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Saturday, 1 February 2025

Ultimate Spider-Man "Halloween Night At The Museum" Review


Crossovers are things that happen all of the time in TV shows and even more in comic books but there usually restricted to things that are in the same medium or make sense for both properties. The episode that i'm going to be reviewing for you all today does neither of those things as it's a crossover between an animated show and a live action and it doesn't even make sense for both properties to cross over in the first place and so then join me as I review the episode that asks more questions then it answers the more you think about it with the episode in question being called simply just "Halloween Night At The Museum" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when Spidey decides to take the night of for Halloween he goes to visit a museum where he bumps into a bunch of kids and there nanny and when an evil sorceress is let loose it's up to both groups to team up and save the world. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured d/ presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual lot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as it was a decent enough plot that did a good job of blending both shows together in a way that felt natural and organic but at the same time the very very idea of crossing over a live action comedy with an animated superhero show is always going to bring out a rather bizarre plot and that's exactly what we got here as while this kind of plot if perfect for Ultimate Spider-Man and there characters it's not something that works well for Jessie characters and as a result of that is that while this plot is indeed really good enough plot for a random episode of this show and that its purely meant to be advertisement for both shows it's also really quite clearly not either shows strongest plot line either with the plot of this episode really just being so really bizarre and weird that you really can't help but like and get caught up init with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Drake Bell as Peter Parker / Spider-Man and A Security Guard. Also starring in this episode is Descendants star Cameron Boyce as Luke Ross , Karan Brar as Ravi Ross , voice acting legend Grey DeLisle as Morgan Le Fey , Skai Jackson as Zuri Ross , Cobra Kai and School Spirits star Peyton List as Emma Ross and The Suite Life On Deck and Insatiable star Debby Ryan as Jessie Prescott.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in his 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. With all of this episodes turning in some really good performances in this very episode which is something that really does make alot of sense as all of this episodes actors had been playing there respective characters for some time at this point in time and so all of them really would know what kind of performance really would suite there respective characters and while of course the more trained voice actors like Grey and Drake do a better job then there live action actors that's not a knock on the live action actors as both Grey and Drake have had more experience at voicing characters at this point in time where as the same thing cannot be said for the cast of Jessie who are more used to live action acting and so while they do turn in a good performance in this episode there not able to get across the emotion in there vocals like both Grey and Drake can with the acting that's in this very episode really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so goo that all this episodes really have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance really will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.


Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Moi Animation Studio. 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 this episodes animation being a lot better then what it really had any right to be as nobody could have blamed this shows animation teams if they chose not to give this episode some good quality animation as let's be honest here this kind of episode really doesn't demand high quality animation in it and yet that's exactly what we got with this episodes animation looking really good and while granted it doesn't look as good as the animation from lets say Guardians Of The Galaxy for example considering this episode is a crossover episode with a live action show the animation is alot better then what it really could have been with it being clear as day that the animators where having alot of fun with the kids costumes especially when they get turned into magic costumes which is where the animation in this episode does get really fun to watch as you can just see all of the animators having a blast working on this episode as it is something that really does shine through in the final cut of the episode. 


As was mentioned near the start of this episode this episode is a crossover episode with the Disney Channel show Jessie. However after thinking about it for longer then anybody really should have it's actually crossover with more shows as Jessie had over crossovers as well with both Austin & Alley and Good Luck Charlie which in of itself had a crossover with Shake It Up with Jessie also having a sequel series with Bunk'd with had a crossover episode with Raven's Home ab sequel series to That's So Raven and Cory In The House with That's So Raven also being apart of multiple crossover episodes and even this show had a cross over with Phineas And Ferb which has a sequel show of it's own Milo Murphy's Law and several other Marvel Animated shows which means that technically everything from That's So Raven onwards barring Dog With A Blog and Girl Meets World including yes Wizards Beyond Waverly Place could all take place in this Marvel Animated Universe and while it is hopefully possible that this episode is considered non canon to the rest of both shows it i weird to think that technically all of the Marvel animated show that Disney was making at the time take place within the same universe as not only alot of there live action shows but also two of there animated shows as well and all of that came just from this one episode alone and really nothing more then that as just the idea of thinking about how these Marvel shows fit in with the rest of the Disney Channel shows is enough to give any one a Rita Repulsa sized headache.

