Doctor Who: Doctor Who And The Silurians Review

It's been quite along time since I last covered an episode of Doctor Who and yet it's been even longer since I last covered an episode of classic Doctor Who. Well I thought that i'd hit two birds with one stone by reviewing an episode of classic Doctor Who and since season 7 of the show is one that I for some strange reason always get put off watching due to there long episode numbers it only made sense that one of those episodes by the basis for this review and so then join me as I review the episode that has a shockingly long title with the episode in question being called simply just "Doctor Who And The Silurians" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when race of reptilians that once ruled the Earth before humans suddenly start to awaken it's up to The Doctor to try and broker a piece treaty between them and the humans before they start invading the Earth.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 really good as it gives us the audience to see what this new Doctor is like when he's fully recovered from his regeneration as well as giving as a good idea of just what kinds of stories this new era of Doctor Who is willing to tell and it does so with a plot that is at times utterly thrilling and yet when it needs to be utterly thought provoking as well something that is currently missing from this new era of the show and all of this is done in what can only be described as a very smartly written plot that has plenty of twists and turns along the way all of which make this episodes plot a really good story as it's one where you don't quite know what direction that it's going to be taking 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 The Doctor , Caroline John as Liz Shaw and Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. Also starring in this episode is Fulton Mackay as Dr. Quinn , Peter Miles as Dr. Lawrence , Ian Cunningham as Dr. Meredith , Norman Jones as Major Baker , Thomasine Heiner as Miss Dawson , Ian Talbot as Travis , Geoffrey Palmer as Masters , John Newman as Spencer , Bill Matthews as Davis , Roy Branigan as Roberts , Gordon Richardson as Squire , Nancie Jackson as Doris Squire , Brendan Barry as A Hospital Doctor , Paul Darrow as Captain Hawkins , Richard Steele as Sergeant Hart , Alan Mason as Corporal Nutting , Harry Swift as Private Robins , Derek Pollitt as Private Wright , Dave Carter as Old Silurian , Nigel Johns as Morka and Peter Halliday as the voices of the Silurians.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this vey 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 to be expected not only from classic Doctor Who but from Doctor Who as a whole as the acting that's in this very show has always been really good with this episodes acting really being helped by the fact that not only is are this episodes characters really well cast but there all played by a bunch of really good actors in there right and as a result of that s the fact it of course makes sense that all of the acting that's in this very episode was really good and while yes there some dodgy performances that are to be found in this episode the overall quality of this episodes acting is really good with all of this episodes actors turning in some really good performances in there own right with the acting that's in this very episode really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so good that all this episodes actors really have to do is say the lines as thy are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the quality of the acting that's in this very episode.

This is episode that does see The Doctor give Bessie it's name as while she was indeed featured in the previous episode she wasn't The Doctor's car. While this is a small something it is also something that's vastly important for this early part of the Jon Pertwee era of the show as The Doctor couldn't use his TARDIS and as such would need a mode of transportation and as a result of that is the fact that giving him a car that does look a little bit alien is something that's perfectly in character for him as it's a practical way of him getting from location to location without explaining how he suddenly knows how to use his TARDIS and while the name that he gives the car still doesn't make sense the very fact that he has one at all let alone one with his personalized number plate does infact go to show that makers of this show really did know what kind of show they were making as they thought of every single possible question that us fans would most likely have had when this episode was first being broadcast and as a result of that is the fact that it makes the show out to be far more smarter then what it really was in the first place but at the same time tho the car itself doesn't look to be all that good as while it is a car that's in character for The Doctor it's not something that works well enough for this more action heavy version of The Doctor though as it's something that can very easily be seen being driven by the eleventh doctor due to how alien the car looks.

This episode is also the very first episode to introduce the Silurians into the world of Doctor Who with them here being presented as creatures who from afar could be seen as being like dinosaurs. With there designs looking really good for the time that this episode was being made but at the same time tho you can quite clearly see where the face mask ends and the body begins as you can see the lap which does make the entire costume look cheap which granted is no fault for the Doctor Who production team as the show has never had a huge budget and as a result of that is the fact that some things in classic Doctor Who do come across as looking cheap but at the same time tho given that this is new Doctor Who monster there really should have been more money spent on there costumes to make them look as impressive as they could have done for there debut outing with the cheap look also coming into effect when you take account that at times there mouths can barely move which does make it weird when you can hear fully formed sentences coming out of their mouths and yet the fact that there barely able to open their mouths does make you really wonder how they managed to get those sentences out and it also makes the costumes look really cheap looking as well but from afar the costumes do look really good tho.

For some strange reason the makers of this episode chose not to give Liz Shaw that much to actually do as she spends alot of her time just stuck in one office talking to the same group of people over and over again. With her only occasionally going into the caves and going out onto location but those scenes never last all that long with her spending more time in an office talking to the same two people and occasionally talking to another persona and that's really it and it makes you wonder if the writer of this episode Malcolm Hulke really knew what do with her character and only included because he had to and not because she played any role in the plot of the episode which is something that shouldn't be the case as he is a really good writer and has written lots of good Doctor Who episodes many of whom have had female characters that actually play a role in the episode that there in and yet here he just doesn't put that same amount of attention into giving the Doctors new companion anything meaningful to do in the plot and heck you really could have cut her character out of the story all together and nothing that's actually important to the plot would be lost as that's how little she adds to the actual plot of the episode with this being made worse when you also take into account that we don;t even get to find out all that much about her character which was fine for the previous episode as that episode was all about establishing the new status quo and about establishing Jon Pertwee as The Doctor but here in this episode they really could have taken the time to give Liz Shaw something meaningful to do and to let us the audience know anything about her character.

