Harvey Street Kids Review

Animation fans everytime Netflix releases a new show we all know there's a 50% chance that it'll suck bad so when they announced that they were making a show based of Harvey Comics characters most of the world met this news with a huge "meh" well the show is out and i'm here to bring you a review of it so here is my review of Harvey Street Kids.

The basic set up of the show is Audrey, Lotta, and Dot three best friends who will do anything to make sure that Harvey Street is best block to never grow up on. As you can tell this show pretty much has no plot outside of the basic set up and i'm not quite sure if that works for this show or on the one hand not having a plot allows the characters to get into a lot of wacky situations but on the one hand not having a plot doesn't make the show standout.

Starring in the show are Lauren Lapkus as Lotta , Stephanie Lemelin as Audrey , Kelly McCreary as Dot , Atticus Shaffer as Melvin and Grey Griffin as Lucretia , Frufru and The Harvey Street Bow. I'll admit the acting in the show was a lot better then what I was expecting it to be I was expecting everyone just to give the bare minimum but no every one gives it 100% and for a Netflix animated show that's a rare thing to say.

As mentioned this series is based of Harvey Comics but it's more based of Little Audrey , Little Dot and Little Lotta and I have to say that I think it's great that companies like Dreamworks and Netflix are giving more attention to more little known comic books instead of just sticking with either Marvel or DC (yes I know DC don't have a Netflix show but the point is those are the two comic companies that get the most attention) and I hope that this continues because there are a lot of great comic book characters out there who can easily have their own show.

As with honestly alot of Netflix's animated content this show is animated by DreamWorks Animation Television and the animation is really freaking good like alot better then what I personally thought it would be it's not on the same level as say Ducktales 2017 but it's far better then any CN reboot ever made.

Now I know alot of people are going to see the first picture and mention this so called "cal arts art style" whatever that freaking means there's no such thing as "cal arts style"you know how I know that because all of the people who work for Disney and PIXAR went there and guess what they don't have characters who look the same it's not unnatural for people to be inspired by someone so it's there for possible that the people working on this show were inspired by someone who went there and that's it.

Each episode of this show is split up into two eleven minuet cartoons and in total this first season has thirteen episodes which means there are a total of twenty six segments that's a lot of content to Get through heck for the sake of this review I only watched around four episodes and i'll admit that did become a struggle kind of near the end not because it's a bad show but because I could think of what the story was.

The jokes in this show for me are very hit and miss there's a lot of jokes that just flat out didn't work and alot of those jokes involve the kids using either tablets or social media to me those kind of jokes just aren't funny but tho the good jokes far outweigh the bad ones as I did find myself laughing alot more then I expected to.

Overall the best word I can use to describe this show is cute and if that's something you like then this is the show for you but on the other hand if you want a show that has a plot then stay away from this show for me this show I just about average so it gets a 6 out of 10.

Some Adult Animated Shows You Might Not Have Heard Of

Boys and girls there are alot of animated shows out there and despite popular believe not all of it is aimed at little kids in fact most of it is aimed more towards adults but due to kids cartoons being the ones in pop culture people will only think of shows like SpongeBob Squarepants well i'm not going to make a post explaining why that's BS but instead put together a post showcasing adult shows that you might not have heard of and for the sake of this post i'm not including The Simpsons because while that is a show aimed at adults it's also the freaking Simpsons and the same goes for Family Guy.

Æon Flux

Now this is a show that i've recently been thinking of reviewing but this show is adult as the come without going all out nuts there's no nudity and very little swearing but what makes this show adult is not only the over the top violence but also it's themes and the fact that for the first two seasons the main character would die at the end of every episode.

Celebrity Deathmatch

What happens when you mix the world of wrestling and celebrities you get this awesome show from the nineties this was a show that I used to watch alot when I was a kid and it's as balls to the wall insane as you'd expect and it's a show that I hope MTV bring back at some point.

Futurama

I said I wouldn't include The Simpsons but I said nothing about not including this show and in all honesty this show is aimed at adults and it's not hard to see why it has very mature themes heck in the pilot episode we see a guy effectively leave behind everyone he's ever known and meet up with a beer drinking womanizing robot that is something The Simpsons wouldn't dare do.

