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Tuesday, 17 October 2023

Teen Titans Go! "Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary" Review

 


With Disney making such a big deal about it being their one hundredth anniversary you'd be forgiven if you forgot that another Hollywood film studio was also celebrating their one hundredth anniversary as well. Well now Warner Bros have finally released the episode of Teen Titans Go that is really meant to celebrate that huge fact and well I wanted to see if it was any good or not and so then join me as I review the episode that really does try to celebrate one hundred years of Warner Bros with the episode in question being called simply just "Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary" enjoy.

The plot of the episode is Robin volunteers the titans to host a party celebrating Warner Bros one hundredth anniversary but when the Warner Bros shield is broken it's up to the titans Yogi Bear , Daffy Duck and some gremlins t restore the shield 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 bit that's also the issue as this episodes plot wasn't all that good either with the plot of the episode just being rather OK at best in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Greg Cipes as Beast Boy , Scott Menville as Robin and Khary Payton as Cyborg. Also starring in this episode is Tara Strong as Raven and Sea Creature 3 , Hynden Walch as Starfire , Eric Bauza as Bugs Bunny , Daffy Duck , Jabberjaw and The Wizard Of Oz , Jeff Bennet as Brain Gremlin , Bob Bergen as Porky Pig and Sea Creature 1 , Jeff Bergman as Yogi Bear and Foghorn Leghorn and Fred Tatasciore as Michigan J. Frog , Yosemite Sam , Taz and Sea Creature 2.

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 acing that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With all of this episodes voice cast turning in some wonderful performances which given who is starring in this episode isn't all that surprising as this shows cast is made up of a bunch of really talented voice actors alot of whom have been playing their respective characters for decades and would there for no what kind of performance to give their respective character in any given situation but even this episodes cast can't elevate the really bad script.


Doing the animation for not only this episode but i'm guessing the rest of the show is Bardel Entertainment Inc. Now then interms f what I personally thought / felt about h actual animation hat'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 with this episodes animation really being the best part of the episode as even tho it's not mixing animation styles like Once Upon A Studio did the animation in the episode itself was still a joy to look at even if they did play things very safe animation wise and didn't really take any risks with the shows animation.


If Once Upon A Studio showcased just how good Disney can be when it's at it's best then this episode showed us just how bad Warner Bros can be. As alot of the legacy characters felt like they were being written out of character alot of the time with alot of the titans apart from Robin taking a backseat to the other characters heck even tho the wizard type things that they do show are meant to be Harry Potter they never say it which is weird because Warner Bros have the rights to mention Harry Potter and yet they openly chose not to which is weird as it's Harry Potter that helped to keep Warner Bros as relevant as it is during the early to late two thousands and yet they don't even do them the basic honor of saying the Harry Potter name even once which just felt very disrespectful.

Once Upon A Studio was filled to the brim with heart ad passion and it really did show in every single frame of that short film. Yet in this episode the opposite is true as it appears as if there's no love for Warner Bros with the episode coming more across as an obligation and not because the makers of the show have a passion for the company that they work for which is something that you really need to have when your creating something that's meant to honor a certain company and yet here it felt more mean spirited and less like something that the company would be proud off with this not really being helped by the fact that there is potential for something good and loving here but the episodes just lacks the passion that an episode like this one really did need to have.


I will give this episode this it did try to be epic and it did try to do something new and different with the Warner Bros shield. However it just can't reach that full potential because of the fact that it keeps on holding itself back with the episode being more focused on telling bad jokes with Robin and Daffy Duck then it is trying to celebrate the companies one hundredth anniversary and making this is a Teen Titans Go episode really didn't help things as this show despite having a really good theatrical movie still has alot of hate surrounding it which makes me wonder if Warner Bros should have made this episode as a Looney Tunes cartoon as those are the characters that are more synonyms with Warner Bros then Teen Titans Go is or ever will be.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty three minuets and fifteen seconds. With this episode having the perfect running time given that it's an anniversary special and again to the episodes credit it does have more then enough there interms if plot and story to cover that large amount if running but at the same time the episode also has a really stupid subplot with Robin and Daffy which really isn't needed as it's a subplot that goes nowhere and brings the episode down quite alot with the subplot really feeling alot more like padding when it doesn't really need to pad out it's running time at all in the slightest but I will admit that this episode really does have some really goo pacing to it tho.


