Bat-Fam "Game Knight" SPOILER FILLED Review

Batman is a character that most likely one of the pillars of comic books as he is so well known that you don't really need to do a lot to make sure that the main stream audience knows who he is. As such the characters has had more animated shows then alot of other comic book characters out there and his latest one Bat-Fam has just dropped all ten episodes and while the whole first season of the show is available to watch this review will only be based off of the first episode only as ten episodes is a bit to much to watch in one sitting and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the episode that sees the Bat-Fam gain a new member with the episode in question being called simply just "Game Knight" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when Alfred's niece suddenly shows up at Wayne Manor just before family game night Damien and Claire discover that she has a secret and will do anything to get her to reveal it. 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 with this episodes plot being fun enough for the sows quite clearly younger target demographic but in saying that tho Batman: The Animated Series was also aimed at kids and still managed to tell very mature and grown up stories in it's episodes so there was no reason for this episode to be as kid friendly as it was especially since the pilot movie Merry Little Batman was a kid friendly Christmas movie and yet for one reason or another the makers of this shoe thought that going the more kid friendly route with it's debut episode would be a great way to get more viewers to the show when they already going to get that because of the fact that it's a new animated Batman show but to be fair tho this plot is also one that is a perfect first episode plot as it does set up what the dynamic will be like for the rest of the show it's just that it's not that strongest plot to start out on and with any TV show you always want to start out with the episode that has the strongest plot to it as this episodes plot whilst it is indeed a really good plot it's also one that could have been done alot more better then what it was with the plot of this episode not really being really rather entertaining and nor is it really rather engaging either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Starring in this episode is Luke Wilson as Bruce Wayne / Batman and Yonas Kibreab as Damian Wayne / Little Batman Also starring in this episode is Haley Tju as Claire Selton / Volcana , London Hughes as Alicia Pennyworth , James Cromwell as Alfred Pennyworth , Kaitlyn Robrock as Copperhead , Bobby Moynihan as Dr. Kirk Langstrom / Man-Bat , Fred Tatasciore as Giganta , King Tut and Skaratata , Diedrich Bader as Killer Moth , Michael Benyaer as Ra's Al Ghul and Lori Alan as The Alarm.

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 OK at best. With the episodes acting being about as good as you'd expect from the first episode of a TV show in that it's clearly not going to be as good as later episodes of the show and that's OK as the actors even those who are returning from Merry Little Batman are still trying to find there characters and get to gripes with them and while yes there some good performances in this episode like Fred Tatasciore for example and Luke Wilson is as fine as he ever will be the rest of this episodes episode whilst it isn't bad persay does leave alot to be desired with the episodes best actor being Fred Tatasciore as he plays not one not two but three different characters all of which appear in the same scene together and he has to go back and forth between all three of them with him making each character sound different and unique to each other and he has to do all of that and still turn in a good performance as well something would have been hard for any actor to do and while yes he might have recorded all of his lines for each character separately it is still a hard to job to make them all sound different and unique from each other with the acting that's in this very episode not really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so bad as it gives none of this episodes actors absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there actual characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does harm the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.

Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Gigglebug Entertainment. 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 not that bad with the episode having a water color type of look to it's animation which is something that does make it stand out from all of the other animation shows out there but in saying that tho the characters designs for all of the characters do look really off putting alot of the time with Alfred being the best example of this as he's meant to be Bruce's parental father figure he looks like a knock off version of Abe Simpson and while people will either love or hate the fact that they gave Bruce a mustache for this show given the fact that he's meant to be more of a father figure to Damien in this show it is something that does work for this take on the character where the animation does fail tho is in the characters movements as all of the characters are given these really stiff movements that look unnatural with this having the add on effect of making the shows animation look even more cheaper then what it already does and given the fact that has two very big companies backing it then this shouldn't be the case even shows like teen Titans Go a show that's known for having bad animation in it has better animation then we got in the first episode of this show as the animation in that show looks finished where as here it looks like it hasn't been fully completed yet which only adds to the episodes overall cheap looking nature and that's not to the mention the fact the episodes backgrounds whilst they are passable just look lifeless and uninspired.

