The Dukes Of Hazzard: The Beginning Film Review

It's not uncommon for a movie to spawn a prequel but it is a n uncommon thing to do when the movie was a flop. As is the case with the film that i'm going to be talking to you all about today as while the TV series that it's based off of was a huge hit spawning several seasons , two spin off shows and two reunion movies amongst several other things the movie that this is meant to be a prequel to wasn't that good and was loathed by both the actors of the original show and by alot of fans of the original show and so then join me as I review the film that is to date the last thing to be done with The Dukes Of Hazzard franchise with the film in question being called simply just "The Dukes Of Hazzard: The Beginning" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when there farm is threatened with foreclosure it's up to teenage cousins Bo and Luke to find a way to raise the money needed to buy the fark back before it's far to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad as this is after all a direct to DVD movie and therefor it wouldn't be wise to expect this films plot to be up to the same standards as a theatrically released film but at the same time tho this films plot also isn't as good as it could have been either with the plot of this film feeling like that it's the plot of a made for TV movie and with it meant to bet set in the same continuity as the 2005 Dukes Of Hazzard movie it means that this films plot is a about as far removed from that of the original show as you can get as this films changes so much about the characters backstories that it might as well as a prequel to a different film all together but to give this films plot this it is a plot that does work well with the direct to DVD format as even tho this films plot has the feel of a direct to DVD movie it's also alot more better then what it really had any right to be as there is some kind of effort to recapture the tone and spirit of the original show which is something that the previous film didn't even attempt to do with the plot of this film also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Jonathan Bennett as Bo Duke , Randy Wayne as Luke Duke and April Scott as Daisy Duke. Also starring in this film is Adam Shulman as Enos Strate , Willie Nelson as Uncle Jesse , Chris McDonald as Boss Hogg , Sherilyn Fenn as Lulu Coltrane Hogg , Harland Williams as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane , Jennifer Hill as Brooke Handy , Trishelle Cannatella as Ally Handy , Todd Grinnell as Hughie Hogg , Joel Moore as Cooter Davenport and Gary Cole as The Balladeer.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With all of this films actors turning in some passable performances but that's all they are there just passable which is something that does make alot of sense as alot of this films actors are some really unknown actors at best with only a few of them being named stars and only two of them being actually good actors with those two actors being Chris McDonald as Boss Hogg and Joel Moore as Cooter Davenport with the pair of them being the best actors in this film which granted isn't that high of a bar to reach considering the fact that alot of this films aren't that well known in the first place but it's also something that's true as well as they feel like that there only actors that are actually really putting in the work and actually trying to turn in a good performance with the rest of this films actors really feeling like that there just phoning in their performances and even Willie Nelson who really is the only actor from the 2005 film to rerise his role in this film oddly feels like that he's phoning in a performance but that really could be more de to the fact that this films director Robert Berlinger quite clearly has no idea how to get a good performance out of his actors and as such alot of this films actors just feel really lost and unsure of what kind of performance to give in this film with this film acting not really being helped by the fact that this films script is just so bad as it gives none of this films actors absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there respective characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does help to lower the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

Character wise the film still isn't that good as the only reason that people would be watching this film was if they loved the show. With this film not really butchering all of the shows characters as you could very well make the case that the damage was done by the 2005 film but at the same time this film is set in that same continuity and therefor it has the same problems when it comes to alot of it's characters as Bo who was quite smart in the show is now dumb for no reason other then the film needed someone to be the dumb one of the two and Luke in this film is someone who just isn't that fun to be around because of the fact that he's always sticking by the rules something which the show version of the character barely did with this being an issue across alot of it's characters as there all presented as being the complete opposite of how people know them to e as for whatever reason the makers of this film thought that it was a good idea to have this be set in the same continuity as the previous film when having be set in the same world as the show would actually be a good idea but because of the fact that the makers of this film like there take on the characters so much all we get is poorly done versions of a solid characters and while granted the characters in the original show weren't that well done either they all had a few things that this films characters are missing and that's personality and charm as the shows characters were very charming characters that had tons of personality to them which in turn made us the audience fall in love with them where as this films takes on the characters is lacking both of those things therefor we the audience don't have the chance to fall in love with them because of the fact that the film doesn't give us a reason to like them in the first place.

