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Wednesday, 17 July 2024

Worzel Gummidge Down Under "Elementary, My Dear Worty" Review


Sherlock Holmes is a franchise that has alot of references , nods and homages to it due to the fact that the character has been going around now sine eighteen hundreds. With oddly enough one of the many homages coming in Worzel Gummidge Down Under and well then as a Worzel Gummidge lover I thought that now was the absolutely right tie to check out another episode from this forgotten sequel series and so then join me as I review the episode that sees Worzel Gummidge turn detective with the episode in question being called simply just "Elementary, My Dear Worty" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when The Crowman's prized turnip goes missing Worzel Gummidge and his friend Worty take it upon themselves to turn detective and find the turnip before The Crowman notices that it's missing. 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 as with alot of things in this series of Worzel Gummidge Down Under this episodes plot wasn't al that good either as while it was a simple plot something that does usually work well for Worzel Gummidge here it oddly holds it back as the plot of this episode is really weak and the plot isn't really strong enough to support an entire episode of this show and as a result of that is the fact that a plot that's a little bit more complicated  really would have worked alot better even more so when you take into account that this episode does have mystery to it 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 Jon Pertwee as Worzel Gummidge , Olivia Ihimaera-Smiler as Manu and Jonathan Marks as Mickey. Also starring in this episode is Ian Mune as Worty Yam , William Kircher as 2nd Scarecrow , Danny Mulheron as Blighty Tater , Ann Pacey as A Woman , Bruce Phillips as The Crowman , Duncan Smith as 3rd Scarecrow , William Walker as 1st Scarecrow and David Weatherley as Bulbous Cauliflower.

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 this show as a whole has always had some really good acting in it but at the same time tho the acting in this episode quite clearly isn't the show at it's best as alot of this episodes cast just come across as being lost unsure what kind of performance to give when it's should have been this episodes director and the shows producer Grahame J. McLean quite clearly doesn't know how to get a good performance out of this cast something that regular director James Hill knew how to do with his eyes shut and while the acting in this episode is good it could have been so much more better then what it was with the acting in this episode not really being helped by the fact the script for this episode is just so bad as it gives none of this episodes absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there characters personalities are even meant to be in this episode which is something that really does harm the overall quality of the acting that's in this episode.


For an episode that's really all about the The Crowman he barely features in the episode at all with him only being in the opening and closing of the episode. Which doesn't make sense as he is a main character in this episodes plot and yet for some strange reason the makers of this episode got rid of him at the start start of the episode and have him appear at the end of the episode and that's really it when he should have been in the episode more even if it was just in a few scenes that aren't connected to the man plot of the episode heck the kids are in this episode more then he is and they play no part in the episodes plot and are only there for some unknown reason where as The Crowman does play a part admittedly a small part but still a part in the episodes plot and yet her's barely seen in the episode at all which makes no sense either from a story telling point of view nor form a logic and character point of view as this character wouldn't leave Worzel Gummidge to guard all of his most valuable things he'd either take them with him or guard them himself.


As a mystery the actual mystery in this episode isn't that good but that's kind of the point and it's something that's fitting for the character of Worzel Gummidge. As Worzel himself isn't the sharpest tool in the shed and wouldn't take that much into account and as a result of that does only see things in black and white much like how a child does and while the mystery itself does come as being really bad as there are clues given to how took the turnip in the first place it is fun seeing the Worzel Gummidge team take on a Sherlock Holmes type of a character but do it in a way that's fitting for not only this show but also for Worzel Gummidge as a whole as Jon Pertwee does don a Sherlock Holmes type of costume complete with deerstalker hat and pipe but at the same time tho given that there is a mystery in this episode ad it's such a key part of the episode there should have been alot more effort put into the mystery then not even doing the bare bones as that it is something does hurt the episode by quite a bit as nobody wants to a show that has a bad mystery in it.

For some strange reason the makers of this show chose to have the kids act out of character and not like how they've been written as before in previous episodes. As in previous the kids in this show while yes they have been known to be a pair of troublemakers would never get in the way of Worzel from doing something even more so when he outright says that he's trying to do something and find something for The Crowman and yet for some strange reason the kids in this episode choose to play several jokes on Worzel and Worty all of which keep them for achieving there goal and all it does all it does is make the kids not only look like bad characters but it also makes them look like bad friends to Worzel as they know that finding the turnip is important to him as it's something that's important to The Crowman and as as result of that is the fact that they would go out of there way to help Worzel and Worty and not go out of there to hinder them as we've seen in the first series of this show that they would be more then willing to help both Worzel and The Crowman and yet for some strange reason here they choose to cause them trouble and play practical jokes on them which s something that doesn't work for these characters in this episode.


