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Monday 27 February 2023

The Mandalorian "Chapter 13 The Jedi" Review

 


Good or even great TV shows don't come along all that often and what is even rarer is one that is consistently either good or great. Well we are now just a few short days away from one of those shows debuting it's third season as such I thought that i'd take a look at one of the episodes that had alot of buzz surrounding it and so then join me as I review the episode that introduced a fan favorite character to the world of live action with the episode in question being called simply just "Chapter 13 The Jedi" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when The Mandalorian takes Grogu to a mysterious planet to hopefully be trained by a Jedi the Jedi instead enlists him in a fight to remove an evil governor from power of a local village. 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 with the episodes story being rather simple and effective in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Pedro Pascal as Din Djarin / The Mandalorian and the great Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano. Also starring in this episode is the great Michael Biehn as Lang , Diana Lee Inosanto as Morgan Elsbeth / The Magistrate , James Croak as A Prisoner , stunt woman turned actress turned director turned martial artist Dylan Alvarado as A Village Boy , Mai Brunelle as A Village Girl , Wing Tao Chao as Governor Wing and Clark Schierle as A Villager.

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. With all of this episodes cast turning in some really good performances all of which help to elevate what could be seen as a really dull script ad make it seem alot better then what it actually is because that's how good the acting in this very episode.



Doing the CGI for this episode is the legends and the greats that are all currently over at Legacy Effects. 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. Granted you do get some very dodgy looking CGI effects as well but those are in the minority and don't represent the majority.


As I mentioned at the start of this review this is the episode that introduced the character of Ahsoka Tano. I fully remember all of the hype and all of the rumors surrounding this character and when she would debut in this show and I have to say that this episode did a very good of introducing this character to  an audience that for one reason or another might not have seen her debut in animated form and her character in this episode is very much the next logical step in her characters journey and it's one that I can't wait to see play out.

This episode does kind of make both Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels essential viewing. Since a character who played a big part in the end of Star Wars: Rebels is mentioned by Ahsoka Tano this is something that I can see putting alot of people watching the upcoming Ahsoka TV show just because of the fact that not alot of people like watching animated movies or TV shows but given how interconnected these The Mandalorian spin off shows are that was always going to happen at some point. 


This is also the episode where we find out that Baby Yoda is actually called Grogu which is a name that I didn't like just because it sounds to much like Goku. Which isn't always a bad thing but when your alien names are often very creative and very distinctive it makes Grogu standout for all of the wrong reasons not to mention the big reveal really isn't treated as a big deal it's something that's done half handedly with the reveal almost coming of as a throwaway line which works well for the character of Ahsoka Tano but it doesn't work well for the character of The Mandalorian who would ave treated this as the big deal that it is.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly forty four minuets and forty eight seconds. Which is a bit of a short running time for an episode like this one to have since you very very easily could ave stretched this episodes running time to one hour just by expanding upon it's plot which would have allowed you to fully develop it's villains and go deeper into the blossoming friendship between The Mandalorian and Ahsoka Tano both of which are key to making this episodes plot work. 


So now then since this an action show that means 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. Altho the action goes out of it's way to making Ahsoka Tano look good then it does The Mandalorian which wouldn't be an issue if this was the Ahsoka show but it's not and so all it does is make The Mandalorian feel more like a side character when it comes to the episodes action sequences in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this was a really good episode that goes a long way as to showing us what this show is like when it at's it's best and is honestly more true to Star Wars then the actual sequel trilogy ever was 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 thins that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode earns itself a grand old score of exactly an 8.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official The Mandalorian fandom wiki page , the official Star Wars fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episodes that I used in this very review being the official Star Wars fandom wiki page simply just due to the fact that alot of the images that are featured / up and on the official Star Wars fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.

Friday 24 February 2023

Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish Film Review

 


Animation fans with the Animaniacs reboot coming to close as of right now it only seemed right I take a look at the movie that also served as the series finale for the original show. Since this is a movie that for a long time was the last piece of new Animaniacs media up until the 2020 Animaniacs reboot and so then join me as I review the film that dared to try and kill one of it's main characters with the film in question being called simply just "Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish" enjoy.

