Ewoks "The Haunted Village" Review

Ewoks are characters that people either love or hate with alot of people being really split on these characters. However back in the mid eighties kids loved them and as a result of that they were given there very own animated series and for a while the only piece of new Star Wars media that we got good or not featured the Ewoks in a starring role and well since it's been four long years since I last took a look at an episode from the classic Ewoks TV show I thought that it was about right that I take a look at episode two of this show and so then join me as I review the episode that introduces invisible soap into the world of Star Wars with the episode in question being called simply just "The Haunted Village" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is the Ewoks find themselves being under attack from all sides as they have to douse some trees in soap that turns you invisible to hide them from an evil witch while the Dulok steal it and use the soap to try and attack the Ewoks village it's up to Wicket to get the soap back before it's far to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as it was the kind of plot that you'd expect from a kids cartoon where the Ewoks are the main characters but at the same time tho given that this episodes writer was Paul Dini it's not that good of a plot either with this episodes plot also being really rather entertaining ad as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Melleny Brown as Urgah , Jackie Burroughs as Morag and George Buza as Chirpa. Also starring in this episode is Doug Chamberlain as Logray , Leanne Coppen as Nippet and Winda Warrick , Michael Fantini as Wiley , Don Francks as Umwak , Dan Hennessey as Gorneesh , Jim Henshaw as Wicket Wystri Warrick , Pam Hyatt as Bozzie , Eric Peterson as Teebo , John Stocker as Widdle Warrick , voice acting legend Cree Summer as Kneesaa A Jari Kintaka and Greg Swanson as Weechee Warrick.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. Which given who is starring in this episode really isn't all that surprising as this episode is made up of a bunch of really good voice actors who we know for a fact can turn in some really good performances which is the case with this episode however what really does let the acting in this episode down is the fact that the episodes script really isn't that good as it's just your stereotypical kids cartoon script and it doesn't give the cast a whole lot to work with interms of what it is that there respective characters personalities are really even meant to be in the first place.

Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Nelvana , Cuckoo's Nest Studios and Wang Film Productions Company. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty alot better then what it really had any right to be as when you hear the words "Ewoks Cartoon" you don't really think of good or even great animation and yet we get some really good animation and while the animation really hasn't aged all that well it's also better then alot of the animated shows that were coming out at the time that this show was being made.

The episodes villains were rather rightfully ridiculous and over the top as they are villains in a kids cartoon. However given that Star Wars was also aimed at children and yet they still somehow managed to create scary and actually threatening villains it's shocking to see that this cartoon didn't do the exact same thing as they had more then enough star power behind the camera to make the episodes villains really scary and yet they don't at all instead they make them the kind of villains that you'd always see in a childrens TV show with this not really being helped by the fact that the episodes villains don't really have much of a personality this is despite them having a clear end goal of wanting to get rid of the Ewoks there's nothing personality wise to set all of these villains and such any one of them really could be the ones that are saying things in this episode as alot of them really do look the exact same way as each other.

To this episodes credit it really does know exactly what it is and that's the fact that it's nothing more then a dumb kids cartoon. Which is so refreshing as to see as we see quite alot of shows that are trying to be something that there not and yet this episode knows exactly what it is and really isn't afraid to be nothing more then a dumb kids cartoon with everything about this episode being things that you'd see in a dumb kids cartoon without the typical moral lesson of the week that we used to see all of the time in eighties kids cartoon shows which is really what this episode is missing as it would be super funny and super cringy just seeing how they would try to teach kids a moral lesson but done in a Star Wars fashion but at the same time none of the Star Wars cartoon ever really did something like that and it would have seemed really out of place for this one episode to do it when the rest of the shows doesn't do it even once.

As this show is more focused on being a comedy you'd expect the jokes in this episode to be really good. Yet the jokes that are in this episode while they might have been funny back in nineteen eighty five there not really funny now with pretty much all of this episodes being really dated jokes and whilst there might be some people that will still find this show to be funny in order to be truly timeless the jokes have to be well written and times which is sadly not the case at all with this being the result of the back of the episodes script just isn't that good and when you have Paul Dini the co-creator of Harley Quinn you'd expect there to be some really funny as we know thanks to Tiny Toon Adventures which he also wrote for you'd expect the jokes in this episode to be really painfully funny and yet the jokes in this episode will barely get a smile out of people as there just really not that funny at all with the episode not even having one good joke in the slightest.

