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Thursday, 10 April 2025

The Powerpuff Girls 1998 TV Series "Bubblevicious" And "The Bare Facts" Review


Hollywood Studios these days seem to think that we haven't had a female superhero movie or show ever and yet they seem to forget about one little show that not only had well written characters but was also funny and action packed and where the best characters in the show were female. With that show of course being The Powerpuff Girls a show that was so good that they of course tried and failed to ruin it's legacy with a live action version and a 2016 reboot and so then join me as I review the episodes that sees the cutest member of the group go hardcore and that sees the girls trying to tell a story with the episodes in question being called simply just "Bubblevicious" and "The Bare Facts" enjoy.

The plot of "Bubblevicious" is when she's sick and tired of being underestimated by her sisters Bubbles takes thing to far by proving that she's hardcore and in "The Bare Facts" when The Mayor is rescued by the girls by Mojo Jojo he tries to get them to tell him why they were all laughing. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plots that are actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plots that are actually featured / in thee very episodes was in all honesty not that bad with "Bubblevicious" quite clearly having the better plot of the two segments as it was a plot that not only does a character dive into Bubbles as a character but it's also a plot that was really well handled and while the plot of "The Bare Facts" is clearly meant to be the more lighthearted of the two which is something that does make alot of sense it's paired with a plot that's quite serious and does play alot it's plot straight it's still not that good of a plot with it being rather light on plot where as with the first segment it was very plot heavy almost to the point where it could have been considered a special episode of the show but even so having an episode that's not as plot heavy be paired with one that is is something that does work well enough for this show as it's one that does allow for the setup of the episode to really be what carries it and makes it stand out from alot of the other animated shows out there due to the fact that it was told entirely in the first person with the plot of both episodes being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions.


Starring in these episodes is E.G. Daily as Buttercup , Catherine Cavadini as Blossom and Tara Strong as Bubbles. Also starring in these episodes is voice acting legend and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic star Tom Kane as Professor Utonium and Talking Dog , Scream icon Roger L. Jackson as Mojo Jojo Spongebob Squarepants star Tom Kenny as The Narrator and The Mayor and Jennifer Martin as Ms. Bellum.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about he actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in thee very 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 thee very episodes was in all honesty really good. With all of this episodes actors turning in some really good performances in these very episodes which is something that's not really all that new as these are a bunch of really good actors in there own right and with alot of them being not only really good voice actors but just in general really good actors as ell it does make sense that alot of the would turn in some really good performances even this early on in the shows run with actually being hard to tell who was the best overall performer in both of these two episodes is as in Bubblevicious it's quite easily Tara Strong but in The Bare Facts it's Tom Kenny both for literally different reasons as Tara manages to bring out an entirely different side to Bubbles whilst still doing her typical Bubbles voice whilst Tom Kenny manages to get across just how frustrated his Mayor character really is whilst still getting some really big laughs in The Bare Facts both of which do combine to make it hard to tell just who the best actor is in both of these episode altho it is being made crystal clear that is no bad performance in either of these two episodes tho with the acting that's in thee two episodes really being helped by the fact that the scripts for both of these episodes is just so good that all this episodes actors really have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance rally come out of them more naturally as that's just how good the acting is in both of these episodes.


Doing the animation for both of thee episodes is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Rough Draft Korea. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these very 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 very episodes was in all honesty not that bad as the shows animation which was already really high is more then met with the animation in these two episodes with the animation in The Bare Facts oddly enough being alot more better then the animation in Bubblevicious just because of the fact that in The Bare Facts they do get to play around a bit with the animation style with the style changing depending on which of the three girl is telling the story at that moment in time like for example with Buttercup they alot of harsh shadows thus making it look alot like a crime noir film and with Blossom everything is framed to make her look like the centre of attention and with Bubbles it's done in the style of a kids drawing which was a really cool and was a great way to see all of these different art styles come together beautifully as none of them feel out of the character for the girl that's telling the story and while Bubblevicious does indeed have some really good looking animation in it it's nothing that compares to just how good the animation was in The Bare Facts but in saying that tho the animation in Bubblevicious does come more alive and more extreme during that episodes action scenes something that doesn't happen in The Bare Facts.


