Doctor Who: The Invasion Of Time Review

 

With the announcement of a new classic Doctor Who season getting released on Blu-Ray as apart of the beloved The Collection range. It was only about right that to get us even more excited for this upcoming Blu-Ray release that I take a look at an episode from this season and after trolling BBC IPlayer to find the perfect story tom review I think that i've found a really good episode and so the join me as I review the episode that sees not one but two companions leave the show for good with the episode in question being called simply just "The Invasion Of Time" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when some aliens invade Gallifrey The Doctor has to try and stop it but someone far more sinister lurks in the shadows. 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 altho that's also the issue as this episodes plot isn't that good either with the plot of this episode being very weak at worst and quite hard to follow along with at best as the plot has so many twists and turns that it leaves you confused as to what's actually going on but at the same time tho I will very much admit that the plot of this episode is also really rather entertaining and also really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Tom Baker as The Doctor , Louise Jameson as Leela and John Leeson as The Voice Of K9 Mark I. Also starring in this episode is John Arnatt as Chancellor Borusa , Milton Johns as Castellan Kelner , Chris Tranchell as Andred , Charles Morgan as Gold Usher , Hilary Ryan as Rodan , Dennis Edwards as Lord Gomer , Reginald Jessup as Lord Savar , Max Faulkner as Nesbin , Ray Callaghan as Ablif , Michael Mundell as Jasko , Gai Smith as Presta , Derek Deadman as Stor and Stuart Fell as A Sontaran.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Which is really nothing new for this series as this series has always had some really good acting in it with this especially being true for the Tom Baker era of the show and as such to expect bad acting from this episode wouldn't have been wise but what does let the acting down quite a bit is the fact that the script for this episode just isn't that good as the script doesn't really give the newer actors alot to work with interms of what there respective characters personalities are even meant to be and as a result of this is the fact that the acing in this episode isn't as good as it really could have been as the episodes script just really won't allow for a good performance..

This is the episode that sees technically two companions leave the show for good with the first of which being Leela. With the character having only been in the show just over one season of the shows run and yet even so she very rarely got any development as a character with her character being in the same place that she was in when she first started travelling with The Doctor which does make sense as the character forced her way onto the TARDIS with The Doctor never really taking a liking to her but at the same time there should have been moments in this episode where she expresses her desire to leave the TARDIS for good and yet she doesn't as she just chooses to leave at the end of the episode after apparently falling in love with Andred something which was also never even hinted of at all during the events of the episode.

Leela wasn't the only companion to leave the TARDIS tho as K9 Mark I also left altho this one both could and couldn't be considered a companion departure. As at the end of the episode The Doctor is seen with a box labelled K9 Mark II which implies that The Doctor had every intention of replacing the original K9 with an updated model but at the same time given that K9 did spend most of this series as a companion to both The Doctor and Leela it is possible that this could also count as a companion as well as he does choose to leave the TARDIS to stay with Leela in order to keep her safe and where as Leela's departure came out of nowhere it makes sense for K9's departure to come out of nowhere as he after all a robot and would there for not really express the desire to leave as that's not something that he's programmed to do.

For some strange reason this episode has alot of comedy moments and comedy music in it all of which just clash with the episodes tone. While the show has always had more lighthearted moments in it it was never to this extent with the characters frequently making jokes and with the show now adding in comedy music with the shows more lighthearted moments coming in not at the start or near the end of the episode which is when you'd want these more lighthearted moments but they come right in the middle of the story when they story is meant to be it's most serious and yet the episode has the characters frequently cracking jokes or doing something that's meant to be funny and all it does is create tonal whiplash as the episode flip flops between having a deadly serious moment in one moment to something more lighthearted the next with this episode even stopping the plot just to tell what might be a fairly bad joke. 

To put it bluntly the villains for the first half of this story The Vardans just don't look that terrifying at all. With them looking badly greenscreened in pieces of tin foil that have been lazily put on something to make them float as that's how bad the characters look granted classic Doctor Who was always made on a very small budget but they very easily could have come up with some better looking designs for these creatures as there current design just makes them look like jokes and while granted they aren't the main villain of the story but you still have to make them look them good in order to make the actual reveal of who the real main bad guys are even more shocking having these characters look as bad as they do doesn't make them look threatening and it doesn't make them look scary and as a result of that is the fact that the reveal of who the real bad guys are isn't as shocking as these villains just look incredibly weak.