Angry Kid

If you want prove that this show is an adult themed show all you need to do is look at the description for the main character who is someone who swears alot and has a bad attitude and this was a series made by Aardman Animations a company known for only making family friendly stuff and yet here they are making a show aimed at an older audience.

A*** Mcgee

The fact that i've had to censor the name of this show should tell you that it's a show aimed at adults and to further nail that point home the picture is of the logo for the network it aired on and yes I cannot even use a picture from the show that's how adult it is it's freaking nuts.

Clerks: The Animated Series

It's a series featuring smoker jay And Silent Bob that's really all I need to say about the show I personally havn't seen a single episode but I have seen the Jay And Silent Bob animated movie and if the show is anything like that movie then this show is freaking nuts.

Legends of Chamberlain Heights

This show is just awful I managed to watch a few episodes when it first aired and lets just say that after those few episodes i've never seen an episode since but this show is extremely mature but it's also extremely bad and possibly a little bit racist it's the only adult show on here that I wouldn't recommend to anyone with taste that's how bad it is.

A Review Of Both Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines And The Perils of Penelope Pitstop

Wacky Races fans I bet this is something that you never saw coming not one but two reviews for the franchise yes you read that right i'm reviewing both of the spin off shows it's something i've wanted to do for sometime but have always put it off well no more here is my review of both Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines And The Perils of Penelope Pitstop.

The set up for Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines is the duo along with new characters Zilly and Klunk try and stop a pigeon. Yeah it's a simple set up and I think that it does work however they don't explain why Dastardly and Muttley are no longer racing nor what happend to The Mean Machine.

The set up for The Perils of Penelope Pitstop is that Penelope is an heiress and with the help of The Ant Hill Mob must escape the clutches of her enemy The Hooded Claw. It really is hard for me to say if this set up is genius or just dumb because there are times where this set up just doesn't work but then there are times where it does.

Reprising their roles in The Perils of Penelope Pitstop are Janet Waldo , Don Messick and Paul Winchell and they are joined by the legendary Mel Blanc and Paul Lynde. There's not much I can really say acting wise since alot of these actors are true legends but honestly the acting is the best part of the show and that's not really saying much given the fact the rest of the show isn't that good.

What makes Dastardly And Muttley standout is the fact that it only stars two actors Paul Winchell and Don Messick even tho there both reprising there roles as Dastardly And Muttley they also play every character on the show and they each have very distinct voices.

The Perils Of Penelope Pitstop has one very major issue and it's one that they repeat all the time in the intro and it's the fact that Penelope's guardian is called Sylvester Sneekly and as if I need to point this out he's The Hooded Claw the only hint Penelope ever needs to tell her that he's evil is the fact that his last name is Sneekly it has the word Sneek right there it just makes her look dumb.

The animation for both shows was done by legendary studio Hanna-Barbera and the animation honestly isn't that bad which is to be expected given that William Hanna and Joseph Barbera directed every episode of both shows however both shows also contain alot of animation errors some of which aren't that bad for example Muttley's ears change colors a few times but one is downright terrifying I kid you not there's a scene in The Perils Of Penelope Pitstop where The Ant Hill Mob are shown without faces.

Dastardly And Muttley does something that i think is rather unique because it takes two characters who are villainess in one show and it keeps them as the villains in their own show I really cannot think of a show that has done that or would even give a villain their own spin off series.

What really did shock me was the fact that not only did both shows air on the same network but they also aired at exactly the same time with both shows debuting September 13th 1969 and they both lasted seventeen episodes with Dastardly And Muttley last airing on January 3rd 1970 and Penelope Pitstop last airing around ten or say days later on January 17th 1970. 

Anyone who's anyone will tell you that having two spin off air at the exact same time is unheard of and I can't think of a reason why CBS / Hanna-Barbera did it with these spin off yes Wacky Races was a hit but it wasn't a major hit like The Flintstones so surely airing them at separate times would have been better.

Another one of the things that really did bug about The Perils Of Penelope Pitstop is the fact that's really boring Dastardly And Muttley isn't a good show by any means but it was fun at least this show is just boring to watch the set up makes the show seem more interesting then it actually is alot of the time it's Penelope getting captured and The Ant Hill Mob have to save her and after the first episode it get's old really freaking fast.

