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Saturday, 8 April 2023

The Mandalorian "Chapter 22: Guns For Hire" Review


With Star Wars Celebration Europe currently going on it only seems right that I talk about something Star Wars and well with the The Mandalorian TV show currently nearing the end of it's third season. It only seems right that I talk about the shows most recent episode as that episode has been making alot of waves on Twitter since the episode came and out and as the episode has been out for a few days I won't be marking it as being either spoiler filled or spoiler free as lot of people have had more enough time to go and see the episode and so then join me I review the episode that has alot of cameos in it with the episode in question being called simply just "Chapter 22: Guns For Hire" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is The Mandalorian , Grogu and Bo-Katan Kryze go to a planet in order to get Bo-Katan's fleet of ships back. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad but the issue is that it wasn't all that good either as it feels like the plot to an episode that should be more towards the start of the season and not really one that's towards the end of the season in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Pedro Pascal as The Mandalorian , Katee Sackhoff as Bo-Katan Kryze and Simon Kassianides as Axe Woves. Also starring in this episode is former WWE Superstar and current IWGP Women's Champion Mercedes Varnado as Koska Reeves , Jack Black as Bombardier , Lizzo as The Duchess , Christopher Lloyd as Helgait , Christine Adams as Quarren Captain , Harry Holland as Mon Calamari Nobleman and Matthew Wood as B-1 Series Droid Foreman.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. Which really isn't new for this show since even in this shows bad episodes the acting has always been top notch it's just a shame that this episodes script really isn't that good and so the episodes cast can;t turn in great performances because of the fact that the script just won't allow for it.



Doing the CGI for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Image Engine Design. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / flt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with this episodes CGI more then keeping up with this shows already high standard of CGI effects.


This episode ha gotten a lot of hate for having some very distracting cameos and after finally seeing the episode in question I have t agree. As the people that are making these cameos are so well known to the mainstream audience and as such your not seeing the character your just seeing whoever is making the cameo and that really is something that takes you out of the episode because instead of seeing the character of the Bombardier your seeing Jack Black who is a very fine actor as is Christopher Lloyd but even they can't pull of these cameo rules.

This is such a really weird placed episode since it's a more lighthearted episode and hose are usually better placed earlier on in a shows season. However here it's placed third to the end which is usually when a season starts to wrap up that seasons arcs and so having an episode that's more lighthearted and isn't really attached to anything that's going on in this season barring the first and final scene it makes me wonder why this episode was placed here as it would have been better served if it was an earlier episode in this shows third season. 


This episode really doesn't do all that good of a job of building up the mercenaries that both The Mandalorian and Bo-Katan Kryze are looking for as credible threats. As they only have one scene at the start of the episode where we see them in action and even then it's a short scene and so there's not really alot of time for us the audience to take in just how ruthless these characters are because there not on screen for that long and then they don't appear again until the very end of episode which makes including them in this episode a complete waste of time.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly forty four minuets and fourteen seconds. Which is the perfect running time for this episode to last as when you really get down to it there really isn't alot their interms of plot and story to cover anything longer then that but at the same time tho if you cut out the Lizzo and Jack Black cameos you very easily could have used to time to showing as to why these mercenaries are a threat which in turn would have made the episode alot better and i will admit that this episode does have some really good pacing to it. 


So now then since this is an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. However that's also the issue as this episodes action wasn't all that good either as while we did get to see some cool moments alot of it just felt dull and boring in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this episode quite clearly isn't the best episode of this show but at the same tie I don't think that it marks the start of this show declining in quality either as any show can and indeed do have some bad episodes in them and this episode is just one of them and nothing more then that in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Star Wars fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episodes that I used in this very review being the official Star Wars fandom wiki page simply just due to the fact that alot of the images that are featured / up and on the official Star Wars fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.