Whilst thus is a comedy show and both of this shows two segments do have there moments of levity in them. It's quite easily the second segment of this episode The Bare Facts that has the more funnier moments in it as that is the more lighthearted episode with a premise that does allow it self to have some more humor in it not that there isn't any on the first segment because there it's just that that segment is more action focused where as the second segment is more comedy focused which is something that does work for that segment with that while segment from the second that The Mayor is brought back to his office by the girls being one drawn out joke as both Blossom and Bubbles try not to laugh whilst all three of the girls are telling the story of how they've just rescued The Mayor whilst all he wants to hear is what it is that's made them all laugh so hard only for it the girls to keep on stalling to the point where they just straight up get tired of being in his office and leave to go home with it then being revealed that the reason that they were laughing is because of the fact that Mojo Jojo along with taking The Mayor also took The Mayor clothes of him which to be frank is good set up and punch line as while OK granted the punchline could be seen as being a bit childish given the fact that the girls are children it is something that does work in the episodes favor as that is something that a child might possibly find funny and while the previous segment does have some good jokes in it as well like with Bubbles just straight up annoying Buttercup by talking to her about all of the things that she's just seen Buttercup do in the training room to even the fact that she stops being hardcore when her sisters say that they like her and are sorry for underestimating her.

The very idea of Bubbles going out of her way to prove that she's just as tough with her sisters really is such a good idea. That it could have been the plot for a special episode of the show as that's just how much of a good idea that it is and yet by cramming it all into the first segment of a two segment show oddly feels like a disservice to the idea as a whole as it then means that it can't be fully developed as the episode has to rush along to the next plot point like how cool would have been to have actually seen Bubbles try to save Townsville on her own only to some of time because of the fact that her sisters aren't there to help her and it would have made her downfall in the episode going from someone who the people of Townsville like for she is instead get turned into a Tyrant who gets very easily mad at people because of the fact that they see her as her cute and adorable elf and if that segment was a special episode it would then make the entire plot of that segment feel all the more epic as now you have the girls having to face quite literally there toughest challenge yet that being Bubbles and while having the episode the episode be the first segment of a two segment show doesn't really hurt the segment in any meaningful way it would have made the segment alot more better if it was it's own episode but given that Cartoon Network weren't doing special episodes of there TV shows back when this show was being released having it air as a regular episode is somethin that was the best way for an idea that's this good to be released in the first place.


In what must surely be a coincidence the main villain of both of these segments just so happens to be Mojo Jojo. Which is fine as he is a serviceable and funny villain but at the same time having a bit of verity in there wouldn't have gone a miss as there was no need to have him by the main villain of The Bare Facts as that honor very easily could have gone to someone like Fuzzy Lumpkins with nothing really needing to be changed about the plot of that particualr segment as both he and Mojo are funny villains that the girls are known for fighting and both villains would be able to get to The Mayor very easily and it would still make the joke at the end of that segment work perfectly fine but for one reason of another the makers of these episodes thought that it was a good idea to have Mojo Jojo be the main villain for both segments which works fine as even tho he doesn't really have an evil scheme in the first segment as all he wants to do is just get rid of the girls and that's really it he does have an evil scheme in the second segment where he wants to take of control of Townsville which does make sense for his character as by doing that he can then make it law so that the girls can't attack him and stop his evil schemes but with that mind it in the first segment where he used more effectively as even tho it's the second segment where he has an evil plan here he plays more of crucial role in the plot of the second as he unknowingly taunts a still angry Bubbles by kidnapping her and torturing her by putting his laser machine on to it's highest setting all to get Bubbles to cry out for her sisters which is a good plan as he can then capture all three of them and do whatever he wants to do where as in The Bare Facts he doesn't really get that much of a chance to showoff just how smart he actually is something that he does wonderfully in Bubblevicious.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty two minuets exactly. With each segment being around eleven minuets in length with is the perfect time for both of these segments to last as both segments have just the right amount of plot there to cover that eleven minuet running time but with that being said tho Bubblevicious really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely as we don't get to see the girls come to the realization that they were in the wrong in a way that felt natural as all we've seen is Bubbles acting out thus it would have made more sense for her to be the one in the wrong as she openly beats up two innocent people and hurts Blossom when the two of them were just playing game where as all Blossom did was look out for Bubbles and that's really it yet if we actually saw both her and Buttercup underestimate Bubbles say during a fight with monsters or even doing something that normal people would do and we see that escalate throughout the segment then it would make there apology not only feel warranted but earned as well and with the second segment even tho that one doesn't use in it's running time all that wisely either as it doesn't fully develop it's plot all that well it really doesn't need to give the fact that we see everything from the point of view of The Mayor and so when he doesn't see something we don't see it and given just how lighthearted the plot of that segment is in the first place it's not really something that really needed to be that fully developed in the first place as it's just meant to be a fun and silly segment of the show but I really will admit that both of these segments really do have some really good pacing to them tho.