To this episodes credit it does do a decent enough job of making sure that all of the characters get a time to shine. However it is still weird seeing a show that's mainly aimed at little girls crossover with a show where the target audience is mainly little boys and while both sets of characters do remain true to who they are on there respective shows the heroic elements of Spider-Man's character do feel toned down for this one where as the more comedic elements of Jessie also oddly feel toned down as well this is despite the fact that the crossover is taking place on this show and so it would there for make sense for Spider-Man to be acting his more heroic self but at the same time the audience coming over from Jessie will be expecting there characters to making jokes all the time and that's something that very sadly doesn't happen in this episode with Spider-Man getting alot of the jokes and the cast of Jessie especially Jessie herself getting more of the heroic moments heck it's even Jessie and not Spider-Man that ends up saving the day which is something that really doesn't make a whole lot of sense as Spider-Man out of him and Jessie is the one who's the hero and so it would there for make sense for him to be the one that saves the day while Jessie is doing her job and looking after the kids and heck this is something that could have been fixed with the makers of this show actually watched an episode or two of Jessie as then that way they could have Jessie save Spider-Man earlier on in the episode and then Spider-Man pays her back by saving her at the end of the episode instead going the route that they went down in the finished cut of this episode.


Again to be fair to this episode is does give a legitimate reason as to why Peter Parker is in his Spider-Man outfit. With that being that since it's Halloween and everyone else is dressed up already he doesn't a reason to change out of his outfit as everybody would think that his Spider-Man costume is lame anyways which is a fair enough to keep him in his Spider-Man costume for the whole episode but at the same time tho would have made it funny was if one of the Ross kids actually said that during the course of the episode just because it would have been in keeping with any of the characters to say something like that to him even if it's when they don't realise that he's actually a superhero it still would have been a funny joke but at the same time tho it does seem like a cheap way to keep in his costume as then they don't have to animate him taking it off and putting it on again with it also feeling that it was there just so that they could show this episode on the Disney Channel and not have the target audience of that channel be confused which really does make some sense in some respects but at the same time tho when Peter does reveal himself to be a hero it also would have made sense for him to reveal his real name yes it would have been cheesy as all heck but this is a cheesy episode and so it really would have made sense for him to do that especially since the cast of Jessie is also helping him defeat Morgan Le Fey as well.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty two minuets and three seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstandard running time for both of these shows to begin with with this episode really having just the right amount there interms of plot ti really cover that amount of running time but at the same time tho this is an episode that could have been at the very least forty five minuets which is something that really would have helped to make the episode feel alot more like a special event episode which is how all crossovers really should be treated and with that extra running time it would allow the episode to get across just who both sets of characters are and how they act when there around there own minor characters which is something that would mean nothing to the fans of either shows but it would mean something to the people who aren't fans of either shows and just a fan of one show or the other and heck with that extra running time it would mean that we could get more characters from either show crossing over in this episode like for funny would it be to see an animated version of Bertram talking to someone from SHIELD just the amount of actually funny combinations that you could then have with both shows characters goes through the roof and yet because of the fact that this episode is only the bogstandard twenty two minuets it means that we just have to see the core characters and nothing more then that and while that does make sense as it means that every single scene has to be about the plot and pushing the plot forward it also stops the episode from being as fun and as funny as it really could have been 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. As this episode action was where the episode got to be the most the must fun as we got to see Spider-Man teaming up with the cast of Jessie in some really creative and fun ways all of which help to make this episodes action feel fun and unique with it also being helped by the fact that the entire episode is set at a museum which does open itself up fr having some really unique as not alot of superhero shows animated or not have action sequences at a museum and while the action does boil down to either Spider-Man or Jessie rescuing the Ross kids neither of it feels out of character with the episode having so many action scenes in this episode that it's hard to pick a favorite one as there all just so good and fun to watch but that might also be problem as the episode does have far to many action sequences in it that there's not enough time to care for either sets of characters unless you happen to be a fan of both shows and this is something that really could have been fixed if this episode was a little bit longer then what it was as then you the episode could have alot of action sequences and the us the audience would the time to care about both sets of characters as well but that might also mean that the setting for this episode could get old really fast and that could make the episodes action sequences go from fun and exciting to dull and boring quite quickly in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall whilst this episode might not be the worst crossover episode out just due to the fact that it's an animated superhero show crossing over with a live action comedy and that idea alone does make it one of the more weirdest crossovers that both Marvel and Spider-Man have ever done in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for were I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls ad as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally used in this very review from the official Marvel Database fandom wiki page , the official Ultimate Spider-Man fandom wiki page , the official Disney fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great 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 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.

Wednesday, 30 October 2024

Wizards Beyond Waverly Place TV Series SPOILER FILLED Review


Reboots and sequels are a very common thing with alot of TV shows getting either rebooted or getting sequel shows. Well now Disney have released there latest sequel series with this one being one that takes us back into the Disney Channel Original Series Universe and it's one that alot of people myself included have been dying to watch and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the show that sees the Russo family return with the show in question being called simply just "Wizards Beyond Waverly Place" enjoy.