Now then while I cannot for the absolutely life of me remember what this episodes exact grand total running time even was I do know that for a fact that this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of roughly two hours. Which is a fairly solid running time for this episode to have as this episode is made of six episodes with the episodes really being a story of two halves with the first half dealing with The Vardans as the main enemy and the second half dealing with The Sontaran's as the main enemy all of which doesn't really work as it makes the second half feel like it was added on late in the day as the main story was all wrapped up by the end of episode three but for some reason the makers of the show chose to add an extra three episodes to this one episode which means that the main story does start to get spread really thin which is a shame as the idea of The Sontaran's trying to steal the TARDIS is a really good but it's one that's not as fully developed as it really could have or even should have been for that matter but it's not that's given the time that it needs tho but I will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it 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 this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. Granted classic Doctor Who has never really had great looking action scenes in it and what little action we do get in this episode is indeed really good for the time that it was made in it's also alot more slow with the character of Leela doing all of her moves really slowly which is something that does bring down the overall quality if the action  in this episode as all it does is take you out of the episode but when we do get a good action scene in this episode you really do know about it in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this episode wasn't a bad but it's central idea isn't as fully developed as it really should have been with the episode being a very confusing and tonal mess for alot of it's running time 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 6 out of 10 from me.

Now then ado 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 and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episode that I used in this very review being the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that alot of the images that are on the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page are really all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Shirobako: The Movie Film Review

 

As with live action shows it's not uncommon for anime TV shows to get turned into a movie what is unusual tho is when that TV show only lasted one single season and it still finds itself getting turned into a movie. Which is the case for this movie as it's based of off a TV show that only last one single TV season which does make it an odd choice to get a movie adaptation as it's not really a choice that people would think of for an anime to get a feature film adaptation and so then join me as I review the movie that's all about the making of an anime movie with the movie in question being called simply just "Shirobako: The Movie" enjoy.

The plot of this movie is sometime after there TV show was cancelled an animation studio has just ten months to fully produce an animated movie. 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 as it's a plot that does stick true to what the show was about whilst also updating it rather fittingly for the big screen but on the flip side of that is the fact that the episodes plot really does feel like the plot of an extended episode of the show and really nothing more then that as there's really nothing that screams big screen plot in this movie altho this movies plot is really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Juri Kimura as Aoi Miyamori , Mimuji and Roro and Haruka Yoshimura as Ema Yasuhara. Also starring in this film is Haruka Chisuga as Shizuka Sasaki , Asami Takano as Misa Tōdō , Hitomi Ōwada as Midori Imai , Ayane Sakura as Kaede Miyai , Masaya Matsukaze as Shun Watanabe , Nobuyuki Hiyama as Seiichi Kinoshita , Hironori Saitō as Hironori Madoka , Kenji Hamada as Masashi Yamada , Yuri Yamaoka as Erika Yano , Madoka Yonezawa as Sara Satō , Ikumi Hayama as Tsubaki Andō , Atsushi Tamaru as Kyuji Takahashi , Shinobu Matsumoto as Ryōsuke Endō , Junji Majima as Yūichirō Shimoyanagi , Kengo Takanashi as Yoshiki Sakura , Shizuka Itō as Chiemi Dōmoto and Eri Nakata , Mari Hino as Nao Shinkawa and Hiroko Tokiwa , Ai Kayano as Rinko Ogasawara , Manami Numakura as Yumi Iguchi , Kotomi Yamakawa as Misato Segawa , Shiori Izawa as Ai Kunogi , Motoi Koyanagi as Shigeru Sugie , Shūya Nishiji as Yutaka Honda , Hiroyuki Yoshino as Tarō Takanashi , Yūsuke Kobayashi as Daisuke Hiraoka , Mai Nakahara as Yuka Okitsu and Nobuyuki Kobushi as Gōtarō Katsuragi.

Now then interms of what Impersonally 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 using the same cast from the show and as such the cast would know what kind of performance wold best to suit there characters with all of the films cast really giving us the kind of performance that is best suited for a feature length film with the actors in this film really being helped by the fact that the films script is just so good with it being filled to the with good stuff in this very film that all this films cast have to do it simply just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them really naturually.

Doing the animation for this film is of course and the legends and the greats that are currently over at P.A. Works. 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 this films animation being alot better then what it really had any right to be as nobody would have blamed the studio if they chose not to give us some good animation as the story itself is one that doesn't really lend itself to good animation and yet that's exactly what we got in this film in this film with all of the films backgrounds being insanely detailed and all of the characters having some really nice fluid movement to them.