What made this episode all the more interesting is that while it does have a stereotypical bad guy in Morka both the Silurians and the humans aren't the bad guys. As deep down there both just scared of each other and yet when they both do indeed try to get along with each other they they actually do get along with each other it's only when Morka starts to become more egotistical and more fascist that things start to go sideways as he believes that since the Silurians where on Earth first that the planet is there's and there's alone and isn't willing to except the fact that other people live there now and because he does actively try and start a war with us and it's because of his action that the humans become more scared then what they already where and start to see all of the Silurians as the bad guys and because of that they start to commit acts of violence against the Silurians something that The Doctor is firmly against something that we see in the very last scene of the episode where he openly says that what the Brigadier did was commit murder against an entire race of people many of whom did nothing against them with only Morka being the one that actively did things against the human and that is something that does beg the question of who was really in the right as the Silurians was just trying to take back what they believed to be there home and the humans where just trying to defend there home with both races being both right and wrong at the exact same time.

Now then while I cannot for the absolutely life of remember whatever this episodes grand total running time even was I do know that the episode has / had an exact grand total running of roughly two hours and thirty minuets. With the episode being seven episodes long and each episode being around twenty five minuets long with seven episodes being a little it on the long side of things for this story as this story really doesn't have alot there to really cover that amount of episodes as you really could have told this entire story in about six or five episodes long and yet because of the fact that they had that extra episodes that does also mean that that we get scenes in this story that do feel like padding almost as if they had a certain amount of episodes to fulfill which meant giving this episode an extra episode when it really doesn't need and yet because of that extra episode the makers of this episode really don't take the time that episode like The Daleks which had a very similar episode count did and that's take the the time to delve into there characters which given that this story is seven episodes is something that really could have done and they could have done so and not have it effect the main plot of the episode and yet they don't do any of that and because of that that extra episode feels like it was wasted as the makers of the episode don't do anything new or interesting with that extra episode at all but I really will admit that this very episode really have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is an action show that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then  in all honesty I in all honesty 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. Taking into account that Doctor Who around this time had a really small budget and as a result of that is the fact that they really couldn't do all that much action wise and yet little action action we did get in this episode did look good apart from the fact that it's in this episodes action that highlights another problem with the Silurians suits as it becomes clear as day that they can't do all that much with the Silurians from an action point of view and yet it's also during this episodes action that The Doctor realises that when the humans are scared then they will be willing kill of an entire race just because of the fact that there's a small chance that more of them might be evil and that is something that does highlight the fact that The Doctor loves all of life not just human life but alien life as well and while yes he does get involved with the action near the end it doesn't change the fact that he still cares about protecting innocent people and both the humans and the Silurians were innocent people and all of that does come to the forefront in a really beautiful action packed scene in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this was a really decent episode but it's one that could have been alot better if it was just an episode or two shorter as this episode really isn't epic enough or really big enough to really warrant being seven episodes but what we got from this episode was really good and helped to make this a really solid episode in the ever changing history of this really truly classic and iconic show 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 very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 from me.

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My First Impressions Of The The Franchise TV Series

Superhero movies are a vey big thing in Hollywood right now with there being several of them being released every single year. As such it really was only about time before a TV got made detailing how one of them does infact get made well HBO have just released the first episode of a TV show that really does just that and so then join as I give you my first impressions of the show that takes behind the scenes of a fictional superhero movie with the show in question being called simply just "The Franchise" enjoy.

The plot of this TV is that a bunch of filmmakers have to make a superhero all the while trying to please the studio heads and the films director both of whom want different things from the movie. 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 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 the episode giving us the audience a partially good luck of just what life is like day to day whilst making the stereotypical superhero movie be it from dealing with actors or with people who work for the studio with it being helped that while the plot of this episode does indeed revolve around trying to keep one member of the studio from trying to see just how badly there messing up this movie in one form or another the plot of the episode does go into great detail into showing us just what it's like when your making a movie and while the plot of this episode doesn't go into that much detail about making a movie the little hints of it that we do get an interesting to see to say the least 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 Himesh Patel as Daniel , Aya Cash as Anita and The Royle Family and Spaced co-writer , co-creator and star Jessica Hynes as Steph. Also starring in this episode is  Billy Magnussen as Adam , Ghosts UK and Saltburn star Lolly Adefope as Dag , Darren Goldstein as Pat , Isaac Powell as Bryson , Richard E. Grant as Peter , Daniel Brühl as Eric and Alex Gaumond as Justin Barrett.

