Worzel Gummidge Down Under "Slave Scarecrow" And "The Traveller Unmasked" Review

 

This show is the show that just keeps on giving as a few years after Worzel Gummidge ended the exact same writers , director and some of it's stars launched a spin-off series. With this series also serving as a sequel series to the original show this despite it dropping alot of the original shows main cast of characters and so then join me as I review episodes that sees the end for now of the franchises first straight up villain with the episodes in question being called simply just "Slave Scarecrow" and "The Traveller Unmasked" enjoy.

The plot of these first two episodes is the evil Travelling Scarecrow Maker finally gets his hands on Worzel Gummidge and turns him evil and it's up to The Crowman and Aunt Sally to turn Worzel good again and defeat the Travelling Scarecrow Maker for good before it's far to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty not that bad with the plot for this two parter being suitably epic for a two part episode and yet at the same time tho the episodes plot isn't really worthy of being a two part episode with the episodes plot being really very entertaing and really very engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in these episodes is Superted and Doctor Who star Jon Pertwee as Worzel Gummidge and Sherlock star Una Stubbs as Aunt Sally. Also starring in these episodes is The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord Of The Rigs: The Return Of The King star Bruce Phillips as The Crowman , Olivia Ihimaera-Smiler as Manu , Wi Kuki Kaa as The Travelling Scarecrow Maker and Jonathan Marks as Mickey.

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 thew actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty not that bad. With alot of the episodes cast turning in some really good performances and while the kid actors aren't as good as the kid actors from UK set series of Worzel Gummidge they do make the most of what little that there given to do with the acting in these first two episodes really being helped by the fact that scripts for both of these two episodes being so good that all the cast have to do is just say the lines as there written and a good performance will come out of them naturally and while yes some of the actors aren't as good as others that's not a knock on the episodes script as that's more a knock on the actors not being as good as they should have been.

It's in this episode were we get to see something that wasn't shown in the original show and that's an evil version of Worzel Gummidge. This is a really creepy idea as the character at this point has been really harmless with him only displaying bad behavior due to him not really being that smart and there for doesn't know all that much but in this episode The Travelling Scarecrow Maker turns him fully evil with him setting out to kill his beloved Aunt Sally and while we do get to see Jon Pertwee pull of a great sounding evil voice for Worzel there's just something wrong about seeing Worzel Gummidge be as evil as he is this is despite it being a really good idea but at the same time tho it feels wrong because it's not something works well for this character and while they do give an in universe behind this sudden change it's something that should have been handled alot better then how it was handled in these two episodes of the show.  

One of the many things that this episode gets right is the fact that it gives Una Stubbs the chance to show just what kind of voices that she can do. With those voices really being good with her doing a very convincing Northern England type of voice at one point it's just a shame that the episode very quickly drops this idea just as soon as it introduces it as it could have been a great way to have some humor in what is two episodes that are more horror based but at the same time there is most likely a practical reason as to why the idea of Aunt Sally putting on different voices was dropped as doing different voices is hard work to do at the best of times and while it would have been great to hear more of the kind of voices that Aunt Sally could do it most likely would have been to difficult for Una Stubbs to do.

For some reason the makers of the show  chose to have Aunt Sally be the one to try and rescue Worzel Gummidge. Which just doesn't make all that much sense as Aunt Sally isn't the type of character to help anybody out as she's the type of person to leave a person who is in desperate need of her help just because it suits her to do so and given all that we've of the character in all of the previous it does seem out of character for her to be the one to go and rescue and while they do give a reason for why The Crowman couldn't do it it would have made more sense then having Aunt Sally do it or even having the children go and do it would have made sense as there Worzel's friends and would therefor actually really want to help him out where as Aunt Sally really isn't that kind of person something which we see at several points during part two of this two part episode.