For some strange reason this series of Worzel Gummidge Down Under really did reduce Aunt Sally's role in the show. With her not even being mentioned in this episode which in a way does make sense as there's no way to include her character in a way that makes sense to either the plot of the episode nor the character but at the same time given that she was a main character in this show she could have at least appeared more in a supporting like maybe she gives Worzel and Worty a clue as to who stole the turnip in the first place and that's really it yes it would have been a small role in the grand scheme of things but given that the character isn't bound to always torturing Worzel by always getting rid of the character that's better for him like she was in the original show she really could have appeared in this episode and it still would have made sense and it's still something that would have worked for this character but at the same time it would have been stretch to be find away to include this character in a story that really doesn't need to her in it in anyway whatsoever.

Now then while I cannot for the absolutely life of me remember whatever this episodes grand total running time was I do know that this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of roughly twenty five minuets. With that being pretty much the bogstandard running time for this show to have and to this episodes it really does have just the right amount of plot to really cover that amount of running time but at the same time tho the episode really could have been a little bit longer as the ending and big reveal that Bulbous Cauliflower took the turnip because The Crowman asked him to bring it to him really does come out of nowhere as it's something that really isn't built up really well in the final cut of the episode and it's something that really should have been built up to because as things stand with the episodes current running time it does come out nowhere and it's something that could have been fixed if The Crowman was in the episodes more as we the audience could have seen him asking Bulbous Cauliflower to do something for him but not reveal what it is and yet because of the fact that the episode isn't that long it means that the episode can't be as good as it was but I will admit that this episode really does have some really pacing to it tho.


So now then as this is a comedy that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. With the episode having some really cute and funny jokes with even the idea of Worzel Gummidge dressing up like Sherlock Holmes and even doing kind of Sherlock Holmes type of voice is a good and funny idea and to this episodes credit it's the comedy in this episode that really does save this episode from being really unwatchable as the episode does have some really funny moments in it and while yes this episodes jokes aren't going to be make every one laugh the ones that do make them laugh be it from the actual joke itself or even just the idea of the joke is more then worth it with this episode being worth watching just for seeing Worzel is this dumb character suddenly act super smart all thanks to a new head which is still a really good idea and is still a really joke in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall while this was still a really bad episode that is something that could be said for alot of this series of Worzel Gummidge Down Under as there was a dip in quality in both writing and directing something which is evident due to the fact that the original writers of Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall were no longer involved with the series for the whole of this second series and director James Hill couldn't take part in the second block of filming due to health reasons and thus couldn't travel to New Zealand to make the filming of this and other episodes and that is something that is noticeable in this episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about 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 5.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Amazon . Co . UK , Wikipedia 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, 16 July 2024

Justice League: Crisis On Infinite Earths Part Three SPOILER FILLED Film Review


Usually when you here of a film that's being told in multiple parts it's usually just a two part film and nothing more then that. However DC Comics and Warner Bros. Pictures decided to do something a little bit different when it came adapting the famous Crisis Of Infinite Earths storyline and that's basically make it a three part film adaptation and well then with the third and final part of this storyline now out you all just knew that I had to review the very first chance that I got and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the film that sees another cinematic universe come to a close with the film in question being called simply just "Justice League: Crisis On Infinite Earths Part Three" enjoy.