Much like with The Flintstones In Viva Rock Vegas this film not only changes what was previously established in the original show. It also changes what was established in the film that it's meant to be a prequel to however where as Viva Rock Vegas has the excuse of the original show changed it's own backstory and lore all the time this movie has no such excuse there's really only one time in the shows history where they made a slight change to the shows lore and even then it was a throwaway line in the first reunion movie and that's it where as here the film changes everything all for the purpose of doing a prequel movie like for example in the original film we see how The General Lee Bo and Luke's car got it's famous paint job with the car at the start of the film having a very croodly painted on number one on the door where as here the second that we see the car it already has alot of the paint work done already and one the number one does get added on at the end of a montage sequence it looks like that it was done by a professional and in the original fil it's hinted at more then once that the boys and by extension there cousin Daisy grew up in hazzard where as here we see the boys as teenagers being dropped off in town which makes you wonder why the makers of this film thought that it was OK to make these changes as you well could have worked within the limits set by the previous film to still tell a prequel story which would have worked as it would have been more faithful to the previous film and actually would have stayed true to what the previous film was trying to be like in the first place with these changes feeling like that they were only being made just so the makers of the film can have the car in it's more recognizable form and that's really it.

To be fair to both this film and the previous film it could be argued that this film is meant to be an action comedy. As the film does have some thrilling action and chase scenes in it and while yes granted this film won't be able to top the chase scenes that the previous film had just because of the fact that that film had a much more bigger budget then what this film had that doesn't mean that this films chase scene where any bad because if truth be told there not with the car still looking and still outrunning the law just as well as it ever did back on the show and the fact that there's pretty much no CGI in this film at all means that all of the cars stunts where done for realm and they look good because of it with really there only being one small trace of CGI at the very start of the film but even then it's not in an action scene as it's in the scene where Luke accidentally blows up part of a fair where you can see what looks to be some small amounts of CGI smoke but that's really it and even then that scene was still pretty thrilling to watch as well with the best chase scene in the whole entire movie being the films third act where we see the boys kidnap Boss Hogg and get him to admit to all of the crimes that he's committed during the film all they go ahead and jump the car across this rather large ravine where it's said near the start of the film that only a few people tried it jumping it back in the olden days with none of them making it and all of them ending up injured in someway shape or form which does make it all the more thrilling and exciting when the boys in there car not only do the jump but land it safely on the other side and while the rest f the films car chase sequences are fun to watch none of them top just how good that that one chase is in this film.

Again to give this film some sort of credit it does try to be like in the show in one respect and that's the fact that instead of using modern technology like phones to contact each other all of the films characters just use CB radio to get in touch with each other. However that's the only two things that the movie gets right with the other being the fact that Boss treats Rosco like dirt and that's it and even then that second one isn't exclusive to the show itself as while the Boss Hogg character be it from either the previous movie or the original show would try and buy the Duke farm by any means necessary somethin which he would also try to do in the previous film as well here it did feel out of place given the fact that this is meant to be the first time that he's really feuding with the Duke's where as it would have made more sense for him to try something else first before then moving on to try and get there farm one there feud has reached that boiling point like maybe he could have tried going after The General Lee or even just threatening Uncle Jessie with jail time should he not pay up all the money that he owes him which is something that Boss very easily could have done since he's been looking the other way when it comes to Jesse selling illegal alcohol but at the same time tho having hi go right after there farm is a good way of showing us the audience that je really isn't a nice guy and is more then willing to hurt those who he once called a friend all of the sake of making some extra money out of it it is something that tho that really would have been better used if there feud was at that point where Boss Hogg had no other option and really wanted to threaten them.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty five minuets and thirty one seconds. Which to be fair to this film is pretty much the exact grand total running time that you'd expect a film like this one to have with the film even having more then plot there to really cover that amount of running time as well but at the same time tho this film also really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely as it's plot as bad as it is is one that's really underdeveloped with the film being more focused on it's prequel aspect then it is in telling a good and well thought out story when as other films have proven you can do both by having the main plot of the film feed into the films prequel aspect or even have it go the other way around as well but because of the fact that this film is alot more focused in telling how all of these aspects from the show came to be it does mean that we get a story that feels really rushed and undercooked with the same thing kind of being true for it's characters as the characters do fair a little bit better then the plot as the film does give us plenty of time with these characters however outside of the opening scene with Bo and Luke we get to find out nothing about these characters that makes them likable or even memorable for that matter which is a shame as the film really does hinge on us liking it's characters due the film even having the predictable third act breakup with the boys only it doesn't work because of the fact that the film hasn't given us a reason to really care for these characters as it's characters are just so bland and boring but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho. 