So now then as this is a comedy that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad but that's also the issue as this episode wasn't all that funny either. With this film mostly telling jokes that a little kid would find funny which does make sense given the show target audience but at the same time alot of the the shows kid audience aren't going to know alot of the characters that are appearing in this special which means that the show makers really could have included some jokes that alot more people will find actually funny and yet they chose not to do that and that is something that really does show in this very episode in my freaking opinion anyways / at least.


Overall I know that it seems like I hated this special but that's only because that I wanted it to be good and yet this special was only at best OK which it really shouldn't have been in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all  of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 5 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 Teen Titans Go 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 Teen Titans Go fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on freaking the official Teen Titans Go fandom wiki page are all really fairly freaking high in freaking quality and as well as being really very fairly freaking high in definition.

Monday, 16 October 2023

Once Upon A Studio Film Review

 


Disney is a company that as been around for all of our lives and has been their when we needed that extra little bit of magic to help us to get through the day. Well now that exact same company in question is also celebrating it's one hundredth anniversary and to celebrate such a huge anniversary the house of mouse have released a brand new short film and well you all just new that I had to take a look at this very short the very first chance that I got and so then join me as I review the film that features close to five hundred and fifty animated Disney characters with the film in question being called simply just "Once Upon A Studio" enjoy.

The plot of this film is Mickey and Minnie try to get as many Disney characters together in order to take one big family photo. 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 inn 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 simple but simple in the best way possible as that's really the kind of plot that work best for a special like this one not one that's deep and complicated just one that's simple and that reminds you of what Disney can be like when it's at it's absolutely best in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this film is Scott Adsit as Baymax , Stephen J. Anderson as Bowler Hat Guy and Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck. Also starring in this film is Awkwafina as Sisu , Jason Bateman as Nick Wilde , Kristen Bell as Anna , Jodi Benson as Ariel , Robby Benson as Beast , Auliʻi Cravalho as Moana , Ravi Cabot-Conyers as Antonio Madrigal , Jim Cummings as Baloo and Winnie the Pooh , Ariana DeBose as Asha , Chris Diamantopoulos as Mickey Mouse , Richard Epcar as Little John , Bill Farmer as Goofy and Pluto , Keith Ferguson as Prince Charming , Santino Fontana as Hans , Josh Gad as Olaf , Ginnifer Goodwin as Judy Hopps , Jonathan Groff as Kristoff , Jennifer Hale as Cinderella , Jess Harnell as Scuttle , Tom Hulce as Quasimodo , Jeremy Irons as Scar , Dwayne Johnson as Maui , Bob Joles as Cogsworth , Judy Kuhn as Pocahontas , Nathan Lane as Timon , Luke Lowe as Flounder , Burny Mattinson as Himself , Idina Menzel as Elsa , Jim Meskimen as Eeyore and Merlin , Piotr Michael as Iago , Mandy Moore as Rapunzel , Paige O'Hara as Belle , Raymond S. Persi as Flash , Ian R'Mante as Thumper , John C. Reilly as Wreck-It Ralph , Phoenix Reisser as Mowgli , Kaitlyn Robrock as Minnie Mouse , Anika Noni Rose as Tiana , Lea Salonga as Mulan , Lee Slobotkin as Peter Pan , Natalie Babbitt Taylor as Snow White , Josh Robert Thompson as Grumpy , Kelly Marie Tran as Raya , Alan Tudyk as The Mad Hatter , Scott Weinger as Aladdin , Richard White as Gaston , Harland Williams as Carl , Renika Williams as A Disney Intern , Daniel Woolf as Robin Hood , James Woods as Hades and Michael-Leon Wooley as Louis.

Now the  interms of what I personally thought / felt abut the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us un 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 really isn't all that surprising as alot of this films cat have either been playing there respective characters for quite some time or were the original voices for their respective which means that they would of course no what performance would best suit there characters in any given situation and when you add in the fact that alot of this films cast members are a bunch of really good voice actors it's no wonder that the acting in this film is as good as it is.



Doing the animation for this film,is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Walt Disney Animation Studios and Creative Capers Entertainment. 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 with the film using a blend of 2D traditional hand drawn animation and 3D CGI animation with the two styles blending together really well.