Now then interms of what I personally thought  felt about the actual acting thats actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then  in al, honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in his very episode was in all honesty really good. Which is something that does make alot sense given that this episode is being directed by Sam Mendes as he really does know how to get a really good performance out of his actors but it's also due to the fact that alot if not not all of this episodes actors really do know how to act and really can turn in some really good performances in anything that there in with the same thing that's also true for this episode as well and that is something that should continue in the rest of the series as well with it being clear as day that alot of not all of this episodes actors do indeed have some really good chemistry with each other which is something that really can't teach with the acing that;'s in this episode also being helped by the fact that the script for this episode is just so good thar all this episodes actors really have to do is just the say lines as they are they are written and a really good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does effect the overall quality of the of the acting that's in this very episode.

Something that this episode really didn't have to have very early on it's one is the fact that nearly all of it's characters are in someway shape or form really likable characters. With all of these characters having moments where they display just how likable that they are even tho the reasons for them being pretty unlikable are also pretty understandable as well and that is something that the makers of this show really didn't have to do as they very easily could have set up the basic personalities for the characters in this episode and that's really it but no they make them all likable and that is something that is going to help out this show in the long run as plenty of shows go out of there where to make the characters that are meant to be the heroes of the show come across as being unlikable with the best example of that being The Acolyte where all of those characters both hero and villain are really unlikable where as here even tho you can fully understand where the characters are coming from when they act unlikable those characters also coming across as being really likable because of the fact that there reasons for acting unlikable is really understandable with the characters in this show also being really well written as well with all of them being close to being fully formed three dimensional characters something which really isn't needed this early on in the shows run and yet here it really is present in the shows first ever episode.

While his episode understandably doesn't go into that much detail about a superhero movie is made as this is only the first episode. It does go into detail about studios interfering with the directors vision of a movie something that we have seen tank movies in the past and forced the creators of the movie to change what they originally had planned which is something that does more often then not result in a bunch of a really bad movies like for example Madame Web that while we don't know for sure how bad the studio interference was on that movie it is painfully obvious that Sony did interfere with the movie and while it would be impossible to say if the movie would have been better if the studio didn't interfere with the movie what we know for a fact is that the finished movie is a really bad movie not only because of the studio inference but other reasons as well and this is something that this episode does very lightly touch upon and that was interesting to see play out in this episode and it's something that could make for an interesting plot line over the course of this shows first season as well as there are so many ways that you can take that plot line and yet still keep it relevant to what's currently going on in Hollywood and heck even the studio inferring in movies isn't something that's just relevant to comic book movies as it relevant to alot of other movies as well.

As alot of movies are filmed on location it would have been nice if this episode at least showed us some location filming and what goes on when a film is filming out on location as well. As instead all we get is the same kind of basic set u that we get whenever a TV show does show us the filming of a movie in that it's all done in a studio which granted alot of superhero movies these days are indeed filmed in a studio they also do a fair amount of on location filming as well and ti would have been interesting to see how the crew deal with filming on location compared to that of filming in a studio as that is something that you can see very easily just by loading up any behind the scenes feature but to this episodes credit it does keep the in studio interesting by showing us things that wouldn't normally get seen like showing us the fact that alot of superhero movies are very sadly today film on a blue or even green screen or even just by having someone from the studio come on down to check in on the production which that idea in of it's self is a very good idea as studios do more often then not send down people to check on there productions and to make sure that the movie that there making is the kind of movie that the studio would even want to associated with in the first place with the studio rep in question being presented as someone who is smarter then what he looks and is always thinking of not only the bottom line but is also thinking one or more steps ahead of everybody else that's really involved with the actual production itself.

One of the things that does let this episode down quite a bit is the fact that we don't a good sense of who these characters are as people. Which is understandable as this is only the first episode but it also doesn't give us that much of a reason to want to see them succeed either out side of the fact that the ones making the film are the good guys and the studio rep is quite easily the bad guy and that's really it and while it is understandable as this is only the first episode there still should have been more effort into creating these characters and into giving us the audience a good sense of who these characters were before they started working on this film and while we do get a hint of who one of the characters in a scene that does pay off by the end of the episode it's only one character in an episode with dozens of characters and as a result of that is the fact that all of the characters really should have had a little bit more effort put into who they are as people even if it's just a single line of dialog it still would have been better then what we get in this episode but at the same time tho there is always a chance that we get a stronger sense of who these characters are as people in the shows other episodes as well which is something that would make sense as it's not something that needed to be in this episode but it's also something that would have been nice if they did do it in this very episode tho.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty eight minuets and sixteen seconds. Which is a pretty solid running time for this episode to have as the episode really does have the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running tie but at the same time tho this episode could have been all the more better if it was an hour long as that would then allow for the episode to go deeper into characters and it would also allow for the episode to really show off alot more that really does go into a making a film let alone a superhero film and yet by having a smaller running time whilst yes it does allow for the plot of the episode to be alot more focused then what it would have been if the episode was longer it also means that the episode can't be as good as it really could have been but at the same time tho is if the episode did have a longer running time then alot of the scenes that do give the characters more depth and that does indeed show off more of a how superhero movie is made it would then seem like filler as they really wouldn't add anything to the overall plot of the episode which in turn would make those scenes feel alot more like padding which is something that quite clearly isn't the case with the episodes current running time but I really admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a comedy show that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With the episode having alot of really funny jokes in it al of which feel like there very character as they come across as the types of jokes that these characters would indeed say and that is something that really does make them all the more funnier like the the fact that the ex-wife of Daniel just wants to talk about there divorce and doesn't really care that he's working on a superhero movie that she says for a lack of a better word and to keep this blog family friendly are for a very niche audience which is a funny joke as alot of us no people or knew people that also felt that exact same way as does the fact that the director of the film does alot of swearing before coming face to face with someone who is basically his boss something that alot of us would have most likely have done as well and while yes alot of the jokes don't really land as hard as they could have the ones that do land not only land but also land hard as well and it is something that makes you wonder if the jokes in the rest of the series re going to be as good as the jokes that are in this very episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall while this show so far at least isn't as good as say The Penguin is it is still a really good show that really does have all of the potential there to be a really funny show and last for a good few years as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now the i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in his very episode in this very post and since this is only my first impressions I won't be giving this show a rating however if this post does decently well and if you guys want me to check out another episode then I will do it and that post would then be a review of that episode and that episode only and not a review of the show as a whole.