Thursday, 6 April 2023

My First Impressions Of The Grease: Rise Of The Pink Ladies TV Series

 


To say that Grease is a huge pop culture phenomenon would be like saying The Empire Strikes Back was a good movie no duh. As such it really was shocking when HBO Max announced that they would be making and broadcasting a prequel series well after that series then got moved over to Paramount+ things got even more interesting as we learned that this show would feature none of the films original characters and well the show has just debuted it's first two episodes and well there certainly something alright and so join me as I give you my first impressions that is most certainly here with the show in question being called simply just "Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies" enjoy.

Now I would normally put what the plot of the show is or in this case the plot of the first two episodes here. However this show has done my a huge favor by not giving either episode a plot which is this shows first huge mistake since by robbing this show of a plot it robs it of it's reason to exist which is a shame because a prequel to what is undeniably the most popular film musical of all time could have some interesting plotlines in it and yet this show just doesn't do any of that at all in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 



Starring in this shows first twp episodes are Marisa Davila as Jane Facciano and Cheyenne Isabel Wells as Olivia Valdovinos. Also starring in these first two episodes are Ari Notartomaso as Cynthia Zdunowski , Tricia Fukuhara as Nancy Nakagawa , Shanel Bailey as Hazel , Madison Thompson as Susan , Johnathan Nieves as Richie Valdovinos , Jason Schmidt as Buddy , Maxwell Whittington-Cooper as Wally and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery star Jackie Hoffman as Asst. Principal McGee. 

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty really bad with all of this shows cast members turning in some really bland and boring performances which is me being very kind because alot of this shows cast members aren't that well known actors and actresses.




I'm just going to be real here none of this shows cast are likable but at the same not there not unlikable either. Instead there just there and that's really it and that's to be expected for the first half of the first episode but when it's same thing for the first two episodes then you have a blatant issue at the most basic level and that is something that should have been fixed while this series was in production and the fact that it wasn't just goes to show that nobody involved with making this show cares all that much about the Grease IP. 


This is meant to be a prequel to Grease with this show being set four years before the events of the film and stage production of the exact same name. With that being said this show doesn't work as a prequel either as alot of the films main characters would have been in high school when this show is taking place and thus would have been in the exact same groups that we see them in and the fact that the makers of this show didn't think about this at all just hits home that they don't care about the Grease IP heck I don't even like Grease and I still put in some effort to make sure that what I was saying was factually correct.

I've never been a fan of Grease at all I havn't seen the movie all the way through i've only seen the movie in bit and pieces but even I can tell that this is nothing more then a soulless adaptation. Which is a shame because the idea of telling the origin story behind this girl gang is a good idea and it could make for a good TV series all it would need is the right creative team in order to pull it of and to it justice which is very sadly is what this show is missing since the creative team behind this show just aren't that interested in making a good show. 



This show is of course a musical and it has songs that are written by this shows composer Justin Tranter , Brittany Campbell , Eren Cannata and Daniel Crean. I will admit that the songs are where this show seems to shine best since it's musical numbers in the first two episodes at least are the most entertaining parts of both episodes and while alot of the songs have a awful lot of really obvious auto tune in them the numbers themselves are really fun and the best song for me is this shows version of "Grease Is The Word" since it is a really fun number.

Now then episode one of this shows has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly fifty nine minuets and fifty three seconds while episode two has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly fifty minuets and forty four seconds. With episode two having the better running time since there was no way in heck that this show should have episodes that are anywhere near to being one hour long since all we are doing is watching these boring characters just go about their day to day lives and that's it and to stretch that out to one hour per episode is going to make both the episode and your series as a whole boring to watch.


So now then since this a comedy that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty not that bad. While these first two episodes do have alot of painfully unfunny moments in them when they do tell a good joke you really do notice it in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this show is one that's to be avoided by both Grease fans and none Grease fans alike since all it is is a soulless adaptation and as well as being waste of a really good idea in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in these first two episodes in this very post and since this is only my first impressions I won't be giving this show a rating however if i'm still watching this show when this shows final episodes airs or is released then i'll give this a show review and a rating as well but so far it's not of to very good start at all.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of images that I personally used in this very post from IMP Awards . Com and Google Images.With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very post being Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the great freaking Google Images are all fairly freaking high in freaking quality and as well as being very fairly freaking high in definition.