Now then this episode has / had an grand total running time of exactly twenty four minuets and forty five seconds.Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for this show and to this episodes credit it really does make the must of that running time with there not really being any scene that needed to be cut and while I would have liked if the episode had more scenes just to flesh out it's plot and characters it would have been stretching this episodes already thin story to beyond breaking pint and as a result there would have been alot of scenes that add nothing to the overall plot of the episode and would have felt like padding and while even tho this episode really does have more then enough plot to cover this amount of running time it doesn't have enough plot to cover any longer then that but I will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as 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 this very episode well then in all honesty I in al 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. However that's also issue as while this episodes action really isn't all that good either none of this is the fault of the makers of the show as they have strict guidelines and strict budgets to stick to and as a result of this the action in this episode can't be as good as it could have been as the show has to stick to those TV guidelines and to those budgets which means that this episodes action is rather clunky and was the kind of action that you'd expect t find in a bad kids action cartoon series as it's just that bad in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this episode is both not as good as it could have been and not as bad as it really should have been either with this episode really giving you all the things that you'd expect to see in an Ewoks kids cartoon 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 really are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6 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 Star Wars fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episode that I used in this very review being the great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not all of the images that are really from this episode and are of course really on Google Images are really all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Doctor Who: The Time Meddler Review

 

Doctor Who is a show that when it's good it's great but when it's bad it's really bad with the show always adding things to it's lore. With the episode that i'm about to review for you all today being one such episode as this really is the first episode that sees the TARDIS get the name that we really all know it by and sees introduction of a time travelers golden rule and so then join me as I review the episode that sees Steven officially join the TARDIS team with the episode in question being called simply just "The Time Meddler" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is The Doctor , Vicki and Steven land on earth and have to stop an evil time travelling from changing the course of European history forever. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad but at the same time tho that's also the issue this episodes plot really isn't all that good as the episodes plot just isn't that interesting and while it's normal for a TV show to have some bad episodes it is unusual for that episode to be written by the shows then script editor with this episodes plot not really being all that entertaining nor is it all that engaging either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is William Hartnell as The Doctor , Maureen O'Brien as Vicki and Peter Purves as Steven Taylor. Also starring in this episode is Peter Butterworth as The Monk , Alethea Charlton as Edith , Peter Russell as Eldred , Michael Miller as Wulnoth , Michael Guest as A Saxon Hunter , Geoffrey Cheshire as A Viking Leader , Norman Hartley as Ulf , David Anderson as Sven and Ronald Rich as Gunnar The Giant.

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 alot better then what it really had right to be. With both William Hartnell and Peter Butterworth rather rightfully getting alot of praise for there performances as they both turn in some truly wonderful performances in this episode and while both Maureen O'Brien and Peter Purves try to turn in some good performances both they and the rest of the episodes cast are let down by the episodes script which gives none of them absolutely nothing to work with interms of what there respective characters personalities are even meant to be.

As was stated at the very start of this review this is the episode that sees Steven Taylor officially become a companion.While yes the character was indeed introduced in the previous episode "The Chase" he didn't become a companion as they all believed that he died in that episodes climax with the character officially becoming a companion in this episode which was a really smart move as of course the previous episode was all about saying goodbye to Ian and Barbera two characters who have been with the show since episode one and by introducing him in that episode it means that when he does show up at the start of this episode the audience is already very familiar with him altho the episode doesn't really give a reason as to why The Doctor Would indeed take him on as a companion as Steven doesn't really display anything that would catch The Doctor's attention. 

This episode does add to the lore of show by explaining what the one golden rule of time travel with it being to never interfere with history. However it also adds to the lore in another way by introducing us to an evil time traveler something which we really hadn't seen before at this point in the shows history and while the episode doesn't really go as far with that idea is it perhaps could have done it is a solid idea so much so that that basic core concept would resurface again years later and to more success with the introduction of The Master but at the same time it would have been nice to see The Monk become somewhat of a regular villain as he's someone who have outwitted The Doctor and his companions during other episodes and while the character would indeed be brought back for The Dalek's Master Plan it would have been great to see the character show up after the events of that episode and become a recurring villain like The Daleks for example.

