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Tuesday, 10 September 2019

Classic Doctor Who: Destiny Of The Daleks Review


Doctor Who fans the thought occurred to me that outside of reviewing the classic story Shada i've not taken a look at any serial from the Tom Baker era. Well the other day I started looking at stories from his time in the TARDIS and without realising it the story I chose a story from the exact same season as Shada should it have been completed and so here is my review of the season 17 opening serial Destiny Of The Daleks.

The plot of the serial is The Doctor and a newly regenerated Romana find themselves of Skaro and in the middle of a battle centuries in the making. The plot of the episode is honestly pretty weak and is easily the weakest dalek story i've seen from the classic era since there is no real plot to it for the most part but that being said the pacing of the episodes and of the story is honestly really good and due to that the time did fly by for each of the episodes.


Now this serial does have Tom Baker as The Doctor and it also introduces Lalla Ward (who appeared in the season 16 finale The Armageddon Factor as Princess Astra) here playing Romana. Together they are joined by David Gooderson as Davros , Peter Straker as Commander Sharrel , Suzanne Danielle as Agella , Tony Osoba as Lan , Tim Barlow as Tyssan , Penny Casdagli as Jall , David Yip as Veldan , Cassandra as a Movellan Guard and Roy Skelton as the Dalek Voices.

Now having seen Lalla in Shada so I do now that she can indeed act when the script is really good and the same is true here she is honestly really good in her debut story there are of course some rough edges in her acting but that's really it. Tom is really good in this episode but he doesn't get much of a chance to shine really which is a shame but given that he's acting opposite both the daleks and davros it's kind of understandable. As for the guest actors like Tom they don't really get much of a chance to shine which here is a bit of an issue because alot of the guest cast do play important characters.


Now this episode is famous or rather infamous for Romana's regeneration scene mostly because it's played for laughs. I personally had no problem with it since it's only a short scene and once it's done it's never brought up again but at the same time that might also be why alot of fans don't really like it because the regeneration doesn't have an effect on the story but I honestly feel that doing a regeneration scene and having it played for laughs is a rather fresh way of doing it and while that kind of scene wouldn't work for The Doctor it does however work for his companions if that makes sense.

This story is also kind of historic because it's the last Doctor Who story that Dalek creator Terry Nation wrote. However even tho he is the credited writer of the story there was a lot of Douglas Adams who according to director Ken Grieve wrote 98% of the script so it's difficult to say who wrote the Romana regeneration scene but given that Terry most likely didn't write that much of the dalek stuff that might explain why the story and the daleks just aren't that good in this story.


Let's talk about Davros because he really doesn't do anything at all in this story and i'm not making that up he does nothing that adds to the plot of the story. I honestly feel that he was added in at the last minuet due to the fact he has little impact on the actual plot of the story which is a shame because he's the one who created the daleks and like the daleks the makers of the show don't treat him with any respect.

You want proof of that the Davros mask is in such bad shape that his eyes don't even open so it looks like he's fast asleep and there are times where the mouth looks like it's falling of. The Daleks aren't in much better shape because they've been kept in storage for some time and so there models have a lot of tear to them it honestly makes you wonder why the BBC didn't take better care of the models since the daleks are one of the icons of this franchise even in the late seventies.


Now this serial does have a lot of location work a shocking amount for classic Doctor Who in fact I recon that at least 99% of this serial was done on location. Which actually means there's no K9 in this serial because the production crew had issues with the last time there was large amount of location work for an episode and so to save themselves the bother of going through all that trouble again they simply wrote him out at the start of the story.

The Movellan's just didn't seem that interesting to me which is a shame because having robots going to war with the daleks does sound interesting. However they don't really have that good of a look either to me they looked like they just stepped out of auditioning for that hologram thing for The Star Wars Holiday Special only they were done on half the budget and were acting opposite Tom Baker and don't worry if you don't get that Star Wars reference but trust me they do look pretty bad.


This serial is four episodes long but really doesn't have the story to cover that amount of episodes if anything it should have been two or three episodes long. However due to it being four episodes it does mean that the plot does get effected since it doesn't really kick in until episode 2 or 3 which isn't really something you want to happen for a story this short the plot should kick in around episode one since then you'd have more time to flesh out the characters and make the guest characters seem actually interesting.

