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Saturday, 22 June 2024

Doctor Who: Empire Of Death SPOILER FILLED Review


It's finally here the day that alot of us have been waiting for as the Doctor Who series finale has just finished airing. With regardless of what you all think of the series as a whole this one finale is one of the better episodes of this series and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the episode that sees series fourteen of Doctor Who come to a close with the episode in question being called simply just "Empire Of Death" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is with Sutekh back and about to unleash his latest plan to destroy the earth it's up to The Doctor , Ruby and Mel to find a way to defeat the god of death once and for all. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty person ally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad with the plot of this episode proving way both this and the previous episode were two part episodes as there's no way in heck that the plot of both episodes could be told in one episode with the plot of this episode being a wonderful plot to end this series on as it's a plot that really does feel like that it belongs in a series finale as that's just how epic the plot of this episode really with the plot of this episode being really rather entertaining and and well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Ncuti Gatwa as The Doctor , Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday and Doctor Who legend Bonnie Langford as Mel Bush. Also starring in this episode is Susan Twist as Susan Triad , Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart , Genesis Lynea as Harriet Arbringer , Doctor Who voice acting legend Nicholas Briggs as The Voice Of The Vlinx , Yasmin Finney as Rose Noble , Lenny Rush as Morris Gibbons , Alexander Devrient as Colonel Ibrahim , Jasmine Bayes as Corporal Alice Sullivan , Eastenders legend Anita Dobson as Mrs Flood , Sian Clifford as Kind Woman , Michelle Greenidge as Carla Sunday , Angela Wynter as Cherry Sunday , Tachia Newall as Colonel Winston Lemuel Chidozie , Fela Lufadeju as Bailey Sinclair , Faye McKeever as Louise Miller and Gabriel Woolf as The Voice Of Sutekh.

Now then interms of what I personally thought ; felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With all of this episodes cast members turning in some really good performances which is something that really shouldn't be all that surprising as the acting in alot of this series episodes have been really good with the true standouts in not only this series but also this episode being Ncuti Gatwa as The Doctor and Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday who just turn in some truly fantastic performances in this episode with alot of the actors in this episode turning in some really good performances as well but none of them can really hold a candle to just how good both Ncuti and Millie are in not only this episode but also this first as a whole as well with the acting in this episode really being helped by the fact that the script for this episode is just so good that all this episodes cast have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performances will come out of them naturally which is something that really does raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.


Doing the CGI for this episode is Automatik VFX and the legends and the greats that are currently over at Real SFX. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty very good with the CGI in this episode both obvious and hidden being movie quality CGI heck they didn't even film in London and yet because of the fact that the CGI in this episode is that good the London skyline is added into shots where it would be visible and your not going to notice it and while yes there some dodgy looking effects to be found in this episode weas somethings looking a bit to fake those are in the minority and don't represent the majority of the effects that are in this very episode with alot of the episodes effects being really good with Sutekh himself looking really good and looking alot better then what he had any right to be which really isn't all that surprising as thanks to all of the Disney money Doctor Who can now afford some actually good looking CGI effects something which they really couldn't afford even five years ago.





What wasn't really expected was the fact that this episode basically does what Avengers: Infinity War also did. That being the fact that alot of the cast of characters do end up being killed of in this episode however what made the scene in Avengers: Infinity War worked was the fact that alot of who got killed of were main characters where as here there all side character or guest characters and as a result of that is the fact that a scene that should be an emotional gut punch for us the viewers doesn't really work all that well as as there not characters that are important to the show imagine if say Ruby Sunday was one of the characters that got killed of then it would be shocking and it would make you wonder if she's going to brought back and yet because it's either side characters or guest characters that get killed of the scene lacks the emotional gut punch that a scene lack this really should have and while this wouldn't be an issue if it wasn't a key plot point but as it is a key plot point it's a scene that really should have been worked on and tweaked alot more then what it was.

One of the best mysteries that this series had going for it was who was Ruby's mother and while yes this episode does indeed answer that question. The reveal of who her mother was is rather underwhelming as while it is shocking that her mother wasn't anybody important or any body that we already knew it's a reveal that could have been handled better as we only get the reveal in the last ten minuets of the episode when something like this should have been built up alot better and played a bigger part in the plot of the episode instead of just having it appear in the last ten minuets of the episode which only cheapens the reveal as this is something that's been a really big mystery throughout this whole series and it should have been treated as a big deal as that's exactly what it's been built up to be and yet because of the fact that they threw that all away just for the sake of having the big reveal happen in the last few minuets of the episode when something that's been treated as a big deal really should have played a bigger plot of the episode. 


