Some 2019 Animated Shows i'm Watching Plus Some I Plan To Watch And Some Will Be Reviewed At Some Point

I know that it's a mouth full of a title but to my credit i've come up with this post like five minuets ago. I thought i'd do something a bit different because let's be real any one can do a review but it takes some skill to come up with something new and different and i'm sure that this is at least one of those and as the title says all the shows that will be featured here i'm either watching or going to be watching some will be reviewed at some point and also this is only some of the shows so not every show will be featured not all of these are from this year tho.

Watching

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

This will most likely be one of the few shows that's already been reviewed by me but since i'm still watching it and since season 2 is due in a few weeks i'm going to include it here. I know that when this show first revealed it's designs it got alot of hate and I think it's safe to say that the hate for the show has died down a little bit since I don't really see as many people saying anything about it but to me this is a fun show.

DC Super Hero Girls (TV Series)

Now i've got to specify here that i'm talking about the TV series version because for some dumb reason it was decided to give the show the exact same name as the web series. Given that the pilot was four episodes long we are now onto episode 8 technically and for these quarter hour shows I like to give it until episode 10 before the review happens and that might stay true here but I might leave it a few more weeks because I want to get the review after i've seen my girl Harley.

Castlevania

I will not and more importantly cannot stop talking about how good this show is i'm not kidding you have to watch this show like right now it's that good. Yes i've already reviewed the first two seasons of this fantastic show but because I love this show so much I will do the same for season three because it gives me anougher excuse to talk about this wonderful and I hope that more people start to watch it.

Love, Death & Robots

Now again i've already talked about this show before but the great thing about this show is since it's an anthology with different animation studios I can talk about it all I want and still have new things to say about it. So pretty much you can expect alot more posts about this wonderful show from me in the new future and i'm going to tell you right now not all of them will be reviews just because I do want to mix things up a bit.

Alien News Desk

This is a show that i'm loving and I don't get why people aren't talking about it it's super freaking funny yes the concept of the show has been done before but because the characters are fun I can look past it. Out of all the shows featured this one is happening alot sooner like chances are it will happen before the end of the week because i've been putting it off for a few weeks now and if I don't do it gain you'll be seeing it by the weekend.

Plan To Watch

Tuca & Bertie

We're going back to Netflix for this quirky looking show apparently this is from one of the people behind Bojack Horseman i've not watched that show so I can't say if that's a good thing or not. I can say that based of the clips that's been released and the cast list for the show this looks to be like its going to be another hit for Netflix not like they need it if i'm being honest May 3rd cannot come soon enough.

Amphibia

Like alot of you this is a show that i've been keeping a close eye on ever since it was first announced and to be honest it's one of the few shows on here that sounds generally interesting. As you guys know i've not seen an episode of Gravity Falls so the fact that the creator worked on that show to me has nothing to do with me wanting to see it but I can see alot of Gravity Falls fans watching this show because of that fact.

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

These next two shows are from something that i'm a huge fan of and if you've seen my first impressions for the next one you'll know that I don't have high hopes for that show. This one tho I remain hopeful for because in recent years the Scooby brand has been releasing top notch content and I don't just mean in the realm of animation either with the current Scooby Apocalypse being great even tho that's just ended.

Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs!

Now to say I wasn't best pleased when I saw the first episode of this god awful show would be an understatement. To be blunt I didn't like it but tho that was only the first episode so for all I know the show could get better as the series goes on and by god I hope it does because if this show is a hit then it means that we'll be getting more stuff from The Flintstones and if that happens then that means better designs because my god the one's used in this show are dreadful.

Infinity Train

I was a fan of the pilot when it first came out online and like many of you I signed so many petitions to get this pilot picked up and I was shocked when they actually did pick it up because I had started to loose hope. One of the only downsides is that so far there's no confirmed release date the only thing we know for sure is that it's coming out in 2019 so rest assured that by 2020 i'll have out out a review on it.

Harley Quinn

Anything to do with my girl Harley Quinn and i'm there and the fact this show is being made for adults and not for kids like DC Super Hero Girls is only makes it even sweeter for me. Unlike the last few shows i've mentioned we do now roughly when to expect this show since it's due to drop from anywhere from mid October to early next year and you just know that i'll try and do both a first impressions and a review on this show because my love for Harley runs deep.

