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Thursday, 1 February 2024

Garfield And Friends "Peace & Quiet" , "Wanted: Wade" And "Garfield Goes Hawaiian" Review


Garfield is a character that not alot of people will know is actually a comic book character and is one of the few comic book characters to not only break into the main stream but also has generations of fans. With the character having a new movie out this year I thought that it was only about time that I take a look at the very first full episode of the show that really launched him into a mega star and so then join me as I review the review the episodes that saw Garfield try to take on a clown with the segments in question being called simply just "Peace & Quiet" , "Wanted: Wade" and "Garfield Goes Hawaiian" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is in "Peace & Quiet" after staying up all night watching TV Garfield tries to get some sleep but has to deal with clown that keeps on disturbing him whilst in "Wanted: Wade" Wade the duck thinks that the police are after him after he rips of a piece of paper of a sofa and in "Garfield Goes Hawaiian" Jon trys to get Garfield to take some medicine after he gets a case of Hawaiian Cat Flu. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that  bad with the plot of "Peace & Quiet" being the better plot of the episodes three segments as that was the most filled plot with the plot of all three segments being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Lorenzo Music as Garfield and Thom Huge as Jon Arbuckle , Roy Rooster , Jail Dog and Binky The Clown. Also starring in this episode is Gregg Berger as Odie , Orson Pig  , Man 1 Jail Rat and The Television Host , Howard Morris as Wade Duck , voice acting legend Frank Welker as Booker , Polly , Silly Animal Stunts Host and Sheldon and Julie Payne as Lanolin Sheep , Liz Wilson and The Receptionist.

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 nor that bad. With alot of this episodes turning in some pretty decent performances but at the same time the acting in this episode isn't as good as we know that this episodes cast can deliver with the episodes various scripts letting the cast down as there just not that good and while yes Lorenzo Music is pitch perfect as Garfield the rest of the cast just aren't that good as the episodes scripts don't really give them a whole lot to work with and as a result of this is the fact that there performances just can't be that good as the episodes scripts just really won't allow for it.



Doing the animation for this episode is Cuckoo's Nest Studios and the legends and the greats that are currently over at Wang Film Productions Company. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that' actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad with the episodes animation at times having a water colored look to it which makes it look like that it was ripped right out of the comic strips but that's also the episodes biggest weakness as it doesn't look like something that you'd want to see on TV as it doesn't look like TV quality animation which is also the point as it's meant to look like the comic strips which is fine for the comic strips but for TV you want something that looks just that little bit better.


For those of you that perhaps don't know about this show this show had three segments air in each episode with there being two quick short segments to air inbetween each segment. In each typical episode of the show we would get two Garfield segments that would usually bookend each episode and one Orson's Farm aka U.S.Acres segment that would usually be the second segment in the episode this was done just because the Orson's Farm comic strip had just launched and was fastly becoming a mild hit and as such the makers of this show thought that teaming up those characters with that of the Garfield characters would help to push the Orson's Farm comic strip into the mainstream and get more eyes on it sadly this did not happen as it's those segments that are the worst segments of this show as they clash with the tone of the Garfield shorts.

While having multiple segments for this show does somewhat as it does allow for alot more really fun stories. This episode and the show as a whole would have been if it was just focused on Garfield and heck they wouldn't even need to change the title of the show as then they could have had Garfields side characters come in and play a bigger role in the show with none of the Garfield side characters making appearance in either Garfield segment in this episode which does somewhat make sense as they to tell multiple stories in one episode they still could have had them appear in the background or make a cameo appearance in the episode with the episode instead giving more of that attention to detail to the Orson's Farm segment where they do have some of their other main characters make a cameo appearance which just doesn't work as nobody who is watching this show is watching t for those characters as they'd be watching it for the Garfield characters.


It's hard to say which of the three segments was the best segment as all three of them are good in there own way. With the Garfield segments being more funny for adults and teenagers and the Orson's Farm segment being more targeted at little kids and doing and saying things that would make them laugh and while all three segments do have there own merits all three also have alot of flaws like the fact that Garfields beef with Binky could have been resolved if Garfield just told him that he got the wrong house and that was it which might seem like a minor issue but when you take into account that that's a key plot point in the segment it then becomes a major issue with the same thing also being true for the Orson's Farm segment as if Wade just stopped to think for a minuet then he would realise that the police wouldn't come to a arrest him and heck even Orson himself tells him as such and he still doesn't listen to him.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty three minuets and fifty two seconds. Which was a really solid running time for this episode to have with each of the episodes three segments lasting around five minuets each with the two quick segments lasting around thirty segments to a minuet each with all three segments having just about enough plot to cover there own allotted amount of time and nothing more then that and while it would have been good if each of the segments had a longer running time the plot has to always come first and if the segment doesn't have alot of plot to cover anything longer then five minuets then stretching each segments plot really wouldn't work as all that would result in doing is stretching each segments plot even thinner then what they already are but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho. 