One of the things that the episode gets very wrong is he fact that The Doctor breaks his own promise by killing Sutekh. This is just one example of the bad writing that does plague alot of this episode as The Doctor would never kill an enemy of his heck even in Genesis Of The Daleks he has a great speech where he questions if he has the right to wipe out an entire race and chooses not to do it because it would make him no better then The Daleks themselves and it's the same thing here as by killing Sutekh The Doctor becomes no better then him with his death being just one example of alot of the bad writing that is all over this episode as The Doctor just knows that Mel has turned evil and plans with Ruby to get the TARDIS back all of which is done of screen and while yes they do show Mel touching The Doctor which clues him in to Mel being dead it's the part after it where he says Ruby and they start making there plan that comes out of nowhere as while yes it does make for a solid surprise it's also something that not only should have been handled better but also something that should have been shown on screen as well.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly fifty four minuets and five seconds. Which is a solid running time for this episode to have as the episode really does have more then enough there interms of plot to really cover that large amount of plot and while the episode could have done with cutting down on the episodes many endings as alot of them do make the episode drag a little bit as they don't really add anything and are there just for the sake of being there which makes them feel alot like filler scenes this episode is also a really good example of being a two part episode as there's absolutely no way that this whole story could be told in one episode as there's just so much story for one episode but at the same time this episode also would have benefitted from being a three part episode with the scene where all of the side characters and guest characters get killed of being the cliffhanger for the second part as this would allow for alot of the characters to have some development as characters like Rose Noble once again gets the short end of the stick as she only has one line of dialog near the end of the episode and if this episode was a three part episode then she and others could have gotten some character development but I will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.


So now then as this is an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With the action in this episode being some of if not the best action that we got all series just because of the fact that this was a two part episode and as a result of that is the fact that the episode had some really high stakes which made the action in this episode not only more exciting but also more shocking as the characters could have failed at any point and if they did then they would have died which did make the action all of the more shocking to see and while yes the action could have been alot better considering that Doctor Who has never really had great action anyway the fact that we got some really good action alone does really show you what this show can do from an action standpoint when they have to money behind them to do whatever it is that they want to do from an action point of view in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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


Overall this episode was a really solid end to a really solid debut season that despite having it's ups and downs has been alot better then alot of the Jodie Whittaker seasons as the writing on this series has bee alot better then both series eleven and series twelve have been combined in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as ell as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review ad as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand l score of exactly a 7 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the mages that I personally used in this very review from the official Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom wiki page , the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode and are really of course up and really on Google Images are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Friday, 21 June 2024

Doctor Who: Tales Of The TARDIS: Pyramids Of Mars SPOILER FILLED Review


Tales of The TARDIS a show that many Doctor Who fans can't see because of the fact that it wasn't payed for by Disney has now finally come back with a new episode. With this episode only being released because of the fact that the villain in this episode is also the villain in the series finale of Doctor Who series 14 and so then join me as I review the episode that came out just a few short days after a review of Pyramids Of Mars was very recently reviewed by me with the episode in question being called simply just "Pyramids Of Mars" enjoy.

The plot of this up is when The Doctor and Ruby meet up in the remembered TARDIS The Doctor starts to tell her about the time that he previously faced of against Sutekh. Now then interms if what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad with the episodes plot being very well done with the same thing not really being true for The Doctor and Ruby scenes which does make sense as those scenes are only bookends for the main story but at the same time given that this episode is featuring the same villain that's going to be featured in the series finale alot more effort should have gone into crafting a decent plot for The Doctor and Ruby scenes with the plot of the main episode being a really good plot which does make sense given that this episodes co-writer was Robert Holmes with the plot of the episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Ncuti Gatwa as The Doctor , Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday and Tom Baker as The Doctor. Also starring in this episode is Bernard Archard as Marcus Scarman , Michael Sheard as Laurence Scarman , Peter Copley as Dr. Warlock , Michael Bilton as Collins , George Tovey as Ernie Clements , Peter Mayock as Namin , Raiders Of The Lost Ark star Vic Tablian as Ahmed and Gabriel Woolf as Sutekh.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about thew actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Which really isn't all that surprising as both Millie and Ncuti have both turned in some really good performances in both of there debut years on the show with there acting more often that not being the true highlight of alot of the shows bad episodes and it's also the same thing alot of the cast for the main story as well with the true standout in that part of the episode being Tom Baker who is just simply phenomenal in this episode and while the rest of the cast in the episode as aa whole do turn in some good performances there not going to top just how good Tom , Ncuti and Millie are in this episode as all three of them really do bring there A game for this episode with the acting for this episode really being helped by the fact that the script for this episode is just so good that all this episodes cast have to do is simply just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does raise the overall quality of the acting that's really in this episode.