The plot of this show is Justin Russo has given up magic after getting fired from his job at Wiztech but all of that changes when his sister introduces him to a young wizard who has to defend the world from an unknown threat. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty not that bad as it did a good job of getting us up to date with the characters that we know and love from the original show whilst at the same time giving us a good and solid storyline as well but at the same time tho this plot doesn't really feel like it belongs in the Wizards franchise and if anything it feels like something that would have been included in future episodes of Best Friends Whenever which is something that does make sense since this show was also developed by the creators of Best Friends Whenever Jed Elinoff & Scott Thomas and while yes the original show did also have plots where the characters had to save the world there it was done after we've gotten to know all of the characters and thus it made sense to do plots like that here it happens in episode one which is something that doesn't work either from a character or a plot point of view as we haven't had alot of time to really get to know all of these characters yet with the plot as a whole being really decent plot but it's also one that could have been alot more better then what it actually was with the plot of this show also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this show is this show executive producer David Henrie as Justin Russo and Janice LeAnn Brown as Billie. Also starring in this show is Alkaio Thiele as Roman Russo , Max Matenko as Milo Russo , Taylor Cora as Winter , Mimi Gianopulos as Giada Russo , this shows executive producer Selena Gomez as Alex Russo , voice acting legend Dee Bradley Baker as the voice of Floogie and Phantomus , Patrick Bristow as Wizardpedia , Oscar Montoya as Marcus , John DiMaggio as the voice of Frog , Darien Sills-Evans as Superintendent Kowalski , Kirsten Vangness as Bigelow Figglehorn , JJ Nolan as Morphia Murkshadow , Eleanor Sweeney as Bella Bianchi and Kristen Hensley as Anita Bianchi.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty alot better then what it really had any right to be. As nobody expects there to be good acting from a Disney Channel show as the acting in those shows is usually very over the top and very campy at best and yet in this show all of the actors manage to turn in a really good performance which is something that really isn't all that new as both David Henrie and Selena Gomez are reprising their roles from the original show and would there for know how best to perform there respective characters and how there respective characters would act in any given situation and even the shows new actors whilst they don't even come close to holding a candle when it comes to acting against the original actors they do also manage to turn in a really good performance in their own right as well with some of them being so good that they could have bright futures in acting should they of course decide to continue acting that is with the acting that's in this show not really being helped by the fact that the script for this show is just so bad as it gives none of this show actors absolutely nothing to work with when it comes to what it is that there respective characters personalities are even meant to be which is something that really does effect the overall quality of the acting that's in this very show.


Doing the CGI for the show is the legends and the really greats that are really currently over at Radiant Sun. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI 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 CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty not that bad as the original show itself didn't really have that good CGI in it especially in it's first season and yet here the effects look like they belong in the reunion special that they did for the original show as there just that good which is something that does both work and against the show it works for the show in the way that it does show that Disney really is putting in alot of money into the making of this show but at the same time tho those cheesy looking effects also added alot of charm to the show as well which is something that the effects in this show are lacking as they all long a little bit to good when it would have been more in keeping with the show if they made the effects still look good but also look like that they belong in the world of the original show as instead the effects in this show don't feel like that they belong in the world of either this show or the original show as that's just hoe good the shows CGI effects really are but having a show with good effects really does show that Disney Channel shows really could have had some really good looking effects in them if Disney only bothered to give them all a decent budget which would in turn result in a decent effects budget as well.

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



There was once actors that I left of this review and that's the fact we also have David DeLuise as Jerry Russo. With the character now a volunteer at a spell help line which is an interesting way to go with the character but at the same time it's also not really something that makes sense for this character as the character in the original show was never someone who would do that sort of thing has had his own busisness to run but given how the original series ended it does at the very least make sense that he would now do something to take up all of his free time and it is something that does allow the character to come back in future episodes and it was sweet seeing him interact with with David Henrie but given how badly he talked about Disney on the official Wizards Of Waverly Pod podcast it does make you wonder he chose to work for them again even if it was just a one time only thing but given how strong the bond was between all of the original shows main actors he might have chosen to work on this show as a way to reconnect with some of the original actors that perhaps he hasn't seen in a while with his appearance in this show also serving as a passing the torch moment as he and Justin have a heart to heart on how best to teach Billie which was a really sweet moment between these two characters that we the audience had grown to like.