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This episode does introduce at the very least two characters those being Alfred's niece Alicia Pennyworth and Claire Selton / Volcana. Whilst it is natural for a show to introduce new characters not long after introducing the main characters it would have been more helpful if say Claire was introduced in Merry Little Batman as this episode acts like she's been here the whole time and yet this is the first time that she's really showing up in the show as a whole but the show does get alot of credit for including an obscure character like Volcana and for introducing an entirely new character in Alicia with it feeling like that there going to go the Batman & Robin route with her character in that not only does she share a first name with batman & Robin actor Alicia Silverstone but also much like her character in Batman & Robin this shows Alicia is also the niece of Alfred which does make it feel like that there going to make her this shows of Batgirl which if so the internet better be ready because there could be alot of posts made about her if so with the episode doing a better job at introducing her character then Claire's character as the episode doesn't act like she was here all along with one of the first few scenes of the episodes being her arriving at Wayne Manor and greeting Bruce her is meant to be her childhood best friend but outside of that her character doesn't really seem to have much going or her as for Claire her character could have been replaced with Raven and nothing about the characters backstory would need to be changed as there basically the same character with the only real difference being the fact that Claire has lost her memories about her past and after an accident with the Lazarus Pit gets shrunken down to the size of a twelve year old.

Much like with Teen Titans Go this show is a comedy action show however unlike Teen Titans Go this episode has no actually funny jokes in it. With the episode putting more of an effort into it's action element then in telling good jokes and when your a film or a show that has to vastly different genres then the balance needs to be fifty fifty as while everyone expects any kind of Batman show or movie to be an action film or TV show you can have elements of comedy in there you just need to give us jokes that are actually funny Teen Titans Go for alot of the hate that that show got and still does get to this very day does at the very least understand this by giving us action and comedy in equal amounts with there being just as much thought and effort put into there comedy as well as there action where as it felt like that the make4rs of the episode couldn't be bothered to come up with any decent jokes and so they just left it as it was heck even a fart joke would have been welcome as that would have been at the very least an attempt to tell a joke with the closest thing to a joke in the episode being when Damian is telling Alicia of all the ways that he's tried to get Claire to trust him and there all just different versions of the game "The Floor Is Lava" and that's it and that one joke right there does show that the makers of this show can come up with a decent joke and yet for one reason or another they just chose not to with this episode and it boggles the mind that they would do that as this is the first time that people are getting to see this show and yet while your fulfilling the action part of the show your doing nothing to fulfill the comedy part of the show and all that does is make this is an action show that might have one joke in it maybe if your lucky.