The plot of the film is the Warner siblings and the rest of the village of Acme Falls all race to make a wish when Wakko makes a wish upon a wishing star. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good with this films plot being the exact plot that you'd expect from an Animaniacs movie with the plot itself being just as crazy as you'd expect it to be as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this film is Jess Harnell as Wakko , and Tress MacNeille as Dot , Marita Hippo , Hello Nurse and Mindy's mother. Also starring in this film is Rob Paulsen as Yakko , Pinky and Dr. Otto Scratchansniff , Sherri Stoner as Slappy Squirrel , Nathan Ruegger as Skippy Squirrel , Maurice LaMarche as The Brain and Squit , Frank Welker as Ralph , Thaddeus Plotz , Runt , Buttons , Chicken Boo and Flavio Hippo , Nancy Cartwright as Mindy , Chick Vennera as Pesto , John Mariano as Bobby , Bernadette Peters as Rita , Paxton Whitehead as King Salazar , Ben Stein as Desire Fulfillment Facilitator , Jeff Bennett as Baloney and The Captain Of The Guard , Paul Rugg as Mr. Director and Julie Brown as Minerva Mink.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt abut the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With all of the cast members turning in some really good performances which really shouldn't be surprising since alot of this films cat members are voice acting legends and so of course they are going to turn in good performances.



Doing the animation for this film is the legends and the greats that are currently over at TMS Entertainment. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good even more so when you take into account that this film was released straight to VHS.


Like I said this film was basically the series finale of the original Animaniacs TV show but this film doesn't feel like a finale. As this film just does it's own thing which is very on brand for the Animaniacs since the TV show is known for doing weird and wacky things and so then it only makes sense that the movie would do that as well as that  is something that the fans of the show had come to expect from the show but tho I would have liked it if this film did try to wrap the show's storylines up just so we could have that sense of closer and finality. 

This film does of course gave songs which are written by the films co-director and producer Tom Ruegger and the films co-writer Randy Rogel. I have to admit that the songs are where this film starts to fail for me since alot of this films just aren't that good and what makes matters worse is the fact that this film has a song play every couple of minuets and as such the film feels alot more like an advert for the soundtrack rather then it is an actual but when the film does ave a good song in it like for example "Never Give Up Hope" you really do know it since it is one of the best songs in this whole entire movie.


This film had the courage to almost kill of one it's one main characters which for a nineties kids movie is something that you'd very rarely see. What really helps to sell the scene is both the writing and the acting since the writing for the scene is so simple that it works it also helps that they set up the story very early on in the film and so when they bring it back near the end of the film we the audience understand just what that story means to both Dot and to her brothers and the acting in that scene from both Rob Paulsen and Tress MacNeille is so good that it really does make the whole scene very heartbreaking so much so that I was choking up while watching the scene because the scene itself just had me so hooked because that's how emotional and how good that one scene even is.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and nineteen minuets and thirty three seconds. Which is another issue that I personally had with this film since his film is far to short as you very very easily could have gotten this film up to one hour and thirty minuets just by expanding upon the plot and giving the new characters a bit more of a personality both of which would ave made this film feel alot more like film and alot less like just an extended episode of the TV show and nothing more then that plus it would have allowed for more characters from the TV show to play apart in the film as well.


So now then since this is a comedy that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty a very mixed bag of affairs for me personally. Even tho we do have some good jokes in this film those are very quickly followed up by to or three bad jokes which are just painfully unfunny in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this film was a great way to end the original series it;s just a shame that Warner bros Pictures. chose to release straight to VHS because they didn't want to market the film since this film could quite easily have made them quite alot of money at the box office in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that means that this very film earns 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 well  then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Animaniacs fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful the official Animaniacs fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the official Animaniacs fandom wiki page are all really fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.

