DC Superhero Girls Web Series Review

Comics fans their are alot of stuff aimed at boys but there really isn't anything aimed at girls well in 2015 that all changed when DC Comics announced DC Superhero Girls which is a line of products aimed at girls and one of the things that launched with this line was a still on going web show which i'm going to review for you all right now.

The premise of the show is well known DC characters both male and female attend Superhero High a school designed to train young superheroes. Yeah this show has no real plot to speak of and what happens in one episode won't effect the next episode unless it's a multi-part episode which was rare for the first three seasons but for some reason the fourth season is full to the brim with them.

The series has a pretty awesome voice cast and since the cast list is so huge i'm not going to name every single actor so we have Grey Griffin as Wonder Woman , Giganta , Silver St. Cloud , Korugarian and Platinum , Anais Fairweather as Supergirl , Mae Whitman as Barbara Gordon / Batgirl and Speed Queen , Tara Strong as Harley Quinn , Poison Ivy and Raven and Hynden Walch as Starfire and Blackfire. 

As I said before the cast list for this series is freaking huge and alot of them are reprising roles from other shows but tho for a web series I thought that the acting wasn't that bad which given the talent mentioned shouldn't really come as a surprise but like I said this is a web show and the acting isn't always great in those.

This web series has been a huge hit with other 300,000 subscribers on Youtube and goodness knows how many people who go on the website but tho with the brand being a hit it's also spawned several direct to DVD films and has an upcoming TV series coming up on Cartoon Network.

The animation for the series is of course done by Warner Bros Animation and lets just say that I hope the animation in the TV series is better because if not this show is going to get a lot of hate from people because the animation isn't exactly what one would call good in this web series don't get me wrong it's fine for a three minuet short but it can be pretty bad.

Speaking of bad half of the faculty and some of the students of Superhero High are Super villains which to me makes no sense at all Harley in this show isn't a villain she's a hero and the same goes for Poison Ivy and Killer Frost among others and all of these characters aren't heroes their freaking villains and the only character who acts like a villain is Cheetah.

Like I said before this is a show for little girls so it's not shocking to see that the main cast of characters are all women but what is shocking is that for some unknown reason Wonder Woman is a student at the school despite the fact she's older then everyone there combined and the fact it would have made more sense for her to be the principal of the school rather then Amanda Waller.

Since this is a kids show that means that there has to be a lesson learned during almost every episode and the lessons are about as generic as you can get like for example having fun with your friends is the most important thing yeah if you've seen any episode of any kids show ever you know what kinds of lessons will be learnt but tho with all of that said they do a good job of working these lessons into the stories.

The show does have a surprising amount of action in it and i'm shocked by that because each episode is only around five minuets in length but tho the action is very generic and it does become boring after a while I shouldn't be bored by an action scene I should be on the edge of my seat but here i'm almost falling asleep.

I will give the show this it does have a pretty catchy theme song and that song for me is the best part of the series if a show has a dull opening I usually skip it unless there's some easter eggs to be found but here I watch it just for the song that's how good it is.

Overall this is a pretty good way to get young girls into comics but at the same time it's not also giving us the true version of most of it's characters I just hope that Lauren Faust can do a better job with the TV series the web series gets a 5 out of 10 from me.

  

The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe Review

Cartoon fans Cartoon Network brings out alot of shows per year but Cartoon Network UK however doesn't really do that well as of right now that all changes with this show so here is my review of The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe.

The premise of the show is a young prince goes on a quest to retrieve the magical Golden Feather for The Eagle King. I admit I like the set up it's something fresh and different and for once the time frame of each episode helps the story and if you didn't know each episode is around three and a half minuets long and is pretty episodic.

The show mainly stars Rasmus Hardiker as both the prince and his squire but there is a different cast star almost every episode but tho you won't know who they are unless your a Brit but I will say the acting all round is fairly decent it's not the best voice acting out there but for what is basically a web series it's pretty decent.