Humor wise it's hard for me to say which show is funnier because at times I did laugh at both shows and given that the writers for Dastardly And Muttley included the legendary Michael Maltese and The perils of Penelope Pitstop was written by Maltese and Scooby-Doo creators Joe Ruby and Ken Spears you can see why it's hard for me to say which show had me laughing the most however I do have to give major props to Perils for at least mentioning Dick Dastardly.

Overall Dastardly And Muttley In Their Flying Machines is easily the better show but that's only because i'm comparing it to The Perils Of Penelope Pitstop if your a Wacky Races fan then I see no harm in checking out these shows but for me Dastardly And Muttley scores a 5.5 out of 10 and The Perils Of Penelope Pitstop scores a 4.5 out of 10.

Legend of the Three Caballeros Review

Disney fans whenever the company announces a new show it's usually pretty big news but every once in a while they secretly release a show which is what they did with the show i'm about to review heck this show was such a secret that i'm breaking my own rule by basing this review of the first two episodes instead of the first six so here is my review of Legend of the Three Caballeros.

As far as I can make out the plot of this show is Donald , José Carioca and Panchito Pistoles team up with Xandra the Goddess of Adventure to defeat the evil Lord Fendrake Sheldgoose and Baron Von Sheldgoose. What makes the plot of this show truly standout is the fact that each episode leads into the next and it is nice seeing Donald take on an action hero role and it helps that the story is generally interesting.

Reprising their roles are Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck , Jim Cummings as Pete and Tress MacNeille as Daisy Duck and they are joined by Eric Bauza as José Carioca , Jaime Camil as Panchito Pistoles , Grey Griffin as Xandra the Goddess of Adventure , Wayne Knight as Baron Von Sheldgoose , Kevin Michael Richardson as Lord Fendrake Sheldgoose and Jessica DiCicco as April, May, and June.

The acting in the show isn't that good in my opinion the actors who you expect great performances from do indeed give them but there are actors in this show who give characters annoying voices and one of those is the great Dee Bradley Baker as Ari.

I really have no idea who does the animation for this series I do know that it's not Disney Television Animation tho and the animation in the show is honestly way better then what I thought it would be I was expecting something that's just OK but nothing special but nope the animation for me is on par with the Ducktales reboot and this show so far isn't going to be shown on any of the Disney Channels.

Now if your thinking that the name sounds familiar thats because it's based of the 1944 live action / animated film The Three Caballeros (don't worry if you havn't heard of it I havn't either) the film was made as a good will message for South America and the film featured South American live action actors with the main plot revolving around Donald opening presents from his South American friends.

Yeah the show and the movie have nothing in common apart from the name and the characters and from what I can gather the movie just existed to promote South America which while not a bad thing just makes the film feel pointless.

In a strange move not only did Disney not announce this show but so far it's only came out in the Philippines on the DisneyLife app to me it's weird that Disney wouldn't announce there making this show Donald is a popular character and it's odd that they wouldn't release it in North America so far there is no release date set for North America so you guys could be waiting months for the series to come out.

What also helps this show standout is the fact that it's basically an action comedy i'm not making that up there's a lot of action in this series and it's wonderfully animated but tho the comedy in the show does need to be worked on just because the jokes felt a little bit forced in my eyes but I can see some people laughing at them.

Overall Disney's little secret is out of the bag and it's a really good series like alot better then what I thought it was going to be sadly tho so far the only way you can watch this show in English so far is on streaming sites like Kimcartoon the show gets a 7.5 out of 10.

Big City Greens Review

Disney fans this is a review that has been weeks in the making as per my own rule I waited until episode six of the series aired and it just has so here we go with my review of Disney's newest animated series Big City Greens so let's get it started.

The premise of the series is Cricket and his family get into various adventures in the city (called Big City) and along the way they learn life lessons. As you can guess from the plot summery this show is episodic so basically you can watch any episode and you'll know the show's basic set up and what to expect from any given episode my only issue is the pacing can at times be rather slow.