The plot of this film is our heroes face there biggest threat yet when the anti-monitor launches a full scale attack on all universes. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad as the plot of the film was something that was well built up over the course of the previous two films and as a result of that is the fact that the plot of this film is just as epic as you'd want it to be however at the exact same time the films plot is a little bit on the weaker side of things with it being hard to tell what the actual plot is at time as the plot of this film just comes and goes as and when it pleases instead of being at the forefront of the film with the plot of this film 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 film is Darren Criss As Clark Kent /  Kal-El / Superman and Stana Katic As Diana Prince / Wonder Woman. Also starring in this film is Jensen Ackles As Bruce Wayne / Batman , Cory Stoll As Lex Luthor , Meg Donnelly As Kara Zor-El / Supergirl , Matt Bomer as Barry Allen / The Flash , Aldis Hodge As John Stewart / Green Lantern , Geoffrey Arend as Psycho-Pirate , Alexandra Daddario as Lois Lane , Ike Amadi as Martian Manhunter , Grey Griffin As Aya , Liam McIntyre as Aquaman , Jamie Gray Hyder As Shayera Hol /  Hawkgirl , Ato Essandoh As Mister Terrific and The Anti-Monitor , Will Friedle As Terry McGinnis / Batman Beyond , Matt Ryan As John Constantine , Zach Callison As Dick Grayson / Robin , Gideon Adlon As Barbara Gordon / Batgirl , Lou Diamond Phillips As The Spectre , Jason Spisak As Razor , Jennifer Hale as Hippolyta and Aya and Troy Baker as The Joker.

Now then interms of what I personally thought /felt about the actual ac ting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With alot of this films cast members turning in some really good performances in this film which does make alot of sense as all of this films cast members are reprising their roles not only from the previous two films but also from the previous Tomorrowverse films as well and there for do have a good understand of there characters by now and no what kind of performance would best suit there characters in any given situation but with thar being said tho there some performances in this film that just aren't as good as they really good have been one of which is a huge spoiler but the other name Jamie Gray Hyder As Shayera Hol /  Hawkgirl who just turns in a wooden performance in this film with the acting in this film not really being helped by the films script as this films script really doesn't give this films cast much to work with interms of what it is that there respective characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that does hurt the overall quality of the acting that's in this film.


Doing the animation for this film is Maven Image Platform , the legends and the greats that are currently over at Digital Emation and Studio Grida. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in al honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad but at the same timer this films animation wasn't all that good but that is something that did seem to be the case with alot of if not all pf the Tomorrowverse films with this films animation looking better then what it really had any right to be but at the same time this films animation really could have been alot better as the characters do have alot of very stilted movements and alot of the backgrounds do look a little flat at times and while yes the films CGI does look for a direct to DVD animated feature length film the rest of the films animation really could have been alot better then what it actually was.

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



For those of you that don't know there are two names that were left of the cast list for this film with those names being Kevin Conroy As Bruce Wayne / Batman and Mark Hamill As The Joker. With the two of them just being on top form with Kevin Conroy just really slipping into his role like a glove for what we know now is the final time as he finished recording h9is lines for this film before he finished his lines for the Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League game but it's Mark Hamill that sounds off not because of his performance which was really good but his voice just sounded rather robotic like Warner Bros Pictures just decided to use AI for the voice of The Joker which if true really shouldn't have been done as these two were always more then happy to reprise their roles provided that the other one was also coming back as well and while it will always be great to see those actors come back to portray those incarnations of the characters it will for always be tinged with sadness due to the fact that Kevin Conroy did die but it was great that we not only got to see Batman and The Joker from the Batman: The Animated Series but we also got to see the DCAU version of the Justice League as well which was a nice little surprise and a nice little bit of fanservice as well.

If you wondering if the film will feature the death of Supergirl like the original comic book did then the answer is yes. However her death in this film really doesn't work not because it's a scene that comes out of nowhere but because of the fact that the Supergirl character really didn't appear in that many Tomorrowverse films prior to this three part storyline and thus her death doesn't have the same emotional gut punch that it really should have had as we the audience really only had one film to get to know the character of Supergirl and that's not enough if this was always going to be the end point of this cinematic universe as if your going to kill of a major character and have that character be a major part of a storyline then you need to make sure then we the audience really do know and care about the character as that's the only way that her death would work and still have the same emotional impact as it most likely had in the original comic book and yet because of the fact that the character didn't appear in any other Tomorrowverse films after the 2023 Legion Of Super-Heroes film then her death really does fall flat.


