is an heiress and with the help of The Ant Hill Mob must escape the clutches of her enemy The Hooded Claw. It really is hard for me to say if this set up is genius or just dumb because there are times where this set up just doesn't work but then there are times where it does.


Reprising their roles in The Perils of Penelope Pitstop are Janet Waldo , Don Messick and Paul Winchell and they are joined by the legendary Mel Blanc and Paul Lynde. There's not much I can really say acting wise since alot of these actors are true legends but honestly the acting is the best part of the show and that's not really saying much given the fact the rest of the show isn't that good.

What makes Dastardly And Muttley standout is the fact that it only stars two actors Paul Winchell and Don Messick even tho there both reprising there roles as Dastardly And Muttley they also play every character on the show and they each have very distinct voices.

The Perils Of Penelope Pitstop has one very major issue and it's one that they repeat all the time in the intro and it's the fact that Penelope's guardian is called Sylvester Sneekly and as if I need to point this out he's The Hooded Claw the only hint Penelope ever needs to tell her that he's evil is the fact that his last name is Sneekly it has the word Sneek right there it just makes her look dumb.


The animation for both shows was done by legendary studio Hanna-Barbera and the animation honestly isn't that bad which is to be expected given that William Hanna and Joseph Barbera directed every episode of both shows however both shows also contain alot of animation errors some of which aren't that bad for example Muttley's ears change colors a few times but one is downright terrifying I kid you not there's a scene in The Perils Of Penelope Pitstop where The Ant Hill Mob are shown without faces.

Dastardly And Muttley does something that i think is rather unique because it takes two characters who are villainess in one show and it keeps them as the villains in their own show I really cannot think of a show that has done that or would even give a villain their own spin off series.


What really did shock me was the fact that not only did both shows air on the same network but they also aired at exactly the same time with both shows debuting September 13th 1969 and they both lasted seventeen episodes with Dastardly And Muttley last airing on January 3rd 1970 and Penelope Pitstop last airing around ten or say days later on January 17th 1970. 

Anyone who's anyone will tell you that having two spin off air at the exact same time is unheard of and I can't think of a reason why CBS / Hanna-Barbera did it with these spin off yes Wacky Races was a hit but it wasn't a major hit like The Flintstones so surely airing them at separate times would have been better.


Another one of the things that really did bug about The Perils Of Penelope Pitstop is the fact that's really boring Dastardly And Muttley isn't a good show by any means but it was fun at least this show is just boring to watch the set up makes the show seem more interesting then it actually is alot of the time it's Penelope getting captured and The Ant Hill Mob have to save her and after the first episode it get's old really freaking fast.

Humor wise it's hard for me to say which show is funnier because at times I did laugh at both shows and given that the writers for Dastardly And Muttley included the legendary Michael Maltese and The perils of Penelope Pitstop was written by Maltese and Scooby-Doo creators Joe Ruby and Ken Spears you can see why it's hard for me to say which show had me laughing the most however I do have to give major props to Perils for at least mentioning Dick Dastardly.


Overall Dastardly And Muttley In Their Flying Machines is easily the better show but that's only because i'm comparing it to The Perils Of Penelope Pitstop if your a Wacky Races fan then I see no harm in checking out these shows but for me Dastardly And Muttley scores a 5.5 out of 10 and The Perils Of Penelope Pitstop scores a 4.5 out of 10.




Wednesday 27 June 2018

Legend of the Three Caballeros Review


Disney fans whenever the company announces a new show it's usually pretty big news but every once in a while they secretly release a show which is what they did with the show i'm about to review heck this show was such a secret that i'm breaking my own rule by basing this review of the first two episodes instead of the first six so here is my review of Legend of the Three Caballeros.

As far as I can make out the plot of this show is Donald , José Carioca and Panchito Pistoles team up with Xandra the Goddess of Adventure to defeat the evil Lord Fendrake Sheldgoose and Baron Von Sheldgoose. What makes the plot of this show truly standout is the fact that each episode leads into the next and it is nice seeing Donald take on an action hero role and it helps that the story is generally interesting.


Reprising their roles are Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck , Jim Cummings as Pete and Tress MacNeille as Daisy Duck and they are joined by Eric Bauza as José Carioca , Jaime Camil as Panchito Pistoles , Grey Griffin as Xandra the Goddess of Adventure , Wayne Knight as Baron Von Sheldgoose , Kevin Michael Richardson as Lord Fendrake Sheldgoose and Jessica DiCicco as April, May, and June.

