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Friday, 7 July 2023

My First Impressions Of The My Adventures With Superman TV Series

 


After two long years of waiting the newest solo animated Superman TV show is now finally with us well I have some thought about it. This is a show that alot of people were somewhat excited for back when it was first announced all the way back in 2021 however we then heard nothing for two years and then suddenly we got a trailer and well the show is now finally here with it's first episodes having just been released and so then join me as I give you my first impressions that really is airing on the really wrong network with the show in question being called simply just "My Adventures With Superman" enjoy.

The pot of these first two episodes is when a bunch of robots go missing it's up to interns Lois Lane , Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen to convince their boss Perry White to break the story. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually plot 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 plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty really not all that bad with the overall plot being rather fun and as well as being really entertaining and engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.



Starring in these first two episodes are Jack Quaid as Clark Kent / Kal-El / Superman and Alice Lee as Lois Lane. Also starring in these first two episodes is Ishmel Sahid as Jimmy Olsen , Darrell Brown as Perry White[ , Chris Parnell as Slade Wilson / Deathstroke , Reid Scott as Jonathan Kent , Kari Wahlgren as Martha Kent and Young Clark Kent , Zehra Fazal as Leslie Willis / Livewire and Jason Marnocha as Jor-El.

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 alot better then what I thought that it would be. As K really haven't seen any of this shows cast apart from one or two cast members and so I ad no idea what to expect from this show acting wise and so I was shocked to see some pretty good acting in these first two episodes.



Doing the animation for this show and these episodes is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Studio Mir. 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 pretty good for the most part as the animation does seem rather choppy in certain parts of episode one which really does bring down the overall quality of the animation that we got in these first two episodes.


What was truly shocking to me was the fact that this show is the first solo Superman animated series since Superman: The Animated Series. Which is odd because Batman gets one every couple of years and is due to get another one at some point this year which makes me wonder why Superman hasn't gotten more animated solo shows as if you give him the right creative team you can tell alot of really great stories with this character and yet due to DC not giving him a solo animated series for twenty years just shows that they really don't know what to do with this really truly iconic character animation wise.

As you can no doubt work out from the above pictures this show foes have a very heavily influence from anime. Which given that this show is being animated by Studio Mir isn't that surprising and you can tell right from the first scene of episode one that this show is rooted deep with anime influences from the animation style all the way to something that happens in episode two which is very quite clearly inspired by various magical girl anime and heck the characters even have huge eyes just like characters do in various anime shows and movies.


I'm not going to lie and say that these first two episodes are perfect because there not as the first episode in particular feels alot ore like a Lois Lane show that it does a Superman show. Which was something that I didn't like as it made Superman feel alot more like a side character in his own show and heck even the fact that this is on Adult Swim is an issue as there's no reason as to why this show should be on a network that was created exclusively for adults and they even somewhat butchered Superman's origin and I say somewhat because they don't really get into that much backstory and so they could fix those issues later on.

Now then both of these episode has / had an exact grand total running time of no longer then twenty two minuets. Which is a great running time for both of these episode to have altho I would have preferred it if this was released as an hour long special episode as that would have allowed the show to have one plot line running through both episodes instead of having two episodes that are very weakly linked together and with that extra running time both Lois and Jimmy would able to be fully developed more as characters as in these first two episodes they aren't really given much screen time to be fully fleshed out but I will very gladly admit tho that both of thee episodes do have some really good pacing to both of them tho.


So now then as 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 first two 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 first two episodes was in all honesty pretty average. As there's nothing that really makes the action in these first two episodes really stand out and as such the action in these first two episodes while impressive to look at is still pretty boring and really pretty lifeless in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this doesn't like that bad of a show does it deserve all of the praise that it's currently getting online no but it also doesn't deserve all of the hate that it's getting online either 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 online and then i'll give this a show review and a rating as well.

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 the images that I personally used in this very post from the official DC Database 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 on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Wednesday, 5 July 2023

Worzel Gummidge "Aunt Sally" Review

 


I think that i've made my love of Worzel Gummidge quite clear at this point so much so that I actively look forward to talking about the show. Even tho i've made me hatred of a certain character being really over used in this show later season that wasn't always the case as for the shows first two series this character would only show up a few times per series and well this is the episode that introduces that character and so then join me as I review the episode that introduces an iconic Worzel Gummidge character with the episode being called simply just "Aunt Sally" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when Worzel goes to the local village fair where he meets someone who he wants to be his intended. 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 really good as it was a rather simple plot which for is the type of plot that works best for this show as this show really is all about having simply plots for it's episoes in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Jon Pertwee as Worzel Gummidge , Una Stubbs as Aunt Sally and Joan Sims as Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton. Also starring in this episode is Jeremy Austin as John Peters , Charlotte Coleman as Sue Peters , Mike Berry as Mr. Peters , Norman Bird as Mr. Braithwaite , Laura Graham as Miss Lewisham , Megs Jenkins as Mrs. Braithwaite , Norman Mitchell as P.C. Parsons and Michael Ripper as Mr. Shepherd.