What I really loved about this film is the fact that didn't just use the popular Disney characters and call it a day. Nope they went and used some pretty obscure characters from the Disney canon with the main characters from Home On The Range and Dodger from Oliver And Company getting a cameo during the film of course it would have been nice if we got to see more obscure Disney characters but the fact that just those two sets of characters got mentioned is a miracle in of itself as the characters haven't really been seen since their respective movies came out with the characters themselves only being remembered by die hard Disney fans which means that the fact that they were included in this short film just goes to show that the makers behind this film really did want to truly really honor all things Disney.

If you were expecting this film to only feature a handful of animated characters from Disney's past then be prepared to be blown away. As this film features a grand total of five hundred and forty three characters all of which are fully animated which is just insane as that would be an insane amount of work to do for a short film heck it would be an insane amount of work for a full length feature film and yet they included this amount of characters in a short film that not alot of people are fully aware about and because of that I have to give the makers of the film alot of credit as that really does allow them to go deep into the Disney vault and pull out some of the more obscure characters that don't usually get alot of love.


For some strange reason they chose to make this film a musical film with songs written by Ned Washington , Howard Ashman , Richard M. Sherman and Richard B. Sherman. This film really didn't need to be a musical especially as they aren't using any new songs for this film all there doing is just reusing songs from Disney's past which is fine for "When You Wish Upon A Star" as that is the theme song for Disney but we didn't need to hear songs from The Jungle Book or Mary Poppins as those are songs that have no connection to Disney outside of one of the songs from Mary Poppins being Walt Disney personal favorite song and heck this film would have worked just as fine if it wasn't a musical short film.

Now then this film has / had an exact gran total running time of exactly eight minuets and forty seven seconds. Which for me is another issue that I had with this film as that is such a short running time as this film was just so good that I wanted it to be longer and heck you could have very easily have gotten this film up to twenty two minuets by showing the villains  of past Disney films trying to stop the heroes from taking the picture which then would have allowed you to use alot more villains and alot more obscure villains at that and t would have given the short film some stakes as well which is something that is very sadly lacking from this film but  will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.


So now then as this is a comedy that means that I gave to actually talk about the actual comedy 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 comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With this film having alot of really cute jokes that i'm sure will get a laugh out of lot of people with alot of those jokes being the kind of jokes that you'd expect to see in a short film like this with nearly all of them managing to get a smile out of me as they really were just all of  that good of a really funny joke to begin with in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this is a great way for Disney to celebrate it's entire history as the film doesn't disrespect the past and prop up the future it instead treats them both equally and reminds of just how good Disney can be when it's at it's absolutely best 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 an 8.5 out of 10 from me.

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

Saturday, 14 October 2023

Doctor Who: The Bells Of Saint John Review

 


There are alot of Doctor Who episodes out there that are at best very underwhelming or just straight up don't deliver on what they promised. Well sadly this episode is one of the underwhelming episodes which is a shame because when this episode first came out I was a big fan of this episode but now years later it's just not that good of an episode and so then join me as I review that serves as the third and final introductory episode for Jenna-Louise Coleman with the episode in question being called simply just "The Bells Of Saint John" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when the WiFi goes down in the home of a family who's kids she's looking after Clara Oswald finds herself in a life or death adventure with a mad man in a box. 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 the first thing that's wrong with the episode as the episodes plot just felt very average with there not really being any high stakes to the story with the plot instead feeling like a stereotypical Doctor Who adventure but with none of the heart and soul put into it in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Matt Smith as The Doctor , Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara Oswald and Celia Imrie as Miss Kizlet. Also starring in this episode is Robert Whitlock as Mahler , Dan Li as Alexei , Manpreet Bachu as Nabile , Sean Knopp as Paul , James Greene as The Abbott , Geff Francis as George Maitland , Eve De Leon Allen as Angie Maitland , Kassius Carey Johnson as Artie Maitland and Richard E. Grant as The Great Intelligence.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about thew 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 al that surprising as the cast of this episode are a bunch of really good actors and actresses but while they are a bunch of really talented people even they can't elevate this episodes script and because of that the acting in this episode isn't as good as it perhaps could or even should have been.