Like with Merry Little Batman this episode does rightfully put alot of focus on the relationship between two characters of the titular Bat-Family. This time it's Damien and his adopted sister Claire with Claire having to try and overcome her untrusting nature as all Damien wants is for her to trust him and that's it and that's a great angel to go with as it would have been very easy to just copy and paste what Merry Little Batman did and have the focus be on the relationship between Damien and Bruce but by having Claire be the one with the issue it not only means that the people who are just finding out about her character thanks to this show can get a better grip on her character and the ones that somewhat remember her character from Superman: The Animated Series , Justice League: The Animated Series and Justice League: Unlimited get a true representation of her character and this shows take on the character is one that very easily could become popular enough to make it into the comics much like she would eventually do as seeing her relationship with Damien bloom over the course of the episode is pretty sweet as he really does think of her as his big sister with him willing to do anything to get her to trust him with the only thing that lets there relationship down being the fact that Damien is perhaps a bit to trusting of her as she afterall a former supervillain and yet he right away just trusts her when it would have made for a more compelling story for those characters if he didn't trust her at first but then of the course of the episode learns to trust her much like she learns to trust him but in saying that tho this shows take on Damien is a little kid and therefor it really does make sense that he would trust her right away.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty six minuets and sixteen seconds. Which does seem to pretty par the course for this show and to be fair this episode really does have the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time but in saying that the this episode really doesn't use it's running tom all that wisely in one respect as the plot of the episode isn't that well developed as the episode doesn't really tell us why Alicia is coming to stay with Bruce in the first place with the whole game night aspect of the episode being one that doesn't really play a big role in the episode with it only being mentioned once or twice and that's really it but to be fair this episode does take the time that it really did to develop it's characters as well as they possibly could have done in just one episode and while legacy characters like Bruce , Alfred and Damien don't really get any character development with the same thing also being for Alicia with it being Claire that gets alot of the character development in this episode and while that is something that does make alot sense as the episode is focused on her and Damien it would have been nice is Alicia got some character development as well as she is a newly created character and therefor it would have made sense for her to get some development as the only things that we only things that we find out about her is the fact that she's a counselor for villains who trying to turn good and that's really it and while that job does open itself up for plenty of jokes in future episodes it doesn't really tell us just who her character is 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 / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. With the episode having some decent looking action in it which was something given that the shows target audience is little kids and those don't typically have that great action in them and yet here we are with an episode of a new Batman show that does have some really good action in it but the issue is tho is that the action in the episode doesn't last very long with the best action in the whole episode being the episodes third act fight between Batman and Damien as they take on Skaratata who is this Egyptian god like being that was held in a ball and only came out when Damien lied to Bruce to protect Claire with the monster putting up a really good fight with it taking all three of them to team up to take him down which they do by having Damien and Claire stick to paper to his forehead whilst Batman traps him back inside the ball with the help of Ra's Al Ghul which is something that does show you how well they've bonded as a family and yet they have to do all of that whilst still trying to hie from Alicia that they are actually superheroes and while the episode does have another action scene in Damien and Claire take on some villains on their own it doesn't top the third act fight just due to how creative that the makers of this show got with there visuals in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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Overall this is a show that people are either going to love or going to hate with the same thing being true for this episode as there's just as much wrong with the episode as there was enjoyable as while it's not as bad as Aquaman: King Of Atlantis was it's also not as good as the worst episodes from Batman: The Animated Series either 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 ate in his 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 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 episode that I used in this very review being the really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with alot of them being really better quality then what you'd really think of and 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.

Fire And Water: Making The Avatar Films TV Series Review

We are just under a month away from the release of the latest Avatar film Avatar: Fire And Ash and well the production team have done something that was rather unexpected. That being the fact that they'd released an entire two part documentary series in Disney+ just about the making of the previous film Avatar: The Way Of Water and well this was something that did catch my eye as the series was all about the effects in that film and I love behind the scenes documentaries and so you all just knew that I have to check this show the very first chance that I got and so then join me as I review the show that has very little fire but a whole lot of water in it with the show in question being called simply just "Fire And Water: Making The Avatar Films" enjoy.

The whole idea behind this show does seem to be to give people a behind the scenes look at not only how The Way Of Water was made but also how the first Avatar film was made as well. With this kind of being lost in translation as the show doesn't really touch upon the first film at all and it doesn't even mention the third film apart from one brief introduction by that films director James Cameron at the start of episode one and that's really it and that is something that does kind of make as he can't really say much about the third film especially as lose to the release date of that film that this show is coming out on but at the same time the show has the world films i the title and yet it only focuses on the second film which fair enough makes a whole lot of sense as that film did put Avatar back on the map but at the same time there should have been some love shown to the first film as with that film being as good as it still as almost twenty years later then there wouldn't be a second or even third m fourth and possibly even fifth film but there is one thing that's perfectly clear tho with the idea behind this show and that's the fact that the whole crew and cast really do have a deep love for these characters and for this world so much so that they all willingly took free diving lessons for the film with them all performing all of the underwater scenes in the film themselves with that love and passion for The Way Water really coming through in the shows final product something which is more evident by how much time the makers of that film spent just doing research on ways to film underwater scenes as that is a passion that you really just don't see anymore in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this show is Zoe Saldaña , Kate Winslet , Sigourney Weaver , Britain Dalton and Trinity Jo-Li Bliss. Also starring in this show is Garrett Warren , Brendan Cowell , Margery Simkin , Steve Brown , Ben Procter , Joe Letteri , Richard Baneham , Luke Freeborn , Peter Zuccarin , Stephen E. Rivkin , Dylan Cole , Rae Sanchini , Maria Battle-Campbell , John Garvin , Ryan Champney , Eric Saindon , Jamie Landau , Kirk Krack , Brigitte Yorke , Richard Schwalm , Nick Epstein , William Trubridge , Rob Innes , Joey Natale , John Landau and James Cameron.

