The Flash 1990 TV Series "Pilot" Review

 

The Flash has been a character that's been around for decades and has been featured in so many TV shows both in animated form and live action form for some reason the character has only had TWO solo live action TV series. While many might think that the 2014 series is the first solo TV series for The Flash they are infact wrong for you see there was a TV series based on The Flash that aired in 1990 and so join me as I review the first the episode the 1990 TV series version of The Flash with the episode itself having the totally original name of simply "Pilot" enjoy everyone.

The plot of this episode is after his brother is killed the leader of a ruthless motorcycle gang forensic scientist Barry Allen must use his newly discovered powers to track down the motorcycle gang and bring them to justice before they take over or destroy Central City. In terms of what I thought for the plot of this episode in all honesty the plot for this episode was at best average since the story tries to be dark and epic that it forgets to be fun but it does help that the plot of this episode was really well told in my opinion.

Starring in the episode is John Wesley Shipp as Barry Allen / The Flash and Amanda Pays as Tina McGee. Also starring in this episode is Alex Desert as Julio Mendez , Paula Marshall as Iris West , Robert Hooks as Chief Arthur Cooper , M. Emmet Walsh as Henry Allen , Michael Nader as Nicholas Pike , Tim Thomerson as Jay Allen , Priscilla Pointer as Nora Allen , Lycia Naff as Lila and Richard Belzer as Joe Kline.

As for what I thought about the acting in this episode in all honesty the acting in this episode is at best OK. I say that the acting in this episode is at best OK simply because for every actor or actress who turns in a good performance like for example with John Wesley Shipp and Amanda Pays there's an actor or actress who turns in a bad performance like for example Alex Desert , Paula Marshall and Michael Nader which is a shame because when you see a good performance in this episode it really foes freaking stand out in my opinion.

Now even tho the Arrowverse technically started in 2008 with The CW TV series Arrow with the fact that this show show is now apart of the Arrowverse that technically now means that this show is the first show in the Arrowverse. Yes this show does tack place on a different (the now destroyed Earth 90) it's pretty cool to think that this version of The Flash is the longest running superhero in the history of the Arrowverse.

Now one of the things that I use curious to see how they would pull of in this episode is the effect of The Flash running since nowadays you would just use CGI archive the effect of The Flash running but that wasn't an opinion back in 1990. So how I think they did it for alot of scenes in this episode animation I think that they animated The Flash running and then added that animation to the scene but alot of the time they just use sped up footage of actor John Wesley Shipp which works just as well but you can tell that there just speeding up the footage but given the time period that this show was made speeding up the footage was most likely the only way that they could get the effect of The Flash running.

Now rather shockingly for a TV series based on The Flash this episode is pretty freaking dark because you see people not only getting shot at but you also see people dieing and if i'm being honest this episode being dark is both a good and bad thing. it's a good thing because it means that you can go deeper with your characters however it's a bad thing because The Flash is a campy character heck all superheroes are pretty campy weather we like to admit it or not and as such having this episode shy away from having any sense of fun doesn't really work since to me at least The Flash has always been a fun character and so seeing a TV show with The Flash as the main character not be fun is in my opinion a bad thing.

To me the villain of this episode who is called Nicholas Pike is in all honesty a pretty weak villain and i say that because we don't get to find out that much about him. The only thing that we get to find out about him is that he was the police partner of Barry's brother Jay Allen and that he was a crooked cop bug that's really it we don't get to find out what his end goal is or why he's evil and as such it comes across as him being evil just for reasons which doesn't make him a compelling character it makes him a boring character and in my opinion at least a weak villain.

The running time for this episode is one hour and thirty three minuets and forty seven seconds which I personally felt to be a bit on the long side. Simply because there's only enough story to cover at least forty five minuets and as such there are alot of scenes in this episode that go nowhere and add up to nothing heck even the character of Iris West gets written out of the show in the shows seconds episode which in my opinion makes her scenes in this episode pointless heck you could cut alot from this episode and you'd loose nothing of importance in my humble opinion.

Now then boys and girls this is an action show and that does mean that I have to talk about the action that's in this episode and well there actually isn't that much action to talk about. Since there's only one action scene in the entire episode which is fine for a TV show but it's not fine with your debut episode is over an hour and a half long but the action that we do have is ok given that this TV show is from 1990 there's not really that much that they could do with a character like The Flash in an action scene and so they do the best that they could have done it's just a shame that the resulting effort is at best just simply OK and nothing more.

