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Wednesday, 10 July 2024

Doctor Who: Dinosaurs On A Spaceship Review


There are some Doctor Who episodes out there that let you know right from the title that there going to be a bit of silly episode. Take for example Space Babies you know right from the title that that episode is going to be alot more lighthearted and silly and well the same thing is also true for the episode that i'm going to talking about today as right really from the title you know exactly what it is that your going to be expecting from this episode and so then join me as I review the episode that gives you exactly what it says on it's title with the episode in question being called simply just "Dinosaurs On A Spaceship" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when The Doctor and Queen Nefertiti are summoned aboard a spacecraft The Doctor is told that he and the rest of his friends have just six hours to save everything on the ship before it's blown up for good. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt that 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 while yes the plot of the episode is tad bit on the ridiculous side of things that's also the point and is also something that could be said for the vast majority of things that are in this episode as well and to this episodes credit the plot is something that's also fun and isn't meant to be taken all that seriously in the first place which does have the add on effect of making it an enjoyable plot as well with the plot of this episode also 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 Matt Smith as The Doctor , Karen Gillan as Amy Pond and Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams. Also starring in this episode is Mark Williams as Brian Williams , Riann Steele as Queen Nefertiti , Sunetra Sarker as Indira , Rupert Graves as Riddell , David Bradley as Solomon , David Mitchell as The Voice Of Robot 1 , Robert Webb as The Voice Of Robot 2 and Richard Hope as Bleytal.

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 something that really isn't all that surprising as alot of this episodes cast are a bunch of really good actors all of whom know how to turn in a good performance and all of whom turn in some really good performances in this episode with the true standout performer in this episode being Mark Williams who is just simply a joy to watch as Brian Williams as it's quite clear that he's having alot of fun playing this character who is basically just an everyman and that's something that he plays really well with the acting in this episode really being helped by the fact that the script for this episode is just so good that all this episodes cast have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does really help to raise the overall quality that's in this episode.


Doing the CGI for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at The Mill and Real SFX. Now then interms of what I personally thought /felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad for the most part as the episode does have some really good looking CGI effects for the time that this episode was being made with the dinosaurs themselves looking alot better then what they really had any right to do which s mostly due to the fact that the Doctor Who creative team did have some real puppet dinosaurs there on set which did make it alot easier for the CGI team to match things like the lighting and it also made it alot easier for the actors who could actually look at something practical but at the same time there are a few dodgy looking effects near the end of the episode which do make it clear that alot of the effect from an effects point of view did go towards the dinosaurs which does make sense as we'd really be seeing them alot more then we would the villains spaceship but at the same time those bad looking CGI effects really do bring down the overall quality of the CGI that's in this very episode. 


One of the best things about this episode is the character of Brian Williams who is just such a wonderful character. With him basically just being the everyman who only dreams of just doing everyday things and that's it and that is something that really does work as it makes the character extremely lovable as alot of the people watching this episode can relate to this character be it because of the fact that they are him in someway shape or form or because they know someone like him every one can relate to this character which does make him one of the most underrated characters in the shows history and it could even be argued that he was the prototype for the Graham character that we would get many years later as at there core both characters do share alot of similarities and it's not surprising given that both characters were created by the same writer Chris Chibnall and yet with Brian due to how well he's acted there's a certain earnestness about his character that makes him feel alot more human then Graham who despite being a good character in his won right just doesn't hold a candle to Brian as Brian is just that good of a character.

Heck even one of the best moment in the whole episode wasn't the episodes action scenes nor was it seeing the character interactions. It was both seeing Brian and Rory work together and finally come together as father and son something that we see them struggle to do during the vast majority of the episodes running time this is despite them both clearly loving each other which was a sweet little thing to do but the other thing that was a really good moment was the scene where Brian just sits on the edge of the TARDIS looking over the earth eating his lunch because it was human moment as even tho both Amy and Rory get to see that view of the earth all the time he never does and he likely never will again and as a result of that is the fact that he has to take that chance to see the earth from a way that so people every have done before and it's something that quite alot of us would also do if we were given the chance to do so and while Brian is a really good character he is also one of the episodes very few downsides as he really doesn't get all that much to do in the grand scheme of thing with him only being there because the plot needs him to e there for the final act and that's really it and that doesn't justify including another new character in this episode as that's one more character that you have to set up and give a personality to and that's not really something that this episode could do and still tell a really good story.


