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Friday, 13 August 2021

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time DUBBED Film SPOILER FREE!!!!!!!!!! Review

 


Anime fans out of all the anime franchises that are out there there is only one that has a very passionate and die hard fanbase with the franchise in question being the Evangelion franchise and well after almost a whole entire decade since the second film in the Rebuild Of Evangelion film franchise. The fourth and final film in the Rebuild Of Evangelion film franchise has been released and so join me as I review the dubbed version of the film that fans have been waiting almost ten years to see with the film in question being called simply just "Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time" and yes this review will be SPOILER FREE and so enjoy.

The plot of this film is Shinji and crew face the fight for their lives as they continue their fight to prevent the dreaded final impact which will wipe out all of human live on earth. Now then in terms of what I personally thought about the plot of this film in all honesty I in all honesty thought that the plot of this film was rather weak which I guess makes sense since it's pretty freaking clear that all four of these films are meant to be watched at once but even so the plot of this final film still needs to be good enough in order to keep people invested in this film and just plain and simply isn't the freaking case in my freaking opinion anyways / at least.  


Starring in this film is Amanda Winn Lee as Rei Ayanami , Spike Spencer as Shinji Ikari and Tiffany Grant as Asuka Langley Shikinami. Also starring in this film is Alejandro Saab as Kensuke Aida , Allison Keith-Shipp as Misato Katsuragi , Brett Weaver as Tohji Suzuhara , Daman Mills as Kaworu Nagisa . Deneen Melody as Mari Illustrious-Makinami , John Swasey as Gendoh Ikari , Mary Faber as Ritsuko Akagi , Michael Ross as Kouzo Fuyutsuki , Amy Seeley as Maya Ibuki , Felecia Angelle as Sakura Suzuhara , Jason Lee as Shigeru Aoba , Joe Fria as Makoto Hyuga and Kimberly Yates as Hikari Horaki.

Now then in terms of what I personally thought / felt about the acting that's featured / presented to us in this very / particular in all honesty I in all honesty thought that the acting that's featured / presented to us in this very / particular film was a very mixed bag of affairs for me personally. This is because for every good performance that's in this very film there's two or even three or four actors and actresses that turn in bad performances and it's those exact same bad performances that bring down the overall quality of the acting that's in this film in my opinion anyways / at least.



Doing the animation for this film is Khara with companies like / such as CGCG Studio Inc. , E7 , Garyu , MORIE Inc. , Project Studio Q , RiFF Studio , Samurai Pictures , Trick Block and unknownCASE doing the CGI animation for this film. Now then as for what I personally thought about the animation that's in this film in all honesty I really did like the animation that's in this film since the animation that's in this very film very detailed and the overall quality of the CGI animation that's in this film is just as impressive if not more impressive then the actual animation that's in this very film in my opinion anyways / at least.


Now then believe it or not the previous film that's set within the Rebuild Of Evangelion canon was released nine freaking years ago which was also when this film started to get teased. However due to various reasons this film just kept on getting delayed heck this film got delayed so much that the makers of this film had to put an over three minuet long recap of the events of this canon at the start of this film in order just to keep everyone up to speed with the story and where the characters are in their lives right freaking now.

In all honesty I in all honesty feel that the fact that this film came out nine years is a huge problem because it meant that a recap had to be tacked onto this film and it's that very recap which eats up a fairly big portion of this films running time and while it was something that was indeed needed because let's be real here who is going to remember a film that they last saw nine years ago. However the recap doesn't really catch you up on any of the characters possible character development which is kind of a key thing that the fans of this franchise should have been reminded of when those exact same fans are starting to watch this very / particular film in my opinion anyways / at least.


I really do no that this shouldn't really need saying at this point in the Rebuild Of Evangelion film franchise but i'm going to go ahead and say it anyways but yeah this film is freaking gory as all heck. There is much gore in this film that you could very easily pass this is film of as a horror film and i'd believe you because yeah that's how gory this film is and alot of the gore is in honesty really freaking cool to see in this film in my opinion anyways.