So now then as this is an action show that really does mean that I have to actually talk about all of the action that's actually featured / presented to us in these vert 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 very episodes was in all honesty really good. With it being quite obvious that Bubble vicious has the best action out of the two segments mostly because of the fact that we actually get to see the action in it where as with The Bare Facts since The Mayor himself can't see it we the audience don't get the chance to see it with the action in Bubblevicious standing out because of the fact that we do get to see just how tough Bubbles can be when she really pushes herself to do so with her taking on several training monsters all on her own and even not only taking on but beating Mojo Jojo on her own twice which was a really good thing to see but what would have made the action in that segment alot more better was if we got to see the girls fight at the start of the episode as that could then contrast with Bubbles fighting random people when she's angry in the middle of the episode with there being alot of good action scenes just in that one segment alone that it would be hard to say which was the best one but if push comes to shove it would have to be the second fight that Bubbles and Mojo have just because of the fact that it is a pretty funny fight with Bubbles just straight up yelling at him for attacking them when they're making it up which really is a funny idea and it's one that makes sense in the context of the scene that it's in as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall out of the two segments Bubblevicious is quite easily the better one as it has not only the better plot to it but is also has the better action to it as well but in saying that The Bare Facts is better then Bubble vicious in that it has the more laugh out loud moments in and a great mixture of art styles as well with both segments offering something that the over just doesn't have 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 very segments in this very review and a such that really does mean that Bubblevicious earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 out of 10 from me and The Bare Facts earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6 out of 10 from with both segments earning themselves a grand total 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 pf the images that In personally used in this very review from the official the Powerpuff Girls fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very segments that I used in this very review being the really great the official The Powerpuff Girls 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 these very segments 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 The Powerpuff Girls fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Monday, 27 November 2023

The Powerpuff Girls 1998 TV Series "Monkey See, Doggie Do" and "Mommy Fearest" Review

 


The nineties was a great time for cartoons on TV with there being alot of shows being made that would go on to become truly iconic shows i their own right. Well thr show that i'm about to talk about today is one such a show with this show having a an a list team of people working on it from great voice actors and to really great writers and directors all of which came to together to make this show the hit that it was and so then join me as I review the episodes that introduced the world to The Powerpuff Girls with the episodes in question being called simply just "Monkey See, Doggie Do" and "Mommy Fearest" enjoy.

The plot of "Monkey See, Doggie Do" is the people of townsville are being turned into dogs and it's up to The Powerpuff Girls to find who is doing this evil crime and stop them once and for all and the plot of "Mommy Fearest" is when The Professor falls in love it's up to The Powerpuff Girls to convince him that his new girlfriend is truly evil. 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 n all honesty really good with "Monkey See, Doggie Do" having the stronger plot whilst the plot for "Mommy Fearest" was quite easily the weaker of the two segments in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this very episode is Catherine Cavadini as Blossom , E.G. Daily as Buttercup and Tara Strong as Bubbles and Woman Neighbor. Also starring in this episode is Tom Kane as Professor Utonium , Puppet Pal Clem and Talking Dog , Roger L. Jackson as Mojo Jojo , Tom Kenny as The Narrator and The Mayor , Rob Paulsen as Puppet Pal Mitch and Jennifer Hale as Ima Goodelady and Sequsa.

