Thomas & Friends: The Great Discovery Film Review

People might not have realized it but last week was the huge eightieth anniversary for The Railway Series. While Mattel celebrated it by releasing the original pilot episode for Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends I thought that i'd celebrate it by talking about something that doesn't get talked about but is shockingly important to the Thomas franchise as it's the last piece of Thomas media to have full models and so then join me as I review the film that was the last time that the trains were fully practical with the film in question being called simply just "Thomas & Friends: The Great Discovery" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when Thomas finds an old town up in the hills all of the engines set to work to get it ready for Sodor Day. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured ;/ presented to us in this very film 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 film was in all honesty not that bad and was easily better then the plot of the previous Thomas film as this films plot does actually feel like the plot of a film and not just a series of episodes that are loosely connected being edited together however with all of that being said this films plot is still a bit on the weak side not that that was  a bad thing as it's not as that's something that you want from a Thomas project but at the same time given that this is a film you do expect the plot to be alot more stronger then what it is and while granted this films plot is alot more better then the plot of Calling All Engines was it is still plot that could have been alot more better as it does feel like that it's repeating the plot of the previous film only now it's been done alot more better as while the plots for both of this film and the previous film are strikingly similar this film does it better by removing everything that bogged it down in the previous and really allowing the characters to flourish and elevate the plot of the film because of it as without the characters just being there charming selfs the plot of this film would loose a certain charm to it which is something that would harm the plot of the film as a whole with the plot of this film 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 film is of course James Bond icon Pierce Brosnan as The Narrator which was to be honest rather odd casting. Not that he's was a bad choice because he's not and heck it's not even because of the fact that he's a major celebrity either as the very first narrator for the show was also a major celebrity in Ringo Starr but rather it's due to the fact that it's hard not to picture this film being told by his version of James Bond and given just where that franchise was when he was done with it it's also possible that his version of the character could have narrated something to do with Thomas but at the same time tho the series already had a pretty good narrator for the UK dub in Michael Angelis and so it makes no sense why the makers of the film went with the more well known option to appease adults when the films target audience aren't going to know who Pierce Brosnan is there just going to know that the narrator sounds different when compared to show and therefor going with Michael Angelis would have made alot more sense as while yes he's not that well known to American audiences this show show and film wasn't being made with them in mind it was made with British kids in mind and while yes Pierce does have the more universal appeal thanks to being in the James Bond films that shouldn't have been the only reason or casting him in this film as there should have been more reasons for ditching someone that the fans of the show not only loved back then but still do love to this very day in favor of the more well known actor.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film 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 film was in all honesty really good. Which is something that's to be expected when your only actor is not only a professional actor but also a really good actor as well with Pierce Brosnan also giving alot of the characters there own unique voices like Thomas himself a has a much more younger sounding voice and Gordon has a more posh sounding voice both of which really do fit there characters really well and while he can't quite give Emily who her own unique sounding voice as she comes of as an Irish man trying to do a girls voice in an English accent with the other thing not quite working from an acting standpoint is the fact that he gives Sir Topamhat what sounds like a Yorkshire accent which is something that just doesn't work at all as the character would not sound anything like Sean Bean does if anything he'd have more of a West Midlands to possibly Birmingham accent and with James he just does something that's close to his own voice with the same thing also being true for Percy only it's alot more quiet but to be fair tho he does have a rather soothing and calming voice that make him a really good narrator for the Thomas brand with the acting that's in this film really being helped by the fact that this films script is just so good that all this films actor really has to do is just the say lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of him naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

As was stated at the very start of this review this film was the last time we would see full models in the Thomas franchise. As while yes the next series would also use the models they would also start to use CGI on there faces to help to give them more of a wide range of expressions and by the time that the next film would come out the franchise would move away from live action sets all together and by completely fully 3D CGI animated and yet even so there are still elements of CGI to be found in this film as some of the steam that comes of the characters in the sheds is CGI smoke and while it doesn't look that good it really didn't need to as the main attraction for these film was never going to be the CGI nor was it going to be the models it was always going to be the fact that they got a celebrity to be the guest narrator for the film and that's it which is a shame because these models will always hold a place in the hearts of people that grew up watching this show be it in American or British or whatever part pf the world it was being viewed at at the time and to have them not really be the main focus of the film nor it's marketing just doesn't work as while yes people are going to see something because it has a major star in it kids are won't know who they are but they will know who Thomas is and there for he and the rest of the model cast should have been the main focus with the models used in this film looking really good and just as good as the ones that they used in this show as well and with this film being one last hurrah for them interms of the Thomas films does make this film feel like it's the end of an era for this franchise.