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Toy Story Of Terror Special Review

The spooky season is now here and alot of animation studios are putting out Halloween specials this year. With at least one of those specials being based off of the hugely popular and successful Family Guy however they weren't the first ones to do a Halloween special based off of a really hugely popular and still very successful franchise and heck even the one that i'm going to review for you all today might not even be the first either but it was the one that proved that the Toy Story characters really can work in a TV special format and so then join me as I review the special that sees the Toy Story gang appear in their first ever special with the special in question being called simply just "Toy Story Of Terror" enjoy.

The plot of this special is when Bonnie and her mom are forced to stay at a roadside motel for the night alot of Bonnie's toys end up disappearing and it's up to Jessie to find them all before it's far to late. Now then a for what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that;s actually featured / presented to us in this very special 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 special was in all honesty not that bad as the plot of this special did a good job of capturing the horror vibe in it's storytelling and yet doing so in a way that's very kid friendly as well and yet at the exact same time whilst this plot isn't as grand as it really could have been given the fact that it is a TV special and those do typically have really grand plots given that it's a halloween special told through the eyes of the characters from Toy Story this is really the kind of plot that you'd expect from this franchise and to this episodes credit it does do the most that it could have possibly done with with it's plot as it does enough to make it feel like a worthy plot line for a TV special and not something that you'd expect to see from an episode of a Toy Story TV show with the plot of this special 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 special is Joan Cusack as Jessie , Tom Hanks as Woody and Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear. Also starring in this special is Timothy Dalton as Pricklepants , Wallace Shawn as Rex , Kristen Schaal as Trixie , Don Rickles as Potato Head , Emily Hahn as Bonnie , Lori Alan as Bonnie's ,  Mom , Carl Weathers as Combat Carl and Combat Carl Jr. , Stephen Tobolowsky as Ronald , Kate McKinnon as PEZ Cat , Peter Sohn as Transitron , Dawnn Lewis as The Delivery Lady , Jason Topolski as The Vampire and The Tow Truck Guy , Ken Marino as Pocketeer , Christian Roman as Old Timer , Laraine Newman as Betsy ,  this specials writer and director Angus MacLane as Officer Wilson , Josh Cooley as Officer Phillips , voice acting legend Dee Bradley Baker as Mr. Jones and voice acting legend Tara Strong as Ron's Computer.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special well then in all honesty I in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to 8us in his very special was in all honesty really good. Which is something that for the most part really isn't all that surprising as alot of this specials actors are reprising their roles from the previous movies and would therefor know how best to portray there characters but on the flip side of that is the fact that we do get some really bad acting as well with people like Emily Hahn as Bonnie , Stephen Tobolowsky as Ronald and Kate McKinnon as PEZ Cat turning some really middle of the road performances and while Emily does have the excuse that she's just a kid and so to expect a good performance from her would be completely unreasonable the same thing cannot be said for Stephen Tobolowsky and Kate McKinnon with alot of this specials bad acting coming from the fact that this specials writer and director Angus Maclane really doesn't know how to direct his actors and get a good performance out of them something which he also proved when he directed the Toy Story spin off film Lightyear with the acting that's in this special really being helped being helped by the fact that the script for this special is just so good that all this specials actors really have to do is just 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 special.

Doing the animation for this special is the legenda and the greats that are currently over at Pixar Animation Studios.  Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / gelt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special was in all honesty really good which is something that's to be expected as this is still a PIXAR production with the animation in this special in all honesty being alot better then what it really had any right to be as this specials animation is close to being feature film worthy as it's just that good with all of the characters having some really nice and some really fluid movements to them and the backgrounds being really detailed with there being alot of details in the backgrounds that really didn't need to be there and yet the fact that it was there in the first place does go to show you that the makers of this special really did care about this special as they wouldn't put this amount of effort into something that was just a cash grab and even the specials animation perfectly really captures the gothic atmosphere of horror films like Dracula and Frankenstein which is something that really does add to the overall horror vibe and tone of this special.