The show stars co-creator Chris Houghton as Cricket , Marieve Herington as Tilly Green ,  Bob Joles as Bill Green and Artemis Pebdani and Gramma. I will say that most of the voice actors do a really good job playing there characters but Chris really should stick to being a storyboard artist / writer because his acting skills need alot of improvement. 

The rest of the cast do a really good job playing there characters and I think that's because the characters are fun to see on screen so the only thing the actors had to do was give a good performance.

This show is kinda a reunion for the crew of Harvey Beaks because not only did the Houghton brothers work on the show but so did director Monica Ray so if you love that show then I highly recommend this show since it's alot of the same people bringing alot of the talent that helped make that show a success.

Helping the brothers with the show is Rob Renzetti who is perhaps known for being a producer on Gravity Falls but after reading what other shows he's worked on I can conclude that he's kind of a big deal in terms of TV animation he's worked on shows such as Dexter's Laboratory , the original Powerpuff Girls , Family Guy , Samurai Jack , House Of Mouse and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic among many , many , many others if you have a favorite show then chances are he's worked on it.

The animation for the show was done by Disney Television Animation and while the animation in this show is indeed really good it's not as good as say Ducktales 2017 or Star Vs The Forces Of Evil I personally get the feeling that that part of Disney is starting to be stretched to thin they have alot of animated shows coming out and all of them have animation done by Disney Television Animation and like I said the animation in this show isn't bad but it's clearly not the team at their best.

I'm not sure if anyone else thinks this but for me the best character is Tilly alot of the things she says get a good laugh out of me and more often then not whatever plot she's involved with is more interesting then the other plot lines going on during that episode and that also links back into what i was saying about the pacing because sometimes each segment doesn't really have an interesting plot and that's not helped by the pacing.

Overall while this is indeed a very good show that is worth watching it's also a show that has a lot of problems but the problems can be overlooked and so this show scores a 6 out of 10.

Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis Review

DC fans The Death Of Superman wasn't the only film that leaked a few days because Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis also leaked for some unknown reason I get leaking DOS because it's a huge film but this one really oh well now I get to bring you my review earlier then I thought.

The plot of the movie is Atrocitus and Ocean Master take over Atlantis and now it's up to the Justice League and Aquaman to put things right.It's a simple story but since this film is meant for little kids it makes sense that the story would be simple and for all of it simplicity the story is very well told and well paced.

Starring in the film are Dee Bradley Baker as Aquaman , Susan Eisenberg as Mera , Troy Baker as Batman , Grey Griffin as Wonder Woman and Lois Lane , Nolan North as Superman , Insert Walking Dead Actor Here as Cyborg , Cristina Milizia as Jessica Cruz , Alyson Stoner as Batgirl , Trevor Devall as Ocean Master , Scott Menville as Robin and Jonathan Adams as Atrocitus. 

Grey Griffin is a great voice actress but when you cast who some consider the voice for Wonder Woman in your movie you really should have her play Wonder Woman the performances from all involved are pretty good which is not shocking since most of them voice these characters on a regular basis heck even Cristina Milizia is pretty much the main voice actress for Jessica Cruz since she's played her in pretty much every media thing Jessica has been in.

Now I couldn't find who did the animation for this film but chances are it's either Lego or Warner Bros. Animation and well for a kids film the animation is actually really good no joke there where a few times when this movie to me looked like a Dreamworks movie (not PIXAR it was good but come on) and for a straight to DVD movie which pretty much has show string budget that's a really good thing.

This isn't a knock against the film but rather something that i've noticed as of late but both DC and Warner Bros seem to enjoy putting Jessica Cruz in alot of movies and alot of episodes of various animated shows and by alot I mean she's now in the DC Super Hero Girls web series and so you can expect to see her in the TV series. It's not bad that there doing that in fact I applaud them for not just sticking to one Green Lantern but I would warn them to slow down since it come across as them pushing her down our throat.

There really isn't much I can say about this movie since it really is just for little kids but I can say that this movie is so obviously made just to sell more DC Lego sets they don't even try to hide it at least in The Flash's Lego movie they tried to hide the fact it's a movie made to sell toys but this movie just comes right out and says it.

