Some Animated Films That I Like

There have been alot of animated films released some are good , some are bad and some are downright strange but for this list i'm going to tell you some animated films that I like now alot of these films might not be your favorite but I ask that you respect me enough because I do like these films so here we go.

My Little Pony: The Movie 

Honestly when this film was first announced I wasn't that excited just because I knew what kind of story they were going to tell with this film but even so when it came out I really enjoyed it even tho it can get a git repetitive at times if your a fan of the show it's a fun ride and it has some really great animation and songs.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Until about a few years ago I hadn't seen this film at all and i've glad that I have because it truly is a wonderful film and it's one that should be watched on both Christmas and Halloween it's a film that also makes you wonder if it's a Halloween or Christmas film but for me it's both since it contains the best of both elements. 

I really would go on about how good the songs and animation are but that's honestly been done to death so I will say that the story is really fun and the characters are really memorable and likeable which is important for a film.

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

It's a South Park movie how can they not make this funny , smart and clever? The film is not only really freaking funny it's songs also not only add to the story but they also add to the jokes as well heck even the name of the movie is a joke i'm not going to spoil what that joke is but when you find out it will make you see the name of this movie in a new light.

The Haunted World of El Superbeasto

This film is very mature in it's content it's not as mature as South Park but it's pretty close plus it's an animated film directed by Rob Zombie so you know it's going to be gory as hell and that they will be both swearing and nudity but if you can get past that then you'll find the film to be pretty damn funny it doesn't have great animation but for me that's something I can easily get past.

Moana

I make it no secret that I really like this film heck you could even say that I really love this film and what's not to like about it it has great characters , it's well written and well acted if you havn't seen this film then I highly recommend that you pick it up right away because it's that damn good.

Early Man

This film might have slipped alot of animation fans by and that's fair enough there's alot of animated films out there but if you ever get the chance to see this movie then I highly recommend it it's full of that typical Aardman charm that we all know and love plus it has Tom Hiddelstone playing a French man how is that not funny.

Heavy Metal

If you were to look up the word bizarre in the dictionary you'd find a picture from this film right next to it it's strange , weird , barely a film and yet for some unknown reason I like it words do not do this film justice it's something you have to watch in order to understand it and that's honestly one of the best things I can say about this film.  

Please note that just because a movie isn't featured here it doesn't mean I don't like it as the title does suggest this is only some of the films that I like so if your a fan of Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm for example don't worry I like that film as well and if I ever do anougher list like this then chances are it will be included as well.

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Review

Turtle fans the mean green ninja team have a new series coming out soon and Nickelodeon decided to drop the first four episodes of the show and that means animation fans such as myself can now talk about the show and my god do I have some thoughts about the show so here is my review of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

So then what is the plot of this show I hear you asking well that's a good question because technically there isn't one but the set up is The Turtles try to discover mysteries about New York and I have to say that it's strange watching a Turtles series that doesn't have any kind of plot to it and while not having a plot does work for this show it doesn't work for the turtles.

Playing the turtles in this series are Ben Schwartz as Leo , Omar Benson Miller as Raphael , Josh Brener as Donatello and Brandon Mychal Smith as Michelangelo. Playing the other characters are Kat Graham as April , Eric Bauza as Splinter and WWE star John Cena as new villain Baron Draxum. The actors playing the turtles are decent at best but there not really given much to work with so no matter how good the performance could have been it would have been let down by the script.

One of the things that this show does differently from the other shows is the fact it switches some of roles of the group Leo as not the leader of the group he's now the prankster and Raph no longer the angry one he's now the leader. I'm strangely ok with them making Raph the leader but there's just something wrong with Leo being the joker of the group to me that's not his character at all and it kinda makes Michelangelo pointless since that was his role in the group.

The animation for the show was done by Flying Bark Productions who really havn't done anything of note like at all I think it's fair to say that this is there first mainstream project and it shows because the animation was actually pretty good and I don't know if it's just me that thinks this but it seems like they took inspiration from OK KO that's not a bad thing but it does make me wonder if the people working on the animation are fans of that show.