Wednesday 22 February 2023

Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command: The Adventure Begins Film Review

 


PIXAR fans with the film Lightyear claiming to be the film that inspired Andy to buy the Buzz Lightyear toy. I thought that i;d take a look at the movie that also claimed that exact same thing and does it so much better then what Lightyear did just by being a movie that a kid his age in the nineties would actually like and watch and so then join me as I review the film that is the first Toy Story spin off ever made with the film in question being called simply just "Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command: The Adventure Begins" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when his partner is killed by Zurg Buzz Lightyear and a bunch of new star command recruits are tasked with going on a mission to stop the evil emperors latest evil scheme. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good wit this films plot being very entertaining and as well as being very engaging and the kind of plot that you'd expect to see from a pilot movie but in a fun and slightly unique way in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this film is Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear , Wayne Knight as Evil Emperor Zurg and Stephen Furst as Booster. Also starring in this film is Nicole Sullivan as Mira Nova , Larry Miller as XR , Adam Carolla as Commander Nebula , Patrick Warburton as LGM , Diedrich Bader as Warp Darkmatter , Jim Hanks as Woody , Wallace Shawn as Rex , R. Lee Ermey as Sarge , Andrew Stanton as Hamm and Joe Ranft as Wheezy.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With this films cast turning in some really good performances however the films script really doesn't give the actors alot to work with interms of what their characters personalities are and that is something that does affect the overall performances in this film.



Doing the animation for this film is the legend and the greats that are currently over at Jade Animation and Walt Disney Animation Japan. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good especially for what is basically a direct to VHS movie which for those that don't know those very rarely if ever had any really good animation in them whatsoever. 



Like alot of this of this show this film opens up with the characters from Toy Story with alot of them still being played by their original voice actor. While I really did like this scene in this movie I have to wonder why it was even concluded since all it does is set up the fact that this movie is just that a movie in the world of Toy Story which wasn't really needed since we the audience could have worked that out for ourselves but it was still great seeing these characters that we all grew up appear in a movie for a show that has pretty much been scrubbed from the official Toy Story canon.

As I said at the start of the review this film and the show that it comes from were both billed as the show that inspired Andy to buy his Buzz Lightyear toy and to this films credit it does look like a movie that a kid his age would love. Which is something that just wasn't true for Lightyear since that movie was dull and lifeless and yet this film is colorful with it's characters being very highly entertaining and while the Buzz in this movie has a very predictable character arc it is one that you'd see played out quite frequently in alot of shows that are made to sell toys.  


I will admit that one of this films more weaker elements is Zurg himself granted he is treated better in this movie then he was in Lightyear. However in this film he comes of more as a bumbling villain instead of someone who is a serious threat to our main heroes which given that in universe this show was meant to inspire Andy to get a Buzz Lightyear toy that does somewhat make sense however it doesn't make him appear as a threatening villain which is what he really should be coming across as being.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and six minuets and fifty five seconds. Which considering that this film is just three episodes of the show edited together is to be expected however this film could gave done with being at the very least twenty minuets just because you could then get across each characters  personality alot more and that would in turn make all of the characters seem alot more three dimensional then what they already are and on top of that it would allow us more time with these incredibly fun and times some rather really funny characters as well. 


So now then since this is an action film that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. Even more so for a kids animated direct to VHS movie but at the same time the action that we got in this film does get to be a little repetitive at times as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this film is a much better origin story for the Buzz Lightyear character then what Lightyear was since this film actually looks like a film that a kid would actually watch and like in the nineties in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that means that this very film warns itself a grand old score of exactly a 6 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Disney fandom wiki page , the official Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful the official Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the official Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.

Monday 20 February 2023

High School DXD TV Series First Five Episodes Review

 


Anime fans it's been a good few months since I last reviewed anything to do with anime and well very lately i've been thinking about putting that to an end. The only issue I had was choosing what anime to take a look at since there are so many anime out their it was so hard to choose one that I really wanted to to take a look however I think that i've chosen a good one and so then join me as I review the first five episodes of the show made playing chess cool again with the show in question being called simply just "High School DXD" enjoy.

