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Wednesday, 14 August 2024

Johnny Bravo TV Series "Johnny Bravo" , "Jungle Boy In Mr Monkeyman" and "Johnny Bravo And The Amazon Women" Review


Cartoon Network in the nineties was a truly wonderful place to be with pretty much all of there shows fro that time period being really good shows. However with all of that success does mean that a few shows will get forgotten about as is the case with the show that i'm going to be talking about today as this is a show that really isn't talked about all that often not often by those who were around when it first airing either and so then join me as I review the episodes that technically aired as part of another cartoon show first with the episodes in question being called simply just "Johnny Bravo" , "Jungle Boy In Mr Monkeyman" and "Johnny Bravo And The Amazon Women" enjoy.

The plots of the episodes are in Johnny Bravo Johnny tries to recapture a nine hundred pound gorilla and in Jungle Boy In Mr Monkeyman King Raymond becomes jealous of Jungle Boy and sets out to ruin his reputation once and for all and in Johnny Bravo And The Amazon Women Johnny finds him on island full to the brim with beautiful Amazon Women and does everything that he can do to get near them. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plots that;s are actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plots that are actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty not that bad as all three of episodes plots were really strong plots with the weakest episode plot wise by Jungle Boy In Mr Monkeyman just because of the fact that alot of that episode is spent with nothing going on to advance the plot of the episode where as with the other two segments there was always something going on that was advancing the plots of the segments with the plots also also being really rather rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in these episodes is Jeff Bennett as Johnny Bravo and Man 3 , Soleil Moon Frye as Mary and Maurice LaMarche as The Fat Robber and The Narrator , Roger Rose as The Gorilla  Scott , Butch , Christopher and Louis , Mae Whitman as The Little Girl , Cody Dorkin as JungleBoy , Michael McKean as King Raymond , Rupert and Rhino , Candi Milo as Mary Antelope , Effie and Jill , April Winchell as Donna , Kris and Liz , Brenda Vaccar as Melissa , Pat Musick as Grandma , B.J. Ward as Cindy and An Amazon and David L. Lander as Christopher.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that;s actually featured / presented to us in these 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 thee very episodes was in all honesty really good. Which is something that really does make alot of sense given that pretty much all of the actors that are in these episodes are a bunch of really are a bunch of really good actors and a bunch of really good voice actors in there own right with all of them really delivering some really good and some really funny performances in all three of these episodes with the acting that's in these very episodes really being helped by the fact that the scripts for this episodes are juts so good that all this episodes cast have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performances will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in these episodes episodes.


Doing the animation for these episodes is Hanna-Barbera Productions , Fil-Cartoons , Mr. Big Cartoons , Sunwoo Entertainment and Wang Film Productions Company. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty person ally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these vert episodes was in all honesty not that bad and was a lot better then what it really had any right to be but at the same time tho the animation that's in all three of these segments wasn't really all that good either as the backgrounds don't look that good in Johnny Bravo And The Amazon women this is despite them looking really good in Johnny Bravo and the animation and backgrounds in Jungle Boy And Mr Monkeyman while it wasn't really the best was certainly alot better then what it could have been with the backgrounds in that segment just looking really bland and really boring with the same thing also being true for Johnny Bravo And The Amazon Women as well with all of the characters having some really nice and fluid movements to them in all three of this episodes segments with the animation really shining through when it comes to all three segments comedy.


What alot of people might have forgotten about or just straight up don't know is that even these segments are indeed the first three segments in Johnny Bravo they weren't originally produced as apart of the series. As all three of them were instead produced as apart of the show What A Cartoon which showed new cartoons in every segment with the more popular ones becoming there own TV shows with prime examples of this being Cow And Chicken , Dexter's Laboratory , Courage The Cowardly Dog and The Powerpuff Girls with this show also being one and a few years after this show had been picked up and started airing int's first season these segments were then added into the mix to form the shows first episode this was done tho after the show official first episode had already aired thus meaning that all of the episodes get moved down one order from what they originally were and given that alot of the other shows that came of from What A Cartoon also included there original What A Cartoon shorts as part of other segments it does make sense that this show would combine there episodes to make up the first Johnny Bravo episode as even tho none of them feature the regular supporting cast of characters they do give us the audience a good idea of just what the show will be like in future episodes in the show moving forward.

To be frank this show would not be made simply due to the fact that Johnny Bravo himself does in the first segment force himself onto a woman and in the other segments of not only this episode but the show as a whole spends alot of time trying to get with various women. While yes he does get turned down in more often then not very violent and always hilarious ways you can just picture somebody somewhere getting offended by this cartoon without realising the fact that he's getting turned down is apart of the joke and is the shows way of saying that's he's in the wrong and that how he treats women in the grand scheme of things is also wrong as they'll just take this show at face value and that's really it and yet they'll find the Jungle Boy segment which is the weakest of the three segments to be the most enjoyable for no reason whatsoever this is despite the fact that the Jungle Boy segment has very little redeeming qualities about it as that character is one joke character where as with Johnny Bravo you can get a good few jokes just out of how dumb he is alone with the fact that he can't get a single woman to go out with him being as aspect of his character as all those people who are easily offended will be focused on is the fact that he kissed a woman without her consent despite the fact that she beats him up for it directly afterwards.