The acting in the show isn't that good in my opinion the actors who you expect great performances from do indeed give them but there are actors in this show who give characters annoying voices and one of those is the great Dee Bradley Baker as Ari.


I really have no idea who does the animation for this series I do know that it's not Disney Television Animation tho and the animation in the show is honestly way better then what I thought it would be I was expecting something that's just OK but nothing special but nope the animation for me is on par with the Ducktales reboot and this show so far isn't going to be shown on any of the Disney Channels.


Now if your thinking that the name sounds familiar thats because it's based of the 1944 live action / animated film The Three Caballeros (don't worry if you havn't heard of it I havn't either) the film was made as a good will message for South America and the film featured South American live action actors with the main plot revolving around Donald opening presents from his South American friends.

Yeah the show and the movie have nothing in common apart from the name and the characters and from what I can gather the movie just existed to promote South America which while not a bad thing just makes the film feel pointless.


In a strange move not only did Disney not announce this show but so far it's only came out in the Philippines on the DisneyLife app to me it's weird that Disney wouldn't announce there making this show Donald is a popular character and it's odd that they wouldn't release it in North America so far there is no release date set for North America so you guys could be waiting months for the series to come out.

What also helps this show standout is the fact that it's basically an action comedy i'm not making that up there's a lot of action in this series and it's wonderfully animated but tho the comedy in the show does need to be worked on just because the jokes felt a little bit forced in my eyes but I can see some people laughing at them.


Overall Disney's little secret is out of the bag and it's a really good series like alot better then what I thought it was going to be sadly tho so far the only way you can watch this show in English so far is on streaming sites like Kimcartoon the show gets a 7.5 out of 10.




Monday 25 June 2018

Big City Greens Review


Disney fans this is a review that has been weeks in the making as per my own rule I waited until episode six of the series aired and it just has so here we go with my review of Disney's newest animated series Big City Greens so let's get it started.

The premise of the series is Cricket and his family get into various adventures in the city (called Big City) and along the way they learn life lessons. As you can guess from the plot summery this show is episodic so basically you can watch any episode and you'll know the show's basic set up and what to expect from any given episode my only issue is the pacing can at times be rather slow.


The show stars co-creator Chris Houghton as Cricket , Marieve Herington as Tilly Green ,  Bob Joles as Bill Green and Artemis Pebdani and Gramma. I will say that most of the voice actors do a really good job playing there characters but Chris really should stick to being a storyboard artist / writer because his acting skills need alot of improvement. 

The rest of the cast do a really good job playing there characters and I think that's because the characters are fun to see on screen so the only thing the actors had to do was give a good performance.


This show is kinda a reunion for the crew of Harvey Beaks because not only did the Houghton brothers work on the show but so did director Monica Ray so if you love that show then I highly recommend this show since it's alot of the same people bringing alot of the talent that helped make that show a success.


Helping the brothers with the show is Rob Renzetti who is perhaps known for being a producer on Gravity Falls but after reading what other shows he's worked on I can conclude that he's kind of a big deal in terms of TV animation he's worked on shows such as Dexter's Laboratory , the original Powerpuff Girls , Family Guy , Samurai Jack , House Of Mouse and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic among many , many , many others if you have a favorite show then chances are he's worked on it.

The animation for the show was done by Disney Television Animation and while the animation in this show is indeed really good it's not as good as say Ducktales 2017 or Star Vs The Forces Of Evil I personally get the feeling that that part of Disney is starting to be stretched to thin they have alot of animated shows coming out and all of them have animation done by Disney Television Animation and like I said the animation in this show isn't bad but it's clearly not the team at their best.


I'm not sure if anyone else thinks this but for me the best character is Tilly alot of the things she says get a good laugh out of me and more often then not whatever plot she's involved with is more interesting then the other plot lines going on during that episode and that also links back into what i was saying about the pacing because sometimes each segment doesn't really have an interesting plot and that's not helped by the pacing.



Overall while this is indeed a very good show that is worth watching it's also a show that has a lot of problems but the problems can be overlooked and so this show scores a 6 out of 10.




