Sword Art Online Episodes 1-3 Review

Anime fans depending on where your reading this review you'll know that i've been on bit of an anime kick as of late and well I thought that i'd continue this trend. So I thought that i'd pick an anime whose storyline is a little bit easier to pick up on and where apart from the first twp episodes at least the stories are pretty much self contained and so here is my review of the first three episodes of "Sword Art Online" enjoy.

The plot of the first two episodes is Kirito finds himself stuck inside the new game Sword Art Online with thousands if not possibly millions of players and with the only way out being to beat the game and if you die in the game you die in real life. The plot of the third episode however has Kirito dealing with being in a guild and what means in this game. In all honesty I kind of prefer the plot for the first two episodes since it gives you a closer idea of the ideas and themes behind this first arc but with that being said the story in episode is also really nice and the fact that it's a more personal story to me seems about right since we just came of two episodes of setting up Kirito and not really seeing the true threat behind this world.

Starring in these episodes are Bryce Papenbrook as Kirigaya Kazuto (Kirito) and Cassandra Lee Morris as Kirigaya Suguha and Hosaka Tomo aka Argo . Also starring in the episodes are Kirk Thornton (Klein) , Cherami Leigh as Yuuki Asuna (Asuna) , Sean Chiplock as Diavel , Patrick Seitz as Andrew Gilbert Mills (Agil) , Derek Stephen Prince as Kibaou , Lucien Dodge as Keita , Xanthe Huynh as Sachi , Tyler Shamy as Tetsuo , Bobby Thong as Sasamaru and Erik Kimerer as Ducker.

In all honesty the acting in these episodes in my opinion was just OK at best which given how bad this show can get and does get with the second half of it's first season OK is the best that we could ever hope for. That's not to say that the acting is bad because it honestly isn't but the actors aren't really given much to work with in terms of the script and character and so they can only do so much with the stuff that there given.

As you can no doubt work out from the above picture the animation not only for these episodes but also the whole series was done by A-1 Pictures who most notably did work on Fairy Tail. I have to say that while the animation isn't that good in the dialog scenes or the scenes where the characters are just standing still when it comes to the action tho the animation is freaking stunning to look at with each strike and blow leaping of the screen.

Again for those that don't know this show originally started of a series of light novels (don't ask me what a light novel is I don't know) and has since been adapted into several manga as well as an anime series and anime film with a live action American TV series in development. I'm going to be honest I don't think i've read any of the light novels or the manga but I could be wrong tho and as far as I know the manga is still being published to this very day.

When this series first came out it was getting alot of hate from alot of anime fans and quite frankly i don't see why. Since these three episodes have alot of heart and the first arc due to concept has alot of stakes as such in every fight scene no matter how outnumbered our heroes are your always scared that they could die and that's something that you don't get from a lot of anime and I have no idea why that's the case since it's a great way to have dramatic moments but I was cheering this show on from episode 1 and even through the dreadful second arc I was still saying that it's a good show and so i'm not pleased to see that alot of peoples opinion's on the show have changed.

Episode three is in my opinion one of the best episode in this first arc simply because it really hits home how dangerous this world can be. All throughout the first two episodes we are told how dangerous this game is and are barely shown in but in episode three we see an entire guild who are all friends in real life get killed with the group's only female member telling Kirito that there death was not his fault and thanking him for helping them and for being a good friend.

That to me is such a heartbreaking thing to see because we're not seeing a game character talking to another game character we're seeing one human being telling another human being that it's OK and that there death wasn't there fault. That's why episode 3 is so heartbreaking to me and I have to wonder why more anime don't have more scenes like this since it's a really effective way to get people crying since hopefully they'll care for the characters.

Now then this is of course an action series and so that does mean that we have to talk about the action itself. Which I feel is so freaking good because like I said the animation in those sequences is so good every strike and slash leaps of the screen and that to me makes the action more exciting because that's when your going to see alot of the best animation in this series but that's just my opinion tho you guys might think that the animation in the action scenes is pretty freaking bad.

Overall these are a good set of episodes with there biggest issue at least in my opinion is that they don't give us a reason to care for or about Kirito. Which is a shame because the show gets to it's action sequences they can be quite entertaining to see and are in my opinion very well animated but either way i'm glad that I checked these episodes out since they gave me a chance to revisit Sword Art Online as such these episodes get a combined score of 7.5 out of 10.

