Godzilla: The Animated Series "D.O.A" Review

 

In just a few short days time the Monsterverse returns in a rather unexpected way with not a new movie but the franchises first live action TV series. As such I thought that i'd produce a tie in review however it was really hard to fir me to choose what review would serve as a great tie in review however I think that i've found a really rather solid choice and so then join me as I review the episode that sees Godzilla take a sleep for most of the episode with the episode in question being called simply just "D.O.A"  enjoy.

The plot if this episode is Nick and his monster hunting team travel to an island that's being terrorized by a giant worm and go to stop only to run into trouble when Godzilla finds himself knocked thanks to the islands government. 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 honest 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 honstey not that bad as the plot was really good but at the same time it was a rather lackluster affair with the plot giving us no stakes and being rather generic as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Ian Ziering as Nick Tatopoulos ,  Brigette Bako as Monique Dupre and Rino Romano as Randy Hernandez. Also starring in this episode is Charity James as Dr. Elsie Chapman . Malcolm Danare as Dr. Mendel Craven , Tom Kenny as N.I.G.E.L. and Frank Welker as Godzilla. This episode does only have the main cast of characters in it which is a shame because there's an army character in this episode that could have been played by Kevin Dunn's character as the two essentially fill the same purpose as being antagonists to Nick and the team and yet for some reason the series regular antagonist is no where to be seen in this episode which really doesn't make any sense as that character wouldn't give up on killing Godzilla.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about he 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. With alot of this episodes cast turning in some really good performances which is to be expected as alot of this episodes cast members are a bunch of really good actors and actresses but even this episodes cast can't make this episodes script work as the the script gives them all nothing to work interms of what it is that their respective characters personalities even are in the first place.

Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Sam Won Animation. 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 the in all honesty I in all  honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us n this very episode was in all honesty really good with this episodes animation really being alot alot better then it really had any right to be as nobody expects good animation from a series that's based of off a movie that not alot of people like and yet un thus episode we get some truly good looking animation with all of the characters getting some really nice looking and rather fluid animation.

One of the biggest issues that I ave with this episode is that for a vast majority of the episode Godzilla himself isn't in the episode. With him being knocked out and on the brink of death due to what the islands government does to him which while that is a good reason to not have him that much in the episode for a show that's named Godzilla and as Godzilla as the main character you'd think that Godzilla himself wold be in the episode as he's the one that we've come here to see and yet he barely shows up with us being left characters that we either don't like , haven't seen enough of to form an opinions or thanks to the 1998 Godzilla movie are just laughably bad characters heck the only likable and entertaining character in this episode is Dr. Elsie Chapman and that's really it as none of the characters are likable for various different reasons.

I do give this episode some credit for trying to kill of Godzilla this early into this shows run as that is a brave move to do. However at the same time tho as the show is called Godzilla we know that he's going to make it OK as there not going to kill their big franchise star which means that there's no tension in those scenes and while it was a brave move for them to try threaten to kill of the character it's one doesn't really work as this is a kids show and while having Godzilla almost die would work for a season or even series finale as there the stakes would high enough for that to a possibility and it would, bring closure to the series as a whole doing it this early on into the shows run is just something that really doesn't work in the slightest.

This episode is I believe the first time that we see a giant worm be a minster in anything to do with Godzilla. With it being painfully obvious why they haven't done it either before or since as there's not really alot that can be done with that basic idea for a monster as it makes the action scenes next to impossible to make look good and when the character disappears it makes the characters look dumb as there's no way that a character this size can just disappear without no one seeing it and while t's design is pretty good that's really the only good thing about it as the creature has no special powers that make it an actual threat to Godzilla with that meaning that we really have no reason to fear that Godzilla will loose as we know that he will find away to win in the end.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty one minuets and twenty seven seconds. Which is a tad bit on the long side for an episode like this one to have as this episode has a fairly weak plot to begin with which means that this episode really didn't need to be as long as it was as while this episode most certainly has more then enough interms of plot to cover this amount of running time it's also a plot that is stretched rather thing because of this running time as such in order to fill out this running time we get rather pointless subplot with the Mendel character that really could have been cut out from the episode as it adds nothing to the overall plot of the episode but I will admit that this episode does gave some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well the in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. As we do get to see Godzilla use his fire breath which will always look cool no matter who he's fighting however due to his opponent being a giant worm there's not really alot that they can do it make the action in this episode anything more then average as the monster doesn't have any powers that it can use against Godzilla which means that all we are seeing is Godzilla trying ad failing to beat up a giant worm and nothing mire then that in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this Friday cannot come along soon enough and while this episode was a decent watch from a decent show it's an episode that's bot really as good as it could have been 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 episode in this very review ad as such that means that this very episode earns 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 Wikizilla , the official Godzilla fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.