The Anti-monitor as a villain wasn't all that interesting as while we do get to find out why he's doing what he's doing. How they explain it makes him appear less like a bad guy more like someone who was just doing his job with the heroes being presented as the villains when that shouldn't be the case as the heroes were only acting on what The Monitor and the Anti-monitor was doing and nothing more then that and yet The Anti-monitor doesn't act like a villain and thus outside of the fact that he's destroying worlds which we find is only due to the events of Justice League Dark: Apokolips War with it being revealed that at the end of that film The Flash ran all the way to Apokolips to kill of Darkseid only for him to realise that he doesn't need t as he's basically already done it just by being there but with Darkseid being a set point in time it created this new universe which pretty much ended up collapsing in of itself thus needing The Anito-monitor to remove all of the earths that were created due to what John Constantine did in the first place which not only really makes him look like a dumb hero but also makes the Anti-monitor comes across as someone who really was just doing there job in the first place.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty eight minuets and thirteen seconds. Which is a bit on the long side for this film as this film really doesn't have that much there interms of plot to really cover that large amount of running time as alot of the plot was covered in the first two films with this film basically just being the third act of a film only stretched out to a feature length running time and as a result of that is the fact that this film really didn't have to be as long as it was as it really only needed to be at the very least one hour and fifteen minuets as that's the amount running time that this film has enough to cover as alot of this films scenes really do just feel like filler as they really add nothing to the overall plot of the film even the scene with the Batman and The Joker from Batman: The Animated Series whilst it was a really cool scene in this film really doesn't add anything to the plot of the film but I will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.


So now then as this is an action film that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual actin that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. AS was always the case with all f the Tomorrowverse films as all of the films did have some really fun looking action scenes in them and that is also the case with the action in this very film as well as all of this films action is just some really with the films animation really leaping of the screen during the films many action scenes which does make it really obvious that that's where all of the attention from the makers of this film went to as during the rest of the film the animation isn't that good but when we get to an action scene the animation suddenly looks really good and while the films action really does get a little bit hard to follow at points we do get to see alot of really cool moments during all of this films actions scenes and heck we get to see Wonder Woman riding the back of a dinosaur which will always be a really cool thing to see in anything in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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


Overall while the Tomorrowverse films never did set the world on fire ad get people talking like alot of the previous DC direct to DVD animated movies did this whole trilogy really was a good example of just how good these Tomorrowverse films really could have been of they really had alot more thought and alot more effort put into them in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 out of 10 from me.

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

Friday, 12 July 2024

Descendants: The Rise Of Red Film SPOILER FILLED Film Review


The Descendants franchise is one that was a surprisingly big franchise for Disney as on paper the story of the kids about Disney's biggest human villains going to school with the kids of there biggest human heroes shouldn't work and yet it somehow did. With the franchise so far consisting of four films , several books a TV series and two TV specials and as such it wasn't all that surprising when a fourth films was announced and well then that very film has now been released and you all just knew that I had to check this film out the very first chance that I got and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the film that is pretty much Star Trek: The Next Generation but for Disney characters with the film in question being called simply just "Descendants: The Rise Of Red" enjoy.

The plot of this film is Princess Red daughter of the Queen Of Hearts find her and the Chloe the daughter of King Charming and Cinderella going back in time in order to prevent something that happened to Red's mother when she first attended Auradon Prep. Now then interms of what I personally thought felt about the actual plot that's actually featu4ed / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad but that's also the problem as the plot of this film wasn't all that good either and while yes it could be argued that the plot of all three of the previous weren't that good either they were at the very least plots where you couldn't see what the next big plot point was going to be where as with this film it's painfully obvious what all of the big plot points are going and because of that is the fact that this films plot looses any and all of surprises that it could have had this is despite the fact that the plot of this film is still a fairly decent plot in it's own right with the plot of this film 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 film is Kylie Cantrall as Red , Malia Baker as Chloe Charming and China Anne McClain as Uma. Also starring in this film is Dara Reneé as Uliana , Rita Ora as The Queen Of Hearts , Ruby Rose Turner as Bridget , Morgan Dudley as Ella , Joshua Colley as Hook , Peder Lindell as Morgie , Melanie Paxson as Fairy Godmother , Grace Narducci as Fay , Levin Valayil as Aladdin , Kabir Bery as Teen Aladdin , Shazia Pascal as Jasmine , Aiza Azaar as Young Jasmine , Jeremy Swift as Merlin , Leonardo Nam as Maddox Hatter , Alex Boniello as Jack Of Diamonds , Sam Morelos as Meadow , Mars as Young Maleficent , Anthony Pyatt as Young Hades , Julee Cerda as Evil Stepmother , Paolo Montalban as King Charming and Brandy as Cinderella.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. Which is pretty par the course for these films and to this films credit the acting that's in this film was alot better then what it really had any right to be this is mainly due to the fact that the film really does have some actors from the previous films reprising their roles in this film and it really does have two actors reprising their roles from other films as well all of whom really would know best on how to portray there character in any given situation but at the same time this films acting really is also fairly held back by alot of the films newer cast members as actors like Rita Ora , Kylie Cantrall and Grace Narducci while they really are passable in this film just can't hold a candle to the rest of this films cast members in anyway whatsoever as there just really not that good from an acting point of view with the acting in this film not really being helped by the fact that the script for this film really is just so bad as it gives none of this films cast absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is there respective characters personalities is even meant to be in this first place which is something that really does hold back the overall quality of the acting that's in this film as that's just how bad the script for this film really is.