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. Which given who is involved with this show shouldn't really be all that surprising as the show has some really legendary voice actors working on show and a really good creative team writing and directing the show with the acting in this episode really being helped by the fact that the script for this episode is really good and so all the cast have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them really naturally.



Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Rough Draft Korea. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us n 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 as the animation in this episode does look really good but at the same time it does also look really dated this is of course no fault of those making the show but it is something that dates both the episode and the show itself as it just looks like that it was made in the nineties and as such the shows animation really doesn't come across as really being timeless unlike the animation in say Tiny Toon Adventures for example.


In the first half of this shows first episode we do get to meet The Powerpuff Girls most iconic villain that being Mojo Jojo. With the villain just being as entertaining as he was back in the nineties which is nothing new for this show as the makers of this show did put in alot of effort intro creating memorable villains be it for there right reasons or for the wrong reasons and they also put in alot of time and effort into making the villains in not only this episode but the show as a whole as entertaining as the shows main heroes as well with Mojo being a prime example of this as why he's not the most creepiest villain in the shows history he is one of if not the most well known villain in the shows history and alot of that comes down to the fact that he is both really well written and really well acted as well both of which help to really make him a really entertaining villain.

Sadly the comedy is where this episode falters as the comedy in this episode just isn't that funny in the lightest. Which is odd because we have a bunch or directors in Craig McCracken , John McIntyre and Genndy Tartakovsky al of whom know how to make funny animation and how to make things funny in the world of animation and yet for some strange reason they just didn't do it in this episode with the jokes here just coming across as lazy at best and unfunny at worst and when you add in the fact that we get a shall we say adult type of joke with a straight up naked person appearing in this episode and yet it's just not that funny and all it does is make you wonder how in the heck they manged to get that scene past all of the censors.



Out of the two segments the first one is the better of the two just because it was a good example of what the show was like when it was at it's best. However with that being said episode two was also rather enjoyable as it gives us some insight as to what the girls are like at home which just reminds us that outside of their superhero duties these girls are still just little girls and so they do things that kids there age would like to do only because they have superpowers they now have alot more pressure of going to save the town as and when they are needed and seeing their home life was also really entertaining in it's own right as it made the segment feel more personal as it's just mostly confined to the girls house for most of the segment.

Now then the first segment has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly eleven minuets and twenty nine seconds whilst the second segment has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly ten minuets and one second. With the first first segment having the better running time as the first segment has more then enough their interms f plot ti cover that large amount of story where as the second second segment really doesn't have alot of story there and so alot of the segment comes across as being filler but both segments don't really to take the time to fully develop their respective villains which does make it hard to route for the hero as we're not really given a reason to but I will admit that both segments have some really good pacing to both of them.


So now then as this is an action show that means that I have to actually talk abut 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 really good. With both segments having some really good action in them as we get to see alot of the girls powers in the second segment and we get to see just how creative the girls can be in a fight in the first segment both of which make the segments respective action scenes look really good and look alot better then the action that we get in mist modern day action cartoon TV shows n my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall both of these segments were really entertaining in their way as they both show of just how entertaining this show was and could be when it was at it's 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 episode in this very review and as such that means that the first segment earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 whilst the second segment earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 6 out and the episode as a whole earns itself a grand old score of a 7 out 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the image that I personally used in this very review well then boy sand 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 Powerpuff Girls fandom wiki page, 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 official The Powerpuff Girls fandom wiki page simply just due to the fact that alot of the images that are on the official The Powerpuff Girls fandom wiki page are all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Wednesday, 20 March 2019

The Powerpuff Girls 1998 Review


Cartoon fans I was a kid of the nineties and that means the show that i'm about to review for you all is a show that I grew up watching. I'll admit that I didn't watch this show all the time mostly because I was busy watching other shows but other time this show has started to grow on me and well I thought that since i've reviewed both the reboot and the movie it only makes sense for me to review the original so here is my review of the 98 version of The Powerpuff Girls.

The premise of the series is basically three girls with superpowers fight crime and protect the town and people of Townsville. As my summery will suggest this show is episodic so you don't really need to watch episode one to understand say episode ten you can watch any of the episodes and get the personality of each of the girls and while I do think having this be an episodic show works for this show I still would have liked it to have a long running story just to make things a bit more interesting.