When the designs for this show were released alot of people didn't like the designs for the turtles themselves I personally think that the designs do work for this show but at the same time I do see where people are coming from since the designs are so radically different and I think for Raph they took inspiration from the 2014 movie and that's not a good idea at all.

Here is something for you animation fans the voice director for this series is Turtles legend Rob Paulsen if you don't know who he is he played Raph in the 1980's series and Donny in the 2012 series and has been in many other animated shows and movies and I think it's great that he's working on this new version of the show.

One of the things that I wish they didn't do with this series was what they did to Splinter they turned someone who was basically a rat version of Yoda and they made him an overweight and lazy character who would rather sit in front of the TV then train his sons and give them life lessons to me that's not splinter at all he would always put his sons first and yet in this show it's the other way round.

In case your crazy enough to actually want to watch this show when it airs on Nickelodeon the series will premier on September 17th but tho unlike the previous show where it was pretty much an instant hit this show I really can't see lasting longer then twenty six episodes which is a shame because these characters are iconic and they deserve to be on TV screens for a long time but this show just isn't the right fit for them.

Overall this show is by no means a bad show if your a little kid however if you grew up with the turtles then chances are you might want to avoid watching this show or just watch it only when your board for me the show gets a 4.5 out of 10. 

Freedom Fighters: The Ray Review

DC Comics might not be good at making live action movies but there animated movies are really good and on the flip side of that both there live action and animated shows are also really good heck one of those shows was good that it spawned an entire universe of shows some of much are online shows and here is my review of one such such Freedom Fighters: The Ray.

The set up for this show is Ray Terrill gains light based powers after Ray from Earth-X gets transported to his earth and dies and now it's up to Earth 1 Ray to become The Ray. Yeah there's no real plot to this series at all outside of that set up there's really nothing there in terms of plot which is a shame because this series could have been really good if it had a good story behind it.

Returning from other Arrowverse shows are Megalyn Echikunwoke as Mari McCabe , Echo Kellum as Curtis Holt , Danielle Panabaker as Caitlin Snow , Melissa Benoist as Overgirl , Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon and Russell Tovey as Ray Terrill. Together they are joined by Jason Mitchell as John Trujillo Dilshad Vadsaria as Jenny Knight , Matthew Mercer as Black Arrow and Scott Whyte as Blitzkrieg (that's the Earth-X version of The Flash FYI).

Honestly the acting in the show was pretty good for the most part all of the arrowverse actors do deliver good performances but for some reason they chose to replace Stephen Amell and Grant Gustin not that the replacements are bad but if your doing a show set in an established universe it would make alot of sense to bring in the actors that viewers are used to seeing.

Honestly it's hard to say who did the animation it's either Warner Bros Animation or Blue Ribbon Content it is most likely Warner Bros tho and I do have to say that the animation for what is basically a web series is pretty good I didn't notice any animation errors and none of the characters limbs got any longer but you can tell that this was done on a budget and i'm guessing that the budget wasn't that high since the DC animated movies have better animation then this show does.

Now I did watch this show when the first season came out in December but the reason why I didn't do the review then is because there wasn't a story in those first six episodes which was a shame because I did like the show but watching it now that both seasons have been released I can say that it's not that good it's a prequel to the Crisis on Earth-X crossover but outside of The Ray and a few characters none of the characters that appeared in those episodes make an appearance.

To add to the confusion Cisco in those crossover episodes makes to reference to the fact that he knows The Ray nor knows of the existence of Earth-X (which for those who don't know is a world where the nazis won) so as a prequel it doesn't make any sense since the only thing it really explains is why and how Earth 1 Ray is there and how he got his powers and that's it.

The series does start of strong with the first two episodes mainly being set on Earth-X and basically setting up that it's a bad place to live (insert New Jersey joke here) and I do like that we get to spend some time with Earth 1 Ray before he suits up as The Ray since it does make us care for him alot more when he does get into a fight but tho Ray kinda feels like a side character in his own show often taking the backseat to either the villains on Earth-X or the other arrowverse characters it's something that could have been fixed if they wrote this series after the crossover episodes came out and not before.