To give this film some credit it does stick to only including those who are involved directly with the making of the Avatar films and not having people from outside of those films be interviewed for the show much like what Who Killed WCW did. Whilst this does rather present a warped view on things as they are of course going to praise everything that James Cameron does it is also something that makes alot of sense as this show does look like it was filmed during the production of The Way Of Water with there even being appearances from more of that films cast then what was credited with it really being helped by the fact that all of those that are starring in this show don't cover the same points as each other something which they very easily could have done given the fact that none of this shows actors were interviewed together with them all all really adding something to the show that makes it look like that they really did enjoy making Avatar's 2 and 3 but at the same time tho the show is more focused on giving us information from the films technical team which who don't really add alot to the show and are kind of boring to listen to alot of the time where as the actors from the film all come across as being really star struck in a way when they are put in these rather unique circumstances and while it is understandable why the makers of this show focused more heavily in featuring the people who did the behind the scenes work on The Way Of Water then the films actors they should have been more a fairer balance between featuring the people who did the behind the scenes work and the people that are starring in the film as like it or not people aren't going to know or even care for that matter who is working behind the scenes in the film and what they have to say but they will know ad care about what someone like Zoe Saldaña or even James Cameron has to say as there more well known to mainstream audiences.

Whilst this show really doesn't cover as much of the films VFX as the shows trailer would make you believe it does cover enough of it to make the people who did the VFX for that film in a way feel like rockstars. With the show going into quite alot of detail just about the motion capture process alone which is a nice little touch as it is something that does get over looked alot of the time as people do treat it like it's just a cartoon without realizing that there's a whole performance behind it and to see the effects team get the recognition that they really do deserve is a great thing to see but at the same time tho it would have helped the show out quite alot if they went into more detail about over aspects of the films effects like for example the water effects in the film which was something that did get alot of praise back even when the first trailer for The Way Of Water was being released barely got a passing mention in the final moments of episode two when something like that should have been front and centre and when people think of effects they usually think of people sitting behind a computer making the impossible possible so why not show the thought process behind the some of the films landscapes and character designs for example as they are a huge part of the world of Avatar then anything else so much so that the land Walt Disney World Resort as is called Pandora: The World Of Avatar is James Cameron knows that part of what's makes these films so visually interesting is the fact that the world of Pandora feels alive and feels real so why not show the thought process behind creating some of the landscapes and character designs for these films as that is something that alot of people would genuinely want to see. 

For whatever reason even tho this show is called Fire And Water this show seemed to be more focused on showing us the water aspect of the films then the fire aspect of them. Which fair enough might be because of the fact that the fire element might not come into a bigger play until Fire And Ash but then why have a title that suggests it will be a big part of this show as all this show does is show you how they made alot of the underwater scenes for this film and fair enough James Cameron is obsessed with going underwater and so having that be a key element of one of his films does make sense as does showing us how he wanted the films actors and the films cameramen to actually go underwater when filming those scenes de to the fact that there physics at play during those underwater scenes that you just can't replicate and that is something to behold but to base an entire two episode mini-series around that just doesn't work as people would becoming to this show to find out how these movies where made from alot of the aspects of production that goes into making a film and not just one thing and while finding out how much research they did for The Way Of Water and possibly Fire And Ash is truly astounding with James Cameron himself even taking the crew to both Hawaii and the Bahamas to test out some of the filming ideas that they came up and the fact that they even hired someone to teach the cast and crew how to free dive in water does say that there was alot more that went into making the first Avatar sequel then what we know but it also feels like it's just reaching the top of the ice berg when it comes to making these Avatar films when it would have been so much more better if the show went more in depth into the making of these films and told us things that we wouldn't really have known otherwise.

