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.

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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.