Another negative in this episode is the episodes main villain Solomon who on paper works as a character. With him being a very serviceable villain but at the same time he's also not that really developed as a character as we dont really get to know him as a character nor do we get to find out why he's evil which has the add on effect of making him evil just for the sake of being evil and not because of the fact that it's in his character to do so and while yes the character does indeed act threatening at several points in the episode with him even having wounding Brian at one point but that's not enough to make him an interesting character for comparisons sake the Daleks aren't good villain because they wound one of The Doctor's companions what makes them interesting and good villain is seeing how conniving and scheming that they can be where as with Solomon all we get to see basically amounts to a kid that's used to getting his way and getting everything that he ever wants finally being told no and he has a tantrum because of it which really doesn't make him that good of a villain as all it does is make him an annoying and forgettable character.

Now then while I cannot for the absolutely life of me remember this episode running time even was I do know that this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly forty five minuets and twelve seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for this era of the show to have but at the same time tho this episode really doesn't have alot there interms of plot to really cover that large amount running time as while the episode does have alot of plot to cover say thirty minuets it quickly forgets about the dinosaurs when we get to third act and instead the episode becomes about rescuing Queen Nefertiti when the episode could have done that and still had the dinosaurs be the vocal point and still have the upcoming threat of the ship being destroyed instead of dropping one key aspect of the episode in favor of one that was key to the episode and one that was never even a thing until they bring it up during the episodes act which makes alot of what we see with the dinosaurs during the episode come across as being filler scenes when they should have been scenes that set up that these creatures are harmless creatures that are basically prisoners on this ship but I will admit that this episode really does gave some really good pacing to it tho.


So now then as this is an action show that means that I have 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. As we do get a very exciting action scene near the end of the of the episode which does involve The Doctor , Rory and Brian riding a triceratops which was a fun little moment as was the fact that we get to see Amy and Riddell team up to put alot Raptors to sleep while using what is basically a tranquilizer gun which is an inventive idea and it is an action scene that is done really well as Riddell is an animal hunter and so his first instincts would be to shoot the dinosaurs something which he finally gets to do in this action scene and Amy is someone who we know can handle herself thanks to what we saw her go through and series and so would be more then willing him to help out and that action scene is a very short scene what we do get to see in it was a really well done action scene in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 


Overall just like Space Babies this was a rather fun filled episode but unlike Space Babies this episode was also wonderfully silly and knew that it was a silly episode and just embraced it with it's placement in the series being episode 2 and not the first episode meant that the episode really didn't feel like a Christmas special and instead felt like an episode of the main show as a whole in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now the4n i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page and IMP Awards . Com. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode and are really of course up and really on the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Tuesday, 9 July 2024

The New Addams Family "Deadbeat Relatives" Review


It's been quite a while since anything to do with The Addams Family has been spotlighted and even longer since anything to do with The New Addams Family has been spotlight. Well I thought that now was the absolutely right time to kill two birds with one stone and talk about an episode from The New Addams Family as that's a version of the characters that really isn't talked about all that much even if it was the last time the family appeared in live action media until 2022's Wednesday and so then join me as I review that has shockingly quite alot of violence in it with the episode in question being called simply just "Deadbeat Relatives" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when Wednesday accidently brings back someone from the dead it's up to her , Pugsley and Uncle Fester to send him back before he offs Gomez and marries Morticia 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 unlike alot of this shows episodes this wasn't based off of an episode of the original TV show and is instead an original plot line that's exclusive to this show and with that in mind the plot of this episode whilst it isn't all that bad it's also not all that good either as it's a plot line that could have been better by showing Uncle Vlad attempting and failing to woo Morticia all the while while showing the kids and Fester trying to prevent him all of which really would have shown that this is a strong family unit and yet because of the fact that we really don't get to see much of that all the plot of this episode does is make the characters look dumb but in an enjoyable sense tho with the plot of this episode also 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 The Devil's Rejects star Glenn Taranto as Gomez Addams and Home Alone 5: The Holiday Heist star Ellie Harvie as Morticia Addams. Also starring in this episode is Betty Phillips as Grandmama , Doctor Who: The Movie star Michael Roberds as Uncle Fester , Brody Smith as Pugsley Addams , Nicole Fugère as Wednesday Addams , Steven Fox as Thing , John DeSantis as Lurch and Christopher Shyer as Uncle Vlad.

