Trolls: The Beat Goes On! Review

Trolls fans last year we had the christmas short film and now we have the Netflix series so let's see if this show is going to make you burst out into song or will it turn you into a burgen? lets find out in my review of Trolls: The Beat Goes On!.

The show basically follows the Trolls as they experience everyday life in the Troll Village. yeah as you can tell by the synopsis this show is episodic so there's no real story to speak of and for something like Trolls that actually works what doesn't work is the fact that each episode is two eleven minuet segments instead of just one half hour segment which i think would have been better.

Out of all the cast members from the film the only one who was brought back was Ron Funches as Cooper and he's ok in the show for the rest of the characters we have Skylar Astin as Branch , Amanda Leighton as Poppy , Sam Lerner as King Gristle , Fryda Wolff as DJ Suki, Satin and Chenille and Kari Wahlgren as Bridget. The new cast do an ok job i say ok because in my eyes the films cast suit the characters alot more then the ones in the show so i have to wonder why they didn't just get back the cast from film since those are the voices that audiences are most used to those voices?.

Now for some reason Netflix chose to release only twelve episodes for this first season even tho well over 50 segments were ordered and what's even more confusing is that season 2 will only have twenty episodes so i have to ask where are the rest of the segments coming from it might be a case of doing maths (which i'm terrible at so the episodes in total might reach 50) this is nothing against the series just something that really confused me.

  

I thought that the animation wouldn't be that good and while it can be fairly bad just because it's not going to look as good as the film. For the most part the animation is pretty good and as you can see by the above images it's not CGI it's done in 2D animation and i can see why they would do that since it's cheaper then doing it in CGI and rather shockingly i'm ok with that since for me the Trolls film was like a cartoon anyway so having done in this style makes me happy.

Something that really shocked me was the fact that this show is actually pretty funny i wasn't expecting this show to be as funny as it was no joke there was alot of times during these first six episodes where i laughed out loud yes the jokes aren't clever but sometimes you don't want or need clever jokes you just want to laugh but i will have to say this show does have fart jokes.

Another thing that this show has going for it is the songs for once they don't just do covers they have original songs and alot of them are actually really catchy for me the best song on the show is the opening number which is called Hair In The Air which is a nice little catchy number that really gets you in the mood for the show.

Overall this is a pretty good show for little kids but i think that if your a fan of the first film then you might like this show as well for me it gets a 5.5 out of 10.

Some Cartoons that Are Based Of Movies

Honestly guys the title of this post pretty much says it all there's really nothing more i could add to it but i will say that i found out about alot of strange shows while doing research for this so here we go.

Little Shop (The Little Shop Of Horrors 1960 Film)

Yeah remember when i said i found out about a lot of strange shows this is one of those shows i mean why would want to produce a show for kids of a black comedy where people die it makes little to know sense but clearly someone thought it was a good idea.

Return to the Planet of the Apes

I didn't mention what this show is based of because it's in the name of the show but i do have to admit unlike Little Shop this one does at least interesting it's meant to be more based of the original novel then it is the long running film franchise but at the same time it kinda looks like Jonny Quest to me.

RoboCop: Alpha Commando

I have to state that there was also another Robocop animated series but that one was in the 80's this one came out in the late 90's but this show apparently had even less in common with the original films so chances are it's kid friendly which makes me ask the question why would they turn a violent and gory action film into a kids cartoon? this really does make no sense at all.

Extreme Ghostbusters

I'm choosing this one over The Real Ghostbusters just because that show is so well known where as alot of people either don't know about this one or like my self forgot all about it. I have to say that people gave the reboot of Ghostbusters alot of hell for having an all female team well Extreme Ghostbusters was the first to do it because they had a female on their team.

Pink Panther and Pals

Again i don't need to say what film this show was based on as it's right in the title but this show took the lame approach and made it about a teenaged Pink Panther and his pals and The Pink Panther is the only character from the movies to appear and he wasn't even the star of the movies.

The Mummy: The Animated Series

Out of all the shows i've mentioned this and Extreme Ghostbusters are the only one's i've watched and their also the shows i've forgotten about just based of Wikipedia i can say that this film is set after The Mummy Returns (the last good mummy movie) but before the dreadful third movie and for the most part it does have all the characters their but voiced by different actors.

Black Lightning "Pilot" Review

Well then guys a new DC show is here so let's find out if it's any good or if it's destined to fail harder then Justice League and since this is only the pilot episode there will not be a rating.

The basic plot of the episode is Jefferson Pierce aka retired superhero Black Lightning must come out of retirement to save his daughters from members of The 100 gang (no that's not the name for fans of The CW's The 100). I admit i'm glad that they didn't do the origin story for the pilot episode it would have been so easy just to tell that story for the pilot so i give the show credit for doing something fresh and different.

The episode stars Cress Williams , China Anne McClain , Nafessa Williams , Christine Adams , Marvin "Krondon" Jones III , Damon Gupton and James Remar. For a pilot episode the acting was pretty decent i wasn't really expecting the acting or the chemistry to be any good since it's a pilot so the chemistry won't be there right away but i believed all of these actors in these roles and i will say that China's acting has improved since her days on A.N.T Farm.

Damn the suit looks good i havn't read the Black Lightning comics but damn does that suit look good in live action it has a very metallic look to it and it kinda reminds me of the suits from the first Power Rangers movie in that respect and i like the fact that it has two bolts of lightning on either side that just looks so freaking cool.

The special effects so far aren't the show's strong suit there not bad but they look fake i get that this is a pilot episode so i'm not expecting better effects until at least season 2 (this is The CW we all know it will get picked up) i really was better effects from the team behind The Flash.

If your a fan of the arrowverse i'm sorry to say but for now this show is not apart of that world this is something the producers have been saying and it's something that people in charge of The CW have been saying also this show films in Atlanta, Georgia and the other shows film in Canada but that doesn't mean that the show can't become apart of the arrowverse like Supergirl did in season 2.

Overall this was a decent pilot episode it's not as good as the pilot for The Flash but it's still better then most pilots and i'm not commenting on the action just because there really wasn't that much but i will say that based on the ending i like where this show is going and i highly recommend you check it out if you get the chance plus i don't really like the theme song used in this episode.

The Gifted Season / Series 1 Review

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Some Thoughts About Hot Streets

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

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

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

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

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

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

My Brief Thoughts on Violet Evergarden

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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