Wednesday, 5 April 2023

Worzel Gummidge "A Fair Old Pullover" Review

 


Fans of classic TV I don't think that I can make it clear at this point but I really do love the classic Jon Pertwee version of Worzel Gummidge. So much so that i've written countless reviews on it and trust me I plan on doing the entire rest of the series and the sequel series if I can find more then the first episode and I think i've found one of the most pure fun episodes of the whole entire show and so then join me as I review that episode that is just pure fun to watch with the episode in question being called simply just "A Fair Old Pullover" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is Worzel goes to town on the roof of the Braithwaite's car and gets stuck as a store dummy for a posh clothing shop. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty rather fun with this episodes plot also being really simply and was also very easy to follow as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Doctor Who star Jon Pertwee as Worzel Gummidge , Jeremy Austin as John Peters and Charlotte Coleman as Sue Peters. Also starring in this episode is Geoffrey Bayldon as The Crowman , Mike Berry as Mr. Peters , Norman Bird as Mr. Braithwaite , Denis Gilmore as Harry , Megs Jenkins as Mrs. Braithwaite , Norman Mitchell as P.C. Parsons , Jeremy Pearce as The Car Park Attendant , Damon Sanders as Mr. Mooney , Anthony Sharp as Mr. Stanley and Last Of The Summer Wine star Sarah Thomas as Enid Simmons.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Which given this show isn't all that surprising as even in this shows bad episodes there have always been some really good acting in them and that is something that is true with this very episode as well.



This show does add some new and fun locations to the world of Worzel Gummidge and while the episode does take full advantage of one of them it doesn't take advantage of the other. Which is a shame because the idea of seeing Worzel Gummidge run around a small town just causing trouble and mayhem does lend itself to plenty of comedic moments but the episode just does nothing with that setting and while the idea of Worzel Gummidge in a posh cloths store also gives us plenty of funny moments it would have been nice to see Worzel running around the town as well.


The one word that I can use to describe this episode is fun because that's exactly what this episode is it;s fun. Just everything about this episode is pure fun from the way that Worzel get's into town to seeing what he does just trying to get some clothing on is pure fun to watch and it's something that made this episode a must watch for me because I had such a good time watching it and I get the feeling that those involved with making it had a good time making it because that's something that really does shine through in the final product.

In a rather rare move this episode also sees the characters of Jon and Sue join Worzel in this new location adventure. This was something that I wasn't expecting since usually when the cast go to a new filming location they usually find away to write the kids out of the episode usually due to child labor laws and as such seeing them play a slightly major role in this episode was genuinely surprising it's just a shame that once the kids get to town there not really given all that much to do other then watch Worzel while he's in a sulk.


I was also shocked to see that they made The Crowman a little bit more playful then he's been written as being in the previous episodes. Which was something that I did enjoy as it made his scenes very enjoyable to watch and just seeing him going around messing with everybody was just pure fun to see but at the same time it does against with how the character was written in the previous episodes since in the previous episodes he was written more like a strict parent to Worzel and yet in this episode he's acting and written more like a naughty school boy and not like a parental figure to Worzel Gummidge at all.

Now then while I cannot for the absolutely live of me remember whatever this episodes running time even was I do know that for a fact that this episode has / had an exact grad total running time of roughly twenty six minuets. Which is the perfect running time for this episode since this episode doesn't really have alot their interms of plot and story and plus with this episodes running time it allows the episode to be more faster paced which only adds to the fun of the episode as it gives the episode this sense of energy that the other episodes just don't have.


