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Saturday 29 June 2024

Mystery Science Theater 3000 "Beyond Atlantis" Review


Mystery Science Theater 3000 is a show that shocking not alot of people know about this is despite the fact that alot of internet movies reviewers were inspired bu the show. Yet even tho the show had been on the air since the eighties it really never introduced a female host that was until season 13 of the show which gave us an actually really funny female host and so then join me as I review the episode that introduced us to a new host with the episode in question being called simply just "Beyond Atlantis" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is with the Simulator Of Love now complete new host Emily Connor is trapped inside and is forced to watch Beyond Atlantis. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented t us un 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 plot of this episode being really light on actual plot as we don't get to see Emily try to adjust to life on the Simulator Of Love outside of the opening scene but that's kind of par the course for this show as apart from really important episodes the episodes in this show never really focus all that much on actual plot development which is the same thing with this episode as well and its something that really does work well enough in this episodes favour as well with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is this episodes co-writer Emily Marsh as Emily Connor and Kelsey Ann Brady as The Voice Of Crow T. Robot. Also starring in this episode is Conor McGiffin as The Voice Of Tom Servo ,  this episodes co-writer Yvonne Freese as The Voice Of GPC , Felicia Day as Kinga Forrester , Patton Oswalt as Max , Rebecca Hanson as Synthia , this episodes director Jonah Ray as Jonah Heston , this shows creator Joel Hodgson as Ardy and Ivan Askwith as Bonesy.

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 the episodes actors turning in some really good performances which is really something that's not all that new as this show has always had some really good acting in it which is always surprising as all of the shows actors barring both Felicia Day and Patton Oswalt have never been professional actors and yet they manage to turn in some really good performances in all of the episodes that are in with the same thing also being true for the cast of this episode as well as they all manages to turn some really good performances as well with the acting in this episode really being helped by the fact that the script for this episode is just so good that all this episodes cast have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this episode.


As was stated at the start of this review this is episode that saw the debut of Emily Connor as the seasons second of three hosts. With Emily being a really funny host as she's kind of naive in the way that the experiments work even not knowing that she's been roped in to be the new host this is despite the fact that she helped build the Simulator Of Love but at the same time she is also pretty smart as for her first invention she builds a giant pain of mech hands all by herself which does make her alot smarter then what she appears to be and it's fun seeing her interactions with her Crow and her Tom as all three are essentially the new kids on the block and as a result of that is the fact that all three of them do kind of form this family as there all trying to work all of these things out together this is despite the fact that Crow and Tom have the memories and personalities of Jonah's Crow and Tom but what let's the Emily character down is the fact that she doesn't show signs of character development she's not written as a perfect character by any stretch of the imagination but there's not alot of care and attention given to her to give her any kind of character development whatsoever. 


The film that's being featured in this episode of the show is the 1973 film Beyond Atlantis with this episode rather rightfully calling the out on how bad it is. As this is a film that does look really bad and that is something that should get called out and on top of that this is just straight up weird as it gives people really large fish eyes which is just off putting and more scary then alot of stuff scene in modern day horror films which wouldn't be a bad thing if Beyond Atlantis was aimed at a more mature audience and was a horror film but it's not it's aimed more at family's and is a family friendly horror film and yet it had this really creepy imagery in it and as a result of that is the fact that this episode gets a lot to work with just from the opening few minuets of the film itself and heck one of the recurring jokes in this episode is all about the cast of this episode trying and failing to remember which character is who because of the fact that there all so forgettable and the fact that the most memorable character in the film just so happens to really be a fairly bad person.

What was unexpected is the fact that the episode does set up something that pays off at the end of this season. With Emily giving Jonah the idea to work together to escape from the dark side of the moon and while this idea would evolve to include the third host it is something that was shocking to see set up this early on in the season and it was also shocking to se them do a call back by speaking in rhyme as the villains in this really show can't understand our hosts when they do exactly that which is something that again comes back at the end of the season of when the hosts put there plan into motion all because really of the fact that it was set up and all said in rhyme and that was a something that was shocking to see set up this early on in the season as something like that wouldn't really be set up until the episode where it happens in previous seasons and yet in alot of the Jonah seasons they would normally set things up either around the end of the season or the midway point of the season and yet here there doing it in the third episode of the season. 