This special does do something that I really wasn't expecting it to do and that's not only have Jessie be the main character of the special but also focus on her fear of being left alone in a box. This is such a good because out of all the characters Jessie is the one that has a genuine fear and to see that fear not only be explored in this special but also play apart in the plot of the special as well was indeed a really good  idea but at the same time it is something that is painfully obvious as once they have the toys rescue Jessie at the start of the special it's obvious that that's something that she's going to have to overcome at the end of the special and while her fear was something that was set up thanks to the events of Toy Story 2 it's not really something that we saw in all of the other Toy Story media inbetween that film and Toy Story 3 and as a result of that is the fact that us the audience would have mist likely have forgotten that she's afraid of being left alone in a box for any period of time but at the same time the fact that she's getting any focus whatsoever is a good idea and it's a good way to use these holiday themed specials as when it comes to the movies she's very rarely if ever the main character and more often then not really gets lost in the shuffle where as here she can take centre stage and because of that the special does do a really good of handling not only her character but also her fear on being left alone in a box as well.

As a halloween special this special is as kid friendly as it gets which is something that really does make alot of sense given not only what companies are making this special but also which franchise this special is from. With the special pretty much being a parody of Psycho of all things as this special has alot of the things that was done in that film even down to the creepy motel and the motel owner as well yet out of all of films to do a very loose parody of Psycho isn't really one of them as even that film doesn't really lend it self to being parodied in a kid friendly way and was most likely only chosen because of how well it is but at the same time tho it would have nice if the makers of this special chose to parody the horror genre as a whole as then they could have gotten away with doing alot more with other different horror films as by limiting yourself to just one film then your limiting the amount of things that you can make fun of as well which is something that does effect the specials horror aspect as well as if we wanted to see a bad version of the classic film Psycho then we'd just watch the remake of Psycho and yet with these characters the makers of the film could have done alot more with more different aspects of the horror as while the film does have this kind of gothic nature to it that's similar to Frankenstein the special doesn't really play with alot of the tropes that we've come to expect and some in cases even love from the horror genre. 

This special is also the one that gives Combat Carl not only a voice but also a minor role in the special as well. With him basically serving as a bad trainer for Jessie which is a funny idea and it does lead to painfully funny joke in the special as well but at the same time given this specials running time they really don't take the time that they really would have needed to fully set up his character either him basically coming across as being a G.I. Joes action figured crossed with Dutch from the first Predator movie which is something that does indeed work as he spends alot of the specials running running and hiding from the lizard that actually captures the toys for the motel manager but at the same time it would have been fun to see what he was like before he met Jessie as that is something could have led to not only some really emotional moments in the special but it also could have led to some really funny moments as well with the emotional moments working all the more because of the fact that we the audience know that at best his owner would have replaced him with another Combat Carl toy or at worst his owner would have forgotten all about him and those are things that would have worked for his character as we can tell from the really brief times that he does indeed talk about Billy his owner that he really does care about him and while those really are things that could have been including to the special having a running time they are thing that would have been if they really did include them in the special.

Now then this special has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty one minuets and thirty one seconds. Which is a solid running time for this special as the special really does have the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time but at the same time tho the special has alot more there interms of pot to cover a longer running time and if the special did have a slightly longer running time then it could have gone into Jessie's claustrophobia and explain how that makes her feel when she is alone in a box and this is something that would make her choosing to go into a box all alone near the end of special to save Woody all the more heroic as we the audience would have had a much more better understanding of what it is that she's going through and feeling on the inside and while the makers of special couldn't obviously go into that much detail about it because of the fact that it is a kid friendly special it would have been nice if the film did indeed play up it's horror aspect just a little bit more then what it does and while it's understandable why they didn't play up there horror aspect that much given that this is a halloween there really should have been more effort put into creating something that truly scary in the first place and films like Corpse Bride , The Nightmare Before Christmas and Coraline have proven that you can do a kid friendly horror project and still have some really good scares in them but I really will admit that this special really does have some really good pacing in it tho.

So now then as this is a comedy special that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special and 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 special was in all honesty not that bad. With the special doing a decent enough of job of parodying Psycho with there even being a shower scene but alot of the films actual jokes are not only very few and far between but when they do tell a joke it's very hit and miss with there only being a very few good jokes in this special with the only really funny joke in this special coming when Combat Carl says Jessie remember your training but because he hasn't actually given her any kind of training all she says back to him is what training which is a funny joke and Mr. Potato Head does get a few funny lines in the very limited time that he's on screen but alot of the unfunny moments come from when there having Buzz and Woody act really dumb when thanks to the movies we know for a fact that there actually pretty smart thus alot of there stuff just isn't all that funny as it feels out of character and is there just to make Jessie look good which just really does a disservice to those two characters but when the special does tell a really good joke in this special then it is a really funny joke in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this is a decent special that does indeed shine alight on a character that really doesn't get alot of focus in the films and it is a special that alot of kids can watch and enjoy and not find anything that's to scary but give them just enough bumps in the night to get them somewhat scared as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good ans as s well as all of the bad things that are in this very special in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very special really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

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Velma: This Halloween Needs To Be More Special! SPOILER FILLED Special Review

For some strange reason Warner Bros really does think that we all like this Velma show this is despite all of the negative reviews for the show out there. Well now we have yet another new installment from the show that nobody asked for and that very few people actually like this time in the form of a Halloween special and s then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the special that actually is pretty watchable for the most part with the special in question being called simply just "Velma: This Halloween Needs To Be More Special!" enjoy.