Speaking of the Jungle Boy segment there was one redeeming factor about that segment and thats the fact that King Raymond is the segments most entertaining character. As he's a villain who just wants his subjects to obey him and to love only him thus giving him a bit of an ego and yet everybody around him either hates him or just straight up ignores him which does lead to some very entertaining scenes as he sets out to ruin Jungle Boy's reputation by giving him a bad name all done with him going around dressed up as Jungle Boy which includes him shaving off all of his skin and wearing a wig all of which goes a long way to proving the fact that this character does have an ego and can;t handle the fact that nobody likes him heck even his own monkey butler really doesn't care for him all that much either and this is something that does make him an entertaining character as it gives him flaws and a reason for him being the way that he is and heck the whole segment would have been better if he was the main focus of it and if Jungle Boy was instead given more of a supporting role as Jungle Boy as a character really just isn't that interesting nor is he all that entertaining as a character as he's just the stereotypical good guy who just so happens to be a toddler and that's really all there is to his character where as there's alot kore to King Raymond as a character.

Now then the first segment has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly six minutes and fifty three seconds with the second segment having a grand total running time of exactly six minuets and thirty three seconds and the third segment has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly six minuets and twenty two seconds. With all three segments really having some rather solid running times as all three segments really do have the right amount of plot to really cover there respective running times with the the segment that has the best running time being Johnny Bravo And The Amazon Women just because of the fact that they do spend some time in setting up the amazon island and really making as good a use as they could have done with that running and while all three segments pack in a ton of jokes in there segments respective running times it's the first segment Johnny Bravo that takes as full advantage of it's running time as it could have done as that segment who Johnny is a character and still tell a really good story which it really does manage to given the short running time that the segment has but I will admit that all three segments really do have some really good pacing in them tho.


So now then as this is a comedy show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in these vert segments well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that;s actually featured / presented to us in these very segments was in all honesty really good. With all three of this episodes segments really having alot of really funny jokes in them and all three segments really packing in alot of jokes in there respective running times alot of which are quick little sight gags that chances are your not going to notice on a first viewing like the fact that in the Jungle Boy segment that make a reference to Everybody Love Reymond which was a quick little joke but it was still a really funny joke with the first and third segments having some really funny slapstick moments which really do show off just how funny this shows animation really could have been as the slapstick not only looks painful but it also looks really funny as well but even then there not the best joke of this whole entire episode as that honor goes to a joke in episode where in order to convince the zoo keeper to let him go after the gorilla Johnny tells her that he's a superhero with one of his powers being able to make a sandwich which was just such a funny joke and really did show off just how dim witted that this character really was in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall while these episode both are and aren't the official start to Johnny Bravo they do give you a good idea of just how random that this show was and just how funny that this show was when it was at it's best and while it wouldn't get made there might be some people out there who love these segments as alot of them are just that good and are that funny as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in these segments in this very review and as such that means that Johnny Bravo earns itself a grad old score of exactly a 7 out of 10 , Jungle Boy In Mr Monkeyman earns it self a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 and Johnny Bravo And The Amazon Women earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 with all three segments earning themselves a combined grand total 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 mages that I personally used in this very review from the official Johnny Bravo fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very segments episodes that I used in this very review being the really great the official Johnny Bravo fandom wiki page simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from these very segments and are really of course on the official Johnny Bravo 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.

Tuesday, 13 August 2024

Watchmen: Chapter I Film Review


For some strange reason Hollywood has been rather in love with the Watchmen story recently as just a few short years ago we had the TV show and now were getting a two part animated film. Whilst the idea of adapting these characters into animation was going to happen eventually it does seem odd that after just realising a three part film that DC has started to release a two part and so then join me as I review the film that see the Watchmen story enter the world of animation with the film in question being called simply just "Watchmen: Chapter I" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when his fellow hero The Comedian is killed anti-hero Rorschach sets out to find who is killing all of the worlds superheros. Now the  interms then interms f 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 was the exact same plot from both the comics and the 2009 film but that's also the problem and whilst it's not a problem with the film as they did only make one book called Watchmen it is something that does make the plot of the film come across as being predictable as we the audience have already seen it adapted in the 2009 live action film which does make this film come across as being really pointless as all your doing is waiting for all of the familiar plot beats to hot and that's really it and while yes the plot of this film is told in a way that's really more true to the comic book that doesn't stop it from feeling predictable and boring with the plot of this film not really being really rather entertaining nor is it really rather engaging either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this film is Matthew Rhys as Nite Owl , Katee Sackhoff as Silk Spectre and Titus Welliver as Rorschach. Also starring in this film is Troy Baker as Ozymandias , Michael Cerveris as Dr. Manhattan , Rick D. Wasserman as The Comedian , Adrienne Barbeau as Sally Jupiter / Silk Spectre , Corey Burton as Captain Metropolis , Jeffrey Combs as Moloch , John Marshall Jones as Hooded Justice , Yuri Lowenthal as Wally Weaver , Geoff Pierson as Nite Owl and Kari Wahlgren as Janey Slater.