What wasn't to be expected from this episode was the fact that use some updated effects and remove alot of the episode original very cheesy looking effects. With the newer effects looking alot better then the cheesy looking effects from the original episode but at the same time tho there's a charm to those classic effects as well that is very sadly missing from the newer effects as the new effects look a little bit to polished and a a little bit to good when the effects in classic Doctor Who were never all that good to begin with and because of that they do have a certain charm to them when there done really well and while yes the effects in the new era of Doctor Who does look and Doctor Who should always have some good effects when your replacing effects in an episode of film and updating then you should at least make an attempt to make the newer effects look like they were made back when the original production was being made as that would help those new effects blend in more where as the effects in this episode despite them looking good and being a vast improvement over the effects in the original episode don't blend in they stand out.

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





This show is pretty much Doctor Who's answer to Mystery Science Theater 3000 in that both shows feature segments with there own casts where as Mystery Science Theater 3000 will feature the main cast making jokes of a full movie this show just features a full length episode of the show. With this show and this episode in particular doing something else that Mystery Science Theater 3000 does less often and that's feature edits to whatever it is that's being spotlighted in that weeks particular episode and while the edits don't effect the overall plot of the episode they are noticeable and more often just come across as feeling weird as unlike Mystery Science Theater 3000 which replaces those scenes with there own host segments with this show they don't do that and as a result of that is the fact that there's no need to remove those scenes in the first place as this show doesn't really replace them with anything thus making the edits made to this episode comes across as being rather pointless and are there just for the sake of being there and that's really it.

One of the major issues in this episode is the fact that even tho the episode does feature the fifteenth doctor and Ruby Sunday together again. It doesn't take the time to explain how there together again as in the last episode of Doctor Who they were quite clearly miles apart from each other and not only that the episode doesn't take the time to set up something that could be payed of in the next episode of Doctor Who which granted they didn't have to do but when your rebroadcasting the debut episode of a villain that you've just reintroduced into the show and your featuring newly filmed scenes with The Doctor and Ruby Sunday then it's implied that your going to be setting up something in this episode that could then be payed of in the next episode of Doctor Who and yet this episode doesn't do that as all it does is establish that Sutekh is now a bigger threat then what he was in this episode which really isn't needed as we could have gotten all of that just from the ending of The Legend Of Ruby Sunday and the start of the next episode it's not something that needs to established in this episode but what is needed in this episode is to establish how The Doctor and Ruby are now suddenly in the memory TARDIS and aren't miles away like they were at the end of the previous episode of Doctor Who.


As a villain Sutekh himself isn't really that threatening of a villain as while yes he does have a rather creepy look about him. He doesn't really have that much of a plan as while yes we do find out that he wants to destroy the world we don't find out why and we don't don't find out what he gets out of it with this not really being helped by the fact that the character spends alot of time just sitting down and not really doing nothing with alot of his plans being done by hos servant Laurence Scarman who is arguably a better villain as the makers of the episode at least went to the effort to make him alot more interesting and just as creepy looking as Sutekh was and yet for some reason despite him being the better of the two characters it's Sutekh who is the main villain of the episode and while yes it is easy to see why people would be scared of this villain as he does look like a creepy just because the villain looks creepy doesn't make him an interesting villain and because of that is that it's not that hard to see why this villain was largely forgotten about for the overall vast majority of the Doctor Who fandom as he just isn't all that memorable of a villain.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and sixteen minuets and twenty seconds. Which is a bit on the short side for this show as an episode of this show is typically around the one hour and thirty minuets mark and yet for some strange reason this episode was fifteen whole minuets shorter when the episode really does have more then enough there interms of plot to really cover that large amount of running time as without the scenes on Ncuti and Millie the original episode ran for around one hour and thirty minuets and yet because of the fact that they made pointless edits for no reason we now have an episode that's oddly shorter then the original episode that's being spotlighted and because of that is the fact that the episode really does feel incomplete where as the original episode despite still being short in it's own right still feels really alot more complete then what this episode does but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.