This episode is the very definition of a nothing episode as not alot actually happens in this episode with Steven and Vicki mostly wondering around looking for The Doctor and The Doctor himself spending alot of time being captured by The Monk. Which while those scenes with The Doctor and The Monk are some really good scenes there also quite alot of scenes that add nothing to the overall plot of the episode and the same thing also being true for the stuff with Vicki and Steven as alot of their scenes could have been removed from the overall plot of the episode which means that for alot of the episode we are just watching the characters looking around trying to find each other and there's only so long that you can see something like that before it starts to get boring which in the case of this episode is very quickly and when you take into account that this episode really should have shown us why Steven should be a companion to The Doctor is really something that shouldn't been the case as this episode should have been a showcase for Steven and for showing us why he should get to travel with The Doctor and what his relationship with The Doctor is going to be like in the show moving forward and yet the episode doesn't do that at all with the episode instead just focusing on giving us scenes that add nothing to the overall plot of the episode and really nothing more then that.

It was rather interesting seeing The Monk's TARDIS given that it's meant to be a more newer model to The Doctor's. However mostly due to budgetary reasons the two TARDIS'S look exactly the same on the inside with there being nothing to make them look visually different which is something that they really should have done just to make The Monks TARDIS interior look different to that of The Doctors but as it is they both look exactly the same which does make it hard t tell which interior is who's in any scene but if they did have the budget to make The Monk's TARDIS interior different then they could have gone with a more gothic steampunk look which would have been perfect for this character as this character is evil to the core and due to the fact that he's willing to change human history just for a laugh giving his interior a more darker theme would thematically make a whole lot of sense and it would have looked really visually interesting as well.

Now then while I cannot for the absolutely life of me remember whatever this episodes grand total running time 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 was such a short amount of time for this episode to have as instead of being just four incredibly short episodes this episode really should have been five or even six episodes long as that would have allowed for the story of the episode to become more fully fleshed out and it would have allowed the makers of the episode to fully develop it's characters and yet because of the fact that the episode is only four episodes long it means that the episode can't fully develop either it's pot of it's characters as they have to rush along to get to the next plot point but I will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a drama show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual drama 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 drama that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. With this episodes drama not really being all that forced as alot of it felt very in character but at the same time as the story behind the episode is so weak it doesn't matter how good the drama is as the episode just doesn't have the story to back it up and yet it's in this episodes drama where the acting between William Hartnell and Peter Butterworth really does shine through with those two having a bunch of really good dramatic scenes together all of which work really well for this episode are all mostly in character for both the Monk and the Doctor in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall while this episode was a rather fun episode it's also one that felt like the waste of a good idea and of a potentially good villain as well but the episode is still a fairly fun episode to watch 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 means that this very episode really does earn itself a grad 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 to use to get the images from these very episode that I used in this very review being Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not all of the images that are really from this episode and are of course on Google Images are really all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Masters Of The Universe: Revolution TV Series SPOILER FILLED Review

 

He-Man really can't catch a break in recent years with the show She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power splitting the fanbase and Masters Of The Universe: Revelation splitting it even further it was quite shocking when it was announced that exact same creative team would be back for a new sequel or spin off show. With this show not even really getting all that much attention from Netflix with the marketing for the show only really happening roughly about a week or so ago and really going virtually unnoticed by alot of people and so then join me as I review the show that not alot of people will really know is even a thing with the show in question being called simply just "Masters Of The Universe: Revolution" enjoy.

The plot of the show is Prince Adam's father dies he gives up his right to throne to a previously unheard of relative and Teela goes on quest to restore a place where all the heroes of Eternia go to when they die. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show 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 show was in all honesty not that bad but that's also the issue as the plot of this show really isn't all that good either as it's story just isn't all that gripping and really does nothing all that new with the shows cast of characters with the episodes plot also having plot twists that people can really see the shows plot twists really coming a mile away as well with this not really being helped by the fact the shows plot really isn't all that entertaining nor is it all that engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this show is Chris Wood as Prince Adam / He-man and A Sailor and Tim Sheridan as King Miro. Also starring in this show is Mark Hamill as Skeletor , Melissa Benoist as Teela , William Shatner as Keldor , Meg Foster as Motherboard , Keith David as Hordak , John De Lancie as Granamyr , Gates McFadden as Queen Marlena , Diedrich Bader as King Randor and Buzz Off , Liam Cunningham as Duncan , Susan Eisenberg as The Sorceress , Ralph Garman as Fisto and Rio Blast , Phil Lamarr as Mendor , Griffin Newman as Orko and Tuvar , Stephen Root as Cringer and Snout Spout , Jason Mewes as Baddrah , Tiffany Smith as Andra , Tony Todd as Scareglow , Harley Quinn Smith as Queen Amelia , Brett Rash as Prince Keldor , Jakari Fraser as Prince Randor , Cam Clarke as Stonedar , Jeffrey Combs as Zodak , Grey DeLisle as Despara and Game Of Thrones star Lena Headey as Evil-Lyn "Lyn" / Majestra.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show 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 show was in all honesty not that bad. With the actors that you expect a great performance from like Mark Hamill really truly delivering a good and solid performance but at the same time the rest of cast just don't deliver a good performance at all with alot of the shows cast just phoning in their performances with the same thing also being true for actors who we know can turn in a good performance like William Shatner for example who is solid in this show but he doesn't turn in the kind of good performance that we know that he can do with this not really being helped by the fact that the shows scripts gives none of the cast really nothing to work with interms of what there characters personalities are even meant to be in the first and as a result the shows cast just can't turn in a good performance as the shows scripts really just won't allow for them to do so.