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 really good. Which given the actors that are involved with this film does make alot of sense as alot of this films both from a voice acting perspective and a live action perspective really are a bunch of really good actors and all of whom really do know how to act and as a result of that is the fact that they really would know how to turn in a really good performance in a film like this one as this is the kind of film that really does require alot of if not all of the films to bring there A game which is something that we do get to see in this very film with the acting that's in this very film really being helped by the films script as the script for this film is just so good that all this films actors 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 very film.


Doing the animation for this film is the legends and the really greats that are currently over at Studio Mir. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad as while yes the CGI in this film isn't the best with these characters being more suited to the kind of 2D animation that we got in Batman: The Animated Series this films animation wasn't as bad as it really good have been either and while it does rather admittedly take alot of getting used to when you do get used to it it's not something that you really notice and something that you do forget is even there alot of time but yes these characters really aren't well suited to 3D CGI as they look a little to good where as these characters should look a little rough round the edges as that's the type of the world that these characters live in and to have an animation style that goes against it just makes the animation in this film stand out but for all pf the wrong reasons tho.


For some strange reason DC really likes to make multipart films as this is now the third multipart film that they've released. With both this film and the Justice League: Crisis On Infinite Earths films being the only ones that really do deserve to be a multipart film as the Justice League X RWBY film really didn't need to be a two part film as that film only had enough plot for one film where as this film really does need both parts in order to tell it's story as if you did try and condense this films story to just the one film it would really harm the overall story as it would mean alot of the stuff that's important to the plot would have to be cut out of the film as the film only has a small amount of running time in order to tell it's story and as a result of that is the fact that this film really is one of the very few films that should be a two part film as there's so much in there from a plot perspective that to cut any of it out would be a disservice the story and with a story that's as legendary as the story of Watchmen is then the makers of this film really do owe it to the fans to it justice in someway and the best that they can do that is to make this film a two part film but that doesn't mean that every single direct to DVD animated film that DC makes should be a multipart film as tha6 is something that should be saved for the films where the plot demands it be a multipart film.

As this is a multipart film that does mean that this film does indeed fall into the same pitfalls that all multipart films fall victim to. As alot of this film is spent setting up things that won;t be payed off until Chapter 2 comes out next year which does make this film feel like it's a long trailer for part 2 and while yes this is also due to the fact that the comic book only told one story as this is an adaptation the makers of the film could have altered things around in the plot to make sure that this film didn't feel like a trailer for the next film as this is a big issue is it means that we the audience don't really have a reason to rewatch this film as we'd only be watching half of a story and while the makers of this film really couldn't help but make this film one long trailer for the second film there could have been some effort to make sure that at least some of things that get set up in this very film also get payed off in this film heck you even could have had the reveal of who killed The Comedian happen in this film only to then end the film with the reveal that the death of all of these heroes was just one small part of a bigger plan thus setting up the mystery for the second film and ending this film on a really good cliffhanger that would make the audience want to watch the second film as well.


If you've seen the 2009 film or even read the comics then you'll know that The Comedian and alot of the heroes. Aren't really good people as alot of them do kill innocent people for there own perverse sense of justice which does drive alot of them The Comedian included insane and as a result of that is the fact that the mystery of the films is a really good one as it means that we have alot of potential people who could want to see The Comedian dead and while the The Comedian might be the worse hero as a person this film does a solid job of also showing of his more softer side all of which do make him seem all the more human and come across as being more of a three dimensional character which does make sense as he is the films main character in a way but at the same time the film really doesn't give us a reason to care for Rorschach either as he just comes across as being a loner who is willing to go to those more darker aspects and kill innocent people and yet even tho he is the films main vocal point we're not given a reason to like him as a character which does make it hard for us the audience to form any kind of connection with him as well.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and twenty three minuets and forty nine seconds. Which is a solid running time for this film as the film really does have the right amount of plot to really cover that amount of running time but at the same time tho this film could have done with being a few minuets shorter as the film does seem to drag on a bit in the middle with the film having scenes that really don't add anything to the plot of both films and are there just for the sake of being there and because of that the film does have some filler scenes when because of the multipart nature of the film it really doesn't need to be a multipart film as you could have every single scene be about advancing the overall plot of both films and no filler would be needed as this is a two part film and as such the only thing that the makers of this film would really need to do is pick a part where your going to end Part 1 and that's really it and where this film does make alot of sense from a plot point of view but we have to see alot of pointless scenes to get there 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 action that;s actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that and. As this film really doesn't focus all that much on the action aspect of the film which does make sense as it this point in the plot there's not much action in it anyways and as such both of the action scenes that we get in this film really do look good and are a good example of how good this films 3D CGI animation could possibly when it's done right with the best example of this being the death of The Comedian as while yes his death scene was handled alot better in the 2009 film here his death takes full advantage of the fact that's an animated film and because of that is the fact that we get to see the characters doing things and moves that they couldn't possibly do in live action action and because of that is the fact that we a really good opening fight scene that really does set the overall tone for the rest of both of these films as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall while this is a solid that alot of people might like it's still just you stereotypical first part of a multipart film with it being worth staying until after the credits to see a nice little surprise and while that surprise adds nothing to this film it is still a fun little surprise 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 6.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all pf the mages that I personally used in this very review well then bots and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally got all of the mages that I personally used in this very review fro the official DC Database fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com 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 Google Images 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 on Google Images are also really all fairly high in quality and really as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Friday, 9 August 2024