To put it bluntly Disney have just screwed over Disney Channel with how there choosing to release this show. As even tho the first two episodes of the show did indeed air on Disney Channel and the rest of the series will indeed be airing on Disney Channel they've also dropped the first NINE episodes of the show on Disney+ which now means that us the audience have no reason to tune into Disney Channel when they can just watch them all on Disney+ if anything this is a show that should have aired all of it's episodes on Disney Channel first before airing them on Disney+ as that would not only give Disney Channel the much more needed boost that it needs it would also make alot of sense as the original show was a staple of the Disney Channel when it first being aired and yet now there's now reason to watch the following seven episodes on Disney Channel which is something that would only hurt the Disney Chanel in the long run and it's something that's a huge issue with Disney Branded Television as having shows airing on both Disney+ and the Disney Channel Channel at the exact same time is always going to harm one and give a boost to the other when Disney+ doesn't need a boost as it already has a bunch of content where as Disney Channel does need a boost as not alot of people are going to be watching since we now have Disney+ with all of the Disney content on it where as the Disney Channel only has the programming and original movies and that's really it.


Just based off of these first nine episodes of the show this show does have all of the hallmarks of a show that was created by Jed Elinoff & Scott Thomas. As not only does the show feature a more serialised form of storytelling that has a strong sense of continuity but the show also has really dramatic in the first three episodes of the show which is something that really doesn't work as we haven't had enough tine to to fully form a connection with these new characters at this point in time and while having more dramatic moments in this show can and does work later on in the series it only works then because of the chance that we've had a more time to get to know these characters and so those more dramatic moments can have a bigger impact and heck just like with Best Friends Whenever episode nine of this show also ends on cliffhanger which is a staple of Jed Elinoff & Scott Thomas and it's something that really doesn't work as it's to early on in the shows history to be doing what is basically a multipart story when something like that would be better off for either the series finale or for the end of the show itself as then it would be epic enough to be justified and yet doing it here only serves to cheapen the effect as we know that the characters are going to be OK and that the status quo of the show will be put back to normal by the end of the episode and yet if the show did it's first two parter as a series finale or even a show final then the shows status quo can then be changed thus justifying doing a two parter in the first place.

Now then his show has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty two minuets per episode. With the longest episode of these first nine episodes being episode one which clocks in at around twenty six minuets and fifty nine seconds which is a solid running time for that episode as the episode does have alot of things to set up and still tell a good story but at the same time it is weird with that one episode being longer then all of the rest of the first nine episodes which have a more bogstanderd running time for TV comedies with all of the episodes having just the right amount of plots for there respective running times but at the same time tho there really was no need for all of the other episodes to have a shorter running time then the first episode when the show would have had a more consistent running time and with the show current running times per episode the show really does take the time to develop it's characters alot better then what you'd really expect from the first season of a new show with all of the characters revealing that there's much more to them then meets the eye but at the same time the characters are still very badly written with alot of the characters not really getting the chance to fully develop there characters personalities with Justin himself what could be seen as a complete character change as he went from being a very smart and confident person to being someone who is questioning everything that he does and acting like the stereotypical Disney Channel dad something that could have been fixed if the episodes did have a slightly longer running time as that would have allowed all of the characters to get all of there personalities across alot better then what they do in the final cut of the show 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 comedy that really does mean that I gave to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured presented to us in this very show 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 show was in all honesty really good. With alot of the comedy in these first nine episodes being funny jokes with alot of them being in line with what you'd expect from the first three season of the original show with them having some pun names in spells and the characters themselves having some really good one liners with the most funniest character in these first nine episodes being none other then Billie herself as she's a street smart cocky character who is pretty much exactly like Alex was in the original show only now she knows that she's street smart and cocky and still acts that way just because she wants to do so and while yes Justin does still get alot of funny moments in these first nine episodes since they really didn't do his character any kind of justice whatsoever alot of his funny moments come across as feeling forced and not something that the actual character would say or do which is a shame because alot of his jokes are acted really well with David Henrie having alot of really great facial expressions and David DeLuise is still of top form with him being just as likable and lovable as he was in the original show as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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


Overall this isn't a bad sequel series but at the sae time it's not a particularly good one either with it having all of the trade marks of a bad sequel show in that it gets the returning characters mostly wrong and shifts them aside for the newer characters but if this is anything like Best Friends Whenever and Raven's Home both of which Jed Elinoff & Scott Thomas worked on then expect this show to get cancelled after the second series or expect them to be replaced and see an improvement in the show after it's second series because as things stand this is nothing more then an OK show at best 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 show really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally sued in this very review well the boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I perso0nally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Disney fandom wiki page , the official Wizards Of Waverly Place fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very show that I used in this very review being the really great the official Wizards Of Waverly Place fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very show with alot of them being better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on the official Wizards Of Waverly Place fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Thursday, 21 March 2024

Lizzie McGuire: Rumors Review


Disney Channel was once home to many a great TV show with alot of those shows being very fondly remembered to this very day. With the show that i'm going to be talking about today being one such as an example as this show still has quite alot of fans and is even loved so much that people cheered when it was announced that it was coming back with new episodes only to be let down when the show was cancelled and so the join me as I review of the episode of the show that made Hilary Duff a household name with the episode is question being called simply just "Rumors" enjoy.