Now this is a dalek story and so that means we do have to talk about our favourite pepper pot monsters. In my opinion the daleks in this story just aren't scary which is a shame because by design they should be scary in all most every scene there in but here there just not in fact in one case there the butt of a joke which while it is a funny joke it makes them less scary at least in my opinion it does.


Overall this is a pretty weak Dalek I can't say if this a weak Tom Baker story since apart from this one i've only seen one but even so this story gets a 7.5 out of 10 from me.






  

Wednesday, 4 September 2019

Steven Universe: The Movie SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Review


Steven Universe fans as you'll all no doubt know yesterday I had to make a choice and that choice was do I review Return To Zombie Island first or do I review this movie first. Well you all know what option I went with and I have since wished that I hadn't chosen Return To Zombie Island because that movie sucked badly so to say I was looking forward to seeing this movie would be like saying Avengers: Endgame made a little bit of money and so here is my review of Steven Universe: The Movie and yes there will be spoilers.

The plot of the movie is a few years have passed since the final episode of the show and Steven has gotten used to a life with no fighting but all of that changes when a new gem named Spinel threatens to destroy the world. To say that this plot is epic again would be an understatement one of the hardest things you can do when transferring a show to a movie is coming up with a plot that can only be done in a movie and this movie did just that I honestly feel that this story could only be told in a movie and it helps that the pacing was so freaking good the time just flew by for me whole watching this film and that's not something I get to say often.


Now it goes without saying that all of the actors from the show reprised their roles for this movie so i'm just not going to bring that up. So starring in the film is Zach Callison as Steven Universe , Estelle as Garnet , Charlyne Yi as Ruby , Erica Luttrell as Sapphire , Michaela Dietz as Amethyst , Deedee Magno Hall as Pearl , Sarah Stiles as Spinel , Tom Scharpling as Greg Universe , Grace Rolek as Connie Maheswaran , Matthew Moy as Lars Barriga , Kate Micucci as Sadie Miller , Shelby Rabara as Peridot , Jennifer Paz as Lapis Lazuli , Uzo Aduba as Bismuth , Patti LuPone as Yellow Diamond , Lisa Hannigan as Blue Diamond , Christine Ebersole as White Diamond , Toks Olagundoye as Nanefua Pizza , Aimee Mann as Opal and finally Ted Leo as Steg.

I honestly really did enjoy the acting in this film it's also one of the many things that the series got a lot of praise for as well. Which isn't hard to see why because all of the characters are so well acted and now it;s hard for anyone to imagine these characters being played by other actors. As for the new cast members those being Sarah Stiles and Ted Leo there really good as well I mean Ted isn't in the film much but Sarah is just a joy to watch in the film.


The animation for the film I assume was done by Cartoon Network Studios I say assume because there's no listed company anywhere on either the film's IMDB or the shows IMDB so this is pure guess work. As for what I thought about the animation it's more movie like and by that I mean when you see it it looks like the kind of animation you'd see in a movie which is honestly what you want you don't want the animation to be the exact same as it is in the show there needs to be some form of improvement.

IfF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE FILM YET THEN DON'T GO ANY FURTHER BECAUSE THERE WILL BE SPOILERS GALORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


The movie confirms something that has been hinted at for a long time and that's the fact that Steven's mother is pretty much a bad guy. If you think about it everything bad that's happened to Steven happend because of something that his mother did and once again that comes into play here as it turns out the villain of the film Spinel was Rose's I guess friend and Rose just left her on an asteroid for thousands of years.

You can pretty much see this movie without seeing an episode of the show because the opening few minuets is just them recapping the events of the show. Which for people who havn't seen the show is a good idea however the only people who are going to be seeing this film are fans of the show so it kind of makes no sense in doing in that recap , however it would have worked if they added in some stuff which would come into play during the movie but they don't so it comes across as pointless.


What I found really interesting is that very early on Pearl , Amethyst and Garnet got taken out of action really freaking early. That is such a good idea because it makes your villain seem more of a threat and it now forces Steven to really have to think about how to save the world instead of relaying solely on his friends and for some of them it does lead to alot of comedic scenes which are actually funny.