Doing the animation for this show is of course the legends and the greats that are currently over at Powerhouse Animation Studios.Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show 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 show was in all honesty one of the true highlights of the show as the animation that's in this show was really good which is really nothing new as the previous show had some really good animation in it as well which means that it only made sense that this show would also feature some really good animation in it as well with the show taking an anime inspired look which is something that works really well for this show and for this version of the franchise.

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For those of you wondering this show is a slight improvement over Revelation but at the same time this show also falls into the exact same trappings that that show fell into. With this show killing of a main character in it's first episode with King Randor dying which granted isn't as bad as He-man dying at the start of Revelation but at the same time tho it felt like rehash of something that clearly didn't work the first time that they tried it and were as Teela was undoubtedly the main character of Revelation here the main character is oddly enough Skeletor with Prince Adam / He-Man once again feeling like a side character in his show and even that's being kind as Teela once again plays a bigger role in the shows plot then He-Man does which is just just something that will never work as you go into a Masters Of The Universe show wanting to see He-Man as the main character and really not his main villain and most certainly not one of the shows many side characters.

To put it bluntly it really does seem like that Netflix is ashamed of this show as not only has the show not received that much interms of promotion. With it seems like only show creator Kevin Smith and a few of the cast members doing the legwork interms of getting the show out there with official Netflix accounts barely mentioning the show at all and yet Revelation got a ton of promotion from the official Netflix accounts with them talking about the show every single chance that they got which makes it weird that they would barely mention this show at all as this show is only slightly better then what Revelation was and as such you'd think that Netflix would be all over at trying to get more viewers to watch it and yet it doesn't appear that that will be the case at all as they've done such a terrible job with the marketing of this show. 

Like with the previous series this one does end with a tease of what's to come this time with Grey Delisle's Despara character. With that character basically being the shows version of Princess Adora /  She-Ra which is a really interesting way of getting around the copyright for the character and yet at the same give that there no more confirmed episodes for this show yet it kind of feels like a pointless cliffhanger as it does't look like it's something that's going to be getting payed off anytime soon but with there being so little information about this show out there there could be more episodes in the can with that character and we don't even know about it and given but given how the story ends it would be pointless to give it more episodes as this show pretty much wrapped up the whole storyline for this version of the franchise but given how it looks like that she might be portrayed should this show get more future episodes it would be great to see another villain instead of Skeletor who is still a good villain but in this show he just wasn't that interesting of a character and having Despara come in as a new villain could be interesting.

Now then this show has / had an exact grand total running timer of roughly three hours in total with each episode being no longer then twenty seven minuets. With the thirty minuet format being a fairly solid for each of this shows five episodes as it does allow for what little story this show is trying to tell to be at the forefront and not only come up every few episodes or so but on the flip side of that is the fact that because this show is so short it now means that problems might have been minor issues or now major issues as we the audience or now forced to focus on them alot more as we're not really given alot of other things to focus on during the shows five episodes with this show really needing at least three more episodes in order to do it's story justice with this not really being helped by the fact that the show really does have some really bad pacing to it with the story moving by at such a fast pace that it's unreal.

So now then as 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 this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented t us in this very film was in all honesty pretty good. Which wasn't all that surprising as the same thing was also true for Revelation but the action in that show worked a little bit better as the story took it's time to be fully developed and yet here because while the action in this show does have some really cool moments in it it's not really as effective as it really should have been due to the fact that the story is so rushed due to the small amount of episodes and yet when we do get some really cool moments in this show they are some genuinely really cool moments and it's those moments that make the action in this show worth watching in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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Overall while this show is slightly better then Masters Of The Universe: Revelation it's still not a good show and if we are getting more episodes be it in a Part 2 or it's own separate show then the makers of this show really will have to do something to get the die hard fans back on board as right now there really not even looking at this show as it's just that bad of a show in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked abut all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very show in this very review and as such that means that this very show really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 out of 10 from me.