The plot of this episode when Lizzie accidentally starts a rumor about the most popular girl at school she has to work up the courage and stop one of her best friends for taking the blame for 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 not that bad as it was the kind of plot that you'd expect to find on the Disney Channel but at the same time tho this really wasn't the strongest plot either which makes it all the more baffling that Disney really chose this episode to air as preview for the rest of the rest of the series instead really of the shows actual pilot episode as that episode is a really more fitting to start the show with with plot of this 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  Hilary Duff as Lizzie McGuire , Lalaine as Miranda Sanchez and Adam Lamberg as David Gordon. Also starring in this episode is Jake Thomas as Matt McGuire , Hallie Todd as Jo McGuire , Robert Carradine as Sam McGuire Byron Fox as Danny Kessler , Davida Williams as Claire Miller , Taylor Gunnin as Head Cheerleader , Mitchah Williams as Kid , Britney Mitchell as A Dancer , Melissa Matthews as A Dancer , Tiffany Burton as A Dancer and  Ashlie Brillault as Kate Sanders.

Now then interms of what I personally thought  felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With all of this episodes cast turning in some really decent acting and not just the kind of acting that you'd really expect to find on a Disney Channel show where everybody shouts there lines and over acts as here the cast talk normally and act like normal people which makes the acting all the more and it really shouldn't be all that surprising that the acting in this episode is good as alot of the episodes cast went on to become some really good actors in there own right and as such it would make sense that they would turn in some really good performances in this episode with the acting in this episode really being helped by the fact that the script for this episode is just so good that all the episodes cast have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them really naturally.


This episode does a fairly decent job of setting up the bond that Lizzie with both her family and her friends. Both of which are things that this show would become known for and yet because there set up early on in the series run and are defined so well in this episode it makes them feel all the more believable then what it really could have been as alot of Disney Channel shows only give us the bare bones of what these families are like and what these friends are like and yet this show even in just this episode we see Lizzie struggle to be a good friend and we see the parents struggle to find there sons class pet which while that is goofy is also a good example of what good parents would do for there good kids and by showing Lizzie struggle to be a good friend it makes her feel like a more real person as real people do have daily struggles be it on big things or on big things we all struggle from time to time and to see Lizzie struggle and find away to over come that shows that she really is a good friend and one that will come through when it matters the most. 


Watching this episode was so weird as alot of it was like travelling back in time to the early 2000's as there's alot of things that were only popular in the early 2000's. Like instant messaging for example something which hasn't been a thing for about ten years is a key plot point in this show and even the computers that the girls use look massive compared to the technology that we have now and while none of this dates the episodes in a bad way it does date the episode as alot of kids these days won't even know what instant messaging even is heck kids today will barely know what Facebook is as that's how far we've come technology wise as alot of what we knew and loved as a kid will now seem outdated when compared to what the younger generation are growing up with and while this obviously isn't the fault of those involved with making this show or this episode it is something that doesn't make this episode as timeless as it once was as while kids will always deal with rumors in there school it now won't come from instant messaging as it will now come from say Discord or Reddit to name but for a few examples.

As was mentioned at the start of this review this episode was technically the shows first ever episode as this episode aired as a preview episode about a week or so before the what Disney says is the official first episode Picture Day. Both of these are false as the actual pilot episode for the show was episode "Pool Party" as that episode quite literally has a scene with the animated Lizzie introducing us to all of the shows cast of characters where as this episode just expects you to know these characters and what there relationships are like which makes this choice to air this episode first was never the first episode of the show and nor was it intended to be because if it was then they would edited out the audio for animated Lizzie at the start of the Pool Party episode and yet they didn't which goes to show that this episode isn't the first episode of the show and yet because it was aired first it also technically is the first episode of the show all at the exact same time.