I've seen alot of people complain about the fact that each episode is around five to eight minuets each and for me that's not really a problem since most cartoons these days are around eleven minuets per episode so having a show or in this case a series of shows be a bit shorter then that isn't an issue but at the same time I do see where they are coming from since if it's a good show like Vixen then of course you'd want the episodes to be longer but this is first and foremost a web series so chances of us getting twenty two minuet episodes aren't as likely.

Like I said before the first twp episodes of this show are set on Earth-X and there also one of the few action filled episodes and I have to say that the action in this show is pretty well done we get to see alot of The Ray's powers as well as other members from the Freedom Fighters and it's when those action scenes are on that I wish the episodes were longer because there one of the few good things about this show.

Overall this is not the best show that is based in the arrowverse heck it's not even the best animated show set in that world that honor to me goes to Vixen and what I found out is that like Vixen this show is getting both of it's two seasons edited together for a home video release this show does have a lot of flaws and I mean alot so it gets a 6 out of 10 from me.

Things I Want From The Rugrats Reboot

Just a few days ago it was announced that the greatest ever Nicktoon ever made was coming back for twenty six more episodes as well as a live action / CGI hybrid movie but i'm not going to focus on the movie in this post since honestly that alone could make up a future post but for this one I want to talk about some things that I want to see in the new series.

Bring Back The Original Cast

Honestly this should go without saying but if the reboot is to connect with older fans they should bring back the original voice cast since there the voices that those fans are more used to hearing and since Christine Cavanaugh is no longer with us why not have either Nancy Cartwright or Tara Strong play Chuckie since both are great voice actresses and both worked on the original series.

Just to add to this point imagine if the characters were all voiced by totally different people sure to younger fans the voices would sound fine since they didn't grow up with the original but if your like me and you did grow up with the original the sudden change in voices would be jarring and thus the show wouldn't be making a great first impression and I know that people are thinking that this is just a kids show which is true but it's also a show that alot of us grew up with and so with any new reboot there going to have adults watching regardless if it's aimed at them or not.

Update The Animation

I'm not knocking the animation in the old show with this but shows today have better animation then shows from the 90's sure there are shows from that time period that had great animation but the vast majority didn't so if you want the show to do well this reboot should have great looking animation.

If you look at shows like Steven Universe , Adventure Time , Ducktales , The Loud House and Spongebob one of the things that they have in common is the fact that the animation is always topnotch they also have something else in common but i'm going to mention that later on the animation in an animated show should be one of the things that is at the forefront of every production meeting and if the animation isn't that good then the fans will notice and they'll turn on this show pretty quick.

Great Writing

Now I have no idea if this is true or not since I havn't watched the series in a long time but I can't recall the writing for the show being that great I might be wrong and if I am please do feel free to let me know but due to how good the writing is in the shows I mentioned in my last point kids today have become used to shows with great writing and this is something that Rugrats will need if it wants to keep up.

Don't Be Shy To Not Be PC

There's no denying the fact that we are living in a time where everyone is offended by pretty much everything which is why I want this show to not be afraid to not be PC because weather this is something people want to believe or not but the world isn't PC there are people out there who will say racist things and while having a racist on the show would be a step to far I would want this show to show the world as it is not as people want it to be but do it in a way that the kid audience would understand.

Guys I know that my last point might upset people and if it does upset them then I apologize but that's what I personally would want to see in this reboot and so far it is of to a good start by having the original creators on board as executive producers but do we really need to see Dee Dee in live action.

Some Animated Films Coming Out Next Year

Guys there is no doubt that this year has so far been a big year for animated features but i'm not looking at films for the second half of the year oh no i'm going to so something that in a few months time a lot of people will be doing and that's looking ahead at some of the films that are going to be coming out next year so here we go.

Frozen 2

This sequel has been a few years in the making and it's finally due out sometime next year but the franchise hasn't been dormant by any means since we've had a short film and a christmas special and to add more hype to this film all of the original main actors are coming back.