Now then this film has a very shockingly long running time of exactly two hours and thirty five minuets and forty six seconds and well if i'm being well and truly very freaking honest here people this very / particular film really didn't / did not need to be that long at all in my humble and in my very honest opinion anyways / at least. In fact it's this films really shockingly long running time which is a huge issue for me personally since the film doesn't even have enough there in terms of storylines / plotlines to cover that running time and so we are left with what I think is at least a forty minuet segment with three characters that adds literally nothing to overall plotline / storyline of this very / particular film and it's that exact same segment that could and more importantly should have been cut from this film because that's how unneeded this exact same segment is in my opinion anyways / at least.


Now then according to IMDB this film is being listed as an action film and so that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action scenes / action sequences that's featured / presented to us in this very / particular film and well if im being well and truly very freaking honest here people the action scenes / action sequences that's featured / presented to us in this very / particular film is so freaking cool. This is because in my opinion anyways / at least the characters get to do some genuinely really freaking cool moves in this films many freaking action scenes / action sequences but that's just what I 5think and that's just in my very humble and as well as being in my freaking honest opinion anyways / at least.



Overall there's not really much that I can say here because at this point your either a die hard Evangelion fan or you just straight up either don't like or even heard of the Evangelion anime and manga franchise and so either way you've already made your mind up on if your going to see this film or not but I can say that I personally thought that this film was pretty good and that you shouldn't to attached to certain characters if you get what i'm saying. Now i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very / particular film in this very / particular review and so that means that this film gets a grand score of an 8 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I got all of the images that I used in this very review well then I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Evangelion fandom wiki page and from google Images. With my personally favourite website to use to get images from this film being Google Images this is simply because Google Images actually has alot of images from this film and plus all of the of the images that are currently up and featured and on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly high definition. 























Thursday, 12 August 2021

Monster Hunter: Legends Of The Guild Film Review

 


Netflix fans the company has been absolutely killing it as of late especially when it comes to their animated output which regardless of quality their animated output has always gotten alot people on the internet / online talking and well now the company is back yet again. With yet another new animated film and so join me as I review the newest animated film that's being released by Netflix Capcom with the film in question being called simply just "Monster Hunter: Legends Of The Guild" enjoy.

The plot of this film is an amateur monster hunter called Aiden finds out from a more experienced monster hunter called Julius and so both Aiden , Julius and some more monster hunters called Nadia , Mae and Ravi have just a few short days in order to fully protect Aiden's village from the dragon's warpath. Now then in terms of what I personally thought about the plot of this very / particular film / movie in all honesty I in all honesty thought that the plot of this very / particular film / movie was rather entertaining and as well as being very / fully engaging but I do very strongly feel infact the plot of this very / particular film / movie was rather rushed in parts.  


Starring in this film is the always great and the always super freaking talented Dante Basco as Aiden , Erica Lindbeck as Lea , Brando Eaton as Julius and Karen Strassman as Genovan and Ebbi. Also starring in this very film is Stephen Kramer Glickman as Nox , Brian Beacock as Navid , Katie Leigh as Elder Daazeel , G. K. Bowes as Nadia , Jay Preston as Mitul , Ben Rausch as Gibson , Caroline Caliston as Mae and Dan McCoy as Ravi.

Now then as for what I personally thought / felt about the acting that's featured / presented to us in this very / particular film in all honest I in all honesty thought / felt that the acting that's featured / presented to to us in this very / particular film was at best OK. Which is a shame because this film does in all honesty have some really good voice actors who do in turn turn in some really good performances it's the acting of the villagers that lets the acting in this film down since alot of the voice acting for the villagers at least is really freaking bad but that's just what I think anyways and that's just in my very humble and as well as being in my very honest honest opinion anyways / at least.



Doing the animation for this film is Base FX and The Monk Studio and in all honesty i've never even heard of any of these two animation studious which is a shame due to / because of what i'm going to say next. This is because of the fact that I really did like the animation that's featured / presented to us in this very / particular film and even tho the animation look a bit dodgy in some places the overall quality of the animation that's featured / presented to us in this very / particular film was indeed really freaking high quality animation in my opinion anyways / at least.
 

Now then incase you are wondering the answer is yes this is film is so much /very easily better the the 2020 film Monster Hunter. This is simply because not only is this film very fun to watch but it's actually got an actually good story behind it / to tell which pure and simply wasn't / was not the case for the 2020 live action Monster Hunter film which is a shame because unlike this film the 2020 live action Monster Hunter film has the stunning Milla Jovovich and well having the very stunning Milla Jovovich starring / appearing in your film is always a good thing in my opinion anyways / at least.