Now then inters 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 something that's to be expected from this show has some really good acting within and alot of that comes down to the fact that this show is not only made up of some really good actors and actresses but also because of the fact that the scripts for this show are so good and so all the cast have to do is just say the lines as they are written and good performances will come out of all of them very naturally.



As mentioned at the very start of the review this is the first episode to feature the Aunt Sally who in this episode I really did like quite alot. This was something that I wasn't expecting to be the case as due to the character being overused in the shows fourth and final series I grew to really hate her as alot of her stories all just ended the exact same way and so then to see an Aunt Sally story that not only doesn't end the same way that alot of her stories tend to end but to also see that Worzel isn't as loved up was really shocking. 


Again what was really surprising to me was the fact that the Aunt Sally that we got in this episode seemed alot more tamer then the one that we got in the rest of the show. Yes she is still cruel to Worzel but we also get a scene where she does seriously considering staying with Worzel and is something that we never got in the later episodes which is a shame because it shows that the character did start of from a place where she could learn from her past experiences and grow as a character but for some reason that's not the approach that the makers of the show chose to take this character in.

What really caught me of guard is that it's Jon who gives Worzel the idea to go to the fair in a disguise of sorts. This really did catch me of guard as for the last two episodes he's the one that's telling Sue that Worzel is trouble maker and heck he even as says as such at the end of the shows first episode and so to see him be the one that gives Worzel not only the idea but the means to go dressed in someone else's clothes just didn't gel with the character that we'd seen in the past two episodes which is a shame because it is nice to see him acting more like a friend to Worzel it just doesn't really seem in his character to do so.


There is one shot in this whole entire episode that I have no idea how they filmed it and that's the scene where we first see Aunt Sally go from her doll form to her human form. This is why I wish that they included a DVD commentary for this episode as it would hopefully have answered that question as the shot starts of with the doll version off Aunt Sally upside down and then when Worzel puts her the right way up she transforms into her human form now obviously your not going to have your actresses hanging upside down for any period of time which really does make me wonder how that shot was accomplished.

Now then I cannot for the absolutely life of me remember whatever this episodes grand total running time even was but I do know that for a fact that this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of roughly twenty four minuets. Which is pretty much the bog standard running time for this show to have and to this episodes credit it has more then enough there interms of both plot and story and as such this episode didn't really need to be that long and while I would have liked it if this episode was longer just so we could see more of Worzel and Aunt Sally together that would have thrown this episodes truly wonderful pacing of.


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 this episode having quite alot of some very genuine laugh out loud moments with all of this jokes landing and there being very few if any bad jokes in this episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this episode and heck this whole entire first series for that matter is a great example of what this show can be like when it at's it's best and the fact that Jon Pertwee's acting is so good in this episodes heartbreaking finale just goes to show you just how good of an actor he well and truly was 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 9 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 on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Tuesday, 4 July 2023

Bewitched: I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha Review

 


Supernatural comedies are a very rare thing to find indeed but in the sixties we had quite a few of them on TV. Well I thought that i'd take a look at the debut episode of what is perhaps the most well known supernatural comedy out there just because the show itself is very vastly approaching it's forty ninth birthday and so then join me as I review the episode that really did introduce the world to a really likable witch with the episode in question being called simply just "I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha" enjoy.

The plot of this episode while on his honeymoon regular human Darrin discovers that his new wife Samantha is hiding something from him. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this 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 a rather simple plot that was very easy to follow along with as well as being both really engaging and very entertaing as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stephens and Dick York as Darrin Stephens. Also starring in this episode is Agnes Moorehead as Endora , Gene Blakely as Dave , Lindsay Workman as Doctor Koblin , Paul Barselow as Bartender Al , Nancy Kovack as Sheila Sommers , John Graham as Man Speaking With Samantha At The Dinner Table , Bryan O'Byrne as The Hotel Desk Clerk and José Ferrer as The Narrator.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about 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 alot better then what I thought that it would be. As the acting in alot of debut episodes usually isn't that good as the cast are still getting used to each other and are still trying to find their characters and as such to see good acting in this episode was really well and truly surprising to me.