Game Of Thrones "Baelor" Review

Ok Game Of Thrones fans i'm going something that i've never done before and given that the series is ending in around a month's time and as of this writing is starting in little under a weeks timing I thought that i'd spend some time this week looking back at previous episodes. Some of these episodes will include key scenes that effect future episodes or seasons and some of them are just pure awesome and what better way to get everyone pumped up for season eight then taking a look back at the episode that shocked the world season one episode nine Baelor.

The plot of the episode is as best I can describe it is Ned has been in prison for sometime and Sansa has been pleading for his life. While his son Robb is marching south to free him and across the narrow sea Daenerys has a tough choice to make one which will effect her in more ways then she can ever imagine and Jon has a choice to make. Plot wise i've always found the story being told in this episode to be one of the strongest of the first season and that's because by the time this episode came out we spent alot of time getting to know these characters and thus when this episode came on we were invested in there story.

Starring in this episode is Sean Bean as Eddard Stark , Michelle Fairley as Catelyn Stark , Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister , Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister , Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen , Iain Glen as Jorah Mormont , Aidan Gillen as Petyr Baelish , Kit Harington as Jon Snow , Richard Madden as Robb Stark , Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark , Maisie Williams as Arya Stark , Alfie Allen as Theon Greyjoy , Jack Gleeson as Joffrey Baratheon , Rory McCann as Sandor Clegane and Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister. I'm not going to name every single actor who appears in each episode but a good chunk of the main cast appear in this episode so it was really freaking easy to get the cast list.

In terms of what I thought of the acting it's honestly really freaking good and that's something your going to hear me say alot when one of these gets posted because it's true for pretty much all of the episodes. Once again I don't really think that this needs to be said but Peter Dinklage is just so freaking cool in this episode he get's given almost all of the best lines in this episode I honestly think he's one of the best actors on the whole show and that's really saying something given how good the acting on the show is.

It was during this episode that I was once again reminded of how good or in this case bad Jack Gleeson truly was on this show. From what we've all been told by various members of the cast and crew he's the nicest actor you'll ever meet but the second they shout action he's truly evil and because of that he was getting alot of hate by members of the public to be able to get that kind of a reaction from people to me says that you need to be a truly gifted actor it's just a shame that he's no longer acting in films and TV.

Sean was so good in the final scene of this episode even tho I knew what was coming I was still hoping that someone would save him. In THAT scene we see in my opinion how scared he is and how far he's willing to go to make sure his kids are not only safe but also happy with the slightest bit of hope that he himself might make it out alive and just to see Sean portray that with very few lines of dialog and facial expressions is truly great to see.

You all know what scene we have to talk about and I kind of gave away some of my thoughts on when talking about Sean's acting in the scene. That really does go to tell you how good the scene still is I actually think that it's one of if not the best scene in TV history because everything comes together so perfectly and like I said I was still hoping that someone or something would happen that would save Ned's life.

For me this seasons episode nine is one of the many episode nine's to beat because of how shocking it truly was. All throughout the season we've been led to believe that Ned is the hero of the show and that all that he's doing will save the kingdom and yet in one full swoop of the axe all that we've expected and all that we've wished for is dashed because the person who's meant to be the hero is no longer with us.

Overall this is such a good episode it not only advances the overall plot of the show but it also forces you to now expect that any character can die and going into season eight that's an important thing to remember it's not a perfect episode by any means but it's damn close and so it gets a 9 out of 10 from me.

Mera: Tidebreaker Review

Ladies and gents I don't often review graphic novels but I thought that i'd break that streak right now with this review. I'll be honest outside of the Aquaman movie I have no idea who Mera is or how she's supposed to act so starting with this graphic novel was perhaps not the best idea i've had but it's been getting some solid reviews from other news sites and well those reviews convinced me to give a shot and so here is my review of Mera: Tidebreaker.

The plot of this book is that a teenage Mera goes to assassinate the young prince of atlantis but things don't go according to plan as Mera finds herself falling in love with him. I'll admit I wasn't expecting the version of the character that we got to be a teenager since I only found out about this book on Wednesday and in terms of the story it was pretty thin it does contain an element which i'm going to talk about later but if you know the story of Aquaman even if it is from the movie then it offers nothing new.