So now then as this is comedy that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With this episode having alot of really funny moments with alot of the episodes most funniest moments coming from the Garfield as the Orson's Farm segment just isn't that funny but there might be some little kids that find those characters and that segment to be the funnest segment in the whole entire episode however what makes the Garfield segments funny is the fact that Garfield himself is just a funny character with dry and sarcastic sense of humor all of which is delivered gratefully by Lorenzo Music with this being helped by the fact that all of the Garfield jokes are just really funny jokes in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this was a rather solid debut episode to what would be a truly iconic show to the character of Garfield and it's not hard to see why this character became as popular as it was as it was a really solid debut episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good ad as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that means that this very episode really does earn 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 mages that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Garfield 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 the great the official Garfield fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not all of the images that are really from this episode and are of course really on the official Garfield fandom wiki page are really all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Tuesday, 30 January 2024

Ewoks "The Haunted Village" Review


Ewoks are characters that people either love or hate with alot of people being really split on these characters. However back in the mid eighties kids loved them and as a result of that they were given there very own animated series and for a while the only piece of new Star Wars media that we got good or not featured the Ewoks in a starring role and well since it's been four long years since I last took a look at an episode from the classic Ewoks TV show I thought that it was about right that I take a look at episode two of this show and so then join me as I review the episode that introduces invisible soap into the world of Star Wars with the episode in question being called simply just "The Haunted Village" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is the Ewoks find themselves being under attack from all sides as they have to douse some trees in soap that turns you invisible to hide them from an evil witch while the Dulok steal it and use the soap to try and attack the Ewoks village it's up to Wicket to get the soap back before it's far to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as it was the kind of plot that you'd expect from a kids cartoon where the Ewoks are the main characters but at the same time tho given that this episodes writer was Paul Dini it's not that good of a plot either with this episodes plot also being really rather entertaining ad as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Melleny Brown as Urgah , Jackie Burroughs as Morag and George Buza as Chirpa. Also starring in this episode is Doug Chamberlain as Logray , Leanne Coppen as Nippet and Winda Warrick , Michael Fantini as Wiley , Don Francks as Umwak , Dan Hennessey as Gorneesh , Jim Henshaw as Wicket Wystri Warrick , Pam Hyatt as Bozzie , Eric Peterson as Teebo , John Stocker as Widdle Warrick , voice acting legend Cree Summer as Kneesaa A Jari Kintaka and Greg Swanson as Weechee Warrick.

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. Which given who is starring in this episode really isn't all that surprising as this episode is made up of a bunch of really good voice actors who we know for a fact can turn in some really good performances which is the case with this episode however what really does let the acting in this episode down is the fact that the episodes script really isn't that good as it's just your stereotypical kids cartoon script and it doesn't give the cast a whole lot to work with interms of what it is that there respective characters personalities are really even meant to be in the first place.


Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Nelvana , Cuckoo's Nest Studios and Wang Film Productions Company. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty alot better then what it really had any right to be as when you hear the words "Ewoks Cartoon" you don't really think of good or even great animation and yet we get some really good animation and while the animation really hasn't aged all that well it's also better then alot of the animated shows that were coming out at the time that this show was being made.


The episodes villains were rather rightfully ridiculous and over the top as they are villains in a kids cartoon. However given that Star Wars was also aimed at children and yet they still somehow managed to create scary and actually threatening villains it's shocking to see that this cartoon didn't do the exact same thing as they had more then enough star power behind the camera to make the episodes villains really scary and yet they don't at all instead they make them the kind of villains that you'd always see in a childrens TV show with this not really being helped by the fact that the episodes villains don't really have much of a personality this is despite them having a clear end goal of wanting to get rid of the Ewoks there's nothing personality wise to set all of these villains and such any one of them really could be the ones that are saying things in this episode as alot of them really do look the exact same way as each other.