Now then there are a few things that I personally didn't like about this film the first of which being that for a film that's called Monster Hunter there are very little actual monsters in this film. Granted yes there are some monsters in this film but for a film that's called Monster Hunter you expect there to be alot more actual monsters then there actually are in my opinion anyways / at least and the other thing that I didn't like like about this film is the fact that this film just felt rushed which is something that I will be getting into more later on in this very review because it is such a big issue in this film in my opinion anyways / at least.  


In terms of what I thought about the actual monster designs for this film in all honesty I in all honesty thought that the monster designs that are featured / presented to us in this very / particular film are pretty average / basic at best. This because there's very little to no creativity in the designs for the monsters that we actually get to see in this film but when we do get to see a cool looking monster it really is something to behold it's just a shame then that we have to sit through seeing numerous bad looking to OK / average looking monster designs just to see one actually good looking monster design in my opinion anyways / at least.

Now then this film has a shockingly short grand total running time of exactly fifty eight minuets and fifty three seconds and well this short running time is a huge issue for me personally. Since you very easily could have had this film come in at least one hour and thirty minuets this is because the plotline / storyline for this film could very easily cover that one hour and thirty minuet running time but with the film being as short as it is it does mean that alot plot points and plotlines / storylines get rushed all because this film has to hit a a certain plot point by a certain time and so in this case I honestly did indeed wish that this film was alot more longer just so all of the things that that i've just mentioned / talked about could happen more organically and not feel rushed at all but that's just what I think anyways and that's just in my very humble and as well as being in my very honesty opinion anyways / at least.


Now then since this film is being listed as an action film that means that there are actual action scenes / action sequences in this very / particular film and that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action scenes / action sequences that are featured / presented to us in this very film and well just like with what I thought about the acting that's in this film the action that's featured / presented to us in this very / particular film is at best OK. This is because the action that's seen in this film starts to feel repetitive and with the story feeling very rushed in parts it made it very hard for to get into alot of the action sequences / action scenes that are in this film in my opinion anyways / at least.  


Overall this film is very mixed bag of affairs for me personally since for every one thing that the film gets right it then goes and gets two more things in a row wrong but like I said this film is easily better then the 2020 live action Monster Hunter film which was called simply just Monster Hunter. Now i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very / particular film in this very / particular review and that means that this film gets a grand score of a freaking 5.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I got personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Descendants fandom wiki page , the official The Witcher fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the actual images that are actually from the actual film its self being Google Images this is simply because Google Images actually has a wide varitity of images from this film all of which are currently featured / up and on Google Images right now / as we speak and plus all of the images that are currently featured / up and on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly high definition.  
























Wednesday, 11 August 2021

My SPOILER FILLED First Impressions of What If...?

 


Marvel fans instead of waiting months or even a few years to see our next entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe we now waiting at the most two or even three weeks. Which I will admit is very risky move since you risk either burning your audience out with all of this new content or you risk just flooding the market with all of this new content which isn't a good thing at all and so it's good thing then that instead of a new live action show we have a new animated show and no i'm not talking about Spidey And His Amazing Friends either and so join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED first impressions of the show which just based of off this very first episode promises to be really good with the show in question (pun very much intended) being called simply just "What If...?" enjoy.

Now then the plot of this first episode is sadly one that I cannot tell because it's a huge spoiler for the episode but I can give you my opinions on the plot of this episode. Now then in terms of what I personally thought about the plot of this very / particular episode in all honesty I in all honesty thought that the plot of this very / particular episode was really freaking good and as well as being really freaking engaging and really freaking well written in my opinion anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Jeffrey Wright as Uatu / The Watcher and Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter / Captain Carter. Also starring in this episode is Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes , Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark , Stanley Tucci as Abraham Erskine , Toby Jones as Arnim Zola , Bradley Whitford as Colonel John Flynn , Ross Marquand as Johann Schmidt / Red Skull , Darrell Hammond as A Nazi General and Josh Keaton as Steve Rogers.

As for what I personally thought about the voice acting that's featured / presented to us in this very / particular episode in all honesty I in all honesty thought that the voice acting that's featured / presented to to us in this very / particular episode was really good. Heck Josh Keaton sounded so much like Chris Evens to me that I actually didn't notice that they recast the part of Steve Rogers and as for the cast as whole every single actor that's appearing in / starring in this very / particular episode did a really job portraying their respective character in my opinion anyways / at least. 