 The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

Now unlike Frozen 2 we do actually have both a poster and some footage from this sequel and I have to say they've taken the story in a way that could only work for a lego movie and it's direction does have me slightly intrigued but at the same time i'm also worried because of the fact that both the first Lego Movie and The Lego Batman Movie were huge hits so there's a lot of pressure on this follow up to be as good if not better then those two.

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

I make it no secret that i've not seen that much from this franchise i've seen the first film and a few episodes from the series and that's it but I know that this franchise does have a lot of fans and i'm sure they'll be happy to see this sequel.

Mavka, The Forest Song

Now then unlike the previous films featured in this post this film isn't being made in America it's being made in the Ukraine and I have to say that based of the little promotion that's been released for this film it does look like it will be a beautiful but of course looks can be deceiving but if your a fan of animation from other countries then this is one you might be interested in.

Minecraft

No you've not misread that there is in fact an animated Minecraft movie coming out next year and I just have to ask why is this getting a movie it has no story and no characters since it's world is something that you the player make that really doesn't lend it self to a feature film but if we get a trailer i'll check it out just to see if it looks good or not.

The Secret Life of Pets 2

This is a film that has had some controversy because of the fact that the lead actor for not only this film but the first film was Louis C.K. who admitted to inappropriate sexual conduct with five women and that meant that he had to be replaced by the funny Patton Oswalt so far tho no details in terms of what the plot will be have been revealed but it's been confirmed that pretty much all of the cast from the first film will be coming back and since I loved the first film so will I.

Toy Story 4

Again with this film I have to ask why not because it's based on a video game that has no story but because the story has already wrapped up and was wrapped up really well in the third film so what's the point in this fourth film since there's no story left to tell I will see it since i've seen every film in the franchise and all of the actors are coming back but I have no idea if it will be as good as the previous three.

Rating The DCEU Films From Worst To Best

DC fans there is something that we're just going to except and that's the fact that most films in the DCEU are bad but there are one or two good ones in there but they are few and far between and since i've seen every single entry into this franchise and own most on either DVD or Blu-ray (I refuse to buy Justice League until they release a more finished version) I thought that I will list the films from worst to best so let's get it on.

Justice League

Is this really shocking just everything about this film was handled very poorly this film should have been either two separate films or one two and a half hour film but due to the studio choosing to get more screenings rather then making a decent film we get a film that's just under two hours long and that means that alot of scenes get rushed and the film suffers because of it.

Suicide Squad

Honestly this was a tough choice since it was between this film and BVS and well when push came to shove the directors version of this film added nothing and fixed nothing and it's a waste of a cool concept and i'm sorry but this movie should have been rated 15 not 12a.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Yes I do think this movie is better then Suicide Squad get over it but unlike with that film were the directors cut added nothing to the film the directors cut of this film actually fixed some of the problems that people had my issue is that Batman and Superman only fight for around five minuets when the whole film or at least the final act should have been them fighting.

Man of Steel

Out of all the films that feature Superman this is the best one it has an interesting storyline and it does present these iconic characters in mostly new and interesting ways but I have to say that Superman of all people shouldn't be dark and brooding he's meant to represent hope and how can he do that when he doesn't even know how to smile.

Wonder Woman

If you've done your math then you'd known that this film was coming up and it's honestly the best DCEU film to date because it got everything spot on yes it has a dodgy third act and fairly bad CGI in that third act but it has more going for it then it does against it this is the film that gave people hope that the DCEU could spawn great films that hope was very quickly dashed when Justice League arrived but still for one that one shining moment there was hope and that's what this character is all about.

Young Justice Seasons 1 And 2 Review

DC and animation fans i've watched a lot of superhero shows some animated and some live action but one show I havn't watched is the very show that alot of people love well now that all changes because here is my review of Young Justice seasons 1 and 2.

The plot for this show was different for both seasons but the set up was largely the same a group of young heroes team up to take down bad guys which is a decent set up and it helps that the plot for both seasons were really good as well the plot for season 1 was the team have to find out who this group called The Light is and what there plan is whereas the plot for season 2 is the now expanded team have to stop an alien invasion. 