My SPOILER FILLED First Impressions Of The Tales Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV Series


After coming back with a mildly successful movie last year the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are now back with a brand new animated series. With this series being based in the world of the previous movie and well as i've just seen the previous movie it was only about right that I give you my first impressions of the first six episodes of this show and so then join me I give you my SPOILLER FILLED first impressions of the show that sees a legendary actor not come back for this TV show with the show in question being called simply just "Tales Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" enjoy.

The plot of this show is when the turtles find themselves going up against a new foe they find there very brotherhood tested like it's never been tested before. Bow then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured . presented to us in this very show was in all honesty not that bad however at the exact same time tho the plot of this show isn't all that good either as it's a plot that really isn't all that interesting despite it's unique setup which does allow for some rather unique plots to be told and yet this show doesn't take full advantage of that idea as instead it just gives something that really does feel like it's being stretched out and instead feels like alot like something that would have been better of as the plot of a two part episode and not the plot to the whole entire show with the plot of this show being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this show is Micah Abbey as Donatello , Shamon Brown Jr. as Michelangelo and Nicolas Cantu as Leonardo. Also starring in this show is Brady Noon as Raphael , Inside Out 2 star Ayo Edebiri as April O'Neil , The Spectacular Spider-Man and The Brady Bunch Movie star Alanna Ubach as Bishop , Pete Davidson as Rod , Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Pigeon Pete , Carlin James as Hun , Jamila Velasquez as Angel and Fred Tatasciore as Splinter.

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. Which given that alot of this shows actors are reprising their roles from the movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem it's not really surprising that they would turn in a good performance in this show but at the same time tho there acting still isn't that good and is only slightly better then the acting that we go from them in the movie with alot of the shows best acting oddly enough coming from this shows new cast members alot of whom are either some really good actors in there own right or some really good voice actors as well and would there for no how to turn in a good performance with the acting that;s in this shoe not really being helped by this shows scripts as the scripts for this episode are just so bad as they give absolutely none of this shows cast absolutely nothing 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 really does hurt the overall quality of the acting that's in this very show.


Doing the animation for this show is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Titmouse Canada Animation. Now the interms of what I personally thought  felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this show was in all honesty not that bad but at the exact same time the animation that's in this show wasn't all that good either as it was very choppy with this shows animation taking on style that's meant to remind people of a comic book which given the origins of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles does somewhat make sense but at the same time tho it's not something that's all that appealing to look at as what might work in a comic book might not work in any form of media  with this shows animation being a prime example of that as while yes the characters do have some really nice looking movements to them the show is also not that to look at either at with the shows animation not really helping that as the comic book style that this show is trying to emulate isn't something that works in the confides of this show as it just looks ugly.

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



For some reason the makers of this show thought it was a good idea to keep the turtles apart from each other for the shows first six episodes. With them only reuniting halfway through the sixth episodes which is something that just doesn't work as the turtles when at there best really work well because of the fact that there bouncing off of each each other and yet with this show there robbed of the chance of doing that because of the fact that they spend so much time apart from one another and while yes they do explain why the turtles aren't with each other in a way that really does make sense and it is something that does work for this version of the turtles it is something that still doesn't work for this version of the characters as we haven't had alot of time to really get to know to know these characters before this show with even Mutant Mayhem not really giving us a good idea of what the turtles personalities outside of the most basic personality traits and as a result of that really is the fact that having them be apart from each other this early on in this universes timeline really doesn't make that much sense but it is something that would work once we the audience have had the chance to really get to know all of the turtles as characters.