To this episodes credit it really does know exactly what it is and that's the fact that it's nothing more then a dumb kids cartoon. Which is so refreshing as to see as we see quite alot of shows that are trying to be something that there not and yet this episode knows exactly what it is and really isn't afraid to be nothing more then a dumb kids cartoon with everything about this episode being things that you'd see in a dumb kids cartoon without the typical moral lesson of the week that we used to see all of the time in eighties kids cartoon shows which is really what this episode is missing as it would be super funny and super cringy just seeing how they would try to teach kids a moral lesson but done in a Star Wars fashion but at the same time none of the Star Wars cartoon ever really did something like that and it would have seemed really out of place for this one episode to do it when the rest of the shows doesn't do it even once.


As this show is more focused on being a comedy you'd expect the jokes in this episode to be really good. Yet the jokes that are in this episode while they might have been funny back in nineteen eighty five there not really funny now with pretty much all of this episodes being really dated jokes and whilst there might be some people that will still find this show to be funny in order to be truly timeless the jokes have to be well written and times which is sadly not the case at all with this being the result of the back of the episodes script just isn't that good and when you have Paul Dini the co-creator of Harley Quinn you'd expect there to be some really funny as we know thanks to Tiny Toon Adventures which he also wrote for you'd expect the jokes in this episode to be really painfully funny and yet the jokes in this episode will barely get a smile out of people as there just really not that funny at all with the episode not even having one good joke in the slightest.

Now then this episode has / had an grand total running time of exactly twenty four minuets and forty five seconds.Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for this show and to this episodes credit it really does make the must of that running time with there not really being any scene that needed to be cut and while I would have liked if the episode had more scenes just to flesh out it's plot and characters it would have been stretching this episodes already thin story to beyond breaking pint and as a result there would have been alot of scenes that add nothing to the overall plot of the episode and would have felt like padding and while even tho this episode really does have more then enough plot to cover this amount of running time it doesn't have enough plot to cover any longer then that 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 al 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. However that's also issue as while this episodes action really isn't all that good either none of this is the fault of the makers of the show as they have strict guidelines and strict budgets to stick to and as a result of this the action in this episode can't be as good as it could have been as the show has to stick to those TV guidelines and to those budgets which means that this episodes action is rather clunky and was the kind of action that you'd expect t find in a bad kids action cartoon series as it's just that bad in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this episode is both not as good as it could have been and not as bad as it really should have been either with this episode really giving you all the things that you'd expect to see in an Ewoks kids cartoon 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 really 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 as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very  review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Star Wars fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episode that I used in this very review being the great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not all of the images that are really from this episode and are of course really on Google Images are really all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Saturday, 27 January 2024

Doctor Who: The Time Meddler Review

 


Doctor Who is a show that when it's good it's great but when it's bad it's really bad with the show always adding things to it's lore. With the episode that i'm about to review for you all today being one such episode as this really is the first episode that sees the TARDIS get the name that we really all know it by and sees introduction of a time travelers golden rule and so then join me as I review the episode that sees Steven officially join the TARDIS team with the episode in question being called simply just "The Time Meddler" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is The Doctor , Vicki and Steven land on earth and have to stop an evil time travelling from changing the course of European history forever. 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 but at the same time tho that's also the issue this episodes plot really isn't all that good as the episodes plot just isn't that interesting and while it's normal for a TV show to have some bad episodes it is unusual for that episode to be written by the shows then script editor with this episodes plot not really being all that entertaining nor is it all that engaging either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is William Hartnell as The Doctor , Maureen O'Brien as Vicki and Peter Purves as Steven Taylor. Also starring in this episode is Peter Butterworth as The Monk , Alethea Charlton as Edith , Peter Russell as Eldred , Michael Miller as Wulnoth , Michael Guest as A Saxon Hunter , Geoffrey Cheshire as A Viking Leader , Norman Hartley as Ulf , David Anderson as Sven and Ronald Rich as Gunnar The Giant.

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 alot better then what it really had right to be. With both William Hartnell and Peter Butterworth rather rightfully getting alot of praise for there performances as they both turn in some truly wonderful performances in this episode and while both Maureen O'Brien and Peter Purves try to turn in some good performances both they and the rest of the episodes cast are let down by the episodes script which gives none of them absolutely nothing to work with interms of what there respective characters personalities are even meant to be.