As is tradition with the Thomas films they do introduce a new character which in this case is another tank engine in the name of Stanley. A character who is bought to Sodor to take over Thomas's regular jobs while he helps to oversee the restoration of the town that he discovered with Stanley being a pretty decent addition to the show as he does seem like a fun character and heck he even gets Gordon to admit that he's a fun character as well with the character also being pretty clueless as to how he's making Thomas which is of no fault of his own as he's only been on Sodor for a few days at this point but one of Thomas's friends could have spoken up and said something to Stanley to clue him in as to how Thomas is feeling as those characters have a whole plot arc where they have to learn to trust each other and to help each other this is despite the fact that neither character actually does anything all that much to show that they distrust the other with Thomas being the only one to give Stanley a reason not to trust him by making him take far to many coaches and that's really it which is not enough as that makes there whole plot arc feel wasted and forced as all that does is take away screen time from developing Stanley as a character as now he has to share screen time with Thomas where as since Stanley is technically a main character in the movie it would have made more sense for the film to develop him as a character and heck even his realization as to how Thomas was actually feeling not only comes out of nowhere but it also adds nothing to the overall plot of the film as well when it should have at least contributed to giving Stanley a clue as to where Thomas might be when Thomas goes missing as that then would have made there subplot a little bit more relevant to the actual main plot of the film and not something that comes out of nowhere.

Unlike the previous film this film doesn't have an interactive element play every few minuets which was actually nice to see. As those elements not only got really old really fast but they also got really annoying to see and where very patronizing due to the fact that they felt like that they talked down the films target kid audience where as here with this film by removing that aspect it helps to make it feel more like an actual film and while granted this film will never feel as dark and as mature as several of the early episodes did do by not having those interacting elements it does allow for the film to develop it's plot a little but more and to get to show us some new settings that we hadn't seen in the show at this point which is something that the film does take full advantage of as while the vast majority of the film isn't set on the main line but is instead more set on the narrow line that is something that does allow for more of the films glorious looking country sets to be shown of which is something that does work in this films favor as while yes this film does still have songs by this films composer Robert Hartshorne to help to break the story up it does also have alot of really good looking sets in it which is something that's not really new for this show as even in the very beginning all of this shows sets did look good and seeing that trend carry over into this film was something that was always going to be the case with the film being alot more better of because of it and while yes the previous film did also have alot of really good looking sets to it as well they didn't take the time to really show them off as they were more focused on the films interactive elements where as with this film it's the opposite that's true.

In again what was a really shocking thing to see in a Thomas film is the fact that they actually have a moment of suspense in this film. As Thomas is told the quickest way to get to a certain destination is across this rickety old bride and yet when he gets about half way across it the bridge quite literally starts to crumble to pieces with Thomas having to to reverse back up on the cliffside with that sequence being something that's oddly suspenseful for a Thomas project as they don't usually do scenes like that as heck even in the show they only did it a few times and that was really it and yet the fact that it was included here in his film does make it seem more like a film as they wouldn't dare to put Thomas into a situation like that on an episode of the show at this point in time and yet it's a sequence that does also oddly enough work for the movie as well as while we the audience will always know that they won't ever be killing of Thomas anytime soon the very fact that they added in a sequence like that is something that does make this film standout as it's only something that they could possibly do in a film with the only thing that lets down is the fact that instead of slowing down to cross the bridge Thomas should have sped up as that way he'd be able to get across the bridge in plenty of time as the only thing that was causing the bring to collapse in on itself was the weight of Thomas with it making sense for Thomas to speed up to to get to the other side as he was told that going across that bridge was the quickest way to get to his destination and yet instead of speeding up and getting across safely that way he slows down which puts his life at risk because of it.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and seventeen minuets and thirty six seconds. With about the first fifty five minuets of that run time being just the film itself with the rest of it being dedicated to a rap song that gets a repeated and some behind the scenes stuff with Pierce Brosnan with this film having more then enough plot there to really cover that amount of running time but at the same time tho even with that amount of running time the film still adds on padding to the film by giving the film some extra endings as instead of ending the film when they've found Thomas and the arc with him and Stanley is concluded they then decide to add in more scenes just to show them preparing the town that Thomas found to be reopened which granted the film had been leading up to that but at the same time when you've already had the big finale scene with Thomas being found and everyone being really happy about it anything you add in after that will always seem like padding with this film not even using it's running time all that wisely either as while the plot of this film is about as developed as it every will be the character of Stanley who is meant to be a main character in this film isn't that well developed as we don't get to find out all that much about him outside of the fact that he's an engine that knows how to have fun and that all of the other engines like him and that's really it and while that might be enough for an episode of the show as the show only had about five to ten minuets to set up and then execute it's plot for a film there really should have been more of an effort into giving us the audience a reason to like the character of Stanley in the first place but I really will admit that this film 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 film 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 film was in all honesty not that bad. As while this film isn't filled to the brim with any laugh out loud moments like an episode of the show might have done it's comedy instead comes from the characters just being themselves and letting there charming personalities shine through and while this film does shine it's brightest with the models and narration it also shines pretty bright with the comedy as it will always be cute to see Percy just having a good time with time with a bubble beard as that is something that that character would enjoy doing much like how Thomas would think that the mine that he's in that's also flooded and causing him to go out of control is a bit like a rollercoaster as that character would think something like that and heck it's even the bubble beard joke with Percy that's the best joke in the movie as it's a joke that feels very character driven where as all of the mine stuff with Thomas is more plot driven and therefor isn't as funny as the stuff with Percy is but this films comedy does go to show you that you don't need to have jokes to be funny as sometimes just having the characters being their charming selves is more then enough to get a laugh out of people as is the case with all of the jokes as all of this films jokes do for the most part feel very character driven and like the types of jokes that that character would say or even do thus making them alot more better then what they really had right to be in this film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall out of the three model Thomas The Tank Engine films this one really is easily the best one as while The Magic Railroad was a feature length theatrically released film it also lacked Thomas and Calling All Engines was just a boring film where as this film felt like an extension of the show in all of the best ways possible as that's just how good that this film really is 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 film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film 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 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 n this very review from the official Thomas The Tank Engine fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very film that I used in this very review being the really great the official Thomas The Tank Engine 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 film with really alot of them being really better quality then what you'd really think of and really all of the images are really of course up and really on the official Thomas The Tank Engine fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Love, Death & Robots Volume 4 Review