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

Thomas & Friends TV Series "Thomas And Gordon" Review

 

We all had that one favorite show that we always used to watch when we were kids and alot of the times that one show sticks with us when were adults. So much so that we occasionally find ourselfs checking out then show again for one reason or another well that's the case with the episode that i'm going to review for you all today as it's from a show that I used to watch growing up and still find myself going back to it all of these many years later and so then join me as I review the episode that kick started a rather solid kids TV programme with the episode in question being called simply just "Thomas And Gordon" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when a young tank engine named Thomas upsets an older engine Gordon once to often Gordon decides to teach Thomas a lesson. 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 thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was simple but enjoyably simple as that's the kind of plot lines that you expect from this show as the shows target auidence is very little kids which means that giving each episode a deep , dark and though provoking plotline just wouldn't work as they wouldn't understand it and yet it's by giving this episode a rather simple plot that the actual plot itself is allowed to shine it's brightest and really just be pure fun to watch in this episode with the plot also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

This era of the shows very long history famously didn't have a full complete cast list with there being only one person voicing all of the characters and telling us the story with that person in this case being Ringo Starr. Of course this would change depending on where you grew up watching the show as the show would change it's Narrator for every country that bought it but it was a shock to hear that a world famous musician had lent his voice to a kids TV show and not only that he would also reprise his role for a batch of episodes in America as part of the show "Shining Time Station" where he would also have an on camera role as well and while for one reason or another the show would loose Ringo Starr during it;s third series it is great to see hear him in this episode as this might also have given him and thus The Beatles some new fans as well all thanks to this one little show.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / [resented 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 the episodes only cast member doing a solid job of telling the story the only real issue is tho is that he doesn't give all of their characters their own voices with the only character to somewhat get his unique voice is Gordon the big engine with Thomas just getting the same voice that he uses when he's telling the story which is odd as in series two Ringo would start to give other characters there own voices even playing around with regional dialects a bit on some of the characters with the acting in this episode really being helped by the fact that the script for this episode is just so good that all the cast for this episode for this episode have to do is really just the lines as they are written and a good performance will come of them alot more naturally.

This show at least for it's early years famously used live action sets for the backgrounds and the sets and model trains for the characters and little wooden people for the human cast. With this being the style that the show would go with for the first several series only becoming part CGI animated around series 12 and fully CGI animated at series 13 with this style being alot better as it adds alot of charm to the show something which is lost when the show becomes fully animated as the show despite looking cheaply made somehow looks better and timeless then the more polished CGI seasons ever will as CGI is always moving forward and will always be dated a few years after it comes out where as this more practical approach to making the show will always be timeless as nothing will ever beat doing something for real.

What alot of you might not know is that this episode isn't technically the first adaptation of The Railway Series stories. As the books did get an adaptation in a failed pilot in 1953 which suffered from numerous technical problems the chief amongst which being that when that shows version of Henry came off the track when it wasn't meant to a hand came into shot and set it right however there was a pilot around thirty years later which was the pilot to this show with the pilot being called "Thomas Down The Mine" with that pilot episode being so successful that the series as we knew it was green lit there and then and the pilot episode was re-filmed as "Down The Mine" and aired later on in the shows first season which just goes to show you that sometimes you just need the right person in charge to make the show as good as it was.

In a rather surprising move we do actually get cameos from other main characters before there official debut in the show. With both Henry and James making silent appearances in this episode sometime before there official debut stories which is fine if your just watching on it's own but when you take the rest of the series into account it really doesn't make sense as they never mention the events of this episode when either Thomas or Gordon are acting up when as we see in other episodes that is something that they would have done as this first series especially is really heavy on continuity with episodes frequently mentioning the events of other episodes and while it is understandable why they added James as he was only added just to fill up the set there was no reason to add in Henry as he doesn't do anything that's important to the plot of the episode and if your a fan of either character it can be distracting seeing them in this episode when neither of them are really the focus point of this very episode.