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. As the episodes cast do make the most of what little that there given to do with the true standout performer in this episode being Christopher Shyer as Uncle Vlad who is obviously having the time of his life playing this character and that is something that really does shine through as does the fact that Nicole Fugère is also having a blast in this episode with her being a very underrated version of Wednesday and while her acting in this episode isn't as good as it has been in previous episodes that's more due to the scripts and direction that she's given and not due to her as an actress with the acting in this episode really being helped by the fact that the script for this episode is so good that all this episodes cast have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this episode.


For some rather odd reason despite her being apart of the main plot the episode really doesn't give Morticia all that much to actually do in this episode. As while the character does appear in alot of scenes in this episode she really doesn't do anything to advance the overall plot of the episode with her instead just going along with everything that's going on in the episode which is something that a character like Morticia wouldn't do as the second that she saw that Gomez was going through something she'd go out of her way to make sure that he's OK and yet even tho this version of the character sees Gomez is going through something she doubles down on it and makes matters worse with that being really the only thing that she contributes to the plot of the episode and that's really it but apart from that she adds nothing to the overall plot of the episode and while the episode couldn't have happened without her due to her being a key part of the plot there should have been some effort to make sure that she at least adds something to the actual plot of the episode instead of just having her lie in bed and do nothing for the vast majority of the episodes running time.


As a villain Uncle Vlad is a pretty entertaining villain as he does have alot of really fun moments in this episode. With it being helped by the fact that the character does have a clear end goal in mind in trying to get Morticia to marry him and while his end goal would also come back in the two part episode Morticia's Romance it would have been better if this episode was a two part episode as it would have allowed Uncle Vlad to be alot more villainous then what he is in this episode and it would have allowed for alot more fun moments with this character as well but at the same time there's only so many time that you could see try and fail to off Gomez before it would start to get boring with that element being one of the more entertaining elements of this episode and while Vlad as a villain is a really fun villain he's also one that does have a limited shelf life as there's only so long that you can see a character like him try and fail to marry Morticia and try and fail to off Gomez and with that in mind while this episode would have been better off a two part episode it also would be stretching the character thin something that isn't the case with the episode as it is.

For a kids show this episode is also very shockingly violent as you straight up see Wednesday cut Uncle Vlad in half. While yes they do explain how he is able to survive such things as he's already dead it's still something that you wouldn't expect to see in what is quite literally a kids TV show with this being made all the more worse when you take into account that both Vlad and Gomez have a sword fight and an actual fight near the end of the episode and yet not one bit of it is censored and while yes they do have alot of kid friendly fights as well as you see Gomez and Vlad have a pillow fight and have a Thumb War that doesn't take away from the fact that the two of them do have a fairly violent fight something which does make sense for the The Addams Family as a brand as they are a family that are into the dark the macabre and would hit in each other with alot of sharp weaponry it's still shocking to see them get away with this level of violence in a kids TV show and it makes you wonder why they don't do more of it on shows where it would also make sense for them to be acting like that and it also makes you wonder why this version of The Addams Family are as violent as they really are in this very show.  


As is pretty much the norm for The Addams Family adaptations they do make Wednesday the main character of this episode. Which is something that does make sense as she is the one who would be into casting spells but at the same time there's only so many stories that you can tell with her as a main character and this is sadly one of them with the episode not really doing a good job of showcasing why Wednesday needed to be the main character as they very easily could have had Grandmama fill in the exact same role that Wednesday plays in this episode with there being nothing about the plot that would needed to be changed as both characters have the same interests and it would also make alot more sense for Grandmama to be the one that brings back Uncle Vlad as she's always been written as a character that isn't the sharpest tool in the shed and as a result of that is the fact that having her be the one to bring back Vlad would make alot of sense for her character and it would also give her character something to do instead of just straight up disappearing from the episode whilst Wednesday could help Gomez out in his plot to try and Morticia for himself.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty two minuets and seven seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for this show to have to this episodes credit it really does have more then enough plot there to really cover that large amount of running time and while yes this episode really would have been better if it was longer as that allow more time for the characters to get across what it id that there personalities instead of just having them all fight for screen time which is something that is very sadly the case with this episode it would also mean stretching the plot of the episode thin with this making the plot of the episode even more thinner then what it already is and while on the flip side of that is the fact that it would also mean having more Vlad which would make the episode alot more entertaining to watch when push does come to shove the plot of the episode has to always come first and if the plot of the episode doesn't require a long time then the episode shouldn't be forced to have that much more longer time 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 really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us n 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 un this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. As this episode does have alot of really cute and funny jokes about like the fact that instead of sunbathing the family at the start f the episode are moonbathing which is something that they wold do and alot of the jokes in this episode are like that as alot of that are things that these characters would say and do like the fact that Uncle Fester is openly happy that Pugsley dislocated just one of his shoulders while his on a stretching rack which is funny and it's totally in keeping with the types of jokes that these characters would indeed make and while yes alot of this episodes jokes are really good there are some bad jokes to be found in this very episode as well but those don't represent the overall majority of the jokes that are in this episode and are instead the minority of the jokes that are in this very episode as alot of this episodes jokes are really good , funny and cute jokes in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this was a solid episode that had alot of really funny jokes in it but at the same time tho it's an episode that did have alot of flaws in it and could have been alot better then what it actually ended up being this is despite the fact that it did have alot of things going for it it just doesn't live up to all of the potential that this episode really did have in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally use 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 The Addams Family 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 really wonderful the official The Addams Family fandom wiki page as since all of the images that are currently up and featured / presented to us up and on the really great and really and really truly wonderful on the official The Addams Family fandom wiki page are all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being all really fairly freaking high in definition.