It's safe to say that one of the best modern adult animated shows out there is Love, Death & Robots as the show quite literally has something for anybody who loves adult animation. Well the show has just released it's fourth season and well since i've not only spoke about all of the previous seasons of this show thus far but also reviewed an episode from it's series as well you all just knew that I had to check out this new season the very first chance that I got and so then join me as I review the latest season of the show that proves that animation isn't just for kids with the show in question being called simply "Love, Death & Robots" enjoy.

With this being an anthology show it doesn't have one continuing plot to speak off as all of the episodes have different plots. Now the interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plots that are actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plots that are actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty not that bad with this season of the show having a very ride range of plots with some of them being more dramatic like "Spider Rose" for example and some of them being alot more comedic in nature like for example "The Other Large Thing" both of which have very different tones from one another and yet both of there plots work really well with Spider Rose dealing with someone who is out for revenge against her husbands killer and The Other Large Thing dealing with a cat that has to team up with his owners new robot servant to help to take over the world and yet both of those plots work really well and it's like that for all of this seasons episodes as they are all some really creative plots with the only episode that does let this season down from a plot point of view being "Can't Stop" as it's literally just the Red Hot Chili Peppers performing a song and nothing more then that which is fine but when the rest of this seasons plots are so strong it does make that one stand out all the more but for all of the wrong reasons as it's an episode that doesn't have a plot with that episode being the first episode of this new season it doesn't make sense for hat episode to be the first episode as you always want to lead with your strongest foot forward with the plots in 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 season is Anthony Kiedis , Flea , John Frusciante , Chad Smith , Emily O'Brien and Feodor Chin. Also starring in this season is Piotr Michael , Sumalee Montano , John Boyega , Ed Skrein , Sienna King , Dwane Walcott , Rahul Kohli , Pamela Nomvete , Amar Chadha-Patel , Chris Parnell , John Oliver , Fred Tatasciore , Rachel Kimsey , Rhys Darby , Moe Daniels , Graham McTavish , Phil Morris , Michelle Lukes , Matthew Waterson , MrBeast , Bai Ling , Keston John , Braden Lynch , Roger Craig Smith , Gary Furlong , Bruce Thomas , Andrew Morgado , Scott Whyte ,  Melissa Villaseñor , Ronny Chieng , Amy Sedaris , Kevin Hart , Josh Brener , Nat Faxon , Niecy Nash-Betts , Brett Goldstein , Dan Stevens , JB Blanc , Nika Futterman , Jane Leeves , Dave B. Mitchell and Jim Broadbent.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very season 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 season was in all honesty not that bad. As all of this seasons episodes do have some really good acting in them which to be fair is something that's ot be expected from this show as this show has always had some really good acting in it which is largely due to the fact that all of this season actors are a bunch of really good actors in there own right with alot of them treating there respective episode like it's a big deal and not just an episode of a TV show which is something that they very easily could have dine and yet because they don't do any of that all of this season performances feel alot more real and more authentic then what they had previously done in previous seasons of the show and while yes this could also be because of the fact this seasons actors are some really good actors in there own right the fact that they chose to bring to their game to this show when they really didn't have to do does go to show you even in adult animation you can get some really good acting in it as that's something that's seen not only all throughout this season but all throughout this show as a whole as well with the acting that's in this season also being helped by the fact that this seasons scripts are just so good that all this seasons actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out pf them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very season.

Doing the animation for this show is Blur Studio , Buck , Passion Animation Studios , AGBO , Luma Pictures , Titmouse , The Aaron Sims Company and Polygon Pictures. 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 really good with each episode having a vastly different set of animation styles to it with some of them blending in live action footage really well on top of that and while most of them do go the typical CGI route with there episodes the CGI is still so good that you forgive it for being something that you've seen before it with it really being hard to say which episode had the best animation to it as all of this episodes animation was to some degree really good which is something that does go to show that you want to see good quality animation the you have to look at shows like this as here you get animation from all over the world but if push does come to shove then the episode with the best animation would have to be "Spider Rose" as that episodes animation was truly breathtaking to look at from time to time with there being lots of little detail just in the titular characters space ship alone that does make the episode worth watching but that is something that could also be said for "The Other Large Thing" as well where the cat looks so good that he could have been done in live action and nobody would be able to tell the difference as that's just how good he looked with even "Golgotha" mixing animation and live action footage to create something that is truly special and something that really does need to be seen to be believed as it's just that good.

