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Thursday, 4 May 2023

Star Wars Visions Volume 2 Review

 


Star Wars fans i'm currently writing this review on May 4th and to celebrate this day Disney have decided to release quite a few Star Wars content ranging from animated films to full fledged animated series. With one of those series being one that I was highly looking forward to and so then join me as I review the second season of the show that ditches the anime theming of it's first season for a world wide theming with the show in question being called simply just "Star Wars Visions" enjoy.

As with the first season this season of the show doesn't have a plot with each short film having it's own plot. Now then interms of what i personally thought / felt about the actual plots that are actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plots that are actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes were really good with episode two of this show having the best plot of this whole entire season in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this show is Úrsula Corberó as Lola , Luis Tosar as The Sith Master and Eva Whittaker as Daal. Also starring in this show is Alex Connolly as Baython , Noah Rafferty as Quinn , Molly McCann as Keena , The Addams Family star Anjelica Huston as Sith Mother , Niamh Moyles as Ghost , Valentina Muhr as Koten , Julia Oviedo as Tichina , Maxine Peake as Kalina Kalfus , Charithra Chandran as Annisoukaline Kalfus , Daisy Haggard as Dorota Van Reeple , Bebe Cave as Julan Van Reeple , Denis Lawson as Wedge Antilles , Ashley Park as Ara and Young Ara , Eugene Lee Yang as Toul , Daniel Dae Kim as Bichan , Camille Cottin as Loi’e , Lambert Wilson as Jon , Kaycie Chase as Hétis , Uraj Sharma as Charuk , Sonal Kaushal as Rani , Neeraj Kabi as An Inquisitor , Lillete Dubey as Rugal , Sahil Vaid as Maghadi and A Scavenger , Daveed Diggs as Crux , Anika Noni Rose as Eureka and Mother , Jordyn Curet as Livy , Mpilo Jantjie as Aau , Tumisho Masha as Abat , Cynthia Erivo as Kratu and Faith Baloyi as Attu.

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 the cast members for this season turning in some really good performances be they funny or just straight up dramatic each and every actors and actress that's starring in this season really did bring there A game acting wise.



Doing the animation for these episodes are El Guiri , Cartoon Saloon , Punkrobot , Aardman , Studio Mir , Studio La Cachette , 88 Pictures , D'Art Shtajio and Lucasfilm and Triggerfish. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these 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 episodes was in all honesty really good with all of the episodes animation that showcases why each studio was chosen and showcases alot of why and how these studios produce some really good animation in each of their outings.


This isn't really a spoiler but it's something that as a fan of Aardman that I really loved but in their episodes there's an easter egg relating to A Grand Day Out. Which I was not expecting but at the same time when I saw it I rewound the scene that it appears in just because it was so cool to see them reference something that alot of people might have forgotten about and it makes me wonder if there are more hidden easter eggs in their other films and TV shows as well just because it seems so out of place to include one in this short film and nothing else.

I will very much admit that unlike the first series batch of episodes the episodes in this series were for the most part very lackluster. With their being not that many strong or even memorable episodes this time around but when you compare that with the first series that had alot of memorable and strong episodes it makes me wonder why are the episodes in this series just not as good as the ideas that alot of this series shorts gives us are alot stronger then the ones in the first series but for some reason the episodes as a whole are better in the first series then they are in this series.


While alot of this seasons episodes are strikingly beautiful to look at alot of them are either a story about or involving a jedi or about or involving the sith. Which does get boring after a while as those stories all end with either that sith being defeated or that jedi recruiting someone new to join the jedi order and that's just not that interesting as to me the most interesting and the most fun stories to see in this show as a whole are the ones that dare to try and do something new and focus on people who perhaps wouldn't be given any screen time anywhere else.

Now then the longest episode of this season is episode five which has / had an grand total running time of exactly eighteen minuets and one second with the shortest episode of this season being episode four which has / had a grand total running time of exactly eleven minuets and thirty two seconds. With all of this seasons episodes not lasting over twenty minuets but I will admit that when you run into an episode that could have been longer you really do feel just like you do when you run into an episode that could have been shorter but I will admit that alot of these episode really do have some really good pacing to them tho.