As was stated at the very start of this review this is the episode that sees Steven Taylor officially become a companion.While yes the character was indeed introduced in the previous episode "The Chase" he didn't become a companion as they all believed that he died in that episodes climax with the character officially becoming a companion in this episode which was a really smart move as of course the previous episode was all about saying goodbye to Ian and Barbera two characters who have been with the show since episode one and by introducing him in that episode it means that when he does show up at the start of this episode the audience is already very familiar with him altho the episode doesn't really give a reason as to why The Doctor Would indeed take him on as a companion as Steven doesn't really display anything that would catch The Doctor's attention. 


This episode does add to the lore of show by explaining what the one golden rule of time travel with it being to never interfere with history. However it also adds to the lore in another way by introducing us to an evil time traveler something which we really hadn't seen before at this point in the shows history and while the episode doesn't really go as far with that idea is it perhaps could have done it is a solid idea so much so that that basic core concept would resurface again years later and to more success with the introduction of The Master but at the same time it would have been nice to see The Monk become somewhat of a regular villain as he's someone who have outwitted The Doctor and his companions during other episodes and while the character would indeed be brought back for The Dalek's Master Plan it would have been great to see the character show up after the events of that episode and become a recurring villain like The Daleks for example.

This episode is the very definition of a nothing episode as not alot actually happens in this episode with Steven and Vicki mostly wondering around looking for The Doctor and The Doctor himself spending alot of time being captured by The Monk. Which while those scenes with The Doctor and The Monk are some really good scenes there also quite alot of scenes that add nothing to the overall plot of the episode and the same thing also being true for the stuff with Vicki and Steven as alot of their scenes could have been removed from the overall plot of the episode which means that for alot of the episode we are just watching the characters looking around trying to find each other and there's only so long that you can see something like that before it starts to get boring which in the case of this episode is very quickly and when you take into account that this episode really should have shown us why Steven should be a companion to The Doctor is really something that shouldn't been the case as this episode should have been a showcase for Steven and for showing us why he should get to travel with The Doctor and what his relationship with The Doctor is going to be like in the show moving forward and yet the episode doesn't do that at all with the episode instead just focusing on giving us scenes that add nothing to the overall plot of the episode and really nothing more then that.


It was rather interesting seeing The Monk's TARDIS given that it's meant to be a more newer model to The Doctor's. However mostly due to budgetary reasons the two TARDIS'S look exactly the same on the inside with there being nothing to make them look visually different which is something that they really should have done just to make The Monks TARDIS interior look different to that of The Doctors but as it is they both look exactly the same which does make it hard t tell which interior is who's in any scene but if they did have the budget to make The Monk's TARDIS interior different then they could have gone with a more gothic steampunk look which would have been perfect for this character as this character is evil to the core and due to the fact that he's willing to change human history just for a laugh giving his interior a more darker theme would thematically make a whole lot of sense and it would have looked really visually interesting as well.

Now then while I cannot for the absolutely life of me remember whatever this episodes grand total running time was I do know that for a fact that this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of roughly one hour and thirty minuets. Which was such a short amount of time for this episode to have as instead of being just four incredibly short episodes this episode really should have been five or even six episodes long as that would have allowed for the story of the episode to become more fully fleshed out and it would have allowed the makers of the episode to fully develop it's characters and yet because of the fact that the episode is only four episodes long it means that the episode can't fully develop either it's pot of it's characters as they have to rush along to get to the next plot point but I will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.


So now then as this is a drama show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual drama 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 drama that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. With this episodes drama not really being all that forced as alot of it felt very in character but at the same time as the story behind the episode is so weak it doesn't matter how good the drama is as the episode just doesn't have the story to back it up and yet it's in this episodes drama where the acting between William Hartnell and Peter Butterworth really does shine through with those two having a bunch of really good dramatic scenes together all of which work really well for this episode are all mostly in character for both the Monk and the Doctor in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall while this episode was a rather fun episode it's also one that felt like the waste of a good idea and of a potentially good villain as well but the episode is still a fairly fun episode to watch in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that means that this very episode really does earn itself a grad 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 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 Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not all of the images that are really from this episode and are of course on Google Images are really all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Friday, 26 January 2024

Masters Of The Universe: Revolution TV Series SPOILER FILLED Review

 


He-Man really can't catch a break in recent years with the show She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power splitting the fanbase and Masters Of The Universe: Revelation splitting it even further it was quite shocking when it was announced that exact same creative team would be back for a new sequel or spin off show. With this show not even really getting all that much attention from Netflix with the marketing for the show only really happening roughly about a week or so ago and really going virtually unnoticed by alot of people and so then join me as I review the show that not alot of people will really know is even a thing with the show in question being called simply just "Masters Of The Universe: Revolution" enjoy.