All images used in this review were gathered from either the official Sword Art Online fandom wiki page or Google Images. I'll admit I had to idea that the official Sword Art Online fandom had high quality images or even existed for that matter and some of these images are nearly 3 MB each so that goes to tell you how high quality the images are and if you don't use either of these images i'll trap you not inside a game but inside The Last Airbender movie because i'm that cruel and I won't even think of letting you out of the film either.

 

Chip 'N' Dale: Rescue Rangers "Piratsy Under The Seas" Review

So the boys and girls it's been a fairly long time since I talked about anything that came from the Disney brand and while yes I have talked about Marvel movies i've not talked about something that Disney themselves have created in exactly a month. I thought that it was time to end that dry spell and look back at something that the company had put out and while it would have been very easy for me to do a Disney animated movie I never like to do things the easy way and so I chose what was technically this shows debut episode and so join me as I review the very first episode of "Chip 'N' Dale: Rescue Rangers" called "Piratsy Under The Seas" enjoy.

The plot of the episode is the rescue rangers find themselves of a Trash Barge after Dale gets himself taken by a rubbish collector and his friends try to save him but while on the barge both he and Chip find themselves kidnapped by rat pirates and so the duo along with the rest of the rescue rangers have to find a way of the pirates underwater ship. In terms of what I thought of the story isn't that bad it's the kind of story that one would expect from this show and to the episodes credit it gets straight to the point with the story which is something that you hardly ever see in either cartoons or in live action or at least I think so anyways.

Starring in this episode are Corey Burton as Dale , Zipper and 'Avery and Peter Cullen as Monterey Jack and Young Ned. Also starring in the episode is voice acting legend Jim Cummings as Jolly Roger and voice acting legend Tress MacNeille as Chip and Gadget. I honestly had no idea how many voice acting legends were in this episode nearly everyone who is in this episode is considered a legendary voice actor and so to think they all appeared in this episode is truly mind blowing to me since I love them all.

In terms of what I thought about the acting in the episode it was honestly really freaking good all of the actors deliver truly great performances. The only issue that I personally have with the acting is that the voices for both Chip and Dale can get quite annoying since all they did was alter the pitch of the voices and because of that it's hard to tell which is which because they both sound the same and so I think that they should have come up with different voices for each of the characters and found a way to make there voices less annoying but that's just me.

Now even tho the show was indeed produced by Walt Disney Television Animation now simply Disney Television Animation the actual animation for the show and I assume the whole series was handled by TMS Entertainment then going under the name of TMS Entertainment Inc. For me the animation was at best OK it's not bad by any means but for something that has the Disney name on it you expect better animation even from a TV show and I just wasn't getting it.

If you recall at the start of the review I referred to this episode as the first episode and that is both the truth and a lie because the second episode of the series "Catteries Not Included" first aired as a sneak preview of the series. However when the episode was re shown after the official premiere it became the second episode but I personally refer to this episode as the first episode as it was the first episode to air when the show officially premiered.

This show aired as part of the famous programming block The Disney Afternoon which would air every weekday afternoon. This show actually didn't start out as part of The Disney Afternoon it actually started out on Disney Channel but because enough episodes were produced to get the show into syndication it was sold with Ducktales into syndication and added to The Disney Afternoon to support new show Adventures Of the Gummi Bears so while this isn't a Disney Afternoon original it's one of the three shows that helped that block standout since both Chip and Dale were Disney characters before this show was even made and so you all know this episode and show came out in 1989 with the series lasting until 1990.

As you can no doubt tell by the poster The Disney Afternoon was a two hour programming block made up of almost entirely new cartoons with a few classic shorts thrown in to get it up to two hours. Honestly reading the shows that premiered as part of or were added to this block reads like a what's what of a nineties Disney fans childhood since we have shows like the original Ducktales , Talespin , Adventures Of The Gummi Bears , Goof Troop , Hercules and many more it's no wonder this block was not only a huge success but is also fondly remembered since it had alot of really good and memorable shows on it.