This show is the last project that long time Avatar producer Jon Landau contributed to with the show even being dedicated to him. While he doesn't get mentioned by quite literally any of the cast and crew he does provide interviews for the show which was a nice thing and while people might not know his name they will know him as the producer of these movies and several other movies as well with it being clear that he and the rest of the crew had no idea of just how to pull of the vision that James Cameron had for these films which oddly makes him feel more human as producers do nine times out of ten come across as being a bit super human in behind the scenes featurettes with them knowing right away how to pull of things that the crew are trying to figure out alot of the time but nope in this show he pretty much admits that he had no idea how they were going to make this movie which was a nice thing to see and the fact that the show as a whole and possibly even the next Avatar movie are dedicated to him does show that he was a beloved person of the crew and that everyone involved with the making of these films even if they did just one day of filming really was made to feel like they were apart of this family which is something that really isn't said in the show itself but it's something that you can tell was the case from how they are all behaving when around each other and how other members of the films cast talk about each other with actor Trinity Jo-Li Bliss even stating that Zoe Saldaña was a great off screen mother to her much like how her character was a great on screen mother to her character as well as that's how much these films actors really do care about each other.

What was shocking to see in this show was just how much innovation truly went into the making of these Avatar films. With the makers of these films even building an underwater wind tunnel for some of the films action scenes which took place in the water and with them even modifying what was basically a water jetpack so that not only can two people now ride it but also so that it can now go underwater something we then do see in the final film when the characters are riding these underwater creatures with the makers of this show really going to great lengths to show off just how much water stuff that they came up with just for The Way Of Water alone all of which are things that do make you appreciate just how much time , work and effort went into making that film alone but even then the one thing that they always bring up in this show is the fact that hey never wanted to loose the actors performance in the midst of it all which is were they came up with the idea of doing everything in motion capture but due to the fact that they were filming mostly in water for this film they had to use to different types of camera one for when the characters were above the water and one for below just due to the different light exposure on both cameras all the time the actors were in there motion capture suits trying to act and when they ran into a problem with how to film something then they just worked out how to do it with out loosing what there actors were doing performance wise so when you see Sigourney Weavers character go underwater that's not a fully CGI character doing it that was actually her doing it with it being that little touch that really does ground the film in some form of reality and it's something that did rightfully get alot of attention in the first episode of this show.