So now then since this is a comedy that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With all of this episodes jokes getting a big laugh out of me heck even the ending where Worzel gets falls to pieces when the car goes under a low bridge was still a funny scene and the scene where the two employees question if they've been drinking after seeing Worzel going into a sulk right infront of them was just pure funny as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 


Overall this was such a fun episode to watch and is quite easily up there with some of the best episodes of this show because that's just how fun this episode well and truly is in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode earns itself a grand old score of exactly an 8.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Amazon . Co . Uk , Wikipedia and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Monday, 3 April 2023

The Super Mario Bros Super Show "The Bird! The Bird!" / "Neatness Counts" TV Series Review

 


Mario fans we are now just a few short days away from the release of The Super Mario Bros. Movie and as such I thought that'd produce a tie in review. I will admit that this one was perhaps the easiest choice to make when choosing what would make a great tie in review as they both have the distinction of being Mario's first animated media produced exclusively for America and so then join me as I review the first episode of the show that has both Mario and Luigi rapping with the episodes in question being called simply just "The Bird! The Bird!" / "Neatness Counts" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is Mario , Luigi and Princess each have to rescue Toad who has been stolen by a giant bird and Mario and Luigi get obsessed with neatness which they show to actress Nicole Eggert who is just trying to get to a party. Now then interms of what I personally thought / flt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode wasn't that bad altho out of the two plots i'd say that the plot for The Bird The Bird was the stronger plot just because the plot of Neatness Counts just wasn't that interesting in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is wrestling legend Captain Lou Albano as Mario and The Jeffersons Danny Wells as Luigi. Also starring in this episode is The Addams Family star and american Dennis The Menace star Jeannie Elias as Princess Toadstool / Princess Peach , Cheepy and Giant Birdo , The Magic School Bus star John Stocker as Toad and Flurry and Heavy Metal and The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 star Harvey Atkin as King Koopa.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode wasn't that bad. The issue is this episodes script gives none of the actors nothing to work with because it's just a flat bad script that is trying so hard to be funny that it forgets to give it's characters any kind of personality trait whatsoever and that really does effect the overall quality of the acting in this episode.



Doing the animation for not only this episode but the show as a whole is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Sei Young Animation Company. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad altho there were alot of animation errors all of which really do bring down the overall quality of the animation that we got in this very episode.


For some strange reason this show also includes live action segments with both Mario and Luigi where they meet various celebrities. These live action segments don't add anything to the plot of the cartoon besides from the fact that the characters are played by the same characters in both the live action and the cartoon segments of the show and heck the live action segments just come of as being rather cheesy which is a shame because a live action Mario sitcom could work but here it's like the writers just couldn't be bothered as those segments where some of the worst written segments in this whole entire episode.

For so,e strange reason the makers of this show made Luigi the cowardly member of the group which just didn't it right with me at all. As he always came across as being just as brave as Mario in the games and please bare in mind that I haven't played the games all that much and I barely played them as a kid but the few times I did play them Luigi was always running head first into the level at least from what I can remember and so to see him basically acting like a less funny version of Shaggy from Scooby-Doo just didn't sit right with me.


I get wanting to include nods and winks to the original source material but when almost every single sound effect is a sound effect from the game. It starts to get annoying after a while this is made even more annoying when you realise that the characters spend alot of time jumping in this episode and the sound effects just aren't limited to the animated portion of the episode either as they show up in the live action segments as well which is a shame because they would seem right at home in the really over the top and cheesy as all heck live action segments of this very show.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty one minuets and fifty one seconds. Which is pretty much the perfect running time for this episode to last as neither of this episodes plots has alot there in terms of story to cover a longer running time and to this shows credit the time really does fly by with no scene lasting longer then what it really needs to which means that this shows does have some really good pacing to it with the plots of this episode moving at a nice and quick pace.