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 show 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 show was in all honesty really cool. With this shows action being almost on par with the action that we get in the live action Star Wars movies with episode five having the best action just due to how well built up it's action is in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall while this isn't a bad season of the show it's quite clearly not as good as this shows first season was this is despite having alot of really good looking episodes and some interesting plots 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 very show in this very review and as such that means that this very season earns itself a really grand old score of exactly a 7.5 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 that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful the official Star Wars fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the official Star Wars fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Wednesday, 3 May 2023

Muppets Now: Sleep Mode Review

 


Muppets fans The Muppets are about a week away from launching their new show which might be the first Muppets show not to feature Kermit The Frog in it's main cast. However alot of people seem to have forgotten about the fact that there was another Muppets TV show that came out just a few short years ago and well then I thought that i'd take a look at one of those episodes right now and so then join me as I review the episode that does everything that it says on the tin with the episode in question being called simply just "Sleep Mode" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is after pulling an all nighter Scooter finds that he has just thirty minuets to  upload the sketches for The Muppets new show and so enlists the help of Animal to help him to stay awake. 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 as it was really very entertaining just seeing the amount of really creative and really very funny ways that Animal would try to keep Scooter from falling asleep in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Bill Barretta as Pepe The King Prawn , The Swedish Chef and Dr. Teeth and Dave Goelz as Dr. Bunsen Honeydew , Zoot and Chip. Also starring in this episode is Eric Jacobson as Animal and Miss Piggy , Peter Linz as Joe The Legal Weasel and Beepalyzer , David Rudman as Scooter , Beaker , Miss Poogy and Janice , Matt Vogel as Kermit The Frog , Uncle Deadly and Floyd Pepper , Julianne Buescher as Beverly Plume and Elena , Linda Cardellini as Herself , Taye Diggs as Himself , Giuseppe Losavio as Himself and Aubrey Plaza as Herself.

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 all of the Muppet performers turning in some really good performances which is to be expected as alot of them have been playing there respective characters for decades at this point and so they would now how best to perform that character in any given situation.



I really do like the idea of The Muppets doing what can only be described as The Muppet Show but if it was made for Youtube. Which really is a good idea because it's a great way of modernizing the variety show concept whilst at the same time keeping The Muppets as true to who they are as is humanly possible my only real issue with the concept is that they don't take full advantage not just in this episode but in any episode which is a shame because the idea itself opens itself up to alot of really cool ideas for both jokes and stories.


I really liked the fact that alot of the segments that each Muppet characters hosts feels true to who they are as a character like The Swedish Chief hosting a cooking show or Miss Piggy hosting a lifestyle show. My only real gripe is that alot of the segments especially is this episode have storylines in them that go nowhere like for example in the one with Dr. Bunsen and Beaker where they find there old computer who has become very depressed and yet the segment does nothing with this storyline heck they don't even end the segment with a joke and that's true for alot of the segments in this episode where they just end in a way that really does feel rather unnatural.

As much as I really enjoyed the scenes with Scooter and Animal I really do think that those scenes could have been done better. Just by expanding upon them which would in turn allows us to find out why Scooter has been awake for thirty six hours straight but at the same time given that this show and this episode is meant to be a long Youtube video by expanding upon the wraparound scenes it would mean taking time away from the segments which would in turn only serve to hurt the episode as a whole.


As with alot of new Muppets shows we get a new Muppet in the case of this show it was Joe The Legal Weasel. Who I just loved and the fact that he was in this episode only made the episode even better for as he was genuinely entertaining and I hope that he shows up in future Muppets projects just because there are alot of jokes that you could get out of this one character and he really did make what was a rather dull episode seem all the more brighter just because of how entertaining this characters really was.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty two minuets and thirty seven seconds. Which while that is the bog standard running time for this show to have it's still a bit of long running as this show is just basically repeating itself and there's only so many times that you can see the same joke with the same characters happen over and over again before it starts to get boring which in the case of this episode was really quick and as such this whole show would have been served if it's segments where instead a series of Youtube videos but I will admit that this episode had some decent pacing to it tho.