Doing the animation for this episode and i'm assuming also for the rest of this show is Blue Spirit Animation. Now as for what I personally thought about the animation that's in this very / particular episode well then in all honesty the animation that's featured / presented to us in this very / particular episode is a very mixed bag for me personally this is because even tho the quality of the animation in that's in this episode is indeed very high it's the mouth movements of the characters that seem to be a tad bit of this is even more evident when the shading of the characters comes close to the characters mouths which makes the characters mouth movements not only a tad bit off but also very distracting well in my opinion anyways / at least.

SPOILERS START HERE!!!!!!!!!!



Now then there is a reason as to why I couldn't give you guys a summery of the plot of this very / particular episode with that reason being that the plot of this very / particular episode is basically just a shortened version of the plot to the first Captain American Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film AKA Captain America: The First Avenger. Which I honestly freaking feel was a brave choice since you don't really have to change much in order to fit / have Peggy carter be the main hero of that particular / very story in my opinion anyways / at least.

Now this whole series is all about different choices being made and in this case the choice being made is that Peggy Carter doesn't go up to the box to see Steve Rogers get transformed into Captain America she instead stays there down there with him. This also means that she's now able to kill the HYDRA / N*zi as he blows up the place where Steve Rogers is about to become Captain America I honestly do like this example of the multiverse theory since it really does indeed do alot of things with it's new hero and due to the set up of the show it now means that we could quite possibly see combinations / teams ups with people that we've so far not or even never got to see in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movies.


Now then just because Steve Rogers doesn't become Captain America in this universe doesn't mean that he's left out entirely since he does indeed play a huge role in this very / particular episode and he does also get his own I guess you could say superhero name. Which is HYDRA Stomper but in reality the suit he's given by Howard Stark to help Peggy Carter out as HYDRA Stomper is basically just a prototype to the Iron Man suits and so basically Howard Stark in this universe at least made the first ever Iron Man suit which doesn't really make sense since Howard Stark wouldn't have had the things necessary back then in the good old 1940's in order to create a fully functioning Iron Man suit prototype but hey at least this very early Iron Man suit looks kind of cool at least in my freaking opinion anyways / at least.

In all honesty just based of this very first episode I can honestly see this show being very divisive with people either really loving / liking this show or with people just straight up hating or not liking this show at all in the slightest. Which is a shame because just based of this very first episode this show does seem like that it actually has the potential to be a universally loved show but just based on how people aren't liking the design of / for Peggy Carter it looks like that this very show could be like I said a very divisive show among fans of the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) but that's just what I think anyways and that's just in my very humble and as well as being in my very honest opinion anyways / at least. 


Now then like I just said it seems that alot of people online are having a huge issue with the design for Peggy Carter in this show/ in this very / particular and while I can indeed see there point of view. Since when Peggy Carter is in her captain Carter uniform her body looks like that of a mans I personally have no problems with the redesign of Peggy carter for this show since when she us out of her Captain Carter she does indeed go back to having a more traditional female body shape which you can indeed see in the above picture but at the same time those people who are having issues with the design of Peggy carter for this show do have a point since when she is in her Captain Carter uniform she looks like an even more butcher version of Bruce Campbell in my opinion anyways / at least.

Now then this very / particular episode has a grand total running time of exactly thirty one minuets and twelve seconds and well if i'm being very freaking honest here people that exact running time was the perfect amount of running time for this very / particular episode in my opinion anyways / at least. This is because the episode is just basically hitting alot of the greatest hits from a movie and so it doesn't really need a long time in order to fully tell it's story nd as such having this episode be as short as it is is a really good thing in my opinion anyways / at least.



Now then since this show is indeed an action show and that does infact mean that there are action scenes / action sequences in this very / particular episode and that does infact mean that I have to actually / personally talk about the action scenes / action sequences that are featured / presented to us in this very / particular episode and well if i'm being honest. The action that's in this episode is really freaking good with Peggy Carter / Captain Carter doing alot of really cool moves and it really does help that all of the action scenes / action sequences are not only really exciting but are also really freaking cool to see / watch in my very humble and as well as being in my very my very honest opinion anyways / at least.