If there's one major issue with this seasons episodes it's that what should have been the first episode "Close Encounters of the Mini Kind" should have bee the first episode of this new season where as "Can't Stop" should been somewhere around the middle of this seasons episodes. As Close Encounters Of The Mini Kind was the much more stronger episode to start out on where as the same thing cannot be said for "Can't Stop" as that episode is quite literally just the Red Hot Chili Peppers performing the titular song and that's really it which is something would have been fine if that episode was placed say fifth in this seasons running order as the you could have a good mixture of stronger episode before getting to the one episode is the weakest episode that this show has ever done where as while Close Encounters Of The Mini Kind isn't as good as say "Sonnie's Edge" from the first series or even "Night Of The Mini Dead" from the previous series it still would have been a strong enough episode to start on as well as easing in long time fans of the show and easing them slowly back in with this new season where as with "Can't Stop" that episode felt like that it was placed there just to appease fans of the band and nothing more then that as it doesn't have any of the shows oddness that this show has become known for where as with alot of this seasons episodes they do have that oddness that makes this show standout by a mile as "Can't Stop" is just set in a random concert with the only selling point to that episode being that your seeing this world famous rock band in puppet form and that's really it where as with Close Encounters Of The Mini Kind your seeing the same team that did Night Of The Mini Dead tell an alien invasion storyline but it's done in the exact same way that Night Of The Mini Dead was done in as well.

What was shocking was the fact that this season had an episode where a character only spoke Chinese all throughout the episode. With that episode being of course "The Screaming Of The Tyrannosaur" which was weird as while that episode did have an English speaking person in it in MrBeast he is the only one that speaks English in it as the episode only has two actors with the other one of course being Bai Ling while this was a choice that does make this episode stand out from the rest of the show it's also one that does make it hard to connect to her character as the only way that you'd be able to connect to her character was if you spoke Chinese as then you'd be able to understand what her character but on the flip of that is the fact that it means that the episode has to rely on it's visuals and the characters body language to get across what there thinking and feeling at any given moment in the episode thus forcing us the audience to actually pay attention to what's going on in the episode and while that episode does have a really predictable ending to it what makes it a good episode is working what exactly it is that Bai Ling's character is actually saying as for all we know she could be spoiling the rest of the episode or she could be giving us some her characters backstory either way it does make the episode very interesting to watch as now we will always have that mystery of what it was that she was actually saying in this episode and while the episode as a whole might not be that good what it does have going for it is the fact that one of it's characters only ever speaks one language all throughout it which is something that really does make this episode stand out from all of the other episodes from this season.

As with all of the previous seasons of this show this season does have episodes that deal with alot of very heavy themes. With this seasons final episode "For He Can Creep" dealing with the devil and what it means to be a good person and "Spider Rose" dealing with grief and how you can find ways to deal with it which was something that I personally wasn't expecting from this show and yet at the same time it's something that did work really well as alot of adulty shows just say that there adult by having the characters swearing a couple of times and that's really it where as with this current season there's perhaps not one single episode where a character swears altho there is one that does contain some very brief female nudity but it doesn't last for long with the rest of this season being adult in all of the right reason by tackling these very heavy themes head on and while yes we do get the typical gore alot of the time it's however only used in one episode and even then there's a heavy theme in that episode as it's about one of the characters finding religion after going a particularly harrowing experience with the show dealing more with adult themes then going for cheap thrills that make this show seem adult but not really being adult which is what an adult cartoon should do and while some of them are handled better then others with Spider Rose handling it's main theme and message alot more better then For He Can Creep does for example that doesn't negate the message of that show as learning how to deal with the devil in ways that aren't over the top is just as important as learning how to move on after you've lost someone close to you with it being alot of those episodes that do stand out alot more as while yes the more goofier episodes are still really fun and in some cases funny to watch it's the episodes that do deal with more complex and adult themes that make those episodes and this show alot more memorable then what it really had any to be.

Now then the episodes this season really had a mixture of running times with them all lasting anywhere from six to seventeen minuets. Which to be fair is pretty par the course for a show like this one to have with it really being helped by the fact that alot of this season episodes really did have the right amount of plot there for there respective running time and while some episodes to take as full advantage as they possibly could do given there running time alot of them just don't with very few of them taking the time needed in order to flesh put there plots and characters as while the episode "Can't Stop" doesn't have a plot to it it also doesn't need to to flesh out it's characters as it's characters are real life people but an episode like "400 Boys" really did need to flesh out both of those things as the plot of the short isn't as well developed as it could have been with it seemingly like that all of these gangs just started for no reason and none of that episodes characters are that well developed either with none of them being memorable at all with the same thing also being true for "Spider Rose" as none of that episodes characters come across as being all that memorable this is despite the fact that the plot of that episode is really well done so much so that that episode could be seen as being a pilot episode for a new TV series but even so the episodes characters need a alot of work done to them as we don't find out what this alien was like prior to the death of her husband and nor do we find out why there was a bounty put on both of their heads both of which are things that we should have been told as the latter is a key plot point and the former could have bee used to make the character a little bit more likable then what she already is but I really will admit that this season really does have some really good pacing to it tho. 