Overall this was honestly a really good episode for the most part and it was honestly really interesting seeing this version of The Flash differs from the 2014 version of The Flash. However with that being said just like with all of the good things that are in this episode i've discussed the bad things in this episode in this very review and as such this episode gets a 6.5 out of 10 from me , as for where I got the images that I used in this review well I got the images that I used in this review from Google Images and oddly enough the official Arrowverse fandom wiki page with my preferred site for the images that I used in this review being the official Arrowverse fandom wiki page just because the images on the official Arrowverse fandom wiki page are pretty high definition or as high a definition as you'd expect from a TV show that came out in the 1990.

My First Impressions Of Punky Brewster 2021

 

Ladies and gentlemen it seems to be very common place now for every single streaming service to bring back a nostalgic property. Well the latest TV show from the eighties to get a rival has just been released onto a streaming service and while I didn't grow up with the original show mostly because I was born in the UK in the nineties and as such the original show didn't really air over here and so join me as I review the 2021 rival of Punky Brewster with this new show also being called simply "Punky Brewster" enjoy.

From what I can gather the plot of this show is now single mother of three Punky Brewster meets a young kid who reminds of her of herself. That's all I can really say about the show without going into spoilers since i'm only doing this post based f the first episode and just based of this first episode the story has promise but it's not something that i can see lasting beyond one season since the plot seems like it's one season story in my opinion.

Starring in this series is the shows executive producer Soleil Moon Frye as Punky Brewster and Cherie Johnson as Cherie Johnson. Also starring in this show is Star Wars Rebels and Scooby-Doo star Freddie Prinze Jr. as Travis , Noah Cottrell as Diego , Oliver De Los Santos as Daniel , Lauren Lindsey Donzis as Hannah and Quinn Copeland as Izzy. Now there are a few more actors in this episode but since I cannot find a cast list for this episode i'm just using the shows main cast list and as luck would have it all of the actors and actresses that i've just listed appear in this episode.

As for what I thought about the acting in this episode in all honesty the acting in this episode was at best OK. Since the acting to me at least isn't as good is it perhaps could have been which I guess is to be expected given that this is the first episode of a new series but at the same time you always want to put your best foot forward and give us a good first impression which sadly at least in my opinion isn't the case when it comes to the acting in this episode but here's hoping that the acting gets better as the series goes on.

Now unlike the Saved By The Bell revival / continuation at least from what I can tell this revival doesn't really give that much nods to the classic series at least in this episode anyway. Which while I can see why the makers of this show chose not to include that many nods to the original show since it would alienate new fans but by not including nods and winks to the original show it kind comes of across as that the makers of this show didn't watch the original show and so they don't have that much respect for the original show.

Like I said at the start of this post i've not seen the original Punky Brewster and after watching the first episode of this continuation / revival I don't feel inclined to watch the original Punky Brewster. As such I don't have any nostalgic ties to the original show which in a way makes me prime for this show since like I said I don't have nostalgia for the original show but this is a show that I can't see winning new fans just due to how cheesy this show is which might have been the case with the original Punky Brewster but in this show that same cheesiness that the original Punky Brewster might have had doesn't work in this show in my opinion.

Now this is something that I actually didn't realise until I started to write this part of the post and so forgive me this part is a bit all other the place. I couldn't help but notice but this show has a very similar set up to another revival / continuation that being Raven's Home it's honestly shocking at how similar the set ups to both shows and so I can't help but wonder if the makers of this show were either inspired by Raven's Home or if the makers of this show straight up stole the set up to Raven's Home just due to the fact that the set up to both shows is very similar.

Now then without giving away anything about this episode if your a fan of the original Punky Brewster then you will want to stay around until just before the end credits of this first episode. Since there's something that is said that as far as I can work out from spending a few minuets on Wikipedia which is going to rock Punky Brewster to her very core but i'm not going to say what that thing since it's a pretty good way to get people wanting to watch episode two of this revival / continuation in my honest and humble opinion.

I don't know why this seems to be the case but every streaming service seems to either have a reboot / continuation of a beloved show or movie out or has a reboot / continuation of a beloved show or movie in various stages of development. Is creativity really so dead that every single streaming service needs to have a reboot or a continuation of a show or film on there service why can't these big Hollywood companies come up with new ideas for TV shows why do they have to keep on digging up shows from the past it's honestly getting pretty freaking tiresome hell they've just announced a reboot / continuation of both Fraiser and Icarly and Icarly hasn't been of the air for ten years so why the heck are producing a reboot / continuation of that show I really don't know.