SPOILERS END HERE!!!!!!!!!!


Overall this was a really good start to this ' show / series but who knows if the rest of this show will be as good as this first / debut / particular episode was. Now i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this episode in this very post however I will not be giving this episode a rating simply because this is only the shows first ever episode and this isn't a review this is just my first impressions of the What If...? Marvel animated TV series.

Now then as for where I got all of the images that I personally used in this very post well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post from the official Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom wiki page and nowhere else and since I only went to the official Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom wiki page and nowhere else for the images that I actually ended up using in this very post. My personally favourite website to use to get images from this very episode is of course the official Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom this is because the official Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom wiki page actually has alot of images from this very / particular episode and also because pretty much / nearly all of the images that are currently up on the official Marvel Cinematic Universe are are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly high definition.

























Sunday, 8 August 2021

Lucha Underground "October 29th 2014" Review

 


Wrestling fans there is without a shadow of a doubt that the biggest pro wrestling company in the wold is very easily the WWE and as such there are very little to no alternative companies to the WWE out since of of course AEW , ROH Impact Wrestling. As such we really do have to be watch out because you never really know when there's going to be an alternative to the WWE out there and well in 2014 we actually got another alternative to the WWE and so join me as I review the October 29th 2014 episode (which is also the very first episode) of the wrestling show and the wrestling promotion that was being called simply just "Lucha Underground" enjoy.

The biggest and only storyline that we had going into and running all throughout this debut episode of Lucha Underground is that Lucha Undergrounds owner Dario Cueto is offering a staggering $100,000 American dollars to the wrestler who impresses him the most on that particular night. Now then I will very fully admit that as intriguing as this story sounds the makers of Lucha Underground don't really do that much with it in this particular episode outside of teasing things that happen in future / later episodes which is a shame because this storyline is a fine enough storyline for a debut episode but when you do the bare minimum with it the storyline just comes across as looking weak which pure and simply just isn't the case here with this particular storyline in my opinion anyways / at least.


The set for Lucha Underground is meant to look like an Aztec Temple but to me at least this set just looks like a dirty and grimy looking warehouse. I'm a fan of minimalistic wrestling stage sets since there is a certain charm to those kids of wrestling stage sets that being said however the sets still have to look like what the intended inspiration is and since the inspiration for this set is an Aztec Temple you'd think that the makers of this show would go out of there way to make sure that this set looks like an actual Aztec Temple but nope the makers of this show clearly chose not to put in the actual effort that would required to make an Aztec Temple inspired set instead they chose to just put a few Lucha Underground posters , some lights and wrestling ring up in some building and call it a day which just makers the makers of this show look lazy and unprofessional in my opinion anyways / at least.

Now then I will very fully admit that at least in this episode of Lucha Underground since there's not really alot there in the set to begin with and so it really wouldn't take much effort in order for the wrestlers that are competing on this very show to make the most of the set. However with that being said I did find it rather weird that this set doesn't have a traditional stage setup with no titantron or anything like that / of the sort. 


Now then unlike the WWE Lucha Ground made great use of a more filmic style look for it's backstage promos which is honestly something that I think helped set Lucha Underground apart from all of the other wrestling promotions that were out there in 2014. I honestly really do like the fact that Lucha Underground went with this more filmic style approach to it's backstage promos since it adds to the overall production value of the Lucha Underground show as a freaking whole in my opinion anyways / at least.



Now then this show does indeed feature a fairly controversial wrestler with the wrestler in question being called of course simply just Sexy Star. Now then incase your wondering what it is exactly that makes Sexy Star such a controversial wrestler it's because at Triplemanía XXV Sexy Star was in a match against Rosemary and during the match Sexy Star would apply an unplanned armbar onto Rosemary which would then of course lead to Rosemary being legitimately injured.

I will very fully admit that I don't know much about the incident with Rosemary since i've not seen the match nor have I done that much reading up on either the incident in question or the match in question and as such I can't give that much of an opinion on the incident or the match in question. However if this is indeed true then it's really bad thing that Sexy Star did since when your a wrestler you would never ever go out to deliberately injure your opponent regardless of how you personally about your opponent however this could have been a simply case of either miscommunication or it could have been simply a case of Rosemary forgetting that there was an armbar spot planned for the match but in all honesty the only three people who will ever know the truth or both Sexy Star herself , Rosemary herself and the referee.   