The plot of these first five episodes is Issei Hyoudou suddenly finds himself with a girlfriend however when hos girlfriend kills him he is turned into a servant of his school devil and has to adjust to his new life. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these first five 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 first five episodes was in all honesty not that bad since it was a very entertaining plot but at the same time their was really nothing to this story at all in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in these first five episodes is Jamie Marchi as Rias Gremory and Scott Freeman as Issei Hyoudou. Also starring in these first five episodes is Marie Charlson as Sona Sitri , Lauren Allison as Tsubaki Shinra , Ashleigh Domangue as Momo Hanakai , Luci Christian as Tomoe Meguri , Sean O'Connor as Yuuto Kiba , Teri Rogers as Akeno Himejima , Jād Saxton as Koneko Toujou , Felecia Angelle as Raynare , Jarrod Greene as Dohnaseek , Staci Moon as Kalawarna , Tyson Rinehart as Matsuda , Ruben Tadeo Garcia as Motohama , Chris Smith as Riser Phenex , Haley Esposito as Murayama , Mary Morgan as Katase , Ben Phillips as Freed Sellzen , Milly Prower as Viser , Mariela Ortiz as Mittelt , Jessica Cavanagh as Miki Hyoudou , Sonny Strait as Gorou Hyoudou , Ricco Fajardo as Morisawa and Chloe Daniels as Asia Argento.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these first five 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 first five episodes was in all honesty. Wit all of the episodes cast member turning in some really good performances with all of them going from light and breezy voices to dark and serious ones within the exact same scene and that is something that takes alot of skill and it really does just prove how good the acting is in these first five episodes.



Doing the animation for not only these episodes but for the show as a whole is the legends and greats that are currently over at TNK. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these first five 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 first five episodes was in all honesty not that bad with the animation being alot better then what it really had any right to be.


This show does of course introduce us to Rias Gremory and I have to say that I really do like this character. This is because of the fact that the character even after five episodes seems like a fully three dimensional character with her being kind caring but also tough and ruthless when she needs to be she's also helped by the fact that she does get alot of episode two's big laughs all of which add to her character as they make her seem like she just doesn't care about what other people think about her which is a really cool idea.

I want it known that not only is this review being based of off the dubbed version of the show but that these episodes are also uncensored. Which means that I got to see everything so don't go watching these episodes when there others around and while it is great to see this show uncensored what we do get to see really does add nothing to overall plot of  these first five episodes which only makes me wonder why there were included in the first place since you could have removed those bits entirely and nothing that's actually important to the plot would actually be lost. 


The one thing that I didn't like about these first five episodes is that they boil down to the power of friendship. Which really did annoy me since it wasn't something that they needed to do this early into the shows run because of the fact that from a storyline point of view these characters have only really known each other for a few days and so having them call each other friend when they don't really know each other just didn't seem right now if they included this later on in this first season or even the show as a whole then it would have made alot more sense then what it does in these first five episodes of the show.

Now then these episode has / had a combined grand total running time of roughly one hour and forty minuets. Which for it to tell this one story in that amount of time just doesn't work for me since you very easily could have told this exact same story in about three or perhaps even four episodes as such with this extra episode it just makes the rest of episode five feel like filler since it isn't something that's needed let alone something that needs an entire acct of an episode in order to tell it and this is something that really does effect the pacing of the over all story since it means that we get some filler scenes when we don't really need them this early in the shows run at all.


So now then since this is an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these first five 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 first five episodes was in all honesty not  that bad. Altho at the same time it;s not as good as they perhaps could have been either this might be due to budget reasons tho since the action goes from looking good in one shit to looking pretty cheap looking in another but all of the action does have some really cool moves in them both tho in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall these were a good first batch of episodes to watch and they did remind of just how much fun that this show could be when it's really well written and really well made 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 first five episodes in this very review and as such that means that these first five episodes earn themselves a grand total combined score of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official High School DXD fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.