Now then this show has / had an exact grand total running time of no longer then forty eight minuets and fifty eight seconds. With that being episode ones running time with episode two having a grand total running time of exactly thirty three minuets and eight seconds which to be fair is a perfectly solid amount of running time for both of these episodes to have as even the show itself doesn't have a plot to speak of due to the fact that's a documentary it still does manage to get across all of the information that it wanted to get a cross in a more manageable time frame but the only thing that really could have made this all the more better was if this was a film and not a two episode miniseries as then with the feature film format the makers of this show could have gone into more detail about the making of the first Avatar sequel and maybe even included a few no spoilery bits of behind the scenes footage for Fire And Ash and gone into more detail about the making of the first Avatar film as that is something that the shows title does suggest would be the case but at the same time tho it could have been done like this due to the fact that we might be getting another two episodes a long time after the release of Fire And Ash which would be cool as the show does end with a tease for that film but at the same time tho this show can be a bit boring at times due to the fact that it does focus so much on how the crew came up with inventions for filming some of the underwater scenes when those are thing that would have been better left on the cutting room floor as they really do add nothing to the show as a whole even tho they are things could be seen as being interesting to people who like James Cameron are really interested in things about water but I really will admit that this show really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a drama that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual drama 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 drama that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty really good. With the show not really being as drama heavy as you'd might as expect from a drama with this show being more feel good then anything else as we get to see the crew of these films reach a problem with making the films and then find a way to overcome it in more often then not a bunch of really creative and inventive ways all of which do show us the audience just how creative that these Avatar films can be when it comes to the making of them with the films best example of feel good drama being when we find that actor Cliff Curtis actually touched a manta ray when the crew was out doing a night time dive in Hawaii and hearing how that made him feel due to the fact that one of them is also his spirit animal was something that whilst it was dramatic as it could be seen as making people very teary eyed it was also a piece of a feel good drama as well with the show even telling us that Sigourney Weaver would actually spend alot of time underwater when filming because she would just love it under the water much like her character in The Way Of Water did so much so that she actually did an entire scene underwater whilst holding her breath for three minuets which might not seem like much but when your underwater those minuets could seem like hours and yet she pulled it off which just goes to show you just how feel good that this shows drama could really be in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall whilst Avatar: Fire And Ash has yet to blow us away with how good that that film looks this show alone does a perfectly good job of not only bridging the gap between the two films but also getting us excited for Fire And Ash as well and also making us realise just  how much work and effort went into just ONE of these films in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very show in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very show 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 hat I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Disney fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very show that I used in this very review being the really great 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 show with alot of them being really better quality then what you'd really think of and 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 Down Under "The Sleeping Beauty" Review

Worzel is a character that was for a long period of time a British institution with the hit Jon Pertwee show making the character move lovable then he has ever been. Yet even so with he's not remembered all that much nowadays which is a shame because when the series got it right it really did get things right it's only when the show moved to New Zealand that it start to get bad and while the episode that i'm going to be talking to you all about today isn't a bad episode persay it's also not a good one either and so then join me as I review the episode that introduces Worzel two human child friends into the show with the episode in question being called simply just "The Sleeping Beauty" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when Worzel catches wind of just were his beloved Aunt Sally is staying he and his new human friends Mickey and Manu set off to rescue her. 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 really bad as while this episodes pot does have some things to set up it does also have a pretty weak plot even for this version of the show as the episode has to set up who Worzel's new human friends are and what there like as people which is fair enough but that eats up so much of the episodes run time that it leaves very little time for the episodes main plot which is something that is left more of an afterthought when compared to anything else in the episode and while this episodes plot isn't the strongest plot in this show as it is pretty weak at best due to it feeling like a typical Aunt Sally plotline from the later series of Worzel Gummidge instead of feeling like something that was more in line with the original shows first series for example but to be fair to this episode there are still moments of that first series flair coming through in the plot of this episode but he episode is bogged down by so much bad things just in it's plot alone that it makes would could have been a very passable plot seem really dull and while this episode isn't unwatchable by any means the plot doesn't do the episode any kind of favors whatsoever with the plot of this episode not really being really rather entertaining and nor is it really rather engaging either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Doctor Who star Jon Pertwee as Worzel Gummidge and Bruce Phillips as The Crowman. Also starring in this episode is Jonathan Marks as Mickey , Una Stubbs as Aunt Sally , Olivia Ihimaera-Smiler as Manu , Gerald Bryan as Rooney , Michael Haigh as Professor Pike , Patupatu Ripley as Mrs. Te Wheke , Joy Watson as Mrs. Peacock and David Copeland as Commissionaire Gilbert.

