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Friday, 27 September 2024

Beetlejuice "Laugh Of The Party" Review


With Beetlejuice Beetlejuice currently being a smash hit in theaters and proving that there is still life in this franchise yet. People are now very slowly but very surely beginning to remember that before there was an official sequel to the film Beetlejuice there was an animated series that did also act as a sequel as well and since i've been having an absolute, blast with reviewing various episodes from this show I thought that now was the absolutely right time to check another episode from this classic animated series and so then join me as I review the episode that is also the franchises very first ever halloween special with the episode in question being called simply just "Laugh Of The Party" enjoy.

The plot of this is episode is when Lydia decides to throw a halloween party she has to deal with the school snob and try to put on the most frightening party possible. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actually 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 while yes it is a very simple plot that's very easy to follow along with those are also the kind of things that you also want to have in a kids TV show with the plot of episode being just as weird and creative as the rest of this show is which is something that does work in this episodes favor as this is a show that's from the mind of Tim Burton and as a result of that is the fact that you do expect the storyline to be a little bit out there and to be a little bit weird and thankfully that's something that this episode really does give us and because of that we also get a halloween that is actually fun to watch as well as being scary in a kid friendly kind of a way as well and while yes the plot of this episode could have been better given that it is a halloween special at the same time this is the kind of episode that you'd expect from Beetlejuice The Animated series 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 Stephen Ouimette as Beetlejuice / Bettyjuice and X-Men and X-Men'97 star Alyson Court as Lydia Deetz. Also starring in this episode is Elizabeth Hanna as Delia Deetz , Roger Dunn as Charles Deetz , voice acting legend Teen Titans , Teen Titans Go , My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and The Fairly Odd Parents star Tara Strong as Bertha and Claire Brewster and Tabitha St. Germain as Prudence.

Now then interms of what Im 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. Wit all of the actors that you expect a good performance from really delivering exactly that as all of this episodes really do deliver some really solid performances in this episode and even tho this show was made very early on in her voice acting career you can tell that Tara Strong is a good actress as she really is unrecognisable in her roles in this episode and completely just becomes both of her characters with the true standout performer in in this episode being none other then Stephen Ouimette as Beetlejuice / Bettyjuice just due to the fact that he basically has to play two very different versions of the same character and yet still make it clear that it's the same character something which is very hard to do and yet here because both of those times he's still just playing Beetlejuice it really does work even the lack of him changing his voice that much oddly works as it's something that Beetlejuice would do even if it's just to mess with the people with the acting that's ain this very episode really being helped by this episodes script which is just so good that all this episodes cast really have to do is just say the lines as they are written ad a good performance really will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall qulity 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 Nelvana and Wang Film Productions Company. Now the 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 having some really creative shots that really do show off this episodes animation and while yes there are times when this animation doesn't look good but at the same time tho that's more due to when this show was being made and is not due to something that's in the actual episode itself with really the only major issue with the animation is the fact that it can look dated at times and that's really it with the overall quality of the animation being really high quality with all of the characters also having some really nice and fluid movements to them but what would have made this episodes animation better was if some of the creatures that Beetlejuice lets loose on the party had some really creative and weird looking designs to them as that would have been fitting for not only this show but for the franchise as a whole but the designs that they do use for not only the creatures but also the shows human characters do look really good as does the backgrounds in not only the human world but also the neither world as well.


What was shocking was the fact that we get just how much of a really good friend that Beetlejuice is to Lydia. As once he finds out that local school snob Claire Brewster is planning on leaving Lydia's party but also being just not a nice person in general he does go about putting her in her place and while he does so in typical Beetlejuice fashion and not just outwardly calling her out for it it is something that really does show you that he really does care about Lydia and would do anything to project his friend and while yes it does end in the typical mayhem that always seems to follow Beetlejuice around it doesn't change the fact that he at least did try to help Lydia something which he had also try to do earlier on in the episode by helping to get stuff for her party from the neither world which again does end in the typical Beetlejuice fashion it doesn't change the fact that he at least made the effort to help her out something that the movie Beetlejuice would never do as that would seem out of character for him but for the animated series version of Beetlejuice it is something that really does work for his character as this version of the character is meant to be a more kid friendly version of the Beetlejuice character and with that in mind seeing him try to help Lydia out really does work and it really does go along to way to show us the audience that he really does see her as a friend and that he himself is a good friend in his own unique way.

Speaking of the Claire Brewster character here she really doesn't really get all that much to do as she only appears in a few short scenes. However what scenes she does appear in do a solid job of making her feel like the typical rich kid snob that was in alot of kids shows during the eighties and nineties which does sadly have the add on effect of making her character come across as being predictable as it becomes very obvious very early on what her comeuppance will be and it doesn't really feel earned as we don't get to see al that much of her in this episode with the same thing also being said for the characters of Bertha and Prudence and there meant to be Lydia's human world best friends and yet neither of them are given alot of screen time to fully establish themselves as characters and as a result of that is the fact that there characters really are forgettable characters so much so that it's shocking whenever they appear on screen as despite appearing in the scene when the main plot of the episode does start neither of them have any impact on the actual plot of the episode which they really could have done just by having them interact with Claire and having them defend Lydia to Claire which would set them up as Lydia's human world best friends and would make Claire more out to be her rival in a way that feels natural and organic and yet because the episode doesn't do that none of that can get be set up and established and those characters really do suffer because of that fact.