So now then as this is an anthology show that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual anthology aspect of the show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual anthology aspect of the show was in all honesty really good. As we get a good mixture of alot of genre's from comedy to straight up horror and a little bit of drama and action thrown in there as well with the best horror themed episode being "Spider Rose" as they really do do some creative and borderline creepy stuff not only with the main female character but also with her animal sidekick and the best comedy episode is actually a three way tie between "Close Encounters Of The Mini Kind" , The Other Large Thing" and "Smart Appliances, Stupid Owners" as all three of those episodes have something that just gut bustingly funny about them be it seeing an alien invasion on a mini scale to seeing a cat have this evil monologue to his owners only for it to be revealed that from there point of view he's just meowing or from hearing what normal everyday appliances have to think of there owners there's something in all three of those episodes that will make you laugh at the very least once much like how there's something in all of this seasons episodes for every one as if you like drama then there's "400 Boys" but if you like action then there's "The Screaming Of The Tyrannosaur" and "How Zeke Got Religion" bottom line is there is something for everyone in this season with this season as alot of people will like different episodes of this season as all of them including "Can't Stop" are just good episodes in there own right in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this seasons episodes were a really good bunch of episodes with it being very easy to see some of these episodes becoming firm fan favorites much like "Sonnie's Edge" was for the first season but at the same time this season as a whole isn't as strong as even the last season of the show was with this season having lot more bad to weak episodes then what season three of this show had in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now the  i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in his very season in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very season really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very season that I used in this very review being the really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very season with really alot of them being really better quality then what you'd really think of and really all of the images are really of course up and really on Google Images are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Worzel Gummidge "Worzel The Brave" Review

There are some shows that you just excited about when you think about talking more about them with that love and passion coming throw every single time you do talk about them. With one of those shows being the original 1979 version of Worzel Gummidge as that show was so full of charm and whimsy that it could be aired today and kids today really would still love it and while there alot of really good episodes in this show the show does also have some really average episodes much like the episode that i'm going to be reviewing for you all today but even this shows average episodes really are still better then alot of bad episodes from other TV shows and so then join me as I review the episode that sees a new face buy the big manor house with the episode in question being called simply just "Worzel The Brave" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when Colonel Bloodstock moves into the manor house formerly owned by Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton he finds himself having to deal with Worzel Gummidge who is trying to convince Aunt Sally that he can be brave. 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 the best of plot that this show has every had but in saying that it is still a good and goofy plot it's just that this show has had much more better plots and is quite clearly starting to show signs of running out of steam as this episodes plot just feels like that it's going through the motions with there being nothing to this plot and while that is fine as this show in particular the third and fourth series of the show did have alot of goofy plots to there episodes and indeed the episode before this one "A Fair Pull Over" was a goofy plot but at the same time tho the show always knew to balance out the more goofier plots with the plots that really had heart and emotion to them and that's something that's lost with this episodes plot as it tries to do both without realizing that both of those aspects just don't work with each other but when this episodes plot is fun to watch it can be a really fun filled plot it's just one that might be considered a tad bit to goofy even for this show with this episodes plot 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 Doctor Who star Jon Pertwee as Worzel Gummidge and Michael Ripper as Mr. Shepherd. Also starring in this episode is Mike Berry as Mr. Peters , Charlotte Coleman as Sue Peters , Jeremy Austin as John Peters , Una Stubbs as Aunt Sally , Denis Gilmore as Harry , Geoffrey Bayldon as The Crowman and The Pure Hell Of St. Trinian's star Thorley Walters as Colonel Bloodstock.

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 all of this episodes are a bunch of really good actors in their own right and while Thorley Walters won't ever match up to just how wonderfully snobbish Jan Simms was in the role of Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton he does still manage to make the character appear to be somewhat of a snob only this time it's not because of wealth rather it's because of the fact that he was in the army with his performance in this episode being perfectly suited for that kind of character with all of the episodes actors turning in some really good performances as well which is something that does make alot of sense as all f them had been playing there respective characters for three years up until this point and therefor they would of course know how best to perform there respective characters and that is something that does shine through in there respective performances as all of the actors turn in performances that feel just right for there respective characters with the acting that's in this very episode also being helped by the fact that thus episodes script 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 will come out of them naturally which s something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.

As was just mentioned at the start of this review this episode sees the introduction of Colonel Bloodstock. With the episode explaining that he's the new owner of the manor house and while his character could be seen as being entertaining as he's an military man who believes that discipline is what everybody needs he's also not that fun of a character t watch in screen either Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton for all of her snobbery was still a fun character to watch be it due to her facial expressions whenever a room in her house got destroyed or her trying to scam the villagers into giving her free things there was always something fun going on with that character and yet with this Colonel Bloodstock character none of that is present with the character being very by the book and being the kind of the character that has to do things a certain way which is fine for his character as it ties back into his military background but at the same time tho it doesn't make him a fu character to watch as there should be somethin about this character that still makes him a fun filled character be it him thinking that he's still in a war or him just refusing to give away even the smallest amount of his money as either one of those things would made him a more fun filled character to watch and while the makers of this show more then likely could have added in those aspects t his character if he returned for the fourth series they don't get the chance do as the character only appears in a few series three episodes and the christmas special before being removed entirely from the show without any sort of given reason as to why he's no longer in the show. 