What was also interesting is the fact that the villain has the ability to turn people essentially to babies at least if she wanted to go that far. I just love that I guess power just because it opens the door for the characters to find out new things about themselves which does happen here with Steven realising that the fight isn't over and that he has to keep on fighting until it's over for good and so in that regard the film is also a tragedy due to the fact that at the start of the film Steven is happy with the fight being over.


I loved the character of Spinel even tho she was the villain of the film to me she was really freaking enjoyable. In my opinion she's like Harley Quinn if Harley had been made for Steven Universe but kept the exact same personality that's how insane she is and how much of a fun character she is and I just fell in love with her and I kind of want to see more from her be it in the comics or in a future series or film.

This is a comedy and with that in mind one would expect there to be some jokes and well let's just say the jokes in this movie are alot better then alot of the jokes in Return To Zombie Island. While there aren't any joke jokes and by that I mean there's no set up and punchline alot of the films humour comes from alot of the cuter character moments like for example during one of the scenes when Steven is trying to get Garnet to remember by putting her in danger Peridot pulls out a giant Pizza cutter which to me was funny and later on in that same scene Sapphire describes everything that's happening.


This film is a musical and I have to say that honest to god the songs in the film aren't that bad in fact some of them are really catchy. I honestly think that "Drift Away" which is the villain song for the movie is honestly really good and it fits the character of Spinel really well it starts of really playful and kind of upbeat but then as it goes on it takes on a life of it's own and it truly becomes a really good villain song and it was one of my favourite songs in the movie I also really liked "True Kinda Love" as well.

I say one of my favourites because this movie has alot of musical numbers in it which for a musical makes a lot of sense. However there are times where one song would finish and then less then a minuet later the next one is playing there was no time to catch your breath and it was getting so bad that I at times was saying "Oh My God  We Just Had A Musical Number We Don't Need Another One" and I honestly feel that alot of the numbers in this film were there just to pad the time of the film we really didn't need the song that Sadie and the band sing at all but it's there for some reason but hey if Kate Micucci is in your cast you got to have her sing something. 

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


Overall this movie is far better then Return To Zombie Island was and it serves as a great epilogue to the show but it's not a perfect film as i've already listed some of it's issues and so it gets an 8.5 out of 10 from me. 

  





Tuesday, 3 September 2019

Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island Review With SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Scooby fans it's that time again another Scooby-Doo movie has just been released and honestly there was alot of hype surrounding this movie. Even before it was officially confirmed there was alot of people talking about it and if you've seen the name you'll know why that's the case and i'm going to let you all know right now this review will contain spoilers and so here is my review of Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island.

I honestly wish I could tell you what the plot of the movie is but outside of the premise of the gang going on vacation there is no plot to speak of what so ever. That's honestly the first time i've ever had to say that about a Scooby-Doo movie since even the worst movies have some sort of plot to them but here all there is is the premise and that's it and for a sequel to the most beloved Scooby-Doo movie of all time that's not exactly something you should be proud of.


As the regular characters we have Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo and Fred Jones , Grey Griffin as Daphne Blake , Matthew Lillard as Shaggy Rogers , Kate Micucci as Velma Dinkley. Together they are joined by Janell Cox as Cat Person and Sister Withers , David Herman as Jack and Sheriff , John Michael Higgins as a dead Hollywood in joke , Dave B. Mitchell as Driver and Ferry Captain , Roger Rose as Lead Cat Person and Narrator and Travis Willingham as Seaver.

Now there is one name which you horror fans will know but i;ve left this person of the cast list because i'm going to talk about them when we get into spoilers. As for what I thought about the acting the regular cast members are honestly really enjoyable in this movie I don't know if they recorded there lines together for this movie but for some reason the chemistry between the actors was there in this movie and the guest cast did a fairly solid job as well.


The animation for the film was done by Digital eMation who have handled the animation for the last few movies now and I have to say that they are getting better. That being said tho the art style still looks freaking weird to me I don't know why they chose to have the characters looking like plastic but it just doesn't work at all but the overall quality of the animation including the limited CGI is honestly pretty decent but it's not as good as it could have been.