As a halloween episode this episode really doesn't lead into the halloween all that much with the holiday itself only being brought up once or twice and that's really it. However at the same time tho it is oddly fitting for this shoe to have a halloween special and the episode does what little that it could have done with the holiday in the short running time that it is has as we do get to see characters in fancy dress dressed as characters like Frankenstein's Monster and others for example and Beetlejuice does transform is head into a pumpkin and that's really it and to be that's all you really need for a kid friendly halloween special and while yes it would have been better if the episode did lean more into it's horror aspect due to the fact that the original film was a horror comedy it does make sense that they would tone that down in order to play up the comedy aspect of the episode but it would have worked really well for this episode if they did turn up the horror aspect of the episode given that this is a halloween special and given that the first film did have some really creative and really funny scares that is something that they could have done and still not have it effect the episodes comedy in anyway whatsoever and while we do get some child friendly horror imagery like seeing a bodyless hand reach out and grab a girl and of course we do get the creatures that Beetlejuice does accidentally unleash on Lydia's party and the town as a whole but that's really it and even then the creatures themselves don't do anything that's even kid friendly scary they just run around the town and they just dance at Lydia's party and that's really it.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty two minuets and forty six seconds. Which is an absolutely perfect running time for this episode to have as when you when you get right down to it the episode really does have the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time and while even if you take into account all of the side plot stuff with Beetlejuice finding out what Claire is really up to there's nothing that's in this episode that you can really take out and as a result of that is the fact that this episode is as perfect as it possibly could be from a running time point of view but at the same time tho this episode could have been better if it was a little bit longer as that would then allow the episode to develop more of the side characters alot more then what the episode currently does and this is something that could make the episode alot better then what it actually is as it's the side characters that kick start the plot and even with a longer running time it would allow the episode to give us some more scares as well but at the same time tho those scenes with new and more scares could also be seen as filler as there would be no way to connect those scares to the main plot of the episode and would therefor make those scenes filler scenes and feel like that there padding out the episode when the episode really doesn't need padding out at all but I really will admit that the episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.


So now then as this is a comedy that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With this episode having some really good and funny moments even the very fact that Beetlejuice under the guise of Bettyjuice is interest in Delia's art  and the very fact that she has quite literally has hundreds of paintings just ready to show people is a really funny idea and t's something that's really in keeping for that character and even the fact that Claire manages to possibly get a boyfriend who is the party animal that Beetlejuice bought from the neither world party store is quite literally an animal that's always ready to party is a funny joke with the best joke in the whole entire episode being the fact that Lydia for a small portion of the episode is forced to wear a pink rabbit suit complete with a rabbit nose which is a good idea as it's something that this goth girl would absolutely hate to wear and the fact that she's forced to wear it even for a small portion of the episode is a good idea but at the same time tho what would have made the joke even funnier was if she got to wear for the whole episode instead of having her "fix" the costume by making it into a what might be a bear which is fitting for her character but at the same time tho it is something that works really well for her character as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall it is great to see people starting to talk about this show more and this is episode is a really solid episode but at the same time tho it is an episode that could have been episode and it is also an episode that makes you wonder just how a Beetlejuice: The Animated Series Christmas special would be like as well as that is something that would has all of the potential to be weird and wonderful in all of the best ways possible 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 that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly an 8 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 Beetlejuice 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 Beetlejuice 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 with alot of them being better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on the official Beetlejuice fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Monday, 23 September 2024

Lego: Star Wars Rebuild The Galaxy TV Series SPOILER FILLED Review


Lego and Star Wars have had a few decent specials in the past and such it wasn't quite shocking when they announced that they were working on a TV miniseries together. With the miniseries in question having only just come out and as i've reviewed pretty much all of the the Lego Star Wars specials it really only made sense that I review this miniseries the very first chance that I get and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the show sees the Star Wars universe enter the multiverse with the show in question being called simply just "Lego: Star Wars Rebuild The Galaxy" enjoy.

The plot of this show is when a piece that's binding the Star Wars galaxy as we know it is pulled out from a Jedi temple it's up to young hero Sig to travel across this new Star Wars galaxy in order to try and put his own galaxy back together again. 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 at the same time the plot of this show isn't all that good either as it's not the kind of plot that works within the confides of the Star Wars franchise with the plot of this show being something that would work better in a show like Doctor Who for example where as here Star Wars has never experimented with alternative universes before now and while this is a non canon story it is something that does feel out of place in the Star Wars universe this is despite it being a really good plot for very little kids there's nothing that in this show plot wise that will please die hard Star Wars fans tho with the plot of this show 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 show is Gaten Matarazzo as Sig Greebling , Tony Revolori as Dev Greebling and Bobby Moynihan as Jedi Bob. Also starring in this show is Marsai Martin as Yesi Scala , Michael Cusack as Servo , Anthony Daniels as C-3PO , Dee Bradley Baker as Sgt. "Salty" Sharp , Wicket W. Warrick and An Sullustan X-Wing Pilot , Trevor Devall as Ackbar Troopers ,  Emperor Palpatine and Jedi Master Sheev , Kevin Michael Richardson as Farmer Scala and Jabba The Hutt , Matthew Wood as Human X-Wing Pilot and General Grievous , Shelby Young as Sulky Kid and Princess Leia , Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker , Ahmed Best as Darth Jar Jar , Helen Sadler as Darth Rey , Sam Witwer as Maul , Naomi Ackie as Jedi Jannah , Matt Sloan as Jedi Vader , Kelly Marie Tran as Darth Rose Tico , TC Carson as Mace Windu , voice acting legend Phil LaMarr as Darth Kit Fisto , Avengers: Infinity War star Ross Marquand as Han Solo , Piotr Michael as Yoda , Jake Green as Greedo and Jennifer Hale as Mon Mothma.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about thew 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. As the people that you expect to deliver a good performance really do deliver a really good performance the issue is tho is that the acting from alot of the shows more younger really isn't that good with alot of them being wither wooden or miscast at best and those that do deliver a solid performance get lost in the shuffle from all of the bad acting that this show has to offer and while it is great to see some true legendary Star Wars characters back again alot of them are only there for fanservice and nothing more then that with alot of them just appearing in one or two scenes in one episode and that's really it and while the sound alikes that they do get to play them do a good job playing those characters nothing will ever beat hearing the real thing which granted in some cases they had to recast there characters but it still would have been better hearing the actual live action actors return to voice there respective characters as that's just how good the original actors are as there respective characters with the acting that's in this show not really being helped by he fact that the script for this show just aren't that good with this shows actors not really being given alot to work with interms of what it is that there actual characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does effect the overall quality of the acting that's in this very show.