The plot of this special is just a few weeks after she died at the end of the second season Velma's friends have finally found the right spell to bring her back to life but on Halloween a new mystery arises when someone starts killing off people dressed in sexy costumes. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that;s actually featured / presented to us in this very special 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 special was in all honesty not that ad but at the same time the plot of this special isn't all that good either as there's nothing about this plot that really requires it to the plot of a special episode of the show as the plot follows the typical formular set up of the show with nothing new about it to make it feel unique and make it stand out from all of the other episodes but with that being said the plot of this special is also a lot better then the typical season of the show and all of that is due to the fact that it does go back the typical Scooby-Doo formular of just having teens solving a mystery and that's that and while yes the plot of this really could have been alot better then what it was it's also the kind of plot that we really should expect from this show as well with the plot of this special 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 special is this specials executive producer Mindy Kaling as Velma Dinkley and Glenn Howerton as Fred Jones. Also starring in this special is Sam Richardson as Norville Rogers , Constance Wu as Daphne Blake , Sarayu Blue as Diya Dinkley , Nicholas Braun as Geoff Wickles / The Black Knight , Nicole Byer as Blythe Rogers , Gary Cole as Lamont Rogers , Fortune Feimster as Olive , Jennifer Hale as Thorn , Richard Kind as Himself , Jane Lynch as Donna Blake , voice acting and Scooby-Doo legend Frank Welker as William Jones , Russell Peters as Aman Dinkley , Sara Ramirez as Amber , Saweetie as Herself , Debby Ryan as Krista and Wanda Sykes as Linda Blake.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special 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 special was in all honesty not that bad. Which is something that does make sense as this special actors have been playing there respective characters for time at this point in time and would there for no how best to portray there respective characters but at the same time given who is starring in tis special this specials really acting really could have been alot better as we know from other projects that this special actors really can deliver some truly really great performances and yet when it comes to this special for one reason or another they really can't with the same thing also being true for voice acting legend Frank Welker who really is at best just OK and nothing more then that when it comes to this special with the acting that's in this very special not really being helped by the fact that the script for this special is just so bad as it gives none of this specials actors 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 help to lower the overall quality of the acting that's in this very special.

Doing the animation for this special is the legends and the really greats that are currently over at Studio IAM. Now then interms of what I personally thought /felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special well the in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special was in all honesty not that bad but at the same time this specials animation wasn't all that good either as while it's on par with the animation from the show the animation in the show isn't all that good and as a result of that is the fact that being compared to the show well never be in this specials favor as the shows animation is really bad and that is something that is still true with this special as everything just looks bland from the backgrounds to the unappealing character designs and even the face that they give Saweetie a really distractingly shiny dress which just takes you out of the special as it's there when it technically wouldn't be given what time of day this special takes place in with the characters themselves not even having fluid movements with the characters movements being really stiff and stilted which all of which combine to make the animation look cheap this is despite the fact that the animation does at times look really good.

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As a mystery special this special isn't all that good as the mystery itself isn't all that good as the special doesn't give any clues as to who the killer really is. Since while the special does have a red herring in The Black Knight they reveal that the killer is actually an old lady who appeared in one scene at the start of the episode and that's it which granted is something that older Scooby-Doo shows also did but those shows also gave us the audience enough clues so that we can work it out for ourselfs and yet this is something that this special doesn't do as it doesn't give us any clues whatsoever and as a result of that is the fact that when it is revealed who the actual killer is not only does it come out of nowhere it also leaves you scratching your head trying to remember who this character is as when we first meet the character they barely have any lines of dialog outside of sobbing for the fact that the5re lover has just been killed and that's really it and heck even there motivation for wanting to kill people just so people can be scared of this one book that's never been mentioned before now really doesn't work either as a book that can apparently bring back the dead never got mentioned before now and yet that to also doesn't work when you take the previous two seasons worth of episodes into account either which is a good example of just how bad this shows writing really is.

To give this episode some credit the idea of having the friends having to face there fears to help bring Velma back from the dead is a good idea. The issue is tho is that Velma has been a terrible to all three of them and so the friends really have no reason to want to bring her back outside of the fact tat the plot demands that they do it and that's really it and while the third act scene where they all face there greatest fears at once is a good scene but again due to hoe badly Velma  has treated all three not only during this show as whole but also during this special it really does make you wonder they would even want to bring her back as she is just that unlikable as a character even now two seasons into her own show and it's something that the makers of this special have not only refused to talk about in interviews but also refused to fix during the show itself and while that does make sense for the shows second season as that was mostly likely made when the show was first ordered here while this special still would have been made when the show got its initial order there still would have been enough time between the first seasons and this special to at least try to make a small attempt to make her more likable even if it's just re-editing scenes to make her come across as being more likable and yet they don't do that and so she still comes off as being unlikable and her friends still come across as being dumb for wanting to bring her back from the dead.