So now then since this show is basically a comedy show that means that I have to talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode and well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty rather weak. With very few of this episodes jokes actually landing with the episode for some strange trying make the phrase "Paster Power" funny which it just isn't and the jokes in the live action segment aren't that much better either but at least there you can laugh at how bad the live action segments actually are in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall I cannot wait for The Super Mario Bros. Movie to come out because it has to be better then this show which to it's credit was the first animated and live action piece of Mario media made exclusively for America but a bad episode is still a bad episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 5 put of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Mario fandom wiki page , Mario Wikipedia and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful the official Mario fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the official Mario fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Saturday, 1 April 2023

Worzel Gummidge "The Return Of Dafthead" Review

 


Worzel Gummidge fans as alot of you would have worked out thanks to these reviews his series isn't afraid to get scary when it wants to. Well there is one character that pretty much everybody agrees is the scariest one of theme all and heck all you have to do is just see one picture of him to see why he's considered to be really scary and so then join me as I review the episode that might just be the scariest episode of Worzel Gummidge ever made with the episode in question being called simply just "The Return Of Dafthead" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when an old enemy of Worzel's returns and takes over his post as scarecrow of Ten Acre Field it's up to Worzel to get rid of this scarecrow before it's far to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty rather simple and that's the best thing that I can say about this episodes plot because this show doesn't need epic plots to drive it's story and episodes forward all it needs is simple plots and that's what the plot of this episode really well and truly is in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Doctor Who star Jon Pertwee as Worzel Gummidge , Jeremy Austin as John Peters and Geoffrey Bayldon as The Crowman. Also starring in this episode is Norman Bird as Mr. Braithwaite , Charlotte Coleman as Sue Peters , Monty Python And The Meaning of Life and The Crimson Permanent Assurance star Myrtle Devenish as Mrs. Liversage , Megs Jenkins as Mrs. Braithwaite and Frank Marlborough as Dafthead.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With all of this episodes cast members tuning in some good performances which for this show is nothing really all that new as every single episode of this show really does have some really good performances within it.


As I stated at the very start of the review this episode perhaps the most creepiest and scariest characters in the shows entire history Dafthead. For those of you that don't know Dafthead was created by Worzel , Jon and Sue when Worzel was almost put on a bonfire and when Dafthead came to life and found out what he made for he ran away and he was scary as all heck if you want proof of that all you have to do is look at any picture of him because everything about him is of putting which was kind of the point since he was made by the kids and Worzel but that doesn't make him any less terrifying.


I'm just going to be real with you all hear this episode is one of if not the scariest episode of this whole entire show. As not only do we have Dafthead returning and being creepy with all of his fast turns and everything else but we also have both Dafthead and Worzel dueling it out in a very gothic looking piece of scenery complete with fog but we also have Worzel openly and proudly trying to kill of his demented creation and Worzel looses his head all of which makes me wonder how this episode ever made it past all of the censors and TV parents groups because there's alot of stuff that would give kids nightmares just in this very episode alone.

It's not often that we get to see The Crowman show affection towards Worzel with the two at best being close friends. However in this episode the two act more like father and son which was something that I liked since The Crowman is for all intense and purposes Worzel's father since he did build him and to see The Crowman openly wish Worzel luck whilst it is a small way to show affection it does go to show that despite all of the times that The Crowman would threaten to throw Worzel on a bonfire he really does care about him.  


One of the things that I didn't like about this episode is the fact that the whole Worzel and Dafthead trying to one up each other routine goes on a tad bit to long for my personal liking. As you don't really need to see them one upping each other all the time you just need to see it once maybe twice very early one in the episode and that's it since that would be more then enough to set up their rivalry for the episode where as here the episode shows them one upping each in almost every other scene and after a while seeing them one up each other all the time does start to get a little bit boring and a little bit grating as well.

Now then while I cannot for the absolutely life of me remember whatever this episodes grand total running time even was I do know that for a fact that this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of roughly twenty six minuets. Which was a great time for this episode to last as plot wise there isn't alot there to last anything longer then that running time but even so the episode does back in alot of plot within that short amount of time and it really does help that the episode does have some really good pacing to it as well.