So now then as this is a comedy that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us inn tis very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that good. With there not really being any decent jokes in the film with the film being having quite alot of s*x jokes in it which to be fair is true to the previous film and that world but at the same time it's also not something that you'd expect or either want from The Dukes Of Hazzard where you expect and want the jokes to be more geared towards the family and when the jokes aren't s*x jokes there jokes about how dumb both Bo and Rosco are which OK the original show make jokes about Rosco not being all that smart but they were very few and far between with alot of this films jokes being so bad that there more groan inducing then they are actually funny with the only decent one liners in the film being the stuff that Uncle Jessie and even then that's more due to the fact that the character is being more written for Willie Nelson as they don't feel like the type of jokes that Uncle Jessie would say but at the same time tho they do feel like the types of jokes that Willie Nelson would say as when you think of Uncle Jessie you think of someone who is wise and loving but also harsh when he needs to be and not someone who is willing to make s*x jokes alot of the time and do wordplay jokes the next with the best jokes in this film being the world play jokes that Willie Nelson says as even tho Chris McDonald is funny in this film alot of his jokes just aren't that good where as it's the opposite that's true for alot of Uncle Jessie's jokes in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall out of the two remake Dukes Of Hazzard films this one is better then the previous film in one respect but also so much worse then it in other respects as there is a clear effort to make this film feel alot more like the show but at the same time tho this film is still just a really bad film in it's own right in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 4.5 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 The Dukes Of Hazzard fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very film that I used in this very review being the really great 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 film 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.

The Dukes Of Hazzard "Daisy's Song" Review

Classic TV shows are ones that don't seem to get alot of love from today's generation as there more interested in what's new rather then what came before it. As such since it was just about a year ago when I last talked about anything from The Duke Of Hazzard TV series it only made sense that I once again go back to that well to remind you all that this great TV show does really exist and was once a thing that many people loved and so then join me as I review the episode that sees the dukes tackle the issue of piracy in the music industry with the episode in question being called simply just "Daisy's Song" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is after she sends in her one of her songs to a music publishing company Daisy , Bo and Luke find out that the whole thing was scam and set about getting her money only to stumble on something much more bigger then that. 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 just as simple enough that you could very easily follow along with it which is something that is very in keeping with the shows other plots as well but at the same time tho this episodes plot really isn't as good as it really could have been either as it makes the main characters look dumb at quite a few points in the episode which yes they do explain away in a way that makes sense alot of the time but the fact that they still do it is huge knock on the episode and the plot itself really isn't as fully developed as it really could have been either which again is in keeping with the show and the shows other plots as well but is still something that prevents the plot from being a great with this episode having a more interesting subplot as well with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Tom Wopat as Luke Duke , John Schneider as Bo Duke and Catherine Bach as Daisy Duke. Also starring in this episode is Denver Pyle as Uncle Jesse Duke , James Best as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane , Sorrell Booke as Boss Jefferson Davis Hogg , Ben Jones as Cooter Davenport , Sonny Shroyer as Enos Strate , Ronnie Schell as Lester Starr , Ginny Parker as Mabel , Clayton Landey as Max , Terry Browning as Ruby , Candy Bleick as Dodie , Wallace Merck as Jojo , Bill Gribble as Carson , Roy Tatum as FBI Agent 3 , Wallace Wilkinson as FBI Agent 1 , Bob Cleveland as FBI Agent 2 and Waylon Jennings as The Balladeer.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in tis 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 alot better then what it really had any right to be. As this show really wasn't known all that well for having good acting in it this is despite the fact that Denver Pyle was a really good actor and yet in this episode we get a ton of really solid performances from alot of the shows main leads as while yes there are still some stilted performances from the likes of John Schneider for example given that this episode was only the shows second ever episode and so of course the acting in this episode won't be as good as it would be in later episodes or even the two reunion movies for that matter and yet when we do get some really good acting it not only stands out a mile because of how good that it was but it also helps to elevate whatever scene that it's with the best example of this being a scene with Denver Pyle and Catherine Bach where he's just giving her some advice and it's such a heartwarming scene that on paper could sound cheesy and come across as being such but because of the acting from the two of them it comes across as being really genuine 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 respective characters personalities are even meant to be which is something that really does help to lower the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.