Very sadly you can't watch this episode as it was originally intended to be seen as all of season 1 and season 2 were shot in black in white and have all since been colorized. I'm not against shows originally made in black and white being colorized but by doing that and not giving people the chance to see the episode as it was originally shot is were I take issue because it says that the black and white version of the episode should be lost to the sands of time and yet by turning these black and white episodes into color the show and the episode loses something that would have been present in the black and white version of the episode. 


What I really liked about this episode is just how likable Darrin and Samantha are which was something that I wasn't expecting to be the case. As this was the shows first episode it would have been understandable to make one of the two characters fairly unlikable to begin with but it seems that the hows writer and creator Sol Saks understood that you need to make these characters actually likable characters if you really want us the audience to spend twenty plus minuets watching them in this very episode.

In a rather understandable move I didn't really buy into the romance between Darrin and Samantha which would usually be a bad thing. However in this case it is slightly understandable as the episode isn't that long and so they really can't afford to spend alot of time in setting up their romance and making it believable especially as this is the first episode of a TV show and so they have over twenty plus episodes in this shows first season to make their relationship and marriage seem fully believable and while that is something that should have been done in this episode given this episodes shorter running time and the nature of sitcoms in general it's fully understandable as to why they didn't do it in this first episode of the show. 


I don't know why they ran with a someone tries to break up their marriage plot line for the shows first  episode. As that type of plot line would be much more better served for being a later episode in this shows run as here we don't really know these characters and so putting them in that kind of a situation just won't work as we're not really given a reason to want to see these characters succeed and while this episode does give us a good villain in Sheila Sommers we don't really get to find out why she's trying to break up their marriage which is a shame because she is a rather fun and often times funny character in this episode.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty five minuets and fifty one seconds. Which for this episode is a pretty solid running time bearing in mind that this is the first episode of a TV show and some things like character personalities don't have to be laid out in the first episode as they have well over twenty plus episodes in this shows first season to get the characters personalities across to the viewers and this episode really is helped by the fact that it has some really god pacing to it as well.


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. While this episode does have some pretty bad jokes in it those are very few and far between with the episode featuring more good jokes then bad jokes in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this was a rather solid to what be a truly iconic sitcom that is still being referenced as 2021 thanks tom Wandavision which just goes to show you just how good this episode was and how good this show was 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 episode in this very review and as such that really does mean 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 Amazon . Co . Uk , the official Bewitched fandom wiki page , 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, 1 July 2023

Kim Possible "Crush" Review

 


Disney have alot of really good TV shows on their however what alot of you might nit realise is back in the early 2000's Disney had sixty five episode limit rule on all shows. Well there was a few shows that broke that rule because of how popular they were and i'm going to talk about one of them today and o then join me as I review an episode of the show that has such a good theme song and intro sequence to it with the show it self being Kim Possible and the episode in question being called simply just "Crush" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when the evil Dr. Drakken launches his latest evil scheme to take over the world using giant robot it's up to Kim Possible to stop[ 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 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 rather enjoyable and was also just as fun as you'd expect from a Kim Possible episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Christy Carlson Romano as Kim Possible , Will Friedle as Ron Stoppable and Nancy Cartwright as Rufus. Also starring in this episode is Tahj Mowry as Wade , Dan Castellaneta as Drakken's Henchmen , Gary Cole as Dr. James Possible , John DiMaggio as Dr. Drakken and Henrich , Shaun Fleming as Jim & Tim Possible , Breckin Meyer as Josh Mankey , Roz Ryan as Wade's Mom , Jean Smart as Dr. Ann Possible , Kirsten Storms as Bonnie Rockwaller , Tara Strong as Britina , Kyoko Yoshiko and A Robot and Nicole Sullivan as Shego and The Computer Voice.

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 really isn't all that surprising given just how good that this voice cast is and what really does help is that all of these characters are so well cast so much so that it's hard to picture anybody voicing these characters.



Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Rough Draft Korea. 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 alot better then what I remember it being with this episodes animation also being alot better then what it really had any right to be as the episode that got in this episode was well and truly that good.