To many this is one of the more scarier episodes of the franchise with this episode being pretty creepy even for a kids TV show. While the original show didn't shy away from having scary episodes either in these two episodes they really have alot of creepy with The Travelling Scarecrow Maker making scarecrows that are more in line zombies then they are actual scarecrows as they can only come alive at night and don't talk with his main goal to take all of The Crowman's powers which would enable him to make scarecrows walk and talk at any time and thus pretty much raise an army to take over the world which is a pretty creepy idea which is made even more creepier when we see that Aunt Sally is to scared to even go to his house and yet what's funny is the fact that parents in the UK complained about this episode being scary as it was shows early in the morning and yet they were OK with the original series having some scary scenes and episodes in it and yet those episodes were broadcast alot closer when children were most likely heading of to bed.

Now then while I cannot for the absolutely life of me remember whatever these two episodes grand total running even were I do know for a fact that both episodes has / had a combined exact grand total running time of roughly fifty minuets. With both episodes being somewhere around twenty five minuets each in length with this story really feeling short changed because of the fact that it's only two episodes as you very easily could have stretched this story out to three or four episodes which would have helped the story out quite alot as the second episode really does feel like a rush job with plot points just coming out of nowhere and the characters not really getting alot of the development that they should have gotten in these episodes which does make sense as this is a TV series but at the same time in a pair of episodes like this one they really should have given the characters really some form of character development but I will admit that both episodes really do have some really truly wonderful pacing to them.

So now then as this is comedy that means that I have to actually talk about thew actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty not that bad as we do get some funny moments during both of these episodes. At the same time tho the main focus of both of these episodes oddly enough isn't the comedy it's the horror and while the horror aspect is really well done the lack of jokes during alot of both of the episodes really does make it feel like that they put to much effort into the horror side of things when this should have been more like a horror comedy instead of a straight up horror with one or two lighthearted moments in it but when we do get a good and funny joke you really do notice it in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this was a really solid two parter which does show just how good this sequel spin-off series could have been when it was at it's best and not let down by bad scripts in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in these very episodes in this very review and as such that means that these episodes really do earn themselves a combined grand total score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

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The Muppet Show "Shirley Bassey" Review

 

Rather shockingly it's been a little over a year since I last reviewed an episode of The Muppet Show and well I suddenly got an erge to review another of the show. However with there being really so many episodes with so many great guest stars in them it was hard to pick an episode to review however what helped to narrow things down quite alot is the fact that Goldfinger is also my personal favorite James Bond film and so then so then join me as I review that sees a future Dame appear with the muppets with the episode in question being called simply just "Shirley Bassey" enjoy.

The plot of the episode is Scooter has to try and get some gold paint for there guest star Shirley Bassey's performance. 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 on the thin side but that's kind of what you expect and want from The Muppet Show as this show really isn't known for it's deep plots with those mainly being saved for the movies with the show you want something that's rather simple and easy to follow as after all this is kids family friendly show and that's what the plot of this episode deliverers to us in spades with this episodes plot being really entertaining ad as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Jim Henson as Kermit The Frog , Rowlf , Dr. Teeth , The Newsman and Waldorf and Frank Oz as Fozzie Bear and Animal , Jerry Nelson as Bruno , Floyd Pepper , Violinist , Pops and Duck , Richard Hunt as Scooter , Beaker , Janice, Statler and Cow , Dave Goelz as Gonzo , Zoot , Dr. Bunsen Honeydew , Sheep and Doctor , Steve Whitmire as Lips and Dancing Sack , Kathryn Mullen as Gaffer , Louise Gold as Dancing Sack , Betsy Baytos as Timmy Monster and Pig and Dame Shirley Bassey as Herself.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With all of this episodes cast members turning in some really good performances which really isn't all that surprising as this show has always had some really good acting in it with this episode being no exception to that rule as the cast at this point have been playing these characters for years at this point which means that this episodes cast would know what performance would best suit there characters in any given situation with the acting in this episode not really being helped by the episodes script as the script really just isn't up to the really high standerd seen in other episodes of The Muppet Show.