What would have helped this episode was if we got to see Emily and her bots get to know each other over the course of the episode. As that is something that hadn't been seen since Mike's first episode and is something that really does work and it's something that could worked in this episode given the unique reason that they host was chosen and the fact that these bots are essentially new bots and yet when they first see each other they get along like they've met each other already and had been friends for quite a while which could have happend as Emily was a part of the team that was making the Simulator Of Love and as a result of that is the fact that it is possible that her bots could have been on board already and she could have gotten to know them then but at the same time that is something that would have made the episode alot more fun to watch and it's something that would have made this episode standout from all of the others as instead of having the bots and host get along right away we'd be seeing that friendship evolve over the course the episodes host segments and you could then end the episode with all getting along as friends.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty six minuets and twenty one seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for this show as the show has to fit in it's own plot line and an entire feature length film which is something that this episode does well as it makes very little cuts to the movie essentially showing us the movie as it was originally seen all the while still giving us a fairly entertaining plot in it's own right and while the episode would have been better if it took the tome to develop Emily or even her own version of the bots alot more then what they already do at the same time tho that would mean taking away some of the jokes in the episode and forcing in development when it's not really needed which would make all of that character development feel forced and would really drag the episode down quite alot and would ultimately make the episode very dull and boring to watch but I will admit that this episode really does have some really good 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 to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With there being alot of painfully jokes made about the movie but there also being some really funny host segments as well and this is where Emily Marsh really does shine as she is a really funny person and while her jokes about Beyond Atlantis are very hit and miss that's more due to the fact that she's still getting used to making fun of a movie but when she does make a good joke it is something that does standout and is something that is really funny with her Crow and Tom also having some really funny jokes as well with there being a really funny rap about the movie at the end of episode all done because of the fact that the movie had pretty much every style of music in it except from rap which is a funny little thing to pick up on and it leads to a really funny rap song as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this was a really painfully funny episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 as well with it also being a really funny introductory episode for host Emily Connor as well but really at the same time as well this is an episode that really could have been alot better then really what it actually 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 things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 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 pf the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Mystery Science Theater 3000 fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com 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.

Fireman Sam "The Kite" Review


When it comes to UK kids animated TV shows there seemed to a rather odd fascination of basing the show around someones job. With Postmen , people who work of the railways and builders really all getting animated series that had the main character really doing there jobs with the show that i'm going to be talking about today being another example of this and so then join me as I review the episode that tried to make being fireman look cool with the episode in question being called simply just "The Kite" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when a gust of wind knocks down a telephone wire it's up to Fireman Sam to remove the wire before it causes some serious harm. 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 a simple plot that was quick and very easy to follow along with both of which are things that are important for a kids show as little kids won't want deep , dark and complicated plots as all they'll want are plots that are simple and easy to follow along with and that is something that alot of good kids TV shows do have with the plot of this episode being a primes of example of that and it's something that really does work well enough to this episodes advantage as well with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 


As with alot of kids TV shows at the time all of the voices for this episode were done by one person in that case we have John Alderton doing all of the voices for all of characters. With him giving all of the characters some rather unique sounding voices which while it does play up there stereotype in some cases in other cases it also plays up to there name a little bit as well like with the Elvis character having more of a rock and roll sounding voice much like Elvis himself and the stationmaster having more of a 1940's era type of voice something which does play up to the fact that out of all three of them he is the most experienced of the bunch with Sam himself just having a regular Welsh sounding voice thus playing up the fact that he's just regular persona and it's like that with all of the episodes characters with them all having voices that match there characters in someway shape or form all except the bus driver who is described as being debonair and yet has a voice that doesn't make sound that way in the slightest way possible.

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 the episodes only voice actor John Alderton turning in a really good performance for all the episodes main cast of characters which is something that really couldn't have been easy as he wouldn't have had any room to slip up on a performance something which would have been the case if the episode had more voice actors in it and yet because it was just him for these early episodes he has to carry the entire the show on his back and he did just that by giving us a bunch of truly wonderful performances with the acting in  this episode really being helped by the fact that the script for this episode is just so good that all this episodes actors have to do is just say the lines ad they are written and a good performance will come out naturally which is something that really does help tom raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.


Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the really greats that are currently over Bumper Films. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with the episode really making good use of the fact that it's being made with stop motion animation which adds a certain charm to the episode and it's something that wasn't replicated when the show did transition over to using 3D CGI animation with the animation in this episode you can see all of the care and attention that the team put into making the episode be it from the fact that you can see things blowing in the wind or the fact that you can were the road needs fixing and isn't as good as it used to be and while yes the animation in this episode might seem dated as the characters mouths don't move that is something that really only does add to the overall charm of both the series and the episode as a whole.


For some reason even tho the UK had shows that were based around people's job's they all had some really good theme songs to them. With this one being no exception as the theme song to this show was alot better then what it really had any right to be as a song that will get stuck in your head for quite awhile as even it's only it short song it's still a song that manages to get across the entire plot of the show and still set up Sam as a character and while the show would have been helped if the song was a tad bit shorter as that would then allow for longer episodes there's no way that you could have cut down the song without it sounding weird or off putting for that matter unlike for example the Postman Pat theme song where you could have cut that down quite a bit and still have the song sound as good as it was here if you did cut down this song even by a few seconds it wouldn't sound and would come across as being rushed when that's not the point of an intro song as the whole point of an intro song is to get you e4xcited for whatever it is that your about to watch.

As the first episode in the show the episode doesn't really get across what the personalities or like for the other characters. As alot of them even tho they do go on to become main characters in the show despite them being very minor characters in the episode aren't given alot of time to shine which is something that does make sense given the episodes very small running time but at the same time tho it would have helped the show out in the long run if all of it's characters got that chance to showcase what it is that there personaliti4res are even meant to be in the first place as that would then make us the audience want to see more of them in future episodes instead of them being added into the episodes just because of the fact there apart of the series cast of characters and while it does makes sense for them not to have alot of focus in this episode as this is only the first episode and as such the episode should spend it's time showing us what Sam's personality is like it oddly makes the shows setting feel alot more smaller then what it actually is.


With the worst case of the side characters not having more in the way of personality in this episode being Sam's niece and nephew Sarah and James. Who despite being major characters in the second half of the episode just come across as being bland characters who are only there for the shows young kid audience to imagine themselves in either of those two roles which does make them come across as characters that have had very little to no effort put into fully developing there characters which is something that is most likely not the case but to give the episode some credit it really doesn't focus to much on those two characters as they only appear as and when the episode fairly thinly drawn out plot needs them to appear and not because of the fact the makers of the show want to remind you of these two characters which does make there inclusion in the episode feel alot more organic and heck they even have an entire subplot in this episode which is something that does tie into the main plot of the episode near the episodes conclusion.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly nine minuets and fifty one seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstandard running time for a show like this one to have and while the episode doesn't really have lot there interms of plot tor really cover that amount of running time it also really doesn't have much in the way of filler either and as a result of that is the fact that episode really does make the best use of it's plot line that it quite possibly could have done given it's small running time and while it would have been nice if the episode really was a little bit longer like by maybe five extra minuets r something like that that would also have the add on effect of making this episodes already very thinly drawn out plot line even thinner then what it already is as this episode really doesn't to be that long in order to tell it's simple story it really just needs enough running time in order to it's plot justice but I will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.


So now then as this is 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 not that bad. With the comedy that's to be found in this very episode being very passable at best which is something that really does work for a kids TV show as while adults won't find alot of the jokes in this episode to be all that funny that's OK as it's target audience little kids will find alot of this jokes to be funny even if they are some what dated and while yes it would have been nice if this episode did have some timeless jokes in them that both kids and adults could find funny that is also something that would take alot of the episodes running time and while yes this episode does have some good jokes in them they are very few and far between in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall while this is a decent show and this was a decent start to the show itself it's also an episode that does seem really dated now by today's standards but even taking that out of the occasion the episode is still a really fun filled episode that little kids can still sit down and enjoy all the same in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all f the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and 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 Fireman Sam fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great the official Fireman Sam fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode and are really of course really up and really on the official Fireman Sam fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and really as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Thursday 27 June 2024

My SPOILER FREE First Impressions of The Suicide Squad Isekai TV Series


With the DCU about to start up in 2025 next year is going to be a big year for DC Comics however that doesn't mean that there still aren't some good stuff coming out this year. Take for example the very show that i;m about to talk about today as this is a show is going to fly under the radar for quite alot of people due to the fact that it's an anime but it's also a show that's really so strange and so out there that you really do have to do see in order to really believe that it's actually a thing and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FREE first impressions of the show that sees a group villains magically transported to another world with the show in question being called simply just "Suicide Squad Isekai" enjoy.