As someone who grew up with this show it was nice seeing where the Thomas character started off as he starts of as this cheeky little engine who is always pulling jokes on other engines. Yet due to the events of this episode and the events of this first several episodes he becomes a bit more mature and almost like a teacher of sorts to other engines which is a rather interesting take for this character as he's essentially the main audience and yet they have him still act like a prankster of sorts in several episodes which just goes to show that while the team behind this show are usually really good with making sure that the characters stick on there path of character progression take a step back from time to time as it's not something that's in this series nature and teaching kids to essentially respect your elders is always a really good lesson to learn and it's on that we adults could also really do with re-learning from time to time but there's only so long that you can have the same character relearn the exact same lesson before it gets really boring to watch.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly five minuets and thirty three seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for these early season episodes and to this episodes credit it really does make the most of that running time as the episode really doesn't have a whole lot of plot to cover a longer running time as the episode is adapting the plot of the book in which Thomas first makes his debut appearance "Thomas The Tank Engine" and while it would have been nice if the episode had a much more longer running time as that would have allowed them to get across the characters personalities alot more better it also would have had the knock on effect of hammering home the episodes central message and it would also be really stretching the episodes plot really fairly thin but I will admit that this episode really does have some truly wonderful pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a comedy that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented t us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. However that's also the issue as there really wasn't any laugh out loud moments in this episode which does make sense as these two characters really don't allow themselves to have some truly funny moments and while we do get some cute jokes to be found in this movie they are few and far between with the episode having alot more bad jokes in it however the shows main target audience might find this episode to be really funny but it would have been great if there were alot more actually funny moments to be found in this episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this was a really cute debut episode for the show and it's not hard to see why this show became as big as it was as alot of what people love about the show is right here in this 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 really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly an 8 out of 10 from me.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 TV Series "It Came From Beneath The Sewers" Review

 

The Ninja Turtles franchise is one that will just keep on going and going and has been going and going for many decades. With the animated series that made it popular to being with being the 1987 animated series as that series introduced alot of things that we all know and love about the franchise and well since it'as been a long time since I last reviewed an episode of the show and so then join me as I review the episode that is really pretty violent with the episode in question being called simply just "It Came From Beneath The Sewers" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when the Turtles and April go hunting for pieces of an Alien key that hold untold power The Shredder unleashes a deadly plant to take care of the Turtles and April for once and for all. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as it was the kind of plot that you'd expect to find in this show but at the same time it was perhaps a bit to campy for it's own good with the episodes plot at times feeling alot more like a parody of what a plot from this show was and like but at the same time I really will admit that the plot of this episode was at times really rather entertaining and really engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Cam Clarke as Leonardo , Rob Paulsen as Raphael and Townsend Coleman as Michelangelo. Also starring in this episode is Barry Gordon as Donatello , Peter Renaday as Splinter , Renae Jacobs as April O'Neil and Dark-Haired Boy , Jennifer Darling as Irma , Red-Haired Boy and Mother at Carnival , James Avery as Shredder and Pat Fraley as Krang , Baxter Stockman and The Circus Manager.

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 I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. With the cast members that you expect good performances from well and truly delivering in this episode but at the same time the acting that we got in this episode just felt lackluster when compared to over episodes not that it was bad but rather the acting was just missing that extra special something that alot of the acting in other episodes of this show have with this not really being helped by the episodes script which just felt like that it was going through the motions and not really giving the cast a whole to work with interms of what there respective characters personalities even are or meant to be be for that matter.

Doing the animation for this episode is of course the legends and the greats that are currently over at A-1 Productions. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as while we did get some animation errors as is sadly very typical for this show the overall quality of the animation was really high and was of really high quality with the episodes animation really being alot better then what it really had any right to be as the episodes animation really fun to look at and had a some really good colors to it with the characters also really having some really nice and fluid movements to them as well.

What really does let this episode down is it's resolution as the episode has Splinter say generic stuff which the Turtles then somehow interpret in him giving them helpful advice on how to defeat the evil plant.Which just doesn't work as Splinter would give his sons actual helpful advice and wouldn't just say the most generic and at times rather confusing things as that's not in his character to do that as he would always help people out if they truly needed his help much like his sons did here in this episode and that is something that the makers of this episode just didn't understand as they barely use the character when the character would logically be used when we do see him in this episode he's on screen for a really very short amount of time and he more often then not really adds nothing to the overall plot of the episode when he's a main character of the show.