The plot of the show is Prince Adam's father dies he gives up his right to throne to a previously unheard of relative and Teela goes on quest to restore a place where all the heroes of Eternia go to when they die. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty not that bad but that's also the issue as the plot of this show really isn't all that good either as it's story just isn't all that gripping and really does nothing all that new with the shows cast of characters with the episodes plot also having plot twists that people can really see the shows plot twists really coming a mile away as well with this not really being helped by the fact the shows plot really isn't all that entertaining nor is it all that engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this show is Chris Wood as Prince Adam / He-man and A Sailor and Tim Sheridan as King Miro. Also starring in this show is Mark Hamill as Skeletor , Melissa Benoist as Teela , William Shatner as Keldor , Meg Foster as Motherboard , Keith David as Hordak , John De Lancie as Granamyr , Gates McFadden as Queen Marlena , Diedrich Bader as King Randor and Buzz Off , Liam Cunningham as Duncan , Susan Eisenberg as The Sorceress , Ralph Garman as Fisto and Rio Blast , Phil Lamarr as Mendor , Griffin Newman as Orko and Tuvar , Stephen Root as Cringer and Snout Spout , Jason Mewes as Baddrah , Tiffany Smith as Andra , Tony Todd as Scareglow , Harley Quinn Smith as Queen Amelia , Brett Rash as Prince Keldor , Jakari Fraser as Prince Randor , Cam Clarke as Stonedar , Jeffrey Combs as Zodak , Grey DeLisle as Despara and Game Of Thrones star Lena Headey as Evil-Lyn "Lyn" / Majestra.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty not that bad. With the actors that you expect a great performance from like Mark Hamill really truly delivering a good and solid performance but at the same time the rest of cast just don't deliver a good performance at all with alot of the shows cast just phoning in their performances with the same thing also being true for actors who we know can turn in a good performance like William Shatner for example who is solid in this show but he doesn't turn in the kind of good performance that we know that he can do with this not really being helped by the fact that the shows scripts gives none of the cast really nothing to work with interms of what there characters personalities are even meant to be in the first and as a result the shows cast just can't turn in a good performance as the shows scripts really just won't allow for them to do so.



Doing the animation for this show is of course the legends and the greats that are currently over at Powerhouse Animation Studios.Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty one of the true highlights of the show as the animation that's in this show was really good which is really nothing new as the previous show had some really good animation in it as well which means that it only made sense that this show would also feature some really good animation in it as well with the show taking an anime inspired look which is something that works really well for this show and for this version of the franchise.

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



For those of you wondering this show is a slight improvement over Revelation but at the same time this show also falls into the exact same trappings that that show fell into. With this show killing of a main character in it's first episode with King Randor dying which granted isn't as bad as He-man dying at the start of Revelation but at the same time tho it felt like rehash of something that clearly didn't work the first time that they tried it and were as Teela was undoubtedly the main character of Revelation here the main character is oddly enough Skeletor with Prince Adam / He-Man once again feeling like a side character in his show and even that's being kind as Teela once again plays a bigger role in the shows plot then He-Man does which is just just something that will never work as you go into a Masters Of The Universe show wanting to see He-Man as the main character and really not his main villain and most certainly not one of the shows many side characters.

To put it bluntly it really does seem like that Netflix is ashamed of this show as not only has the show not received that much interms of promotion. With it seems like only show creator Kevin Smith and a few of the cast members doing the legwork interms of getting the show out there with official Netflix accounts barely mentioning the show at all and yet Revelation got a ton of promotion from the official Netflix accounts with them talking about the show every single chance that they got which makes it weird that they would barely mention this show at all as this show is only slightly better then what Revelation was and as such you'd think that Netflix would be all over at trying to get more viewers to watch it and yet it doesn't appear that that will be the case at all as they've done such a terrible job with the marketing of this show. 


Like with the previous series this one does end with a tease of what's to come this time with Grey Delisle's Despara character. With that character basically being the shows version of Princess Adora /  She-Ra which is a really interesting way of getting around the copyright for the character and yet at the same give that there no more confirmed episodes for this show yet it kind of feels like a pointless cliffhanger as it does't look like it's something that's going to be getting payed off anytime soon but with there being so little information about this show out there there could be more episodes in the can with that character and we don't even know about it and given but given how the story ends it would be pointless to give it more episodes as this show pretty much wrapped up the whole storyline for this version of the franchise but given how it looks like that she might be portrayed should this show get more future episodes it would be great to see another villain instead of Skeletor who is still a good villain but in this show he just wasn't that interesting of a character and having Despara come in as a new villain could be interesting.