Doing the animation for this show is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Atomic Cartoons. 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 the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty not that bad as this show does take an animation style that's similar to The Lego Movie in that yes it's CGI but it's done in a way that makes it look like stop motion animation and that style is one that will never get old and it is something that does look good in this show with the shows animation being alot better then what it really had any right to be as nobody expects good animation from a Lego Star Wars Disney+ special and yet that's exactly what we get here in this show with the characters having some really smooth looking and fluid movements to them and while the show does have an animation style that's similar to The Lego Movie it doesn't copy everything that those movies did which do lessen the effect and remind you that your just watching a special instead of making you feel like that your playing with the actual Lego sets.

SPOILERS START HERE!!!!!!!!!!!



There was one character that I left of the list of characters that actor Dee Bradley Baker is playing in this show and that's the fact that he's also playing Darth Nubs. Who as the name would suggest is an evil version of his character from Young Jedi Adventures with this show being a good way to have more of those characters given the fact that those characters can pretty much never appear further along in the timeline due to the fact that Young Jedi Adventures takes place during the High Republic Era with his appearance in this show being nothing more then a fanservice moment and even then it's not really something that alot of people will get given that this show has a much more older target audience then the younger audience that Yung Jedi Adventures is aiming to get but at the same time it was still fun seeing the character show up as an evil version of himself the issue is tho is that the show does nothing with his character with him really only appearing in one scene in episode two and that's really it as he just straight up disappears from the show which makes his inclusion in the show feel pointless especially as they could have had someone else play the role that he plays in this show as his character really does nothing in this show apart from be someone that the main villain of the show can yell at and that's really it.

One of the main talking points of this show while it was being promoted was the fact that they finally had an evil version of Jar-Jar Binks. With his character like all of the evil versions of characters all having the word Darth before there name and Darth Jar-Jar Binks is a really fun as at heart he's still the clumsy version of the character that we met all the way back The Phantom Menace which does make him fun to watch and the show does try to do something fun with his character by making an evil bounty hunter who's after the thing that our heroes have in order to give to an evil Sith Lord version of Sig's brother except he nearly always messes it up in some creative way which does make him a fun character but at the same time tho the show really doesn't feature his character all that much and do all that much with his character with the show only featuring a small handful of times when it would have been better if he served as a secondary antagonist for the main heroes instead of having that role filled in by the dull and uninteresting Darth Rey who is just as bland and just as uninteresting as the hero version of her character only now she's dressed all in black and never ever smiles where as with Darth Jar-Jar they could at least get some comedy out of his character which would be something that would appease the shows target kid audience as Jar-Jar Binks himself was a character that mostly kids really did like.


As a comedy this show isn't as funny as all of the other Lego Star Wars specials or even any of the Lego special for that matter. As in this show all of the jokes seem to be just references to other Star Wars media which is something that's fine for one or two jokes but when all of the shows jokes boil down to the characters making references to other Star Wars media not only does it start to get old and old really fast in this case it also goes along way to show you that the makers of this show really didn't bother to come up with any actually funny jokes and thought that just including references to the Star Wars projects would be more the  enough to create an actually funny jokes and while yes the show does do some funny things with it characters like by having the alternative Luke Skywalker be this surfer bro type of character who inherited his fathers Podracing skills is a funny idea but like alot of things in this show the makers of this show do nothing funny with that idea instead we only see him Podracing in one technically two episodes and that's really it when they could have done some really funny jokes and had some really creative set pieces with this version of Luke Skywalker Podracing and yet they do nothing with that idea and it just makes it seem like a waste of a good idea but to the shows credit they do hint at this good guy version of Darth Vader still being Luke's father in a pretty funny way but even then that joke could also be argues is nothing more then a fanservice moment as well.