Starring in the show was Catherine Cavadini as Blossom , Tara Strong as Bubbles and E. G. Daily as Buttercup. Since there are quite a few characters in the show i'm not going to name who played every single so I chose just to name who played the three girls because it would save me alot of time and because let's be real that's all you really wanted to know. I will say tho that there are alot of great voice actors in this series so it's worth watching just to hear who pops up as what character.

In terms of what i thought about the voice acting in general it's alot better the acting in the reboot mostly because every actor in this feels like there actually trying where as in the reboot all of the returning actors just feel like there putting in the minimum amount of effort. It goes without saying that the actresses playing the three girls do a great job since all of the actresses are voice acting legends and all three are perfectly cast in this show.


The show had two animation studios working on it during it's run with the animation for the first four seasons being done by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons and the final two seasons being done by Cartoon Network Studios. Your guess is as good as mine as to why they switched studios halfway through maybe Cartoon Network wanted more control over the series or HB wanted more money per-episode regardless the animation remains top notch all throughout the series run.

Now there was no way I could review this series and not talk about the design of the girls while the designs are indeed iconic. That's not to say that the designs aren't creepy as hell because trust me they are but this show makes them work and it somehow makes them adorable and that's not something that many shows pull off. I will say tho that the thick lines can be quite distracting but given that this was a late nineties show thick lines are to expected.


This show had a total of six seasons , three specials one of which was a christmas special and a theatrical movie. In total there were seventy eight episodes of the show made which given the premise to me is really shocking since at most this should have been a two or three season show but the fact they managed to get as much out of it as they did is true testament to the creative team and really everyone involved.

Now there's a chance that this could be wrong but during production of the show there was a hiatus which I think happened in season 4 and that was because the crew stopped working on the show to work on the movie. In my opinion I really don't see why they couldn't have hired more people to work on both that way they could have had the show airing as the movie came out but I guess that they wanted to make the movie feel more like the show.


One of the many things that this show does better then the reboot is the fact that it actually includes strong female characters and not just say there about female empowerment. To me and I think many others one of those characters is Miss Bellum here is a character that is beautiful but she's also smart and skilled fighter among many other things. So why she was not included in the reboot is beyond me since she is everything the makers of that show wanted there version to be.

Now I will admit that this series had one episode which to me felt like it was trying to hard to push a feminist agenda and that's the episode "The Boys Are Back in Town" where the girls learn that in order to defeat the Rowdyruff Boys they have to make there masculinity feel threatened. To me that seemed like it was trying to hard to push a feminist agenda onto people and if every other episode of the show was like that I wouldn't mind it since it would feel out of place but this is the only episode that really does it and it stands out by a mile.


Another thing that this show did better then the original was the fact that it actually has action scenes in it. I know that's hard to believe an action cartoon actually having action scenes who would have thought of it all joking aside tho the action in this series is honestly really well done you can tell that the team put alot of effort into these scenes and it's because of that that I have to wonder if this was a storyboard driven show or not. Also I will admit there are a few action scenes which go to far even for my tastes like in episode one where the girls are transformed into dogs and they have a fight with other dogs and we see every punch and kick thrown but as someone who's a dog lover that was just to much for me.

I have to say tho that not all is good with the show since there are alot of episodes that just go know where and that did start to get really frustrating for me personally just because they seemed like really fun episodes but then without any reason they'd just end. If i'm being honest this is one of the few things that the reboot does better then the original show just because in the reboot they at least tell complete stories.

To get back to the positives tho this show does have a great sense of honour and I did find myself laughing alot of the time. Alot of the jokes in the show aren't just from what the characters there from what's seen in the background like for the fact the registration plate on the Professors car is pretty good joke and who honestly doesn't love evil Bubbles that whole concept is just freaking funny at least in my opinion.


Overall this show is miles better then the reboot and is honestly everything the reboot should have been. It's not a perfect show tho by any means in fact I think i've listed all of the problems with the show but if there's anymore then please let me know and it's those problems that keep the show from being a perfect ten so it gets a 7.5 out of 10 from me.