You would have thought that since there producing a sequel to what many consider the best Scooby-Doo movie that some more effort would have been put into the story and the animation. While there is some effort put into the animation since it does look like a movie there's none put into the story and because of that I found my self several times asking what the story of the film is because there just isn't one to speak of at all.

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



Ladies and gents the one name that I missed of the cast list is the one name that you'll get if your a die hard horror fan. It's Cassandra Petersen as Elvira i'm not even making this up and I have to admit when I saw her name in the cast list I was curious because I had to see how they did Elvira since if you know who Elvira is you'll know she's not exactly a kid friendly character and a little bit of me was a little bit worried that they make her more kid friendly.

Luckily tho they actually don't I can't find a picture of her in this movie so that's why i'm using one from Mistress Of The Dark. So you'll just have to trust me when I say that they made her look exactly the same as she does right now and I will admit they did tone down the b**b jokes which I kind of expected since Scooby-Doo is a kids franchise and Cassandra Petersen is honestly really good in the short time that she's on screen she only has like two scenes one of which is a mid-credits scene but she's good in both of those scenes.


Now I have something to admit i've never seen Zombie Island I did plan to see it just before this movie but I forgot when this movie was coming and so haven't seen it. I can tell you tho that if you are a fan then your going to hate this movie because they retcon the hell out of the opening because Daphne actually says that she was just interning at the TV station instead of actually working there and they show her in that films get up.

The film as you'd expect is full to the brim with references to the previous film and all it did was remind me to at somepoint watch that movie. Don't worry if you haven't tho because they spend at least five or ten minuets going over the whole film and I mean the whole film excluding what the gang were doing before the mystery tho and it just makes me wonder who this film was made for because no kid is going to buy this movie because it has the word Zombie in it and the adults who watched the first one and buy this one will already know how the first one goes so that scene is utterly pointless.


Now with a name like Return To Zombie Island you'd think that there would be zombies in this film which is a fair assumption. However you'd be wrong because the zombies in this movie are actors and that's not just me making this up the film actually outs them as actors and what's worse is the names of the actors sound similar to the names of key characters from the first movie so the zombie part of the title now makes no sense what so ever.

Now just because I didn't see the first one doesn't mean I don't know somethings about it like I know that there are cat people in the movie. Those cat people do kind of make a return I say kind of because there outed as just people in a mask so they just got rid of the two biggest things from the first movie like holy hell is this movie actually trying to make it's fanbase mad because it's doing a really good job of doing so.


Just incase you guys didn't get the dead hollywood joke I made before it's because the character in question is actually called wait for it Alan Smithee. Which for those that don't know is a name that several well known and respected film makers would use when ever they made a bad movie and didn't want there names tarnished by it but it's a name that's been long dead for well over ten years now so it makes me wonder why they decided to use it and to make it even more of a joke the character in question is a film director.

Now in a Scooby-Doo movie you expect there to be a mystery be it good or bad you expect it to be there. Well get ready to have those expectations dashed because there is no mystery at all in this film in fact the only decent mystery they had going that being why the zombies are back and since the announcement of Shaggy winning a contest to the island was suspicious is all wrapped up in the first forty minuets of the movie and the movie is an hour and twenty minuets long and so they quickly try and throw something together but by that point it's to little to late.


Now there are at least two good jokes in the movie which for a comedy isn't a good thing even with those two good jokes one of them is only funny if you know the history of the Alan Smithee name. The other good joke is Velma slowly going crazy without solving a mystery which is honestly really funny but even so having two good jokes in an hour and twenty minuet movie is not a good thing at all.

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


Overall this is a really bad movie not only is a bad sequel but it's a bad Scooby-Doo movie and I have to wonder why the hell this has an 8.2 on IMDB this film gets a 3 out of 10 from me.
   

   





Saturday, 31 August 2019

New Doctor Who: Rose Review


Doctor Who fans if you've been following my reviews of the show for a long time then you'll know that I only review New Doctor Who whenever there's a new episode. Well I thought i'd put a stop to that by taking a look back at an episode from the very first series well it is the first series of the 2005 reboot and well what better place to start then right at the beginning and so here is my review of Rose enjoy.