Now then this show really has / has an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty minuets. With the show really having episodes that last no longer then twenty three minuets which is a solid running time for this show as the show really does have have just the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time but even with that in mind the show doesn't resolve it's main plot line which does mean that there will mostly likely be more episodes in the future which does go against everything that was said in the build up to this show coming out as the show was promoted as being a four part limited series and with that in mind you'd expect them to finish of the plot of the show which they don't do which does mean that there really pushing the limits of this show from a running time point of view as if this show stuck with it's four episode order and stuck to that very limited running time then it would have been a very passable series where no scene feels wasted as every single scene was about advancing the plot and the character and yet now by stretching out and by possibly adding more episodes they run the risk of stretching the shows plot really thin as the show really doesn't have alot of plot there to cover more episodes but I really will admit that this show really does have some really good pacing to it tho.


So now then as this is an action show that really does mean that I have to actually talk a bout the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this 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 not that bad. However on the flip side of that is the fact that this shows action really isn't all that good either not that it's bad because it's not it's just not as fun and not as creative as you'd want it to be with alot of boiling down to who can hit who the hardest and there not really being any variation in that with there being the occasional aerial battle and that's really it and while we do get some of the creativity that Lego is known for we don't get to see all that often which is a shame because when they do get be really creative that's when the action scenes are not only really fun to watch but it's also when there really engaging to watch as well as we the audience are then left wondering how the character really will get out of this situation all of which makes you wonder why the overall vast majority of this shows action is not only very boring to look at but is also very predictable as well as it because very obvious very quickly not only who is going to come out on top in the action scene but also tho the characters will end up escaping the action scene as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

SPOILERS END HERE!!!!!!!!!!


Overall this wasn't a bad series but at the same tie it wasn't a good one as while yes it will indeed please some of the young audience that this show is quite clearly trying to reach those are the only ones that will get some enjoyment from this show as there's not alot that's actually enjoyable about this actual show in the first place 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 show in this very show and as such that really does mean that this very show really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Disney fandom wiki page , the official Star Wars fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very show that I used in this very review being the really great the official Star Wars 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 show with alot of them being better quality then what'd think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on the official Star Wars fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Friday, 20 September 2024

My SPOILER FILLED First Impressions Of The The Penguin TV Series


This has been a really solid few days for comic book adaptations with the Wandavision spin off series Agatha All Along premiering on Disney+ just yesterday. Well now we have another new comic book adaptation that's also oddly enough a sequel with this series being a sequel series to the film The Batman and to say that this show is very vastly different to Agatha All Along would be a huge understatement and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED first impressions of the show that sees the penguin take centre stage as the main character with the show in question being called simply just "The Penguin" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is one week after the events of The Batman The Penguin finds himself with the freedom to finally try and seize control of Gotham for himself. 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 as while the above plot might also serve as the plot of the show it's not also not that far of the plot of the actual episode either and with that in mind the plot of this episode is a really good plot as it really does a good job of not only being a really gripping story in it's own right but it also does a decent enough job of catching us the audience up with The Penguin after the events of The Batman and highlighting his struggles to even be seen as a threat to the various crime families of Gotham City but at the same time tho the plot of this episode could have been alot more better as it is a bit of a slow burn which can be seen as being interesting but at the same plot wise not alot of stuff actually happens either with the plot of this episode being kind of like the Godfather in it's own unique way 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 one of the shows executive producers and producers Colin Farrell as Oz Cobb / The Penguin. Also starring in this episode is Cristin Milioti as Sofia Falcone / The Hangman , Rhenzy Feliz as Victor Aguilar , Deirdre O’Connell as Francis Cobb , Clancy Brown as Salvatore Maroni , Carmen Ejogo as Eve Karlo , Michael Zegen as Alberto Falcone , Berto Colón as Castillo , James Madio as Milos Grapa , Joshua Bitton as Mikey , David H. Holmes as Nick , Michael Kelly as Johnny Viti , Eugene Solfanelli as Mirti , Eric Berryman as Doctor Desoto , Alex Anagnostidis as Ray and Myles Humphus as Dom.

Now then inters 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 episode getting alot of credit for it's acting and rightfully so as the acting in this episode is just that good with all of this episodes actors really just turning in some really good performances with the acting in this episode not only being really good for a TV show but being really good both either a TV show and a movie as well something that you really don't expect to see in any kind of TV and yet it's something that's delivered in this show with everyone involved from an acting point of view really delivering some truly wonderful performances something which really do make this episode must see television and it really does go to show you that that this shows actors are a bunch of really good actors as well with the acting that's in this episode really being helped by tr fact that the script for this episode is just so good that all this episodes actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance really 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 very episode.


For once I really can't find out who did the CGI for this episode and this show anywhere online whatsoever. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with the episodes CGI blending in really well with what was shot on set on the day of filming with alot of this episodes CGI being used to expand on the shows sets and that's really it and while yes we do get some CGI explosions early on in the episode that's really all we get with CGI with the best CGI shot in the whole entire episode being the shot where the camera pans down from the sky past the train and lands on the ground just because it was such a cool and simple shot and it's something that does work really well in this episode and while yes there ae some really bad looking CGI effects shots in this episode as well those are very few and far between with the worst CGI effect being some obviously fake sparks that come of the train as they do look a little bit to fake and they do take you out of the episode just a little bit as well but the episode really does have alot more really good looking CGI effects in it then it does have some really bad looking CGI effects in it.

SPOILERS START HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!