Now then this show has / had an exact grand total running timer of roughly three hours in total with each episode being no longer then twenty seven minuets. With the thirty minuet format being a fairly solid for each of this shows five episodes as it does allow for what little story this show is trying to tell to be at the forefront and not only come up every few episodes or so but on the flip side of that is the fact that because this show is so short it now means that problems might have been minor issues or now major issues as we the audience or now forced to focus on them alot more as we're not really given alot of other things to focus on during the shows five episodes with this show really needing at least three more episodes in order to do it's story justice with this not really being helped by the fact that the show really does have some really bad pacing to it with the story moving by at such a fast pace that it's unreal.


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 show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented t us in this very film was in all honesty pretty good. Which wasn't all that surprising as the same thing was also true for Revelation but the action in that show worked a little bit better as the story took it's time to be fully developed and yet here because while the action in this show does have some really cool moments in it it's not really as effective as it really should have been due to the fact that the story is so rushed due to the small amount of episodes and yet when we do get some really cool moments in this show they are some genuinely really cool moments and it's those moments that make the action in this show worth watching in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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Overall while this show is slightly better then Masters Of The Universe: Revelation it's still not a good show and if we are getting more episodes be it in a Part 2 or it's own separate show then the makers of this show really will have to do something to get the die hard fans back on board as right now there really not even looking at this show as it's just that bad of a show 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 in this very show in this very review and as such that means that this very show 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 ad gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Masters Of Universe fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very show that I used in this very review being the official Masters Of The Universe fandom wiki page simply just due to the fact that alot of the images that are featured / up and on the official Masters Of The Universe fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly high definition.

Wednesday, 24 January 2024

Thomas & Friends TV Series "Thomas And Gordon" Review

 


We all had that one favorite show that we always used to watch when we were kids and alot of the times that one show sticks with us when were adults. So much so that we occasionally find ourselfs checking out then show again for one reason or another well that's the case with the episode that i'm going to review for you all today as it's from a show that I used to watch growing up and still find myself going back to it all of these many years later and so then join me as I review the episode that kick started a rather solid kids TV programme with the episode in question being called simply just "Thomas And Gordon" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when a young tank engine named Thomas upsets an older engine Gordon once to often Gordon decides to teach Thomas a lesson. 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 thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was simple but enjoyably simple as that's the kind of plot lines that you expect from this show as the shows target auidence is very little kids which means that giving each episode a deep , dark and though provoking plotline just wouldn't work as they wouldn't understand it and yet it's by giving this episode a rather simple plot that the actual plot itself is allowed to shine it's brightest and really just be pure fun to watch in this episode with the plot also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


This era of the shows very long history famously didn't have a full complete cast list with there being only one person voicing all of the characters and telling us the story with that person in this case being Ringo Starr. Of course this would change depending on where you grew up watching the show as the show would change it's Narrator for every country that bought it but it was a shock to hear that a world famous musician had lent his voice to a kids TV show and not only that he would also reprise his role for a batch of episodes in America as part of the show "Shining Time Station" where he would also have an on camera role as well and while for one reason or another the show would loose Ringo Starr during it;s third series it is great to see hear him in this episode as this might also have given him and thus The Beatles some new fans as well all thanks to this one little show.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / [resented 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 the episodes only cast member doing a solid job of telling the story the only real issue is tho is that he doesn't give all of their characters their own voices with the only character to somewhat get his unique voice is Gordon the big engine with Thomas just getting the same voice that he uses when he's telling the story which is odd as in series two Ringo would start to give other characters there own voices even playing around with regional dialects a bit on some of the characters with the acting in this episode really being helped by the fact that the script for this episode is just so good that all the cast for this episode for this episode have to do is really just the lines as they are written and a good performance will come of them alot more naturally.


This show at least for it's early years famously used live action sets for the backgrounds and the sets and model trains for the characters and little wooden people for the human cast. With this being the style that the show would go with for the first several series only becoming part CGI animated around series 12 and fully CGI animated at series 13 with this style being alot better as it adds alot of charm to the show something which is lost when the show becomes fully animated as the show despite looking cheaply made somehow looks better and timeless then the more polished CGI seasons ever will as CGI is always moving forward and will always be dated a few years after it comes out where as this more practical approach to making the show will always be timeless as nothing will ever beat doing something for real.