This episode has a total running time of twenty eight minuets and twenty five seconds which for a show that's basically a feel good type of show and that hasn't got that much story (at least in this episode) is the right amount of running time. Since like I said there's not much story to tell in this episode and as such it doesn't make sense to have this episode run any longer then twenty eight minuets and twenty five seconds in my opinion.

Now then since this is a comedy show boys and girls that does mean that I have to talk about the jokes that are in this episode. Or at least I would if there were any jokes to talk about since I didn't laugh once during this entire heck i don't think I even raised a smile for any comedy is always a bad thing but there's always a chance that the jokes in this episode are perfectly in line with the jokes of the original Punky Brewster but even so a comedy has to make you laugh or at least smile and this episode didn't do either of those things for me personally.

Overall this was a pretty bad episode in my personal opinion but weather or not the original Punky Brewster was anything like this reboot / continuation I cannot say for the reasons that i've stated in this post. Now even tho i've listed a lot of bad things in this episode in this very post there are some good things in this episode which like the bad things in this episode i've talked about the good things in this very post but since these are only my first impressions of the show i won't give the show a rating since any show can have a bad episode and for all I know the show could get better in later episodes and you can watch all the episodes of this show right now on Peacock , as for where I got the images that I used in this post well I got the images that I used in this post from the official Punky Brewster fandom wiki page , the official Saved By The Bell fandom wiki page and the official Raven's Home fandom wiki page with my referred website for the images that I used in this episode being the official Punky Brewster fandom wiki page just because the images on the official Punky Brewster fandom wiki page were very high quality and as very high definition.

My First Impressions Of Superman & Lois Which Include TWO SPOILERS

 

Superman fans the man of steel has been the star of many TV shows and films both animated and live action and he'll most likely be the star in many more TV shows and films both live action animated in the future. Well the latest live action TV show to star the man of steel has just premiered and so I thought that i'd give you my first impressions of the show and so join me as I give you my first impressions of the show that is called simply "Superman & Lois" enjoy.

The plot of this show is after a family tragedy Clark Kent , Lois land and their twin sons Jonathon and Jordon move from Metropolis to the small town of Smallville where Clark must learn to be a father and that one or even both of his sons might have powers of there own. I admit that I like the idea behind the show however this actual first episode really doesn't have much in terms of plot which to me is a bad thing since if you don't have a plot then your film , TV show or TV show episode have no reason to exist in my opinion.

Starring in this episode are Tyler Hoechlin as Clark Kent / Superman and Elizabeth Tulloch as Lois Lane. Also starring in this episode are Jordan Elsass as Jonathan Kent , Alex Garfin as Jordan Kent , Erik Valdez as Kyle Cushing , Inde Navarrette as Sarah Cushing , Wolé Parks as Captain Luthor , Dylan Walsh as General Sam Lane , Emmanuelle Chriqui as Lana Lang Cushing and Michele Scarabelli as Martha Kent.

As for what I thought about the acting in this episode in all honesty the acting in this episode was really good for the first episode of a new show. That doesn't mean that I thought that the acting in this first episode was bad because it honestly wasn't but it's clearly not going to be as good as acting in say episode ten or episode fifteen of this show but to me I do feel that all of the actors in this episode did a really good job even if some of the actors feel wasted in this episode in my opinion.

Now I cannot find out who is doing the CGI for this show which is honestly a freaking shame due to what i'm going to say next. Since I really liked the CGI in this episode all of the shows set in the Arrowverse have good CGI in them and the same is true for this show at least based on this first episode since every CGI effect in this episode looks so good and I hope to god that this show keeps on having good CGI effects since any thing to do with Superman in live be it a TV show a movie is going to be an effects heavy production and and as such the CGI effects in this show should always be good in my opinion.

SPOILER ALERT FOR TWO THINGS IN THIS EPISODE OF SUPERMAN & LOIS RIGHT HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Now as some one who has watched alot of if not all of the shows in the Arrowverse (yes i'm including the animated web shows in there as well) I was honestly shocked that the first episode chose to include a reference to the 1940's Max Fleischer Superman cartoons. I was shocked because no Superman media has made a reference to the 1940's Max Fleischer Superman cartoons and so it was good to see those cartoons get some love in this show in my humble and honest opinion.