Now I just mentioned that is a web show pretty much well that's because if your in the UK the only way you can watch this show is via Cartoon Network UK's Youtube page so for all intense and purposes this is a web series but tho it does also air on other Cartoon Networks throughout Europe but tho as of right now there are no plans for it to air on Cartoon Network in America.

The show is made by Eva Lee Wallberg and Christian Bøving-Andersen who both worked on The Amazing World Of Gumball and I think that the characters in Ivandoe look alot like the characters in Gumball they have very similar design styles and that's kinda distracting for me.

Animation wise the show's not that bad like I said it's made by the same team behind Gumball and that includes the same animation studio and they use one of the same techniques that they used on Gumball where they take live action backgrounds and animate the characters and I really like it makes the show feel more charming then it could be.

This show is a co-production between the UK and Denmark so there is alot of influences from the UK seen in this show and one of them is the name of the show which is a play on the book Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott. 

Honestly there's not really much I can say about the show apart from the fact that it is pretty funny and there's no fart jokes at all which for me is always a plus the jokes aren't always the smartest jokes out there in fact most of them you'll see coming a mile away but that doesn't mean that you won't at least be smiling when a joke is told.

As of right now there are eleven episodes up on Cartoon Network UK's Youtube page and it won't take you long to catch up it only took me something like thirty to forty five minuets so you could very easily binge this series in an hour.

The show's theme song I think is very catchy it's short and to the point and it does have some funny lyrics and to me that helped bring me into that world since you know your in for a good time the second that song starts playing.

Overall this show is a fun little distraction which is fine because I get the feeling that's all it's meant to be just a three and half minuet distraction and if that's what your looking for then you will love this show for me tho the show gets a 6 out of 10. 

Fear The Walking Dead Season 4 Premier Review

Hello horror and comic book fans i'm here to bring you something new and totally different at least for me anyways a review of the Fear The Walking Dead season 4 premier and how these will work is instead of doing a weekly review I will only review the season premier , mid-season finale , mid-season premier and the season finale and i'm starting it with this episode so no i'm not reviewing the season 8 finale of The Walking Dead.

I sure as heck hope you watch the season 8 finale before you watch this episode because the plot of this episode spoils that one which is why i'm not going to summarize the story because of the fact it does contain major spoilers but I will say that it is a fairly well told story and it does a good job of setting up the season as well as answering some questions left after the season 3 finale.

For a crossover episode there's not that many Fear characters but at the same time i'm not going to spoil some of the surprise appearances nor will I credit the Fear actors that appear because of spoilers so in this episode we have Lennie James as Morgan Jones , Maggie Grace as Althea and Garret Dillahunt as John Dorie. Before you start saying that crediting Lennie is a spoiler he was announced months ago so in my eyes it's not a spoiler and I have to say that the two new characters John and Althea are really well acted and I can see them becoming popular characters if the show doesn't kill them off by the season finale.

For those that are wondering there is a time skip I don't really know how much time has passed since the season 3 finale but now both shows are in the exact same timeline which for me is pretty interesting because it now means that any character could appear on the other show in a moments notice and it would feel totally natural.

When I said this episode spoils the season 8 finale for The Walking Dead I want you all to know that i'm not making that up or exaggerating because pretty much from the first time we see Morgan we know what's happened in the finale plus they talk about the season 8 finale as well so my advice is to watch that episode first and then watch this premier episode do not make the same mistake I did i'm not even sure if I should watch the finale now because I know what's going to happen.

Along with getting three new cast members this episode also sees the debut of new show runners gone is former show runner Dave Erickson and in are Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg who did co-write this episode with now ex walking dead show runner Scott M. Gimple but we will have to wait another week to see what they can truly do as writers and we also got a new location with the show moving it's setting from Mexico to Texas.

There was alot of zombie action in this weeks episode and for me that's a great thing as it gives us a chance to see what the two new characters can do when they are put under that type of situation and all I have to say Al is a freaking badass i'm not giving anything away by saying that but damn girl damn.