What alot of you might not know is that this episode isn't technically the first adaptation of The Railway Series stories. As the books did get an adaptation in a failed pilot in 1953 which suffered from numerous technical problems the chief amongst which being that when that shows version of Henry came off the track when it wasn't meant to a hand came into shot and set it right however there was a pilot around thirty years later which was the pilot to this show with the pilot being called "Thomas Down The Mine" with that pilot episode being so successful that the series as we knew it was green lit there and then and the pilot episode was re-filmed as "Down The Mine" and aired later on in the shows first season which just goes to show you that sometimes you just need the right person in charge to make the show as good as it was.

In a rather surprising move we do actually get cameos from other main characters before there official debut in the show. With both Henry and James making silent appearances in this episode sometime before there official debut stories which is fine if your just watching on it's own but when you take the rest of the series into account it really doesn't make sense as they never mention the events of this episode when either Thomas or Gordon are acting up when as we see in other episodes that is something that they would have done as this first series especially is really heavy on continuity with episodes frequently mentioning the events of other episodes and while it is understandable why they added James as he was only added just to fill up the set there was no reason to add in Henry as he doesn't do anything that's important to the plot of the episode and if your a fan of either character it can be distracting seeing them in this episode when neither of them are really the focus point of this very episode.


As someone who grew up with this show it was nice seeing where the Thomas character started off as he starts of as this cheeky little engine who is always pulling jokes on other engines. Yet due to the events of this episode and the events of this first several episodes he becomes a bit more mature and almost like a teacher of sorts to other engines which is a rather interesting take for this character as he's essentially the main audience and yet they have him still act like a prankster of sorts in several episodes which just goes to show that while the team behind this show are usually really good with making sure that the characters stick on there path of character progression take a step back from time to time as it's not something that's in this series nature and teaching kids to essentially respect your elders is always a really good lesson to learn and it's on that we adults could also really do with re-learning from time to time but there's only so long that you can have the same character relearn the exact same lesson before it gets really boring to watch.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly five minuets and thirty three seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for these early season episodes and to this episodes credit it really does make the most of that running time as the episode really doesn't have a whole lot of plot to cover a longer running time as the episode is adapting the plot of the book in which Thomas first makes his debut appearance "Thomas The Tank Engine" and while it would have been nice if the episode had a much more longer running time as that would have allowed them to get across the characters personalities alot more better it also would have had the knock on effect of hammering home the episodes central message and it would also be really stretching the episodes plot really fairly thin but I will admit that this episode really does have some truly wonderful 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 t us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. However that's also the issue as there really wasn't any laugh out loud moments in this episode which does make sense as these two characters really don't allow themselves to have some truly funny moments and while we do get some cute jokes to be found in this movie they are few and far between with the episode having alot more bad jokes in it however the shows main target audience might find this episode to be really funny but it would have been great if there were alot more actually funny moments to be found in this episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this was a really cute debut episode for the show and it's not hard to see why this show became as big as it was as alot of what people love about the show is right here in this episode 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 an 8 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys 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 Thomas The Tank Engine 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 the official Thomas The Tank Engine fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of the images that are on the official Thomas The Tank Engine fandom wiki page are all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all really being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Tuesday, 23 January 2024

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 TV Series "It Came From Beneath The Sewers" Review

 


The Ninja Turtles franchise is one that will just keep on going and going and has been going and going for many decades. With the animated series that made it popular to being with being the 1987 animated series as that series introduced alot of things that we all know and love about the franchise and well since it'as been a long time since I last reviewed an episode of the show and so then join me as I review the episode that is really pretty violent with the episode in question being called simply just "It Came From Beneath The Sewers" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when the Turtles and April go hunting for pieces of an Alien key that hold untold power The Shredder unleashes a deadly plant to take care of the Turtles and April for once and for all. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as it was the kind of plot that you'd expect to find in this show but at the same time it was perhaps a bit to campy for it's own good with the episodes plot at times feeling alot more like a parody of what a plot from this show was and like but at the same time I really will admit that the plot of this episode was at times really rather entertaining and really engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Cam Clarke as Leonardo , Rob Paulsen as Raphael and Townsend Coleman as Michelangelo. Also starring in this episode is Barry Gordon as Donatello , Peter Renaday as Splinter , Renae Jacobs as April O'Neil and Dark-Haired Boy , Jennifer Darling as Irma , Red-Haired Boy and Mother at Carnival , James Avery as Shredder and Pat Fraley as Krang , Baxter Stockman and The Circus Manager.