Wednesday 20 June 2018

Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis Review


DC fans The Death Of Superman wasn't the only film that leaked a few days because Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis also leaked for some unknown reason I get leaking DOS because it's a huge film but this one really oh well now I get to bring you my review earlier then I thought.

The plot of the movie is Atrocitus and Ocean Master take over Atlantis and now it's up to the Justice League and Aquaman to put things right.It's a simple story but since this film is meant for little kids it makes sense that the story would be simple and for all of it simplicity the story is very well told and well paced.


Starring in the film are Dee Bradley Baker as Aquaman , Susan Eisenberg as Mera , Troy Baker as Batman , Grey Griffin as Wonder Woman and Lois Lane , Nolan North as Superman , Insert Walking Dead Actor Here as Cyborg , Cristina Milizia as Jessica Cruz , Alyson Stoner as Batgirl , Trevor Devall as Ocean Master , Scott Menville as Robin and Jonathan Adams as Atrocitus. 

Grey Griffin is a great voice actress but when you cast who some consider the voice for Wonder Woman in your movie you really should have her play Wonder Woman the performances from all involved are pretty good which is not shocking since most of them voice these characters on a regular basis heck even Cristina Milizia is pretty much the main voice actress for Jessica Cruz since she's played her in pretty much every media thing Jessica has been in.


Now I couldn't find who did the animation for this film but chances are it's either Lego or Warner Bros. Animation and well for a kids film the animation is actually really good no joke there where a few times when this movie to me looked like a Dreamworks movie (not PIXAR it was good but come on) and for a straight to DVD movie which pretty much has show string budget that's a really good thing.

This isn't a knock against the film but rather something that i've noticed as of late but both DC and Warner Bros seem to enjoy putting Jessica Cruz in alot of movies and alot of episodes of various animated shows and by alot I mean she's now in the DC Super Hero Girls web series and so you can expect to see her in the TV series. It's not bad that there doing that in fact I applaud them for not just sticking to one Green Lantern but I would warn them to slow down since it come across as them pushing her down our throat.


There really isn't much I can say about this movie since it really is just for little kids but I can say that this movie is so obviously made just to sell more DC Lego sets they don't even try to hide it at least in The Flash's Lego movie they tried to hide the fact it's a movie made to sell toys but this movie just comes right out and says it.

I've tried to think of a way about talking about this movie and not bring up the leak which is why it was in the intro but I have to talk about it again leaks can be a bad thing take for example the recent season of My Little Pony almost half of the season got leaked months before it debuted that will do alot of damage to that show and it can be the same with movies but tho there are people out there who would watch a leak first and then go and watch the movie and that's what I do since it's saving me money because i'm not going to watch a movie I don't like but if you are one of those people who only watches things leaked just know that your doing more harm then good.


Overall this is a decent film for the kiddies and it does a good job of making someone who is usually the but of every superhero joke look quite good but it's still just an average movie so it gets a 5 out of 10 from me.


  

Tuesday 19 June 2018

The Death Of Superman Review


When DC announced they were basically remaking Superman: Doomsday into a two part more comic accurate film I was wondering why they would do that since Superman: Doomsday is still a great freaking movie and well after someone leaked not only this movie but also Lego Aquaman I can now bring you my thoughts on this movie so here is my review of The Death Of Superman.

It took me a good while to come to this conclusion but this movie really has no plot outside of what happens to Superman and I know i'm going to get some hate for this but the actual book where he died also had no plot so in this case I would have been open to them making changes just so this film could have a story to tell.


Returning for this film are Christopher Gorham as The Flash , Matt Lanter as Aquaman , Rosario Dawson as Wonder Woman , Jerry O'Connell as Superman and Nathan Fillion as Hal Jordan among many others and I will say that out of the returning cast I really enjoyed Jerry O'Connell when the emotional moments come in this film that's when his performance really does shine through.

New cast members include Rebecca Romijn as Lois Lane , Rainn Wilson as Lex Luthor , Toks Olagundoye as Cat Grant , Paul Eiding and Jennifer Hale as Ma and Pa Kent and Erica Luttrell as Mercy Graves. Out of the new cast the only actor who I thought was really enjoying themselves was Rainn Wilson I honestly feel that he was born to play Lex Luthor and I had no idea that Rebecca Romijn was even in the movie.