Saturday 18 February 2023

Doctor Who: Galaxy 4 Review

 


Doctor Who fans with their being no new news when it comes to future of these Doctor Who animated reconstructions we can all but hope that he range will continue on ward. With their being alot of great Doctor Who animated reconstructions out their and alot of bad ones as well there is one that is always overlooked and that's the one that i'm going to be talked about today and so then join me as I review the episode that alot of people forget about with the episode in question being called simply just "Galaxy 4" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is The Doctor , Steven and Vicki find themselves trapped on a planet and have to escape before the planet blows up. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that' 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 rather thin at best with it being very hard to tell what the plot of the episode actually was at times because it was that very thinly drawn out in the episode itself in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is William Hartnell as The Doctor , Casualty star Maureen O'Brien as Vicki and Blue Peter presenter Peter Purves as Steven Taylor. Also starring in this episode is Stephanie Bidmead as Maaga , Marina Martin as Drahvin One , Susanna Carroll as Drahvin Two , Monty Python's Flying Circus star Lyn Ashley as Drahvin Three , Robert Cartland as The Voice Of The Rills and Barry Jackson as Garvey.

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. With all of this episodes cast turning in some really good performances with perhaps the best performer outside of the main three being Stephanie Bidmead is just a joy to watch since she really does turn in a really good performance in this episode and out of the main three the best performer is quite easily William Hartnell.



Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Digitoonz Media & Entertainment PVT Ltd. 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 actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad for the most part since the characters do have to some very choppy animation to them but at the same time tho the backgrounds do look absolutely stunning and are a treat for the eyes to see.


Usually when they do one of these Doctor Who animation reconstructions it's usually because of the fact that the whole serial is missing. However in this case it;s only three of the four episodes that are missing with the only surviving episode being episode 3 this means that the team behind this animation had alot of to look at to make it as faithful to the original broadcast as they possibly could do and while they did make a few changes here and there they did keep the original audio untouched which was something that I really did like as it was something that they really didn't have to do and yet the fact that they did it just shows that have alot of love and passion for Doctor Who as a whole.

To me this episode in particular was done as a test since this is a the first First Doctor story to be fully animated and so this episode was done mainly to see if they could shift copies from the blu-ray The Collection range. Since alot of people who buy those blu-ray's wouldn't have been able to see any episodes from the William Hartnell era of Doctor Who and so what better way to see if people would by a collection of just his episodes then to release a fully animated reconstruction that features his version of The Doctor. 


To be frank I have no idea as to why this story was chosen to be animated since it's not really a good story. Heck one of the other issues that I have with this animation is the fact that all of the Drahvin's look exactly the same barring the clothes that they wear this makes it hard for anyone to tell who is who because you can't tell which one your looking at and this is something that could have been fixed in this animation just by giving each of the Drahvin's something that makes each of them standout but for some reason they just didn't do that.

Now then while I cannot for the absolutely life of me remember whatever this episodes running time even was I do know that for a fact that this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of roughly one hour and thirty minuets. Which i'd still argue is a bit to long for this story to last as this story really doesn't have alot of plot to cover that amount of running time and as such things that shouldn't take that long now take up several scenes all in the name of padding out the story and all of this could have been fixed if this episode was three or perhaps even two episodes long.


So now then since there is some action in this episode that means 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 not that bad. With this episodes action being rather rightfully really cool to look at as well as being very entertaining and thrilling as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this was a rather bland episode and if this was a test then they should have picked a much more stronger episode since this episode isn't going to get the The First Doctor any new fans at all 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 means that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in  this very review from the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page , Amazon . Co . Uk and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.

Wednesday 15 February 2023

Worzel Gummidge "The Scarecrow Wedding" Review

 


As you can all no doubt work out by now I simply love watching Worzel Gummidge heck i'd even go as far as to say that it'd one of if not the most underrated thing that Jon Pertwee has ever starred in. What makes this show so good is the fact that it's not afraid to hit you with a really emotional moment and so then join me as I review the episode that is quite possibly the saddest episode of Worzel Gummidge with the show in question being called simply just "The Scarecrow Wedding" enjoy.