Incase you didn't know going into this show then this show is a sequel to the film 2022 film The Batman. With this film picking up a week after the events of the Carmine Falcone now being dead with the events of this episode dealing with who is going to take over him as the head of the Falcone crime family and while the episode does stay true to what happened in the film by revealing that the floods that The Riddler caused at the end of that film really did effect Gotham even a week or two after they first happend they for some strange reason introduce another daughter for Carmine Falcone this time it's Sofia Falcone which pretty much means that Selina Kyle has a sister that she may or may not know about and depending on how this show goes she might not be appearing in the The Batman Part 2 however sadly Batman himself doesn't appear in this episode which does make sense as there's no where in this episode where the character could have appeared in newly filmed footage but at the same time tho it would have been cool to see the character even if he wasn't played by Robert Pattinson and was instead played by a stunt double as that would be a great to get the main stream audience who perhaps don't know about this show and don't know that this show and the film are set within the same universe and get them to watch the show.

Speaking of Sofia Falcone she does seem like a really fun character as she's a character that was recently released from Arkham Asylum. Which is something that does add an edge to her character as we do see in the episode just how crazy that she really is and how far she's willing to go to get her revenge as she straight up almost rips of The Penguins arm just because of the fact that she believes that he killed her brother which is something that her father and brother wouldn't do as we know thanks to The Batman that her father respected Oz and her brother was to bust getting high and drunk to really care about anyone but himself and as a result of that is the fact that it is interesting seeing how far she's willing to go when she believes that someone has wronged her and that is something that makes her character arc for the show really interesting as it does make it interesting to see if she'll make out of the show and into the sequel film as this show is meant to serve as a stepping stone for the sequel but at the same time tho we don't really get enough scenes with her character for her to really display what her personality is which is something that does make sense as we do have several other episodes with her to get across what her personality and she does get the gold star treatment when it comes to newer characters getting across there personality as Victor "Vic" Aguilar really doesn't have that much of a personality with him just being The Penguin's personal enforcer with nothing to him from a personality stand point.


There are so few scenes in TV that you can truly say make for great scenes however the scene with Salvatore Maroni and The Penguin is one of those scenes. As we get to see two characters who really don't trust each other for whatever reason try and reach some middle ground as they both want the power that the death of this crime lord has now freed up as it's during there scene together in Arkham Prison where we get to see the two characters size each other up and while it's The Penguin that does come out on top it's fun seeing how they get to that point as it's never made clear who is getting the upper hand with there scene together being really gripping and is easily one of the best scenes in the whole entire episode as it's dripping with drama as while either character can't hurt each other right now due to where they are they still need to play it safe because if they say one wrong thing then that could mean that they end up dead and even tho we find out at the end of the episode that it's The Penguin who came out on top because of the fact that Victor and himself really have framed them for the death of Alberto it also means that there family is now back in business and is now back playing with the big boys so it really could possibly mean that The Penguin might eventually have to deal with him and Sofia at the same time at some point.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and six minuets and twenty one seconds. Which is solid running time for this episode to have and to this episodes credit it really does have more then enough there interms of plot to really cover that large amount of running time and the episode really does take as full advantage as it possibly could have done by having a fully developed plot that does more then a good job of setting up the plot for the rest of the show whilst still being a really entertaining story in it's own right but at the same time tho the episode really wold have been better if the episode took the time to at least start to develop it's new characters instead of making them just come across as being one dimensional cardboard cutouts but again to this episodes credit it does treat it characters far better then Agatha All Along did where the characters in the first two episodes of that show aren't that well written here tho the characters are really well written with the issue being the new characters aren't given the time that they needed to fully develop there personalities but that is something could be fixed in future episode but by then it might be a case of being two little to late but that is something that only time will tell tho but I really will admit that this episode really did have some really good pacing to it tho.


So now then as this is a drama that means that I have to actually talk about the actual drama 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 feature / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With the drama in this episode being the best part of this episode as a whole as the episodes drama is so well done as alot of it does feel like it's very character driven and as a result of that is the fact is that's very easy to believe that these characters would act like this and would go to those lengths in order to cover up there tracts and while yes it would have been nice if the characters took a moment to talk and get across there personalities alot more that would get in the way of giving us some really good drama with the best scene from a dramatic point of view being the scene where Sofia is torturing The Penguin due to the fact that she believes that he really did kill her brother which is something that he did do but what makes it dramatic is seeing if she knows that or if she's just acting as insane as she is and seeing how far she's willing to go for that little piece of information on a loved one then it makes come across as being not only a really dramatic scene but it's also a really creepy scene as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

SPOILERS END HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!


Overall while it might be over a week until the next episode airs as the next episode isn't due to air until Sunder the 29th of September 2024 this episode does make the wait worth while as this is a really good first episode that shows that you really can make a Batman show without actually having Batman in it as all you need to do is make it a good show and that;s really all there is to it in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as being all of the bad things that are in this very show in this 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.

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Thursday, 19 September 2024

My SPOILER FILLED First Impressions Of The Agatha All Along TV Series


The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been seeing alot of ups and downs recently with the TV side of things not really taking off all that well either. With the only two decent TV shows being What If and Wandavision and well the spin off of Wandavision has now jus5t aired it's first two episodes and well then since I was fan of Wandavision back when that show was first airing you all just knew that I simply had to check this show out the very first chance that I got and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED first impressions of the show that's had more name changes then we've all had hot diners with the show in question being called simply just "Agatha All Along" enjoy.