Monday, 8 July 2024

My SPOILER FILLED First Impressions Of The Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest TV Series


There are alot of very well known anime with alot of them getting sequel series which more often then not came when the series wasn't announced to be finishing up it's run. The same thing however cannot be said for the manga that this show is being based off of as it was announced while the first series was still wrapping up it's storyline and as such it would come as a bit much to try to continue this series when the fans were already excited to see how it all ended but the sequel series has just dropped the first episode of it's anime and well you all just knew that I had to check this episode 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 really didn't need to be a thing just yet with the show in question being called simply just "Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is Natsu and his friends embark on there mist dangerous quest yet to finish a quest that no one has been able to finish for over one hundred years. 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 does do a decent job of catching us up with where alot of the characters are now as well as setting up what the main plot of this show new show is going to be and what kind of new threats that these characters are going to be facing the episode is also rather light on plot which does make sense as this is only the first episode but that same time that also give us the audience no real reason to check back in and watch the remaining episodes of this show but I will admit that the plot of this episode was 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 Tetsuya Kakihara as Natsu Dragneel , Aya Hirano as Lucy Heartfilia and Rie Kugimiya as Happy. Also starring in this episode is Yuichi Nakamura as Gray Fullbuster , Sayaka Ohara as Erza Scarlet , Satomi Sato as Wendy Marvell , Yui Horie as Carla , Mugihito as Elefseria , Yūichirō Umehara as Mercphobia , Yōko Hikasa as Karameel , Sayumi Suzushiro as Touka , Yumi Uchiyama as Kiria , Itaru Yamamoto as Madmole , Kenji Hamada as Skullion Raider , Shinpachi Tsuji as Makarov Dreyar , Hiroki Tōchi as Panther Lily , Wataru Hatano as Gajeel Redfox , Eiji Sekiguchi as Wakaba Mine , Masaki Kawanabe as Macao Conbolt , Mariya Ise as Romeo Conbolt , Ryōko Ono as Mirajane Strauss , Harumi Sakurai as Lisanna Strauss , Mai Nakahara as Juvia Lockser and Mariya Ise as Levy McGarden.

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 something that does make alot of sense as alot of this shows this shows actors are reprising their roles from the previous Fairy Tail anime series and would there for no how best to perform there respective character in any given situation and that is something that really does shine through in this episode as the episode give the best performance that they possibly could have done with the franchises newer cast members not really holding there own as alot of them just feel lost like they haven't had the time to fully find there character and while there acting might get better over time it is something that really does bring down the quality of the acting just a little bit with the acting that's in this episode really being helped by the fact that the script for this episode is just so good that all the episodes cast have to do is just say the lies as they written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall of the acting that's in this episode.


Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the really greats that are currently over at J.C. Staff. 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 but at the same time the animation in this episode wasn't all that good either as it was was lacking that extra something that made the animation in the other series and movies stand out and really make you notice and while yes the animation in this show is really good it also could have been alot better with alot of the animation just feeling flat and not really all that interesting to look at this is despite the fact that all of the characters have some really nice movements to them there was nothing that really stood out from an animation point of view something which really wasn't an issue with either the previous shows or the previous movies for that matter in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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



For some reason this episode chooses not reintroduce Natsu and his friends in away that's exciting and gets you excited to see the rest of the episode. Which is something that could be seen as being a refreshing thing to do as it would have been super easy to create an exciting action scene and have those characters be reintroduced that way and yet having them appear after the episodes opening credits just feels like a let down which does somewhat make sense as the episode does have a whole lot of new characters to introduce but at the same time the people that are watching this show aren't going to be watching this show for the new characters there instead going to be watching for there favorite characters and with that in mind not re-introducing them in an exciting way does feel like a let down as it doesn't really get you excited to see the rest of the episode as all it does is make you wonder why there taking so long to be getting to the main characters and are instead wasting time with characters that we don't know or even care about yet.