The plot of this show is Task Force X are magically transported to another world where they are then taker prisoner only they have 72 hours to get back to there helicopter before the bombs in there necks exploaded. 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 just as bonkers and just as insane as you'd expect from something that's involving Task Force X and yet at the exact same time the plot of this show really isn't strong enough to carry an entire ten episode series of a TV show as it's something that could have been covered in the shows first two episodes with the bigger plot being something more dangerous and something that only Task Force X can help with and yet be giving them a weak plot fort these first three episodes it doesn't start the best show of with it's best foot forward with the plot of this show show being really entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


This post is being based off of the dubbed version of the show which does have a draw back in the fact that there's no cast list for the dubbed cast anywhere online. With the only cast available being that for the Japanese cast of the show which is odd as this is show is being released with both the subbed and dubbed versions of the show being released and yet there's only one cast list available for the show with not even the shows own end credits saying who is playing who in the dubbed version but one thing is for sure we don't have either Tara Strong or Hynden Walch as Dr. Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn as the person that they did get to play her doesn't sound anything like either of them which does make sense but at the same time when there her two most recognisable voices in terms of modern day Harley Quinn then it would have made sense for the makers of this dub to at least reach out and see if they were interested in playing her in this show as all that's going to happen is that this new voice actress is going to compared to those two.

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 ll 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 really good with all of the shows cast members turning some really good performances. With all of the characters sounding good and having some really good sounding voices however with that being said there is one character that has a terrible sounding voice and that's The Joker who instead of sounding like a menacing villain who could be a legit scary scary now just sounds weird and off putting and not in the way that makes him scary rather it's in the way that makes him laughable and someone that you want to laugh at instead of someone that you want to run away from while the actor playing him turns in a decent performance there's no getting past the fact that the voice for the character is all kinds of wrong with the script for these episodes not really helping the cast for these episodes as the script for all of these episode is just so bad as it gives none of the cast members of these episodes absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there respective characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which so something that really doesn't help with the overall quality of the acting that's in these very episodes.


Doing the animation for these episodes is of course the legends and the greats that are currently over at Wit Studio. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty really good and was alot better then what it really had any right to be as when you think of an anime featuring the Suicide Squad you don't typically think of good looking animation and yet that's exactly what we got in all three of these episodes as the animation in all three of these episodes really a visual treat for the eyes to see as not only did all of the characters have alot of really nice looking fluid movements to them but all of the backgrounds for all three episodes looked really good as well with the animation also managing to make each of the episodes backgrounds feel unique and different and making each one of them standout from each other with the animation in all three episodes also being helped by the shows rather unique looking art style which looked fresh and different and not something that you'd expect to see in an anime at all.


As was to be expected they do introduce some new characters in these first three episodes with perhaps the best one being Fione. With the character being pretty much the princess of this new world that Task Force X fund themselves on and while the character doesn't really have that big of a role in these first three episodes it is quite clear that she will go onto have a least a small recurring role in the show with her acting as kind of like an ally to Task Force X with her willing to give them a chance to do whatever it is that they've got to do but at the same time tho just based off of these first three episodes there's not really alot to this character outside of the fact that she's princess type of character and that's really it and that's not enough to make her an interesting character but on the flip side of that is the fact that if she is a recurring character and not a major character then you don't really want her to be all that interesting of a character ahs she does have the potential to be all the more interesting then the shows main characters as even the shows main characters aren't that interesting either but that does kind of make of sense as there are seven other episodes to make these characters all the more interesting then what there make out to be in these first three episodes.