The animation for the film was handled by Studio Mir who have handled the animation for the recent Voltron series as well as some of The Legend of Korra and the first season of Guardians Of The Galaxy and I have to say that the animation in this film for the most part was really good but every now and again there would be an odd drawing that made something feel off it's something that could have been fixed tho if they redrew that scene.


I'm going to come right out and say this but I will always prefer Superman: Doomsday to this film because like I said the film actually had a story which means it had a beginning , a middle and an end here there is a beginning but since this a two part film we have to wait until 2019 to see the end and so this film comes of as one big set up for the next one.

Even during the film I worked out a way in which you could do this story as one film and it's simple you open up with the big fight with doomsday that could take up say ten or twenty minuets and the rest of the film is how Superman came back and you can have dialog from characters to fill in all the blanks so that way the story is how did Superman come back which for me is a great story to tell.


In one of two cases where this film is actually better then Doomsday is the fact the emotional moments in this film both mean something and are actually emotional they mean something because we actually get to spend alot of time getting to know the characters even before Doomsday even shows up and that in turn makes it more emotional when *spoiler alert incase you didn't read the title* Superman dies. 

In Doomsday we didn't get to spend that much time getting to know the characters the film starts then about ten minuets later he's fighting Doomsday that really isn't enough time and it's one of the few cases where i'd say splitting the film into two parts actually makes sense and helps make the film feel more epic.


I know you all want to know this and yes the fight in this movie is really well done and i'm honestly finding it hard to decide which film did this fight better because while this film holds of the fight which lets us get to know the characters Doomsday kept the creature mostly hidden until it was time thus we have no idea what he looks like and that makes him more awesome but I can say that the fight in this movie is epic as heck and feel every single punch and kick that is dealt.


If your a fan of the 1970's Superman movie there is a line referenced in this movie and the way it's done and how it's delivered is so awkward I give the makers credit for choosing to reference one of the most iconic scenes in that movie but they didn't have to it as awkwardly as they did and it's meant to be a joke as well so it just comes of as cringy.


Overall while I applaud them for retelling this story splitting it up into two parts is both a good and bad thing but if you want to see a film that actually takes it's time before getting into any action then this is the film for you but for me Superman: doomsday is the better film and this film gets a 7 out of 10 from me.





Saturday 16 June 2018

 X-Men: The Animated Series Review


Marvel we mock you for your animated shows but we forget that you did used to make great animated shows and like your current movies and live action shows they also lived in a shared universe and the show I want to talk about today is in my opinion the best version of these characters i'm of course talking about X-Men: The Animated Series.

This show really doesn't have a plot but it's basic premise is it's the adventures of Cyclops, Wolverine, Rogue, Storm, Beast, Gambit, Jubilee, Jean Grey and Professor X and that's really all the set up you need it's a superhero show so of course there will be bad guys to fight and for me this set up works so there's no need for a series long plot.

I just said that this series doesn't have a plot and that is true but the first two seasons of the show each have there own storyline the first season dealt with The Mutant Registration Act while the second season dealt with Magneto and Professor X lost in a place called the Savage Land. If I were pushed i'd say that season one had the better story but that said i'm glad that they stopped doing season long stories after season two.


Starring in the show are Norm Spencer as Cyclops , Cathal J. Dodd as Wolverine , Lenore Zann as Rouge , Iona Morris and Alison Sealy-Smith as Storm , George Buza as Beast , Chris Potter and Tony Daniels as Gambit , Alyson Court as Jubilee , Catherine Disher as Jean Grey and Cedric Smith as Professor X. Storm is listed as being played by two different actress because for the whole of the first season and the first seven episodes of season 2 she was played by Iona but for the rest of the show she was played by Alison and for the first four seasons Gambit was played Chris and for some unknown reason was replaced for the fifth and final season and Tony daniels I have no idea why they replaced two of the main characters in the show I can't find a single reason anywhere so we can only assume.

I will say tho that i loved the first voice actress for Storm since she made the character come alive and for me her second voice was a little distracting but tho I will say that the actors did a great job and it helps that they had great material to work off.


The show was animated by AKOM Production, Ltd and i'm reading what shows they've worked on and they pretty much worked on most shows of your childhood they did Animaniacs , Batman: The Animated Series , Tiny Toon Adventures , Jem and Earthworm Jim. So yeah they've worked on alot of solid shows and movies so imagine my surprise when I saw that the animation in this show wasn't that good and that's shocking because the animation in Batman is fantastic.