I've tried to think of a way about talking about this movie and not bring up the leak which is why it was in the intro but I have to talk about it again leaks can be a bad thing take for example the recent season of My Little Pony almost half of the season got leaked months before it debuted that will do alot of damage to that show and it can be the same with movies but tho there are people out there who would watch a leak first and then go and watch the movie and that's what I do since it's saving me money because i'm not going to watch a movie I don't like but if you are one of those people who only watches things leaked just know that your doing more harm then good.

Overall this is a decent film for the kiddies and it does a good job of making someone who is usually the but of every superhero joke look quite good but it's still just an average movie so it gets a 5 out of 10 from me.

  

The Death Of Superman Review

When DC announced they were basically remaking Superman: Doomsday into a two part more comic accurate film I was wondering why they would do that since Superman: Doomsday is still a great freaking movie and well after someone leaked not only this movie but also Lego Aquaman I can now bring you my thoughts on this movie so here is my review of The Death Of Superman.

It took me a good while to come to this conclusion but this movie really has no plot outside of what happens to Superman and I know i'm going to get some hate for this but the actual book where he died also had no plot so in this case I would have been open to them making changes just so this film could have a story to tell.

Returning for this film are Christopher Gorham as The Flash , Matt Lanter as Aquaman , Rosario Dawson as Wonder Woman , Jerry O'Connell as Superman and Nathan Fillion as Hal Jordan among many others and I will say that out of the returning cast I really enjoyed Jerry O'Connell when the emotional moments come in this film that's when his performance really does shine through.

New cast members include Rebecca Romijn as Lois Lane , Rainn Wilson as Lex Luthor , Toks Olagundoye as Cat Grant , Paul Eiding and Jennifer Hale as Ma and Pa Kent and Erica Luttrell as Mercy Graves. Out of the new cast the only actor who I thought was really enjoying themselves was Rainn Wilson I honestly feel that he was born to play Lex Luthor and I had no idea that Rebecca Romijn was even in the movie.

The animation for the film was handled by Studio Mir who have handled the animation for the recent Voltron series as well as some of The Legend of Korra and the first season of Guardians Of The Galaxy and I have to say that the animation in this film for the most part was really good but every now and again there would be an odd drawing that made something feel off it's something that could have been fixed tho if they redrew that scene.

I'm going to come right out and say this but I will always prefer Superman: Doomsday to this film because like I said the film actually had a story which means it had a beginning , a middle and an end here there is a beginning but since this a two part film we have to wait until 2019 to see the end and so this film comes of as one big set up for the next one.

Even during the film I worked out a way in which you could do this story as one film and it's simple you open up with the big fight with doomsday that could take up say ten or twenty minuets and the rest of the film is how Superman came back and you can have dialog from characters to fill in all the blanks so that way the story is how did Superman come back which for me is a great story to tell.

In one of two cases where this film is actually better then Doomsday is the fact the emotional moments in this film both mean something and are actually emotional they mean something because we actually get to spend alot of time getting to know the characters even before Doomsday even shows up and that in turn makes it more emotional when *spoiler alert incase you didn't read the title* Superman dies. 

In Doomsday we didn't get to spend that much time getting to know the characters the film starts then about ten minuets later he's fighting Doomsday that really isn't enough time and it's one of the few cases where i'd say splitting the film into two parts actually makes sense and helps make the film feel more epic.

I know you all want to know this and yes the fight in this movie is really well done and i'm honestly finding it hard to decide which film did this fight better because while this film holds of the fight which lets us get to know the characters Doomsday kept the creature mostly hidden until it was time thus we have no idea what he looks like and that makes him more awesome but I can say that the fight in this movie is epic as heck and feel every single punch and kick that is dealt.

If your a fan of the 1970's Superman movie there is a line referenced in this movie and the way it's done and how it's delivered is so awkward I give the makers credit for choosing to reference one of the most iconic scenes in that movie but they didn't have to it as awkwardly as they did and it's meant to be a joke as well so it just comes of as cringy.

Overall while I applaud them for retelling this story splitting it up into two parts is both a good and bad thing but if you want to see a film that actually takes it's time before getting into any action then this is the film for you but for me Superman: doomsday is the better film and this film gets a 7 out of 10 from me.