Now one thing I never really noticed until I was watching this episode is the fact that that dressed Chip up to look like Indiana Jones and they made dale look like the main character from Magnum PI the original not the remake. Which honestly kind of suits there personalises for this show and thus this episode since Dale is more of a goof ball while Chip is the kind of character who would go looking for adventure.

Something that I really didn't like about this episode is the fact that the over three rescue rangers those being Monterey Jack , Gadget and Zipper don't really have a alot to do in this episode. There whole purpose in this episode is to rescue Chip and Dale and that's it which really isn't that much since they get close to archiving that within fifteen minuets and so I would halve liked it if these characters perhaps had a subplot going on or something that could tie into the main plot of the episode instead of just having them try to rescue Chip and Dale.

One of the things that I liked about the episode was how they portrayed the pirates and I thought that they were done in a creative way. Since there not really portrayed as the bad guys but neither are they the good guys they were kind of in the middle in that they'd do bad things in one scene but in the next scene they'd act like good guys which to me made them more entertaining tow watch which is always a plus in my opinion.

Overall in terms of first episodes this one wasn't that bad since it gave me a good sense of what the show was about and how the other episodes would play out. That being said tho this episode isn't that good since there are some jokes in the episode that don't really work that well but overall the episode is really good in my opinion as such this episode gets a 7 out of 10 from me and if you guys want to see me cover more episodes from Disney Afternoon shows then please let me know.

All of the images from this review were gathered from either Google Images or the official Disney fandom wiki page. I'll admit I wasn't expecting any of the images to be high quality since this is show start in 1989 but I was pleasantly surprised to find that all of the images were very high quality as such I cannot recommend ether of these websites enough since the mages look so good so go and use either website if you want high quality images.

 

 

She-Ra: Princess of Power "Duel At Devlan" Review

Animation fans there are alot of reboots out there and not all of them are any good but one of the ones that somehow managed to make the old fans angry and yet pull in new fans was She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power. Now sadly i'm not going to be taking a look at an episode from that show because that wouldn't be that fun for me so instead I chose an episode from the original show because i've never seen this show and so join me as I review what is technically the first episode of the show "Duel At Devlan" enjoy classic and current animation fans.

The plot of the episode is a small town is being threatened by helpers of the evil Hordak and so She-Ra has to help them out. To say that the episode is pretty might on story would be a huge understatement since it's pretty bare bones but from what I can gather alot of animated shows from the eighties were the same so I can't really knock this show for doing what other shows were also doing but it is still an issue and it's one that bugged me a little bit as well since there was no reason given as to why I should care about the characters or want to see them succeed. 

Starring in the episode are Melendy Britt as She-Ra/Princess Adora and Kristala's Mother and George DiCenzo as Bow , Dylamug and Darius. Also starring in the episode is Linda Gary as Glimmer and Madame Razz and producer Lou Scheimer being credited as Erik Gunden for some unknown reason is here staring as Swift Wind/Spirit , Dylamug , Sprag , Sprocker , Broom , Devlan Villagers and Horde Troopers.

Now this is something that I wasn't quite sure how to handle because alot of the guest characters don't get alot of screen and alot of the main characters barely get any dialog and so i'll do my best to judge the acting for this episode. I honestly feel that the acting in the episode decent it was honestly hard to judge the acting in this episode for the reason that I stated before but based of what I saw the acting was decent at best.

Now I cannot find who did the animation for this show or this episode but I do know that Filmation did animation and produced this show so i'm going to assume that they did the animation for the episode as well as the show. Speaking of the animation for an eighties animated TV show it was OK I can't say that it was good because it really wasn't but given that this show was made to sell toys there's alot more effort in the animation then what was needed.

The animation also looks really cheap which I get was what Filmation was known for doing but they didn't have to make it so obvious. How you know that the animation was done on the cheap is that there are times where you cannot see a characters move moving or the fact that they have She-Ra flying on her horse so that they don't have to animate backgrounds there's all of these little things that tell you that the animation was done cheaply and it's stuff that really isn't needed in my opinion.

Now I know that i'm going to get some flack for saying this but after just one episode of this show I can tell that it's more fun to watch then She-Ra And The Princesses of Power was. Simply because this show knows that it's campy as all hell and has fun with it where as the reboot is more concerned with trying to be a serious piece of art that it forgets to be fun and i'm someone who enjoyed the first season of the reboot but couldn't get into the other seasons.