Now there is one thing that might disappoint you guys and that's the fact not only does Melissa Benoist not appear as Supergirl but in this episodes opening narration Clark Kent / Superman makes no reference to Supergirl. Usually when a show doesn't make a reference to other more well known characters its because that they want the show to stand on it's own but here since Superman and Lis Lane ae already well known characters it would have made sense for this episode to at least mention Supergirl or at least include a line but why she's not in this episode since there's no reason whatsoever why Supergirl couldn't be the one to handle the attack at the Metropolis Power Plant at the start of this episode in my opinion.

THE TWO SPOILERS FOR THE FIRST EPISODE OF SUPERMAN & LOIS END RIGHT HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will say that so far this show does seem to be lot better then Batwoman (I never even made to half way thought the first season of Batwoman that's bad the Batwoman TV series is in my opinion) simply because not only does this show have better writing and acting that Batwoman but it also respects the Superman lore which is something that Batwoman doesn't do. All of these reasons and more so far point to Superman & Los being a much better show that Batwoman because the acting on Batwoman was at best passable , the writing on Batwoman was bad and the Batwoman TV show doesn't respect the Batman lore like how this show respects the Superman lore which for a comic adaptation no matter if it's a film adaptation or a TV adaptation or whatever kind of adaptation you need to respect the lore of what ever it is that your adapting in my opinion and apart from Batwoman the Arrowverse shows are usually very good at respecting the lore of whatever hero or heroes that there adapting in my honest opinion.

This episode has a total running time of fifty one minuets and twenty six seconds which I personally thought was a bit on the long side. Simply because not alot actually happens in this episode since this episode is just setting up the rest of the show plus like I said near the start of the review this episode doesn't really have much of a story as such it seems pointless that this first episode of this new show would be almost an hour long when you very easily could have had the this episode come in at forty five minuets long and nothing of importance would have had to have been lost in my humble and honest opinion.

Now i'm not going to say why this is the case because it could be seen as a spoiler but it's also pretty given the plot the show but there's very little to no action in this opening episode. Which I personally found to be both refreshing and confusing at the time it's refreshing because it means that alot more time can spent with these characters and fully developing these characters especially the newer characters but at the same time it was confusing because this is a superhero show and you expect there to be action in a superhero show and so while not having much action in this first episode oddly made sense for the characters it was still a pretty strange thing for the makers of this show to do in my humble and honest opinion.

Overall this first episode really did get alot of things right and i hope that this show does continue to be as good as this episode. Yes this episode isn't perfect since i've talked about alot of the good things and the bad things that are in this episode in this review (the reason why i've not talked about the characters in this episode is because it didn't really make sense to talk about the characters un the first episode of a new show but if I do review this show at the episode fifteen if im still watching the show by then then i'll most likely talk about the characters then in that review.) and since this is only my first impressions of the show I won't be giving this show a rating just because I don't think it's fair to judge a new show just based of the first episode since every show can have good or bad episodes but I will say that this show is worth watching in my personal opinion.

As for where I got the images that I used in this review well I got the images that I used in this review from the official Arrowverse fandom wiki page , Google Images and the official Superman fandom wiki page. Honestly I feel that the best website to use for images from this particular episode (this episode has the totally original name of Pilot by the way) then i'd say use Google Images since Google Images have alot of verity of images but be warned not all of the images on Google Images are high quality or high definition so you've been warned. 

Game Of Thrones "Fire And Blood" Review

 

Game Of Thrones fans since I had such a good time writing a review for you all yesterday I thought that i'd write a review of another Game Of Thrones episode today. Just like with the last Game Of Thrones episode that I wrote a review for yesterday I had so many choices for good or even average episodes and well I went with the episode that has a pretty iconic ending and yes I will most likely be talking about that iconic ending in this very review and so join me as I review the Game Of Thrones season one finale with the episode itself being called simply "Fire And Blood" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is Dany pays a terrible price to save Drogo all in the meanwhile the news coming out of King's Landing rocks the world of Westeros to it's core and sets in motion events that will have devastating effects on several groups of people for years to come. I will admit that the summery for this episode was a lot easier to write and I loved the story being told in this episode with the story itself being very well told in my humble opinion.