In what is a rather strange move is the fact that this show technically premiered in America before Japan. As the first three episodes of the show premiered on Max and Hulu both dubbed and subbed a week before episode one of the show is due to premier in Japan where the first three episodes will be releasing weekly this is something that really hasn't been done before now as usually when a new anime debuts it debuts in Japan first before heading over to America and yet while it does make sense for this show to premier in America first as these are after all American characters it still feels odd getting a brand new anime a week before the Japanese get it as they could have released the show at the exact same time so that no one can be spoiled and yet by releasing the show in American a whole week before the Japanese get it it means that the Japanese now have to avoid spoilers for three weeks before then having to avoid spoilers on a week to week basis as the Americans are getting each new episode a week before the Japanese will be getting it and while these are American characters and as a result the Americans should get the top priority as they are the franchise holders for these characters but there has to be a fairer way to do a release like this without making sure that spoilers get dropped online via something like X for example.


Without giving away what the alot of the jokes are in these first three episodes but it's safe to say that alot of the jokes in this show based off of these first three episodes aren't going to be that good. As alot of them just boil down to making references to other American products which is funny the first time that they do it as it's apart of this characters character to make a joke like that but when it's all of the jokes that are in these first three episodes then you really do have a problem as it makes all of these jokes feel repetitive and they get less and less funny the more chance that they do them and while the Suicide Squad characters have never really had that many funny jokes the one character that has always have some really funny jokes was the only character to get a laugh in these first three episodes and that was Harley Quinn and even then it's due to the fact that the writers of these first three episodes got alot of the characters down perfectly from a writing point of view and as a result of that is the fact that the characters that were funny back in the comics do also come across as being funny in these first three episodes as well.

Now then all three of these episodes has / had an exact grand total running time of no longer then twenty five minuets with all three episodes also having an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty four minuets and four seconds. Which is a solid running time for episodes two and three to have but episode one really did need to be longer as it had so much to set up both from a storyline perspective and from a world point of view as well and still tell a somewhat good story and that's not something that it can do with that running time and as a result of that is the fact that key things that should have been set up and should have been explained either aren't explained at all or if they are explained then it's not very well done as the episode just brushes over it instead of really giving the time and focus that it really needs and really does deserve this is isn't really an issue with the other two episodes as something does happen in either episode two or three which they don't explain but it's something that's important to the overall plot of the show and in that regard it makes sense not to explain that thing away but I will admit that all three of these episodes really do have some really good pacing to all of them tho. 


So now then as this an action show that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show 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 show was in all honesty really good. With all of this shows action scenes looking really good and all of this shows main characters getting the chance to do alot of really cool looking things in all of the action scenes that are all of these three action with the action in these first three episodes also giving us the audience a chance to see what each of member of the team bring to the team which also makes the alot of the action scenes in all three episodes all the more exciting and this is helped by the fact that something happens to the team that makes the action feel different from something that you'd see in say one of the live action Suicide Squad movies for example as due to the fact that this is animation the action in all three of these episode being fun crazy and over the top and that is something makes the action in all of three of these episodes really fun to watch as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall while this show isn't as good as Batman Ninja was so far this show is of to a good start and it does have plenty of potential to be a really fun anime that people who love anime and comics can come together and watch and hopefully they'll both be able to enjoy this show as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in these episodes in this very post and since this is only my first impressions I won't be giving this show a rating however if this post does decently well and if you guys want me to check out another episode then I will do it and that post would then be a review of that episode and that episode only and not a review of the show as a whole.

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 and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post from the official DC Database fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to really use to get the images from these very episodes that I really used in this very post being the really great Google Images simply just because of the fact that really due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are in this post really are all really from these very episodes and are really of course up and really on the really great Google Images are really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Wednesday 26 June 2024

Who Killed WCW? SPOILER FREE Review


Even tho wrestling is just as popular today as it's ever been there's no doubt that it was at it's height in popularity in the nineties. With the WWE then the WWF not really doing all that well as they were still stuck in the eighties and sticking with what worked however there was one company that did dare to try and do something different and even tho they never ended beating the WWF on a fully time basis they did beat them two almost two years straight but really all good things must come to an end with the company in question really going downhill interms really quickly and outright going out on business by 2001 and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FREE of the show that dares to answer the question of who killed wcw with the show in question being called simply just "Who Killed WCW?" enjoy.