To give you guys an idea of just how steeped in anime culture that this film is the makers of this film gave this film an anime TV style opening. Which was just so much fun t see as you could very easily see it as the opening to anime TV show as it hits all of the beats that you'd expect to see in an anime TV show opening including having the main character point at the sky with there mouth wide open for no reason which really just goes to show you that the makers of this film really do understand alot of anime culture as that is such a small detail that they didn't really have to put in this film and yet they included it anyway which was just a fun thing to see as it really was just a fun and funny part of this film.

The very idea behind this whole franchise is a really good idea as we the viewer never get an inside look of how our favorite movies and TV shows are made. Yes we'll get the odd behind the scenes the video released by whatever company is releasing something that week but that's really it and yet to see a movie detail how they make an animated movie was really interesting it's just a shame that the movie presents in a pleasant light when we know for a fact that animators in Japan are under paid and overworked and yet this movie doesn't touch on that which it really should have done as that could have made for an interesting part of the movie as making a fully animated movie in ten months when it usually takes anywhere between two to four years would really overwork the animators in this movie and yet the movie never touches upon it which is something that it really should have done as given the short time that the staff have to make a movie it would have been a very relevant to bring up and address in this movie as the film could have brought up some really organic drama and the film could have addressed something that alot of Japanese animators go through all the time and yet it really doesn't for no reason whatsoever.

One of the weakest things about this film was the fact that the film doesn't really build up it's dramatic plot points. With the characters always mentioning this show they had that failed and yet there's no build up to it it just comes out of nowhere and is implausible as having one TV show being cancelled isn't enough to almost bankrupt an animation studio you need a series of very bad business decisions for that to happen none of which appear in this film and later on in the film when they find out that the original producers of the film that there trying to make could sue them for some reason there's no build up to it as it just comes out of nowhere and is there just so the main character can have that forced moment where there meant to feel down before something perks them back up and that moment is just so incredibly forced in this film and it just doesn't work at all in the slightest which really shouldn't be the case as the idea is a very solid one and it's one that could have worked if it had been built up by having characters from the films original studio appear in this movie in a sort of antagonistic role in this film.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly two hours and eight seconds. Which is such a long running time for any film let alone an anime film to to have and while this film really does have more then enough there interms of pot to cover that really large amount of running tie this film really doesn't need to be that long as you very easily could have streamlined this films plot and got it's running time don to a more manageable running time which would have helped the film out quite alot as the film does get quite dull to watch around the half way point and very rarely if ever picks up steam again with this film not really having alot of padding but because it doesn't take the time to fully develop plot points to there fullest extent it really does make alot of this film not really worth watching but I will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it for the most part 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 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 being alot funnier then what it really had any right to be as the film itself doesn't really lend itself to comedy and yet we get alot of really good jokes in this film from the various references to other anime , to the anime opening , to even the characters just having some really good banter with each other this film is filled to the brim with some really good jokes with alot of this films jokes feeling very characters driven and while there are some bad jokes in this film  those don't represent the majority and are infact the minority as this films jokes are for the most part really funny in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this film was so much better then what it really had any right as be all means this film really shouldn't have been that good and yet we get a film that is shockingly good and is a must watch for any film or TV show fan that's interested in seeing in just how there favorite TV gets made as the very idea behind this film and the struggles behind that this films characters really go through could apply to any medium not just animation in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked abut all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are really 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 7 out of 10 from me.

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

My SPOILER FILLED First Impressions Of The Echo TV Series

With the start of the new year many people in Hollywood are hoping that they can turn there luck around with one of those companies being Marvel Studios. Who had a pretty rough year last year and well the company has just put out there first new piece of media for this year and well you all just know that I had to check out the first episode of this show the very first chance that I got and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED first impressions of the show that sees the MCU earn it;s first ever TV-MA rating with the show in question being called simply just "Echo" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is the very first thing that's wrong with the episode as just like the first episode of Adventures Of Superman this episode has no plot to speak off. On top of that this episode does spend around twenty eight minuets of it's running time just giving us the heroes backstory which granted is needed as she's that much of a well known character but it doesn't need to spend that long on her backstory which made even worse when you take into account that this show is a spin-off show with this first episode just retelling events that happened in an episode of the parent show which already covered alot of her origin which means that there really was no need to cover her origin story again as the people that will already be watching this show would already know it due to the previous show already covering it and the mainstream audiences will be turned of by the fact that there spending so much telling you who this character instead of giving us a good story to get us interested in the rest of the show and make us want to watch not only episode but the rest of the shows first season of episodes in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Alaqua Cox as Maya Lopez / Echo , Chaske Spencer as Henry Lopez and Tantoo Cardinal as Chula Battiest. Also starring in this episode is Devery Jacobs as Bonnie , Zahn McClarnon as William Lopez , Cody Lightning as Biscuits , Graham Greene as Skully , Julia Jones as Chafa , Thomas E. Sullivan as Vickie Tyson , Katarina Ziervogel as Taloa , Morningstar Angeline as Lowak , Dannie McCallum as Tuklo , Dakota Ray Hebert as Gretchen Sarnoff , Dallas Goldtooth as Shikoba and Vincent D'Onofrio as Wilson Fisk / Kingpin.