Doing the CGI for this film is the legends and the really greats that are currently over at Ingenuity Studios. Now the  interms of what I personally thought /felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really bad which is something that does make sense as this film most likely didn't have that big of a budget in the first place and it's effects budget would have been even smaller then the films production budget and while yes all of the CGI in all of the previous films was never all that good in the first place the effects on those films at least looked like they were there on set where as here alot of the CGI looks fake at best and just down right cartoonish at worst and while having bad CGI in this film means that the effects in this film keep in line with the effects in the previous films bad effects are still bad effects.

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



What was surprising was the fact that this film including a touching little tribute to actor Cameron Boyce. With the Uma character mentioning that her sending an invitation for the Princess of Wonderland to join Auradon Prep is something that he would have wanted which is both touching as it's a nod to the actor who of course passed away just before the airing of Descendants 3 but it's also dark as it kind of hints that his character died as he's only mentioned in the past tense where as alot of the other characters from the original trilogy of films are all referred to in the present tense which means that it's canon that a key character in this franchise died which is most likely the only thing that they could have done with his character as there was always going to be the elephant in the room of them doing another film in this franchise and he wasn't going to be in it and so the makers of this film did kind of have to address why not only he but also the rest of the original characters weren't going to be in this film and to the films credit they do it in a way that makes sense but for the rest of the original characters also leaves it open for them to return should they decide to do a fifth movie.

This film is basically the franchises version of Star Trek: The Next Generation in it certain characters from the original do appear but it mostly features and focuses on new characters and tells an original story. However tho that's not something that works well for this film as the last two films already introduced characters that could have taken over as the new lead characters should they have chosen to bring them back which would have worked really well as we the audience would have already have known those characters and so that connection would already have been there and yet the makers of this film instead chose to a whole cast of characters and just straight up ignore the fact that the previous two films already introduced characters that could have filled in the roles of the new leads characters which wouldn't be a bad thing if the new characters were interesting or even fun characters and yet there not all that interesting as all they are are just cardboard cut out replacements of the characters that there meant to be replacing where as with both Descendants 2 and 3 they had unique characters that all could have stood up on there own and feel different from the characters that there meant to replacing in the first place. 


As with all of the previous films this film is a musical and while it would be great to name who wrote the songs for this film or even what the name of the songs are sadly none of that is available online. With the songs in this film being perfectly in line with the songs from the previous film in that there nothing more then safe cookie cutter songs that would most likely get alot of air time on Radio Disney with the best song in the whole entire film being the sing that introduces the past versions of classic Disney heroes and villain which is a fun and unique number that is really well sung by actress Ruby Rose Turner but let's not only that song down but all of the songs in all of the films this one included is the fact that it's over produced and very busy and in the case of this film alot of the songs also have alot of auto tune which makes it feel like that your just listening to a machine and not listening to a character sing as they normally would do and while yes this film does have some decent songs in it sadly none of them are memorable songs that are going to stick in your head long after the film has finished.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running tie of exactly one hour and thirty one min uets and forty four seconds. Which is pretty on brand not only for this franchise but also for Disney Channel Original Movies as a whole as well but where as all of the other Descendants films have more then enough there interms of plot to really cover that large amount of running time this film doesn't as this film instead feels alot like a thirty minuet special that was instead stretched out to feature length with alot of the scenes in this film not really adding to the main plot of the film are instead just to pad out the films running time this is made worse when you take into account that this film has a time travel which then doesn't make sense as Red was only allowed into Auradon Prep due to the fact that years after Red's mother became a dictator and took over Wonderland and raised an entire army to help her do it that entire part of the country was then locked of and the entrance to it was closed for good and yet due to the time travel her mother is now good and yet for some reason Wonderland was still locked off even tho it wouldn't as she wouldn't have taken it over and raised an army as she'd now be a hero type of character this is something that could have been fixed if the film used some of it's running time to explain what's happened in this time line but it doesn't but I will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.