The plot of show is over twenty years after it;s closed it;s doors for good there is one question that many people want answered and that question is who killed wcw?. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually feature / resented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I im 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 as it is something that alot of people who like professional wrestling have not only asked for decades at this point but also want to know the answer to as there are so many people that could be blamed for it going out of business but at the very least only one person who could possibly be blamed for outright killing the company as a whole and that is something that is going to get alot of attention from the wrestling world and from those that really do love professional wrestling as a whole with the plot of this show also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this show is Guy Evans , Eric Bischoff , Brad Siegel , Kevin Nash , Kevin Sullivan and Dallas Page. Also starring in this show is Bret Hart , Dick Cheatham , Booker Huffman / Booker T , Janie Engle , Charles Ashenoff / Konnan ,  Neal Pruitt , Debra Ann Miceli / Medusa , Loree Bischoff , Bill Goldberg , Vince Russo , Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman , Stuart Snyder , Scream star David Arquette and one of this shows executive producers Black Adam and Fast And Furious star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual interviews that are actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I im all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual interviews that are actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty not that bad. As alot of the people that are being interviewed were not only involved with WCW in someway shape r form but also don't repeat themselves alot of the time and while yes we do get some people repeating answers from other people those are very few and far between and while the show does have a great verity of interviewees it's clear that they couldn't get alot of other people who were involved with WCW which makes you wonder why they didn't get people like Paul Weight or Perry Saturn or Dean Malenko all of whom spent alot of time in WCW and all of whom would have added something to the show but instead what we got was a relatively small amount of cast that actually had a hand in WCW.


For some strange reason this show features alot of interviews with one of this shows executive producers Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. As it's something that really doesn't make sense for him to be in this show as he never wrestled nor did he ever work for WCW while it does make sense for him to be in this show from marketing aspect as he is the biggest name in the cast but from any other point of view it doesn't really make sense heck in would make more sense for somebody like Aj Styles to be involved with this show as he did wrestle for WCW and yet by bringing in Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson it takes away a spot from somebody who would have known what was going on at the company at that point in time and not have someone who never had anything to do with the company while it would have been just fine for him to remain as an executive producer as it's his production company making the show having him be in the actual show itself just came across as being really weird. 


As is to be expected from a documentary like this one the show does give us alot of people who might be responsible for killing of WCW. With them ranging from the obvious like Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo to the less obvious like Kevin Nash as he did temporally take over as head booker for WCW when Eric wasn't feeling to good to even alot of the people that worked at Turner Broadcasting getting alot of the blame as well and while the show does indeed give us alot of reasons to blame every one of the people listed as they all at some point did pay a part in the downfall of WCW to say that it's any one of them is just looking at this at a base level and not really digging deeper and while alot of these people indeed deserve some f the blame of killing of WCW alot more of the blame has to go to the company as a whole and how badly it was run and managed by not only the producers who there on day to day basis but also those at Turner Broadcasting who openly admitted to not even getting why the company was liked in the first place.

The show does spend the first three episodes of giving us a new person to blame in each episode with Eric being blamed in episode 1 of the show Kevin Nash and the wrestlers get the blame in episode and Vince Russo gets the blame in episode 3 and those at Turner Broadcasting get the blame in episode 4. While it does make sense for each of them to get the blame as Vince was the head writer for WCW during it's final and dreadful years and Eric did run out of ideas quickly with him often reverting back to what worked instead of trying something and different which wasn't helped with the legends big ego's with them often changing things to fit what a certain wrestler wants to do and not do something that's best for the companies and Turner Broadcasting was frequently doing whatever they could do to get rid of WCW because those in charge don't like wrestling and didn't want a wrestling company airing on there network and on there company books and so they would often give over things like CNN for example a better budget this is despite the fact that CNN wasn't making them money where as WCW was making them money and while WCW for it's first few years didn't make them money when it was a hit with Monday Nitro it was making them loads of money and yet they were still treated horribly by Turner Broadcasting.