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 the 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  episodes cast doing the best that they can do but the issue is tho is that not only does the episodes director seem like someone who doesn't know who to direct there actors but at the same time the script for this episodes is just so bad as it doesn't give any of the actors in this episode much to work with interms of what there respective characters personalities are even meant to be and as a result of that is the fact that the episodes cast really just can't turn in that really good of a performance as this episode really just won't allow them to do so.

For once I cannot find out who did the CGI for this episode anywhere online which is such a shame as the episodes CGI was actually not that bad. 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 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 as the episode does have very minimal CGI with it only really being used to remove a leg and replace it with a fake leg which is how CGI should be used as it's something that isn't to distracting with the effect itself looking really good and blending in really well with the live action footage with this kind of CGI being a great use of CGI as all it's basically doing is enhancing what was there on the day of shooting.

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

There was one name that was left deliberately of the episodes cast list and that name is Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock / Daredevil. With the character only showing up in the opening few minuets of this episode with his scene being the best scene in the whole entire episode as it shows that he can still kill it as Matt Murdock and given that Wilson Fisk was also his main foe on Daredevil it does make sense for him to be in this episode as well as the two characters do share history with each other but at the same time tho he doesn't appear in the episode for very long with his scene basically being nothing more then a cameo appearance which does make sense as he is getting his own show at somepoint but at the same time if your going to bring back an actor that alot of people love then why not give him a slightly bigger role in the episode as that is something that the fans of the character would actually like to see and not have him just be a cameo appearance and really nothing all the more then that.

For the release of this show Disney did something new and that's the fact that they released all of the shows first season on the same day. This is something that I don't think works for the Marvel shows as those shows are built around the cliffhanger ending which are designed to make you want to watch episode two and half of the fun of watching a good TV show is the week long wait between episodes this is something that all of the other Marvel shows have done well with as alot of them have a large amounts of people talking about them on social media the day of an episodes release and because of that they do mange to last alot longer in the public's conscious which is just not going to happen with this show as the show is going to be watched in a day or two and then it'll be forgotten about by alot of people and while the idea of releasing all the episodes is a solid idea it needs to be with the right show and with the property and sadly this is neither.

The key theme of this show seems to be about family and what it means to have a family and be apart of a family. Which in all honesty really isn't a bad theme as while we've seen this theme explored to death in other Marvel media it is still an interesting and seeing this episode set that theme by having Maya be an outcast from her own family due to the work of her father and the fact that her Grandmother blamed her father for the death of her mother made it feel fresh and new as that's a take that we havn't seen before now and to the episodes credit it does dedicate alot of time to fully setting up this theme but with that being said it would have been nice if they came up with something more creative with the Maya character as having her be a former assassin that's really estranged from her own family does seem rather really over done at this point and such it's obvious where all of the drama and conflict for the show is going to be coming from and it's really obvious that it's all going to resolved by the end of the shows fifth and final episode as well.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly forty eight minuets and forty eight seconds. Which is a tad bit on the long side for this episode to have but given that large portion of this episodes running time is spent on Maya's origin story it is kind of understandable why the episode episode is as long as it is as even without the pointless origin story recap in the episode the episode itself still has alot of characters that it needs to set up and establish which it wouldn't be able if the episode was say under thirty minuets but at the same time tho there's no need for this episode to be as long as it is as the episode really doesn't have alot there interms of plot with Maya's origin recap feeling more like padding as it doesn't really add anything to the actual plot of the episode but I will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it 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 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 the best part of the episode. As the action in this episode was just so good with there being a really impressive one take action scene near the midway point of the episode which was just so cool to see and was the best action scene of the episode just from a pure technical standpoint with it doing a really good job of showing us that Maya really can hold her own in a fight with most people with it really being helped that we get to see alot of really cool moments in that one action scene with the best part of the whole scene being the fight between Maya Lopez and Daredevil which is just co freaking cool to see in the episode and was the best part of not only that action scene but the episode as a whole in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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

Overall this first episode was a solid if somewhat flawed first episode but at the same time it is one of the better MCU efforts when compared to a few of there recent films from last year 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 his very episode in this very post and while this is only my first impressions I won't be giving the series as of yet but if you guys want a full on series review of the show as a whole then all you have to do is let me know down in the comments section below and i'll really think about reviewing this whole series.