In a rather bold move this special does actually all but confirm that we're getting a third season of this show by revealing at the end of the special that Fred has now been turned into a zombie as a way to bring Velma back to life. Why the makers of this show chose to do this as it's clear as day from not only alot of the reviews both online and not that people don't like this show and don't want this show to be a thing and yet there still trying to make it be a thing and yet the very idea of them turning this version of Fred into a zombie is at least a somewhat good idea as they are at least trying to do something with this character as for the past few seasons of this show the character has pretty much been nothing more then the comic relief character and while that is still true for this special here they at east make his ignorance to how things work in the real world apart of the main plot of the special and apart of Fred facing his biggest fear of getting a real job but he gets the golden treatment when compared to Norville who's biggest fear comes to him not wanting to hurt anyone close to him and they have that payed off not in some epic way that works for this version of the character but they have it be a joke where he hurts the feeling of the killer which is a disservice to the character while Fred at least gets something to do in this special the same thing cannot be said for Norville who just straight up disappears from the special for a long period of time.

Now then this special has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly thirty seven minuets and fourteen seconds. Which is a solid running time for this special to have as the special really does have more then enough there interms of plot to really cover that large amount of running time but at the same time tho this specials running time is pretty close to that of an average episode of the show which makes this special feel alot less special as all it does is make this special feel like your watching an extended episode of the episode when they really could have done something all the more epic and make something that is worthy of being called a special and yet they don't take full advantage of that idea and heck the special doesn't even take full advantage of its running time either as it doesn't take the time to delve into it's characters both ones that are carried over from the show and the ones that are introduced in this special which makes all of this specials characters feel like one dimensional characters when they really could have taken advantage of this specials mor longer running time to really delve into their characters ad give us the audience a reason to want to seem them succeed and yet they don't do that and as a result of that is the fat that us the audience have no reason to care for these characters and want to see them succeed outside of the fact that the plot demands it and that's really it but I really will admit that this special really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a comedy that really does means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special 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 special was in all honesty really bad. Which is in line with the show as the shows comedy isn't all that good either but where as the show has the excuse of there being more episodes and so just because there are bad jokes in one episode doesn't mean that the joke in the other episodes will be bad here tho they don't have that excuse with all of this specials jokes being painfully unfunny as there's not even a slightly funny joke to be found in this episode with the worst offender in this episode being the fact that it's revealed that one of the people who works for Fred's family has been throwing out Velma's dead body thinking that's rubbish which is just so ridiculous as anyone can see that the two look nothing alike and heck even if the makers of the special wanted to make a joke like that then they should have gone the extra mile and make Velma's body start to decay just a little bit which given this shows more mature rating is something that they very easily could have done and yet they don't which just makes the joke painfully unfunny and all of the specials jokes are exactly like that in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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Overall while this special is indeed a huge step up interms of quality from the show that's not really a high bar to reach as the show is just that bad but at the same time tho this special is still a really bad special as it still has all of the thigs that make the show bad only alot of it is really toned down but with that said tho this special is still slightly more watchable then what the actual show is tho 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 thins that are in this very special in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very special really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 5.5 out of 10 from me.

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Worzel Gummidge "The Golden Hind" Review

After a good few months of no new Worzel Gummidge content and weeks after trying this review of the ground. We finally have a new Worzel Gummidge review and it's off an episode that has a little something of an connection to Doctor Who and actually does something different with another character in this episode and so then join me as I review the episode that sees a past Doctor befriend a future Doctor Who companion with the episode in question being called simply just "The Golden Hind" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when the village gets a new Fish & Chips shop Worzel befriends the dummy outside of the shop only for that dummy to fall in love with Aunt Sally. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot thats actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as it was the kind of plot that you'd come to expect from the show at this point which isn't a bad thing but it's also the exact problem as this episodes plot really doesn't do anything all that knew either with the only new thing that it does is have Aunt Sally be the one that gets her heartbroken at the end of the episode and that's really it and while the plot of this episode can be seen as being a rather whimsical plot as well as one that does allow itself for alot of fun the plot of this episode also does set up stuff that it never pays off like the fact that they set up stuff with seagulls now flying over Scatterbrook Farm but they never pay it off nor do they explain why there there in the first place with the plot of this episode also being really rather fun 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 , Jeremy Austin as John Peters and Mike Berry as Mr. Peters. Also starring in this episode is Charlotte Coleman as Sue Peters , Michael Ripper as Mr. Shepherd , Patrick Newell as Mr. Fletcher , Geoffrey Bayldon as The Crowman , Bernard Cribbins as Jolly Jack , Una Stubbs as Aunt Sally , Norman Bird as Mr. Braithwaite and James Coyle as Mr. Arkinshaw.

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 ought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Which is really nothing new for this show as all of the episodes of this show including the Down Under episodes as well have always had some really good acting in them with this episode really being no exception as all of this episodes actors really do deliver some really good performances in this episode which is something that does make alot of sense as alot of this episodes cast have been playing their respective characters for years at this point and het it's also true for the characters that are introduced in this show with Bernard Cribbins turning in a wonderfully wonderful performance as the Fish & Chip show dummy Jolly Jack with him and Jon Pertwee having some wonderfully funny scenes together as well with the acting that's in this episode really being helped by the fact that the script for this episode is just so good that all this episodes cast have to do really is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance really 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.