Even tho this show does have alot of the cast from Mutant Mayhem coming back to reprise there roles for some strange reason they chose to recast Splinter. With him in this show only speaking in vermin in order to please Scumbug which just serves as a cheap and lazy way to explain why they didn't get Jackie Chan back to play him and really nothing more then that as within these first six episodes Splinter only appears twice and doesn't play a role in the main plot which makes his inclusion come across as being pointless something that would have been fixed if the makers of this actually gave a damn about the turtles franchise as they even have Donatello actually say in the first episode of this show that he's not the IT guy this is despite the fact that the original shows opening lyrics state quite clearly that he does machines and while yes this is does play a part in the characters personal character arc for these first six episodes it's also something that shows that the current producers of the franchise don't really know the characters all that well either as Splinter even going by there own rules would try anything to get the boys to stay in with him due to the fact that he doesn't trust humans all that much something which was a plot point in Mutant Mayhem.


As this post is being based off of the first six episodes of this twelve episode series these first six episodes not only wrap up the plot but also start another one by the end of episode six. Which makes the fact that this show is twelve episodes long come across as it was meant to be released in to six episode releases but for some reason Paramount decided to release them both at the exact same time which is pointless as you then basically have two season worth of storylines to sit through when it would worked out much better if they released the first six episodes in one go ad then at a later date release the remaining six episodes with this not really being helped by the fact that even tho they redeem Bishop during episode six by having her help the turtles to defeat her own evil robots for some strange reason by the end of the episode they have her then turn evil again which even from a character point of view really doesn't make sense as her whole reason for hating the turtles was because of the fact that she believes that they stopped her from helping humanity due to them destroying her life's work thanks to the events of Mutant Mayhem which doesn't make her an interesting villain as it's just a very weak backstory with her becoming evil again by the end of episode six not really being helped by the fact that even the turtles themselves say to her that they love humanity and are trying to protect it as a result of that is the fact that her turning evil again just doesn't work on any level.

Now then this show has / had an exact grand total running tome of exactly no longer then twenty three minuets. Which is a the perfect running time for these episodes to have as these episodes really don't have alot there interms of plot to really cover anything longer then that as the plot of these six episodes is perfect for six episodes and no more then that with the first four episodes showing us the turtles on there own and episode five giving us Bishop's backstory with the turtles finally meeting back up during the shows sixth episode and yet even with a six episode count in order to tell it's story the show really doesn't take it's time to give us the audience a reason to care for it's characters something that it could have done given the fact that it has alot of episodes in order to tell it 's story with the show instead just rushing along to it's next plot point which might be because of each episodes running time but even so to make a story like this one we the audience should be given a reason to want to care for all of these characters ad while this might as well result in a bunch of filler scenes they would still give the characters some much needed character development as well but I will admit that this show really does have some really good pacing to it tho.


So now then as this is an actin show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us un this very show 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 show was in all honesty really good. With the action in this show being the mist creative part of this show as we get to see the turtles have fights in locations that we haven;t seen them have fights in before now and seeing them really find creative ways to take down all four the robots that are attacking them all of which feel true to there characters and all of which do work well for there respective episodes as well but the best action scenes in these first six episodes is the final fight in episode six as we get to see the turtles working together as a team with all of the alleys and foes that they've made during these first six episodes which does create a really and exciting action scene with that action and that episode as whole really feeling like that it should have been the final action scene and the final episode of this show as whole in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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


Overall these first six episodes really weren't that bad but at the same time there also episodes that could have been alot better if alot more thought and care was put into this Mutant Mayhem universe with this show being a decent show that really could have been alot more better then what it actually was 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 post and as this is only my first impressions of the show as a whole there won't be a rating however if enough people want it then I will consider doing a review of the following six episodes.

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

Monday, 5 August 2024

House Of The Dragon "The Queen Who Ever Was" SPOILER FILLED Review

 