So now then this is a comedy show 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. As this episode did have some pretty funny moments in it like anything with The Swedish Chief for example but for every good joke that this episode tells it very quickly follows it up with two or perhaps even three really bad ones in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall I can see why alot of people have forgotten about Muppets Now and I will admit that this was a decent episode of what was otherwise a pretty forgettable show 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 Disney fandom wiki page and the official The Muppets fandom wiki page. With the website that I personally recommend using to get the actual images frim this special being the official The Muppets fandom wiki page this is simply because nearly all of the images that are featured and are thus up and on the official The Muppets fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being very fairly high in definition.

Tuesday, 2 May 2023

Star Wars Visions: The Twins Review

 


Star Wars fans we are now just a few very short days away from Lucasfilm debuting the latest of season of the show that really did take alot of people by surprise. It's just a shame that the second season of this show isn't going to be anime focused but this gave me the chance to revisit one of the episodes from the shows first season and so then join me as I review the episode that doesn't have that many characters in it with the episode in question being called simply just "The Twins" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when he discovers that his sister will die soon sith Karre sets out on a mission to stop his fellow sith sister from being killed. 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 with this episodes plot being really very engaging and as well as being really quite very entertaining as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is How I Met Your Mother , Starship Troopers , The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent , The Matrix Resurrections and Doogie Howser, M.D. star Neil Patrick Harris as Karre and Scream 4 , The Lego Movie , The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part , Community and GLOW star Alison Brie as Am. Also starring in this episode is Jonathan Lipow as B-2ON , T-Imperial Crew and T-Stormtroopers and Marc Thompson as T-Stormtrooper.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the 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. I sat this because while the acting that we got in this episode was very serviceable I also felt that this episodes cast were very miscast with Neil Patrick Harris being a prime example of this as even tho he's a great actor he's just not right for this kind of action hero type of role and the same thing goes for Alison Brie as well.



Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Studio Trigger. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual 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 as it was really good but at the same time it felt like Trigger was really holding back on what they can do.


For me the highlight of this episode was seeing the relationship between Karre and AM which to me was really interesting. As in all of Star Wars media I don;t think that we've seen twins that are born as Sith before now and so seeing there relationship play out knowing that the sister is basically pure evil was really fascinating and it's just a shame that the episode really doesn't take the time to delve into their relationship as you could have gotten some very interesting between the two characters which would have added to the episodes overall quality.

This episode as with maybe "The Duel" is a short film that I would have liked to have seen turned into a full anime series. Just because there's so much potential their with the story to give us something that we haven't seen done in Star Wars before now and given just how this episode ends it very much felt like that they could do more adventures with these characters and the fact that Disney and Lucasfilm really haven't done anything with these characters yet they give The Duel both a novel and a comic book just doesn't make sense to me as this is the story that has alot more potential to be a great anime series.


What I really didn't like about this episode is the fact that none of the lead characters felt that fully formed. As we don't get to really find out anything about either main character which is kind of understandable as this is an anthology series but at the same time this is the only chance that we're getting to see these characters and yet they come across as boring one dimensional characters which does make it hard to route for them which is a shame because these characters have the potential to be some really good characters.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly sixteen minuets and fifty seconds. Which was a bit on the short side for me just because I felt that you very easily could have stretched this story out to thirty minuets which by doing so would then allow the makers of this episode to fully develop it's characters alot more and would also the makers of this episode to fully flesh out it's story as well but I will however that while this episode does have bad pacing in some parts it does have some decent pacing in other parts of this episode.


So now then since this is an action show that means 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. As this episode really does give us a unique setting for an action sequence that being the out of a Star Destroyer which was something that I really did like even tho it really had me wondering how in the heck these two characters are actually breathing in outer space but it was still a really cool setting tho for an action scene in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this was a really good episode that got me excited for season 2 of this show even if it because I get to see some new Aardman Animations and Cartoon Saloon work and this still a really 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 this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 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 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.