The episode "villain" Lester Starr was easily one of the more entertaining aspects of the episode as he's just so slimly and campy that it does make him fun to see in any of his scenes. However tho and rather rightfully the episode really doesn't spend alot of time developing his character which whilst it is still a bad thing it's also something that's to be expected not only of this show but alot of TV shows as well as there going to be more focused on the heroes rather then they are the guest villains of the episode and that's what Lester Starr is he's a guest villain for this episode and there for while it would have been nice to see him become a more fully rounded character it also wouldn't have been the wisest of things either and yet even tho he's not that fully rounded out as a character he is still a really enjoyable character with it being obvious from his first scene that actor Ronnie Schell really does know exactly what kind of show that he's in and is there for just going to fun with this character and there for plays him like his the main villain in a pantomime which is perfect for this show as this is show that particularly during it's first season wasn't a big hit with critics and even the makers of the show admitted that they were making something terrible but that they were going to make it the right kind of terrible and because of that alot f the actors playing the villains got to really ham it up and just have fun with there roles was the case with the villain in this episode and it's something like that that did make Lester Starr out to be a really fun filled character in his own right.

This was also the episode that introduced that fact that Daisy had dreams of becoming a big star which in this case involved her songwriting. This was a good idea but at the same time tho it's one that very few if none of the other episodes in this show followed up on which is a shame because you really cold have gotten a nice little character arc going for Daisy and yet it just seemed like that the show abandoned it for no reason whatsoever and yet it's because of that subplot that we got some of the best scenes in the episode be it Daisy pretending that she's performing to a large audience when the the dukes go to visit the manager a famous country star or the fact that she out worldly admits to Uncle Jessie that she now doesn't know how to feel about her dreams because of how much trouble that her dreams have caused the family and we could have gotten more beautiful scenes like that if the show kept that aspect of her character intact and it's something that might have even helped the show when it started to slip in ratings during it's fifth season and yet the show didn't keep that aspect of the character intact thus making those scenes in this episode feel pointless as they were just going to reset the status quo at the end of the episode anyways and while yes doing that is something that's done all of the time in sitcoms it's very rarely if ever done in action comedy shows like this one and it is something that while it doesn't hurt the episode in anyway shape or form it is however something that makes you wonder the the makers of this show bothered to include it in this episode if the intention was to always rest the status quo at the end of each episode.

For some reason this episode really wanted to treat Bo and Luke look dumb as when they are tailing Lester who is also being tailed by the FBI. The boys get caught by Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane and during the cause of getting away from him they loose Lester and thus Daisy and yet it takes them talking to Cooter to realise that instead of asking around to see if anyone has seen Lester they could just ask if anyone has seen the FBI's car instead which is something that they knew about as the openly commented on it in the previous scene which made them look even dumb if the makers of the episode wanted them to ask Cooter for help then have them not realise that there being followed by the FBI that way the characters don't get made to look dumb and yet still get to have the characters asking for help and while this show is pretty much known for it's bad writing here it felt really bad as they just made there own main characters look dumb all for the sake of including another side character from the show and that's really it and that's not a good enough to do something like that especially if it comes at the expense of your main characters and while this show never really did take it's characters all that seriously it did somewhat treat it's main characters seriously and that is something that makes it all the more weirder that they would include something like this in this episode and it is something that does harm the episode as a whole.