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 Marvel Cinematic Universe 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 Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and on the official Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Adventures Of Superman: Superman On Earth Review

 

We are now living in an age where alot of comic book characters are getting into live action all of the time. However that really wasn't always the case as for a shockingly long time comic books were seen as nothing but kids reading material and well one of the characters that really spawned from this idea was Superman a character that is still really popular to this very day with the character appearing in dozens of films and TV shows both in live and animated and so then join me as I review the very first episode of the show that saw the man of steel really make the leap to the small screen with the episode in question being called simply just "Superman On Earth" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is the very first thing that's wrong with this episode as the episode itself has no plotline to speak. Sure there's a small plot that creeps in near the end of the episode but for the vast majority of the episodes running time there us no plot to speak off as all we are seeing is young Clarke grow up and that's really it and while that idea is fine for a montage of scenes it's not a good idea for the vast majority of the first episode of the first ever live action Superman show to have as while yes you kind of have to do the origin story you could have also have created a plot that also includes the origin in a more organic way and heck you could have had the plot of the episode even tie into the main plot of the episode and yet because the episode chooses not to do that all we left with is in an episode that had no plot and is suffering because of it in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is George Reeves as Clarke Kent / Kal-El / Superman and Phyllis Coates as Lois Lane. Also starring in this episode is John Hamilton as Perry White , Jack Larson as Jimmy Olsen , Herbert Rawlinson as Rozan , Stuart Randall as Gogan , Aline Towne as Lara , Frances Morris as Sarah Kent , Danni Sue Nolan as Miss Bachrach , Tom Fadden as Eben Kent , Jack Narz as The Narrator , Jeffrey Silver as Teenaged Clark Kent , Sam Flint as Eben's Doctor and Our Miss Brooks star Robert Rockwell as Jor-El.

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 alot better then what it really had any right to be as generally the acting in alot of early comic book adaptations typically isn't that good and yet all of the cast members in this episode turn in some really good performances even the actors that only have a very small amount of screen time manage to make an impression by turning in some really good performances but what let's the acting down is the fact that the script for this episode just really isn't that good as it doesn't give the cast a whole lot to work with interms of what there respective characters personalities are even meant to be which is really understandable as this is the first episode of a long running TV show but at the same time you want to start your show with your best foot forward and that's not something that really happens with this episode.

As is to be expected this episode does do the full origin story for Superman which does make sense as his origin wasn't as well known to the main stream audience at the time that this episode was made and aired. Doing the origin does make sense but at the same time they really didn't need to do the full origin as it eats up to much of the episodes running time and if they did decide to show us just part of the origin then they could have had parts of it air in different episodes and have it relate to that episodes plot thus giving us really more room here to set up the characters and give us some kind of idea as to who these characters are and give us a good idea of what the characters personalities really even are and yet because the episode is adamant on really showing us the full origin story we are given no plot and the characters get no personality as the episode has no time to really set them up and that is something that really does harm the show.

What was rather unexpected is the fact that this episode does make changes to the lore with Ma and Pa Kent now being called Sarah and Eben. Which was something that felt weird as there names have always been Martha and Jonathon but because this show was made so close to the publication of the first appearance of Superman and as such things about his origin which does most likely include the name of Clarke's adoptive parents was most likely not that really well known but on the flip side Eben is such an obscure name that it's hard to picture anyone from the south calling there son that let alone somebody who was most likely born in the mid to late 1800's as yes we do get a year of when Clarke is a teenager with that year being nineteen twenty six which was a solid choice as it doesn't really add anything to the plot but at the same time it doesn't really take away anything from the plot either it's just there as a neat little piece of lore for this show.

While the fact that they do show the heart attack that killed of Jonathon what doesn't work is the fact that we don't get to send alot of time with this version of the character. As infact the character only really appears in two scenes before he dies and yet it's meant to be this big heartbreaking moment and yet it just doesn't work and while yes the character also gets the exact same amount of scenes in Superman: The Movie his heartattack was something that was built up in his first scene and as such there was kind of this ticking bomb all throughout that early part of the film as he could die at any moment and when you add in the fact that the heart attack in that movie played a huge part of Clark's own personal character arc throughout not only the first but also really the second film it makes that version of the scene much more better where as here in this episode it happens and it's really just quickly forgotten about which just saps any emotion out of that one scene.