As was typical of this show this episode doesn't spend alot of the time on the parents and the brother storyline. Which does make sense as there not the main characters of the show but at the same time they are still main characters as well and yet not only does this episode not spend alot of the episodes running tine on that plotline it also never resolves it we get a resolution to the Lizzie plotline which does make sense as that is the main plot of the episode but the plot line that is just as interesting as it could tech kids that sometimes the things that we love do infact die and seeing a main character deal with that would be interesting to see even if it is basically just a comedic plotline is more interesting then seeing someone trying to be a better friend and learn to stand up for herself which just isn't that interesting of a plot line all of which makes you wonder why they didn't make the parents and brother plotline the main plot as while yes there not the title characters it's there plot line that is something that Disney Channel really didn't cover all that much in there series episodes or in there Disney Channel Original Movies either as that is soemthing that they never really did cover at all and it something that would have this episode standout and be really ground breaking.

Noe then this episode has / had an exact grand total running tie of exactly twenty one minuets and forty one seconds. Which is a solid running time as none of the episodes plots have enough running time to cover a running time longer then that but at the same time even with that shorter running time it does make this episode a nice littler watch and while the episode could have benefited from having a slightly longer running time as it would allow the show time develop it's characters and both of it's story alot more then what it already does given that this is a TV show they don't really need nor even have to develop all that well as the show has sixty plus episodes and in this case a feature length theatrically released movie to develop the characters and the relationships alot more then what they could have done in this one episode and if the episode did have a longer time then both the main plot and the subplot would be stretched even more thin then what they already are but I will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.


Son now then as this is a comedy that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty In 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. As Disney Channel shows from this time period weren't really known for there comedy and yet this episode does have alot of jokes that while dated do feel very character driven and are whilst not alot of this episodes jokes are laugh loud funny alot of them are cute jokes that are highly realistic as alot of this episodes jokes are jokes that kids would mist likely be saying to there friends or to there family members in real life and it's that kind of comedy that this show does so well as there jokes that do feel real and aren't as over the top as alot of the jokes are in say The Suit Life On Deck or The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody for example are in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall while this isn't the strongest episode to start this show of with it is still a really good episode as it gives you a good example of how really good this show show could have been and was like when it was at it's best as alot of what really made the show as good as it was in the first place it all stems from this episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Disney fandom wiki page , the official Lizzy Mcguire fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great Google Images simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this episode and are really of course on Google Images are all really high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Friday, 1 March 2024

Sonny With A Chance "Sketchy Beginnings" Review


Disney Channel used to produce alot of shows in the past and while the network is kind of gone now thanks to Disney+ alot of there shows are on there for us all to watch and hopefully enjoy. With this also hopefully bringing in newer viewers that those shows didn't get the first time out and given that alot of those shows now have big names starring in them it will also get alot of the older fans to remember about those stars as well with this one being the long list of forgotten shows that also happen to have a now big name star starring in it and so then join me as I review the episode that tries and fails to do sketch comedy but just can;t with the episode in question being called simply just "Sketchy Beginnings" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when new girl Sonny Munroe gets a job on her favorite sketch comedy she discovers that the show has a queen bee who she must content with on her first show. Now then  interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad but at the same time tho the plot of this wasn't all that good either with the plot of the episode being a very predictable plot line where the solution is also something that can seen a mile away which does make the plot of this seem like a very formulaic plot and not something that's all that new , creative and different but I really will admit that the plot of this really very entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 


Starring in this episode Camp Rock franchise star Demi Lovato as Sonny Munroe and Tiffany Thornton as Tawni Hart. Also starring in this episode is Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles star Brandon Mychal Smith as Nico Harris , Doug Brochu as Grady Mitchell , Jake And The Never Land Pirates Allisyn Ashley Arm as Zora Lancaster , Nancy McKeon as Connie Munroe and Michael Kostroff as Marshall Pike.

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. However at the same time tho the acting in this episode is just the stereotypical Disney Channel type of acting and nothing all the more then that this is of course of no fault of the episodes cast as there really being told to act a certain but there should have been alot more effort to make the acting in this debut episode alot better as this is first chance that people are really getting to see this show and yet the acting in this episode really just isn't that good with the acting in this episode not really being helped by the fact that the episodes script is just so bad as it doesn't give alot of the episodes cast much to work with interms of what it is that there respective characters personalities even are in the first place as this episode script is just that average at best.


To give this episode some credit it does get across what all of the characters are like just in this first episode alone. However the characters remain the exact same all throughout the show which granted isn't a fault with this episode but it is something that started with this episode as both Sonny and Tawni don't grow as characters by the end of this episode infact Sonny ends up winning this is despite her knowing that she hurt Tawni and made her feel insecure and it's the same thing all throughout the show as the characters never learn anything and never grow as characters but at the same time tho not all shows need to have deep character development as sometimes just being a dumb show is more then enough and that's exactly what this show is and that's something that works well for this show and it's something that this show excels in being as it knows fully what it is and isn't afraid to be a dumb kids show.