With the show being more of an action comedy it does make sense to talk about the comedy aspect of this episode. Which to but it bluntly wasn't all that good which is something that does make alot of sense as this show was made with country people in mind and would there for have alot of jokes geared towards them but at the same time tho the jokes do still ned to be good and while this episode does have alot of cute jokes in it there's nothing that's laugh out loud funny even the banter the between The Dukes and Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane which is usually comic gold here just felt awkward and forced which does lead to the impression that this might have been the first episode that was filmed which is something that might account for alot of the awkward jokes in this episode but at the same time tho a bad joke will always be a bad joke and it might just have been that this shows writer and the shows creator GY Waldron might not have been able to come up with anything funny for The Dukes and Roscoe to say to each other in this episode which is fair enough you can't expect a writer even a good one to be funny every single time but what you can do is hope that they give us something that will at the very least raise a smile out of us the audience which is something that does happen in this very episode but at the same time this episode really could have dine with having less cute jokes and more actually funny jokes as those are the jokes that people will remember where as the cute jokes will be forgotten about right a way.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly forty nine minuets and one second. Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for this show to have in the first place and to this episodes credit it really does have the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time yet even with that in mind this episode really doesn't take as full advantage of it's running time as it really could have done as the plot of the episode isn't as developed as it really should have been and it's guest characters aren't as developed as they really could have been either and while yes the makers of the show openly admitted that they were making a bad show that still doesn't mean that you can't develop your plot and your guest characters as your main character will always get developed over the course of the show and so you don't really have to focus on developing them all that much but what you do have to do is focus on developing your plot so that it feels like the events in the plot are natural and organic and you have to develop your guest characters so that us the audience can either love or hate them and while the episode does have a good villain in Lester Starr even he's not that fully developed as a character with us the audience not really getting the chance to find out anything about him as a character which is fine for a villain like Boss Hogg as he's a main character of the show and so he would get development over the course of the show but for Lester who is only in this episode he should have been developed a little bit more something which the episode very easily could have done given it's running time but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is ana action show that really does mean that I gave 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 tat the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. However tho at the same time this episodes action wasn't all that good either as it just boiled down to who can hit who the hardest first and that's really it and while that is something that's to expected in this show it is also something that makes the action in this episode feel a bit boring as the episode only has really one action in it with Bo and Luke tricking and then beating up Lester's henchmen / bodyguard Jojo and that's really it and while it's not unusual for this show to have just the one fight scene in it what is unusual is the fact that they don't have that good of a chase scene with the chase scene in this episode being the FBI chasing The Dukes around a junkyard and that's really it and given just how small that junkyard is there's no way that you could have gotten a good car chase scene from that setting which is a shame as a it did have the potential to be a really fun action scene it just needed a bigger setting so that both of the cars would be able to do more stuff in it and that's really it but as things stand this episode really doesn't have a true standout action scene in it in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall while this was a really fun episode at times it was also an episode that could have been alot better then what it was and while the episode does have alot of sweet scenes in it with Daisy's dream of being a writer being followed up on in the season three episode "By-Line, Daisy Duke" it is something that felt like a wasted aspect of the character but it still was something that led to some really sweet scenes in this very episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 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 hat I personally used in this very review from the official The Dukes Of Hazzard fandom wiki page , 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 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.

The Dukes Of Hazzard "One Armed Bandits" Review

TV shows come and go all of the time with very few of them staying around long to make a lasting impact on people and even fewer staying around to form a fanbase that is to this very day still going strong. With one such TV show being the very show that i'm going to be talking about today as while you don't here much about the show from it's fans online they are still visiting the shows filming locations and meets the stars of the show at various conventions and so then join me as I review the episode that introduced the world to a really cool looking car with the episode in question being called imply just "One Armed Bandits" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when they discover that the corrupt Sheriff is sneaking in slots machines it's up to cousins Bo and Luke to stop this latest scheme before it gets out of hand. 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 in all honesty not that bad but that's also the problem as the plot of this episode isn't all that good with the plot of the episode being a very cut and dry episode that has a very cut and dry plot which means that there's no twists or turns in the story as everything plays out the way that you think that it's going to play and nine times out of ten it also plays out in the exact order that you think that it's going play out and while the plot of the episode does have some good aspects like tieing the A and B plot together in a way that feels natural even that feels like it's predictable with the plot of the episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Tom Wopat as Luke Duke , John Schneider as Bo Duke and Catherine Bach as Daisy Duke. Also starring in this episode is Denver Pyle as Uncle Jesse Duke , James Best as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane , Sorrell Booke as Boss Jefferson Davis Hogg , Ben Jones as Cooter Davenport , Sonny Shroyer as Enos Strate , Tisch Raye as Jill Rae Dodson , Ernie Brown as Dobro Doolin , Gillaaron Houck as Shotgun , Dennis Haskins as Moss , Sandra Dorsey as Hazel , Ralph Pace as Harvey , Jason Lively as Rudy , Rocky Laidler as Brodie , Jerry Campbell as Jerry and Waylon Jennings as The Balladeer.

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. With the cast of this episode turning in the best performances that they possibly could have done this early into the series run and while the acting in the show would get alot better nobody expects good acting in the first episode of a new TV show as the cast themselves really are still trying to find there characters and as a result of that is the fact that it would be really foolish to expect some really great acting from this episode as this is only the first episode of the show with the acting that's really in this episode not really being helped by the fact that the script for this episode for this episode is bad as it gives none of the actors absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there respective characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that does really effect the overall quality of the acting that's in this episode.