So now then as this an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. Which for classic Doctor Who isn't that bad as they typically didn't do that much action scenes when it came to the classic era of Doctor Who and as a result of that is that when they do have some action in any given episode they usually went as all out as there small budget would allow and that is the case here with the episode making use of model filming for alot of the episodes action with the action in the episode being alot better then what it really had any right to be with this being because of the fact that the action in this episode felt earned and served a purpose of some kind in the overall plot of the episode and wasn't just there just so they could have an action scene in this very in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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


Overall as a lead in to the series finale this episode really doesn't do all that much and kind of feels unimportant because of it but at the same time it;s not that hard to see why this episode could serve as a great double bill with The Legend Of Sunday as it really very easily could have set up things to be payed of in the series finale and yet it just doesn't which is something that really does let down the episode as a whole in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all, pf 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 the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode and are really of course up and on Google Images are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Thursday, 20 June 2024

WCW Thunder November 15th 2000 Review


It's been a long time since a wrestling was last reviewed on here but it's been even longer since a WCW show was last reviewed on here. With the last WCW show that was covered on here was almost three years ago and well then I thought that it was about time to put that to an end as after years of trying to find I finally found the episode of WCW Thunder that I personally attended the taping of and so then join me as I review the episode of the show that marks the only time that WCW came over to England with the show in question being called simply just "WCW Thunder" enjoy.

There really isn't a plot running through this show which is the first thing that's wrong with the show as all it does is make this show feel alot less special and not really worth watching. As while the show does have some small stories running through it none of them are important and none of them add anything to any of the storylines that were going on in WCW at this point in time which is a huge issue as this show should have been WCW's answer to Smackdown and it should have been treated as such and yet it's being treated as a show that's lesser then the already bad Nitro which at this point in time was going down the drain anyways and it's because of shows like this that have no stories to the episodes as it doesn't give your audience to continue to watch the show and as a result of that is the fact that all this episode does is feel alot more like a filler episode of the show when it should be continuing the build to Mayhem in a more meaningful way instead of just mentioning some of the matches that are happening on that show which would have the add on effect of making that show not really worth watching either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


The set for this show is really just one giant screen and that's really it and as a result of that is the fact that it makes the show looks cheap. Which does make sense as the company that owned WCW really didn't like professional wrestling and so would keep on slashing at there budget and give it to other parts of there company and this is something that really does shine through in the shows set as it's not really all that impressive with it also being the exact same set that was being used for Nitro at this point in time as well this is made even worse when you take into account that both of those shows just a few shorts years ago had some very unique sets that set each of the shows apart from each other and by giving the shows the exact same visually boring and dull set all it does is make both of the shows feel the same as well with the only thing different about them is what name of the show appears on the titantron and that's really it and it's not really enough either heck if they wanted to make each set feel different then they really could have done by making this one the default Thunder set and then having a more bigger set for there main show.

Set wise there's not really all that much to this set with the set having alot of dead space on both of it's sides. Which very easily could have been filled up with anything just to make it feel alot more complete as as things stand the set just looks rather incomplete and unfinished like they wanted to do more to the set but for some strange reason they just didn't do it and as a result of that is the fact that the set for this show really does suffer because of it as it looks visually dull and boring and it looks like the kind of set that you'd expect to see at a live show and not at a TV taping for what is basically your second biggest show compare with WWE who with Smackdown gave us a unique looking set that looked just as good if not better then the set that they were using for Raw at the time where as with set due to the fact that WCW was basically being made on a hope and prayer at this point in time and different have as big of a budget it makes the set for this show just look rather cheap looking and unfinished at best.


For a show that's being taped in England you certainly wouldn't know it as apart from having English flags on the show graphics and the country being named twice there's nothing on this show that tells you that it's coming from England. Which does make this show feel alot less special as usually when a big wrestling does a show in the UK they go all out with letting you know that it's in England be it by including things that are in England on the set and having the union jack flag be apart of the set in some way shape or form and they usually go all out by making it a top notch show and that's just something that this show really doesn't do with them just using the same set with nothing added to it whatsoever which oddly makes the show feel alot less special then what it really should have been but at the same time this is also something that does work well enough in the shows favor as it's treated as just another episode of the show and not a special episode of the show either with the episode coming across as just another bad WCW show with them not even trying to fix all of the companies issues that are in the company at this point in time.