Doing the CGI for this episodes is the legends and greats that are currently over at The Mill and Real SFX. Now then i terms f 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 not that bad altho saying that there are some really CGI effects in this episode that haven't aged all that well but those represent the minority and don't represent the overall majority of the CGI effects found in this episode.



I mentioned at the start of this review that this is the third introductory episode for Jenna-Louise Coleman. As in the other two episodes she played different versions of Clara from different points in time and while she was great in all of the other installments and while she is great in this one as well I think that her Clara Oswin Oswald character is the one that had the most potential to be a truly great companion from the word go as that character was feisty and smart and wasn't afraid to get her hands dirty when it mattered the most where as while I do like Clara I feel she's just not that well written especially in this first episode.

This episode does a fairly good job of setting up The Doctor and Clara's relationship moving forward with The Doctor taking on the role of a protective parental figure with Clara. This was something that I really did like as it's something that I don't think has been seen in modern Doctor Who or in Doctor Who in general with the scene of him just talking to her after she awakens being a cute scene that is bound to make anybody smile ad plus seeing The Doctor act protective over does make sense for his character as at this point he's just lost Amy and Rory and so of course he's not going to want to loose someone else again let alone someone who he's seen die twice in two different time periods which does make their relationship all the more sweet and really endearing.


You could even make the argument that this episode is more of a tragedy due to the fact that episodes supposed villain Miss Kizlet is revealed to have only been around six years old when The Great Intelligence started talking to her. This meaning that she had her entire childhood not robbed but stolen from her with her first words back as that six year old girl just asking for her parents who are now at best most likely no longer with us with The Great Intelligence itself proving to be the true villain of the episode as it stole people and robbed them of their memories some of them form decades at a time and alot of whom would have had loved ones who wouldn't really have had contact with them since The Great Intelligence stole them to be used in it's evil scheme.

Now then while I cannot for the absolutely life of me remember whatever this episodes running time even was I do know that for a fact that this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of roughly forty five minuets. Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for modern Doctor Who but at the same time I really do feel that this episode really didn't have to be that long at all as the episode itself doesn't have alot their interms of either plot or story to cover that large amount of running time with alot of the episode really just feeling like that it's stuck on repeat mode until we get to the episodes third act of the episode but I will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it.


So now then as this is an action show that means that I ave to actually talk about the actual actin that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then  in all honesty I in all honesty personally tought / felt that the actual actin that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. As this episode is very action packed with there also being some really good comedy moments in this episodes action but at the same time having The Doctor ride a bike up the side of a building is always going to be really stupid no matter what the explanation they use to explain it away and really was a real down point in the episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 


Overall while younger me liked this episode when it was first broadcast older me now really doesn't like it all that much as it's just trying to hard to be scary instead of actually being scary in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 5.5 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 Doctor Who fandom wiki page , Amazon . Co . UK , IMP Awards . Co  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 as since all of the images that are all currently up and of course featured / presented to us on the great Google Images are all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Friday, 13 October 2023

My First Impressions Of The Goosebumps 2023 TV Series

 


We are now officially living in an age where everything that could be getting rebooted is getting rebooted and heck we just had a new reboot in the Frasier revival series debut as of this writing just yesterday. Well now we have yet another reboot of a classic piece of media hit our computer screen right in time for the spooky season this one coming from the house of mouse itself and Sony Pictures and so then join me as I give you my first impressions of the show that needn't warn us that we're in for a scare with the show in question being called simply just "Goosebumps" enjoy.

The plot of this show is when supernatural things start to happen in a local town that threatens to reveal it's dark secrets a group of teens have to band together and save the town 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 first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that'd actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty not that bad. With the plot that we get in the first two episodes of the show that I watched being ding a good job of setting up the plot for the rest of the show as well as being really fairy entertaining and engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in these first twp episodes is Zack Morris as Isaiah Howard , Isa Briones as Margot Stokes and Miles McKenna as James. Also starring in these first episodes is Ana Yi Puig as Isabella Chen Lopez , Will Price as Lucas Parker , Rachael Harris as Nora Parker , Justin Long as Nathan Bratt , Rob Huebel as Colin Stokes , Leonard Roberts as Ben Howard , Ian Ho as Alan Chen Lopez , Ben Cockell as Harold Biddle , Rhinnan Payne as Allison , Francoise Yip as Victoria Chen Lopez and Laura Mennell as Eliza.