The Mera that's presented to us in this graphic novel is someone who is pretty much every single YA heroine ever seen. What makes her standout from those characters tho is the fact that she's actually an interesting character and not a blank slate altho I do feel that they could have gone a better route with her since making her a teen rebel is an over played idea but tho maybe the character was already a rebel prior to this book making her one.

I honestly got the feeling that this book would have been better served if it was an ongoing miniseries since there are a lot of times in this book where there would have been a natural place to end an issue. I don't know if the plan was to always release this as a graphic novel or not but if it was then they could have removed those natural points and if this was an ongoing series then there would have been more room for character development which is something that is sadly lacking in this book.

Writing this book is Danielle Paige who's the writer behind both the Dorothy Must Die series and the Stealing Snow series. As far as I can tell this was her first graphic novel and I hope that it's not her last since she is a talented writer and I want to see more comic books from her in the future but at the same time i'd understand it if she didn't writer any more comic books since she writes alot of books anyway.

Drawing the book is who's mostly worked for DC working on various Justice League issues as well as the the ongoing Wonder Twins. His artwork in this book I found to be very simple and that was something that I actually enjoyed altho I will admit to missing alot of the crazy splash pages that we usually get it was nice to see something that's quite simple in it's approach. One of the things you'll notice is that there's very little colour and i'm not sure why that's the case at all but that's only a few minor issue that I have.

                                                                                

This a lier revelled story and for those of you who don't know what that is it's basically someone tells a lie in order to project someone and then around the end of the second or start of the third act that person finds out and then causes some drama. It's a cheap way to get drama and it's not needed here at all since all if the drama is already built into the story so there's really no need to add fake drama and in all honesty all stories would be better of without using the lie revelled idea.

What is kind of interesting but given that this is a prequel you just know isn't going to end well is that both Arthur and Mera start out with different love interests for Mera it's a member of The Trench called Larken and for Arthur it's someone called Ellery. I give them credit for trying to add in something new but the fact that they made this a prequel means we already know what's going to happen we don't know how it will happen but we know that both Mera and Arthur will break up with the other person to get with each other.

I'll straight up admit the Ellery character didn't sit right with me to me she just seemed like the typical popular girl and that just wasn't interesting at all. I honestly think that the only characteristic they gave her was typical teenager because that's how she acts throughout the whole story she just acts like a stereotypical teenager. I seriously cannot think of a single personality trait which if she was a one of character wouldn't be so bad but she's a key side character so it really sticks out.

The same could kind of also be said both both Larken and Arthur I don't know if Larken is in the comic books or not but here he's just kind of stoic which wouldn't be an issue if we found out alot about him but we the only thing we really know about the character is that he has the hots for Mera and that's enough to make him the main villain. As for Arthur he's basically a boy scout he's always doing the right thing and i'm pretty sure at some point he helps an old lady cross the road.

                                                                                   

Now shockingly there is some action in this I say shockingly because this isn't really an action book if anything it's more of a romance book. That being said the action seen in the book is serviceable at best like it's there just to serve the purpose of the story and that's really it the action really adds nothing and it doesn't last long at best it would last two or three panels and then that's it because god forbid we have an action scene in this superhero book.

Overall this was a fun read but it's also something that has a lot of problems and it's those problems that keep it from being a perfect ten in my eyes. I have a feeling that the target audience for this book was teenage girls and if that's the case then they might like it but it in my opinion the book gets an 8 out of 10 from me. 

101 Dalmatian Street Review

Disney fans this is a big week for the company with there latest live action remake being released but let us not forget about there animation division. Since for a few weeks now in the UK there has been a new series airing and it's due to make it's way across all Disney Channels during this year and well I thought that instead of waiting until we got to around episode ten or eleven i'd review it now and so here is my review of 101 Dalmatian Street.

The premise of this show is a bunch of puppies with the help of there older brother and sister have adventures around Camden town. As you might have guessed by how summarised the show it's very episodic so you don't really need to watch all the way from episode one you can just watch from whatever episode you want and you'll get the general concept behind the show and I honestly think that having this show be episodic really does work in it's favour.