One thing that was really annoying during this episode was the fact that alot if not all of the matches either ended with or had run ins in them. Having a run in happen during is match is fine for like one or two matches but when it happens all of the time in alot of the matches during the same episode it start to gets boring and predictable real fast as you can see how each match will end before it even happens and this sadly a running thing during the Vince Russo era of WCW and it's something that should have been stopped as it does more harm to his product then it does good and while yes alot of the run ins in this episode do make some sort of sense from a storyline point of view alot of them are just there just for the sake having a run in when having a clean finish either way would help the show out in the long run and would also help the company out as well but this is what happens when you give someone unlimited power and not have someone there to tell him no with that sadly being a very common thing with alot of things during the Vince Russo era of WCW.

To give this episode it was a really well put together show with alot of the surprises being genuinely quite surprising. However tho a few decent things don't make up for all of the bad things that are in this very episode as there really just so much wrong not only with WCW during this time period but this episode as a whole as the episode really does feel like that it was thrown together at the last minuet with alot of the things that are in this episode not adding to anything and are there just for the sake of being there where as if this show was well put together alot of the things that are in this episode would either be setting up things for Nitro , setting up things for Mayhem or paying of things from Nitro and not just do it's own thing which has the add on effect of making this show feel like a house show that just so happend to be produced for TV and not something that you could only see on TV with Kronik showing up up during a match for no reason other then to cost The Filthy Animals the match and that's really all there was to it.


Again to try and say something positive about this episode it doesn't really have that many pointless backstage segments. With all of the segments in this episode serving some kind of purpose be it setting up matches for the episode or be it hyping up matches for the episode they do at least have some kind of purpose and aren't just there for the sake of being which they very easily could have been and it would have been very easy for them to do so as all they'd have to do is just feature wrestlers that aren't going to be on the episode and that's really it but nope they don't do that as alot of the backstage segments do have some kind of point to them which while it doesn't make them worth watching and it doesn't improve the episode in anyway shape or form what it does do is show that whoever the producers where for those segments at least knew what they were doing and at least knew that they had to get some of the audience to watch the other shows and they do that by trying to create some good segments that could have the possibility to lead to future storylines should they choose to go down that route with them that is.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty two minuets and seventeen seconds. Which is a tad bit on the long side for this episode as this episode really isn't telling any kind of stories and it isn't really advancing any kind of stories and as result of that id the fact that this episode really could have come in at around an hour maybe even less then that and you really wouldn't have to loose all that much as not that many of the matches are important matches and none of the backstage segments are furthering storylines and as a result of that is the fact that there's no reason for this episode to be as long as it was and as a result of that is the fact that it just feels like that this episode was only that long because of the fact that all of the other episodes of Thunder are around that same running time as well and not because of the fact that the episode really needed to be that long as it really didn't need to be that long as there really was no reason for this episode to be as long as it was but I will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.


So now then as this is a wrestling show that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual wrestling that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual wrestling that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. As there are some decent matches in this episode but at the same time tho given who is appearing in this episode the wrestling in this episode isn't as good as it really good have with the best match being Sting Vs Scott Steiner and even then it's not due to the quality of the match it self as it's more due to the fact that both Sting and Scott Steiner have had some decent matches in the past and seeing them wrestle each other does seem like idea but then we get to matches like the six way match for a cruiserweight championship match which should be good but because they don;t explain the rules of the match just comes across as being confusing in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this is an episode that despite being so close to my heart because of the fact that it was first TV taping that I went to really hasn't aged all that well and is a really good example of just how bad of a shape that WCW really was in at the time thanks to various groups of people in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does ern itself a grand old score of exactly a 6 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all pf 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 person ally used in this very review from the official Pro Wrestling fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful the official Pro Wrestling fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on freaking the official Pro Wrestling fandom wiki page are all fairly freaking high in freaking quality and as well as being very fairly freaking high in definition.