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 the shows cast turning in some good performances which does make alot of sense as this shows co-creator Rob Letterman really does know how to director his actors and how to get good performances out of his cast and what helps the actors is the fact that the scripts for the first two episodes are really good and so all the cast have to do is just the words as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally. 



Doing the CGI for these episode and hopefully this series is the really very little known studio Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that''s actually featured / presented to s in these very episodes well then in all honesty I 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 that's also the issue as the GI in these first two episodes wasn't all that good either with the CGI just looking very cheaply made at best and not something that you'd expect or even want to see in an effects heavy show like this one is.


For some reason instead of taking inspiration from the 1995 Goosebumps TV series this show instead takes it's inspiration from the Goosebumps film. In that while the show does indeed feature individual plots it also has one over arching plot which is something that I didn't like as this is a series that works better when it's an anthology series and not one it's telling one over arching plot line which is a shame because seeing how they work together two of the Goosebumps books in these first two episodes is pretty interesting but then it gets dull again when the show gets back to it's main plot which is something that both of the films did as well with both films adapting certain monsters from the books which was exciting but then in the case of the second film it would get dull again when it got back to it's main plot.

For some strange reason Disney chose to release the first five episodes of this ten episode show all at the exact same time. Which to me just doesn't make sense as you could have released one episode per day in the build up to Halloween but because they wanted to have the show premiere on Friday the 13th and release the episodes weekly instead of daily it means that the show will miss Halloween by a long while which is a shame because a show like this one would make for perfect Halloween viewing for young kids and yet for some odd reason Disney chose not to go with the route that would have gotten them alot more traffic to Disney+ and instead chose a route that won't get them that much more traffic to Disney+ on Halloween at all.


Again in a strange move even this show is fully being produced by Sony it's releasing on Disney+ and Hulu. With Hulu airing the show as apart of their Halloween streams I have no idea why there are two big entertainment companies doing different things for this show especially as Disney right now or even back in 2021 when this show was being developed wasn't in the best of shapes which means that it makes no sense from Sony's point of view to working with Disney and it makes no sense from Disney's point of view to working with Sony as while yes Disney will see a slight spike in viewership on Disney+ there most likely not going to be seeing any money coming in from the show and Sony would still have the right to pull the show from Disney+ should things with Disney head south.

Now then episode one of this show has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly forty seven minuets and nineteen seconds and episode two has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly forty four minuets and eight seconds. I really have no idea what to think of this running as while it does allow for the overall plot of the show to breathe more it's not really the kind of running time that works best for this show and heck even the original show only had running times this high on certain special episodes thus making them feel all the more special but I will admit that each episode of this new show does indeed have some really good pacing to them.


So now then as this is a horror show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual scares that are actually featured / presented to us in these first few episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual scares that are actually featured / presented to us in these first few episodes were in all honesty not really good. As outside of one scene near the end of episode one there was nothing that was all that scary in both of these episodes and while there is a scene near the end of episode that tries to scary that it just comes across as trying to hard in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this show trys to be scary but it just isn't that scary even taking into account that this is a kids horror show and while there are some good things to be found in these first two episodes those are very few and far between 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 episode airs or even 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 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 Disney fandom wiki page , the official Goosebumps 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 post being the wonderful the official Goosebumps fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and on the official Goosebumps fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Thursday, 12 October 2023

My SPOILER FILLED First Impressions Of The Frasier 2023 TV Series

 


Every so often there comes along a sitcom that needs no introduction because everybody just already knows it's main character. Well the show that i'm going to be talking about today is one of those shows as it's a continuation show that uses the exact same name as the original show effectively making it the next season of the original show and so then join me as I give you SPOILER FILLED first impressions of the show that brought back tossed salads and scrambled eggs with the show in question being called simply just "Frasier" enjoy.