    




Wednesday, 6 June 2018

The Powerpuff Girls 2016 Review


Well then cartoon fans I bet that this is a review that you didn't see coming but it's one that i've been planning for a little while now and I finally decided to stop putting it of and get to it so here is my review of The Powerpuff Girls 2016.

The premise of the show is fairly simple the show follows the exploits of Bubbles , Blossom and Buttercup as they fight crime inbetween trying to have a normal childhood. This premise worked for the original show so i'm glad that they didn't change it however since this is reboot I think that they should have changed it in order to make it there own.


One of the many , many , many , many things that this show got criticized for was the fact that the main three actors from the original show weren't brought back to do the reboot and considering the stuff that the returning actors had to say i'd say that's a freaking blessing in disguise but tho the makers of this reboot should understand that for many people myself included the original three actors truly are those characters.

Starring as the girls in this reboot are Amanda Leighton , Kristen Li and Natalie Palamides but the show also has alot of actors returning from the original show such as Tom Kane , Tom Kenny , Jennifer Hale , Roger L. Jackson , Jeff Bennett , the late Chuck McCann and the always great Jim Cummings. 

I have to say that while it's great that they brought back alot of returning actors the three that they got to play the girls just don't live up to the original three voices the actors are good in the show but no matter who they got they were never going to live up to the voices of Cathy Cavadini , Tara Strong and E.G. Daily and the returning actors just sound bored half of the time.


Unlike the original show which was produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons this show was produced solely by Cartoon Network Studios and I think that the character designs do suffer because of that fact all of the characters just look the same not one of them stands out and that's not really a good thing in my eyes.

I will say tho that I thought the animation wasn't that bad it's not good by any stretch of the imagination but it's not as bad as people make it out to be either it just falls somewhere in the middle which for this show being just ok is fantastic.


There is something else that I have to talk about and that's the removal of the character Ms. Bellum I don't really see why she was removed from the show at all according to Nick Jennings who works on the show the reason is "We felt like Ms. Bellum wasn't quite indicative of the kind of messaging we wanted to be giving out at this time, so we sort of had her move on and that was a good choice I think on our part" to that I just have to wonder if he or the rest of the people working on this show even watched the original series Ms. Bellum was a strong female character and considering this whole franchise is about female empowerment taking her out of the show goes against all of that. 


Now i'm sure you can tell by the above picture what else I have to talk about and let me just say that I agree with what most people have said about this scene it is so inappropriate to have girls who are meant to be I think eight years old twerking and like I said before this goes against the whole female empowerment message that this franchise is built on so whoever came up with this idea because they used it twice should no longer be working on this show at all.

It's not all doom and gloom tho as I thought that both the intro and the theme song are actually pretty good the theme song has a nice catchy beat to it and the opening has some nice looking visuals but nothing is ever going to top the original theme song and opening narration (which for some dumb reason they cut for the TV version but is in the extended version) I would like to talk about the action but there's barely any to talk about and the same goes for the jokes.




Overall i'd say that this is a pretty bad show and a bad reboot that disrespects what came before it but if you of any little kids like this show then great but know that there are better shows out there that you could be watching for me this show scores a 4 out of 10. 
    

Friday, 24 November 2017

My Top 4 Worst Cartoon Network Reboots


As we all know Cartoon Network has made alot of great shows in fact you could argue that some of the best cartoon shows ever made were made by Cartoon Network but i'm not listing there good shows i'm here to list My Top 4 Worst Cartoon Network Reboots.

4) Wacky Races (2017)


I did a review which goes into more detail about why this series is awful and that was after ONE episode so i won't go into two much detail here but it lacks everything the original series had and when you throw in the terrible designs and bad writing it makes for one hell of a bad show.

3) Ben 10 (2016)


This ones so low down on here because i never watched the original series or it's various spin-offs/sequels but even i could tell that this reboot was pretty bad i give the series credit for at least bringing back original voice actress Tara Strong but that doesn't excuse the fact that the show's formula gets old after about the fourth or fifth episode. 