This episode does introduce to the brave head a head that is designed to make it's wearer incredibly brave. Which is a good idea and having Worzel wear it thinking that it will also win him the heart of Aunt Sally but when it doesn't The Crowman does give him a good speech how being brave isn't enough to make someone truly happy as all being brave does is end up with tears in a woman's eye which is a good message to send to kids as while being brave can be a good thing like conquering your fears or standing up to bullies it is something that can cause people deep upset like going head first into a war which yes is a brave thing to do but it will also mean that people will get upset by it as well with this episode teach kids to pick and choose when to be brave and when not to be brave as sometimes the bravest thing that you can do is say no to people and while having Worzel learn this lesson is typical for this show to do as they often had Worzel learn these tough life lessons it is something that does work as he is a scarecrow with very little brain and therefor having him learn when to be brave and when not to be brave does make sense from a character standpoint the issue is tho is that it does come out of nowhere as at no time in the episode do we get to see Worzel cause pain to those around him due to him being brave something that would have made the message hit home all the more harder and yet by having it appear in the last few minuets of the episode does make it feel like the message was more of an afterthought and forced because of it.

Speaking of Aunt Sally she gets shockingly very little to do in this episode which is both refreshing and yet at the same time not something that works for this episode. It's refreshing in that pretty much from this series onwards the character would feature in alot of the episodes plots more often then not being the main character of the plot and yet here she's more of a side character in the plot then a straight up main character but at the same time tho given that the plot of the episode does actively revolve around her it would have made more sense for the character to take more of an active role in the episodes plot rather then just appearing in a very small handful of scenes here and there and that's really it as all that does is lessen the characters impact on the plot where as if she chose not to go to the manor house and return to her owners house as was originally intended then Worzel wouldn't have gone after her at the manor house and there wouldn't have run into Colonel Bloodstock but because she did go the manor house and even got back her old job as parlor maid as well that mean that the plot of this episode then ended up taking place thus making the character a key plot point and yet she does very little in the actual episode when it would have made more sense for her to try and get Colonel Bloodstock to actually harm Worzel which is something that would be in her character to do only for her to be won over by the fact that Worzel isn't backing down to him as that would give the Aunt Sally character alot more to do in the episode but she gets the gold star treatment when compared to The Crowman as he only gets three scenes in the whole episode and that's it even tho he's meant to be Worzel conscience and has a big speech at the end of the episode.

While having Worzel cry when Aunt Sally leaves him broken hearted does usually work well as it's something that's been earned. Here it's not something that worked all that well as for the vast majority of the episode Aunt Sally wasn't leading Worzel on at all with her straight up telling him that she didn't want to be with him and therefor having him upset when she does get made at him at the end episode isn't something that works as it's Worzel that was in the wrong all throughout this episode even tho he didn't know it with this being a good example of this show slowly starting to run out of steam as having Worzel cry when it's one right be a really effective thing to do but it's something that does have to work and can't be something that's thrown in at the last minuet just to get people on Worzel's side as all that does is make it less effective when he does cry again as it makes it a cheap way to get emotion out of people when this kind of storytelling should only be saved for when it's earned as there was no need to have Worzel be crying at the end of the episode as The Crowman even warned him not to use the brave head and yet he did it anyway knowing full well that it could cause him some form of pain and yet he still did anyway with the only way that having Worzel crying be something that actually works in this episode was if we saw Aunt Sally actually lead Worzel on all throughout the episode by saying that she will marry him if he did show her that he can be brave only to then change her mind at the end of the episode as that is something that would justify him being upset at the end of the episode as we would have seen her lead him on all throughout the episode.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty six minuets and nine seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for this shoe to have in the first place with this episode really having the right amount of plot there to cover that amount of running time but at the same time this episode really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely as the episodes plot isn't as developed as it could have been and the we don't really get a reason as to why Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton would even want to sell her house in the first place as it's not something that she'd want to do in the first place and yet this is something that this episode doesn't take the time to explain away as she had become an entertaining character and yet she's not given a proper goodbye with the episodes plot not being that well developed as it seems like things are just happening for the same of happening which to be fair is pretty typical for alot of this shows more goofier plots but at the same time tho this show does have a habit of developing it's plots to the point where they feel well rounded where as here with this episode we don't get any of that of that as the episode has to not only establish why Aunt Sally is back in the village but also set up this new character and that's something that it could in short running time with that meaning that things like the episodes plot can't be that developed and while yes granted this episodes plot is alot more better then what it really could have been t's s still a plot that could have been alot more better then what it is if it was a more well developed plot but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is 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 not that bad. With there being some cute and funny moments all throughout this episode and while yes granted there alot more better jokes in other and better episodes of this show there are still some decent jokes to be found in this episode as well with the idea of Worzel being forced to speak in what might be a German accent when he's wearing the brave head is a funny idea in it's own right and yet it's one that's totally in keeping with the shows lore as the show would have Worzel change his personality when he wears a different head but very rarely if ever would it force him into changing his accent and yet here with this head that's exactly what it does and it's joke that does work well enough for this episode and yet that's not the best joke of this episode as that doesn't come from anything that the characters say rather it comes from a cut in the episode as near the end of the episode Worzel in his brave head defeat Colonel Bloodstock and gets Aunt Sally on his horse and they ride away with some romantic music swelling only to then cut to Worzel in his barn with Aunt Sally crying with her realizing that this is her happy ending in a way which is such a good joke and one that is quite frankly the best joke in this whole episode as it's one that's just that funny of a joke in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this was a decent episode but it's still not this show back from when it was at it's best as it does feel like that this show was staring to run of steam but at the same time given just how good this shows writers where even this show on it's bad day is still better then alot of shows on there best day in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all the good and ass 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 review well doe earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 from me.