The zombies themselves even look pretty good which for this show and this universe is nothing new since the zombies always look really good the makeup on this show always blows me away and this episode was really no different the makeup effects looked phenomenal and I hope that we get to see this level of makeup effects throughout the rest of the season.

Overall this was a solid debut episode it does have a few faults mostly with pacing and giving away the final episode of The Walking Dead but that's really it so this episode gets an 8 out of 10 from moi.

   

Teen Titans Go! Review

Well I bet you never saw this coming and i'm going to let you know right now there will be somethings in this review that you will disagree with so here is my review of teen Titans Go! so lets get it started.

The basic premise of the show is what do the Teen Titans (Robin , Raven, Starfire, Beast Boy and Cyborg)  do on there day of and I have to say that while the set up makes it sound funny it does come with a lot of problems and I think alot of them are due to the fact the show only has eleven minuets to tell a story and I don't think it needs saying but the show is episodic so you can watch the latest episode and still get a feeling of who the characters are.

Reprising their roles as the titans are Scott Menville , Hynden Walch , Khary Payton , Tara Strong and Greg Cipes. In all honesty the acting for me was very mixed especially early on in the series but as the series went on the acting did get better and that's not really a surprise since alot of these actors are legends and they played these roles in the original series.

One of the major issues I have with the series is the fact that alot of the stories just end a story is meant to have a beginning , a middle and an end here they have a beginning and an middle but no end and that really does hurt the show in my opinion I wouldn't mind in alot of the episodes were two parters but there not so there's no excuse for not ending a story.

For the purpose of this review I did watch the so called "Hater" episodes and I have to say that while I do see where the fans of the original series are coming from because alot of what they say does come across as mean spirited alot of the time it's also a harmless meta joke which sometimes I did find myself smiling at .

Now alot of people think that the show is made by Cartoon Network it's not it's made by Warner Bros animation and animation wise it's not that good i've seen TV adverts with better animation and for some reason they give the characters these really thick lines that to me is just distracting to look. 

However on the flip side of the argument the simplistic designs I think really do work with the shows animation style they somehow make the characters look heroic and at the same time look goody and almost childlike.

This is where i'm most likely to get the most hate but I think the fans who grew up with the original series need to understand that this show isn't meant for them it's meant for little kids and to them this is a great show hence why it keeps on getting picked up and has over 200 episodes now again to flip that the makers of the show have to understand that if your making a show called Teen Titans and it features the same cast as the original show then there will be alot of hate.

Now again I might get some hate here but I found the show to be at times rather funny granted it didn't get a big laugh out of me nor was alot of the jokes funny but for me it was either Starfire or Raven that got the most laughs for some reason seeing Starfire angry is really funny to me and u'm not sure why and I love Raven's dry sense of humor.

I can't not review and not talk about the fact that it's on all the time which to me is both great scheduling and bad scheduling at the same time it's great because if you have a hit show it means you can get alot more viewers to your channel and thus more money can be made when it comes to advertising but it's bad because it also means alot of pretentiously great shows fall by the side because of the fact alot of the schedule is taken up by this one show.

Now the show does kinda include the theme song to the 2003 series and I say kinda because it's a remix of that theme and honestly I think it's one of the best things in this series it's fun and upbeat and to the point plus it does have a nice beat to it as well.

Overall while this is no doubt a bad show it does have some good qualities to it and those cannot be ignored and while I do still think the movie looks terrible I will still check it out just to see where they take these characters so the show gets a fair 5 out of 10.

  

Our Cartoon President Review

Cartoon fans there are alot of shows out there that divide people and while I can see why people would hate the show i'm about to review I honestly really enjoy it so here is my review of Our Cartoon President let's get it on.

The premise of the show is that the White House opens it's doors for an 'all access' look at a typical day in Donald Trump's world examining quintessentially Trumpian details of the presidency and his most important relationships. It's a world in which no one is safe from close family and confidants to key political figures of both parties and members of the media.Yes this show has no real story to tell and is episodic but I think for this show it really does work since not every show needs a story sometimes all you need is the set up and you can watch it the rest play out.