I will admit there are somethings that the reboot does better then this episode did lack the fact the reboot put alot of focus on the story which this episode didn't do. That for me is a good thing because it means that I have a chance to care about the characters and to get invested in there adventures and while I was invested in this episode I wasn't concerned about the characters because I had to reason to be which is always a bad thing.

Now I personally refer to this episode as the first episode of the show because there was a pilot movie released called He-Man And She_Ra The Secret Of The Sword which was the first five episodes of She-Ra: Princess Of Power edited into a feature film. Even tho this film has the first five episodes of the show in it for many people this was just a film and nothing more with "Duel At Devlan" being the official first episode.

There was one character which really annoyed the hell out of me and he / she / it is only screen for around a minuet and it's the character of Loo-Kee. That character is only there to tell the audience what the moral of the episode was and nothing more but the character has this really annoying voice and it is so freaking obnoxious and is honestly just a pointless character since he adds nothing to the episode or the show as a whole.

Now even tho there is some action in this episode given that it's a kids show the action isn't a big part of the episode. Which yeah actually makes sense since like I said it's a kids show but with that being said there is some action and it's exactly as OK as you think it would be , I can't really be to hard on this show since it's a show made for kids and for a kids show the action I felt was pretty good and was entertaining to see.

Overall this was a really solid episode it was really fun to watch and it's an episode that I can see myself going back to and re-watching. This episode isn't perfect by any means but from what I can gather the issues that I had with this episode also extend to the show but there's a chance that I could be wrong with that , I can also say that this episode is more fun to watch then the reboot is as such the episode gets a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

Guys and girls all the the images for this review were gathered from either the official Greyskull wiki fandom page which is home to all things He-man and She-Ra and Google Images. I hope that you did enjoy this review sorry I couldn't get that many high quality images but you guys have to bare in mind that this show was made in the mid-eighites that said tho if you don't use either of the websites that I mentioned then I will force you to watch the Masters Of The Universe live action movie for several freaking hours.

Superman: Unbound Review

DC Comics fans it's been little around a month since I last talked about anything animated from DC Comics and while I was content to leave it a little longer. What I didn't want to do was for you all to think that I forgot that the company makes animated straight to DVD movies and as luck would have it I happen to own a few of them on DVD and so it was just a case of me picking one out and I picked one that I not only haven't seen in a while but also never reviewed and so here is my review of 2013 film "Superman: Unbound" enjoy.

The plot of this film is an alien robot crash lands on Earth and after a brief battle with Superman the man of steel finds out it is in fact a scout robot and what follows it is something much more dangerous. Yeah I had no idea how to summarise the plot of this movie and so I did the best that I could , I did find the story to be rather well told and that is honestly the best thing that I can say about the story because it's also rather simple as well which isn't really something I personally want from an R rated DC animated movie.

Starring in the film is Matt Bomer as Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman , Stana Katic as Lois Lane and John Noble as Brainiac. Also starring in the film is Molly Quinn as Kara Zor-El / Supergirl , Diedrich Bader as Steve Lombard , Alexander Gould as Jimmy Olsen , Frances Conroy as Martha Kent , Stephen Root as Zor-El , Jason Beghe as Terrorist Leader , Sirena Irwin as Alura , Wade Williams as Perry White and Melissa Disney as Thara Ak-Var.

As for what I about the acting in the film I honestly thought that it was that bad but that's also the issue since it's not that good either. Nobody really makes the character their own or makes an effort to do so these performances will just be one of thousands of versions of these characters with nothing done to help the actors make their performance standout but like all of these films all of the characters are indeed really well cast.

The animation for the film was provided by Moi Animation Studio who apart from working on Avatar: The Last Airbender have also worked on several DC animated properties for both TV and film. In my opinion the animation in this film was actually one of the better things about the film since it's that good you can tell that the people who worked on the animation have alot of passion for what they do since they are always trying to push themselves further and further and that kind of passion really does show in this film.

Now I do believe that this is the second straight to DVD animated DC movie to feature Supergirl not counting all of the DC Super Hero Girls movies of course. AS such I do want to talk about her character since I honestly liked how they did her in this movie they portray her as typical teenager in that she's angry at the world and wants to rebel against everything and everyone the only difference here is she has superpowers and she actually has a pretty traumatic past that not only ties into but has an effect on the main plot of the film.