The plot of these first two episodes is three years after the events of Wandavision Agatha Harkness finds herself free of the spell that Wanda put her under but without her powers she embarks on a quest to get her powers back. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot 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 plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty really good with the plot doing a good job of not only setting up what Agatha has to go through in the show but also catching us up on what the character ha been up to in the years since we last saw her in Wandavision however with all of that being said tho the plot of these first two episodes does also bit to generic with it being made painfully obvious what Agatha's arc is going to be for the rest of the show which does make the rest of the show feel a bit more predictable then what it might actually end up being and while there are some twists and reveals in the first episode that do make you want to watch the second episode there's nothing in that second episode to make you want to come back and watch further episodes of this show with the plot of this show also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in these episodes is Kathryn Hahn as Agnes O'Connor / Agatha Harkness and Joe Locke as Teen. Also starring in these episodes is  Debra Jo Rupp as Sharon Davies , Aubrey Plaza as Rio Vida , Emma Caulfield Ford as Dottie Jones / Sarah Proctor , David Payton as Herb Feltman / John Collins , David Lengel as Phil Jones / Harold Proctor , Asif Ali as Norm Gentilucci / Abilash Tandon , Amos Glick as Dennis Webber , Sasheer Zamata as Jennifer Kale , Ali Ahn as Alice Wu-Gulliver , Okwui Okpokwasili as Vertigo , Chau Naumova as Coyote , Bethany Curry as Crow , Athena Perample as Fox , Alicia Vela-Bailey as Owl , Britta Grant as Rat and Marina Mazepa as Snake.

Now then int6erms of what  personally thought / felt about the actual acting 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 acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty not that bad. With all pf the actors that you expect a good performance from really delivering a good performance but at the same time tho the acting in these first two episodes really could have been alot better then what it actually was with alot of the new actors just not turning as good of a performance that we the audience know that they can deliver due to them delivering a good performance in other projects and yet here for one or another they just don't turn in that good of performance with them being really wooden at best which is something that really does bring down the overall quality of the acting that's in these episodes with the acting that's in these first two episodes not really being helped by the fact that the scripts for these first episodes aren't that good as neither of them give these episodes actors a whole lot to work with interms of what it is that there actual characters personalities are even meant to be in the first lace which s something that really does harm the overall quality of the acting that's in these first two episodes.


For once it's hard to tell who is actually doing the CGI for either one of these episodes as there are no effects companies listed anywhere online.  Now the interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI 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 CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty not that bad as while there isn't alot of CGI to be found in both of these episodes what little CGI there is is used really well with it mainly being used to extend sets and remove wires and to that degree the CGI that's to be found in both of these episodes does look really good as that's what CGI should be used for extending what was already there on the day f filming and not be used to create something else entirely but at the same time given that this is show about witches these first episode could have used some of there effects budget to show us what these witches can do before they agree to go on this quest with Agatha but at the same time it was most likely decided not to use CGI  that much in these early episodes to save up on the effects budget so that they can have bigger and better effects when it comes to the second half of this show but at the some time you can still have small amounts of CGI in these early episodes and not have it effect your effects budget all that much you just have to be very smart about what becomes a CGI effects and what doesn't and that's really all there is to it.

SPOILERS START HERE!!!!!!!!!!



For those wondering the first episodes does have reveal that the dead that we see at the start of the episode is fact Wanda Maximoff who of course we are believed to have died at the end of Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness. However if you watch an earlier scene you'll notice that Agatha winks to the camera when she says that the person might not be dead and since we never get to see Elizabeth Olsen's face in the episode it does make you wonder if she'll cameo at the end of the show to reveal that she's actually still alive which would be an interesting way to bring the character back to life as it goes back to that age old rule of if we don't see the body on screen then did the character actually die and since we never saw Wanda's body at the end of Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness then it is possible that she could be brought back and still be alive and it does make sense that this be the show be the ne to reference that movie as that movie is essentially the follow up to Wandavision only from Wanda's point of view where as this show is from Agatha's point of view despite them both being a sequel to Wandavision and heck it's even pretty much a guarantee that Teen is actually one of Wanda's kids as every single time he does go to mention who is parents are something covers his mouth so we the audience and even the characters can't hear him clearly something which does also come into play during the shows second episode as well.

Much like how Wandavision in it's early episodes especially served as a sendup to classic sitcoms of the past. This show especially in it's first episode serves as a sendup of cop shows in this case it was Yellowjackets however where as Wandavision only had the basic set up and plot of sitcom and really nothing more then that this show does take it a step further then that by having the actual characters be listed in the fake opening credits which was such a smart idea and was the best joke in both of these episodes as it's something that you don't even expect to be a thing as it wasn't a thing in Wandavision and heck even the fiction show that Agatha is starring in is meant to be based off of a dutch show that is basically called Wandavision which was a cute little joke but at the same time it really wasn't needed either and that's the same thing with alot of the jokes in both of these two episodes with alot of them being cute but not really laugh out loud funny with this being the case with alot of the stuff in episode where alot of their jokes just make the characters look either dumb or like there the bad guy and that's really it and while yes episode two is better then the first episode in alot of ways episode one tops episode two by having some painfully jokes in it which do make episode one the more fun episode to watch.