Starring in this show we have Jeff Bergman as Donald Trump , Cody Lindquist as Melania Trump , Emily Lynne as Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump, Karen Pence, and Nancy Pelosi and Gabriel Gundacker as Donald Trump Jr., Stephen Miller, and Brian Kilmeade.  The acting is kinda what you'd expect from unknown actors and i'll admit it's not the best and I do wish they had got Alec Bladwin to play the president but Jeff Bergman is the only good actor in the show and he does a fairly solid job playing the part.

Now this show does feature politics there's really no getting around it when you make a show about the current American president you have to throw in some politics but there not always at the forefront of every story infact in the most recent episode there wasn't any politics involved but when the show does dive in to them it's mostly for comedic effect.

While doing research for this review I found that two companies worked on this show and I have no idea which one did the animation those companies are Licht Media Solutions and Spartina Productions but either way the animation in this show for me goes between decent to downright ugly which is a shame because this was made using flash animation and for some reason the show likes to use the same CGI shots for multiple episodes and sometimes the lip movements are off by a few seconds.

I've said a lot of bad things about this show but I do have to mention one of the few highlights and that's the president himself he is an entertaining character in this show there are also a few other funny characters such as his son Eric who's most likely the best character on the show and Ted Cruz who never fails to get a smile out of me but that said the rest of the characters are really just there and are very forgettable.

When I last talked about this show I said that they don't demonize the president and I do still stick by that because they of the fact that they present him as this lovable idiot and I think that's the right approach if you want to make a show that can appeal to pretty much everyone and while they havn't really succeeded in doing that it was a good idea.

I do see why people do hate this show and most of it is for the reasons i've already listed but for me this show is junk food basically yeah your not going to get much out of it but while your eating your loving every minuet and if you personally don't like the show that's fine that's just how I see it.

Oh boy how do I describe the humor in this show for one thing it's very hit and miss alot of the time a joke won't land but there are a few times where I found myself smiling and most of those times it was because of something Eric said or something Ted Cruz did and I think that the makers of this show should have made it a satire like That's My Bush was a satire of that president but they chose not to do that and so the comedy falls victim because of it.

Overall i'm not sure if I should recommend this show or not but i will say that if this review got you interested in watching the show then i'm sure you can find somewhere that has all the episodes heck Showtime who airs the show like it so much they've ordered an additional seven episodes which will air this summer and bring the series total number of episodes up from 10 to 17 so this show gets a 5 out of 10 from me.  

Ballmastrz: 9009 First Impressions

Hello Superjail fans a new show is here upon us and to be frank i've been looking forward to ever since I saw the first trailer back in March I think it was and I have to say if you thought the trailer for this show was insane you've seen nothing yet so here are my first impressions of Ballmastrz: 9009.

The basic premise of the show is Gaz Digzy a washed-up superstar and notorious party gal who after a spiral of destructive antics is demoted to The Leptons, the worst team in The Game. Her only way back to the top is to somehow lead these pathetic misfits and “ultimate losers” to victory. What this summery doesn't tell you is the fact it takes place in a post apocalyptic future where all wars have pretty much been banned and the only way to solve conflict is in these games which are just called The Game and I do really like this set up even if it's a cliche of pretty much any sports movie where a superstar joins a lower ranked team.

Starring in not only these first two episodes but also the show are Natasha Lyonne as Gaz Digzy , Dana Snyder as Babyball , Dave Willis , Flame Princess , Eric Bauza and the show's creator Christy Karacas. What's interesting is that on Wikipedia the only two actors listed with there characters are Natasha and Dana so it's really anyone's guess who's playing the other characters but I will say that based of these first two episodes the acting is pretty good altho I will say that Natasha is pretty much playing the role she always plays so it's not much of a stretch for her.

This is a very Mad Max inspired world which if your a fan of those movies then you'll be over the moon but tho for me I couldn't help but wonder how max would handle this situation and that did kind of distract me from the episodes a bit that's nothing against the show tho that's more to do with me personally.