Sunday, 30 April 2023

Extreme Ghostbusters "Darkness At Noon Parts One And Two" Review


The Ghostbusters franchise is one that's seeing a bit of resurgence in popularity in more recent years with the hit film Ghostbusters: Afterlife spawning a currently filming sequel. However that wasn't always the case tho as in the mid to late nineties the franchise was as good as dead but there was one TV show that dared to bring the franchise back from the dead and so then join me as I review the first two episodes of the show that joined in every nineties crazy by being labelled extreme with the both of the episodes in question both being called simply just "Darkness At Noon" enjoy.

The plot of these episodes is years after the Ghostbusters went out of business due to their being no ghost Egon suddenly discovers a new ghost is haunting New York and so a new team is needed to bust this ghost once and for all. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these 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 but at the same time it was a little bit on the thin side tho in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in these episodes is Susan Tyrrell as Achira , Jason Marsden as Garrett Miller and Voice acting legend Tara Strong as Kylie Griffin. Also starring in these episodes is Rino Romano as Eduardo Rivera , The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air star Alfonso Ribeiro as Roland Jackson , Voice acting legend Maurice LaMarche as Egon Spengler , Pat Musick as Janine Melnitz and Voice acting legend Billy West as Slimer.

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 not that bad. With all of the cast members from this show turning in some good performances which really shouldn't be all that much of a surprise as this show's cast is mostly made up up voice acting legends.



Doing the animation for these episodes is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Koko Enterprise Company, Ltd. 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 bot that bad as the characters do have some nice movement to them and the backgrounds where nice but for some strange reason episode two is mostly colored either all blue , brown or purple which was very distracting and really annoying.


For that one person that loved Ghostbusters 2016 this show is a good example of how to write an actually good female character. As the character of Kylie is written as a character who is not only respectful of Ghostbusters past but she actually has flaws and it's those flaws that get her into live threatening danger in these first two episodes and seeing her overcome these flaws makes her more of a relatable character and is quite easily one of the best new characters that this franchise has introduced it's really just a shame then that she's largely been forgotten about over time.

For those of you that don't know this show s a sequel to The Real Ghostbusters and the first episode of this show does a decent job of telling us where three of that shows main characters are in their lives. However I would have liked it if we got to see the original Ghostbusters just because that's who the fans of this franchise are coming to see and while we do get to them later on in the show you very easily could have had them appear in the cold open for episode one of this show with the cold open being a flashback just to show that Egon still thinks about his old friends. 


To me there was a lost opportunity to have a long running story arc as you very easily could have a season long story arc with Egon trying to recover from his ghost illness. Heck you very easily could have stretched it out to the whole of New York City with the city not really trusting the Ghostbusters as they'd have no real reason to until we get to the finale where the city eventually trusts this new Ghostbusters team and Egon and the rest of the city recover from their disease this also would have given Kylie some more character development as it was she that attacked several people while she was possessed and it would have given the team a chance to see what it like when the city that your trying to protect doesn't fully trust you.

Now then these episodes has / had a combined grand total running time of exactly forty one minuets and nine seconds. With this story being two episodes which I believe was longer then what was originally planned as this was originally meant to be one episode but episode one ran longer then they thought and so they made it into a two part episode but this episode should have been three episodes just because of how much it has to set up and because of this short running time it means that alot of stuff like most of the characters personalities get's left on the cutting room floor but I will however admit that these episodes really did have some really good pacing to them.


So now then since that is a comedy and there is some comedy in these very episodes that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy 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 comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty not that bad. Altho I will admit that these episodes have alot more bad jokes in them then they do good jokes in them in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall as sad as it is to say I can see why this show has become forgotten about as this show and these first two episodes are very forgettable episodes which is a shame because they are some really good episodes 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 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 a 7 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 Ghostbusters 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 Ghostbusters fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the official Ghostbusters fandom wiki page  are all fairly high in quality and as well as being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Saturday, 29 April 2023

Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation "East Meets West" Review

 


By the time of the mid to late nineteen nineties the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had become a pop culture icon that had conquered the worlds of animation and live action cinema.  However there was one world that they had yet to conquer and that's where Power Rangers co-creator Haim Saban comes in because he created a show that was so bad it's barely talked about any more and so then join me as I review the first five episodes of the show that introduced the world to a brand new turtle with the episodes in question being called simply just "East Meets West" enjoy.