The plot of the episode is Aunt Sally finally agrees to marry Worzel but things take a turn when the happy couple make it to the altar. 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 he actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with this episodes plot being simple and yet at the exact same time being totally and utterly heartbreaking as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 



Starring in this episode is Jon Pertwee as Worzel Gummidge , the late Una Stubbs as Aunt Sally and Charlotte Coleman as Sue Peters. Also starring in this episode is Jeremy Austin as John Peters , Geoffrey Bayldon as The Crowman , Mike Berry as Mr. Peters , Norman Bird as Mr Braithwaite , Jennifer Croxton as The Waitress , Megs Jenkins as Mrs Braithwaite , Bill Maynard as Sergeant Beetroot , Wayne Norman as Pickles , Alex Scott as Cobber Gummidge , Talfryn Thomas as Soggy Boggart and Dame Barbara Windsor as Saucy Nancy.

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. With all of this episodes cast members turning in some really good performances with the acting in this episode being the best acting in the whole entire series because it's really all that damned good with this episode in particular worth watching just for the acting alone.



This episode really does prove that the character of Aunt Sally is well and truly the antagonist of this show. Since even tho we've seen her act like a villain in the past it was never done in the name of vanity it was always done because she doesn't know any better but here she was in full on vanity mode with her only reason to agreeing to marry Worzel was so that she could have a nice new wedding dress and the only reason why she even showed up to the wedding was so that people could see her in the wedding dress and so that she could have picture taken in it and have her picture plastered in all of the local news papers.


I said at the start of this review that this is the saddest episode of the show with it being sad because we get to see Worzel getting his heartbroken by Aunt Sally. Which granted is nothing new but what really sells it is the scenes after it since Worzel asks The Crowman if he has a miserable head because that's how he's feeling right there and then and on top of that when another wedding is taking place we get to hear Worzel and Aunt Sally each recite wedding vows not to each other but to who their dream match is with Aunt Sally's being some rich lord and Worzel's being none other then Aunt Sally herself which just goes to show you just how much Worzel himself really does care for and love Aunt Sally.

Speaking of The Crowman I really did love the speech that he gives Worzel to cheer him in this episode. To put it bluntly his speech I think is meant to be an allegory for depression since The Crowman says that he Worzel wouldn't want it to be sunny all he time and that in order to appreciate the good times you have to suffer through all of the bad times which now that I think about it might not be about depression it's such a good written speech that subtly tells you what true happiness might be and how to well and truly appreciate it.


Whenever possible I try and watch these Worzel Gummidge twice once just on it's own and once again with the audio commentary just to get any background information on the episode. Here for this episode I found out that the pretty much the entire opening with Worzel and Aunt Sally was not only rewritten but was also shot months after the episode had finished production due to a strike that was going on at the time however the more interesting thing I found out is that both Jon Pertwee and Una Stubbs choreographed both the start of Worzel's wedding (Jon Pertwee) and the end of the episode itself (Una Stubbs) which I thought was a pair of incredibly fun sequences however at the same time even for this show they were really odd especially Jon's part.

Now then while I cannot for the absolutely life of me remember whatever this episodes running time even was I do know that this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of roughly twenty five minuets. Which was a bit on the short side for a story like this one to last since you very easily could have gotten this episode up to one hour just by expanding upon the story but by keeping the episode at this time it means that alot of plot points as good as they are feel rushed and don't really all that earned at all.


So now then since this is a comedy that means 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 really good. With this episode having just as much laugh out loud funny moments as it does really sad moments and that is due to how good this shows writing is in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall out of all of the episodes that i've seen this is quite easily the best one since it's good example of what this show is like when it's at it's best and it's one that I highly recommend people watch because it;s that good of an episode 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 means that this very earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 9 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used on 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 Amazon . Co . Uk , Wikipedia and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Sunday 12 February 2023

My First Impressions Of The Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur TV Series

 


Marvel fans it's incredibly rare for the house of ideas to debut a new animated TV show it's even rarer for that show to have it's first full episode uploaded o the Disney Channel Youtube channel. Well that's just what happened with this show and since i've now seen both the first episode and the second episode I thought that i;d talk about them both and so then join me as I give you my first impressions of the show that lets face it alot of us forgot was even a thing with the show in question being called simply just "Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur" enjoy.