The animation for the show is being done by Titmouse who of course did the animation for Superjail and the recently scrapped Deadpool series (they did leak a scene from that show and it looked awesome) and I have to wonder if they were told to make it look like the anime Kill La Kill just because the animation style in this show looks like it could have come from that anime and for me that's not a bad thing.

if you thought Superjail was insane which it was then you've seen nothing yet this show is straight up balls to the wall insane and I loved every minuet of it altho I will say that if you suffer from epilepsy then you might want to cover your eyes for a few scenes.

I guess this is a new thing Adult Swim are doing but every week until the finale the show will air two episodes a week and i'm honestly not to sure how I feel about this since while it does mean we get more awesome madness it also means it will be on for half as long and it's something that i don't get why Adult Swim are doing it.

Overall this looks to be a really interesting show i'm going to check out the rest of the series just due to how insane it all is and if I do make it to the end then there will be a review of the show and there will not be a rating since the show has only just started.

A Game Of Thrones Comics Review

Since Game Of Thrones is due to air it's final season next year (yes you can expect a review of the finale btw) I thought i'd take a look at something that perhaps not alot of people know about and that's the Game Of Thrones comic book series starting with the adaptation of the first book A Game Of Thrones.

Even tho this is an adaptation of the first book's story it's a shockingly faithful adaptation and for those who havn't read the first book or seen the show the plot of that first book and this adaptation is several noble houses fight a civil war over who should be king while an exiled princess tries to find her place in the world and the kingdom is threatened by some rising supernatural threat in the north. Boom. I know that doesn't even scratch the surface but that's the best summery I could find and I do have to say that while I do praise the comic for sticking close to the books storyline I personally would have preferred it if they also added in some scenes.

The art for the book was done by Tommy Patterson who's mostly worked on the Grimm Fairy Tales comic book series and I have to say that I really enjoyed his artwork on this series he really did a good job of making this fantasy tale fit in with the comic book medium but tho I do have to say there are some scenes near the end of the series were Daenerys looks like an anime character which does go against the visual look this book is going for.

The biggest issue I have with this series is that it's only twenty four issues long and that's not enough for a story and world this rich and epic and because of how short the series is alot of key scenes from the book aren't in this series we don't get to see Robert and Ned's banter just after Robert arrives at Winterfell and alot of the stuff with Viserys while present is cut down and that's to name but a few of the scenes that didn't make the cut.

All of the characters from the show are present and correct but tho we now sadly cannot skip the boring chapters which means for the first time in a long time I had to read Jon Snow's scenes and I have to say I was impressed with this book handled him since he is one of the franchises most popular characters I thought they would have made him look like this goody goody good guy who can do know wrong but no they actually present him as a real person who does make mistakes.

What really shocked me was this book took three years to fully publish and I have no idea why that was the story was already there in book form and so where the characters so all they had to do pretty much was just put this series out there but perhaps they were taking there time because of how successful the show was and thus wanted to make sure they got it just right.

The show is famous not only for having great writing , acting and visual effects but for also being very bloody / violent among other things and I have to say apart from one scene with Tyrion that was for some reason cut from this series this book is very freaking violent when you get to the horse heart scene you see some of the veins in the heart. 

In all honesty when we got to a certain famous scenes with Ned I really thought they would go all out with the gore but they really subtle with how they did it literally my only issue with that scene is the fact it's in issue 21 and the fact they spoil it on the freaking cover. If I was writing this series I would have had that scene take place in either issue twenty two or twenty three just because there's not much story after we get to that point and I wouldn't have had that scene be on the cover for that issue that's just bad marketing right there.

The book is famous for having pages upon pages of descriptions and characters thoughts well since this is a comic book we don't need to hear how things look as for the inner thoughts of characters they are actually present in the book as little boxes and I thought it was cool that the makers of this book would include that little detail since they didn't really have to that at all.

Overall this was a pretty good series like I said before I wish that it was longer since that would served the story better and as you can tell by the picture they are also adapting A Clash Of Kings which as of this writing is only nine issues in so I give A Game Of Thrones a solid 9 out of 10.