The idea of having a giant killer plant is an idea that's perfect for this show as it is something that is wonderfully campy and wonderfully bizarre. The idea really isn't fully developed in this episode as the plant really isn't set up all that well as we never get to find out what it s that makes the plant grow in the first place and while we do get to see where the plant came from we aren't given a reason as to why it's evil with it instead just attacking the Turtles and April for no reason other then because The Shredder told it to which does make sense as The Shredder is the show ultimate bad guy it doesn't really work well with The Shredders plans at all as his plan to steal apart of this key relies on the Turtles not knowing that he's going after it and yet he has a giant plant that's really only attacking people because he told it to and this is something that could have been fixed by having Baxter Stockman be the one that's controlling the plant and not The Shredder.

April in this episode really wasn't the smartest person as for no reason whatsoever even tho she knows that the Turtles would always want to meet her in there lair she follows a letter to a disused warehouse just because someone signed it from the turtles. While it is understandable why she followed that letter she's been around the turtles for quite a while now and would there for know that they wouldn't just leave a letter that they've signed out in the open where anybody could see it especially as she has her turtlecom with her at all tines and as such the turtles would most likely use that to get in touch with her with this not really being helped that like with Splinter she really doesn't really have a whole lot to do in this episode as really her only purpose in the plot of the episode is just to get captured and that's really it which granted is pretty much her role in the show as a whole it's really something that really is an issue here as she could have used her sources at the news station to help the turtles out and heck she even could have asked Irma who was right there in her apartment with her to see if she's heared anything about what's going on but she doesn't do that at all.

Now then this episode has /had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty two minuets and sixteen seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for this show to have and to this episodes credit it does make the most of that running time but at the same time this episode really didn't need to be that long as the episode really doesn't have alot of plot there to really cover that large amount of running time and as a result of this is the fact that we get some scenes that add nothing to the overall plot of the episode with the worst offender being the fact that we a good few minuets of a scene with the turtles being a clown act for the local circus and it's something that's never brought up ever again in the episode which made that whole sequence pointless and it could have been cut out of the whole entire but I will admit that this episode really does have really good pacing to it tho. 

So now then as 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 this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual actin that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty just as fun as you'd want it to be. With the action in this episode also being just as over the top as you'd want it to be as well with the the turtles having to go rather over the top in both of their fights against the giant mutant plant which just made both of those fights really fun to watch with the same thing also being true for there fight with The Shredder which was really just so fun to watch and also really creative to watch as well and that really did help up the overall quality of the action in this episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall while this was a perfectly fun episode it's also one that took the overall campyness of the show a bit to extreme despite being a perfectly good example of just how fun and over the top that this show can be in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then iv'e talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this 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 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 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episode that I used in this very review being the official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not all of the images that are on the official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom wiki page are really all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Doctor Who: The Rescue Review

 

Just like with a new actor playing The Doctor being brought in every single few years or so we also get alot of new companions coming in and out of the show as well. With it being very hard to get a debut episode for the new companion just right as you have to set up that character and still tell a good story at the exact same time and well the episode that i'm about to review for you all today is really one just such an episode and so then join me as I review the episode that sees a new companion join the TARDIS team for the first time ever with the episode in question being called simply just "The Rescue" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is The Doctor , Barbera and Ian land on the planet Dido and have to help the survivors of a previous crashed landed spaceship survive against the evil Dido native Koquillion. 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 a bit on the simple side which I guess does make sense as these two episodes were only made just so that they could introduce Vicki into the show but at the same time tho it's a plot that could have been much better and just because it was only made to introduce a new character isn't an excuse for having a plot that is at best just OK but I will admit that this episodes plot is at times really rather entertaining as well as also being really engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is William Hartnell as The Doctor , William Russell as Ian Chesterton and Jacqueline Hill as Barbara Wright. Also starring in this episode is Maureen O'Brien as Vicki , Ray Barrett as Bennett / Koquillion and Tom Sheridan as Space Captain / Sand Beast. This episode does actually have somewhat of a record as it's one of the few Doctor Who episodes to have a very small amount of cast members while this episode doesn't top The Edge Of Destruction which only had the four main cast members it does beat out quite alot of Doctor Who episodes by only have cast members that are relevant to the plot of the episode which is something of a very rare thing for Classic Doctor Who to do and heck they even had two actors in this episodes basically playing to different roles in the exact same episode.