One of the things that this show really isn't known for is it's comedy with this episode having a whole lot of funny moments in it. Which is something that really wasn't expected as this is show is a continuation of the main show and as a result of that it would have been foolish to expect episode one of this show to have alot of funny moments in it and yet's that exactly what we get in this episode with there being alot of really funny moments and heck the episode even starts would could be seen as a comedic B plot involving Gajeel deciding to become a detective to spy on a new member of the Fairy Tail guild who he believes is a spy and he recruits Juvia just because of the fact that she and the new member of the guild are kind of rivals but in a more friendly kind of way which does make all of there interactions some of the funniest moments in the episode as both Juvia and the new member Touka just try and out do each other which is pure comedic gold and the whole episode is filled to the brim with moments and scenes that are like that and it's those moments that make the episode alot more entertaing to watch and alot more fun to watch as well.


The new characters in this show so far don't seem to be all that interesting as alot of them don't really get to do that much. Heck even two of them only appear near the episodes end but even so what little we do get to see of the new characters they do seem like that they have the potential to be some really fun and possibly even funny characters and while only time well tell if they live up to the older more established characters what we get t see of these new characters is the fact that could be fun main characters if they were given alot more stuff to do in the episode and yet there not given all that much to do in the episode but it's when they are given alot of stuff to do like kick-starting the B plot or by giving some plot exposition and starting of the main plot that they become interesting and even get a few funny moments and while yes it would be foolish to expect these characters to be that good from the get go it's not so much to ask that they at east get the chance to hint at what there personalities are like and while this is only the first episode you always want to lead with your best foot forward ad that does include giving the new characters a chance to show us what there personalities are like as that would give us the audience a reason to care about these new characters as well.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grad total running time of exactly twenty three minuets and fifty seconds. Which is a solid running time as the episode really does have the right amount of running time to really cover that amount of running time but at the same time tho if this episode was longer it would allow more of the side characters to show of what there personalities are like and it would give us a chance to see some of the more episode really fun interactions as well as those characters really are a highlight of the episode and yet at the same time tho if this episode was even just ten minuets longer whilst it would give us somethings that would fix several issues with the episode it would also create another one as the plot of the episode would be drawn even thinner then what it already is as the episode doesn't have alot of plot to begin with and while yes giving the side characters more of a chance to show of what there personalities are like and while it would give the chance to see the older characters have some more exciting scenes those scenes would also add nothing to the plot of the episode and would come across as being filler and really nothing all the more 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 all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us n this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. As we do only get the one one action scene that happens near the end of the episode but taking into account that one of the things that this franchise is known for in a more positive sense is it's action having one action scene that could at best be described as OK at best really doesn't work in the episodes favor as it doesn't give us the audience a chance to see what alot of the characters can do in a fight and while yes granted we have hundreds of other episodes and movies for that for the start of a new show that's also something that you want to be reminded as well and while the episodes actins scene is a serviceable action scene it's also one that really could have been alot better then what it already was as it really was just a nothing type of action scene that was just there just to have an action scene and not because of the fact it was something that important to the episode itself with the episodes action being something that could have been done alot more better then what it actually was in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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


Overall this is a show that really didn't need to exist just yet as the original series itself only ended a few years ago and no one was really calling for a new series and while there is potential in this episode for this show to be a really good show only time will tell if this show will live up to that potential in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. ow 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 post and since this is only my first impressions I won't be giving this show a rating however if this post does decently well and if you guys want me to check out another episode then I will do it and that post would then be a review of that episode and that episode only and not a review of the show as a whole.