Not only did this episode gets alot of the characters down perfectly in this episode but it also got down alot of the characters dynamics down as well. With the all of the character dynamics that you see later on in the show being set up and started in this episode and while the character dynamics in Disney Channel shows don'y usually change just due to the stand alone format that Disney Channel shows had at the time it still would have been nice to see those dynamics grow and change over the course of the series as that would show that the characters are evolving and are going from workmates to friends instead of just keeping them in this one place where this one character has to act this way around this one person every single episode which is something that could have gotten old very quickly in this series.

This show really doesn't get the whole TV show format down at all let alone a sketch comedy TV show as according to this show each sketch comedy is broadcast live which if you know any show you'd know that that isn't the case. With this being an issue as one of this shows executive producers Brian Robbins created All That which is perhaps the most successful kids sketch comedy TV show of all time and yet this one episode gets it all wrong as the shows would have been filmed weeks or months in advance and not done the day of as was strongly implied in this episode with this show slightly getting right how they choose what sketches go into the final episode but at the same time these sketch comedy don't have the cast come up with idea during the week of rehearsals as they have a writers room coming up with ideas all of the time and while yes it is understandable that this episode cut that out to make it easier for the kid audience as it's Hollywood basically telling us how a show is made it's also not how a show is actually made at the same time. 


For some reason this episode ditches an actually funny sketch with the Bumbling Bee sketch with the awful One Bad Bee sketch.Which isn't even funny as all it is just the characters barring Tawni doing a bad rap song that isn't even funny where as the Bumbling Bee sketch was not only funny it also could have been used to resolve the plot line between Sonny and Tawni as Tawni cold have realized that while yes she was insecure for alot of the episode but Sonny's sketch was actually funny and Sonny could have realized how Tawni was feeling and the two could have worked together to create something that is not only funny which is the point of a sketch comedy show but it also could have made Tawni feel alot better about herself whereas the One Bad Bee which hints at Tawni several times in a negative light just does none of that and is there just so that the episode can have a really bad rap song in it's opening episode and really nothing all the more then that.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty two minuets and fifty seven seconds. Which is the perfect running time for this episode to have and is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for this show to have as well as this opening first really doesn't have a whole lot there interms plot as the plot is paper thin at best but at the same time tho if this episode was longer it could have been used to fully develop all of it's main characters which would have only worked well enough in the episodes favor as it would have allowed for us the audience to form a connection with the characters but on the flip side of that is the fact that this episodes plot is wafer thin and that by making the episode longer it would be stretching an already thin plot even thinner but I will admit that this episode really does gave some really good pacing to it tho.


So now then as this is a comedy that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. As the actors do get away with having some really facial expressions which do make alot of the episodes really lame jokes seem funny as what's funny isn't what's being said it's rather how the characters are reacting to it which is what makes the joke funny but on the flip side of that is the fact that alot of this episodes just aren't this funny and while yes this shows target audience might find this funny if your really not apart of this shows target audience then there's not really a whole lot that's really all that funny to be found in this very episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall it's not hard to see why this show has largely been forgotten about as aside from the fact that Demi Lovato is starring in this show there's nothing that's all that memorable about this episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 5.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Sonny With A Chance fandom wiki page , the official Disney fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the great and legendary Google Images simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not all of the images that are really from this episode and are of course on Google Images are really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Wednesday, 28 February 2024

K.C. Undercover "Pilot" Review


Disney Channel back in the day was filled to the brim with top notch programming be it either animated or live action. However there were also alot of shows and movies that have sadly been forgotten about for whatever reason and it's one of those shows that i'm going to be talking about and so then join me as I review the episode of a show that alot of people have really forgotten about with the episode in question being called simply just "Pilot" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when she finds out that her parents are actually spies sixteen year old K.C. Cooper is recruited to help them on a mission that could have dire consequences for mobile phones everywhere. 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 a; honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as it was a good enough plot for a Disney Channel TV show but at the exact same time this episodes plot wasn't all that good as it was a really rather thinly drawn out plot that really does take quite awhile for it to really get going but when it does get going it is a solid plot for the most part with this episodes plot being really rather entertaining and as well as being really engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is this shows producer Zendaya as K.C. Cooper and Veronica Dunne as Marisa Miller. Also starring in this episode is Kamil McFadden as Ernie Cooper , Tammy Townsend as Kira Cooper , Kadeem Hardison as Craig Cooper , Tony Cavalero as Agent Wally , Ashley Fink as Reena , Chris Brewster as The Target , Ashlee Füss as Juli , Trevor Jackson as Lincoln , Jack DePew as Ryan and Larry Udy as The Janitor.