Wednesday, 19 June 2024

Worzel Gummidge "The Trial Of Worzel Gummidge" Review


There are so few shows these days that are willing go to some really dark places with it's main characters. With the show that i'm about to be taking a look at today being one such show as it's a show that's willing to go to those dark places not only in this episode but in alot of the shows episodes and it does so in a way that treats it's child audience with respect and so then join me as I review the episode that sees it's main character almost die with the episode in question being called simply just "The Trial Of Worzel Gummidge" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when he accidentally knocks The Crowman's hat of in an attempt to scare of some crows Worzel Gummidge finds him on trial where one of the people going against him is Aunt Sally. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured  presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with the plot of this episode being really dark and more then willing to go to those dark places that other kids shows would just straight up avoid and yet it does so in a way that not only makes sense but also fits in not only with the shows more whimsical tone but also with the shows characters as well all of which make this episodes plot a really good plot for this show to have and one that this show does really well as the show does some really dark plots and there all done really well as well with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Doctor Who star Jon Pertwee as Worzel Gummidge , Jeremy Austin as John Peters and Charlotte Coleman as Sue Peters. Also starring in this episode is Porridge 1979 and Tales From The Crypt 1972 star Geoffrey Bayldon as The Crowman , Norman Bird as Mr. Braithwaite , Sutherland's Law star Steve Gardner as Mr. Collinson , Heartbeat star Bill Maynard as Sergeant Beetroot and Una Stubbs as Aunt Sally.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty person ally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Which for this show is nothing really all that new as even in this shows bad or even forgettable episodes it always had some really good acting in it ad the same thing is also true for this episode with alot of the actors for this episode turning in some really fun and enjoyable performances with the true standout performer in this episode being Jon Pertwee as Worzel Gummidge who is just a pure joy to watch in this episode with this episode really showing us the audience just how great of an actor he really was with the acting in this episode really being helped by the fact that the script for this episode is just so good that all this episode cast have to do is just the say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally all of which really does raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.


This is the episode that does see the debut of Bill Maynard as the semi series regular character Sergeant Beetroot. With the character being alot more strict then what he is in his other appearances with him being alot more of a fun and laid back character in the other episodes that the character appears in which does make sense the makers of this show were most likely still trying to figure out this character and as a result of that is the fact that  it does make sense that the character would be alot more of strict then what he normally would be and it also gives someone for Worzel to verbally go up against as well which is something that is sadly toned down in the characters other appearances and as a result of that is the fact that we get a character who is pretty much The Crowman's second in command as he does everything by the book and is willing to do everything that The Crowman would do and it makes you wonder why the character was dropped after the shows Christmas special as there are stories that could have been told with this character that the show sadly never does take full advantage of with him only appearing in group scenes and that's really it.


This episode really stack the odds against Worzel as not only is he going up against hos creator to prove his innocence but he's also going against the cruel Aunt Sally. Who of course is doing everything that she can do to make life miserable for Worzel and is only thinking of herself which is something that really does work for this episode and having her testifying against Worzel is also something that's oddly fitting for her character as even tho he adores her she hates not only him but all scarecrows as she sees them as being beneath her and as a result of that is the fact that she would agree of justify against Worzel as all eyes would be on here which is something that she'd love as she just loves the spotlight and it also means that alot more scarecrows get to see how cruel she is as she leads Sergeant Beetroot into thinking that she only has eyes for him when infact all she wanted was releasing from the box that she was kept in and that's really it and knowing her history with him it now means that Worzel has enemies everywhere in that court for this episode and he has to somehow get them all other to his side in order to prove his innocence.

While this episode does have it's more touching moments with Worzel showing how kind of a scarecrow that he is by saying that he allowed the Robin red breast that lived him to stay there because she can't fly due to the fact that she's had babies. With this further being hit home by the fact that he also says that he takes things like apples and milk to feed her not because he gets something out of it because he really doesn't but because it's the right thing to do and the fact that it's those things that help to convince the scarecrow court to give Worzel one last chance goes to show you that the makers of the show no these characters really well as The Crowman would always praise his scarecrows for being good people and here we have one of his scarecrows doing just that and he rightfully gets let of the hook as despite what he did was indeed wrong his heart was always in the right place as all he was trying to do was scare some crows by throwing potatoes at them and one of which just so happened to knock The Crowman's hat of all because of the fact that he was actually trying to do his job and also keep his robin red breast and her chocks safe and warm.


In case it wasn't obvious in alot of the shows other episodes this episode pretty much confirms the fact that Worzel is The Crowman's favorite scarecrow that he created. As just as he's originally announcing him as being guilty you see The Crowman breaking down and start to cry something which to the knowledge of us the audience hasn't been done before and yet because it's Worzel he breaks down all of which makes you wonder why he was the judge as he clearly was showing favouritism at that moment in time and surely someone else would have been a better fit for the role of judge like a scarecrow who was created to be just that or they could even have another character who is more impartial act as judge but at the same time tho seeing The Crowman break down like that does also make him alot more human and it goes to show you that even tho he does give Worzel a hard time not only in this episode but also in other episodes as well but he's also willing to basically let things go when there are innocent creatures involved as is the case with the episode.