For some reason this show is missing alot of contributions from a lot of key people that were involved with WCW. As there are no interviews with Sting , Jeff Jarret , Scott Steiner or even Ric Flair all of whom helped to make the company as good as it was and heck there's not even an appearance from Hulk Hogan who helped to make the company as big as it was as well and while yes the wrestlers chosen are also important to the legacy of WCW when you think of this company and you see a company abut this company you want to see interviews from people who worked for them at the time and are known more for working for them and yet for some reason there not in this show and while Christ Jericho was offered a chance to appear in this show but turned it down due to the fact that he's also the narrator of Dark Side Of The Ring and is close with the shows producers there wasn't a reason given as to why the other WCW wrestlers who are all still alive weren't even asked to be on the show when they should have been asked as WCW is apart of there legacy and it's something that would have brought more eyes to the show as fans of those people really would have watched this show due to the fact that there appearing on it.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly forty four minuets and ten seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for this show with all of the episodes of this show having roughly the exact grand total running time as well and to be fair this is is show that really did need to be this long as there's no way that you can tell a story like in shorter episodes but where the show does fail isn't with it's running time it's with it's episode count as there only four episodes of this show when a story that when you really get down to it is alot more complex then what the show makes it out to be really did need a longer episode count in order to do the story alot more justice and by only doing this as a four episode show it really doesn't do the story any kind of justice and it means that that none of the episodes can't really go into that much detail either about what it was that caused WCW to become popular in the first place or what caused it do get cancelled but I will admit that this show does have some really good pacing to it tho.


So now then as this is drama that means that I have to actually talk about the actual drama 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 drama that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty not that bad. As alot of the drama in this show does come from a place of love either for the company or for the wrestling busisness as a whole and it was interesting to see that both Bret Hart and Bill Goldberg still don't like each other with Bret himself still blaming Goldberg for basically forcing him into retirement and blaming Eric for what he thinks is lying to him when he came to WCW and there's alot of solid drama like that all of other the show but at the same time tho there are some dramatic moments that with hindsight could have been fixed with them just sitting down and talking like the fact that Eric and Vince Russo still don't like each other due to a reason that's so complicated that it would take an entire documentary series to really do it justice and yet it's something that could have been fixed if the two of them just sat together and talked things out in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this is a solid documentary but at the same time it's one that could have been alot longer by having a longer episode count as four episodes isn't long enough to do a story like this one justice and as a result of that is the fact that the series itself really does feel like a shorter version of what really went down in real life 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 thing that are in this very show in this very review and as such that really does mean 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 and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from IMP Awards . Com 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 really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very show and are really of course up and really on Google Images are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Tuesday 25 June 2024

Neon Genesis Evangelion "Angel Attack" Review


When it comes to anime there quite alot of legendary anime out there alot of which are ones that you pretty much have to watch at least once even if it's not all the way through. As is the case with the episode that i'm about to review for you all today as it's the debut episode of a really legendary anime that is still being talked about to this very day and so then join me as I review the episode that introduced the world to Shinji Ikari with the episode in question being called simply just "Angel Attack" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when the future city of Tokyo-3 finds itself under attack from a giant monster young Shinji Ikari must decide if he wants to fight or if he wants to sit there and do nothing. 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 of the actual episode that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as it was a rather simple plot but at the same time tho the plot of this episode was also a rather thinly drawn out plot as well with the plot whilst it is indeed a really good plot for this debut episode to have isn't that strong of a plot as this is the first time that we the audience are getting to see these characters and yet when you have the main character unsure of what to do even tho he's been living in this world it doesn't really make sense for him to question if he wants to fight or not with the plot of the episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Casey Mongillo as Shinji Ikari , Carrie Keranen as Misato and Stephanie McKeon as Asuka. Also starring in this episode is Ryan Bartley as Rei Ayanami , Ray Chase as Gendo Ikari , anime voice acting legend Erica Lindbeck as Ritsuko Akagi , Tom And Jerry: Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory star J. P. Karliak as Kozo Fuyutsuki , Benjamin Diskin as Kensuke Aida , Greg Chun as Ryoji Kaji and Power Rangers star Johnny Yong Bosch as Toji Suzuhara.

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 and while yes not alot of the actors that have been listed appear in this episode it was hard to get a complete cast list for any version of the show and as you can no doubt work out this review is being based off of the Netflix dub of the show which wasn't that bad with all of the actors that do actually appear in this episode turning in some really solid performances which does make as someone like Erica Lindbeck is a really good voice actress and both she and the rest of this episodes cast do turn in some really solid performances 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 actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is is something that really does help tom raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this episode.


Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the really greats that are currently over at Gainax. 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 about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty shockingly good which was something that really surprising as you don't think of good animation being in nineties anime unless it's in a feature film as alot of anime series from that time period really don't have animation that hold up really well and that's not the case with this episode as this episodes animation really does hold up well and at times as in the above picture look like visually stunning and look like a piece of art as that's how good alot of this episodes really can be at points and all it does is make you wonder if the animation in this franchise is going to be as good if not better then the animation that we got in this episode which does go to show you just ho good the animation really was.