The plot of these first two episodes is after leaving Chicago with his nephew David the duo find themselves in Boston where Frasier attempts to reconnect with his son and gets a new job. Now then interms of what I personally thought /felt about the actually plot that's actually featured / presented to,us in these very episodes well then n all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty not that bad with the first two episodes just basically setting up the rest of the show with the plot of these first two episodes also being rather enjoyable and fun to watch as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in these first two episodes is Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane and Only Fools & Horses star Nicholas Lyndhurst as Alan Cornwall. Also starring in these first two episodes is Jack Cutmore-Scott as Frederick Crane , Anders Keith as David Crane , Jess Salgueiro as Eve , Toks Olagundoye as Olivia Kevin Daniels as Tiny , Danice Cabanela as Jenee Chao , Jimmy Dunn as Moose and Renee Pezzotta as Smokey.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these two episodes was in all honesty alot better then what I thought that it would be. As the acting in alot of sequel genuinely isn't that good and yet for some reason the acting that have here was really good and alot of that does come down to the fact that we have a bunch of really good and really funny actors and actresses and the fact that the scripts were also really good as well.



As this show does take place in a certain that just so happens to feature a certain bat it would be unrealistic not to expect that bar to get mentioned. With that mention being the only time that the bar does get mentioned and if i'm being honest that's all we really need as while the die hard fans will love the reference there will be alot more people who like me didn't know that Frasier was connected to another show in the first place and while it was nice to tip the hat to that bar and that show doing it to much might risk alienating new fans who might feel put off by the prospect of having to watch another long show just to understand one reference.

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



Speaking of tipping your hat to the past it would be unrealistic of anybody not to expect this show to make a reference to John Mahoney. However not only do the first episode of this new show feature a very touching tribute to the actor but it also makes his character Martin Crane the main character of the episode this was a great way to not only pay tribute to the actor but to also give fans of the original show some form of closure to the character and while his absence would have to be explained away at some point during the shows run the fact that they did it in the first episode in the opening scene and have it be a running theme throughout the first episode does show that is some kind of love ad respect their for the original show.

On the downside tho the episodes oddly makes the Alan Cornwall the butt of alot of the jokes in the first episode. Which doesn't really make the character seem like a likable person as we have alot of the shows cast just running him down which might be fine for a scene or two but when it's something that happens in both the first two episodes of the show then all it does is leave you wondering why we the audience should take the time to like this character and while yes you could argue that Only Fools & Horses did the exact same thing with Trigger i'd also like to point out that Only Fools & Horses also took the time to fully develop the character and show us other aspects to his character where as here in this show we haven't been shown any other aspects to the Alan Cornwall character. 


While the show rather obviously has no need to fully develop the Frasier Crane character thanks to not only the previous series but also Cheers. These episodes really did need to start to develop there new cast of characters and that's something that these episodes just don't with each of this shows new characters just being nothing more then one dimensional characters and when you take into account this show has a ten episode first season order you really do need to start to fully develop your newer characters alot more even more so when your expecting the older fans to accept them just as much as they do the older characters.

Now then both of these first two episodes has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly no longer then thirty minuets with episode one lasting twenty nine minuets and three seconds with episode two lasting twenty seven minuets and four seconds. Both of which are the perfect running time for their respective episode to have and i'm glad to see then the traditional half and hour sitcom is still a thing but at the same I would have liked it if episode two was a bit longer just so they could start to fully develop the newer characters alot more as this is something that episode one couldn't do as that episode had alot of things to set up and I will admit that both f these episodes have some really good pacing to them.


So now as this is a comedy that means tat I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episode was in all honesty really good. With both of these episodes having some really good jokes in them but what makes the comedy in these first two episodes work is the fact that both Kelsey Grammer and Nicholas Lyndhurst both of whom are old hats when it comes to TV sitcoms can still manage to get a laugh out of people and that really does help, make the jokes in both of these first two episodes work out really well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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Overall while this sequel show does indeed have the right comedic talent infront of the camera to make it work I don't think it does behind the camera outside of returning director James Burrows that is in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in 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 episode airs or even 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 lades and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post from the official Frasier 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.