Starring in this episode is Michelle Fairley as , Catelyn Stark and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister. Also starring in this episode is Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister , Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen , Iain Glen as Jorah Mormont , Aidan Gillen as Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish , Kit Harington as Jon Snow , Richard Madden as Robb Stark , Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark , Maisie Williams as Arya Stark , Alfie Allen as Theon Greyjoy , Isaac Hempstead-Wright as Bran Stark , Jack Gleeson as Joffrey Baratheon , Rory McCann as Sandor Clegane , Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister , Jason Momoa as Khal Drogo , Natalia Tena as Osha , Conleth Hill as Varys , Charles Dance as Tywin Lannister , John Bradley-West as Samwell Tarly , Julian Glover as Grand Maester Pycelle , and Mia Soteriou as Mirri Maz Duur.

As for what I thought about the acting in this episode in all honesty the acting in this episode was in all honesty really freaking good in my opinion. With all of the actors in this episode giving some truly wonderful performances with some of the actors not even saying a word and you understand right away what that character is feeling that's how good the acting in not only this episode but in Game Of Thrones is as a whole in my opinion. 

Doing he CGI  for this episode is BlueBolt , Pixomondo and Screen Scene I have to admit I haven't heard of any of the companies that did the CGI for this episode which is a shame because I really did like the CGI in this episode. Yes there was only really one scene that had CGI with that being the ending to this episode but this show also uses CGI in more subtle ways like extending cities or making building either appear or bigger then what they are in real real life and I have to admit that the CGI effects in this episode were honestly really good but of course the CGI in this episode is as good as CGI effects in later seasons of Game Of Thrones 

Just to give you guys and example of how good the acting in this episode is the first scene with Robb Stark and his mother Catelyn Stark is a great example of how good the acting in this episode is. Since with barely any words since with barely any words being said you get that the two ae deeply upset by the death of Ned Stark and due to the fact that there are barely any words said between Catelyn Stark and Robb Stark you can tell what the other is thinking just by the looks that they give each other and this is something that would have been lost if the characters told you exactly how they were feeling instead of letting their body language tell you what they are thinking.

There is one shot in this episode that is infamous and it's the shot where you can see a George W Bush mask on a spike. Now both David Benioff & D.B. Weiss (the creators , showrunner and producers of this show as well as writers for not only this episode but for several other episodes) have said that have a George W Bush mask appear on a spike wasn't a political message but I have to wonder why was the scene removed from all home media releases and it's just in America it's every country that Game Of Thrones surely just removing the shot from all repeat episodes as well American home video releases would have been enough but it now means that fans outside of America now don't get to see what all of the fuss was about that shot was about which is a shame because I would have liked to have seen that shot and judge it for myself but it feels like I was robbed of that chance but at the same time I can see why the scene was removed since it could have been seen as a political message and that could have isolated some of the Game Of thrones fanbase in my opinion.

Now then sadly I cannot post the actual images that I want to use to talk about this just because the scene does feature nudity as do the images from that scene and this blog is rated PG so that means you'll have to make do with the above image. However by going of who is in the above image you can have a fair idea as to what scene I have to talk about because yeah that end scene with Daenerys Targaryen is so freaking good it's a scene where everything just comes together perfectly in my opinion with the music being really epic , the CGI being really good , the writing being really solid with alot of the characters in that scene getting some good lines and the acting from everyone in that scene / sequence being really good as all hell that final scene / sequence with Daenerys Targaryen steals not only the entire episode but the entire first season of Game Of Thrones for me because that final scene / sequence with Daenerys Targaryen is so good in my humble opinion.

Now just like with the last episode of Game Of Thrones that I reviewed I actually cannot remember the running time for this episode but I do now that this episode is at least fifty minuets long. Which for me at least is a bit of an issue just because this episode was so good that I wanted the episode to last longer and hell the episode had more then enough story for the episode to be longer if the makers of this show wanted to make the episode but since the makers of this show chose to not make this longer episode the episode goes by super quickly with scenes that should have lasted longer instead being over with in a few minuets and this in turn hurts the episode in my opinion since it now means that those scenes can't have as much impact as those scenes would have had if the episode was a bit longer in my honest and humble opinion.

Now then in what is rather a strange move for a Game Of Thrones finale there actually isn't any action or action scenes in this episode. With instead the main focus of the episode being how certain character react too the death of Ned Stark (this episode came out in 2011 so it's not a really a spoiler anymore so get over it lol) which is the right move in my opinion but at the sae time I would have liked to have seen some action scenes but at the same time I can see why there wasn't any action scenes in this particular episode tho but that's just what I personally think tho.