The plot of these first five episodes is when Master Splinter is kidnapped in a spirit world it's up to the turtles and their previously unheard of sister to save him 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 these very first 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 first episodes was in all honesty not that bad altho it's not a story that really needs five episodes in order to tell it in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 


Starring in these episodes is Dale Wilson as The Voice Of Chung I and Jason Gray-Stanford as The Voice Of Donatello. Also starring in these episodes is X-Men: Evolution star Michael Dobson as The Voice Of Leonardo , Kirby Morrow as The Voice Of  Michelangelo , Patrick Pon as The Shredder , Stephen Mendel as The Voice Of Master Splinter , Matt Hill as The Voice Of Raphael ,  Lalainia Lindbjerg as The Voice Of Venus De Milo , Christopher Gaze as The Voice Of Dragonlord and Lee Tockar as The Voice Of Wick.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these first 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 episodes was in all honesty not that bad. However it wasn't all that good either as these characters are so badly written that it makes it impossible for the actors to turn in a good a performance because of the fact that the script for these very first episodes are just that bad.


Doing the CGI for this show and thus these episodes is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Prospero Imaging. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty not that bad. However tho it's also very clearly dated quite badly as well this is of no fault of the effects company tho as they most likely didn't have the effects budget needed to make the CGI look all that good.


As was stated at the start of this review this is the show that introduced the world to the character of Venus De Milo a character so bad that TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman at one point in time refused to even talk about the character. I have to admit that she wan't as bad as i'd thought that she would be in these opening episodes but she was still a pretty pointless edition to the main cast as her origin just makes Splinter look like a bad parent and it makes no sense as to why the turtles wouldn't remember a fifth turtle being with them when they got mutated.

The idea behind Venus isn't a bad idea as she knows a different form martial art and so she could make for an interesting edition to the line up. However tho it's how she's handled in the first two episodes of this show that get her of to a bad foot as she's immediately made out to be this perfect character with her taking out all four Ninja Turtles on her own and when you present a character as flawless no matter if their male or female then they have no where to go but down because you can't fully develop them or give them flaws because you've made them out to be this perfect character and that's just not that fun nor is it really all that interesting to see on screen either. 


It's not all bad for this show tho as the turtle suits do look good or they at the very least look alot better then the suits that we got for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Coming Out Of Our Shells tour. I have to admit that they did Splinter dirty in this show tho as he just looks like a cheap halloween costume with his mouth being the only, thing about his costume that actually works as his eyes just make him look dead inside and why they chose to give the turtles matching coloured knee and elbow pads is beyond me as it just stupid.

Now then these first five episodes has / had an exact grand total running time of twenty minuets and twenty seven seconds for episode one , nineteen minuets and forty six seconds for episode two , sixteen minuets and twenty four seconds for episode three , nineteen minuets and fifty three seconds for episode four and twenty minuets and seven seconds for episode five. I have to admit that despite the many issues that these episodes have they all had some really good paving to each of the episodes altho this storyline really didn't need to be five episodes long as they get Splinter back by the end of episode three.


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 not that bad. Altho I could have done without all of the cutting away just as the action got started and all of the cartoonish sound effects that are in every single action scene and are just really annoying and aren't needed at all in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall these first episodes were pretty bad but at the same time there was a glimmer of potential it's just a shame then that that potential just wasn't fully realized at all 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 really does earn themselves a combined grand old score of exactly a 4 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 Power Rangers fandom wiki page , the official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 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 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Wednesday, 26 April 2023

Worzel Gummidge "The Crowman" Review

 


I don't really think that I need to tell you just how much that I love this show because I think that by now it should be pretty obvious.Heck I love this show much that I actively look forward to watching and then reviewing an episode of this show because of the of act that this show is just a pure joy to watch and it never fails to make me smile and so the join me as I review that really doesn't live up to it's name with the episode in question being called simply just "The Crowman" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton asks The Crowman to make her a decorative Scarecrow Worzel then asks his creator to make him a handsome head. 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 with this episodes plot being pretty thin but also being really entertaining as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is of course 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 , Megs Jenkins as Mrs. Braithwaite , Carry On franchise star Joan Sims as Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton and Last Of The Summer Wine star Sarah Thomas as Enid The Maid.