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 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 cast members that you expect good performances from well and truly delivering in this episode but at the same time the acting that we got in this episode just felt lackluster when compared to over episodes not that it was bad but rather the acting was just missing that extra special something that alot of the acting in other episodes of this show have with this not really being helped by the episodes script which just felt like that it was going through the motions and not really giving the cast a whole to work with interms of what there respective characters personalities even are or meant to be be for that matter.



Doing the animation for this episode is of course the legends and the greats that are currently over at A-1 Productions. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as while we did get some animation errors as is sadly very typical for this show the overall quality of the animation was really high and was of really high quality with the episodes animation really being alot better then what it really had any right to be as the episodes animation really fun to look at and had a some really good colors to it with the characters also really having some really nice and fluid movements to them as well.


What really does let this episode down is it's resolution as the episode has Splinter say generic stuff which the Turtles then somehow interpret in him giving them helpful advice on how to defeat the evil plant.Which just doesn't work as Splinter would give his sons actual helpful advice and wouldn't just say the most generic and at times rather confusing things as that's not in his character to do that as he would always help people out if they truly needed his help much like his sons did here in this episode and that is something that the makers of this episode just didn't understand as they barely use the character when the character would logically be used when we do see him in this episode he's on screen for a really very short amount of time and he more often then not really adds nothing to the overall plot of the episode when he's a main character of the show.

The idea of having a giant killer plant is an idea that's perfect for this show as it is something that is wonderfully campy and wonderfully bizarre. The idea really isn't fully developed in this episode as the plant really isn't set up all that well as we never get to find out what it s that makes the plant grow in the first place and while we do get to see where the plant came from we aren't given a reason as to why it's evil with it instead just attacking the Turtles and April for no reason other then because The Shredder told it to which does make sense as The Shredder is the show ultimate bad guy it doesn't really work well with The Shredders plans at all as his plan to steal apart of this key relies on the Turtles not knowing that he's going after it and yet he has a giant plant that's really only attacking people because he told it to and this is something that could have been fixed by having Baxter Stockman be the one that's controlling the plant and not The Shredder.


April in this episode really wasn't the smartest person as for no reason whatsoever even tho she knows that the Turtles would always want to meet her in there lair she follows a letter to a disused warehouse just because someone signed it from the turtles. While it is understandable why she followed that letter she's been around the turtles for quite a while now and would there for know that they wouldn't just leave a letter that they've signed out in the open where anybody could see it especially as she has her turtlecom with her at all tines and as such the turtles would most likely use that to get in touch with her with this not really being helped that like with Splinter she really doesn't really have a whole lot to do in this episode as really her only purpose in the plot of the episode is just to get captured and that's really it which granted is pretty much her role in the show as a whole it's really something that really is an issue here as she could have used her sources at the news station to help the turtles out and heck she even could have asked Irma who was right there in her apartment with her to see if she's heared anything about what's going on but she doesn't do that at all.

Now then this episode has /had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty two minuets and sixteen seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for this show to have and to this episodes credit it does make the most of that running time but at the same time this episode really didn't need to be that long as the episode really doesn't have alot of plot there to really cover that large amount of running time and as a result of this is the fact that we get some scenes that add nothing to the overall plot of the episode with the worst offender being the fact that we a good few minuets of a scene with the turtles being a clown act for the local circus and it's something that's never brought up ever again in the episode which made that whole sequence pointless and it could have been cut out of the whole entire but I will admit that this episode really does have 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 actin that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty just as fun as you'd want it to be. With the action in this episode also being just as over the top as you'd want it to be as well with the the turtles having to go rather over the top in both of their fights against the giant mutant plant which just made both of those fights really fun to watch with the same thing also being true for there fight with The Shredder which was really just so fun to watch and also really creative to watch as well and that really did help up the overall quality of the action in this episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall while this was a perfectly fun episode it's also one that took the overall campyness of the show a bit to extreme despite being a perfectly good example of just how fun and over the top that this show can be in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then iv'e talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com 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 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not all of the images that are on the official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom wiki page are really all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.