The Gifted Season / Series 1 Review

Guys if you recall in October of last year i did a review of the pilot episode of The Gifted well now that series 1 has ended i thought now is a good time to do review on the series as a whole so here we go.

The plot of the show is two ordinary parents take their family on the run from the government when they discover that their children have mutant abilities and join an underground community of mutants who have to fight to survive. I have to admit even tho this is the plot for the whole show it's also the most accurate way to describe it and show does a good job with the whole family aspect but it also doesn't over do it with that same aspect.

This show stars Stephen Moyer , Amy Acker , Sean Teale , Natalie Alyn Lind , Percy Hynes White , Coby Bell , Jamie Chung , Blair Redford and Emma Dumont. Whoever was in charge of casting this show well done you deserve a rise because this show is so well cast it's really strange to find a show where every character is cast perfectly and it helps that all of the actors do a fantastic job portraying their characters and you won't believe me when i tell you how old Jamie Chung actually is because she really doesn't look it.

For a drama the show really doesn't have that much drama in it but when it does it's done really well and in all honesty i'm glad that there really isn't that much drama in the show because you already get alot of drama just from the characters being mutants so you don't really need to see drama within the family or with the people their working with.

I have to admit for a superhero show the effects are actually pretty decent there not movie good nor are they The Flash good but they are really decent effects and they are most certainly better then a certain other marvel show which i refuse to name because of how bad it is but it rhymes with imhumans.

With this being a superhero show i was expecting alot of fight scenes and there rather shockingly isn't that many but there is a lot of action scenes tho and for me at least the action was pretty hit and miss it's not bad but there's very little to verity so in the end they all just blend into one.

The absolute most praise has to go to the writing this show is so well written i wasn't expecting this show to have great writing but by the end of the first episode is was surprised by the amount of actual effort then went into the writing. There is one complaint tho and that's the pacing of most episodes can sometimes be all other the place and i can see people becoming bored because of that heck i myself was getting bored during the first half of the finale.

Overall series 1 was freaking fantastic and i cannot believe Fox waited as long as they did to pick the show up but either way i'm glad we're getting a second season / series and as you can tell by the picture there will be a review of the Black Lightning pilot but as for The Gifted series / season 1 i give it a 9.5 out of 10.

Some Thoughts About Hot Streets

Hey there animation fans i don't really talk about Adult Swim shows and there's a reason for that and that reason is i only watch two Adult Swim shows (Robot Chicken and Rick And Morty) but i thought i'd give you some brief thoughts on there new show Hot Streets.

I'm only two episodes in but i can tell that the series is episodic so it doesn't have an overall story but the basic set up is Mark Branski (J.D. Ryznar) is an FBI agent along with his partner Donald French (Scott Chernoff).The two collaborate with Branski's niece Jen (Chelsea Kane) and her cowardly talking dog Chubbie Webbers (Justin Roiland) to investigate paranormal phenomena. It doesn't sound like the kinda thing i'd usually watch but the premise is really interesting and it offers alot of room for creativity.

As you can see the cast includes J.D. Ryzner , Scott Chernoff , Baby Daddy's Chelsea Kane and Rick and Morty co-creator and star Justin Roiland and i do have to say that so far the acting is pretty good i'm only two episodes in so i can't really say if the acting is the best thing about the show or not but from what i've seen the acting is really solid.

I have to say that in the pilot episode there was a lot of gore and i truly do mean alot so if you don't like that kinda of thing then you might want to avoid this series since it looks like it might be taking the violence to Mr.Pickles levels of violence but it is balanced out with some funny comedy.

I don't know if you can tell by the above image or not but the art style i found to be really weird at the start but it was something that i did get used to by the end of the pilot from what i've seen so far the animation does look to be really good again i can't say if that's true or not for the rest of the show but just based of the first two episodes the animation is solid.

Overall i'd say if you like weird shows then check this one out and as you can tell by the above image it's produced by Stoopid Monkey which means it has alot of the same funny guys who work on Robot Chicken and that includes Seth Green and Matthew Senreich as producers there will not a rating for this show as i'm only two episodes i might do a full review later on down the line tho.

My Brief Thoughts on Violet Evergarden

Anime fans you should know that i don't usually make this kind of post after a single episode but i just got through watching the subbed version of Violet Evergarden episode 1 and i have to talk about it so i'm going to.

I have to mention that i had no clue what this series was about all i new about it was it had the fantasy tag and the drama tag but even i wasn't as prepared for the amount of pure emotion in this single episode in every other scene you will feel some sort of emotion and nine times out of ten it will include tears.

Since this is an anime and they usually take a lot longer to tell there stories i can't really explain what the story is and that's a good thing in this case because it want to go on the journey with these characters i want to go through what there going through and feel what they feel. I know it's way to early to say this but i think this show is the best anime of winter 2018 i really do and it will take something truly special to convince me otherwise.