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The Flash 2014 TV Series "Pilot" Review

With a slew of superheroes getting there own movies these days it's hard to imagine a time where they only appeared on TV. Which is actually the case the episode that i'm going to be reviewing for you all today as while yes granted The Flash did later get his own big budget movie to quote Green Lantern from Teen Titans Go To The Movies "we don't talk about it" with this episode proving that this character can be done and done right if you have the right people working on it and so then join me as I review the episode that has a totally original title with the episode in question being called simply just "Pilot" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when a man who can control the weather starts to commit crimes in Central City a new hero must emerge to stop him 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 the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad at the very least interms of pilot episodes as this episode does have alot of things to set up and still tell a good story and while the plot might be a little bit on the weaker side of things when compared to later episodes of this show considering that this was the first episode of the show then the plot was about as good as it was ever going to be and while yes granted the shows plots especially in this first season would get alot more better that doesn't mean that this episodes plot isn't good with only a few very minor issues in regards to the plot like the fact that as was mentioned it is pretty weak with it also being something that's not really all that focused on all that much which is most likely a result of the episode having so many things to do that there just wasn't enough time left over to focus on the plot of the episode this does have the adverse effect of making this episodes plot feel alot more like an afterthought rather then something that was it's main focus with this being something that would have been very easily fixed in the edit for the episode for the episode and yet no one who was making this show thought to bring up this point as you should always lead with your best foot forward and this episodes plot the best one that they more then likely could have gone with 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 Grant Gustin as Barry Allen , Candice Patton as Iris West and Danielle Panabaker as Dr. Caitlin Snow. Also starring in this episode is Rick Cosnett as Detective Eddie Thawne , Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon , Tom Cavanagh as Dr. Harrison Wells , Jesse L. Martin as Detective Joe West , Michelle Harrison as Nora Allen , Chad Rook as Clyde Mardon , Patrick Sabongui as Captain David Singh , Al Sapienza as Detective Fred Chyre , John Wesley Shipp as Dr. Henry Allen and Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen / The Arrow.

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 al honesty not that bad. As just like with the plot this episodes acting is about as good as it was ever going to get with the fact that's a pilot episode and those typically don't have good acting in them as the episodes main actors are still trying to find there respective characters and while this episode much like the rest of the show does have some decent acting in it with a special shout out going to Tom Cavanagh who is equal parts creepy and charming at the exact same time it would have been foolish to expect this episode to have the kind of acting that you get in later episodes of a show and while this episodes acting does get alot more better as the episode goes on there are still moments where you can tell that they didn't have enough time to do a second take as the acting would appear wooden with the best actor in this whole entire episode being Grant Gustin who simply is Barry Allen with him managing to capture the charm and warmth of the character from the comics and yet still make the character his own and heck when it was announced that The Flash was getting a movie many people wanted him to play the role as he's just so good as the character something that does prove over and over again in this show and in this episode with this episode acting really being helped by the fact that this episodes script 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 will come only of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode. 

Doing the CGI for this episode is the legends and the really greats that really are currently over at BOT VFX. 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 un this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as while yes The CW does have a habit of having really bad CGI in alot of their shows with this one being of no exception to that rule here there are also some pretty decent looking effects for the time thrown in there as well with the particle accelerator explosion looking really good even for the fact that this episodes effects where made on a TV show budget and that they didn't usually have a quick turn around time but even with all of that mind there are still some pretty bad lookin effects thrown in there as well as the fog effects that the villain of this episode uses whilst they do look decent there also effects that have aged horribly as well with the same thing also being used for the effects on the opening of the secret door as they just look so fake and cartoony that it was hard to take them seriously in this live action setting and while yes with a TV show you do have spread your effects budget across several episodes and so you can't have good looking effects all of the time in every single episode this is something that really should have been taken into account given the fact that this was always going to be a very effects heavy show and yet because it wasn't and because of the fact that the effects budget for this show was so small it does mean that for as many good effects in this episode that we do get we also get several equally bad looking effects in this episode as well. 

This episodes villain Clyde Mardon does make for a decent enough first villain for Barry Allen and the team to come up against. As while he won't ever be as threatening and as tough as some of there later villains he is threatening and strong enough to be the first villain of a TV show as the character is the kind of character that would only work in a very early episode of the show as that's when the hero is going to be tested the least due the fact that there just getting their powers and with Clyde pretty much just being a bank robber and really nothing more then that he doesn't really need to be a really strong and threatening villain as all he needs to do is be a passable villain and that's exactly what he is he's passable and while yes it might have helped the show if they did have a slightly more stronger villain like for example Captain Boomerang as then we could get to see if Barry really does have what it takes to be a hero where as here the only thing that he has to do is a create a circle and that's really it which again is fine for the first episode of the show and given just how weak of a villain that Clyde is in the first place it does make alot of sense that Barry wouldn't have to do all that much work to take him down but at the same time tho much like with the plot you do want to lead with your best foot forward and what better way to do that then to give Barry a villain that will actually test him and make him question if he actually has what it takes to be a hero ad while Captain Boomerang might not always do that he is a stronger villain and one that's also alot more well known on top of that then what Clyde Mardon is or ever will be on top of all that.