Overall this was a really good episode and it was a good way to end the first season of this fantastic show in my opinion. However there are some faults in this episode which i've discussed in this review and i've talked about the good things that are in this episode in this very review as well and as such this episode gets an 9.5 out of 10 from me , as for where I got the images that I used in this review well I got the images that I used in this review from Google Images and the official Game Of Thrones fandom wiki page with my preferred website to use for images from this episode or from Game Of Thrones as a whole being the official Game Of Thrones fandom wiki page just because the images that are on the official Game Of Thrones fandom wiki page are always pretty high definition which fir me at least is always a good thing since it makes the review more pleasing on the eye and it makes the image itself alot more pleasing on the eye in my opinion.

Game Of Thrones "Hardhome" Review

 

Now then Game Of Thrones the last time I reviewed an episode of Game Of Thrones was all the way back in July 2020 (with the exact date being either July 1st 2020 or July 2nd 2020 depending on where your seeing this review) as such I thought that it was about time that I review another episode of Games Of Thrones. I fully admit it was hard for me to pick an episode to review since there are alot of good and memorable episodes out there and join me as I review the Game Of Thrones episode that is called simply "Hardhome" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is episode Dany gets advice from an unlikely source , Arya makes progress in her training with the many faced god and Jon tries to rescue some Wildlings. If i'm being honest it was pretty hard for me to write a plot summery for this episode simply because not that happens plot wise and this episode is rather rightfully more focused on advancing storylines from earlier in this season (this episode is from season 5 / five by the way) which honestly made it hard for me to write a summery of the plot for this episode but I will admit that this episode did a good job of advancing the shows other storylines in a way that felt natural with one of the plot lines being advanced in this episode being so good that I might talk about later on in this very review but we'll see.

Starring in this episode is Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister , Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister and Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen. Also starring in this episode are Kit Harington as Jon Snow , Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark , Maisie Williams as Arya Star , John Bradley as Samwell Tarly , Hannah Murray as Gilly , Kristofer Hivju as Tormund Giants bane , Alfie Allen as Reek , Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei , Tom Wlaschiha as Jaqen H'ghar , Michael McElhatton as Roose Bolton , Iwan Rheon as Ramsay Bolton , Anton Lesser as Qyburn , Faye Marsay as The Waif , Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Karsi , Hannah Waddingham as Septa Unella , Brenock O'Connor as Olly , Richard Brake as The Night King , Ian Whyte as Wun Wun and Ross O'Hennessy as The Lord Of Bones.

In terms of what I thought about the acting in this episode in all honesty the acting in this episode was one of the many highlights of the episode. Simply because all of the actors in this episode manage to convey so much emotion without actually saying what there character is feeling and for a good scene to highlight is the Sansa and Reek / Theon since in that scene we see that Reek / Theon try and hide the pain that he experienced with Ramsay was torturing him and we see him open up to Sansa for few minuets thus showing us that Theon is still in there and that Theon feels a little bit of joy just by knowing that his old self is still in there and all of this is done with out a single word from either Alfie Allen or Sophie Turner telling us how either character feels and is a great example of how good the acting and the writing in this episode truly is in my honest and very humble opinion. 

Doing the CGI for this episode and I assume the rest of the series is El Ranchito , Lola Visual Effects , Rodeo FX , Atomic Fiction , Clearcut FX , Image Engine Design , Screen Scene , Cadence Effects and Nviz. What really did shock me about this episode is the fact that the episode makes great use of practical effects and while there is some CGI in this episode there's not that much CGI in this episode which is honestly a shame since the CGI effects in this episode look really good and in my opinion alot of why I think that the CGI in this episode looks really good is not because the CGI in Game Of Thrones is generally really good but because the CGI effects and the practical effects are blended together so perfectly in this episode that you can't really tell what was a CGI effect and what was a practical effect.

I will fully admit right now that the one speech that made me want to review this episode is the one that Daenerys Targaryen gives to Tyrion Lannister. That entire scene is so well written and given what we now know happens to Daenerys Targaryen I can't help but wonder if the bit where she mentions wanting to break the wheel was either a very clever bit of foreshadowing or if it has a double meaning since how Daenerys Targaryen acts when she says that she wants to break the wheel is very creepy and even the music gets a little bit creepy as well and as such i can't help but wonder if it's during season five (the season that this episode is from for those that don't know) is where Daenerys Targaryen started to go insane but that's just what I think tho.