Thursday, 5 October 2023

Rambo: The Force Of Freedom "First Strike" Review

 


It was weirdly not an uncommon thing for popular live action properties in the nineteen eighties to get an animated TV series spin off. However what alot of things have in common is the fact that the original property was wither made for kids or made for the whole family but for some weird reason it become oddly popular to make a kids cartoon series based of off mature rated films as is the case with what i'm going to be talking about today and so then join me as I review of the first episode of a show that even franchise star Sylvester Stallone didn't like with the episode in question being called simply just "First Strike" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is that when an evil general tries to invade a peace loving country it's really up John Rambo and his team to get the general out of their and really put a stop to the invasion for good. 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 al 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 the plot being alot better then what I thought that it would be with this episodes plot also being rather really enjoyable and fun in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Neil Ross as John Rambo Michael Ansara as General Warhawk and The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air and Teenage Mutant Nina Turtles star star James Avery as Edward "Turbo" Hayes. Also starring in this episode is Transformers legend Peter Cullen as Sergeant Havoc , Don LaFontaine as This Shows Narrator , Mona Marshall as Katherine Anne "K.A.T." Taylor , He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe star Alan Oppenheimer as Colonel Samuel "Sam" Trautman and Scrappy-Doo actor Lennie Weinrib as Gripper.

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 the acting in this episode being exactly what I thought that it was going to be and that was nothing more then just OK with this episode featuring alot of really good actors ad actresses all of of whom are trying to make this idea and this script work for them but the issue is is that the idea is so dumb and the script is so bad that they just can''t turn in that good of a performance as the script just won't allow for it.


Doing the animation for this show and i'm guessing this episode is Daewon Media and the legends and the greats that are currently over at Toei Animation. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty alot better then what it really had any right as while the animation in this episode doesn't hold up all that well given just how lazy that they really could have been the fact that the we got animation has alot of really creative camera angles and is really impressive is quite an impressive feat none the less.


For some strange reason Hollywood thought that it was a really good idea turning the R rated First Blood movie into a kids cartoon. Which means that the more mature elements of both the film it's first sequel and the book that both the film and the sequel are based of off don't get included in this episode which means that you really could have named this show anything else and you'd have to change nothing as there's really nothing that resembles Rambo in this episode hell with this show really kicking of the trend of turning R rated movies into child friendly kids animated TV shows i'm surprised that they didn't try to turn Die Hard into a kids animated TV show.

If your like me and you didn't even know that this show was even a thing this is a show that aired in syndication. With the show starting with a five part mini-series which sired daily from April 14th to April 18th 1986 and the shows full length series airing from September 15th 1986 and airing daily until December 18th 1986 why the makers of this show chose to air this show daily is beyond me as this show apart from the mini-series is very episodic and so they really could have aired this show weekly which would have given the show more of a chance to find an audience but as it is the show pretty much got alot of hate from the people making the show as they were concerned about making an R rated movie into a kids cartoon series and even the star of the franchise Sylvester Stallone was reportedly really annoyed and really embarrassed that the Rambo character was used as a cartoon character.


What I really didn't like abut this episode was the fact that they made Rambo out to be this unstoppable action hero and yet none of the main heroes got alot, of screen time. This would be fine if this was a Rambo solo show but it's not it's meant to be Rambo as part of a team and so the team needs to be fully  developed and yet they don't do that which means that the rest of the team just come across as being rather bland and one dimensional with the same thing also being true for Rambo himself who is given one personality trait of none stop action hero and that's it and that's not enough to make him an interesting character and it doesn't make his team interesting characters either it makes them all really bland and boring characters and really nothing more then that.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty one minuets and thirty eight seconds. Which was a really good running time to give this episode as this episode is mostly just about setting up the plot of the mini-series but at the same time I would have liked it if the episode was a bit longer just so some of the other main characters could get some development which would have helped the show out in the long as it would have gave us more characters t care about then just Rambo and it would have given the show makers a chance to gave Rambo more of a personality as well instead of just rushing from plot to plot point and I will admit that this episode does have some fairly good pacing to i tho.


So now then since this is an action show that means that I have to actually talk abut 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 actual;y featured /presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With the action in this episode being the best part of the episode as it was where the episode got the most fun ad got the most crazy but at the same time as the plot of the episode was so thin it meant that I just didn't care about the action in the episode despite the action in this episode being really good and really impressive to watch in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall while the idea of turning an R rated movie franchise into a kids animated TV series will always confuse me this was a really fun episode that was just a joy to watch in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well 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 rand 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 ad 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 Legends Of The Multi-Verse fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images as since all of the images that are all currently up and of course featured / presented to us on the great Google Images are all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.