Now then while I cannot for the absolutely life of me remember whatever this episodes running time even was I do know that this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty four minuets and thirty four seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstandard running time for this show to have and while the episode really does have more then enough plot there to really cover that large amount of running tie the episode also really does feel oddly on the short side of things as well as alot of the scenes in this episode do go alot more faster then what they really should have been with the episode just rushing to get to the next plot point without taking the time that an episode like this one really needs in order to make it's more dramatic element work alot better and it would also go along way to make the episodes more darker and gothic atmosphere work even better then what it really already does in this episode but I will admit that this episode really does have some fairly solid pacing to it tho.


So now then as this is comedy that really does mean that I gave to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us n this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. As the main focus of this episode isn't the comedy it's more the drama aspect of the show and as a result of that is the fact that we don't get to have that many funny moments in the episode out side of the start of the start with Worzel using a slingshot to fire potatoes at crows which even then isn't laugh out loud funny it's more cute funny but when the episode gets to the court house alot of the comedy does rightfully go away with it only being brought back once when Jon and Sue get involved and try to defend Worzel only to realise that they actually have nothing to back him up which is a funny joke and is one that does feel in character for Jon and Sue with it also being a really cute and funny joke as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this was a really solid that goes along way to show you that even this show is a kids show it's also not afraid to put it's main character in mortal danger as they frequently do in alot of this shows episodes with this episode being the best example of that as it's something that really does come out of nowhere and it's something that really does work well enough for this episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly an 8.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all f 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 Amazon . Co . Uk , Wikipedia and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.

Tuesday, 18 June 2024

Why The Hell Are Here Teacher: First Period Review


Anime is an artform that really does come in shapes and sizes and as a result of that is the fact there is quite literally something for everyone. With the show that i'm going to taking a look at today being made very much for adult audiences with this review being based off of the really uncensored version of the shows first every episode and so then join me as I review the episode that really is so close to really being a very adult episode with the episode in question being called simply just "First Period" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is young student Ichiro Sato keeps on finding himself in embarrassing situations with his teacher Kana Kojima. Now the interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual poot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty person ally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us  in this very episode was in all honesty simple but delightfully so as it's pretty obvious from the shows set up that this show isn't going to have deep and complex plots to it and as a result of that is the fact that it would be foolish to expect this debut to have a deep thought provoking plot to it with the main plot of this episode mainly being used as an excuse to get both of the characters into some really embarrassing situations and just seeing what they do in those situations with the plot of this also being really rather entertaining and  as well as being really rather engaging as well in y freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Maggie Flecknoe as Kana Kojima , Melody Spade as Mayu Matsukaze and Austin Tindle as Ichiro Sato and Andrew Love as Rin Suzuki. As you all can no doubt work this review of the show is being based off of the dubbed version of the show just because of the fact that it was just a lot more easier to watch the dubbed version of the episode then it was the subbed version of the episode with this dub being alot better then what it really had any right to be with the characters lips matching up almost perfectly with what they are saying and the fact that alot of this episodes actors are all really well cast and thus have voices that perfectly fit there respective characters  all of which combine to give us a dub that on paper really shouldn't work as no one would blame if they chose not to give a show like this one a really good dub a dub actually somehow does infact really work and work out really well at that which is something that is sure to catch alot of anime really off guard as that's just hoe good the dubbing is in this episode.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us n this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty alot better then what it really had any right to be. As really nobody would have blamed the cast for this episode if they chose not to turn in a good performance for this episode given the genre that this show as this is a genre that doesn't really demand great or even good acting in it's episodes and yet that's exactly what we got in this episode as really all of the episodes cast members really do turn in some really good performances in this episode which really isn't all that surprising given that one of this episodes actors is an anime voice acting legend with the acting in this episode not really being helped by the episodes script as the script for this episode really doesn't give this episodes all that much to work with interms of what it is that there respective characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which s something that really does effect the overall quality of the acting that's in this episode.