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 pretty much all of this episodes actors turning in some really good performances even the episodes kid actors which was something that was surprising as kids can usually be pretty annoying to watch and yet there the actors playing them were really good in the episode with of course the likes of Jon Pertwee and Una Stubbs being really great to watch as well which is something that does make alot of sense as they are reprising their roles from the original show and would therefor have the best knowledge on how best to perform there respective characters with both of them even being the episodes best actors as do still have a lot of chemistry with each other and are both quite clearly having a lot of fun in playing there respective characters with both characters being perfectly well cast as both of those actors bring something that's uniquely them to the roles with that being something that really does help to sell you on these characters and while both Jonathan Marks and Olivia Ihimaera-Smiler aren't as good as Jeremy Austin and Charlotte Coleman they both really good actors in this episode with the acting that's in this episode 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 out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.

The episode does get a little bit better when it comes to it's characters as it does pretty much round out all of the side characters for this first series of the show. As while the side characters that we get fully introduced to in this episode won't be as good as the ones from the original show they all have there own unique charm to them that make them different from the ones on the original show with the best example of this being the kids Mickey and Manu who are the complete and total opposite of Jon and Sue as while those character were the typical good kids that all British kids TV shows seemed to have at the time it's clear right from the second that we see them in this episode that Mickey and Manu are trouble makers but ones that do have a heart of gold as while they trust straight up tell Worzel that there not his friends and there not surprised that he's a scarecrow they are willing to help him go and see Aunt Sally even tho it could get them into a lot of trouble with another good example of this episodes side characters being Rooney who is best described as being a handyman of sorts for the local town as he just does every little odd job here and there that's really needed of him which is something that does bring him into contact with both Worzel and The Crowman alot of the time and while he is portrayed as being quite dumb he can also be a bit wise something which doesn't really get showcased in this episode but in another episode he does tell The Crowman that if you want succeed in this town you have to be able to do many things as there's not much call for someone who just makes Scarecrows in the town anymore.  

Speaking of The Crowman it's in one his scenes that we actually get to find out about this series main villain The Travelling Scarecrow Maker as it's revealed by Rooney that he buys up all of the Mangal Worzel's to make his cheaper scarecrows with. This was a nice touch as you can tell right from how The Crowman talks about him that he and the scarecrow maker have a past with each other and it's one that does get revealed later on in the series and while he has nothing but pure hatred for The Travelling Scarecrow Maker he does have some what of a kinder relationship with Worzel as he does go looking for him when he leaves his post and while the two of them don't really get to spend any screen time together in this episode something which they really should have done to set up there relationship more fully it is nice seeing him care for Worzel and while yews this version of The Crowman doesn't let Worzel get away with much much like the original version did with the original version of The Crowman being more of a father figure to Worzel and this one being more like someone who is forced to look after him but starts to like him anyway and that is something that makes this version of the character alot more interesting as it shows that all scarecrow makers have to like alot of each others scarecrows as they have no reason to with this even being shown when he talks about The Travelling Scarecrow Maker as you can hear in his voice that he really doesn't like him and is really holding back his anger as not to reveal the fact that scarecrows can walk and talk with him even acting scared at the mere mention of him like he knows that that character is up to no good and that is something that does add some level mystery into this shows version of The Crowman.

This episode does also have the only time in which they directly reference the original Jon Pertwee show. As Worzel himself says that he's just left two little children right before he met up with Mickey and Manu and while the show would even directly use footage from the original show in a later episode and even have a photograph of Geoffrey Bayldon as The Crowman this show never really mentioned the original show all that much which I guess does make sense as you don't really want to remind people of other shows even if the show that your making is a sequel show but at the same time tho it was nice for this episode to reference Jon and Sue as they are Worzel's best friends so it does make sense he would make a reference to them in that way but it would have been nicer if we got to see them even if it was just a quick cameo at the start of the previous episode as that would have made sense given the fact that the previous episode started out in England and in the same village as the original show as well and while Mickey and Manu are good enough characters the fact that this episode does reference Jon and Sue does still remind you of the much more better show with that reference feeling like it was something that the makers of this episode felt like that they have to include as the fans of the original show would still be watching this new show as that reference adds nothing to the overall episode and felt more like fanservice but in the best way possible however what would made the episode even better was if the episode spent alot more time in fully fleshing out it's characters instead of just giving us the bare bones of characters as these are characters that we are goin to be spending the rest of the first series with and therefor we want to get to know more about them and yet when compare Mickey and Manu to Jon and Sue we got to find out more about Jon and Sue just from the first two episodes of that show alone then we did about Manu and Mickey from this episode.