One of the things that wasn't expected in this episode is the fact that there is basically an extended cameo appearance from another famous TV car that being the car from Starsky & Hutch. Which was something that really was unexpected as both shows went head to head with each other in the ratings and heck even people whom love each show love to bet on which car is the better of the two and as a result of that it was shocking to see the car for that show appear in this show episode and what's more is the fact that they don't treat it like it's a bad car as it's a car that belongs to one of the friends of Bo and Luke which is something that the makers of this show really didn't have to do and yet they went ahead and did it anyway and while the car doesn't do anything crazy it is still great to see it appear in this episode and it goes to show that the makers of this show have some kind of respect for the makers of Starsky & Hutch and while it's not clear if the makers of Starsky & Hutch featured a 1969 Dodge Charger in any of there episodes there is at the vert least some form of mutual respect there between the two shows.

In what was also a shocking is the fact that this episode is alot more darker in tone to that of the rest of the series. As while this episode is just as family friendly as the rest of the show is there are also some more darker elements like for example we actually see Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane fire his gun something that is not really seen all that much in the episode as is the fact that we see Uncle Jesse yell at both Bo and Luke to get them to do the right things amongst many other things all of which combine to give not only this episode but also the first handful episodes of this show as those episodes were filmed in one go and from episode six onwards they lightened the tone of the show while still keeping in a somewhat realistic world something that would remain with the show all the way through the show's entire broadcast history and as a result of that is the fact that it makes it weird to watch this episode knowing that the tone gets lighter in the first season as the tone of this episode is very vastly different from what we got in the rest of the show.

While there is a strong chance that this show would still be made today it would be very vastly different from the show that already aired. With this mainly being due to the fact that the characters of the show up hold to more traditional family values and the fact that the car has a southern flag on it's roof this is despite the fact that the characters of the show are very welcoming of people from all walks of life and accept you no matter what it is that you look like and yet it's that very reason plus the fact that the car has a southern flag on it's roof that alot of people today just wouldn't accept the show for one reason or another and alot of the time those people won't even watch the show and will instead just base there opinions on the show on a couple of images or a couple of seconds of the episode and not judge the episode by it's entire content which is what you really need to do in order to give any episode of any show a fair crack of the whip and by not doing that all your doing is robbing yourself of not seeing a TV show that you might like and while yes this most likely would not be a thing right now there's no denying the fact that there are people who will get upset about a very safe show that upholds more traditional family values. 

While the writing in this episode and indeed the show as a whole isn't all that good as fact that even the makers of the show very proudly admit to being the case. There's no denying the fact that when this show gets exciting like when they do one of the famous scenes where they have the car do a jump or when there's a great car chase scene that they are some really exciting scenes to watch in this episode and while the episode really good have been better written with the boys straight up getting there cousin Daisy out of prison in a way that feels a little bit to cheesy even for this show with alot of that part of the episode really being something that could have been done better and in a way that ties into the main plot of the episode but as it is it felt like that it was there just so the episode could have yet another chase scene as it's not something that adds anything to the actual plot of the episode which is a sign of how bad the writing in this episode really is and while the makers of the show might have been proud to have bad and cheesy writing in not only this show but this episode as well it is something that is still a flaw with this episode.

Now the this episode has / had an exact grand total, running time of exactly forty seven minuets and four seconds. Which is a solid running time for this episode to have as the episode really does have more then enough plot to really cover that large amount of running time when you also add in the subplot to the mix as well but at the same time this is an episode that really didn't need to be that long as you very easily could have told this entire episodes story in well under forty minuets with the only things that you'd really have to cut out completely is the prison stuff with Daisy as it's not something that adds anything to the plot of the episode and as a result of that is the fact those scenes really do come across as feeling alot more like filler scenes then scenes that are actually needed to tell the episodes plot in the most efficient way possible and as a result of that is the fact that we end up with a bunch of scenes that were better of not being included in the final cut of this episode but I will admit that episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a comedy that means that I gave to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad but that's also the problem as this episodes comedy wasn't all that good either. As alot of this episodes comedy just relies on the characters saying something cute and that's really it and while that's fine for a kid character or a child like character given the fact that all of these characters are adults that's not something that works alot of the time ad while the episode does get some good jokes with the characters just saying some cute and funny stuff the jokes still need to be funny and alot of the time the jokes in this episode just aren't that funny and while the episode does indeed tell some really decent jokes those are very few and far between with the episode having alot more really bad jokes in it then it does have actually good jokes in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this was a solid start to what would become a solid series and while the series itself isn't talked about as much as it should be nowadays that doesn't take away from the fact that both the series and this episode both have some really good elements in them you just have to sit through alot of bad elements in order to find them in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this review well then boys an girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Amazon . Co . Uk , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episodes 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 very episode and are really of course on the really great Google Images are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.