To give this episode some credit the characters in this episode are some really well written characters but at the same time Shinji Ikari is still just as annoying as he is in Evangelion 1.11. As all he does in this episode is spent alot of the episodes running time either crying or yelling and very little time actually acting like a normal and not annoying person and while it is understandable for the character to act this way in the first episode as this is only the first episode of the show at the same time tho it doesn't really give you a reason to like this character either and while that might be something that does get fixed in later episodes the first episode really needs to start of with it's best foot forward and that includes making your main character less annoying with the character of Misato is a good example of a good character as she's a fun character to watch in this episode who isn't afraid to be who she is but when the situation demands it she really can be just as serious and really just as demanding of the pilots as anyone else who works at Nerv.

One of the things that this show is known for is it's use of fanservice and that is something that's all over this first episode. As we get to see Misato in all kids of positions and revealing outfits that are fanservice and are there just because the makers of this show gave her a good body however while that would be seen as a bad thing by today's standards it is something that also proves a point as even tho she does look and in some cases act like a ditz alot of the time she is also who knows what she's doing and knows how to get Shinji to do what he needs to do at the end of episode which proves that she has more brains then what she's letting on and it also proves that there's more to her then just her looks with this further being proved in the scene where she and Shinji witness a bomb going of and she names the type of bomb despite them being nowhere near the bomb in question in order to get a good look at it and while she does admit to getting lost in the Nerv base something which we find out happens quite often the reasoning behind it does make sense as it's a new base and it's something that would happen if this was an old base that they'd been at for say a few years.


In a scene that does both feel pointless for this episode but is also needed for the franchise as a whole we do get to see that whatever damage the Eva takes the pilot also feels that damage and gets hurt as well. While a scene like that does feel pointless in this episode as it's something that adds to this episode at the same time it's something that adds something to the franchise as a whole as it says to us the audience that every single time that Shinji pilots his Eva he could die not just his mecha but him as a person and that is something does add an extra level of threat to an already threatening situation while a scene like this one doesn't really work in this episode as we the audience still don't know why the human race are fighting these giant monsters and would it be much better placed in say episode three maybe episodes two or four as by then the world of this show could start to developed alot more and that moment of seeing Rei basically close to death would make the whole situation and the whole idea hit home and hir alot more harder then what it does in this episode as it's something that really isn't needed in this episode.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty three minuets and thirty seven seconds. Which is a bit on the short side for an episode like this one to have as the episode really does have more then enough plot to cover at the very least forty five minuets and with that running time the episode could delve into the world more and it could start to develop alot of it;s characters alot more then what they already because as things stand alot of the characters don't get alot of time to get across what it is that there personality is even meant to be and in the case of Rei despite her being a main character she only gets a few lines of dialog near the end of the episode which does make sense as the episode really is meant to be about setting up Shinji but if the episode did have a slightly longer running time it would mean that the characters would get more of a chance to shine and whole yes the episodes plot is really thin at best the idea is there to really sustain a longer running time and the episode would benefit from having a longer time and it really would also mean that the world that this show really takes place in would really get more of a chance to really be fully fleshed out then what it already is in this final cut of the episode 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 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. However that's also the problem as this episodes action isn't all that good either as all it is is the monster just getting getting attacked by the military and that's really it which is fine for say a Godzilla movie where you can also change it up by having Godzilla use his powers to keep things interesting here tho you don't have that advantage and as a result of that is the fact that you have to keep on creating interesting action scenes and having the military just pointlessly attacking this monster that they know they can't stop while it starts of good just slowly gets more and more boring however to this episodes credit having the episode basically be one long action scene is a good idea and it's during this episodes action where the animation really does come alive and leap of the screen as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this was a solid if a somewhat flawed episode to start this legendary anime out on and it;s quite clear tom see that even from this episode this show really did have alot of potential and while it did reach that potential in the end this episode really didn't do it any kind of favours whatsoever in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the and things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 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 Evangelion fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great the official Evangelion fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode and are really of course up and really on the official Evangelion fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.