I have to admit that I really hated the romance angle in this episode and while yes I do that Kim Possible did deal with real life teen issues. The issue I had with the romance is that the Josh character has no personality to speak of and so he just comes across as being rather bland and wooden and that's not to mention the fact that he and Kim not only don't spend alot of time together in this episode but they also have no chemistry together which makes me wonder why the makers of this show chose to give with this episode for there series premier or even both including this episode at all as the romance subplot does bring the episode down by really quite a lot.

Speaking of Kim she really is a good example of a strong female character as she's not only a very relatable character that alot of teens can relate to. She also has a personality and flaws that she frequently has to over come in order to beat the bad guy of the week and while this episode isn't perhaps the strongest example of giving Kim flaws it does lay down the ground work for whats to come like showing how she can be pretty vain and to contrast that we also see how strong her friendship is Ron all of which of along way to making her a really strong female character.


While this is an action show it's also a comedy and I have to admit that I really liked the comedy that we got in this episode As alot of this episodes comedy was really funny with alot of the recurring jokes that you remember from this show starting in this episode with perhaps the best joke with the benefit of hindsight being the fact that Kim can just get people tom give her lifts to her missions for no reason which is just so funny because it makes you wonder what it was she actually did to make them feel like the owe her one and it's just a pretty funny recurring joke in general.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty two minuets and forty seven seconds. Which if memory serves me correctly is pretty much the bog standard running time for alot of Disney Channels shows and to this episodes credit it does make the most that it possibly can do with that running time but I would have liked it if this episode was a tad bit longer just so they could fully flesh out all of the episodes characters and I will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it as well.


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 really good. With this episodes action being really good and really impressive given that this is a TV show and heck i'd recommend this episode and this show just for the action alone just because the action in this episode is well and truly that good in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall romance subplot aside this was a really good episode to start this truly iconic show off of with as it gives you everything that you expect from an episode of this show and this episode still holds up all these later 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 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 boy 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 Kim Possible fandom wiki page and the official Disney fandom wiki page. 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 Disney fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the official Disney fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.

Wednesday, 28 June 2023

Gargoyles The Movie: The Heroes Awaken Film Review

 


You'd be forgiven if you only thought that Disney released direct to VHS animated sequels as that is what is most commonly known. However what if I were to tell you that they also released reedited versions of certain episodes from certain TV shows and released them as movie straight to VHS well that was also the case with the film that i'm about to review for you all today and so then join me as I review the film that is just five episodes edited together with the film in question being called simply just "Gargoyles The Movie: The Heroes Awaken" enjoy.

The plot is a thousand years after they are cursed to remain as stone a group of Gargoyles are tasked with finding some computer disks. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot 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 plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad altho the plot is also rather thin at best in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 


Starring in this film is Keith David as Goliath , Thom Adcox Hernandez as Lexington and Edward Asner as Hudson. Also starring in this film is Jeff Bennett as Brooklyn , Magus and Owen , Clancy Brown as Hakon , J. D. Daniels as Tom , Bill Fagerbakke as Broadway , Jonathan Frakes as David Xanatos , Patrick Fraley as Brendan , Ed Gilbert as The Captain , Peter Renaday as The Commander , Salli Richardson as Elisa Maza , Marina Sirtis as Demona , Kath Soucie as Princess Katharine and Frank Welker as Bronx.

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. Which really isn't all that surprising as this film is made up of a bunch of really good actors and actresses and it really helps that every single person cast in this film is cast perfectly for the characters that they are portraying.



Doing the animation for this film is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Tama Production. 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 in all honesty really good granted this films animation was never going to e direct to VHS worthy but for what this film is the animation wasn't that bad and was alot better then what it really did have any right to be.


As mentioned at the start of this review this film is literally just the shows first five episodes re-edited to form a movie. With this film not really feeling episodic which was something that I wasn't expecting to be the case at all as usually when you view a film that was quite clearly just episodes of a show edited together to form a movie then it's usually very episodic in nature but where as with this film you wouldn't really know that this film was just five episodes of an already existing TV show which was something that really did catch me of guard.

I'm going to be real with you it was hard as heck to find a copy of this film in any kind of quality with the only version of the film online is one that involves the entire VHS for the film. Not just the film itself as you also get the trailers for other products that were coming out at the time and a Gargoyles The Movie VHS game which I guess makes this film a rarity but it is out their if you use Internet Archive just be warned that you won't just be getting the film as you'll also be getting all of the stuff that came on the films VHS tape as well.