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 is really nothing new for this show as the acting in every single of this episode is just that good with every single cast member turning in some truly great performances all of which is helped by this episodes script which while not as good as the script for the other episodes is still a really good script.



For an episode that's titles The Crowman The Crowman himself actually doesn't appear all that much in the episode. Which is a shame because when he does appear in the episode we do get some truly wonderful scenes and heck the idea of him of building a scarecrow from scratch is a really good idea and it's one that could have been the focus of the episode but as it is he feels alot more like a side character when if anything this is an episode when he really should have been the main character in the episode.


This is also the episode where The Crowman finds out that Worzel has been walking and talking infront John and Sue. This was something that I often wondered about as i've seen clips on Youtube from what are later episodes and he knows that John and Sue are friends of Worzel's and so it was nice to see which episode he found out that bit of information from my only real issue is since we know that The Crowman has ways of finding out things from i'm guessing his birds then he would already know what Worzel has been up to.

I really did like that we got to see more of a father and son dynamic between Worzel and The Crowman which is something that suits those characters perfectly. As it does oddly make sense for them to have that kind of a relationship as The Crowman did make Worzel and so in a roundabout way he is the father of Worzel and to see that play out in this episode as was seeing him strongly erge Worzel not have a handsome head as he knows that that won;t fix anything but still allows him to have one so that he can learn from his mistake.


Speaking of the handsome head this episodes lesson is one that we could all do with relearning as the lesson is if you want to be treated fairly and kindly by others then you yourself have to be kind to them. However while this is a great message and one that's more relevant now thanks to websites such as Twitter it's one that gets lost in the third act as when Worzel does go around acting nice to people around the village he gets viciously and violently beheaded and dismembered and so it kind of sends a mixed message on what the actual lesson of the episode is and yes I know that Worzel was horrible to the person that attacked him at the start of the episode but it doesn't change the fact that going of off what The Crowman said then Worzel shouldn't have been attacked as that made the evil and scary female scarecrow seem ugly on the inside.

Now then I cannot for the absolutely life of me remember whatever this episodes running time was I do know that for a fact hat this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of roughly twenty four minuets. Which I felt was a bit short for this episode as there was more then enough story there to cover something that's more closer to thirty minuets as all you'd have to do is just expand on the story and add in more scenes with The Crowman and that's it but I will admit that this episode does have some really good pacing to it.


So now then since this is a comedy 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 as there was some decent jokes in this episode. The issue is tho that there was alot more bad jokes in this episode then there was good jokes which is a shame because when this episode tells a good joke you really do know it in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.



Overall this episode was one that's full of wasted potential as it had the potential to be one of the best of this first series and yet for one reason or another it just couldn't live up to that potential 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 7.5 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.

Saturday, 22 April 2023

Justice League X RWBY Super Heroes & Huntsmen Part One Film SPOILER FREE Film Review

 


Crossovers are nothing new as they've been around for a very long time however it's usually best to do a crossover when both properties are still culturally relevant. This isn't the case for this crossover tho as RWBY has been relevant for years now and so doing a crossover featuring those characters doesn't make sense neither does it make sense to have the other half of the crossover feature the Justice League who very sadly also haven't been relevant for some time and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FREE of the film that has one mouthful of a title with the film in question being called simply just "Justice League X RWBY Super Heroes & Huntsmen Part One".