Starring in the show is Josh Brener as Dylan , Michaela Dietz as Dolly , Rhashan Stone as Doug , Ella Kenion as Delilah , Nefeli Karakosta as Dizzy , Florrie Wilkinson as Dee Dee , Bert Davis as Diesel , Lauren Donzis as Destiny and Déjà Vu , Abigail Zoe Lewis as Dallas , Jack Binstead as Delgado , Maxwell Apple as D.J. , Akiya Henry as Da Vinci and Margot Powell as Dorothy. In my opinion the acting from the main cast is passable at best and that's honestly what I was expecting since this franchise isn't as big as it used to be and all of the actors are honestly trying there best.

For a kids show this show has quite the impressive guest cast list with the likes of Paloma Faith , Miriam Margolyes , Stephen Mangan and Rufus Jones all supplying voices for the show. I honestly want to know how this show got an impressive guest cast list because you hear of 101 Dalmatians and you don't think of a great cast list and yet somehow this show has it and it's honestly great to hear these actors in this show.

For once the animation for this show isn't done by any Disney company but is instead done by Passion Pictures with Disney pretty much licensing out the property to them. I thought that the animation for the show wasn't that bad it's the kind of animation that you'd expect to see in a British animated kids show but at the same time I wished that it could have been better because this does have the Disney name on it and with that you expect a certain level of quality when it comes to the animation.

Now I don't expect any one who's in America to have even heard of this show since it's not started airing there and I don't think it's even being promoted there yet. It will be airing over there on the Disney Channel by the end of the year and that to me is kind of an odd thing because it's already started airing over here in the UK and other European countries and I don't get why that's the case at all.

This is something that I can't help but all of the images so far have been from the first episode and that's because there the only images that Google has for the series. That honestly does mean that there might not be images from as many episodes in this review but i'll do my best to make it work. What I don't really like about the series is that none of the characters from the original film appear which to me is a bad thing because there the characters that people will know of when they think of this franchise.

As I said before this show is set years after the events of the film but even so nothing that happend in the film is even mentioned in this show. That is something that is both a good thing and a bad thing since there will be alot of kids who didn't grow up with the original film but it's a bad thing because this is meant to be set in the same world and so you'd think that someone would have mentioned what happens in the first film even if it's just done in passing but nope.

This show is a comedy and that means that we have to talk about the jokes that are in the show and in all honesty since this is a show aimed for little kids the jokes do work for the most part. Most of the jokes are things that little kids would find funny but in this show it works because the characters are so charming that I can honestly look past it but that being said I would have preferred it if there was some jokes for the family and not just for little kids.

Overall im not going to say that this is a show that you need to watch but it's a good time waster of a show. There's nothing harmful for little kids so you could show it to any little kid and they'll enjoy but that said there are some issues with the show and so it gets a 5.5 out of 10 from me.

  

Justice League vs. the Fatal Five Review

So then DC fans this is a bit odd the company has released a new animated feature film on the weekend and well since i've made it a statement to review every new DC animated movie when it comes out it looking like i'm reviewing this on the weekend. I know that's a strange way to start of a review but it's also a strange thing that the company did and it's something I will be addressing later in the review as well so here is my review of Justice League vs. the Fatal Five.

The plot of the movie is a group known as the fatal five is hell bent on destroying earth and the only thing that can stop them is the Justice League a boy from the future known as Star Boy and new Green Lantern Jessica Cruz. For me this plot felt like your average superhero movie plot with the only new thing really added was the inclusion of both Jessica and the Legion Of Superheros apart from that there was nothing to really set it apart from all of the other superhero movies.

There's a few names that will make fans of the classic DC Animated Universe very happy and they are George Newbern as Clark Kent / Superman , Susan Eisenberg as Wonder Woman and of of course the legend that is Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne / Batman and starring with them in this movie is Elyes Gabel as Thomas Kallor / Star Boy , Diane (not related to Eddie) Guerrero as Jessica Cruz / Green Lantern , Peter Jessop as Tharok , Tom Kenny as Bloodsport , Matthew Yang King as The Persuader , Sumalee Montano as Emerald Empress , Philip Anthony-Rodriguez as Mano , Daniela Bobadilla as Miss Martian , Kevin Michael Richardson as Mr. Terrific , Noel Fisher as Brainiac 5 and Tara Strong as Saturn Girl.