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 ladies and gentlemen I personally got all pf the images that I personally used in this very post from the official Fairy Tail fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to really use to get the images from this very episode that I really used in this very post being the really great the official Fairy Tail fandom wiki page simply just because of the fact that really due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are in this post really are all really from this very episode and are really of course up and really on the really great the official Fairy Tail fandom wiki page are really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Friday, 5 July 2024

Back To The Future: The Animated Series TV Series "A Family Vacation" Review


It's been quite a while since I last talked about anything to do with Back To The Future be it from the movies or in this case the TV series. Well as you can all see that dry spell is ending right now as while it was popular for a successful movie to get turn into an animated series it was also popular for said series to get cancelled not long after with this show being no exception and so then join me as I review the episode that introduces both Clara and Jennifer into the show with the episode in question being called simply just "A Family Vacation" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is believing that his family have become to used to technology Doc Brown forces them all to go on a trip in thirteenth century England where Clara has to rescue both him and her boys from the evil Lord Biffingham 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 he actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as the plot of this episode was a really well done plot that made great use of the time travel aspect of the show but at the same time and while yes the plot of this episode could have been a little bit better given that this is based off of a movie and cartoon shows that are based off of movies don't usually have good plots to them it's a wonder that the plot of this was as good as it was with the plot of this episode 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 Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown and Dan Castellaneta as The Voice Of Doc Brown. Also starring in this episode is Danny Mann as Einstein , Mary Steenburgen as Clara Clayton Brown , Josh Keaton as Jules Brown , Troy Davidson as Verne Brown , David Kaufman as Marty McFly and Harold McFly , Thomas F. Wilson as Biff Tannen and Lord Biffingham , Bill Nye as The Science Guy , voice acting legend Joe Alaskey as The Sheriff and Cathy Cavadini as Jennifer Parker and Jennivere.

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 actors turning in some really good performances which really does make sense as lot of this episode voice cast are a bunch of really good voice actors who really can act and two some of the episodes cast are reprising there roles from the films and would there for no what kind of performance really would best suit there character in any given situation and in the case of this episode both David Kaufman , Cathy Cavadini and Thomas F. Wilson also really do some shockingly good English accents as well with the acting in this episode really being helped by the fact that the script for this episode is just so good that all this episodes cast have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does effect the overall quality of the acting that's in this episode.


Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the really greats that are currently over at BIG Pictures. Now ten 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 there were alot of really impressive scenes in this episode that showed of just how good the animation in this episode really was like for example the opening of the episode is this one long shot taken from the POV of Einstein and it's a shot that just looked so good as it's something that really does hold up really well all of these years later and while yes the animation in this episode does really seem a little bit dated and doesn't really hold up well of these years later those are very few and far between as the film really does have more impressive animation and some really nice backgrounds in it then it does have some really bad looking animation and backgrounds in it as well.


Lord Biffingham is actually the only villain to come really close to actually killing someone as while Buford did indeed hang Mary in Back To The Future Part 3 it was pretty clear that he was going to make it out alive. However in this case that wasn't always the case as the Clara wouldn't have been able to do something and the boys were no where able to do something either and as a result of that is the fact that Doc really could have died in this episode and that is something that does make Lord Biffingham more of a threat as he more then lives up to his word and is more then able to do all of the things that he sets out to do and while the villain himself could have been handled alot more better then what he was in the final cut o0f the episode given that his future ancestor is Biff this character doesn't need to be that developed all that well due to the fact that we the audience already know everything that we're going to need to know due to the fact that he's related to Biff and while yes it would have been nice to see what it is that separates him from Biff it's not really something that's needed as it would take away from how fun the characters is.

Doc in  this episode wasn't all that well written as it makes no sense for him to get upset at his family for what he thinks is them using technology all that much. As every single that he's invented not only in the shows first episode but also in the other three films require technology and electricity and there for as a character Doc wouldn't get upset at them for doing at and heck for both Jules and Verne that's all they've known so for them using technology would have been apart of there every days lives and while yes it could argues that Clara was using technology to much as we see her doing things that really could have been done by hand and she's not been around electricity all that much both Doc and the boys have which means that he got mad at the whole family for something that they would have done anyway something which is called out in the episode at and Doc just straight up ignores it which does form apart f his character arc for the episode it's also something that really didn't need to be an arc and would have made more sense if it was Clara who forced the family to go on vacation to get away from technology. 


We do get to see the earliest Mcfly ancestors in this episode with Howard and Jennivere with Jennivere possibly serving as an ancestor for Jennifer as well. With both of these characters not really being developed all that well which they really should have done as while Lord Biffingham didn't need to be that developed as he's basically just Biff but in England both Howard and Jennivere are nothing like there future relatives with the only thing that Howard has in common is the fact that both he and Marty like music and that's really it and that's not enough to make him interesting character and heck Jennivere and Jennifer have nothing in common with each other outside of the fact that they both love members of the Mcfly family and that's really it and because of that fact is the fact that both characters feel alot like side characters when in actuality there the episodes main characters and yet there not given alot of focus at all which just makes them rather dull and boring characters that really didn't need to be in this episode at all with the only reason for them being in this episode is the fact that they pretty much have to gave a member of the Mcfly family in every single time period that they visit in this show.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty one minuets and nineteen seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstandard running time for this show altho this episode is missing the opening live action segment which does make it a full minuet shorter then alot of the other episodes in this show and to this episodes credit it really does have more then enough there interms of plot to really cover that amount of running time and while it does make the most of that screen time that it really could have done this episode really would have been helped if it's animated portion was longer as then it could have had scenes that developed it's guest characters instead of just leaving them as very one dimensional characters but at the same time tho that is something that is something really would have bogged this episode down as those scenes would have most likely have not been relevant to the plot of the episode and would have been filler scenes and really nothing more then that but this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.