Speaking of AKOM after how they acted when animating the first season of this show i'm surprised that they continued to get work because they turned in the first episode not with one or two animation errors but with hundreds of them and they refused to fix them so Fox was forced to air the episode with all the errors and to make matters worse then turned in episode two was turned in just before a deadline with fifty scenes missing if I was producing this show I would have fired them because acting like that in unprofessional.


I think that it's safe to assume that any guy who watched this show as a kid had a huge crush on Rouge and quite frankly I don't blame them heck I was one of them and like a fine wine she has only gotten better with age but watching this series for this review I quickly realized that she was over powered as heck and I was just sat there wondering why she doesn't just touch the villain and boom mission over.

I really can't see a kid from today getting into this series just because it's a very nineties show just everything about this show screams nineties from how the tech looks in The X Mansion to the fact that Jubilee's foster parents mansion her destroying a VCR heck they even have Scott use the famous not put down all of these are things that you wouldn't see in a show today.


This show was still so popular when it ended in 1997 that the person that Avi Arad who was a fan of the show and who helped Lauren Shuler Donner get the film rights to the characters and the pair helped produce the first X-Men live action film so if you like those films it's this show that you've got to thank for them existing.

I don't think this really needs to be said since i've just mentioned the live action films but the animated series aired on Fox Kids between 1992 and 1997 and it was a smash hit from the get go and the person you have to thank for this show coming into being is a person called Margaret Loesch who thought hard for the series to be made.


I don't think i'm the only one that thinks this but for me the best multi-part episode is very easily "The Dark Phoenix Saga" those four episodes for me are the best episodes that the show ever made it had a bit of everything it had action , it had suspense and it had a bit of romance and unlike The Last Stand it didn't butcher the whole franchise.


I didn't notice this growing up but this show has a few Power Rangers guys working on the music the iconic theme song was written by Ron Wasserman who did the theme song to Power Rangers and the music was done by both Shuki Levy and Noam Kaniel Shuki co-wrote the very first episode of Power Rangers and well helped produce the show and Noam is the current composer for the show.


Overall this was a solid show I will admit that some parts of the episodes did bore me a little but that's not a major thing for me since your going to get episodes like that in any show but the show did also have some annoying characters and if you want to see more from this continuity then check out X-Men '92 a comic book that's set in the world of the show for me the show scores an 8.5 out of 10.




Sunday 10 June 2018

Comparing Wabbit To The Looney Tunes Show


The Looney Tunes have been around since the thirties and there characters have become house hold names but there are two TV shows out there which have given fans differing opinions and now i'm going to compare the two and to make things clear i'm comparing things like the animation , the characters , pacing and most importantly the jokes so here we go.

Animation


The animation in The Looney Tunes Show for me at least is truly stunning you can tell that there's alot of care and attention put into each and every frame but I will say that the blocky presentation of the first season could be off putting to some people.


The animation in Wabbit I think is slightly better then what's in The Looney Tunes Show but not by much but tho the characters look a little to child like for my liking whereas in The Looney Tunes they have more of a mature look to them.
Winner: Wabbit

Characters


Now the first season of Wabbit rarely had the other Looney Tunes characters instead pairing Bugs up with a new character called Squeaks the Squirrel to me Squeaks isn't looney which is important when your in a Looney Tunes show. 

Another problem with the characters for me comes with the fact that Bugs gets dumbed down alot in the first season and acts very out of character and the fact that Daffy acts like his Daffy self when he's in situations where his more cynical nature would be funnier to me just isn't right but apart from those gripes the characters act mostly in character.


I have to say that this show did the impossible they changed Lola from someone who was just so Bugs could have a love interest and made her into someone who's actually looney in The Looney Tunes Show she's a ditsy rich girl who may or may not be insane and for that show it works heck it worked so much that they might have kept that version of her in Wabbit where she does a parody of Daenerys Targaryen from HBO's Game Of Thrones.

Apart from the upheaval and makeover done to Lola i'd say that the makers of The Looney Tunes Show matured the characters and they made them more human and to me that makes the characters seem more relatable and that's also helped by the fact that Bugs doesn't always win all infact most times he looses.