That right there is one hell of a voice cast and I have to say that it's actually better then the voice cast assembled for Batman: Hush. As for what I thought about the acting those who play the returning characters are pure awesome and it's great to hear the voices of Wonder Woman , Superman and Batman again in something JL related as for the other actors they do a good job but they can't compare to these DC legends.

The animation was done by DR Movie who also worked on the original Justice League animated series. I have to say that even tho DC animated films have kind of been getting a slating in terms of the quality of animation and I personally think that the animation in this film is honestly really good it's not great by means but it's alot better then the animation seen in the Justice League TV show and that's a huge plus in my opinion.

As i've been more than hinting at all throughout this review this film is set in the DCAU and unlike Batman and Harley Quinn where you could never really tell if that was in the DCAU or not this one you can tell right away. You can tell that it's in that world because of the design of the characters they all look like there animated TV counterparts and I have to say that it's good to see these designs again there so iconic that I think whenever you think of these characters these are the designs that you think of.

Now I actually have a bit of a confession / funny story to tell you guys so ok in the past week or so i've been getting ready for the release of this movie because I thought it was odd that DC was releasing an animated direct to DVD movie on a Saturday and in the past few days i've gone from knowing it was Justice League that was coming out today to thinking that it was Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that was coming out this weekend and that Justice League vs The Fatal Five or as I typed in on google Batman Vs The fatal Five was coming out on the exact same day I don't know how this happend but it did and feel free to laugh.

Back to the movie in my opinion the plot of this movie feels like an extended two part episode stitched together. There was nothing about this movie that screamed feature length movie to me at all if anything it felt like a story that could have been told in two episodes of either Justice League or Justice League Unlimited and for a movie based on a show that's not what you want you need a story that can only be told in a film and this doesn't have it in my opinion.

If your going into this and not expecting there to be any nods to the rest of the DCAU then you'd be wrong because there are a few hints to the wider universe. Like for example there's a cool cameo from a classic Batman villain and they use the design from Batman: The Animated Series which I loved and actually in that scene there's a few more cameos from other classic Batman villains again using there animated series designs i'm not going to say what i think the best easter egg is tho because it's something that you need to see.

I'm sure that i'm not the only one that's starting to think this but it feels like there starting push Jessica Cruz down our throats a little bit. Please note that this isn't me hating on the character in fact I really love her but she's appearing in alot of media outside of comic books and I think that they should hold up on putting her in things at least until she's got a bit more of a comic history behind her since she's a new character she doesn't have that much history behind her that the rest of the characters have.

Since this is an action movie we have to talk about the action that's seen in the movie and in this regard the movies kind of fails. I say kind of because while the action can indeed be cool to see at times there are also times where the action seems boring at least in my opinion and I have no idea why that's the case but when the action's good it can be really fun to see and indeed alot of the action involving Jessica is fun to see.

I just want to take a minuet to talk about the new Warner Bros Animation logo animation for those of you who don't know when The Lego Movie 2 came out the company debuted a new logo for that part of Warner Bros and while the animation for that logo does indeed look good all it is after all is Daffy Duck being crazy before being manhandled by Porky Pig. It doesn't really work when it's being played infront of a serious superhero movie that kind of logo animation really only works for wacky comedies.

Overall this isn't that bad of a movie but for something set in the iconic DCAU it feels like a let down but in my opinion it's still a really good movie and it's easily better the remake of Dumbo and so it gets a 7 out of 10 from me and incase your wondering yes this is an image from the upcoming Batman: Hush movie.

Red Sonja: The Ballad Of The Red Goddess Review

Comic book fans you'll know doubt know that i'm a bit of a comic book fans i'm not going to say that i'm a die hard fan but if something has her name on it i'll be interested. So imagine my intrigue when I found out that there was a new graphic novel released about the character and i'm going to be freaking blunt it's a really good read and so here is my review of Red Sonja: The Ballad Of The Red Goddess.