So now then as this is a comedy that really does mean that I gave 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 n/ felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With alot of if not all of this episode jokes landing and while yes not all of this episodes jokes will make people laugh out loud alot of them will manage to get a smile on peoples faces and for a Saturday morning cartoon that was based off of a movie that's as good as it's going to get as those types of shows aren't usually that funny but because of the fact that this show had the creative input of the franchise creators Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale this show and this episode especially can now have jokes that do feel more in line with the types of jokes that would be seen in the movie and because of the fact that the jokes in this episode do come across as being alot better then what they really should have been which does make this episodes jokes really fun and funny to watch and to listen to as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall while the first episode of this show was the stronger episode this wasn't a bad follow up episode and it does go to show at this franchise really does have a life outside of the movies and really could have carried the franchise on if it lasted longer then two seasons with this episode being a really fun filled 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 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 Back To The Future fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.

Tuesday, 2 July 2024

Ariel TV Series SPOILER FILLED Review


For some strange reason whenever The Little Mermaid releases a new film into theaters it's very quickly followed up with an animated prequel TV series. With the recent remake not really being exception to this as both Disney have really just dropped the first eight episodes of this prequel animated show on both DisneyJR and Disney + and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the show that no one was asking for with the show in question being called simply just "Ariel" enjoy.

The plot of this show is Ariel and her friends go about there day to day lives in Atlantica and learn what means to not only be good friends but also be good people as well. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty not that bad. However that's also the same problem as the plot of this show wasn't all that good either as all it was was the typical kids animated show plot only with The Little Mermaid characters and nothing really new added to the plot to make it feel unique and different from all of the other kids animated that are out there and the show does suffer because of how predictable not only the shows plot is but also how predictable the plots of each of the episodes really are as well and while as a plot this show does work for it's target audience due to the characters that are being featured in this show it was also always going to get some adults watching the show as well and there's really nothing there plot wise to make them want to keep on watching the show in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this show is Mykal-Michelle Harris as Ariel , Taye Diggs as King Triton and Amber Riley as Ursula. Also starring in this show is Elizabeth Phoenix Caro as Lucia , Cruz Flateau as Fernie , Gracen Newton as Flounder , Kevin Michael Richardson as Sebastian , Parvesh Cheena as Ravi and Squid , Dana Heath as Ayanna , Jessica Mikayla as Alanna , Alanna Ubach as Cristina Cuttles , Yvette Nicole Brown as Aquatica , Melissa Villaseñor as Navi , Ron Funches as Delfino , Jeff Bennett as The Duke Of Clownfish , Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows star Gary Anthony Williams as Hermès and Amari McCoy as Jewels.

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. As it's quite clear that all of this shows cast members especially the young cast members are indeed trying to turn in a hood performance with the shows adult cast members mostly just phoning in there performances and while the child performers are indeed decent in this show they also have plenty of room to go as alot of the time they do turn so fairly average performances which is excusable as they are only kids after all the same thing really isn't excusable for the adult actors who really should know how to act by now and yet alot of the time it just comes across as them phoning in there performances with the same thing also being true for Kevin Michael Richardson who despite having played Sebastian in the Kingdom Hearts games here just sounds to old to be playing the character with the acting in this show not really being helped by the fact that the script for this show is just so bad as it gives none of the shows actors absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is there respective characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does effect the overall quality of the acting that's in this show.


Doing the animation for this show is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Wild Canary Animation. Now then  interms of what I personally thought /felt about thew 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 the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this show was in all honesty alot better then what it really had right to be as by all rights the animation in this show should have been really bad and yet what we get instead is a show that actually has some really good animation that does on times border on being feature film quality but the character designs in this show just don't look that good as Ursula just looks really laughably bad with her now having a weird looking hairstyle and being transformed from someone who could have a beauty when she was younger to instead looking like someone wouldn't be a beauty which does against the whole point of the character but the characters do have some really nice fluid animation to them tho and the whole ocean does look good in this show.