For some reason for this particualr season of the show they changed the way that they introduced each guest as instead of having them show up and having Scooter knocking on there dressing room we now have the guest in question walking up to The Muppet Theater before having a talk with Pops. This is a change that just wasn't work as while it does make sense to show the guests turning up to the theater the old set up worked better as they would have been there for hours rehearsing for the show where as with this new set up it makes it appear as if they just turn up having no clue what there going to do on the show and just go on stage and make it up as they go along which just wouldn't be the case at all as any one of this shows guests would rehears for whatever there going to do as there act on the show with that feeling being lost with this guest introduction. 

If your a James Bond then you'll be glad to know that this is the shows second James Bond guest with the first one appearing just a few episodes earlier in this very season of the show with that guest being none other then Sir Roger Moore himself. However were as Sir Roger Moore would have most likely have been on the show in order to promote "For Your Eyes Only" Dame Shirley Bassey is here just because she wants to be there and that is something that really does show through in the episode as it really does look like that she's having a blast working on this show with her getting fully stuck in on The Muppets type of madness and insanity and unlike the Sir Roger Moore appearance they don't make the fact that she's worked on a still hugely popular spy franchise the only joke about her infact they don't really make any jokes about her which they really should have done as Dame Shirley Bassey is known as a bit of diva but in a good way and they really could have played up that aspect of her and made that a running joke all throughout the episode but they don't do that for some reason which is weird as it could have a potentially funny running joke in the episode.

This episode really isn't the best of the show as while it does contain all of the typical madness that you expect from The Muppets. It doesn't contain any of the heart and soul that made and still make The Muppets stand out with this episode just feel anarchic just for the sake of feeling anarchic which is something that just doesn't work for The Muppets and while a more better episode could have pulled that of by having acts that are actually entertaining and could distract you from the rest of the episodes faults this episode doesn't have that going for it and as a result of that the episodes faults become bigger as we the audience are now forced to focus on them alot more with this episode lacking those emotional moments that help to make this show work with the show also lacking alot of that rebellious nature that the show is also really known for as well.

For some reason the makers of this show has Dame Shirley Bassey sing "Goldfinger" which is still a really good song. However when compared to "Diamonds Are Forever" which is a better song it's odd that they would only go for the song that's more popular thanks to the film instead of the song that's more better it's not even a case of the song that's more popular in it's own right as people that don't like the film "Diamonds Are Forever" still like the song and people that like the film "Goldfinger" alot of them don't like the song and yet they had her singing "Goldfinger" for no reason whatsoever which just doesn't make sense as the makers of this show are usually pretty good in choosing the better song for an artist to sing and almost never go with the song that's more popular which makes it all the more weirder that they would do so here heck given the year that this episode was made in they could have had her sing "Moonraker" and have her sing it with the cast from Pigs In Space.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty five minuets and thirty two seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for this show but on the flip side of that is the fact that this episode really doesn't have a strong enough plot to really justify that long of a running time with the episodes main plot being really thin at best but enjoyably so but thin none the less with this being made worse by the fact that the acts that are featured on this episode just aren't that fun or creative to watch with none of them really justifying there length either with alot of them just being there really just for the sake of being there and not because there really creative to look or because there entertaining to look at all of which make them feel like a chore to sit through in this episode all of this does make the episode a slight chore to sit through but I will admit that this episode really does have some really good 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. However that's also the issue as the comedy in this episode wasn't all that good either with there being alot more bad jokes in this episode then there are good ones but when we do get a good joke in this episode you really do know about it's just a shame that we have to sit through alot more bad jokes just to get to one or two decent jokes which only become good when you compare to the rest of the bad jokes that are in this episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this episode quite clearly isn't The Muppets at there best but at the same time it's also quite clearly a sign that the makers of this had done all that they could have done with the characters in a TV show format 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 that are in this very review and as such that really means that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6 out of 10 from me.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.