Rather shockingly there was only three wrestling matches on this whole card which for your debuting episode isn't really a good thing at all in my opinion anyways / at least. Since in my opinion anyways / at least you should have a good decent amount of wrestling matches on your debuting show just to get people more interested in watching the show and plus if you had alot more wrestling matches on your debuting episode it would then allow your storyline for this episode to mean something because of the fact that you'll be seeing more wrestlers competing to earn that freaking huge $100,000 American dollar prize money.


This episode of Lucha Underground had a grand total running time of exactly forty three minuets and nineteen seconds and which if i'm being well and truly very freaking honest here people this episode could and more importantly should have been alot longer. Since this show is a new wrestling show and so they have to try and convince people that they should be watching Lucha Underground instead of any of the other wrestling based shows that were on in 2014 and plus with this show having an incredibly short running time alot of the matches that are in the card of this show are very short and thus the wrestlers that are wrestling in those incredibly short matches aren't given the best opportunity to show what it is that they can do and tell a good story at the same time because they have to hit all of these match beats in their respective matches in such an incredibly short amount of time but that's just what I think anyways and that's just in my very humble and as well as being in my very honest opinion anyways / at least.



Now then since this show is a wrestling based show after all and that does infact mean that are some actual wrestling matches n this wrestling based show and that infact means that I have to actually talk about the actual wrestling that's featured / presented to us in this actual / very episode and well in my opinion anyways / at least that the wrestling that's featured / presented to us in this actual / very episode is really good. This is because in my opinion anyways / at least this debuting episode has alot of really good wrestlers competing in wrestling matches and heck it was the main event of this very / particular / actual episode that actually reminded me of how good of wrestler John Hannagan AKA Johnny Nitro AKA John Morrison AKA Johnny Mundo really is since his match with Prince Puma is very easily the best match of the night / in this actual / very episode in my opinion anyways / at least.


Overall in terms of just debuting wrestling episodes this wasn't that bad of an episode since you do get a feel for what this promotion and for what this show is / was about but at the same time it's still not that good of an episode for all of the reasons that I mentioned / listed in this review and then some. Now i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very / actual episode in this very review and as such that means that this very / actual episode gets a grand score of a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I got all of the images that I used in this review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I used in this very review from the official Pro Wrestling fandom wiki page and nowhere else and since I only went to the official Pro Wrestling fandom wiki page and nowhere else for the images that I personally did infact end up using in this review. I have no choice but to say that my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this actual / very / particular episode is infact the official Pro Wrestling fandom wiki page this is because the official the Pro Wrestling fandom wiki page actually and rather shockingly has alot of images from this episode and plus all of the images that I personally used and that I personally found and that are also currently up and on / featured on the official Pro Wrestling fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly high in definition.

















Tuesday, 3 August 2021

I Dream Of Jeannie "The Lady In The Bottle" Review

 


Classic TV comedy sitcom fans there are so many classic TV comedy sitcoms that are currently out there that i've been wanting to review / take a look at for a while now and well the episode that i'm about to review for you all today belong to such a TV show. Since even tho i've seen this episode I think once before it's also an episode that i've been wanting to review for you all for a fairly long time now and so join me as I review the first ever episode of the TV show that is called simply just "I Dream Of Jeannie" with the episode in question being called simply just "The Lady In The Bottle" and so enjoy the review everybody / everyone.

The plot of this episode is after crash landing on a mysterious island astronaut Captain Tony Nelson finds a mysterious bottle which he then proceeds to uncork but by doing so he unleashes a beautiful and mysterious genie. Now then I will very fully admit that the plot of this very / particular episode is bit on the weak side of things since the plot of the episode is barely even mentioned or brought up in the rest of the episode but at the same time it was still a very / fairly enjoyable plotline to see playout in this very / particular episode.


Starring in this very / particular is Barbara Eden as Jeannie and the late and always great Larry Hagman as Captain Anthony Nelson. Also starring in this very / particular episode is Hayden Rorke as Dr. Alfred Bellows , Bill Daily as Captain Roger Healey , Philip Ober as Gen. Wingard Stone , Karen Sharpe as Melissa Stone , Don Dubbins as Lt. Pete Conway, USNR and Baynes Barron as Commander Ben Roberts.