In all honesty his is one of the best episodes of Game Of Thrones in my opinion since everything in this episode is just so freaking good. One of the only things that I didn't like about this episode is that Arya doesn't get a whole lot screen time in this episode I think Arya only gets one maybe two scenes in this episode which is a shame because her scenes are in my opinion at least pretty good but at the same time I can see why Ara wasn't included that much in this episode since this episode had so many storylines to juggle and so having one more storyline take focus in this episode would have been a bit much and the episode would have crumbled under it's own weight in my opinion. 

Now I said that I might mention the Cersei Lannister  storyline at the start of this review and I truly meant it. I honestly loved the scenes with Cersei Lannister in this episode and I loved how her storyline was advanced since we see her go even more crazy in this episode almost to the point where watching her is quite scary and I just love that and I love that even tho she doesn't out right say that she's planning to kill everyone in the sept you can tell that that's what she's thinking (yes I do know that she says that her face will be the last face that the people of sept will see but she doesn't say how there all going to die) and this honestly makes her more cold and calculated because due to the fact that she's had the time to think this through or at least that's I think anyway.

Now I can't recall the exact running time for this episode but I now that this episode has a running time of at least fifty seven minuets. Which I feel is another of this episode faults since this episode was so good that I wanted it to last longer and I wanted to see more of the characters that we got to see and catch up with in this episode but due to the episode being at fifty seven minuets long and the fact that the episode honestly had enough story for at least an hour and a half it meant that scenes felt rushed and because of the fact that some scenes felt rushed suffers because of that one simple thing in my honest and humble opinion.

Now then boys and girls since there was alot of action in this episode I have to talk about the action that was in the actual episode itself. In my opinion the action in this episode was honestly really good even tho we only got one action scene it was still a really cool action as well as an action that mixed both practical effects and CGI effects really well in my opinion the only action scene we got in this episode was the massacre At Hardhome / Battle For Hardhome which is honestly the only action scene that we needed in this episode plus this action gave birth to that awesome sight of The Night King raising his arms and thus brining back dead back to life but now to serve in his army which in my opinion just seeing that image of The Night King raising dead is such a cool image in my very honest and humble opinion.

Overall like I said earlier on in this review this is perhaps one of the best episodes in Game Of Thrones TV history in my opinion. However that doesn't mean that this episode is perfect because no episode of Game Of Thrones or any Tv show for that matter is perfect since i've discussed alot of this episode episodes flaws (this episode is also pretty forgetful) in this review just like i've discussed the good things that are in this episode in this very review as well and as such this episode gets a 9 out of 10 from me.

As for where I got the images that I used in this review in this review well I got all of the images that I used in this review from either Google Images or the official Game Of Thrones fandom wiki page with the website that I preferred to use for the mages that I used in this review being the official Game Of Thrones fandom wiki page simply because not only is there alot more images from this episode up on there but the images on the official Games Of Thrones fandom wiki page are for the most part very high definition which for me at least is always a good thing since it makes the review look alot nicer and alot more pleasing on the eye in my opinion.

Scooby-Doo! The Sword And The Scoob SPOILER FREE!!!!! Review

 

Scooby-Doo fans we have a bit of a tradition going here which is everytime a new direct to DVD animated or live action Scooby-Doo film is released I review it as soon as I possibly. Well it seems as if this release not only snuck up on me but the release of this film was also early since the film is due to be released on Tuesday and yet either the film was leaked or Warner bros decided at the last minuet to move the release of this film but I logged on to some certain websites and I saw the film was up and so here I am with my review of the film and so join me as I review "Scooby-Doo! The Sword And The Scoob" enjoy.

Now here is where I would normally tell you what the plot of the film is and give you my thoughts on the plot of the film. However this film doesn't have a plot what so ever and trust me I looked and I looked hard for anything regarding a plot and the fact that this film doesn't have a plot is the first thing wrong with this film since even the bad direct to DVD Scooby-Doo films be they animated or live action have some sort / some form of plot and that sadly isn't the case here and hell any kind of story that they could have they end really quickly so your just basically watching stuff happen for seventy one minuets and that doesn't make the film or even entertaining it makes the film pretty freaking bad in my opinion.