The plot of the episode is teenager Rose Tyler works at a shop in London and one night before the shop closes she discovers The Autons and now she and a mysterious man known only as The Doctor have to stop them from taking over the world. In terms of plot this episode is pretty light on it since it's the basic introduction to a new companion episode and it also serves as the introduction to a new Doctor but when all is said and done the story is honestly pretty fun to see play out.


As The Doctor we have Christopher Eccleston who unlike all of his previous incarnations hasn't yet shared the screen with any of the previous Doctors. As Rose we have singer Billie Piper and I have to say for someone who at the time hadn't done much acting she is pretty good in this episode Chris kills it as well as The Doctor and to me it's very clear that both he and Billie have great chemistry because I honestly bought them as friends.

This episode also introduced us to Camille Coduri as Jackie Tyler and Noel Clarke as Mickey Smith both of whom don't really get that much screen time in this episode or at least enough for me to form an opinion on them but they are acted really well. In terms of guest starts there's only one and that's Mark Benton as Clive and he's just Mark Benton so if you love him in anything else then your going to love him here.


Now i'm not going to make a comment on the character of Rose just yet because while I did grow up with her as the companion I want to try and rediscover her if that makes sense. That being said i always find it very interesting going back to the first episode of a series that I love because it's always weird knowing where the characters end up and seeing them start on that journey and the same thing is true here because I watched all of these characters for quite a few years and I got to see them grow and so to see them looking so young is just strange to me.

Now i've already said that I grew up watching Billie as Rose but Chris was also my first Doctor infact I vaguely remember seeing adverts for this episode in various magazines. I also remember being super excited to see this episode because to me this was a new show and so when the day of reckoning came I was out my Nana's house with I think my brother and father there might have been a few others there as well and I made all us sit there for forty five minuets just to watch this one episode and I was hooked on the show from this episode so to see I have personal history with this episode would be an understatement.


I actually forgot how action orientated this version of The Doctor is from his first scene he's always involved with some sort of action scene or chase scene. Which is something that I think honestly suits this version of the doctor since he's just coming from being in the Time War so it makes sense that he'd be running everywhere because for years that's what he's had to do just to survive and plus it makes the first episode really exciting.

I actually love how they made The Doctor more mysterious in this episode they kind of build up this whole mystery over who he is and I loved that because it's something that we dont get to see that often. It's also something that would make sense given that this is the 21st century so there would be websites dedicated to this mysterious stranger appearing in and out time and it's something that I wish further series would develop more.


This was also the first series to have the CGI done by The Mill but further research tells me that this wasn't there first Doctor Who adventure as they previously did The Curse Of The Fetal Death. I want it known that I love The Mills work but there effects in this episode haven't really aged well at all in fact they look pretty bad but given that CGI was pretty new to the show and this was mid 2000's CGI it's understandable that it wouldn't hold up that well.

This episode helped make composer Murray Gold famous since he also did the score to the UK version of Shameless which was airing at the same time. It goes without saying that the music in this episode is great it's no wonder that he would go onto to compose the music all the way up until series 10 because every piece of music he does is truly great and is worth listening to , I'll talk about his version of the theme song in a minute because that's something that should be talked about separately.


There is a fair amount of action in this episode and all of it is in my opinion character driven which is the best kind of action for me because then it's the characters that dictate the action and not the story. Also adding to the action is the fact that it also adds to the drama and threat of that episode which is something that I don't really see that often in either films or TV so I was shocked to see it in here and for me the best part of the action is seeing Rose save the doctor just due to the fact we don't see that happen at all.

One of the criticisms that this episode got when it originally aired was for it's use of humour and in some ways I do kind of see why. Since on the one hand the humour does kind of undercut the tension especially in The Doctors intro but at the same time humour is subjective and just because someone doesn't find something funny doesn't mean that you won't find that same something funny but they could have done a better job of putting the humour in a more natural place and not somewhere where it undercuts the tension.


Now we have to talk about the theme song done by Murray Gold because it is an iconic part of the show like how the TARDIS and other iconography. To me honest I find this version of the theme song to be kind of boring there's just nothing in this version of the theme song that really makes it stand out to me which is a shame because like I said theme song is iconic and so it's sad to see a version of it which isn't that good.