Visually this film is a treat for the freaking eyes the animation was done by Kyoto Animation who also did the animation for my favorite anime film A Silent Voice and man oh man did they really bring it in this episode i don't know if the visuals or animation will be this good in the rest of the series but just based on this episode alone i can say well done Kyoto Animation. 

The music especially in the opening leading up to the title reveal was truly something to behold i've seen other shows that should have epic music but don't for some dumb reason or another but here the music and visuals all came together to create something truly stunning.

Yeah so those are my brief thoughts on the pilot episode don't expect a review for every episode because that won't be happening and i have to thank Netflix for releasing the dub just when i was downloading the subbed version so you have a choice you can watch this dubbed or you can watch it subbed or if your like me you'll watch both versions because this show is worth it.

 

Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold Review

Hello Scooby fans and Batman fans these two franchises are no strangers to each other when it comes to crossovers with the Mystery Inc gang teaming up with Batman on several occasions in the past but this is the first time that a crossover has taken place in a feature film so let's find out if it's any good.

The plot of this movie is Batman enlists the help of Mystery Inc to help him solve one of his few unsolved cases when new information shows up. Meanwhile they also have to deal with a new mysterious villain who calls himself the 'Crimson Cloak' who is planning to take over Gotham City. I have to admit the story for the most part is really easy to follow and you don't know where the story is really going i say it's easy for the most part because in the final battle it does get a little hard to follow.

In this movie we have the Scooby regulars Frank Welker , Matthew Lillard , Grey Griffin who's also returning as Black Canary and Kate Micucci and representing the Brave and The Bold cast we have Diedrich Bader , Tara Strong , Nika Futterman and John Michael Higgins. I have to say that the acting in the movie was really good but that's not really a surprise considering who's in the cast Diedrich sounds good as Batman the only person who sounded strange to me was Nika Futterman as catwoman and that's just because i'm not used to hearing her as the character.

I thought that the mystery aspect of the film was quite lacking and by that i mean the movie gives you no hints at all as to who the culprit is it just comes from out of know where in the third act so i feel that the makers of the movie could have out a little more effort into making a good solid mystery.

After being scared by the terrible animation of the last Tom and Jerry movie i'm quite please to say that the animation in this crossover film isn't that bad there's alot of good facial expressions and that helps sell some of the comedy alot more. There's also some great movement from the characters which was something i never thought i'd get in a crossover movie.

This is more of a comedic Batman movie but with that being said the comedy isn't really that funny Plastic Man does get a few funny lines here and there but that's really it and there's a great reference to Scooby-Doo creators Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and there's a kinda funny moment where they make fun of the fact that Shaggy and Scooby are always the bate when it comes to the plans.

Since this is also a superhero movie there is a few action scenes but since this is a kids film they don't actually show that much of it instead they insert white flashes which get old quick and when they don't do that the action mostly consists to villains being thrown into things and that's really all you get into of fights.

The Scooby-Doo! films usually have some cool looking intro with some pretty decent music but for this film both the intro and the music were pretty dull looking and dull sounding honestly i could have fallen asleep during the intro it was that dull.

Overall this is an average Scooby-Doo! movie i admit it's not as bad as thought it would be but it's also not as good as i think it could've been if you have either little kids or a little niece or nephew who love either Scooby-Doo! or Batman then i see no harm in showing them this movie but for me it's a perrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrfect 5 out of 10.

Five Anime I Like But Don't Get Much Attention From The Community

Here is my second anime themed post and since alot of anime come and go i don't expect people to remember these shows are movies but for some reason or another they don't get talked about by the anime community so here we go.

 A Silent Voice

This movie came out the same time as Your Name did in America and i think that's why people don't talk about this film that much because a whole lot of them went to go and see Your Name which is a shame because while Your Name is a good film i think this film is better and i wish more anime fans would talk about it.

Blood-C

This anime came out in 2011 and i can kinda see why people aren't talking about it that much since like i said before a lot of anime come and go but if people are still talking Cowboy Bebop then why can't they still talk about Blood-C but it seems not alot of people forgot about since it did get a live action film prequel called Asura Girl: Blood-C Another Story and a stage play called Blood-C: The Last Mind.

Hellsing Ultimate

This OVA series finished in 2014 so why people aren't still talking about it is beyond me it should still be fresh enough in people's minds but for some reason it doesn't get much attention but when it does it gets the praise it deserves.

Highschool Of The Dead

Again i get why people don't talk about this show that much since it did come out a long time ago but the most recent memory i can think of of people talking about it was when it broke that the series creator had died and thus couldn't finish the story so maybe they don't want to talk about because of that or because of the fact it's an unfinished story.

Anything From The Love Live! Franchise

Yeah this is a strange one because for some reason alot of anime don't like to talk about the Love Live! anime and for the life of me i can't work out why if they don't like it then that's fine but you'd think they would be a few people out there in the community who like this franchise i know i like it and i'm excited for the Love Live! Sunshine!! movie.