Another series of this fantastic has just aired with this episode also marking the end of the shows second season. With this whole season of Houser Of The Dragon being on par with the first season in alot of better but also being worse then the first season in other places and better then the first season places as well and with season 3 already confirmed to be in development it's safe to say that this show isn't going away any time soon and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the episode that already has alot of audiences unhappy with the episode in question being called simply just "The Queen Who Ever Was" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is with the war looming Queen Alicent must choose between pursing piece or going to war. N ow then  interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot 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 plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with the plot of this episode doing a good job of setting up the threat for season three but at the same time tho this episodes plot doesn't do a good job of paying off alot of the plot lines that were set up in this series either which does go along way to making this episode feel like it was meant to be placed earlier on in the series running order as it doesn't really add anything to the plot of this series but at the same time from a plot point of view it was interesting to see the character question alot of their actions as that's something that really hasn't been seen before now in this show 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 Prince Daemon Targaryen and Emma D'Arcy as Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen. Also starring in this episode is Olivia Cooke as Queen Alicent Hightower , Rhys Ifans as Ser Otto Hightower , Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon , Fabien Frankel as Ser Criston Cole , Matthew Needham as Lord Larys Strong , Sonoya Mizuno as Mysaria , Tom Glynn-Carney as King Aegon II Targaryen , Ewan Mitchell as Prince Aemond Targaryen , Phia Saban as Queen Helaena Targaryen , Harry Collett as Prince Jacaerys Velaryon , Bethany Antonia as Lady Baela Targaryen , Phoebe Campbell as Lady Rhaena Targaryen , Jefferson Hall as Ser Tyland Lannister / Lord Jason Lannister , Freddie Fox as Ser Gwayne Hightower , Gayle Rankin as Alys Rivers , Kurt Egyiawan as Grand Maester Orwyle , Abubakar Salim as Alyn Of Hull , Clinton Liberty as Addam Of Hull , Kieran Bew as Hugh , Tom Bennett as Ulf , Simon Russell Beale as Ser Simon Strong , Paul Kennedy as Lord Jasper Wylde , Phil Daniels as Maester Gerardys , Max Wrottesley as Ser Lorent Marbrand , Jamie Kenna as Ser Alfred Broome , Vincent Regan as Ser Rickard Thorne , Antonio Magro as Lord Petyr Piper , Abigail Thorn as Admiral Sharako Lohar , Daniel Fathers as Lord Humfrey Lefford , Joshua Ben-Tovim as Brynden Rivers and Eddie Eyre as Ser Axell Bulwer.

Now then inter 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's really nothing that's all that new not only for this show but for this franchise as a whole as even in this franchises more lesser episodes there was always some really good acting in them with the actors in this episode really delivering some truly wonderful performances with Matt Smith as per-always hitting it right out of the park in this episode like he has also done in the rest of this season as well with the same also being true for both Emma D'Arcy as Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen and Olivia Cooke as Queen Alicent Hightower both of whom really do deliver some truly wonderful performances in this episode with the acting in this episode really being helped by the fact that the script for this episode was just so good that all this episodes really have to do is just say the lines as they were 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 very episode.



Doing the CGI for this episode is PixStone Images , MPC Episodic , Outpost VFX , Pixomondo and Red Visual Effects. 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 really good and was easily alot better then alot of the CGI that we got on some scenes in this very season as this season did have some very dodgy looking CGI at times which did make sense but at the same time tho this episodes CGI was all really top notch with the episode even making great use of effects that you might not realise are CGI as there just blended in that well with what was shot on the day of filming with the dragons also looking really good with them having some really good lighting to them and while the dragons aren't really seen that much in this episode whenever we do see them they do look really good with this episode being a good example of how to use CGI as CGI is only used to do things that couldn't have been done on the day of filming.

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In what a rather surprising move is the fact that we get a surprise cameo from Daenerys Targaryen however we don't get to see her face. AS such it's not Emilia Clarke reprising her role it's instead some unknown actress playing the role for a few seconds which does lesson the impact as she was a major character on Game Of Thrones and yet we barely get to see her on screen and heck she doesn't say anything she just appears with her three baby dragons from behind and that's really it which is a waste of the visions idea that they'd been using all throughout this season alot of which did bring back previous actors from the show and yet for some strange reason when it came to Daenerys Targaryen a character who goes on to play an important role in the Targaryen history she just gets a few seconds of screen time while this doesn't do a disservice to her character as season 8 of Game Of Thrones already did that it just makes her appearance in the episode feel pointless even more so when you take into account that the makers of this show could have used her vision to explain to Daemon that there's a fifty fifty chance that he might end up going mad.

As is tradition with this show there was a leak for this episode in particular as a few days before the episode premiered. At the very least thirty minuets of the episode was leaked onto Tiktok with there being fourteen videos in total while it's hard to say what scenes ended up being leaked because of it the very fact that this show had it's smallest leak ever is still something to talk about as this show usually has several episodes leaked and yet to only have thirty minuets of the shows finale episode leak out a few days ahead of time whist it is still yes a really bad thing it is still a sign that HBO and Warner Bros really have improved there cyber security as back in Game Of Thrones season six good as well every episode of that show got leaked days ahead of there premiere and that's most likely the worst leak that this show has ever had as all of those episodes were finished episodes and even this show had at the very least it's very first episode leaked a few days to a week before it's primer all of which makes you wonder why it's taken this long for them to improve there security as this is something that should have been improved after the leak in Game Of Thrones season 6.  