Like alot of the reviews I do for this show I actually own this on DVD I have the first series on DVD which was the one where they made the box set as big as the TARDIS itself. It's that big it even took me a few minuets to put it back with the rest of my DVD's because it's so big and where I keep it is so small and I can't put it anywhere else because there's no room in my room for it but this is the struggle that we Doctor Who fans have to got through. 


Overall this is a really good introductory episode and if there are any people out there who want to get into the show i'd recommend starting of with this one since it does ease you into the lore but that said it is very light on plot and character and so it gets a 7.5 out of 10 from me. 

  
  
  


Friday, 30 August 2019

Ranking All Of The Doctors That i've Seen From Worst To Best


Doctor Who fans since i've grown quite attached to talking to you recently I thought i'd put together a little post i've been thinking about doing. As the title would suggest im going to rank my favourite Doctors from worst to best however I am going to lay down some ground rules first I have to have seen them either in a few episodes or in a movie and second they can only appear on this list if there run with the character is complete so that means no thirteenth doctor and i'm only counting Doctors canon to the show so there's no Peter Cushing Doctor.

Seventh Doctor (Sylvester Mccoy)


I;m not going to lie i've not really seen enough of this version of the character to really dive into his character. However since he does appear in the TV movie I can kind of say that I don't really like this version again just based of the movie he seems like he doesn't fit in with Doctor Who but rather some other show and i'm not sure why that's the case he's acted brilliantly all of them are but I wish that this version just acted more like The Doctor.

Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston)


This version of The doctor is only here because I feel that Chris left just as he was getting really interesting. Which to me does hurt the character because now we are left with the question of what might have been they start him of on this great character arc of learning to cope with the death of his people and even tho they do finish it with the Eleventh Doctor it still would have been cool to see it play out with Christopher Eccleston's Doctor.

Eighth Doctor (Paul Mcgann)


As with the Ninth Doctor we didn't really get alot of time to really know this character well at least in terms of TV time anyways. Since this doctor did have a life in audio , comic book and book form however i've not seen , read or heard all of those and so I can only judge him of the TV movie and the short clip and based of those alone he does seem like he would have made a cool Doctor if he was given a full series to really prove himself.

Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison)


I've only seen two adventures with this Doctor in my life and I have to say that based of those adventures alone he does seem like a really fun version of the character. To me he's like a victorian gentlemen in that he likes all things British and is a fan of Cricket but that's just my opinion I don't know what this character is like when ti comes to the more goofy parts of the show but when he's serious I really buy that this doctor can be a threat. 

Tenth Doctor (David Tennant)


I can see alot of you sharpening your pitchforks right now but I do have a reason for him not being my favourite. Which is I personally found him to be far to dramatic which is fine since Doctor Who is a drama however it's also a show that has alot of comedy and while his doctor is indeed pretty good at the comedy but at the same time it could be weird seeing him do a dramatic scene and then go and do a joke in the very next scene but that said when it comes to great speeches and making us believe in this world that is when this doctor shines for me.

Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith)

   

To me Matt Smith is a better version of The Doctor then David Tennent because his version of the doctor is more alien. Which to me is a great thing because the doctor is alien so it would make sense that the actor would play him as such. Now I won't lie this version of The Doctor can get tiresome since he can be more comedic when he really should be dramatic but I still have fun seeing his episodes.

Twelfth Doctor (Peter Capaldi)


This is the most recent New Who Doctor and I have to admit that unlike alot of fans when Peter was first announced I was excited because Peter is such a good actor and I wasn't disappointed about. Since Peter is honestly a great actor but I will admit that his doctor is more let down by the scripts but that's it and when it comes to giving huge powerful speeches he really does knock it out of the park hell his speech on war is so spine tingling I watch it all the time.

Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker)


Now I have seen at least one adventure with this Doctor so I can include him on this post and I have to say that based of what i've seen he does seem to be a rather strange version of the doctor. Saying that he's a strange version of the character is perhaps the best thing that I can say about him because honestly it suits his take on the character really well because this version of the character is indeed strange in the best kind of way.

First Doctor (William Hartnell)


Now I couldn't do this list and not talk about the first doctor somehow it would just feel wrong and given that there are two more Doctors yet to name he's not my favourite Doctor. Don't get wrong I do indeed like him since he does feel like a grandfatherly figure which is what the makers of the show were going for but it doesn't really work when it comes to the shows more comedic scenes but given that he was the first doctor we can kind of forgive him for not being perfect.

Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton)


Now the only adventures i've seen from this doctor are mostly the animated classic reconstructions so I do have a fair idea of what his doctor is like. This doctor had a lot of live up to since no one in 1966 had even heard of regeneration and in my opinion they did a good job of handling this change since this version of the character is alot more goofy and yet when he needs to he can quite stern and smart. 

Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee)


I will always say that the third doctor is my all time favourite Doctor not only is he played by an actor who is in my opinion perfect for the role. Jon Pertwee was an actor known for his more comedic roles and while he did do more dramatic roles he wasn't really known for them and so to see him act well in the role is a truly great thing to see and what makes his doctor stand out from the early doctors is that he's more willing to get into fights even if it is as a last resort. 












Friday, 16 August 2019

Some Cartoon Opinions Of Mine


Opinions everyone has them and chances are my opinions aren't going to agree with yours and so I thought that instead of doing the very popular Unpopular opinions post. I thought that i'd do something a tad bit different and that's tell you some of the opinions that I have about various cartoons and to make things more different i'm not just limiting myself to cartoons shows either since i'll also be talking some opinions I have about animated movies.

Teen Titans Go! Is Actually Pretty Good


Yeah you guys read that right and it's true this show is in my opinion actually pretty good it can be at times be pretty funny with the plots well told. That said i'm not going to lie and say that it's a perfect show because that would be a dumb thing to say since for every funny joke that's in the show there will be a joke that's painfully unfunny but those are few and far between in my opinion and the show turned out a very entertaining movie with Teen Titans Go! To The Movies.

Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm Is The Best Batman Movie Ever Made


Now I know that there's going to be alot of Christopher Nolan fans getting ready to show alot of hate while declaring that The Dark Knight is the best film ever made in the history of ever. Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm is easily the best Batman movie ever made and yes i'm including all of the live action films when I say that and i'm saying that because this film is the only film that portrays Batman closest to his comic book counterpart think about it Batman is said to be the world's greatest detective and yet none of the movies have shown him trying to solve a crime well this film did and on top of that the mystery is really good.

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Is Overrated 


Look i'm not going to lie Mystery Incorporated is a solid show but it's not as good as people say that it is. I honestly feel that the show is overrated as hell Scooby-Doo was a show that was built on comedy it was never built on drama and long running storylines so why did this show think that it was good to downplay the comedy that the franchise was famous for and replace it with drama that no one was asking for yes there are times where the drama does work but we don't need it in every single episode.

Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! Is Better The Mystery Incorporated


Yes I know that this is going to make alot of people angry but I honestly feel that Be Cool Scooby-Doo is better then Mystery Incorporated. I'm not saying that it's better in every aspect but Be Cool knew that Scooby-Doo is a comedy and so that's where the focus is as well telling some really good mysteries and this show did something that Mystery Incorporated didn't do and that's give Daphne a personality gone was the personality less character of old and in her place was someone who actually a personality.

Infinity Train Is The Best Show Currently Airing On Cartoon Network


I din't say these were unpopular opinions but it's true if you look at all the shows that Cartoon Network is currently airing you have to admit that Infinity Train is the best one. I'm not just saying that as a fan i'm saying it as a fan of well written shows and that's what this show is it's well written in every single way the show knows when to mix in comedy and when it has to be dramatic and that's not something that alot of shows airing on the network do these days.

The Toy Story Franchise Is The Best Animated Franchise Out There


I know that there alot of people who love the Dragons franchise and while those are indeed decent films. They have nothing on the Toy Story films which barring the fourth film they are all perfect films all of the films are capable of getting you to cry be it due to a characters heartbreaking backstory , or due to a character that we've grown up with giving up his own toys or even due to two lovers meeting up again and that's something that the Dragons films just don't do.

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Is Actually Good


I know that alot of people don't like various things about this show and while everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I have to say that in my opinion the show is actually really good it has great animation and story telling and while I won't deney that there are times that the show does lean of gender politics you cannot deny the fact that the show is indeed a good show and I hope that Netflix keep it on and give us more of a warning when new episodes are dropping.