Now what many of you might not know is that this film is based on the comic book storyline Superman: Brainiac which was published in Action Comics in 2008 lasting from issues 866 to 870. Now I know nothing about the storyline in question as such I have no idea if this is a good representation of the book or not but I can say that after watching this film I do want to check out the storyline just because it seems like a good storyline.

This film is just over an hour and fifteen minuets long which while that is the average length for one of these movies doesn't do this film any kind of justice. If this film had been at least an hour and a half long I feel that things would have moved at a more natural way instead things feel rushed which is sadly how things feel here and that shouldn't be the case the case the story should dictate how long the film is and not the other way around.

What I wasn't expecting from this film was for the character of Supergirl as played by Molly Quinn to have a traumatic past. Her past in this film, is that Kandor her home planet was trapped by Brainiac with Supergirl's parents on it as such she harbors a sense of survivors guilt and is fearful that Brainiac will come and attack her new home I honestly wasn't expecting her past to be this shocking and to have it effect her character in the present day actually makes alot of sense to me and i'm shocked that other adaptations of the character haven't taken the same approach with her.

It's not only Kara who has a plot arc either because Clark and Lois actually have a plot arc as well as Clark has to get over his fears of letting the world know that Clark Kent is dating Lois Lane. The Clark and Lois plot line I actually didn't like that much because Clark's fears are pretty genuine and the the fact that Lois just blows them of is if there not that important just makes her seem like a b**ch which should never be the case yes there should be some give and take between the two but here Clark is fearful of loosing her and so she should back off the subject a little bit.

Now let us take a second to talk about the villain of the film who as you can see is Brainiac and as stated before was played by John Noble. I really didn't like the character in this film because they striped away his smarts just so they could make him more evil but what these guys don't realise is you can be as smart as this character is and still be evil you don't have to be one or the other you can be both smart and evil and on top of that he doesn't have an end goal here he's just evil for the sake of being evil which is never a good thing.

Now then boys and girls since this is an action film that does mean that we have to talk about the action that's in the film itself. Which yeah I thought really entertaining that doesn't mean that it was good because yeah it's not but I was entertained by the action that I saw which for an action film is still a really good thing and it helps that during the opening action scene they do these really cool camera moves that you can only do in animation.

Overall this is a pretty decent film i'm not going to say that it's the best animated Superman film out there because it's not it. It is however very entertaining especially the scene where Lois straight up gives the bad guy the double middle finger which still makes me laugh to this very day , but at the same time the film is riddled with problems as such it doesn't even come close to earning it's 100% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes but it does however get 6.5 out of 10 from me this comic book fan.

All the images that I used in this review were gather from the DC movies fandom wiki page and like alot of the images I find they are very high quality images. So yeah if you like to use high quality images in your post I highly recommend you use that fandom page and if you don't well i'll come to your house and trap you in a tiny bottle just for the hell of it yeah that was the best joke that I could up with so yeah. 

 

Warrior Nun : Psalms 46:5 Review

Comic book fans there have been so many comic book shows and movies released in the past ten or so years so it was only a matter of time before Netflix got in on the action and they got in hard because they have two comic book adaptations coming out in the space of a week. I'll be the first to admit that I no nothing about the original source material that this show is based of and so i'm only judging this as an episode of a TV show and not as an adaptation and so here is my review of the Warrior Nun pilot episode "Psalms 46:5" enjoy.

The plot of the episode is a young girl called Ava wakes up in a morgue with a strange embedded in her back and that's really all the story I got out of the episode. Yeah for a pilot episode is very lacking in actual story instead just having random things happen for no reason which oddly makes the episode pretty boring to watch and the very thin story only serves to make that point even more in my humble opinion.

Starring in this episode and thus the rest of the series are Alba Baptista as Ava and Tristán Ulloa as Father Vincent. Also starring in both this episode and the show are Kristina Tonteri-Young as Sister Beatrice , Lorena Andrea as Sister Lilith , Toya Turner as Shotgun Mary , Thekla Reuten as Jillian Salvius , Sylvia De Fanti as Mother Superion , Emilio Sakraya as J.C. , Olivia Delcán as Sister Camila , Joaquim De Almeida as Cardinal Duretti , May Simón Lifschitz as Chanel , Dimitri Abold as Randall and Charlotte Vega as Zori.