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 for the most part. As it is the type of acting that you'd expect to see in a Disney Channel show but at the same time it's also quite clearly not that good especially when you compare it to what the cast have been in recently and there for you know that they really can act and yet that makes all the more sad when in this episode you see them not being able to make this episodes script work for them with the acting in this episode not really being helped by the fact that the episodes isn't really that good with this episodes script not really giving the cast a whole lot to work with interms of what it is that there respective characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place.


To be frank it was hard to tell how they shot alot of this episode while the episode does use a mixture of in studio and on location filming the episode also does some really cool camera moves in what looks like a scene that shot in studio. With the example of this being the warehouse  scene where the camera moves up from the ground to the first floor which is something that wouldn't have been possible to do in studio as you'd have to fit in the set and the audience which would make a camera move like that next to impossible to do and yet at the same time tho the scene looks like that it was shot in a studio all of which make it hard to tell how this scene was filmed as it was just such a cool scene in the finished episode that also would have been a pain to film in a studio even without the audience being there on the day of filming it.


Just to be frank both Kira Cooper and Craig Cooper are not good parents as they very frequently forget about there son. With them also being willing to put there teenage daughter into a dangerous situation and then they make her feel bad when she says that she doesn't want that pressure all of which adds up to them being pretty bad parents and that's just the tip of the iceberg as there's more evidence just in this one episode alone with these two being bad parents and while they might improve over the course of these series you only have once chance to make a good first impression and when that first impression isn't a good one that's all they'll be remembered for being and that's not to mention that them forgetting about there son several times in this episode including his own birthday is played for laughs and while yes this is a sitcom and as result there's always going to be that small amount of fantasy in there given that this is a Disney it would have worked better if they were presented as actual good parents instead of bad parents.

It is easy to see why this show has largely been forgotten as there's nothing all that special about this episode. With the episode being a very forgettable episode as outside of the cool looking camera moves and the fight scenes this episode just feels like a lame attempt to do an actually good Disney Channel Original Series as it lacks alot of the things that all f there good shows had a heck even the central subplot between the two friends is a carbon copy of that of the central plotline from the first episode of Hannah Montana except instead of doing that plot line in the first episode this shows takes a few episodes to tell that exact same story with the exact same story and while yes other Disney Channel shows have done the liar revealed story before here it just felt like a lazy rip off of the first episode of Hannah Montana.


To give this episode some credit it does try to do something new by having alot of focus on the action scenes in this episode. With the episodes action scenes being really well done for the budget that they had to pull them and for the fact that this is a live action Disney Channel Original Series and those don't typically have good action scenes in them and yet the action scenes in this episode were really well done with us getting some really creative fight scenes and fight scene locations all while being done in the typical Disney Channel way but at the same time tho the episode makes it painfully obvious when there using a stunt double as they would cut to either a wide shot or to an over the should shot so you can't see the actors faces that clearly all of which make it painfully obvious that there using a stunt double and that it's not the actual actors themselves but the fight scenes in the episode were really creative tho.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty nine minuets and thirty eight seconds. Which is a really rather solid running time for this episode as the episode has alot of plot there to cover that amount of running time but the issue is tho is that alot of the episodes characters aren't that fully developed which is understandable as this is a TV series and as such it doesn't make sense to fully develop the characters in the first episode especially when you have the rest of the episodes to do that but at the same time it would have been nice to have some sort of development for alot of this episodes as alot of them just have nothing to do in this episode and are there just to tell one bad joke and then leave the scene which does make it harder for them to get across what there personality is even meant to be and for us the audience to form a connection with them but I will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.


So now then as this is a comedy that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. As it was the type of comedy that does work well enough for the Disney Channel but on the flip side of that is the fact that this episodes comedy isn't all that good either as the jokes in this episode are jokes that you can see coming a mile away and as a result of that while they are still somewhat funny jokes they aren't as funny as they really could have or even should have been and while this episode does have some decent jokes in it they are very few and far between with the episode having alot more bad or even lame jokes in it then it does good jokes in it in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 


Overall it's not that hard to see why this show or this episode has been forgotten about by alot of people but at the same time it really is still Zendaya doing what she did best back when this show was first being released it's just that this episode isn't as good as it really should have been or even could have been for that matter 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 episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official K.C. Undercover fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the great and legendary Google Images simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not all of the images that are really from this episode and are of course on Google Images are really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.