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



As you can no doubt work out by now this show does take some inspiration from the live action remake of The Little Mermaid. However it also takes inspiration from the 1989 original film as well which does leave you with this odd mish mash of ideas as you''ll get Ariel who blatantly looks like Halle Bailey and yet she's talking with sat Sabastian who looks like how did in the original film and then you have both King Triton and Ursula looking like new versions of the characters all of which just really doesn't work and it makes you wonder why the makers of this show chose to take inspiration from the 2023 The Little Mermaid movie as to a more main stream audience those takes on the characters really aren't going to be that well known instead it's the designs of the original films that really are more well known and as a result of that is the fact that it would have made alot more sense from a marketing perspective to have the characters look like how they did in the original film and make this show a prequel to both the original film and it's spin-off series as well.

The characters that they do create for this show that mainly being Ariel's friends Lucia and Fernie do seem like good characters. With Lucia having some magical powers to her which is a good idea as is the fact that shew looks up to Ursula but Fernie on the other hand despite him having alot of knowledge about fish which is a good way to get that knowledge across to the shows young kid audience that doesn't work is the fact that the character wants to a marine biologist a job which would require him to mostly be on land and would require him to capture things from the ocean to look at them an examine them so surely as someone who lives in the ocean he should want to do something that wouldn't effect ocean life instead of choosing something that would put ocean life and the life of the animals in danger let alone put his own life in danger and just straight up doesn't make sense as he lives underwater anyway and so he would have no where to store the fish that he did want to examine in the first place where Lucia's goal of wanting to be as good of a sea witch as Ursula does make sense for that world and it is something that could actually foreseeably happen at some point in the future where as Fernie's goal couldn't happen in the future.


Speaking of Ursula this show did her dirty as in both the original film , the 2023 remake and in The Little Mermaid: The Animated Series she was a villain. Yet for some strange reason in this show she's Ariel's fun aunt who is anything but a villain which is something that just doesn't work at all and it shows that the makers of this show just don't understand the character as this is a character who was evil because of the fact that her brother King Triton was named heir to the throne and that basically drove her mad and because of that she spent years trying to find ways to get revenge on Triton fort what she perceived as a crime against her and so when Ariel comes to her for help in the remake she sees that as her way of getting her revenge with her basically being a person who might have started out as a good person but became more evil and more twisted over the years and yet this is something that isn't present in this show and while the show does try to give her some personality by making the owner of a magic camp where she teaches students how to do magic it's still not enough to replace what was taken from an interesting character.

Now then each episode of this show has / had an exact grand total running time of no longer then twenty three minuets. With each episode being split up into eleven minuet episodes is something that in this case does work to the shows advantage as each of the individual plots for the episodes aren't strong enough to support an entire twenty two minuet episode but it is strong enough to support an eleven minuet segment of an episode tho and yet while all eight of this shows first batch of episodes do have some good running times to them at the same time tho none of the episodes that have been released thus far take the time that they really should have done to develop the shows characters and while the show can get away with not giving the legacy characters that much development as they do appear in the 2023 movie so they can kind of get away with it the show also doesn't take the time fully develop it's new characters and as a result of that is the fact that each episode does feel like that it's repat as nothing changes about the show and none of the characters grow and learn from there experiences either but I will admit that this show does have some really good pacing to it tho.


So now then as this is a comedy that means that I gave to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show 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 show was in all honesty not that bad. As Flounder despite being the groups "fat one" and at times "dumb one" as well who is just obsessed with food and nothing more then that does get the odd good joke in this show with the same thing also being for Ursula as well but alot of this shows jokes just aren't that funny with the show at times coming across more as a drama then it is a comedy when everything about the show is designed to be a comedy and yet the makers of this show just don't give alot of the characters that many good jokes and while the shows target audience will find this show to be funny people who grew up with the original film or even with the 2023 live action remake won't find this show to be all that funny as the jokes that are in this show just aren't that good for the most part with alot of the shows jokes just falling flat in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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


Overall while this show might get better once more episodes are released these first eight episodes while there are a few good episodes in them aren't the best episodes to start this show off on as the show does very quickly fall into a formular where a character does whatever they want then ignores there friends and then when things backfire learns some sort of forced lesson that the audience has worked out near the start of the episode and that is something that really does bog the show down quite alot 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 show in this very review and as such that really does mean that this show really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

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