Now i'll admit that not all of the actors listed appear in this episode but because I have a bad memory and because the official fandom page for the show as well as the Wikipedia page for the show are useless i'm listing every actor who's in the show. The acting for me rather understandably felt a little bland which I do understand why since this is the first episode of a TV show and so of course the acting isn't going to be that good and so here's hoping that it gets better as the show goes on.

This show is adapted from Warrior Nun Areala a 1994 comic book written by Ben Dunn and published by Antarctic Press. I have no idea what was adapted from the book and what wasn't since until a few weeks ago I hadn't heard of the book but I do find it interesting that a very unknown comic book is getting a TV adaptation from Netflix when it would have been much easier for them to go with something a little more well known.

Just based of this first episode I see nothing that makes this show perfect for Netflix you could have aired this on HBO and you would loose nothing. To me if your airing a show on Netflix then you better have something that pushes the boundaries otherwise what's the point and here there is none of that it looks just like a show you'd find on any network and the things that they show are the things that you'd find on any network.

Now there is something that I did like about the episode and that was it's use of what I assume to be practical effects. I say assume because they look really good and given how good TV CGI can be it could be CGI but if they do use practical effects in this episode then they look really good and it wasn't something that I was expecting to see as such I was pleasantly surprised when I good practical effect showed up very early in the episode.

This show does what alot of bad pilot episode do and that's not start up storylines for the rest of the show. Which I have to say is honestly putting me of watching the rest of the show because why should I watch something if there's no story to it I honestly have to reason to go and watch episode 2 because there's nothing plot wise that makes me want to watch the rest of the show which for a pilot episode is always a bad thing.

What I didn't like was the episode's pacing which yeah I really freaking bad honestly even tho this episode is fifty minuets long it feels so much longer then that and that's because scenes just drag on and on. As well as having scenes that go nowhere and add up to nothing I honestly don't see why this episode had to be fifty minuets long when there's only enough story for at least twenty two to thirty minuets.

Since this is an action show that does mean that we have to talk about the action that's in this very episode. I honestly didn't mind the action in this episode at all if anything it showed how much potential that the series had since the action is actually pretty fun and creative it's just a shame that the rest of the episode is a chore to get through since those fun action scenes are very few and far between with the rest of the episode being spent with the characters just doing random stuff.

Overall in terms of first episodes this is most likely one of the worst ones that i've seen in a long freaking time. For all of the reasons that i've listed and then some but with that being said there are times when this episode does show potential it's just a shame that you have to sit through long scenes where nothing happens as such this episode gets a 5 out of 10 from me and I was forced to use images from other episodes just because the fandom page for this show is pretty freaking bad.

Images used in this review were gathered from either the Warrior Nun TV series fandom wiki page or in the case of The Old Guard poster Google images. I really don't have a joke in mind here just because the episode was so bad but yeah if you don't use either of these sites or don't like high quality images then I will force you to watch this episode for hours on end with no break inbetween viewings so yeah that's the best joke I got.

 

Game Of Thrones "Battle Of The B*****ds" Review

Game Of Thrones fans it's been at least a month since I reviewed a Game Of Thrones episode and well the episode I have lined up is one that i've been wanting to do for a few weeks now. In terms of what i'm calling battle episodes which are episodes that are mostly filled up with a big battle this is one of the the better ones and yes i'm editing the title just because in some places where i'm posting this review they don't allow swearing and I figured if you know the name of the episode then good for you and so here is my review of "Battle Of The B*****ds" Game Of Thrones and none Game Of Thrones fans alike.

The plot of this episode is in the North John and Sansa head into a deadly confrontation with Ramsay while in Meereen  Daenerys finally acquires something that will help her get to Westeros. lot wise the episode for me is really strong since both stories are told really well and help progress plots for certain characters with Sansa's plot about getting revenge of Ramsay coming to a conclusion and the plot with  Daenerys trying to get Westeros getting a huge leap forward and the story as a whole was told really well in my opinion.