This is an episode that despite being a really solid episode doesn't really feel like that it's a season finale. With it instead feeling like that it was an episode that was originally meant to air at some point before the final episode of this series as the episode doesn't really pay off anything that it sets up as they don't really explain why Daemon is getting these visions but that's something that could very easily be chalked up to him getting the Targaryen madness but it is still something that would have been better if it was explained or at least hinted at being a thing and they don't even explain why the King is moving to a different castle with it being something that just comes out of nowhere but to give this film some credit it does do a solid job of setting up the next season of the show but at the same time this episode should have been more focused on paying off what it already set up as the plot line between Daemon and Rhaenyra gets resolved in a way that doesn't really feel satisfactory as they only get one scene together and that's really it and because of that the resolution really comes across as being rushed and doesn't really feel all that earned.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and nine minuets and six seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstandard running time for a season finale for this show to have and to this episodes credit it really does have more then enough there interms of plot to really cover that large amount of running time but at the same time because of the fact that the episode is alot more focused on setting up things for the next season it leaves very little room for the episode to wrap up it's own storylines and whist yes it is important for them to set up some future storylines those shouldn't be done at the expanse of wrapping up the current storylines either and as a result of that is the fact that this episode really could have done with being just a few minuets longer just order to wrap everything up in a way that feels satisfactory to the season and for those that watched the show on a week to week basis as well but I will admit that this episode really does have soe really good pacing to it tho.


So now the this as this an action show that means that I gave to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show and well then in all honesty I in al honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty really good. As while this episode didn't have any action sequences in it the action scenes in the rest of this season were really top notch with the best action in this whole entire season coming from episode four "The Red Dragon And The Gold" where we are treated to this wonderfully brutal battle scene that is just so cool to look at as well as it really gives the audience a chance to see just how much of a threat that the dragons really are ad how having a dragon on your side really can help to turn the tide in any battle with it being helped by the fact that we get to see a dragon basically being choked to death by another dragon which also results in the death of Rhaenys which is both beautiful and tragic and is the perfect death for her character to have in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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Overall while this season was a huge improvement on season 1 in some respects it was also a weaker season in other respects as well as at the very least with season 1 it felt like a complete season with a beginning , middle and end where as this one doesn't even have that going for it 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 such that really does mean that this mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 where as season 2 as whole earns itself a grand old score of exactly an 8.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all pf 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 Tenor , the official Game Of Thrones fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. 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 Game Of Thrones fandom wiki page 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 on the official Game Of Thrones 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, 1 August 2024

Batman: Caped Crusader SPOILER FILLED Review


It's safe to say that when it was first announced that when one of the masterminds behind Batman: The Animated Series was returning to work on another animated series for The Dark Knight that alot of people were really excited. Even more so when it turns out that this show was intended to be the spiritual successor to Batman: The Animated Series and well the new show is finally here and you all just knew that I had to check this show out the very first chance that I got and so then join me as I give you my spoiler filled review of the show that sees Batman take on foes in the nineteen forties with the show in question being called simply just "Batman: Caped Crusader" enjoy.

The plot of this show is when Batman makes a mistake during one of his cases a chain reaction happens all throughout the underworld of Gotham City one that will see batman pushed to his very limits. Now then interms of what I personally thought  felt about thew actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I inn all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty not that bad as it is a plot that does allow for a more serialized story but at the same time also act as an anthology series as well with reach episode only being very loosely connected to one another and still have certain story elements to pass over over from one episode to another something which does make this show standout from alot of the other Batman animated TV shows out there and it's something that does work in the context of this show asl well with the plot of this show 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 show is Hamish Linklater as Bruce Wayne / Batman , Diedrich Bader as Harvey Dent and Krystal Joy Brown as Barbara Gordon. Also starring in this show is Jamie Chung as Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn , Minnie Driver as Oswalda Cobblepot / The Penguin , Christina Ricci as Selina Kyle / Catwoman , Eric Morgan Stuart as James Gordon , Jason Watkins as Alfred Pennyworth , Dan Donohue as Basil Karlo / Clayface , Tom Kenny as Joseph Rigger / Firebug , Toby Stephens as James Craddock / Gentleman Ghost , Mckenna Grace as Natalia Knight / Nocturna , Reid Scott as Onomatopoeia , Michelle C. Bonilla as Renée Montoya , Bumper Robinson as Lucius Fox , Gary Anthony Williams as Arnold Flass and Iggy , Haley Joel Osment as Anton Knight , John DiMaggio as Harvey Bullock , Jerry and Wilford Lee and Cedric Yarbrough as Rupert Thorne.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty not that bad. With all of the actors that you expect a good performance from really delivering on the acting side of things but at the same time the acting from certain actors like Jamie Chung and Jason Watkins to name but a few not really being that good not that there bad on there own right because there not but when you have them acting against other actors that we know can really turn in a good performance there performance comes of as being the weaker of the performances with the acting that's in this show really being helped by the script for this show show which is just so good that all this shows cast have to do is just say the lines as they are written as good performance will come out them naturally which is something that really does help the overall quality of the acting that's in this very show.


Doing the animation for this show is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Studio IAM 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 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 very show was in all honesty really good with the show having some really good looking 2D animation that does look like that it came right out of the nineteen forties but at the same time this show does make more use of 3D CGI that does stand out a mile as it's something that does look really bad and it's something that Batman: The Animation Series never did as they knew that it really would clash with ere art style and it's same thing here as having 3D CGI even if it's just used for backgrounds does standout a mile ad it's something that really does take you out of any given episode of the show and while the shows 2D animation does indeed look really good with all of the characters having really some decent designs that some people might disagree with and other may like the character designs the characters do also have some really nice fluid movements to them as well.