Winner: The Looney Tunes Show

Jokes


The classic Looney Tunes shorts got most of there humor not from slapstick like Tom And Jerry but from there word play and this is something that The Looney Tunes Show got right because the jokes in this series don't or very rarely come from characters either getting hit or hitting each other it comes from whatever there saying but alot of the jokes in season two just weren't funny.


Now i'll admit that this show can at times be rather funny ok not laugh out loud funny at some of the jokes did put a smile on my face but here's the thing this show is meant to be the Looney Tunes going back to there roots so you'd think that would mean they would bring back the world play they do not instead the humor mostly comes from slapstick which was rarely present in the classic cartoons and when it was featured it was after a tone of word play which set it all up.

Winner: The Looney Tunes Show

Pacing


The classic Looney Tunes cartoons where around seven minuets in length and that worked for those shorts but with The Looney Tunes Show the time frame is stretched to twenty two minuets an episode and I think that honestly works since it allows the story and the jokes to flow at a more natural pace.


The time frame for Wabbit is really odd because some episodes are twenty two minuets while some or around the now standerd ten minuets but each of those ten minuet episodes contain two five minuet cartoons so having effectively five minuets to tell a story and pack in as many jokes as possible is impossible it worked back in the thirties because of the fact that even if they had a bad short they still had stellar animation but the pacing for Wabbit is far to fast.

Winner: The Looney Tunes Show

Ovcrall winner: The Looney Tunes Show



Guys don't hate on people who like Wabbit and if you do like Wabbit then hey great good for you but tho for me The Looney Tunes Show is far better and don't hate on people who like The Looney Tunes Show since the main purpose of this post isn't to spread hate but rather just to have some fun.











Saturday 9 June 2018

The Hollow Review


Netflix is back at it with another animated series and I think it's fair to say that this one cought everyone of guard since the first trailer only came online a day or two ago so here is my review of the new Netflix series The Hollow.

The plot of this show is 3 teen strangers awaken in a dangerous world and try to make sense of what connection they have to each other as they attempt to make it out alive. Unlike other shows out there this one actually has a story which means it has a beginning , middle and end and I have to say that the story is pretty interesting and the series is really paced.


Starring in the show are Adrian Petriw , Connor Parnall and and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic star Ashleigh Ball. The acting in the show isn't really that good but the main cast do put in great performances what really shocked me tho was how many MLP actors do voices for the show so if your a fan of that show you'll have a good time spotting certain voice actors.

Until a few days ago there was pretty much nothing released for this show even know as i'm writing this there's only an IMDB page with only the actors that i've listed on there heck there's not even a Wikipedia page for the show so any information I can get for this show is mostly an educated guess but in this case not knowing is half of the fun.


The only production company I can find credited on IMDB is a company called Slap Happy Cartoons who have worked on a show called Nerds And Monsters and The Tom And Jerry Show but as far as I can tell those are the only things they've worked on prior to working on this show and I have to say that I really did enjoy the animation in this show is actually pretty good it reminded me alot of comic books but I will say that there are times when the animation isn't that great but they are few and far between.

I'm going to try and not spoil anything here but oh my gosh that ending it's something that I never saw coming and when it did happen the only thing I could say was "mind blown" that's how truly shocking it was and it's because of that ending that I want there to be a season two and it also makes me wonder how the heck they could do a season two.


I will say that for me the mystery aspect of the show kinda dragged on a little but that's more due to how long the series is but then again the mystery is also kinda weak in that it does give you clues here and there but not enough clues so you can't really work it out altho I did piece part of the mystery together but that's only because of something I cannot say because it's a spoiler and I don't want to spoil this series for you guys.

Another thing that I didn't really like about the series is the fact that it's two long for this kind of story and by that I mean this series is ten episodes long and I feel that this story would have been better served if it was say five episodes since with it being ten episodes it also made the mystery aspect suffer because they wouldn't have been able to reveal certain things right away.


This is where the review gets hard because of the fact there are things that I want to talk about but because of my own rules of only doing spoiler free reviews I can't but I can say that if you want to see a really interesting series then you should for sure check this series out but I can say the opening scene reminded me alot of the first Saw film so if you like those films then you'll be very happy indeed.


Overall like i've just said you should go and check this series out it's really freaking good but just be ready for a mystery that gets dragged out and for a series that really shouldn't be ten episodes long and I agree with the IMDB score and give this series an 8.5 out of 10.