Starring in the episode is Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister , Kit Harington as Jon Snow and Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen. Also starring in the episode are Liam Cunningham as Davos Seaworth , Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark , Aidan Gillen as Petyr Baelish , Carice Van Houten as Melisandre , Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei , Kristofer Hivju as Tormund , Iwan Rheon as Ramsay Bolton , Alfie Allen as Theon Greyjoy , Michiel Huisman as Daario Naharis , Art Parkinson as Rickon Stark and Bella Ramsey as Lyanna Mormont

In terms of what i thought about the acting in the episode it was honestly really good which for Game of Thrones isn't anything new. Honestly all of the actors in this episode do a really good job in this episode and alot of what makes there performances so good is not only the fact that we know these characters inside out and so know how they would react but it's also the script and direction that help give the actors a good performance in my opinion.

Doing the CGI for this episode were Screen Scene , Iloura , Rodeo FX and the greats over at Rhythm & Hues Studios. The CGI effects in Game Of Thrones have always been top notch and this episode despite not having that much effects apart from the dragons , fire , making a giant and making both armies look bigger then what they are are actually really good and they more then hold up to the shows already high standard when it comes to CGI.

Now I full on admit to not remembering much about season 6 in fact I haven't seen any episode from this season in a long time. As such I don't recall what each characters arc is for this season but I assume that this episode apart from the two storylines that I mentioned did a good job of representing the storylines of the small amount of characters that are in this episode but there's a huge chance that I could be wrong tho.

Now If I had to choose between this episode and the Blackwater episode and say which one is my all time favourite battle episode i'd have to give it to Blackwater. Simply because that episode was the first full length battle that was done in the show and from what I recall about the episode it did a good job of showing what an army is like in this world when it's fighting at nearly which is something that this episode doesn't do in my opinion.

Another thing that I kind of didn't like about the episode is the fact that it's just under an hour long with the final running time being fifty seven minuets long. Which for an episode this important and this good isn't long enough if anything it should have been at least an hour and a half long and what makes me say that is the fact that there's more then enough story to make the episode an hour and a half plus by making it that long it means that we get a much longer battle sequence as well.

Now even tho i'm a big fan of Daenerys I don't actually think that she was needed in this episode whatsoever. I honestly feel that her scenes would have been better of being put in episode 10 just because we already have one big battle in this episode and so to have to big action scenes right after each other is only going to tire the audience out plus by putting them in episode 10 you not only have the cliffhanger of is she going to survive but then you can quickly pay that of by showing her with the ships and sailing to Dragonstone straight away plus if you remove her scenes then you can have a much longer battle sequence.

There was no way in hell I could review this episode and not talk about the death of Rickon Stark because honestly the character acted pretty freaking dumb. He knows that Ramsay is firing arrows at him and yet he still freaking runs in a straight line he should have thrown in some zig zags just to throw him of but nope he went on running in a straight line which freaking made him an easy target and i'm shocked that it took Ramsay as long as it did to kill him.

Now then since there was action in this episode that does mean that I have to talk about the action that we saw in the episode. Which honestly for a TV show was pretty freaking impressive with the main battle just being a freaking treat for the eyes and the fact that they managed to pack in as much story into this one battle as well as many creative things is really freaking impressive (I don't think i've seen an army nearly crushed to death before) and it's sequences like this that make me want the whole episode to to just be this one battle.

Overall this is a really freaking solid episode in my opinion and is a very good example of what Game Of Thrones is like when it's at it's best. That being said yes this episode does have some issues but they are in my opinion very minor issues and they don't prevent you from enjoying the episode as a whole which is always a good thing in my opinion as such this episode gets a 9.5 out of 10 from me Game Of Thrones fans.

All images for this review were gathered from either the Game Of Thrones Season 6 fandom wiki page or Google images. Both of which I do highly recommend since they have some pretty high quality images and if you choose not to use them well then  my dogs haven't been fed for seven days and yes guys that was a joke there's no need to get yourself all worked up I was only kidding they haven't been fed for six days again i;m joking.

My First Impressions Of My Little Pony: Pony Life

Well then here is something that I wasn't expecting to be doing for a little while but imagine my surprise when I was checking the internet a few hours ago and I found two full episodes of My Little Pony: Pony Life. I was honestly not expecting to see any episodes of this show until at least September but apparently the show has been airing on Treehouse TV and those two episodes found there way online and so here are my first impressions of "My Little Pony: Pony Life" enjoy guys and girls.