To put it simply the plot of this book is pretty much the exact same plot as that of I Spit On Your Grave (don't watch that movie by the way) in that a woman gets "attacked" and she ends up getting revenge only tho here the girl is Red Sonja and she swears to kill all of the men who have wronged her. If your on certain apps you'll know why I put the word attacked in brackets because it goes back to my review of I Spit On Your Grave and I have to say that the plot really does work for this character.

I know it looks like i'm being lazy just by using the second page of this graphic novel and you'd be right. This novel was published by Dynamite who have killing it with there Sonja output and it's the same here this book is so freaking good i;m not going to say that it's a must read since it's an origin story and just by that you know how the story is going to end but how the book gets us there that for me is the interesting part.

Now this is book was actually first published in Spain some time ago but this is the first time that it's been published in English. I'm honestly all for English speaking characters getting stories published outside of English speaking countries since characters can speak to anyone no matter what the language is and given how good this book is i'm glad that it's finally made it's way to English speaking countries.

They don't really name that many characters in this book in fact only two characters are named and of course one of those is the titular Red Sonja with the other one being Morrigan. To me that's really odd since in any book regardless if it's a graphic novel or not there's alot more characters named and so to only have two of them named in this book does seem odd and I know that it's a strange thing to talk about but one of the unnamed characters is also the villain and so you'd have thought they would have gave the villain a name.

The writer for the book is Roy Thomas who's mostly written stuff for Marvel with things like the 1968 Captain Marvel series to name but one of the many things he's written for. If you think he's worked with high profile Marvel characters you'd be right because he's written for The Hulk , Captain America and Iron Man. That said tho for me his writing seemed very lack luster which is a shame because he's also written for Red Sonja back in the seventies when the character was at Marvel.

In my opinion Red Sonja is a great example of a strong female character since she's not only able to kick anyone's a*s but she's also a flawed character. For some reason people think that strong female characters need to be physically strong but that's not the case at all the only thing they need to be is a good character and that's what Sonja is she's a good character she can kick your a*s and yet she can still fall in love. 

In terms of who did the artwork it was Esteban Maroto who's a mostly unknown Spanish artist and i'd say he's highest profile character was the 1993 Zatanna series. Which is a shame because the guy does have some talent but his work here seemed to be very minimalistic because as you can see by the above picture apart from the colour red it's all black and white and it's an interesting style choice and I think that it works for this book.

While this book is basically an origin story for Sonja it tells that part of the story in what i think is an interesting way. It's not due to what we see play out on the page but rather the language they use which to me read like it was very Shakespearean and that was interesting to me because all of the other RS books that i've read it's like there speaking medevil english i'm not sure if anyone else has thought of that but it was something that I noticed while reading this book.

Now I never talk about the designs when I review a comic book and well i'm going to change that right now because I liked the design that they went with for Sonja. She still looks alot like the character so you know that it's her but she looks like a version of the character from the eighties with the big hair and that to me was an interesting way to go with her at least design wise since I cannot think of a time where the character has had big hair so to me it just screams eighties.

I will say that unlike I Spit On Your Grave which shows the "attack" on the girl in alot of detail (i'm not kidding the whole thing goes on for thirty minuets) this book goes over it in about a page which freaking honestly suits me because the "attack" scene in I Spit On Your Grave is so disturbing so anything that has that kind of scene for alot less then what I Spit On Your Grave does gets a huge thumbs up in my opinion.

I will say that it honestly seems right the kind of attack i'm talking about helps make Sonja the vengeful hero that we know her to be. I;m sorry that I keep bringing this up but unlike I Spit On Your Grave there's little doubt in anyone's mind that Sonja is the hero and they don't try and flip convention by having the main hero be a killer which was what they did with I Spit On Your Grave. 

Here Sonja was already pretty handy with a sword prior to the attack so we know that she can kick some a*s even tho she's still learning. Now I wouldn't go as far to say that that's any gore in this book inf act the most gore you see comes in the word bubbles when they describe what she's going to do with the sword however it's still not for the faint hearted since there is the "attack" scene and yes I will explain what I mean by that at the end of the review so it will all make sense then.