What was quite easily the best part of the whole entire episode is the destruction of Krypton as it was something that looked so much better then what it really should have done. With the episode making great use of miniature special effects to help to pull that sequence of and when you add in the added drama of Jor-El just trying to convince his wife to go with baby Kal-El it makes the scene so good as we see that Jor-El is just trying to do what's right by his family and is not doing it just to prove the members of the council wrong which is something that adds to his character as it makes him look like someone who will do anything for his family something which doesn't really get explored in this episode but it is something that really made this version of the character standout as it's something that's really very rarely if ever really seen in live action adaptations of the character.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty five minuets and fifty one seconds. Which was such a long time for this episode to have as the episode doesn't spend alot of time on the little story that it actually has with that small story being more then capable of supporting an entire thirty minuet episode and yet for some reason it's just pushed back until the final five or so minuets with the story not really being given the room that it needed to breathe and as such it does feel rushed while at the same time the rest of the episode is spent on detailing an origin story that doesn't need to be covered in that much detail or have that much time dedicated to it if the makers of the show wanted to give the origin story that much screen time then what they should have done is make this episode a two part episode as then the actual plot of the episode would get the time that needed to fully breathe and each of the side characters would get a real chance to shine but I will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it 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 this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad.Ad this episode doesn't really have a fight scene in it which means that we only get two scenes that might be an action scene the first being the great destruction of Krypton and the second one just being Superman catching a guy as he falls with the lack of action being a bit of an issue as we don't really get to see what it is that makes Super super and heck Clark doesn't don the costume until the final few minuets of the episode and while the lack of action does somewhat make sense as this show most likely didn't have a big budget you still have to show us the hero in action in more ways then just showing him lazily catch a guy falling as that's just a really lame way to show of this truly iconic superhero in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this wasn't a bad episode to start of this show but at the same time it doesn't really give you a reason to want to check out the shows second episode either which is what a good show should do 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 episode and as such that means that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6 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 girl 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 DC Database fandom wiki page , Wikipedia and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episode that I used in this very review being Google Images simply just due to the fact that alot of the images that are on Google Images are all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Justice League: Crisis On Infinite Earths Part One Film Review

 

There are alot of comic book movies and alot of comic book related media coming out this year as such it would be very understandable that you'd forget about one or two of them. As is the case with this film with this film really flying under the radar with there only being one trailer released near the end of last year and that's really it with there being no clips released to help to promote the film either and so then join meas I review the film that is the first film in a trilogy of films with the film in question being called simply just "Justice League: Crisis On Infinite Earths Part One" enjoy.

The plot of this film is with every world being destroyed a group of heroes have to try and work out how to stop this threat before every single universe is destroyed 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 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 with this films plot being very fitting for a three part film as the story story really is a slow burn in every single sense of the word which only goes to show just how epic this films plot really is with this films plot also being fairly weak as well which is to be expected given the three film format with the plot of this film also being really rather entertaining and at times also being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Darren Criss as Earth-1 Clark Kent / Kal-El /  Superman and Earth-2 Clark Kent / Kal-El / Superman. Also starring in this film is Jensen Ackles as Bruce Wayne / Batman , Stana Katic as Diana / Wonder Woman and Superwoman , Matt Bomer as Barry Allen / The Flash , Ike Amadi as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter , Amazing Man and Ivo , Jimmi Simpson as Oliver Queen / Green Arrow , Meg Donnelly as Supergirl, Harbinger , Zachary Quinto as Lex Luthor , Alexandra Daddario as Lois Lane . Harry Shum Jr. as Brainiac 5 , Aldis Hodge as John Stewart and Power Ring , Ashleigh LaThrop as Iris West , Alastair Duncan as Alfred Pennyworth , Cynthia Hamidi as Dawnstar Liam Mcintyre as Aquaman and Johnny Quick , Jonathan Adams as Monitor , Geoffrey Arend as Psycho Pirate and Hawkman , Steven Universe star Zack Callison as Dick Grayson / Robin , Matt Lanter as Blue Beetle and Ultraman , Ato Essando as Mr. Terrific , Erika Ishii as Doctor Light / Dr. Hoshi and The Huntress , David Kaye as The Question , voice acting legend Nolan North as Hal Jordan /  Green Lantern , A.M.A.Z.O. and Homeless Man , Lou Diamond Phillips as The Spectre and Owlman and Keesha Sharp as Vixen.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With this films cast giving us some really good performances for the most part as there some parts in he film where the acting isn't as good as it perhaps should have been which really isn't the fault of the actors as they were told to deliver the lines a certain way with this not really being helped by the fact that the films script isn't really that good either as it gives none of this films cast much to work interms of what it is that there their respective characters personalities and as such the films cast aren't really allowed to give the good performances that we know that they can do as this films script simply just wont allow them to do as good that we know that they can do when they have a really good script to work with.