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Believe it or not this show was subject to two very minor controversies before it premiered the first one of which was the fact that they changed Harley Quinn to an Indian American and the second of which was the fact that the show features a gender swapped version of The Penguin. Well after watching all ten episodes those issues aren't an issue as both characters are handled really well and while yes Oswalda Cobblepot / The Penguin is the better of the two villains simply because of the fact that she's the more fun villain this new version of Harley Quinn is quite creepy with there being  role reversal in Harley's personality as her super villain self is usually portrayed as being more cartoony and funny with her civilian self being the more serious of the two where as with this is show it's the opposite that's true and while there will always be a soft side for the original Harley Quinn this new version of the character does come across as being quite creepy at times and while she only appears in full on Harley Quinn costume for one episode the character does appear in a first few episodes which made her fall in episode five all the more dramatic.

One of the very things that this show does get wrong is the relationship between Bruce Wayne and Alfred. As Alfred and Bruce should always be characters who are close to each other as afterall Alfred was the one who raised Bruce up after the death of his parents and yet in this show Bruce acts really cold to Alfred even just calling him Pennyworth all the time which is something that the character wouldn't do as he views Alfred as being his father figure and the one person that he really trusts the most in Gotham and yet in this show he basically treats him as if he's stranger even referring to him as the help in one episode which is something that just doesn't sit right as it's not in his character to do so this is something that wouldn't be an issue if Bruce had a story arc where he learns to be closer to Alfred over the course of these first ten episodes but he doesn't and as a result of that is the fact that we get a relationship that is fundamentally broken when in not only Batman: The Animated Series but in alot of other Batman media it wasn't broken as all you have to is use some logic and that's really all there is to it and while yes Bruce does finally call him Alfred at the end of the shows tenth episode by then it's something that's to little to late and it's nothing really something that feels earned and more like something that the makers of the show felt like that had to do.


The main storyline in this first batch of episodes revolves around Harvey Dent's descent into madness eventually ending up with him becoming Two-Face at the end of the show's eighth episode. While this plot line was done alot better in Batman: The Animated Series as the writing in that show was alot better then the writing that's in this show it is still something that's done really well and it is something that shows that the makers of this show really do fully understand these characters and this world even on the most basic of levels and because of that is the fact that even tho his storyline in this first batch of episodes isn't given alot of focus as it is something that really only appears in a handful episodes and even then acts more as a B plot to the episode it is still a storyline that's rather effective and works really well but it is something that should have been given alot more of s focus instead of it just being the B plot to most episodes which really is a bit of an issue considering the fact that his storyline forms the basis of the shows final three episodes and yet because of how little care and attention that's it's gotten it feels really more of an after thought.

Now then this first batch of episodes has / had an exact grand total running time of no longer then twenty seven minuets. With each episode having a running time of roughly anywhere between twenty four to twenty six minuets of running time which is something that really does work well for this first batch of episodes as the show doesn't really have alot of there interms of plot and while they do tease a big villain for season two this first batch of episodes spends alot of it's running time in giving us information about the characters ad about this new version of Gotham City and even in setting up things that don't pay off until the shows final few episodes but because you don' really notice them as there done in a way that feels natural and organic you don't really pay attention to them which is something that does work well enough in this shows favor but at the same time tho alot of the running time could have been spent on developing the relationship between Bruce and Alfred as that is something that is key to the Batman character and yet because there's no time dedicated to there relationship it doesn't feel earned when Bruce does finally call him Alfred at the end of the shows tenth episode but I will admit that all of these episodes really do have some really good pacing to them tho.


So now then as this is ah action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty not that bad. As it is something that does place into the whole nineteen forties aspect of the show but at the same time then action that's in this shoe isn't as good as it really could have been either with alot of it just coming across as being rather dull and boring alot of the time and yet when the action does get intense and exciting it's more often then not the best action of the whole entire show with the best example of this being the action at the end of the episode as it's Batman taking on The Penguin and her goons on top of a cruise ship with The Penguin trying to launch this missile at the Gotham City Police Department which is a simple thing but it's effective as it ends tension and it adds stakes to the scene instead of just being an action just for the sake of there being an action scene in the episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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Overall this is a show that while it isn't as good as Batman: The Animated Series was it is still a really good show and one that has all of the potential there to be a really good show if the show can stick the landing whenever it's second batch of episodes does eventually end up being released 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 very show really does earn itself a gran old score of exactly an 8 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all pf 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 pf the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Batman: Caped Crusader fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very batch of episodes that I used in this very review being the really great the official Batman: Caped Crusader fandom wiki page simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very batch of episodes and are really of course on the official Batman: Caped Crusader 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.