It's been quite a while since I last talked about anything to do with Back To The Future be it from the movies or in this case the TV series. Well as you can all see that dry spell is ending right now as while it was popular for a successful movie to get turn into an animated series it was also popular for said series to get cancelled not long after with this show being no exception and so then join me as I review the episode that introduces both Clara and Jennifer into the show with the episode in question being called simply just "A Family Vacation" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is believing that his family have become to used to technology Doc Brown forces them all to go on a trip in thirteenth century England where Clara has to rescue both him and her boys from the evil Lord Biffingham before it's far to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured // presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that he actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as the plot of this episode was a really well done plot that made great use of the time travel aspect of the show but at the same time and while yes the plot of this episode could have been a little bit better given that this is based off of a movie and cartoon shows that are based off of movies don't usually have good plots to them it's a wonder that the plot of this was as good as it was with the plot of this episode 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 Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown and Dan Castellaneta as The Voice Of Doc Brown. Also starring in this episode is Danny Mann as Einstein , Mary Steenburgen as Clara Clayton Brown , Josh Keaton as Jules Brown , Troy Davidson as Verne Brown , David Kaufman as Marty McFly and Harold McFly , Thomas F. Wilson as Biff Tannen and Lord Biffingham , Bill Nye as The Science Guy , voice acting legend Joe Alaskey as The Sheriff and Cathy Cavadini as Jennifer Parker and Jennivere.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With all of this episodes actors turning in some really good performances which really does make sense as lot of this episode voice cast are a bunch of really good voice actors who really can act and two some of the episodes cast are reprising there roles from the films and would there for no what kind of performance really would best suit there character in any given situation and in the case of this episode both David Kaufman , Cathy Cavadini and Thomas F. Wilson also really do some shockingly good English accents 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 effect the overall quality of the acting that's in this episode.
Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the really greats that are currently over at BIG Pictures. Now ten interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty alot better then what it really had any right to be as there were alot of really impressive scenes in this episode that showed of just how good the animation in this episode really was like for example the opening of the episode is this one long shot taken from the POV of Einstein and it's a shot that just looked so good as it's something that really does hold up really well all of these years later and while yes the animation in this episode does really seem a little bit dated and doesn't really hold up well of these years later those are very few and far between as the film really does have more impressive animation and some really nice backgrounds in it then it does have some really bad looking animation and backgrounds in it as well.
Lord Biffingham is actually the only villain to come really close to actually killing someone as while Buford did indeed hang Mary in Back To The Future Part 3 it was pretty clear that he was going to make it out alive. However in this case that wasn't always the case as the Clara wouldn't have been able to do something and the boys were no where able to do something either and as a result of that is the fact that Doc really could have died in this episode and that is something that does make Lord Biffingham more of a threat as he more then lives up to his word and is more then able to do all of the things that he sets out to do and while the villain himself could have been handled alot more better then what he was in the final cut o0f the episode given that his future ancestor is Biff this character doesn't need to be that developed all that well due to the fact that we the audience already know everything that we're going to need to know due to the fact that he's related to Biff and while yes it would have been nice to see what it is that separates him from Biff it's not really something that's needed as it would take away from how fun the characters is.
Doc in this episode wasn't all that well written as it makes no sense for him to get upset at his family for what he thinks is them using technology all that much. As every single that he's invented not only in the shows first episode but also in the other three films require technology and electricity and there for as a character Doc wouldn't get upset at them for doing at and heck for both Jules and Verne that's all they've known so for them using technology would have been apart of there every days lives and while yes it could argues that Clara was using technology to much as we see her doing things that really could have been done by hand and she's not been around electricity all that much both Doc and the boys have which means that he got mad at the whole family for something that they would have done anyway something which is called out in the episode at and Doc just straight up ignores it which does form apart f his character arc for the episode it's also something that really didn't need to be an arc and would have made more sense if it was Clara who forced the family to go on vacation to get away from technology.
We do get to see the earliest Mcfly ancestors in this episode with Howard and Jennivere with Jennivere possibly serving as an ancestor for Jennifer as well. With both of these characters not really being developed all that well which they really should have done as while Lord Biffingham didn't need to be that developed as he's basically just Biff but in England both Howard and Jennivere are nothing like there future relatives with the only thing that Howard has in common is the fact that both he and Marty like music and that's really it and that's not enough to make him interesting character and heck Jennivere and Jennifer have nothing in common with each other outside of the fact that they both love members of the Mcfly family and that's really it and because of that fact is the fact that both characters feel alot like side characters when in actuality there the episodes main characters and yet there not given alot of focus at all which just makes them rather dull and boring characters that really didn't need to be in this episode at all with the only reason for them being in this episode is the fact that they pretty much have to gave a member of the Mcfly family in every single time period that they visit in this show.
Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty one minuets and nineteen seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstandard running time for this show altho this episode is missing the opening live action segment which does make it a full minuet shorter then alot of the other episodes in this show and to this episodes credit it really does have more then enough there interms of plot to really cover that amount of running time and while it does make the most of that screen time that it really could have done this episode really would have been helped if it's animated portion was longer as then it could have had scenes that developed it's guest characters instead of just leaving them as very one dimensional characters but at the same time tho that is something that is something really would have bogged this episode down as those scenes would have most likely have not been relevant to the plot of the episode and would have been filler scenes and really nothing more then that but this 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 gave 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 n/ felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With alot of if not all of this episode jokes landing and while yes not all of this episodes jokes will make people laugh out loud alot of them will manage to get a smile on peoples faces and for a Saturday morning cartoon that was based off of a movie that's as good as it's going to get as those types of shows aren't usually that funny but because of the fact that this show had the creative input of the franchise creators Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale this show and this episode especially can now have jokes that do feel more in line with the types of jokes that would be seen in the movie and because of the fact that the jokes in this episode do come across as being alot better then what they really should have been which does make this episodes jokes really fun and funny to watch and to listen to as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall while the first episode of this show was the stronger episode this wasn't a bad follow up episode and it does go to show at this franchise really does have a life outside of the movies and really could have carried the franchise on if it lasted longer then two seasons with this episode being a really fun filled episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Back To The Future fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.