There was one thing about the scene where Barry gets his powers that really bugged me and that's the fact that for no reason whatsoever even tho he knows that this potentially very dangerous thing has just gone of and if causing lightening to form above him. Barry still things that's wise not only to stand directly beneath it but to also hold on to some chains as it strikes him this wouldn't be an issue if the makers of this episode added in a line to explain what he was even doing over there in the first place and what he was doing holding those chains in the first place but they don't and there for it looks like that Barry stood where that lightening was going to hit because of the fact that he just wanted to get hit by lightening and he was holding those chains for no good reason which if that is the case then it makes Barry look a little less smart then what we know him to be and while this is a very minor nitpick as his origin was still pretty well done with the makers of the episode even taking the time to show us the audience things that could potentially help the electricity from the lightening bolt reach him in the first place it's that one little nitpick that undoes alot of that good work as up until that point the writing from a setting things up point of view was handled really well and yet it felt like that they had to get t the scene with him being hit by lightening as fast as possible and so they just had him act weirdly out of character seemingly for no reason whatsoever when it would have made more sense to have his work bench be directly underneath where the lightening hits him as then you don't have to explain why he was stood there as you could just say that he was stood because he was busy working away on something at the time of the accident and that's really it.

While this show does have a pretty weak villain what it doesn't have is weak side characters as this episode does spend alot of it's running time also setting up the shows side characters as well as it's main character. While yes Barry will always be the main character of this show as the show is quite literally named after his alter ego that doesn't mean that the side characters get short changed as they don't with all of them getting there own moments to shine all throughout the episode and while yes none f this episodes characters are that well developed that is something that's only natural as this is the first episode and therefor of course none of the episodes characters are going to be that well developed but at the same time tho for characters like Joe who's outburst at Barry does come out of nowhere it would have been to see that tension build up within him all throughout the episode as then it would have felt more natural that he would snap at Barry when he things that Barry's gone to far but due to what we see in the episode it is something that does come out nowhere as does the fact that Wells knows alot more about Barry Allen then what he's letting on as while it is a great twist that he's from the future there still should have been something in his dialog that makes you question just what his true motives are in the first place with both Cisco and Caitlin being pretty much as well formed as they were ever going to be in this episode with both of them making an effort to befriend Barry and Iris is just there to be the love interest in this episode with her character being so pointless to the plot of the episode that she could have been removed from the episode entirely and nothing would have been missed which does make it feel like that she was only added into the episode because of the fact that she was in the comics and not because she had an active role to play in the plot of the episode.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running tome of exactly forty for minuets and thirty three seconds. Which is pretty much the exact grand total running for an episode of this show to have with this episode having the right amount of plot there to cover that amount of running time the issue is is that not only does this episode not really use it's running time all that wisely bey developing it's plot and characters all that well but that it does feel like that it's trying to do to much as it has so much more stuff to set up like it's has Barry and his origin has to introduce all of the side characters as well as the plot of the season and yet still tell a good plot in it's first episode and it's can't do all of that with it's current running time and as a result of that is the fact that the plot can't be developed all that much as it has to set up Barry as a believable character and it can't set up the rest of the side characters because of the fact that it has it's own story to tell with these issues being ones that could have been fixed if the episode was an hour long as then it could have done all of those things then some if it had the longer running time that it really did need and yet because it doesn't it does mean that the episode as a whole does suffer because of it as now nothing gets the chance to be that developed and heck if the makers of this show did want to set up alot of things in this episode then what they should have done is held off on introducing things like Iris and even the main plot of the show until the next episode and just focus on setting Barry and some of the side characters and in telling a good story and that's really all they'd have do to do but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho. 

So now then as this is an action show that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presentwd to us in this very episode well then in all honesty i in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. With this episodes action mainly being Barry running to form a circle around Clyde and that's really it and while yes there is technically a car chase scene around the middle of the episode they both seem oddly tame for a superhero show which in this case is something that does work from a storytelling perspective as Barry is just figuring out his powers in this episode and so he's of course not going to know what it is that the can do with them and he's of course not going to know that he can hit someone really fast because he's not been put into a situation where he would need to know all of that information and with that in mind this episodes action is alot more better then what it really had any right to be as it gives us a chance to see Barry use his brain instead of his brawn and seeing him figuring out a solution to defeating Clyde Mardon for good does make for an entertaining scene as it is something that this character would do and it's something that sets this character apart from say Batman or Superman for example both of whom use there brawn instead of their brain but at the same time tho it would have helped this episode out a little bit bit if it's action was alot more entertaining to watch because as things are it's action does seem like it's on the weaker side of things in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Overall whilst this show might have gone downhill as the seasons went on this is still a really good episode of the show as it gives us a really good representation of just who not only The Flash is but also who Barry Allen is as well something that THAT live action movie just couldn't do as that movie was more focused on spectacle then storytelling where here in this epsiode it's the opposite that's true in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now the 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 10 from me.

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