Godzilla: The Animated Series "New Family Parts One And Two" TV Series Review

 

The nineties was a time when we had alot of really great cartoons airing and with some many good cartoons airing all at the exact same time it's understandable that one or two would perhaps fall through the cracks and become forgotten about. The show which i'm going to talk about today is one such show making things even worse for this show is the fact that is forever linked to THAT 1998 live action American Godzilla movie and so then join me as I review the first two episodes of a show that sets to right the wrongs made by it's live action counterpart with the first two episodes being called simply just "New Family Parts One And Two" enjoy.

The plot of these first two episodes is mere minuets after the 1998 Godzilla movie ends Dr. Niko "Nick" Tatopoulos finds a baby Godzilla egg which then hatches and sees Nick as it's father and while this is happening a new monster attacks Jamaica and there's only monster that can stop it Godzilla. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty rather thin with the plot not really kicking in until the last five or ten minuets of the first episode which just makes almost the entire first episode seem pointless and filler in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in these first two episodes is Ian Ziering as Dr. Niko "Nick" Tatopoulos and Charity James as Dr. Elsie Chapman. Also starring in these first two episodes are Brigette Bako as Monique Dupre , Rino Romano as Randy Hernandez , Joe Pantoliano as Victor 'Animal' Palotti , Malcolm Danare as Dr. Mendel Craven , Tom Kenny as N.I.G.E.L. , Paget Brewster as Audrey Timmonds , Keith Szarabajka as Philippe Roaché , Kevin Dunn as Colonel Anthony Hicks and Frank Welker as Godzilla.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty not that bad with this episodes cast doing the best that they can to make the script for these two episodes work for them. The issue is tho that the script for these first two episodes doesn't give the actors a whole lot to work with interms of what their respective characters personalities are and so they aren't allowed to turn in great performances because of the fact that the script for these first two episodes just wont allow for it.

Doing the animation for these first two episodes was Lotto Animation , New Millennium , Seoul Movie , Wild Horse Animation Group , Anima Sam Won , DR Movie , Dong Woo Animation Co. and Koko Enterprises Company. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty not that bad and was alot better then what I thought that it would be.

This show is of course set after the events of the 1998 American made Godzilla movie with the opening of this shows first episode being set minuets after the movie ended. This to me was pointless since nobody who was watching this show was doing so because they never saw the movie and so if anything this show should have been set months after the movie just so you could then see how the characters from the movie have progressed in their lives and heck you could even make the case for this show being the unproduced sequel to the movie as well as the show does have a natural progression of Nick's storyline with Godzilla.

I will admit that this show does the character of Godzilla alot better then the movie version ever did as this version of the character acts alot more like Godzilla then the movie version ever did. With this version of the character even having the characters signature Atomic Breath along with the fact that he is now basically unable to die by conventional methods all of which restore the god in Godzilla and all of which make this version of the character alot better then the actual movie version of the character ever was.

While we do have some really cool looking monster designs in these first two episodes neither monster has much if a personality. Even Godzilla himself really doesn't have alot of personality with him just showing up to take part in an action scene and nothing more then that which is a shame because the original Japanese Godzilla had a ton of personality and so to this show not really give him a personality just goes to show that they didn't really learn all that much from the 1998 movie and just made Godzilla bland and rather uninteresting.

Now then episode one of this show has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty one minuets and twenty four second while episode two has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty one minuets and twenty two seconds. Which is pretty much the bog standard running time for any animated show in the nineties and I will admit that while having this shows opening story be a two parter does make sense on paper in reality it doesn't work as the first episode basically adds nothing to the plot and when you take into account the 1998 Godzilla movie is basically a pilot episode for this show I really do think that it would have been better if this one singular episode instead of two episodes as that's all there's enough story to cover but I will admit that both episodes do have some great pacing to them.

So now then since this is an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty not that bad. With the action that we got in these first two episodes being good for the time that this show was made and was really fun in parts but at the same time the action in these first two episodes was also rather dull and repetitive as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Overall these weren't bad first episodes as they did set the tone for the rest of the show and the show is alot better then what I remember it being and plus this show does somewhat right the many wrongs set by the movie as well 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 these first two episodes in this very review and as such that means that these first two episodes earn themselves a combined score of exactly a 7 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the Godzilla fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.