Comic book superheroes getting an animated series in fact it's rather rare these days to find a comic book superhero that doesn't have an animated series. However what is still odd to this very day is to find an animated series that's just as adult and just as mature as the comic book that it spawned from and well that's just the case with the episode that i'm about to review for you all today and so then join me as I review the episode that has a shocking amount of narration in it with the episode in question being called simply just "Burning Visions" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is when he is reincarnated and tasked to fight in the devils army Lieutenant Colonel Al Simmons must decide between doing what is right or doing the devils bidding. Now then interms of what I personally 5tyhought / felt about thew actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well the 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 that's also the problem tho as the plot of this episode wasn't all that good either as the plot really was so wafer thin at best that at times it was really hard to tell what the actual plot of the episode even was in the first place but when the plot did show up it really was a decent plot but it's just one that could have been done alot better and has been done better in other shows and movies 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 Keith David as Lieutenant Colonel Al Simmons / Spawn and Richard Dysart as Nicholas Cogliostro. Also starring in this episode is Dominique Jennings as Wanda Blake , John Rafter Lee as Jason Wynn , Michael Nicolosi as Clown , Kath Soucie as Cyan Fitzgerald , James Keane as Detective Sam Burke and Antonio "Tony Twist" Twistelli , Michael McShane as Detective Maximilian "Twitch" Williams and Gareb , Victor Love as Bobby , Ronny Cox as Senator Scott McMillan and Spawn creator and the creator and executive producer of this show Todd McFarlane as Himself.
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 really good. With the acting in this episode being alot better then what it really had any right to be as nobody would blame the actors in this episode if they chose not give that good of a performance due to the fact that the Spawn character and the Spawn comic books aren't that well known and yet there's just as much love , care an attention from not only a show making point of view but also an acting point of view in this show that you'd expect in something like Batman: The Animated Series and because of that is the fact that all of this episodes cast members really do 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 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 raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.
Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Koko Enterprises Company and Sheen Production. 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 weas in all honesty really good with the animation in this episode being alot better then what it really had right to be which does make sense that given that one of the animation studios that are doing the animation for this episode also did animation for several episodes and films based off of Batman: The Animated Series and as a result of that is the fact that it really does make sense that they would turn in some really good animation in this episode as they always do turn in some really good animation with the characters having some really good and fluid movements and the backgrounds looking very visually striking all of which really do mesh well with the episodes more gothic tone and it's much more darker and horrific lore as well.
This episode and the show as a whole is a really violent show with there being lots of blood and gore in pretty much every single episode. Which is something that does make sense given that the Spawn character works for the devil and he would there for have access to all pf these gruesome ways to kill and hurt people which he does make great use in this episode and heck this episode is alot more violent then what the movie was and is alot more mature then other animated shows that were on at the time and much like Game Of Thrones and House Of The Dragon it does take full advantage of it's more mature rating by having alot of things that just wouldn't fly in other animated shows and because of that is the fact that the show really does standout from all of the other superhero animated shows that were out there at the time as alot of them do start to blend into one where as here because of mature and how violent this episode and this show is it stands out from all of the other superhero animated shows that were being released at the time.
One of the things that do let this episode down is the fact that they have a narrator who just doesn't shut up. With the narrator having more lines of dialog then any of the main characters and coming in on parts of the episode where he's not really needed and while yes having a narrator for your show does indeed help the show out as it makes the show feel a bit more different the episode also needed to let the characters talk as this is the first time that alot of the mainstream public are really getting to see these characters and having a narrator constantly talk and get in the way of the plot it is something that really can put alot of people of as it also gets in the way with giving us the audience a good chance to see just who these characters are as people and while yes the show has three seasons worth of episodes to get all of that across it is something that should have started with this episode as with a first episode you really need to put your best foot forward and that's really not something that happens with this episode in any way whatsoever and it is something that really does get in the way of the episode from reaching it's true potential.
This show is listed as being a horror show and yet outside of there being demons in this episode there was nothing to really justify being classed as a horror show. While maybe the gory deaths might help it be classed of a horror those aren't scary and horror needs to be scary but the idea of there being a horror comic book superhero animated show is a good idea as both horror and animation have blended together perfectly at several points in the past and and doing an animated horror show about a comic book would have the potential to be a really cool and while yes the demons in this episode do look really cool with Clown / Violator looking really cool he doesn't get to do all that much in the episode as the episode is all about telling us Spawn's origin story which does make sense but at the same time tho the episode should have set up some of his side villains as well and yet they really don't do that with Clown being the only recognisable villain to appear in this episode but all he does is just say a few lines of dialog here and there and that's really it and that's not enough for us the audience to geta decent idea of who that character is as a character.
Now then then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty seven minuets and thirty nine seconds. Which is a tad bit o the long side for this episode to have as the episode really doesn't have alot of plot to really cover that large amount of running time and because of that is the fact that this episode really could have been better if it was just a few minuets just to make the episode flow alot more better then what it already does because as things stand with the episode having a thin plot and long running time thing just don't flow all that well with Spawn's back story which is the main plot of the episode being told in flashback form with the main story revolving around a series of killings which isn't that interesting and bogs the episode down and as a result of that is the fact that the episode really would have been better if the episode was alot more focused on telling Spawn's origin and had the present day plot be saved for the second episode of the show as there's alot of story material that you could use from Spawn's origin which would make great use of the episodes running time 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 at the exact same time the action that's in this episode wasn't all that good either as it wasn't as thrilling nor as cool or exciting as it really could have been and while yes we do get to see some really cool moments in this episode action wise there not as good as they really should have been nor as good as a character like this who has all of these dark powers really should have been either but to really give this episode some credit the episodes animation really does come alive during the episodes action and while we really don't get to see alot of cool moments from this episode action what we do get to see really is alot better then what it really had any right to be and is alot better then the action that we get in alot of other action shows which really does make sense as this episode and this show does have Batman: The Animated Series co-creator Eric Radomski working on it and it's quite clear that he knows how to stage some really good looking action scenes in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall while this episode is indeed a decent start to the series it also doesn't give you a reason to want to watch the rest of the series either as there's no hook to this episode that makes you want to watch the next episode but the episode does have the potential to be a really good episode tho 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 pf the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls an as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Spawn fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com 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 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 episode 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.
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