So now then as this is an action film that means that I gave to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us un this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. Which is to be expected as these films never really had that much great action in them with alot of them looking like action scenes that you'd find in a small budget TV show and to this films credit it does try to do something new with the action by having them incorporate alot more elements of CGI which yes does take away some of realism away from the action in this film but at the same time tho it is something that does make the action in this film feel unique and different from the action in the other films which mostly took part in obviously fake sets where as here they could at least make the effort to make the action look visually different from those in the rest of the films but that doesn't make the action in this film any good as all it does is make the action look passable which to be fair is also true for the rest of the films in this franchise as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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


Overall as a spin off film this film does fair really good but as a sequel film this film doesn't fair all that well as it finds a way to write out all of the main characters from the original films and essentially act as a way for new fans to join the franchise but at the same time tho there's nothing in this film to warrant it's existence in the first place in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film 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 Descendants fandom wiki page , the official Disney fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very film that I used in this very review being the really great the official Disney 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 film and are really of course really up and really on the official Disney fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and really as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Thursday, 11 July 2024

Dragon Ball Z Kai "Prologue To Battle! The Return Of Goku!" , "The Enemy Is Goku's Brother?! The Secret Of The Mighty Saiyan Warriors!" AND "Life Or Death Battle! Goku And Piccolo's Fierce Suicidal Attack" Review


Dragon Ball Z is perhaps one of the most well known anime out there with it being one of the very few anime to not only make it big Japan but also across the world as well. As such back in 2009 it really was a shock when it was announced that the entire series really was going to be rebroadcast and even more shocking when it announced the series was being remastered with a new HD transfer and that must of the original cast barring a very few others really were coming back to-record there lines to enhance the sound quality of each episode and so then join me as in review the episodes that helped to introduce this truly iconic franchise to a new generation of fans with the episodes in question being called simply just "Prologue To Battle! The Return Of Goku!" , "The Enemy Is Goku's Brother?! The Secret Of The Mighty Saiyan Warriors!" and "Life Or Death Battle! Goku And Piccolo's Fierce Suicidal Attack" enjoy.

The plot of these episodes is when Goku's young son Gohan is kidnapped by his alien brother it's up to Goku and Piccolo to defeat this new threat before it's far to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these episodes well then in all honesty I in ll honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty not that bad as this is only the series first saga and as a result of that is the fact that it would be really foolish to expect a top tier plot right from the get go and yet the plot of this episode was alot better then what it really had any right to be as while the plot of these episodes does a good job of filling us in on where these characters are at this point in time it's also a plot that really is the kind of plot that you'd expect from the opening of a show like this in that it's nothing that's all that to deep and complex with the plot of these episodes also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in these episodes is Sean Schemmel as Goku , Colleen Clinkenbeard as Gohan and Christopher R. Sabat as Piccolo , Grandpa Gohan and Vegeta. Also starring in these episodes is Cynthia Cranz as Chi-Chi , Justin Cook as Raditz and Malaka , Monica Rial as Bulma , Sonny Strait as Bardock and Krillin , John Swasey as Farmer , Mike McFarland as Master Roshi , John Burgmeier as Tien , Linda Young as Frieza and Doc Morgan as The Narrator.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty really good. Which really isn't all that surprising as alot of these episodes voice actors are not only a hunch of really good voice actors in there own right but alot of them hare also reprising their roles from Dragon Ball Z and are so well known for playing these characters that it's hard to picture anybody else playing these characters with these actors having played there respective characters for so long now that they really would know what kind of performance really would best suit there character in any given situation with the acting in these episode also being helped by the fact that the script for these episodes is just so good that all these episodes actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in these very episodes.


Doing the animation for these episodes is of course the legends and the greats that are currently over at Toei Animation. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty really good which isn't really all that surprising given that this show is being made by Toei Animation who really do know how to create some really good looking animation with even the things that they they manage to do from an animation standpoint in this episode looking really impressive as they have the camera follow Goku as he flies up the side of a mountain which is something that would really is hard to make look good today and they somehow managed to make it look good back in the late eighties and early nineties with all three episodes having moments like that that really do make you stand up and take notice at just how well the animation in these episode really has aged.