While this film does have alot of positives to it it does also have it's fair share of negatives as well like for example the characters not being that very well defined. Which I guess makes sense is this film is just the shows first five episodes but its still something that should have been done in this film to get more people to watch the show and the film itself is pretty dull and boring which is something that I can see putting alot of people watching this film which is a shame because when this film wants to be exciting it can be a really fun film to watch.

Now then including all of the extra stuff that came on the original VHS tape this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and forty eight minuets and eighteen seconds. With the film itself lasting around one hour and twenty minuets which is a pretty solid running time for this film to have but at the same time with the films story being rather weak you do spend alot of the running time just waiting for things for happen but tho I will very much admit that this film does have some fairly solid pacing to it tho.


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 really good. Which really did catch me of guard just because I very rarely if ever watched Gargoyles growing up and so I was really surprised at just how good the action in this film really is in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall as I had really no idea what to expect from this film I was left presently surprised at just how good of a film that this film well and truly is and it's one that if you can find a copy of it I highly recommend watching as it is that good of a 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 mages that I personally used in this very review from Gargoyles Wiki , the official Disney fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get all of the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful and the truly fantastic Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the wonderful Google Images are all really fairly high in quality and as well as also being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Tuesday, 27 June 2023

Doctor Who: The End Of Time Parts One And Two Review

 


I think that it's fair to say that the most popular modern Doctor Who Doctor was The Tenth Doctor as played by David Tennant. As such it was quite a shock when it was announced that he was leaving the role and well it's been well over ten years since I last watched the episode and so I thought that i'd check out his final two parter and so then join me as I review the episode that saw one of the most popular Doctor Who actors leave the show for good with the episode in question being called simply just "The End Of Time" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is something is returning and that very return would mean the end of time itself and so it's up to The Doctor to put a stop before it causes the death of The Doctor himself. 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 really good and was alot better then what I remember it being with this episodes plot being very entertaining , engaging and sad all at the same time in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is David Tennant as The Doctor , the late Bernard Cribbins as Wilfred Mott and John Simm as The Master. Also starring in this episode is Timothy Dalton as The Narrator / Lord President Rassilon , Catherine Tate as Donna Noble , Jacqueline King as Sylvia Noble , Claire Bloom as The Woman , June Whitfield as Minnie Hooper , David Harewood as Joshua Naismith , Tracy Ifeachor as Abigail Naismith , Sinéad Keenan as Addams , Lawry Lewin as Rossiter , Alexandra Moen as Lucy Saxon and Karl Collins as Shaun Temple.

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 who is starring in this episode and the fact that the great Russel T. Davis wrote this episode shouldn't be that much of a surprise as this script is so good that all the cast have to do is just say the words as their written and boom a good performance would come out naturally.



Doing the CGI for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at The Mill and Any Effects. 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 / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good for the most part as there are some green screen effects that haven't really aged all that well and they do stand out because of that fact.

                                                                                    

I might be wrong here as I can't find anything to either confirm or deny this but I think that this is the first time that the Time Lord race itself has been featured in New Doctor Who. Which if so then I don't really think that they were handled all that well as they do come across as being an after thought which is a shame because seeing just how far this race if beings have fallen would have made for a really great story if they were given alot screen time and having them be the main threat instead of a secondary threat would have worked all the more better as it would have made this attack on Earth all the more personal for both The Doctor and The Master as now they'd both be going up against their own people and not just a bunch of strangers trying to take over the Earth.


Speaking of The Master I hate that they basically gave him superpowers in this episode as it's really something that doesn't belong in Doctor Who. While they do explain it in away that it does make sense it's just something that doesn't work nor belong in the world of Doctor Who but I will admit that having The Master's life force be tied to his powers was a great idea as it does mean that this version of the character will eventually die the episode does nothing with that idea to make it worth while giving The Master superpowers in the first place.


There was no way in heck that I could talk about this episode and not talk about the regeneration scene which I just loved. As it wasn't jut us the audience saying goodbye to this version of The Doctor it was David Tennant saying goodbye to the show that he was a fan of since he was kid with his Doctor's last words " I don't want to go" somewhat backing that up and then when you add in the fact that Murray Gold's fantastic music just adds to the scene and makes it all the more memorable I won't say that this is the best regeneration scene out their just because that comes down to taste and what it is that you personally are looking for in a regeneration but anybody would be stupid to not admit liking this scene.

Now then these episodes have a combined grand total running time of roughly two hours and twenty minuets. Which was a great running time for these two episodes to have as it's just one actor leaving the show it's also the creative team leaving as well and it's whole era of the show ending and so you'd need alot of time to say goodbye to all of that and still tell a really good story in a way that is worthy of the fans that brought here in the first place and it helps that both of these episodes have some really good pacing to both of them.