My Top 5 Cutest Anime Girls

Welcome to the first of two anime themed posts i'm doing today this one is going to focus solely on females and which ones i think are cute / attractive now i want you all to know that these are just my opinions so if there's a girl you like who isn't on here then she's either lower down on the list or i havn't seen the series / film so let's get on with it.

5) Rei Miyamoto (HighSchool Of The Dead)

I know alot of people either don't like or didn't watch HighSchool Of The Dead but i did and i'll admit that upon reflection Rei doesn't have much of a personality but she looks good with a gun and she kills alot of zombies.

4) Saeko Busujima (Highschool Of The Dead)

She was my first anime crush and she's here because unlike Rei she actually has some form of a personality even if it's not much of one plus she was a key part in what has no become the most famous scene in Highschool Of The Dead i'm of course talking about Matrix Boobs. This girl is also a really talented fighter and she can easily take on a lot of zombies just by her self that's how awesome she is.

3) Mitsuha Miyamizu (Your Name)

This list isn't just counting women from anime series and when thinking of my number three slot the only real person i could think was the female lead from Your Name Mitsuha she goes through alot in that film and not only does she come out of it she helps safe most of her town.

2) Shirayuki (Snow White With The Red Hair)

Honestly this was a tough call to make but in the end i'm glad i put her here because Shirayuki is a well written female character plus like Mitsuha she is drawn in a really cute way so you have no choice but to fall in love her.

Honorable Mention

Yona (Yona of The Dawn)

I put Yona as an honorable mentioned because i havn't seen the rest of the series yet i've only seen those first twelve episodes but from what i've seen of her i can see that she's going to become a total badass and in the first twelve episodes she has plenty of badass moments and that to me makes her all of what i said in the intro.

1) Ruby (Love Live! Sunshine!!)

Honestly any of the girls from Aqours could have easily filled this spot but Ruby is cuteness overload she goes out of her way to make others happy even if it means she ends up being un-happy plus she has the cutest catchphrase Do your Rubesty! which pretty much means Do Your Best.

  

  

My Top 10 Beautiful Female Cartoon Characters

A little under a year ago Watchmojo released a video called Top 10 Hottest Female Cartoon Characters and for the most part it was the type on content you'd see from them except they miss of characters everyone pretty much agrees are hot so i'm here today to present my own top 10 list with the a different title and unlike Watchmojo i'm going to include movie characters as well and if your favorite show isn't mentioned then it's because i didn't watch it.

10) Penelope Pitstop

She was a mainstay on both the original and the remake of Wacky races but there's nothing really more to her other then looks which is why she's so low on this list if anything she's more of a damsel in distress kind of character but she's still beautiful.

9) Riley's Mum

She is more then just traditionally beautiful she cares for daughter even tho we don't really spend much time with her in the movie we see enough to get a sense of who she is as a person and that to me makes her very beautiful both inside and out.

8) Pebbles Flintstone (Teenager)

There's no other way to put this Pebbles when she's a teenager is a knockout and that's really all i have to say since the picture above really does speak for it self.

7) Helen Parr / Elastigirl

Not only is she a superhero but she's also a stay at home mom and she has to do all the things that being at stay at home mom entails but my god does she look great in that red suit i'm trying not to make this solely based on looks but it's hard when the characters look so good.

6) Caitlin Snow

This is technically cheating since Caitlin appears in the live action TV show version of The Flash but since Danielle Panabaker also voices the character on The Ray i figured i can include her. She is not only beautiful but she's also smart like super smart and she has her PHD so she has brains as well as beauty.

5) Velma Dinkley

This adorkable girl has been rocking the sweater and glasses look for well over fifty years and she looks just as good now as she did back then and like the previous entry she wields both brains and beauty altho with all the times she looses her glasses you'd think she would have swapped them out for contacts.

4) Xena

Like with the Caitlin entry this is a bit of a stretch since she first appeared in live action but since she got an animated movie i'm going to include her this girl is drop dead stunning and she'd most likely kill you for even looking at her wrong but that goes to show how badass she truly is she's a strong female character and we need more of those.

3) Wonder Woman 2009 Film Version

Honestly you could take all of what i'm about to say and apply it to any version of the character since it holds true to all of them she's not afraid to get her hands dirty when she has to , she's not afraid to call you out on things when you mess up and apart from being stunning she's also perhaps the strongest female character on this list.

2) Daphne Blake

She's either the Scooby gangs resident fashion girl or there resident nut ball but one thing's remained the same she is one of there resident beautiful girls altho in the early runs of the show she did get herself into danger these days she's more likely to help get someone else out of danger then get herself in it.

1) Betty / Wilma

Honestly it was hard for me to choose which of these two would get the top spot and if you remember when i said Watchmojo missed of characters everyone agrees is hot these are two examples heck Wilma is so hot that in the 2015 animated movie The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown! they had a scene where she appears in a bikini.