Doing the animation for this episode and for this show as a whole is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Tear Studio. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with the animation being much like the acting in some respects as it's alot better then what it really had any right to be but at the same as well the animation in this episode isn't as good as it really could have been with alot of drawings in this episode coming across as being really flat at best with the animation in this episode also not being as highly detailed as the animation is in other ecchi shows and while yes the animation in this episode is indeed really good it also could have been alot better as while the animation on the female characters get alot of love and some really good animation the episodes male characters don't get any of that with there animation coming across as being rather dull to look at.


The characters in this episode do come across as being slightly entertaing and that's taking into account that not alot of the characters get alot of time to actually shine. Yet those that do like Kana Kojima and Ichiro Sato as Ichiro comes across as being the stereotypical teenager who just so happens to keep on getting up in all of these embarrassing situations where Kana Kojima comes across as the type of person who is willing to do whatever she wants to do and is willing to have a go ant anybody if it means that they change there life around for the better as she's a good person deep down where as the other two characters in this episode rather rightfully don't have alot of time to shone and as a result of that is the fact that it's hard to get a read on what it is there characters are like as they only appear on screen for a few seconds maybe a few minuets at the absolute which does make sense as there presence isn't really the main  focus of the plot of this episode but at the same time given that this is the first episode of the show it would have made sense to give alot of this episodes at least some chance to get across what there characters are like as that would make it easier for us the audience to get to know these characters alot more then what we already do.

For those of you that don't know that this show is actually based off of the manga of the exact same name. With the manga itself being published from April 24th 2017 and are still being published in Weekly Young Magazine's Young Magazine KC imprint while it is hard to say if this episode is a good representation of the manga or if this anime does justice to the manga it is interesting to see that this series was in production whilst the manga was still being published as it makes you wonder where the story was going and it means that if this show did attract some new fans then they would most likely be more inclined to check out the manga as they'd want to see more of these character and they'd want to see where the plot of the series as a whole ultimately ends up going which is something that wouldn't be possible if the manga had ended when the show was being produced and while yes there are merits to doing the anime adaptation after the manga is finished as that does allow for a more faithful adaptation in this case it's something that really isn't needed as the episode itself is basically just a sketch comedy show and those don't have nor even need alot of continuity in order to just be funny and really fun to watch.


This episode is mostly set inside in the school which is a really bad idea as it makes the world of this show feel alot more smaller then it actually is. As all it does is make it look like that the only setting in this show is just the school and nothing more then that and while this episode basically just has two separate sketches and as a result of that is the fact that it would have been hard for the show to give us a new setting without stretching either sketch beyond breaking point it would have been nice if we got to see alot more of this world just because of the fact that it would then allow both Kana Kajima and Ichiro Sato the chance to get into some more comedic situations which is something that should have been the main reason for them to really feature more locations in this episode as this show is afterall a comedy and yet by limiting the amount of settings that we get to see in this episode it also has the effect of making this show look really cheap looking this is not helped by the fact that there only a handful of characters in this episode which really doesn't help with the fact that it makes this show come across as being really cheap to make.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running tie of exactly eleven minuets and thirty one seconds. Which is a bit on the short side for this episode to last as you very easily could have gotten this episode to at the very least fifteen minuets which would have bee very easy do as all you'd have to is just expand on the set ups for both of the segments as the episode have more then enough plot there to really cover a fifteen minuet running time it's also something that wouldn't really harm the episode as a whole either but what it would do is run the risk of making the shows only joke come across as being rather thin and drawn out but it would also the episodes side characters the chance to be more fleshed out characters and at least have more screen time and more to do which would in turn given them a chance to get across what those side characters are really like as people something which doesn't really get to happen in the final cut of the episode but I will admit that this episode really does gave some really good pacing to it tho.


So now then as this is comedy that means that I gave t actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us n this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad for the most part. As while the episode does have a really good joke it also has just that one joke and it's joke that does start to get old really fast as you no exactly what the punchline of the joke will be the second that the setup for that particular segment has been established and as a result of that is the fact that it then means that we the audience are then watching the Ichiro Sato play catch up to us the audience and get the punchline that we already know is coming and while it can be a funny punchline and while the episode does give some verity of that punchline of the teacher being there in some rather revealing clothing it's still not really enough to make this one joke seem fresh and funny every single time that they tell the exact same joke in this episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall while this is decent first episode it's also one that doesn't make you want to watch the over episodes in this show either as everything that you can expect to see in the rest of the series are all there in the first segment of this episode with next to nothing new added to them in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Bow then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 5.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got ll 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 the official Why The Hell Are You Here, Teacher!? fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode and are really of course up and on Google Images are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.