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 being really good. With this episode having some really good action within it especially in Part 2 with what can only be described as the most fun and action packed ten to twenty minuets in modern Doctor Who action scenes which was just so fun and so exciting to see in this episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 


Overall this was a great episode to say goodbye to David Tennant as it was a really well done pair of episodes that did his version of The Doctor justice and as such this pair of episodes are a must watch for any Doctor Who as they are that good of a pair of episodes  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 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 an 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 Doctor Who fandom wiki page , 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 the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.

Monday, 26 June 2023

Aladdin: The Return of Jafar Film Review

 


The Disney direct to DVD or VHS sequels are a weird bunch as alot of them are just re-edits of episodes of a TV show. However you do sometimes get films that not only tell original stories but also serve as prequels or even pilots to an animated show with the film that i'm about to review for you all today being one such film and so then join me as I review the film that is the very first ever direct to VHS Disney animated film with the film in question being called simply just "Aladdin: The Return of Jafar" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when Jafar's lamp is found by the criminal Abis Mal it's up to Aladdin and friends to stop the returning Jafar 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 film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented t us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad as it did good of advancing the characters from the first film and was genuinely quite engaging and entertaining as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this film is Full House and Fuller House star Scott Weinger as Aladdin , Linda Larkin as Princess Jasmine and The Simpsons legend Dan Castellaneta as Genie. Also starring in this film is the late Gilbert Gottfried as Iago , Jason Alexander as Abis Mal , Jonathan Freeman as Jafar , voice acting legend Frank Welker as Abu and Rajah , Val Bettin as the Sultan and voice acting legend Jim Cummings as Razoul.

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 really good. Which isn't all that surprising as lot of the cast for the first film did return to voice their respective characters in this film but as good of an actor as Dan Castellaneta is he's not as good as Robin Williams was as The Genie. 



Doing the animation for this film is Walt Disney Animation Australia and Walt Disney Animation Japan. Now then as for 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 wasn't all that bad as it was a lot better then the animation that we got in third Beauty And The Beast but with that being said this was still a step down in terms of animation quality but the animation in this film is alot better then what it really had any right to be.




As I mentioned at the very start of this review this film is basically the pilot for the Aladdin animated TV series. As this film does explain a few things that that show just doesn't bother to explain but what's weird tho is that even tho this movie is set before the show the actual show itself premiered some months before the events of the movie and so the show contained spoilers for the movie which makes me wonder if there was a communication error because that seems like to big of a mistake to be done without someone not telling someone else no to air the show first.

For some strange reason the makers of this film chose to make Iago the main character which just doesn't work. As the character is not only really unlikable due the events of the first film but he also has a really annoying voice which is fine for a side character bu when you make that side character the main character that's when it becomes an issue as nobody wants to send along time with a main character whose voice is really grating and as a result of this Aladdin who should be the main character feels alot more like a side character in his own movie.


As with the first film this film is also a musical with the films musical numbers being written by Dale Gonyea , Silversher & Silversher , Randy Petersen and Kevin Quinn. I will admit that while this films songs obviously aren't going to be as good as the songs in the first film we do get some pretty decent songs in this film with songs like "I'm Looking Out for Me" and "Nothing in the World (Quite Like a Friend)" being the best songs in the whole entire film with my personal favorite song being "Nothing in the World (Quite Like a Friend)" just due to how much fun that song is.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and nine minuets and twenty one seconds. Which was a lot shorter then what that it would be and it's alot shorter then what it really should have been as you very easily could have gotten this film up to one hour ad thirty minuets at the most just by expanding upon the films story and by doing that you could dive alot more into what Jafar's main goals are as as it is his main goals are just revenge on Aladdin and that's it but if you had a longer running time you could delve more deeper into his goals but I will admit that this film does have some decent pacing to it tho.



So now then since this is an action film that means that I have to 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. With this films action being very well done especially for the small budget that this film had and it's during this films action scenes that the animation really does get to shine through in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall for a line of direct to VHS and then later direct to DVD films that are largely hated by alot of Disney fans this one really isn't all that bad as it does do a good of continuing on the story in a way that feels natural and organic 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 really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for a 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 , Gargoyles Wiki and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get all of the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful and the truly fantastic Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the wonderful Google Images are all really fairly high in quality and as well as also being really fairly freaking high in definition.