Starring in this film is of course our regular Scooby-Doo voice guest which here is made up of Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo , Fred Jones and Monster , Matthew Lillard  as Shaggy Rogers , Grey Griffin as Daphne Blake , Morgan le Fay / ??????????????? and Dragon and Kate Micucci as Velma Dinkley and Sandi. In the guest cast for this film we have Jason Isaacs as King Arthur and the always funny and super talented Nick Frost as Merlin.

In terms of what I thought about the acting in this film I honestly thought that the acting in this film was really good. Which given who is starring in this film from both the regular Scooby-Doo voice cast and the this films guest cast the fact that the acting in this film was good really shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone since all of the actors in this film are really good actors and so it makes sense that these actors would turn in some really good performances in this film.

Doing the animation for this film is Digital eMation who have done work on other Scooby-Doo projects and who seem to be the go to animation for Scooby-Doo animated projects they've alot of the more recent Scooby-Doo direct to DVD  animated movies and animated TV shows. As for what I thought about the animation in this film it was honestly hell i'd go as fat to say that the animation in this film is one of if not the best thing about this film since the animation really does look and the character movements are really fluid as well as the backgrounds looking really stunning in my honest and very humble opinion.

Now then the one thing that every single Scooby-Doo project should have is a mystery it doesn't matter if the mystery is good or if the mystery bad the Scooby-Doo project in question just needs to have a mystery. Sadly a mystery us what this film is sadly lacking because just like the plot there simply isn't a mystery which goes against the entire Scooby-Doo franchise premise so not only is there no plot there's also no mystery for the characters to solve as such I honestly have to wonder why did the makers of this film decide to make this film if they don't have a plot or mystery both of which are needed for a piece of Scooby-Doo media the mystery is needed even more then the plot tho since the franchise was built on teenage kids and there talking and very allways hungry cowardly dog solving mysteries.

Now i'm trying to keep this review as spoiler free as possible and that means that I have to be really freaking vague as heck when it comes to talking about certain parts of this film. One of those being the one thing that I think had every die hard Scooby-Doo fan worried when they saw it happen in the trailer for this film but I will say that that thing most likely had all of us die hard Scooby-Doo fans worried in the trailer happens alot better in the actual film even more so when it comes to the climax of the film and I have to say how they explain it in this film makes sense for the world of Scooby-Doo in my opinion and it means that this franchise didn't jump the shark as it were in my very humble and very honest opinion.

Now then boys and girls this film has a running time of one hour and sixteen minuets and thirty three seconds. I will fully admit that the film really does fly by which I do have to give the film alot of credit for since it would have been very easy to bog this film down with pointless scenes and while there are some pointless scenes in this film alot of the scenes that are in the film come back into play in the films third act it's just those final ten minuets which to me at least felt pointless and in my opinion at least was there to get the film over the seventy minuet mark.

Now I left one of the names blank when I was listing the actors (and telling you who the actors in this film were playing) for a reason. That reason being that that character is the villain of this film and I have to say that they give this villain no end goal at all and it's very freaking easy to work out who the villain of this film is even if your not giving this film your full attention as such I would have liked it if it was a bit harder to workout who the villain of the film is and if the villain of this film actually had an end goal since it would have made the villain of this film a bit more creepy in my opinion and that would have made the film better which is always a good thing in my humble opinion. 

Now then boys and girls since this is a comedy that means that I have to talk about the comedy / jokes that are in the actual film itself. If i'm being honest the jokes that are in the actual film are for me at least a very mixed bag since there some jokes that worked but there are alot more jokes that are in this film that just don't work and without giving away what gets referenced there are some references to older cartoons both made by Hanna-Barbera and not made by Hanna-Barbera which I thought were really funny in my opinion.

Overall this was a pretty bad film and i'm just saying it's bad by Scooby-Doo standards i'm saying this film is bad by film standards. Yes there are some good things that are in this film but those good things are vastly overshadowed by all of the bad things that are in this film and yes i've talking about both the good and the bad things that are in this film in this very review and as such this film gets a 4 out of 10 from me , as for where I got the images that I used in this review well I got the images that I used in this review from both the official Scooby-Doo fandom wiki page (which is called Scoopypedia for those that don't know) ad Google Images with my preferred website being Google Images simply because there are alot more images from this film which sadly isn't the case for the official Scooby-Doo fandom wiki page.