Episode two does top the first episode one in the way that we do get to see alot of fun interactions not only with Agatha and Teen but also between the coven members as well. As Agatha and Teen have to try and convince each member of the coven to join them whilst Agatha was secretly planning to just get them to hit her so that she can steal there power something which teen may or may not know about and with the coven members interacting we do get to see some fun interactions with all of them as alot of them haven't really met each other before now but at the same time tho those interactions don't give any member of the coven a chance to get across what there personality is like which isn't a problem for Debra Jo Rupp and Kathryn Hahn both of whom are of course reprising their roles from Wandavision and as a result of that s the fact that there characters personalities was already set up in that show but it does become a problem with the newer characters as there's nothing interesting about the characters personalities that lend themselves to some really interesting interactions with certain characters and while yes we do geta lot of quips from the coven members they mean nothing if you don't have personality and interesting interactions to back them up and heck the only member of the coven who does get some sort of personality apart from Agatha and Sharon Davies is Teen who does come across as being a bit of spunky type of a character and that;s really it and it's not enough to make either him or the rest of the coven members interesting characters.

Now then episode one has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly thirty nine minuets and forty nine seconds whereas episode two has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly forty one minuets and twenty five seconds. With both of the episodes running time being some soldi running times for both of the episodes but at the same time episodes two could have been a tad bit shorter and episode one could have been a tad longer as episode one does have alot of things to set up where as episodes two doesn't have that problem and thus doesn't need to have a longer time in order to tell it's story as it very easily could have told it's story in a much more tighter thirty to thirty five minuets running time which would allow for the plot of the episode to be alot more focused then what it actually is and while episode one does have the opposite problem it has the problem of being two short as it has so many characters to introduce and as well as the plot of the show to introduce and still tell a really good story and it really can't do that with it's current running time and as a result of that is the fact that alot of episode does come across as feeling rushed as it has to hit certain plot points very quickly all of which could have been avoided if episode one had a much more longer running time but I will admit that both of these episode really do have some really good pacing to them 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 these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty not that bad. As while we do get only one action scene across both episodes which is something that does make sense as we are only a few episodes into this show it is still a good action scene and while it doesn't really show us what Agatha can do in a fight it doesn't really need to do that as she doesn't have her powers and so of course she won't be able to fight as well as she does when she does have her powers as she's more used to fighting with her powers something that we see in the final ever episode of Wandavision but at the same time we don't really gey to see what Teen brings to the team either as he spends alot of the action just stood there doing nothing instead of trying to do something to help the one person that he really wants to go down the witches road ad as a result of that is the fact that it would have made sense for him to help Agatha out in her fight against Rio and it would have given us the audience a chance to see just what it is that he brings to the team as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

SPOILERS END HERE!!!!!!!!!!!


Overall this show does have all of the potential in the world to be a decent follow up show to Wandavision but at the same time given that it's only eight episodes long it does need to start getting to all of the good stuff from a plot point of view ad have no filler scenes like we have in both of these episodes and it is something that does make these episodes seem alot more boring then what they actually are in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in these first two episodes in this very post and since this is only my first impressions I won't be giving this show a rating however if 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.

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Wednesday, 18 September 2024

Xena: Warrior Princess TV Series "Orphan Of War" Review


We are now sadly living in a time where we are lacking some actually good and well written female characters. With the female characters that we are getting that are meant to be strong female characters just not being that well written and yet all we have to do is look back to often forgotten show from the nineties to prove that people will watch something with a strong female character if the character in question is written well and the episode that i'm going to be reviewing for you all today really does help to prove that point and so then join me as I review that episode that reveals a big secret of Xena's with the episode is question being called simply just "Orphan Of War" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is Xena and Gabrielle offer to help the centaurs defeat one of Xena's old soldiers who wants to steal a powerful stone that will turn him into an evil centaur. 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 the plot of this episode wasn't all that good as it was a really weak plot at best with the main focus of the episodes plot shifting focus so many times that t was hard to tell what the actual plot of the episode as while the idea of Xena and Gabrielle helping out the centaurs defeat a really old friend of Xena's is more then a strong enough plot to carry an entire episode of the show for some reason the episode doesn't give that plot alot of focus and instead gives a side plot with Xena and Solan just as much if not more focus then the actual main plot of the episode 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 Ash vs. Evil Dead and Justice League: The New Frontier star Lucy Lawless as Xena and Tales From The Crypt star Renee O'Connor as Gabrielle. Also starring in this episode is Hercules And The Amazon Women star David Taylor as Solan , Paul Gittins as Kaleipus , Mark Ferguson as Dagnine , Alexander Campbell as Meklan , Stephen Papps as See'er , Peter Tait as Daylon and Richard Adams as A Warrior.

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. As this show was never really known for having that good acting in any of it's episodes and as a result of that is the fact that it would be foolish to expect good acting in anything from this show but at the same time tho the acting that we did get in this episode was alot better then what it really had any right to be as it's clear as day that both Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor really are trying to turn in a good performance with the same thing also being true for alot of the shows cast as well the issue is tho is the director doesn't know hoe to direct this cast and how to get a good performance and while this doesn't effect both Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor as they both had the entire first season of the show to really get to know there characters it really does effect the actors that this episode introduces quite badly with that being something that really does let down the overall quality of the acting with this episode acting really being helped by the fact that the script for this really was so good that all this shows cast have to is just say the lies as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does hep to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.