So now then since this is a comedy that means that I have to talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With this episode having a lot of genuine laugh out loud moments within it and alot of this films biggest laughs come from seeing Worzel getting frustrated at being outsmarted by Dafthead time and time again which is only funny due to how Jon Pertwee acts in those scenes in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this episode is a truly scary episode but it's also an episode that's well written which is something that could also be said for the rest of this show as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode earns itself a grand old score of exactly an 8 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Wikipedia , Amazon . Co . Uk and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Friday, 31 March 2023

Back To The Future: The Animated Series TV Series "Brothers" Review

 


When a movie is popular it's not uncommon for it to spawn both sequels and some form of spin off be it a TV series or a popular characters getting their own movie. This movie spin off however is quite unique in that it has three of the original stars of the movie all reprising their roles for this series and so then join me as I review the episode that introduces a new Delorean time machine with the episode in question being called simply just "Brothers" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is Verne is sick of being treated like a baby by his brother Jules and so steals the family time machine only to end up in the American Civil War and so it's up to Doc , Jules , Marty and the family dog Einstein to rescue Verne before it's far to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well in then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad but the issue is that it's also not that good either with this episodes plot really being fairly predictable in my freaking opinions anyways /at least.


Starring in this episode is Voice acting legend Dan Castellaneta as The Voice Of Doc Brown and Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown. Also starring in this episode is Joshua Keaton as Jules Brown , Troy Davidson as Verne Brown , Danny Mann as Einstein , David Kaufman as Marty Mcfly , Thomas F. Wilson as Confederate General Beauregard Tannen and making his TV debut we also have the great Bill Nye as The Science Guy.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. With thew actors that you expect a good performance from well and truly delivering but at the same time this episodes script really doesn't give the actors alot to work with interms of what their respective characters personalities is.


Dong the animation for this episode is BIG Pictures , Colossal Pictures and the legends and the greats that are currently over at Far Eastern Animation. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad altho it was hard to tell who some of the film characters were meant to be since a very few of them look like how they looked like in the films.



This series is rather unique in that it has two actors playing the exact same character with Dan Castellaneta voicing Doc Brown in the animated segments and the character being played by Christopher Lloyd in the live action segments. What makes this stand out even more is the fact that Christopher Lloyd played Doc Brown in the three Back To The Future movies and yet because Dan is such a good voice actor you can't actually tell the difference because the voice is so similar to how Doc Brown sounds in the movies.

One of the things that I really didn't like about this episode is the fact that they made Doc so much like a cartoon character that he almost becomes annoying. This is done just by having Doc act like he's a cartoon character alot of the time which just doesn't work for this character since this character isn't a cartoon character he's a little eccentric but that's it he's not the type of character that will do the whole walking on air and then fall when he looks down routine that type of joke just doesn't work for this character because this character is smarter then that.


This episode does also break the rule behind time travel in the Back To The Future movies in that you can travel backwards and forwards in time but not in space in other wards where ever you started to time travel from that's where you'll end up when you come out the other side. With that being said this episode does give an in universe reason behind this change in that Doc rebuilt the Delorean and added modifications to it with one of those being the time circuits are now voice activated and have the ability to change location which does explain it away but at the same time it makes you wonder why Doc didn't make those exact same changes in Back To The Future Part 2 which would have saved both him and Marty alot of trouble.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty two minuets and thirty five seconds. Which oddly isn't long enough for a story like this one to last since this episodes story very easily could have bee the plot of a fourth movie but at the same time I can't picture this episode lasting any longer then what does as with this current running time every single scene is about moving the plot of episode forward and as such this episode really does have some great pacing to it with no scene really lasting longer or shorter then what it really needs to.