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 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 this episode rather rightfully getting alot of praise for the acting in this episode and it's not hard to see why as all of the actors in this episode really do turn in some really good performance which for for the guest cast must have been a hard thing to do as there joining in a very hit show and yet they more then keep up with the series regular cast with Maureen O'Brien and Jacqueline Hill both being the true standouts for this episode as they both manage to turn in some really good performances in this episode with the acting in this episode really being helped by the fact that the script for the episode is just so good that all the episodes cast really have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performances will come out of them naturally.

As stated at the very start of the review this episode does introduce a new companion to the show that being Vicki who as mentioned was played by Maureen O'Brien. This character at least in this episode does seem like a pretty fun addition to the TARDIS team with her having a sense of humor about her and her having quite the caring side to her but at the same time outside of her not really having a family left on Dido anymore we don't really get to see why The Doctor , Ian and Barbera should want Vicki to join the TARDIS as she doesn't really do anything in this episode to show us why she should be able to join the TARDIS with the character mostly just sitting around inside the crashed spaceship for both of the two episodes and her making a joke about Ian and Barbera's age and that's really it and it's not enough as even tho this is only her first episode we should be able to see why she should be able to join the TARDIS even more so when you take into account that this episode was solely made to introduce her as a character and yet the episode doesn't really do that at all for some rather unknown and really rather strange reason.

For sixties Doctor Who this episode had production design that was alot better then what it really had any right to be with Raymond Cusick giving us sets that are worthy to be in a feature length film. This is an episode really did need good production design in order to do it justice as it's a story that doesn't really require good or even great looking sets in order to do it justice and yet that's exactly what we get in this episode as not only do we get some truly good looking sets in it but it also had some really good looking model shots in it which for classic Doctor Who was never a new thing as even when the sets for any given episodes weren't looking that good the show nearly always had some good looking model shots in it with this episode being the except as we have both good looking and good looking model shots in it.

Sadly what lets the episode down quite alot is the episodes villain as Bennett / Koquillion isn't really around all that much on screen to make that much of an impact. With this not really being helped by the fact that not only is the villain not really that scary but he doesn't really have a plan with Bennett killing of all of the inhabitants of the planet Dido and planning to return to Earth for no reason which just makes him seem like a pointless villain as that could have been the plan for a much better villain and yet it was given to a character that people barely get to see to make a connection with him as a character as we don;t get alot of time with his character infact wen in total spend around five to ten minuets with his character and even then we get to find out nothing about his character and alot of the time it's just him being abusive to Vicki and that's really it and that's not really enough to make him a good and scary and creepy villain.

It was meant to be a twist that both Bennett and Koquillion are the same person and yet the twist is so predictable that you can see it coming a mile away. As Bennett is the only other human character apart from Vicki that we meet in this episode and we know that Vicki is a good guy in the show which means that the big reveal that Bennett is the main villain of the episode is a twist that doesn't work as there's no other people that it could be and even taking that out of the equation the episode really doesn't give us any kind of clue as to who the villain of the episode could actually be which makes this a pointless twist as you could have made the two characters separate from one another and the results would have been the exact same as nothing about the plot of the episode changes with Bennett being the main villain infact having them both be separate characters would only serve to help the episode out as you could the villain a more interesting plan and you could give Bennett some personality instead of him not really having one in the first place.

Now then while I cannot for the absolutely life of me remember what ever 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 forty five minuets. With this story being spread out over two episodes which is the biggest issue to be found with this episode as while the episode does have some really good ideas it's a story that really did need to be at the very least three or four episodes long in order to truly do it justice and with those added episodes the story could be fleshed out even more and we the audience could be given a reason as to why want to see Bennett loose and why we want to see Vicki join the TARDIS team and yet because of the fact that this story is just two episodes long both of those can't happen as the story has to rush along to it's next plot beat with this not really being helped by the fact that this episode really does have some truly awful pacing with the episode being far to fast then what it really should have been.   

So now then as 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 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. As this era of Doctor Who really wasn't known for having great action in it in the first place and yet we still manage to get a fairly decent looking fight scene between The Doctor and Bennett which while it does really look a little sluggish it's also the best that they could have really done given the time and budget that they most likely would have had for this episode with that action scene being the only one that we really get in the episode and the team making this episode do the best that they really could have done with little that they most likely had to make it all come together in the first place in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this was a decent debut episode for the character of Vicki as she is decent and fun character to join the crew but at the same time the makers of this show could have and should have given her a much more stronger debuting episode to start her out with as this episode just really doesn't do her any kind of justice whatsoever in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked all of the good and as well all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

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