Doing the animation for this film is Maven Image Platform and the legends and the greats that are currently over at Edge Animation Co., LTD. Now then interms of what U 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 not that bad as just like with alot of the direct to DVD DC Comics films this film does have some really good animation in it but at the same time tho this films animation isn't as good as it could have been with alot of the animation feeling flat at times and good at other times which gives us an overall mixed bag of quality animation with this film also having some really thick characters lines which can at times be really very distracting and really does take you out of the film.

As noted at the start of the review this film is meant to be the first film in a trilogy of films which is most likely the best way to tell this story. As a story that's this big really does need alot of time in order to not only tell but to do it justice and giving this film multiple parts is a smart way to go about it but on the flip side of that is the fact that there not only might not be alot of story there to warrant a further two films but given that this story is a slow burner they also run the risk of boring your audience who then might not bother seeing the further two films and this is something that the makers of all three films will have to take into account as even this film did get a bit boring at times and this is only the first film which means that you can only imagine just how dull and boring the further two films might be should the makers of those films choose to really not be careful with the story.

With this film being the first part of a multi-part story it does fall into alot of the same traps that all of those films fall into. With this film basically being an extended trailer for part two and while this film does get away with that as it is a slow burner that doesn't take away from the fact that this film sets up storylines and characters arcs that don't get payed off in this film with this film also having alot of scenes that whilst they don't add anything to this film will most likely have a bigger role to play in the further two films which makes them pointless to include in this film as everything in this film should be all about setting up things that will pay off in this film and not be payed off in a film that's coming out in several months from now  as all that does is really make this film seem watered down by comparison.

Thee are some issues to be found in this film like the fact that the film doesn't really connect to all of the other films in the Tomorrowverse which granted is a minor nitpick. However what isn't a minor nitpick is the fact that we don't really get to spend alot of time on any of the earths before they get destroyed with us only spending a handful of minuets each time before we go off to another world which doesn't really work for this film as with this film we now have two other films in order to fully tell it's story which means that we could have spent more time on alot of earths which would make us care for the characters on that particular earth which would then make us all the more upset should that earth get destroyed it's one of the things that the Arrowverse take on this story got right as we spent alot of time each episode on the various different earths and as such we had a chance to form a connection be it good or bad to those characters this is really something that this film doesn't really do when it really has more then enough time in order to fully do it.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty two minuets and forty nine seconds. With this film having just the right amount of story to cover that amount of running time whilst also doing a good job of giving you a reason to want and go and see the next film in this trilogy but at the same time this film really didn't need to be a slow burner as this film still should have been focused in getting alot of key plot points out of the way in this film just so then the next two films could be all about adding to those plot points and really yet as things stand at the very least the first half of part two would have to be getting alot of plot points set up before adding to those plot points which is really something that shouldn't really have been the case as that's what a first part of a multi-part film is for but I will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it.

So now then as this is an action film that means that I gave to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. However that's also the issue as the action in alot of the direct to DVD DC animated films have usually been really good and yet this films action just isn't that good for the most part as while we do indeed get some really cool actions scenes those are vert few and far between with this film having barely any action scenes in it and about half of them just aren't that good with alot of them just being very dull and boring with alot of them not really doing anything all that new and while alot of them do have some really cool moments those are also very few and far between as well which does make this action seem dull and lifeless as well as being rather dull and boring in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this is film is solid way to start of this truly iconic storyline and while splitting the film up into three segments is a good idea only time will tell if it's a truly great idea in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the hood and as well as al of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that means that this very film earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

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

Dadnapped Film Review

When people think of Disney they usually think of the big budget films that Disney releases every single year. With them very rarely thinking about or even knowing about the fact that Disney also releases alot of films on the Disney Channel and it's one of those films that I want to talk about today and so then join me as I review that alot of people might not even remember was a thing in the first place but also stars quite alot of Disney Channel stars with the film in question being called simply just "Dadnapped" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when her successful author father is kidnapped Melissa Morris has to track him down with the help of some her dads most die hard fans. 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 with this films plot being the stereotypical kiddie affair that alot of people associate with the Disney Channel which is something that really doesn't work for this film as this film has alot of good ideas that could only be reached if this film took a more mature approach to it's storytelling with this films plot also being rather entertaining and also rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways/ at least.