Now then as for what I personally thought / felt about the acting that's featured / presented to us in this very / particular episode in all honesty I honestly thought that that the acting that's featured / presented to us in this very / particular was very passable at best. Which is a shame because when the acting in this episode wants to be good it can be really good but alot of the time the performances that are coming from the actors and actresses that are starring / appearing in this very / particular episode just seems of which is to be expected from the first ever episode of a V show but it's still a very negative thing in this very / particular episode in my opinion anyways / at least.



Now then jus like with the Bewitched TV series I in all honesty have no clue / no idea as to how the effects that we see in this very / particular episode were created. Which is a shame because apart from one shot where you can quite clearly tell that they used the sixties equivalent of green screen or blue screen the effects that are featured / presented to us in this very / particular episode really do hold up really freaking well in my opinion anyways / at least. 


This show is pretty much exactly like the classic Bewitched TV series in that both shows star a stunningly beautiful leading actress whose character has something to do with the supernatural and they have them be paired up with a male who doesn't want them to use there supernatural powers / gifts in order for them both to fit into society alot better. Now i'm not saying that this show is an exact clone of Bewitched because it's all honesty not but if you look at the similarities between the two shows then you can't help but wonder if this show copied the basic premise of Bewitched but altered a few things in order for it slip by without the makers of bewitched straight up suing the makers of this show.

Now then one of the things that I didn't really like about this episode is kind of a spoiler for the episode and since this episode is fairly good and I do want you guys to see this episode without knowing that much about the actually episode. However if you've seen Bewitched they do something in this episode which makes Larry Hagman's character really / fairly unlikable as it's something that doesn't really make sense for both the character and for the plot of this episode.  


Now then I will very fully admit that this episode isn't as good as it perhaps could have and /or more importantly should have been. Since this episode doesn't really give us any reasons as to why we should the characters of both Captain Anthony Nelson and Jeannie likable in the slightest since yes both characters do indeed come across as being very likable at certain points in the episode but at the same time both characters also do things that could possibly make them come across as being extremely unlikable as well but that's just in my very humble and as well as being in my very honest opinion anyways / at least.

This very / particular episode has a grand total running time of exactly twenty five minuets and forty five seconds and well if i'm being well and truly really freaking honest here people that running is the exact right amount of running time for this episode. Since / simply because this very / particular doesn't really have enough there in terms of plot / story and so trying to make this episode by anywhere that's even close to thirty minuets would be stretching an already pretty thinly drawn story / plot even thinner in my opinion anyways / at least.


Now then since this episode is indeed an episode of a comedy TV show / TV series after all that does infact mean that there are some actual jokes that are in this episode and that means that I have to actually talk about the jokes that are featured / presented to us in the actual episode itself and if i'm being really freaking honest here people the jokes that are actually featured / presented to us in the actual episode itself are a very mixed bag of affairs for me personally. This is simply because alot of the jokes just simply aren't that funny which is a shame because when this episode does indeed tell a really freaking funny joke it can indeed be a really freaking funny joke indeed it's just a shame that there's not that many actually funny jokes that are to be found in the actual episode itself in my opinion anyways / at least.


Overall this wasn't a bad first episode in the slightest but that's also the problem because this also wasn't a very good episode since this episode was a very middle of the road episode since for every one thing that this episode does that's good it does two more things that are bad / wrong in my opinion anyways / at least. Now i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and that means that this very / particular episode gets of I Dream Of Jeannie a grand score of a 5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I got all of the images that I used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very from Wikipedia ,the official Black-Ish fandom wiki page , the official I Dream Of Jeannie fandom wiki page and from Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the actual images that are from this actual episode being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has a wide varitity of images from this particular / very episode and plus alot of if not all of the images that are from this actual episode and that are currently / presently featured / up and on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly high definition. 



