The plot of this show so far seems to be thirteen year old Lunella Lafayette accidentally brings a dinosaur home and decides to team up with it to become a superhero. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this sows first two 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 this shows first two episodes was pretty good with episode one having the better plot since that episode actually had a plot to speak of  where as episode doesn't have a plot in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this shows first two episodes are Diamond White as Lunella Lafayette / Moon Girl and Fred Tatasciore as Devil Dinosaur and Coach Hrbek. Also starring in these first two episodes are Libe Barer as Casey , Sasheer Zamata as Adria Lafayette , Jermaine Fowler as James Lafayette Jr. , Alfre Woodard as Mimi Lafayette , Gary Anthony Williams as Pops Lafayette , Alison Brie as Aftershock , Utkarsh Ambudkar as Anand , Michael Cimino as Eduardo , Omid Abtahi as Ahmed , Josh Keaton as Angelo and this shows co-creator and executive producer Laurence Fishburne as Backstory Man.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two 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 first two episodes was in all honesty not that bad. With the cast doing their best to make the episodes script work for them since the acting in the first couple of episodes is never that good anyways I feel that the acting in this show would only get better as the show goes on.



Doing the animation for this show is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Flying Bark Productions. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two 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 first two episodes was in all honesty not that bad with their quite  clearly being a lot of effort and care put into this show but at the same time tho this shows animation really does seem to be really choppy at times.


The shows main character does so far at least come of as being kind of like a Mary Sue in that she can do everything and do no wrong. However at the same time tho we do get to see her go through alot of the struggles that alot of superheroes go through and we get to see try to overcome those struggles as well all of which does go along way to making her seem like a really interesting character it's just shame that not only Moon Girl but alot of the shows cast characters just aren't that fun or even that entertaining for the most part.

I can see the shows teenage girl target audience really liking this show however with that being said there's not alot here that would cause it to get a much bigger auidence outside of the Marvel name. Which is a shame because of the fact that this show does have a really fresh and unique look to it which does make it stand out from all of the other animated shows that Disney have but having a fresh an unique look to it won't be enough to attract a bigger audience you need great characters and great stories and so far this show is sorely lacking in great stories that worth telling and doesn't really have any great or memorable characters. 


I really wouldn't blame you if you forgot about this show even existing since Disney and Marvel havn't been marketing this show at all. Heck outside of a few clips i've not even single trailer for this show and I had no idea that the show even released a poster which to me is just a sign of really bad marketing which is made even worse when you take into account that this show will also be premiering on Disney+ in just a few short days and not alot of people are talking about this show because chances are that they don;t know that this even exists.

Now then the first episode of this show has / and an exact grand total running time of exactly forty four minuets and forty nine seconds and episode two has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty two minuets and thirty four seconds. With episode one have the better running time since it allowed the show to set up it's word and all of it's main characters and still great a story where as episode two just didn't have a story to tell however both episodes have pacing issues with episode two not having a story and so it just felt long and boring and episode one having an ad break seemingly every few minuets.


So now then since this is an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two 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 first two episodes was in all honesty not that bad. That's not to say that it's bad since it's not it;s really creative but at the same time it;s the kind of action that you'd expect to see in a kid friendly Marvel animated TV show and nothing more then that in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall for a show that had alot of potential to be a good show so far it seems like it;s not of to the best of starts but only time will indeed tell if this show more then lives up to that potential but so far it's not looking all that good 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 first two episodes in this very post and since this is only my first impressions I won't be giving this show a rating however if i'm still watching this show when this shows final episodes airs or is released then i'll give this a show review and a rating as well but so far it's not of to very good start at all.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post well then boys and girls as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post from the official Disney fandom wiki page , the official Moon Girl Ad Devil Dinosaur fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very post being the official Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the great freaking the official Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur are all fairly freaking high in freaking quality and as well as being very fairly freaking high in definition.