Starring in this film is Emily Osment as Melissa Morris , David Henrie as Wheeze and Jason Earles as Merv Kilbo. Also starring in this film is Moisés Arias as Andre , Denzel Whitaker as Sheldon , Phill Lewis as Maurice , Charles Halford as Skunk , Jonathan Keltz as Tripp Zoome , Justice League: The Animated Series star George Newbern as Neal Morris and Wizards Of Waverly Place star Jennifer Stone as The Voice Of Debbie.

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 un all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With this films cast turning in the best performances that they can do as nobody expects great or even good acting from a Disney Channel Original Movie as let's be honest those don't really require great acting and yet to see good acting from this film just goes to show you that alot of this films cast are a bunch of really good actors as this film doesn't really need good acting and yet that's exactly what we get in this film with the cast is not really being helped by the fact that this films script is really pretty bad with the script not really giving the cast really alot to work with interms of what it is that their respective characters personalities is even meant to be and that is something that really does bring down the overall quality of the acting that's in this film.

The key thing to help in selling this films plot is the relation between Melissa and her father Neal Morris. Which is something that really doesn't work in this film as the film doesn't really have the chance to fully develop their relationship and as such when he does get kidnapped and they do have a heart to heart it comes out of nowhere as we the audience have very little knowledge of what their live was like and what their relationship was like which is understandable given the films short running time but if your going to have a father and daughter relationship be the main focal point of the film then the filmmakers should have gone to the effort into making sure that the audience actually cares enough about that relationship to want to see both characters meet up again which is something that the film fails to do.

To give this film credit it does a good job of hiding it's surprise villain with the film setting up another set of characters who we are led to believe is going to be the main set of villains. Only for it to turn that the person that we led to believe is the comic relief side character who's there to help the main character is infact the main villain and the people that we are led to believe are the main villains are in fact the comic relief characters who are there to help the main characters this was such a good twist as the film gives you a really solid reason to believe that this trio of characters could be the main villain in a way that while it doesn't make sense it's still just dumb enough that you kind of buy into it but sadly it's also the fact that the film doesn't give the trio of characters a really good reason to be the villains that let the film down as it would have made the film so much better and the misdirect so much better if you showed us these characters doing things that could have been evil in order to fully make us the audience believe that they could be the films main villains.

It's not hard to see why not alot of people really talk about or even remember this film for that matter as this film isn't that memorable. With the film being just the stereotypical Disney Channel Original Movie affair and really nothing more then that and that is what brings the film down and makes it less memorable as the idea alone could work for a Disney Chanel Original Movie but because they water it down so much what could be a good idea instead just becomes just another Disney Channel Original Movie and really nothing more then that which it really shouldn't be as on paper this film should have been so much more then that and on paper this film could have been one of the most memorable Disney Channel Original Movies out there and yet it's just not due to how watered down the idea is and due to the fact that the film is alot more focused on telling bad jokes then it is on telling a good story with good or interesting characters which is something that really does hurt this film in the grand scheme of things.

Just to go back to the villains for a second the actual main villain is a rather solid villain with him being played by Jason Earles. As his characters main motivation is to sell a manuscript and then kill the author in order to make the book more valuable and himself more money which is a really good idea but then they give him this weird thing where he hates his clothes getting dirty which is just done so that the film can have more bad jokes in it with the clothes getting dirty thing only being funny once and that's really it and while a villain being funny can indeed work but it just doesn't work here and because of that the film has tonal whiplash as he goes from being deadly series and straight up threatening to kill Melissa to complain that his clothes are getting dirty all in the same scene and all it does is make it known that the filmmakers had no idea what kind of villain that they wanted him to be as when he is a serious villain he is pretty creepy and really good but when he's trying to be funny it just doesn't work at all.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and twenty three minuets and forty one seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for a Disney Channel Original Movie to have and to this films credit it really doesn't feel that long at all with the film really just flying right on by but at the same time this film really could have done with a much more longer running time just to flesh out it's characters and it's story alot more which would have helped the film out quite alot but as it is the story isn't as fully developed as it should have been and the characters just across as being very note and one dimensional which is something that really does hurt the film in the long run but I really 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 have t 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 bad. With this film only having really one good joke in the whole entire film with the film most;y being made up of jokes that are just aren't that funny which is something that really shouldn't be the case as this films cast is made up of alot of really funny actors and yet for some reason the filmmakers give alot them really nothing funny to say or do which hurts the film as this is a comedy and as a result you expect good jokes in a comedy and yet this film fails to do even that in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall it's not hard to see why this film has very mostly been forgotten about is it really is just that bad of a film that is also one that is also really forgettable 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 film in this very review and as such that means that this very film 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 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 Disney fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episode that I used in this very review being Google Images simply just due to the fact that alot of the images that are on Google Images are all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.