From what I can gather this show is taking the same approach as Teen Titans Go! and by that I mean it has no real plot and just follows the main characters in a slice of life type of show. This really isn't a bad direction for the franchise since we've just had nine seasons of a show that had alot of plot and so to see one that's seems to be light on plot is oddly refreshing to see and one that while it was shocking at first it was also something that I got used to pretty quickly.

All of the actors are reprising their roles from Friendship Is Magic which again made this show feel like Teen Titans Go to me since they did the exact same thing. From what I can tell just based of these first two episodes the acting does seem to be pretty good but i'd need to see more episodes to fully judge it and i'll get into why soon but yeah just based of these two episodes the acting in the series seems to be pretty good.

The reason why I can't fully judge the acting is because each eleven minuets episode is split into two five minuet segments which doesn't really leave alot of time to fully judge the acting since your focused on things like the plot and humour. This is something that I can see effecting the rest of the show as well but only time will tell if it does effect the rest of the show or not and because the show is cut down alot it does mean that the actors don't get the chance to leave an impression on you.

The animation for this series is being done by Boulder Media who did the animation for the first season of The Amazing World of Gumball and the reboot of Danger Mouse. If your a fan of Gumball then chances are your going to like the animation in this series since like I said it's by the same studio and while the animation does indeed look good I personally prefer the animation in Friendship Is Magic just because it looked more like a fantasy show then this one does.

One of the things that I don't really like about this series is the backgrounds more specifically the backgrounds in Ponyville. Simply because those backgrounds just look unfinished and uninspired and since this is meant to be set in the same continuity as Friendship is Magic which had good looking backgrounds for this show to use those locations and give them terrible backgrounds just doesn't work well at all.

Now I keep on mentioning Teen Titans Go and that's because Pony Life honestly reminds me so much of that show. Even down to redesigning the characters and giving them more chibi / cutesy designs which I honestly didn't mind yes the new designs will take some getting used to but once you get used to designs hopefully you guys will like them but if not then that's cool as well but for me these new designs look good.

I really cannot say if all of the characters are acting in character here since like I said there's only two episodes released. From what I have seen tho they do seem to be acting in character but only time will tell if that remains true or not I hope it is because if not then I can see this show getting alot of hate from both Pony and non Pony fans alike but if they do then I can see a little less hate coming this shows way.

There is some connective tissue between episodes one and two which is something that I really wasn't expecting from this show whatsoever but it's something that i'm glad was there. Just because I like it when shows continue a plot line started in another episode i'm not going to say what it is but if you've seen the episodes then you'll know what it is and I hope that they keep bringing this plot line back just because it has potential to be really funny.

This is a harmless show and isn't as bad as say Thundercats Roar can be but at the same time given the new direction of the show I can see people going into the show assuming the worst.Which I personally don't think you should do just because if you do that then your going to be looking for things to hate about the show so i'd suggest going into this show with an open mind and be willing to give this show a fair chance.

Like both Teen Titans Go and Thundercats Roar this show seems to have a focus on comedy and that does mean that I have to talk about the jokes in these two episodes. Which without giving anything away I didn't like that much just because they go for the really obvious joke alot of the time which just isn't funny but then again what I didn't find funny you guys might fund to be funny as hell so take that whatever way you want.

Overall so far this show is just OK which I guess works to it's advantage since alot of shows that take the same approach as this one turn out pretty bad. However at the same time this is coming of a show that alot of people myself included loved and so to see a huge decline in quality is going to come as a bit of a shock to people but I will say that if your interested then check out in but if not your not missing out on anything special and since this show has only just started i'm not going to give this show a rating since it could get better or worse as the show goes on and there might be a review coming I just don't know when that will be. 

All images used in this post where gathered from both the My Little Pony fandom wiki page and the Teen Titans Go fandom page if you you want really high quality images I recommend either one of these pages. I would try and make a joke about using these fandom pages to get the images but I honestly cannot think of any and so im sorry but your getting the slandered message saying where they come from instead of one that's fun and hopefully funny.