2) The Powerpuff Girls (2016)


Now unlike Ben 10 i actually watched alot of the original Powerpuff Girls and i got excited about this new series when it first announced and while i did enjoy a few episodes of this new reboot overall the shows not that good it's a pail imitation of a great show and unlike the original show which was made for both boys and girls this one is more aimed towards a female audience thus missing the point of the original show. Things only got worse for this show for me when they introduced and they quickly got rid of the new character Bliss and i only watched those episodes to see if the show improved and it did not.

1) Teen Titans Go!



Lets be honest you all knew this was going to be here and it's for all the reasons you think as well but what really made me put it here was the fact that this show makes fun of the fans i can handle the mixed writing and the bad jokes but when you start making fun of the people who put you where you are now then there's no going back from that and what's worse is this show has a freaking movie coming out next year.




Saturday, 23 September 2017

The Powerpuff Girls "Power Of Four" Review


To say the reboot of The Powerpuff Girls is bad is understatement fans hate , the critics hate and the original cast hate it but something happend a few weeks ago the internet was talking about this special that would introduce a new member of the team so here is my review of Power Of Four.


The basic premise of the special is the girls find out they have another sister and they try to help her fit in with there family. Now the special was made up of five regular episodes of the show each one containing there own story but with a few characters linking them all together and the premise isn't that bad it does a good job of setting up this new character i will get into the ending tho later on since it's a disappointment for me.


The voice cast for this series and the special include Amanda Leighton , Kristen Li , Natalie Palamides , Tom Kenny and Olivia Olson. I know alot of people love the old voice cast but the new voice actors for the girls do a good job there not going to beat the original actors but for this version of the show and for this special they work altho i did find Olivia Olson's voice a tad distracting tho and for some reason Olivia gives Bliss a slight British accent which doesn't work at all.

Now i could go on and on about the animation errors in this version of the show but i won't do that but i will say that there some errors in this special as well but the quality of the animation overall was really good i think that this series best animation was used in the scene that introduced Bliss and in the final fight of the special.

Bliss herself from the waste up looks pretty good she looks like a character you'd find in The Powerpuff Girls but from the waste down she looks terrible for some reason the show makers gave her really wide hips and really long legs and they just don't work with the rest of the body design at all i get that she's meant to be a teenager but that doesn't mean you have to make her look just strange.


For some rather odd reason the show uses the old Professor design when they decide to tell Bliss's backstory and i think they also reuse the opening animation from the original show and it really doesn't mix well with this series animation at all.



I have to mention because they pulled a Poochie on everyone except Bliss doesn't die i won't give it away but it's terrible ending and they could have come up with something better since the network plugged the hell out of this special most of us my self included most likely thought this would have a long term effect on the show but based of this special it won't.


Overall this special wasn't that bad but it wasn't that good either and it defiantly doesn't stop the reboot from being terrible for me this special is a 4.5 out of 10. 








Wednesday, 26 October 2016

Top 5 Modern Cartoons


Well hello there cartoon lovers since my last cartoon themed list did pretty good i thought i would return with another one but this time focusing on my personal top 5 modern cartoons i must however state that this is just my own personal list so please don't hurt me :P



5) Ben 10 2016 / The Powerpuff Girls 2016

i really couldn't choose which one to put here so i went with both of them just because these two shows for me at least are pure escapist entertainment and since i never watched the original Ben 10 i can't say which is better and while the new Powerpuff Girls is indeed pretty bad it does have some good voice acting and some good episodes.



4) My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

I went with this series over Adventure Time because of two reasons the first being i couldn't find any reasons why i liked Adventure Time and the second being that not only has this show brought together two generations of fans but it also teaches you lessons that we as adults could adhere two every now and then.


3) Steven Universe

This is at number three because while it does have great writing and great songs since i only started watching the show near the end of season 3 i don't have that connection that the die hard fans have so this is more of a personal thing then anything else.


2) Milo Murphy's Law

This show to me at least is really strange but it has great witty dialog which i love and i find my self laughing at least once in nearly every episode plus it has Weird Al and that's a win for any show.


1) Mighty Magiswords

This show is just freaking funny as hell it has a premise that i havn't seen before the jokes nearly always hit and i like the animation it reminds me alot of shows like Tiny Toons and Animaniacs where they have these great funny leads and then surrounded them with crazy side characters and plots.