So now then since this is a comedy that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad but at the same time alot of this episodes jokes just weren't as funny nor as clever as the ones seen the movies. Which is a shame because when this episode tells a really good joke you really do know about it in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this wasn't a bad episode to start this show on since it does explain alot of thing that fans like myself would point out and notice but at the same time you can quite clearly notice the dip in quality between this show and the movies in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about ll of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Back To The Future fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Monday, 27 March 2023

My Review Of The First Dozen Or So Dragonball Z TV Series Episodes

 


Dragonball Z is one of the most iconic anime out there with the anime often being the show that got other people into anime. Heck this is a show that i've wanted to do a review of for sometime but with the large amount of episodes with even Dragonball Z Kai having well over two hundred episodes doing a review of the series as a whole was always going to be out of the question whilst I was looking for an episodes of the show that was dubbed and that had Rock The Dragon as the opening theme song I came across something that I never knew existed and so then join me as I review the first dozen or so episodes of the TV show that got alot people into anime with the TV show in question being called simply just "Dragonball Z" enjoy.

The p;lot of these episodes is after his son is kidnapped Goku has to rescue his son and stop the earth from being invaded. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty not that bad with the plot being very entertaining as well as being quite engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in these episodes is Ian Corlett as Goku and Master Roshi , Saffron Henderson as Gohan and Brian Drummond as Vegeta and Yajirobe. Also starring in these episodes is Lalainia Lindbjerg as Bulma , Michael Dobson as Nappa and Kami , Jason Gray-Stanford as Raditz , I think Scott McNeil as Piccolo , Dale Wilson as Kami , Don Brown as King Kai , Laara Sadiq as Chi Chi , Ted Cole as Yamcha , Cathy Weseluck as Puar , Doc Harris as This Shows Narrator and Terry Klassen as Krillen.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty really good. With all of this shows cast members turning in some really good performances of course they have nothing on the main Funimation dub actors but this dub cast still did in some rather solid performances none the less.



Doing in the animation of all of these episodes is the legends and the greats that are currently Toei Animation. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty really good which isn't shocking at all as this franchise is known for having some really high quality animation.


There's one thing that this era of the show is known for and that's censorship which is something that is evident right from the first episode. It's also something that doesn't really show up all that much at least in these first batch of episodes but it's also something that's not really needed either since all they;d have to do is say that Master Roshi is drinking a non alcoholic drink instead of just recoloring his beer so that it looks like water and yet still keep the froth at the top which only makes it clear what the drink was original supposed to be.

Incase you haven't worked out by now just by who i've listed as starring in these episodes i'm doing this review based of off the The Ocean Dub of this show. Which lasted the first fifty or so episodes of the show before dubbing was fully taken over by Funimation I have to admit that having never heard the The Ocean dub before now having only grown up on the Funimation dub it was hard for me to get on board with this dub just because of the fact that those weren't the voices that I was used to hearing but once I got over at I stopped hearing the voices and started to hear the characters as the dubbing for these early episodes was still really well done which something that I really wasn't expecting to be the case at all.


One of these episodes try to have a deeply emotional moment which just doesn't work as it comes far to early into this shows run. As such we don't really know these characters just yet and while this show was both a sequel show and being adapted for a manga there was still alot of people who were watching this show that hadn't the original Dragonball and as such all of these characters would be brand new characters to them that said tho the fact that this show dared to tackle the subject of death so early on in it's run is a brave thing to do.

Now then all of these episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly two hours and thirty six minuets and two seconds. Which means that I watched at the very least seven episodes of this show I see no reason why this first disk had to be that long since you could have gotten more mileage out of it if you had it be one disk for one arc and not one disk for every two and a bit arcs of this show this also makes these episodes a chore to sit through just because watching a two and half hour almost three hour long anime is always going to be a really hard thing to sit through.


So now then since this is an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty really good. Which just like the animation isn't really all that new as this franchise is known for having some really good and exciting action and while the action would of course get better as the series goes on and so it's really nice to see that the action was still really good in these early episodes of the show in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall these first seven or so episodes aren't a bad way to start of this truly iconic franchise and it's a group of episodes that i;d recommend anybody watch even if it is just for the sake of nostalgia because they are still that darned good in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in these very episodes in this very review and as such that means that these very episodes earn themselves a grand total combined score of exactly an 8 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Dragonball fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful the official Dragonball fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the official Dragonball fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being really fairly freaking high in definition.