The plot of this film is the Justice League find themselves transported to the world of Remnant where they are transformed back into teenagers and so with the help of some of the heroes of Remnant the Justice league have to find a way back to their own world before it's far to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featuring / Presented to us in this very film 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 film was in all honesty rather thin at best which is understandable since this is only the first part of a two part film but it's still something that's a major issue with this film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this film is Lindsay Jones as Ruby Rose and Chandler Riggs as Clark Kent / Kal-El / Superman. Also starring in this film is Kara Eberle as Weiss Schnee , Arryn Zech as Blake Belladonna , Nat Wolff as Bruce Wayne / Batman , Natalie Alyn Lind as Diana Prince /  Wonder Woman , Barbara Dunkelman as Yang Xiao Long , David Errigo, Jr. as Barry Allen / The Flash , Miles Luna as Jaune Arc , Jeannie Tirado as Jessica Cruz / Green Lantern , Jen Brown as Pyrrha Nikos , Tru Valentino as Victor Stone / Cyborg , Samantha Ireland as Nora Valkyrie , Ozioma Akagha as Vixen , Neath Oum as Lie Ren , Shannon McCormick as Professor Ozpin , Aaron Dismuke as Oscar Pine , Tiana Camacho as Glynda Goodwitch , Jason Douglas as Jacques Schnee and Tara Platt as Kali Belladonna.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film 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 film was in all honesty not that bad. With this films cast doing their absolute best to make this films script work for them however this films script just doesn't give the cast anything to work with interms of what their characters respective personalities even are and so this films cast just can;t turn in that great of a performance because this films script just won;t allow for it.



Doing the animation for this film is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Rooster Teeth who of course also do the animation for the RWBY web series as well. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film 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 film was OK at best as even tho this films animation is good for a RWBY product it's still very cheap looking and very uninspired with the backgrounds just looking generic.


Out of all the crossovers that DC have done recently this one seems the most weird and out their as RWBY doesn't have that large of a fanbase and doesn't leave alot of room for new and fun combinations. Now contrast this with Batman VS Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with the TMNT still having a very large and dedicated fanbase to this day an the fact that that film gave us alot of fun combinations it makes this film feel more like a soulless cash grab then it already is as the only reason that I can think of to make this film is the fact that they did a crossover comic in 2021 called RWBY X Justice League and another one just this year which is called simply just DC/RWBY neither of which have their story adapted for this film.

This movie does have a strong anime influence which from what little I remember of RWBY is very in touch with that show and with that franchise. With that being said however it doesn't work with the DC characters as having them do a joke that you'd only see in an anime just looks weird coming from Wonder Woman or having any of the DC characters pull an expression that would only be done in an anime just doesn't work with those characters because those characters wouldn't act like their in an anime where as the characters in RWBY would act like their in an anime and so then it works so much more better with those characters then it does the DC characters because the RWBY characters are designed like that and that's really not the case for the DC characters. 


For some strange reason even tho is the first part of a two part film Part Two hasn't even been announced yet. Which given how this film ends it makes me wonder if it was even planned to make this film a two part film or if there just making Part Two up as they go along as they wouldn't end this film they way that they do if they already had Part Two in the can and good to go and if this was planned to be a two part film I have to wonder why they ended this film the way that they did as this film wraps everything up pretty nicely by the end of it.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and twenty minuets and two seconds. Which even for these direct to DVD animated DC movies is such a short amount of time even more so when you take into account that more then half of the people ho will be watching this movie would most likely have never even seen RWBY and the other half would have most likely not read anything from DC in years and so you'd basically have to introduce both sets of characters and the world of Remnant and still tell a good story and you just can't do that with this short of a running time and having a longer running time would also help with this films pretty bad pacing which rages from being super slow to being super fast all in the exact same scene.


So now then since this is an action film that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film 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 film was in all honesty not that bad. Which given that this film is directed by someone who's mostly known for working on RWBY is to be expected and it was fun seeing these characters team up in action sequences I just wish that we got alot more action scenes as the ones that we got were really fun and exciting to see in the film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this is a crossover which will most likely not please that many people but I hope that i'm wrong as there are some really fun things to be found in this very film 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 film in this very review and as such that means that this very film 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 RWBY fandom wiki page and the official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom wiki page. 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 RWBY fandom wiki page simply just due to the fact that alot of the images that are featured / up and on the official RWBY fandom wiki page are all really fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.