Both plots are pretty interesting but if push came to shove i'd have to say that the plot to season 1 was better because we got to see the team grow and learn to get along with each other and the season 2 plot just felt generic and offered nothing new in terms of story.

Starring as the main team we have Jesse McCartney as Dick Grayson , Cyborg as Aqualad / Black Lightning , Jason Spisak as Wally West , Nolan North as Superboy and Superman , Bruce Greenwood as Batman , Vanessa Marshall as Black Canary , Danica McKellar as M'gann M'orzz and Stephanie Lemelin as Artemis. I know I said that I was just listing the main team but I couldn't be bothered splitting it up into two so you instead you got a mixture of both but what doesn't change is my thoughts on the actors. 

The actors do a fairly solid job playing there characters I was truly shocked by how good Jesse McCartney was as Dick Grayson and I felt that he really was having a great time playing this character and having Nolan North play both Superman and Superboy was pure genius if you ask me since it adds to the fact that Superboy really is a clone the only actor i'm not to sure about is Bruce Greenwood as Batman he's not a bad choice but I couldn't help but feel that Kevin Conroy would have a been a better choice for this show.

The animation for the show was mostly split between MOI Animation and Lotto Animation I have no idea what other shows Lotto have worked on but MOI did the animation for Avatar: The Last Airbender so you know that the animation is going to be top notch and low and behold the animation in this show is really freaking good I really can't decide which show had the better animation this or Mystery Incorporated. 

All is not that good on the animation front tho as I did notice some cheats and by that I mean characters limbs suddenly get longer during fight scenes for me tho the worse case of that is in the season 1 finale where Aqualads arm grows a few more inch in the fight with the Justice League and I was like guys did you really have to do that you could have had him take a step closer to the button he was trying to press but nope he just gets a longer arm.

Honestly one of the most interesting things for me was the fact that between seasons 1 and 2 there was a five year leap it was interesting because I havn't seen shows take that much of a leap forward the biggest leap shows will make between seasons is six months but tho this one has a huge leap in time and I think that was done so they could more action figures made but it did also serve a story purpose as well.

We have to talk about the elephant in the room and that's the reason that this show got cancelled for you see the show's funding came from Mattel a toy company they financed the show so that toys would be made and thus they could sell the toys to make a profit that didn't work and thus due to low toy sales they ended the show so that they wouldn't loose money and that to me is understandable since they are a business and thus need to make money in order to survive my issue is why didn't they just produce a third season with a smaller budget that way the show could carry on and they wouldn't loose any money.

Incase there are people out there who want to watch the show but don't know how many episodes it has in total there are forty six episodes with twenty six going for the first season and a shorter twenty going to season 2 I do believe that season 3 will have twenty six episodes but weather or not the story will justify that many episodes remains to be seen.

If your like me and your a fan of the dc animated films or even if your an Avatar or Voltron fan then you'll be intrigued by this series because it has episodes directed by Jay Oliva who's made many animated films for DC as well as story boarded BVS , Man Of Steel , Ant-Man and Deadpool , Sam Liu who's made a freaking lot of animated films for DC as well as two for Marvel and Lauren Montgomery who directed the first adaptation of The Death Of Superman Superman: Doomsday as well as the 2009 Wonder Woman animated feature but is more known for working on both Avatar and it's sequel The Legend Of Korra and for being a producer on Netflix's Voltron series.

Now since this is a superhero show I have to talk about the action scenes in the show and to me they were the best freaking parts of the whole show since that was when the animation was at it's best plus we get to see the heroes use whatever powers they have so they are a treat for the eyes and they get better when they also help advance the storyline.

Overall YT is a good show but it's show that does have it's fair share of problems it is as good as people say it is but at the same time I don't think it's as good as it could have been and i'm hoping that the upcoming third season is the show at it's best and yes I do plan of reviewing the third season when it comes out next year but for these first two seasons i'll give them a combined score of 7.5 out of 10.