Monday, 2 August 2021

Veep "Fundraiser" Review

 


Ladies and gentlemen i've been on the look out to find as many different types of sitcoms as I can possibly find be they the classic family sitcoms 1950 to 1960's. To something from a different era the point is i've been trying to find alot of different sitcom shows just to see what all the fuss was about and well now i've found myself a workplace sitcom and so join me as I review the first very first episode of Veep with the episode in question being called simply just "Fundraiser" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is Vice President Selina Meyer wants to wants to make the implementation of a Clean Jobs Commission her main legacy however when a Tweet from a member of her staff gets out and annoys the people in the plastics industry Selina must try to do damage control before it's far to freaking late. Now then in terms if what I personally thought about the plot of this particular / very episode in all honesty I honestly thought that the plot of this episode was shockingly really good and I say shockingly because i'm not usually a fan of workplace sitcom plots just because nine times out of ten the plots just aren't that good but nope the plot of this very / particular episode was in all honesty really freaking good in my opinion anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is this shows producer or executive producer Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer and Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer. Also starring in this episode is Tony Hale as Gary Walsh , Matt Walsh as Mike McLintock , Reid Scott as Dan Egan , Timothy Simons as Jonah Ryan , Sufe Bradshaw as Sue Wilson , Kate Burton as Barbara Hallowes , Wil Love as Phil Dorsey , Timothy Hayes Lynch as Mike Dudley and Michael Mack as Paul Burton.

Now then as for what I personally thought / felt about the acting that's featured / presented to us in this very episode in all honesty I honestly thought / felt that the acting that's featured / presented to us in this very episode was / is really freaking good. This due to two things the first of which being the actors and actresses that are starring in this show are genuinely good actors and actresses and the second of which both the writing and directing are really freaking good. 



Now then for those of you who don't know this show is actually an adaptation of classic British BBC comedy TV series The Thick Of It and The The Thick Of Its very own spin off film which is called simply just In The Loop. I will say that in terms of adaptations this is in all honesty a really good adaptation since it keeps the mockumentary look and style of The Thick Of It but but there are alot of changes made to actually show itself for it be it's own very unique thing.


In all honesty i'd say that this episode is a good example of a workplace sitcom since you really do get a feeling comradery between alot of if not all of this shows main cast of characters which is something that I think is essential for a workplace sitcom / comedy to really work. This is because at it's heart a workplace sitcom / comedy are always going to be ensemble comedies and so you need that feeling of comradery between all of the main cast of characters otherwise the show just falls flat on it's face in my opinion anyways / at least.

I will very fully admit that HBO is perhaps the best home for a show like this simply because / due to how grounded in reality this show well and truly is and as such a show like this very / particular show just wouldn't work on a big major network. This is because alot of the major networks prefer sitcoms that aren't grounded that much in reality and so they can have the characters not swearing in certain situations where they would normally swear but because this show is up and on HBO the characters can now fully swear as and when they would normally would do in real life. 


Sadly tho this episode isn't perfect as I did personally find some faults / flaws with the actual episode itself. The first of which being the fact that none of the characters in this episode at least come across as being that likable which I get it that might be the point since this show is meant to satirize American politics but at the same time this is still a TV show and as such you do still have to make your main characters somewhat likable.

This episode has a grand total running time of exactly twenty nine minuets and fifteen seconds and if i'm being honest this episode did feel a tad bit on the long side. However at the same time I can't really say what scenes you'd need to cut out of this episode since every single scene is an important part of this episode and so it's honestly hard for me to say why I personally felt that this very / particular episode was a tad bit on the long side.


Now then this episode is an episode of a comedy TV show after all and so that means that I have to actually talk about the jokes that are featured / presented to us in this very / particular episode and if i'm being very freaking honest here people the jokes that are featured / presented to us in this in this very / particular episode aren't weren't that funny to me personally anyways / at least. Which is a shame because when this show does or actually says something that's actually funny it can be really freaking funny but there are alot more bad and unfunny jokes then / than there are actually good and actually funny jokes in this particular / very episode in my opinion anyways / at least.


Overall this episode had the potential to be great but for some rather strange reason is just couldn't live up the high standards that I had for this show in my head which is a shame because this episode and I assume the rest of this show is very well written and is very well acted. Now i've talk about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very / particular episode in this very review and as such that means that this very / particular episode gets a score of a 7.5 out of 10 from this comedy fan.

Now then as for where I got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from  Wikipedia , the official I Dream Of Jeannie fandom wiki page and from the official Veep fandom wiki page. With my personally referred website to use to get the images that are from this particular / very episode and that I personally used in this very review being the official Veep fandom wiki page just simply due to the fact that the official Veep fandom wiki page has a wide varitity of images that are from this particular / very episode and plus alot of the images that are currently featured and as well as being up an on the official Veep fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly high definition.