In what was a bit of a shocking thing to see in this episode we don't really get to see an awful lot of Aunt Sally in this episode. Despite her being the main vocal point of the episode with her really only appearing in the episodes final five to ten minuets and that's really it which granted is mainly due to the fact that the episode also had to do some setting up for future episodes and to also introduce the shows new side characters as well but at the same time tho given that she is meant to be a main character in the plot of the episode it is weird that Aunt Sally barely shows up in the actual episode itself while yes granted they do have an in universe reasoning for that as Worzel is first trying to befriend Mickey and Manu before then being told where Aunt Sally is staying and so in that way it does make sense for her to only appear in a smaller amount of the episode but given the fact that the whole reason that Worzel went to New Zealand in the first place was to be with her it would have made sense within the episode to have Worzel find out where she's staying at the same time that he's trying to befriend Mickey and Manu and then have them bond over their expirences in this adventure instead of having them bond before it as that just makes it feel out of character for Worzel not to know where Aunt Sally is and go chasing after her however tho this episode does also mark a first in their relationship as it's the first and so far the only time that Worzel has actually successfully kissed Aunt Sally with that moment being treated as the right amount of silly and seriousness that it really needed but at the same time tho it not having her in the episode a whole lot more makes Aunt Sally feel more like an afterthought when she should have been more of the main focus of the episode.

Now then this episode has / has an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty four minuets and fifty five seconds. Which is a perfectly solid running time for this episode to have as alot of the episodes for this show do have a similar running time as well with this episode having just amount the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time but in saying that tho this is an episode that really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely as the episode is more focused on setting up things for future episodes then it is in developing it's plot which does make this episodes plot also feel an afterthought when if the episode just spent more time in developing it's own plot then in setting up things for other episodes then we would have a slightly more better episode however tho this is also something that does effect it's characters as well as while it could be argued that both Worzel and Aunt Sally don't really need any kind of character development due to the fact that they were lead characters on the original show characters like Rooney , Mickey , Manu and The Crowman all needed it as alot of them are getting more screen time in this episode after just making a cameo in the previous episode with there characters really needing to be the most fleshed out due to the fact that they are new characters and while it could be argued that they get there development in future episodes which would be a fair argument to make it's something that should have started in this episode as this is our first real look at those characters but I really will admit that 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 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 really cute and funny jokes in this episode which is something that this show did do really best as those allow the characters to be there usual charming selves and with this episode having two returning characters it does mean that the episode can have some fun with there relationship to each other which is something that this episode does somewhat take full advantage of as the episodes best joke is when Worzel does kiss Aunt Sally which results in him being as giddy as a school boy and her being utterly shocked and appalled that a scarecrow would kiss her which is something that does feel completely in character for both of them as we know that Worzel loves Aunt Sally with all of his heart and would do anything for her much like how we know that she hated Worzel with all of her heart and would do anything to get away from him and so to them act differently to a kiss which was done just to wake her up with anther good joke when after escaping the museum Aunt Sally finds herself working as a local attraction once again getting balls thrown at her whilst Worzel finds himself being hung up onto a chimney with both characters not really being happy with there current predicament with this episode having alot of really good jokes in it in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall whilst this isn't the best episode of this show it's also not the worst one either as while there is a huge drop off interms of quality when compared to the original show this is an episode that can at times be really fun to watch it just needed more of a focus on it's plot and more Aunt Sally to make it better 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 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 well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Amazon . Co . Uk and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with alot of them being really better quality then what you'd really think of and 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.