For understandable reasons episode one of this show does have a recap of Dragon Ball which is something that does make sense. However at the exact same time tho the recap eats up almost four minuets of the episodes running time something which could have been cut down to just the bare essentials and while it is understandable why there was a recap at the start of this episode as it serves as a way to catch up old fans with the story thus far and introduce new fans to the story without having to make them sit through hundreds of episodes and several movies and specials of a TV show that they might not like which is a possibility as Dragon Ball wasn't as big as Dragon Ball Z was but at the same time they could have cut down alot of the recaps to just the things that absolutely essential to the story of the show and not include things like Gou fighting Piccolo's father which doesn't factor into the plot of either these episodes nor this show and yet they make sure to remind you that that was a thing when that's something that they don't really need to do.

To these episodes credit the remaster really does look good as the images is now updated to at the very least 1080p. However with that being said the edits that they make to the episodes don't really work as now instead if ending at a place that is natural for that particular episode alot of them end at what was half way through the next episode when it was being originally aired which does make the endings lack that impact that they had in the original broadcast but at the same time tho alot of these edits could also be chalked up to the fact that there streamlining the story and that does mean making the episodes look like that they flow into each other instead of each episode having a beginning , a middle and an end with this being least effective in episode two where the episode does end at a somewhat natural place with Raditz telling them that there are two more saiyan's just like him coming to earth which does feel like a natural place to end that episode as it's a good solid cliffhanger to end that episode one and heck out all three episodes it's episode two that's the the strongest of the three of the three episodes as it's all about advancing the plot.


All three of these episodes do have some really good moments in them with episode o e having that great shot of Goku flying up the side of the mountain to get to Gohan on the other side. With episode three it's the entire battle scene but with episode two it's the shot where Piccolo and Goku are just talking to each other as that scene represents two enemies basically starting to become friends something which while born out of necessity as Raditz is meant to be stronger then both of them combined at this point in time it does go to show that when push comes to show and when both of recognize a threat to the earth that they are both willing to put aside there own personally rivalry in order to the right thing with this being something that we would see all through these opening saga's of the show and it's because of this one scene of the two f them agreeing to team up and help each other that would lead to them becoming friends and heck Goku even trusts him enough to let him take care of his son Gohan.

Now then episode one and two of this show has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty three minuets and seven seconds whilst episode three had / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty three minuets and two seconds. With all three episodes having some really good running times to them as they all have more then enough there interms of plot to really cover there respective running times the only thing that lets all three episodes down is the fact that this mini saga really could have been a few more episodes long just to help with the pacing of the story as things do start to wrap rather quickly around the midway point of episode two which does make the conclusion of this mini saga not only compare out of nowhere but also not really hot as much as it would have done if it had just a few more episodes to set things up better as that would end up helping this saga out in the long run and it would allow for alot of the characters to not only have some form of character development of some form but to also play more of a bigger role in the plot of this mini saga as well but I will admit that all of these episodes really do have some really pacing to theme 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 these 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 these very episodes was in all honesty really good. Which for this franchise isn't really a new and really shocking thing as it's the action that this show is what it's known for and it's hard to see why as the action in this shows third episode was really top notch and while yes the action in later episodes is a lot better then the action in these episodes given just how small scale these episodes are they don't really need some really cool looking action all they need is something really small scale and really basic and that's exactly what we get with that also being something that works for where the characters really are at this point in time as characters aren't that high powered yet and would there for not to be able to do all of these powerful moves that they can pull of very easily in later episodes which does make the action in this episode feel alot better then what it really had any right to be in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall all three episodes are some really strong episodes to start of this truly phenomenal anime and while yes Dragon Ball Z Kai is a good way to watch a more streamlined version of the show and it's plot it's not the best way tow watch it as that will always be by watching the original episodes in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in these very episodes in this very review and as such that really does mean that all three of these episodes really do earn themselves a grand old combined 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 f the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Sailor Moon fandom wiki page , the official Dragonball 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 Dragonball 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 Dragonball fandom wiki page are all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being all really fairly freaking high in definition.

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.