There's a ton of action in this book and when I say a ton I really do mean it since like 90% of the book is all action. I have to admit i'm not quite sure how I feel about that since it does leave very little room for story and in my eyes that matters more then having a great looking action scene but tho the action seen in here is honestly pretty cool and it does lead to some cool looking images most of which you can see in this review.

Overall this is a really cool book with some interesting art choices but due to how many action scenes there are that does leave very little room for the story and so the book gets an 8 out of 10 for me. Now as I promised the reason why I out attack in brackets is because what really happens is a word that i'm not comfortable with but if you really want to know it's ape with an R infront of it. 

   

Johnny Bravo Review

Cartoon fans we're taking a trip back to the nineties for this review and this was a show that alot of us myself included grew up with. I will say that after watching a bunch of episodes of this show i've come to the conclusion that this show wouldn't be made today and i'll go into the reasons why later and let us prey that none of us use the pick up tactics used in this show and so here we go with me review of the one and only the legend that is Johnny Bravo.

The premise of this show is Johnny Bravo is a simple man who just wants to get a girlfriend and the show follows his exploits as he tries to get a date with a girl. Yeah there really isn't a plot to the show outside of that premise and with a premise as strong as that you don't really need a plot. At the same time tho I would have been good if there was a small plot running through some of the episodes but at the same time if that was the case then this show wouldn't be the same.

Starring in the show was Jeff Bennett as Johnny Bravo , Brenda Vaccaro as Momma , Mae Whitman as Little Suzy , Tom Kenny as Carl and Larry Drake as Pops. In all honesty the acting isn't that bad at least for a nineties show Jeff really does kill it is the title character and in my opinion all of the characters are perfectly cast. I only wish that the actors were given alot more to work with but sadly there not.

Now every famous person had to get there start somewhere and well this show was the start for a pair of animation legends and they are Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane and Butch Hartman. It's honestly really weird to see where these two legends got there start but at the same time you can really see that they had a lot of talent and you can see that even back then they had a lot of potential.

Now i'll admit that I couldn't find who did the animation for this show but knowing that Hanna-Barbera worked on the show then chances are it was them. I could however be wrong so don't hold me to it in terms of what I thought about the animation tho it's honestly really good at least in terms of early Cartoon Network and for once there's no repeating backgrounds and the animation isn't cheap which is new for Hanna-Barbera.

Now I said at the start of the review that this show wouldn't be made today and to be honest all of that is due to the fact that Johnny can act a little bit sexist towards the females. I'll admit it's not much sexism it's only a little bit here and there but when you see it it makes you see the show in a whole new light and I have to admit when I saw the sexism present in the show it really shocked me because I never saw it as a kid.

This amazed me as a little kid but I loved the Johnny Bravo / Scooby-Doo crossover episode to me what made that episode standout was the fact that they poked alot of fun of the Scooby-Doo formula and even some of the rumours surrounding the characters. That to me made the episode so much funnier just due to all of the in jokes plus it hopes that it was a really good episode in it's own right as well as a good crossover episode.

This show started airing in 1997 and it lasted until 2004 but even with that long air time there was only four seasons of the show aired and that's because the show was put on hiatus and with no warning was picked up for a second season in 1999. It didn't stop there tho as the creator of the show Van Partible left production after the second season and for the rest of the show's run the production was overseen by Kirk Tingblad who retooled pretty much everything about the show from it's humour to it's tone and characters.

I'm not going to name what network this show aired on just because the show was so well known and still is well known that pretty much everyone knows which network this show was broadcast on. I will say that for airing on this network they got away with alot of stuff some of which i've already mentioned but on the lighter side of things they also included cameo's from really obscure HB characters like Speed Buggy shows up at one point for no reason.

One of the things that I think that this show became known for was it's use of slapstick humour and if you don't like that kind of humour then don't even bother watching this show because it's like the only joke in this show. That's not always a bad thing but it would have been nice if they mixed it up every once in a while but no they stuck to the same type of humour for alot of the episodes and if i'm being honest that made me crave some other kind of joke.

Overall this is a classic CN series and it's not hard to see why it has great humour for the first few episodes and it gets away with a lot more stuff then today's shows do/. That said however it's not a great show by any means and so it gets a 7.5 out of 10 from me.