Doing the CGI for this episode and quite possibly the rest of the show as well is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Flat Earth. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad for the time that this show was being made and for the budget that this show had but at the same time it's quite clear as day that this shows effects haven't aged all that well with the shows centaurs looking really bad with it being obvious that they were done very cheaply and very quickly as when there in a full body shot you don't get to see them that clearly and when there in a mid shot or a close up you only see them for the waist up and heck even the shows CGI background when Xena and Solan fall down into a cave looks fake as it was obvious that they filmed the actors on a green screen and very poorly added them into the shot and while the bad CGI isn't something that the episode or show could have helped since these types of shows always had some really small budgets to them which meant that nine times out of ten that the effects budgets were really small as well there should have been at least some sort of effort to hide just how bad the effects are in this episode and not show them alot of the time. 


It's in this episode that we find out that not only was Xena Solan's mother but that she actually gave him up because of the fact that he would be a target and would learn things that no kid should ever learn. While this is a noble thing for the character to do it's hard to say if it's in character for her given that it happened when she was meant to be this evil person and yet it's because of the fact that it happened that we get to see Xena act like a mother to him all the while trying to hide the fact that she is his mother which does lead to some really beautiful scenes between the pair of them which does go to show you just how far that she come as a character as the version of the character that we first met back on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys would never act like this and yet it's because of the fact that she's actively trying to do good that we get these really nice scenes with the best one oddly enough not being the one where she helps to mend his broken arm but right at the end of the episode where she starts to break down after leaving the kid again after not telling him that she's his mother because he will still be a target for those that hate her and we see just how painful it is for her do that as she's close to tears after leaving him at the grave sight for his father and who he believes to be his mother all the while his actual mother is right there with him being a good mother doing something that is hard enough for any parent who truly cares about there kid to do in the first place.

With those scenes being a good example of what it is that makes Xena to be a really strong female character. As we get to see that deep down she does have these maternal feelings that she has to bury down inside her in order to keep her kid safe from people and we see how that does bother her and does get to her as she does snap at Gabrielle at one point in the episode because of the fact that she's still hurting from giving up her kid nine years ago and meeting up with him again nine years later only brought those feeling to surface and that's something that alot of modern female characters lack as they Hollywood seems to think that in order for a female character to be a strong character she has to lack basic emotion and character and yet it's those two things plus the fact that she really can handle herself in a fight that make her a strong female character that's a fully formed three dimensional character and while yes characters like the rest of the centaurs and Gabrielle do get the short end of the stick in this episode they don't get alot of screen time what little screen time they do get also go along way to helping to show us why both Xena and Gabrielle work well together as both friends and as characters as the second she realises that Xena is still hurting Gabrielle goes to apologise and they move on from it and heck Gabrielle herself could be considered a really strong female character in her own right as well as Xena.


There's a reason why this episodes main villain Dagnine hasn't been mentioned thus far in this review and that's the fact that he's not that interesting of a character. With hm being a former solider in Xena's army which could have made him an interesting character and while the episode does do as much as they can do with that aspect of the character and it even does play role in the episodes epic final act what lets the character down is the fact that there's nothing to this characters as we don't get to find out why this character is the way that he is and heck we don't even get to find out why he wants this stone that will turn him into an evil centaur in the first place all of which just make it seem like that he's evil for the sake of being evil as his role in the show could be played by any of the episodes new characters and the plot of the episode wouldn't change heck they could even have had one of the centaurs be the main villain and nothing would change as there's really nothing to Dagnine as a character that makes him standout and given what little we do see of his character he doesn't seem like the character who would go down into this cave to get this stone as he seems like the kind of person who would get a bunch of his guards to go in before he does as he does seem like the kind of character who does have a big ego and not like someone who would be willing to get his hands dirty.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly forty two minuets and thirty seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstandard running time for this show to have and to this episodes credit it really does take as full advantage as they really could have done with the plot of the episode being as developed as it really could have done but at the same time tho this episode really would have been alot more better if some of the characters were alot more developed then what they were as while it does make sense for Xena , Gabrielle and even Solan not to get that much character development as we have more episodes with him to get more character development and while yes Xena does get some character development in this episode with her learning to be a mother both literally and fugitively it's the episodes new characters that really do suffer because of the fact that none of them barring Solan get any kind of character development with Solan learning to trust Xena after previously hating her which is a good start for the character and while it is built up really well it also makes you wonder why all of the other characters don't at the very least get a line of dialog that shows that they two got some form of characters development as well but i really admit that this very episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.


So now then as this an action show that really does mean that I have ton actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode and well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Which is really nothing new for this show as this show really does have some really fun and creative action that while yes can be seen as being over the top and campy it's that kind of over the top and campy action that makes the action not only in this episode but in the show as a whole seem to be really fun and heck even in the action in this episode we get to see just how much of a bada*s both Xena and Gabrielle are as we see Xena take on Dagnine and hold her own when he's in his evil centaur form basically on her own and we get to see how much Gabrielle has grown as a character as she takes on a few of Dagnine's soldiers and again hold her own all by her self all just by using her staff with the best action in the whole entire episode being the short but still awsome opening action scene as we get to see just how well both Xena and Gabrielle work together when there in a fight and it's just a really fun and cool action scene as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this episode was a really fun episode and it's one that goes to show that this show while yes it is very cheaply made is still a really good show that alot of people should watch but bare in mind that this show and this episode in particualr is both really cheesy and really campy as well and isn't afraid to be exactly either one of those two things 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 episode in this very review and 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.

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