Jolly Jack as a character really does seem like the perfect character for Bernard Cribbins to play as he's basically just an extension of Bernard Cribbins own personality as well. With Jolly Jack being exactly as his name would suggest as he's a very happy character who sings these funny little songs something that Bernard Cribbins himself did as he was a singer as well as an actor and it does seem like the character of Jolly Jack has was based off of Bernard Cribbins which is something that does make him the perfect fit for this character and it's the one thing that this show got right as all of the side characters and all of the guest characters were always perfectly cast so much so that it's hard to imagine anyone else playing those characters with alot of them using things from there actors own personalities with the same thing here with as well and as a result of that is the fact that it's hard to imagine anyone else playing this character as he's cast just so perfectly and while the character himself could have been written for what the character was given to do and how is written in the episode actor Bernard Cribbins does the most that he could have done with him and while the character never had the chance to be as popular as alot of the other characters in this show as this episode aired in the shows final series he is still a really fun character that really could have been brought back for future episodes as he was that entertaining of a character

To give this episode some form of credit it does do something new with the Aunt Sally and that's the fact that they have her be the one to fall in love with Jolly Jack and get her heartbroken by the end of the episode. This is a good twist ending as usually whenever Aunt Sally is in an episode of this show it's usually Worzel that gets his heartbroken and so then to see them have that role filled up Aunt Sally is a good idea and while the character doesn't learn from it as she goes back to treating Worzel the exact same by the end of the episode just the very fact that they went and did something different does prove that the makers of this show are willing to try and do something new with the character and it is something that does work really well within in the context of the episode but at the same time the fact that she doesn't learn anything from this does do the ending a bit of a disservice as while Worzel never ever really learnt anything from all of the things that he went through as he is fundamentally a good person it still would have been nice to see Aunt Sally try and grow as a person something that the makers of this show could have done in this very series as from this series onwards she pretty much becomes a co main character in the show and yet she's still as unlikable as she was when she was just making the occasional guest appearance which is fine when the character is making a guest appearance but it's not fine when she basically become the shows co main character.

Just like with the "Worzel's Wager" episode this episode has the entire village become addicted to buying Fish & Chips. Which is just something that doesn't work due to how unhealthy Fish & Chips is and yet they episodes goes out of it's way to show the characters not only buying huge amounts of food but also eating it as well which is such a bad message to show kids as those characters are going to gain lots of weight fast if they kept that up and as we don't get to find out if the Fish & Chips shop goes out of business or not it's safe to assume that it's still there in their village and it's also safe to assume that the villagers are still eating huge amounts of Chips or Fish & Chips and while the "Worzel's Wager" episode could have been turned into an anti gambling episode very quickly here it would be a challenge as the makers of the episode don't really show the down side of eating lots of Chips at all instead which is a shame as that would be a good message to show kids like yes having Chips is a good thing but having to much of them in an unhealthy thing and can lead you to gaining lots of weight and yet despite the fact that this show very popular when it was first being aired it still didn't take the chance to do anything like that instead the show doesn't even bring it up and while yes the characters are shown eating lots of cake given that alot of the characters don't have stomachs there not really gaining weight whereas here you openly see the shows kid main characters eating lots of Chips quite often in the episode and that is something that should have been brought up in the context of the episode and not just ignored.

In what was a shocking move this episode does actually show Worzel standing up for himself against Aunt Sally. Something which does work as we the audience have seen this characters get abused quite often by Aunt Sally and while the episode does go back on it by the mid way point of the episode it is still great to see him turn her down when she asks him for one of his Chips as he knows that she'll take advantage and take the whole bad and she even goes as far to offer to marry him and he till turns her down this time stating that he doesn't want to marry someone who only wants to marry him just for his chips alone which while that is a funny idea it is still a good sign as it shows that Worzel is growing of a character and while the character does go back on that by the midway point as he gets jealous of Jolly Jack it is still a good sign as it shows that he's more then aware of just how awful of a characters that she is and that even he as his limits something which Aunt Sally reaches several times in the shows run but because of the fact that he's a good person he lets her off and yet here he's had enough of her and just outright says no to her several times and it's something that is such a highlight of the episode that makes it all the more sad when he goes back on himself to try and win her back when he should have been more focused on moving on from her.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty five minuets and fifty nine seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstandard running time for this show to have and to this episodes credit it does have more then enough there interms of plot to really cover that amount of running time and while it really doesn't take full advantage of that running time due to the fact that it is a short running time with a plot that really could have been served for another hour long episode which would have allowed the episode to fully develop it's newer characters alot more and it would have allowed for the relationship between Aunt Sally and Jolly Jack be alot more developed then what it already as while it really does come across as being a decently done relationship if they had more time to delve into their relationship even if it;s just one or two more scenes it could then make the ending all the more heartbreaking when Jolly Jack leaves the village to go back on the sea something that he was quite literally made to do and while the ending does indeed work with this shorter running time if the episode was a little bit longer the ending could have been a little bit better but at the same time tho that might mean having scenes that add nothing to the overall plot of the episode but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a comedy that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honestly personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With there being alot of really cute and funny moments in this episode and while there there aren't that many laugh out loud funny moments in this episodes the very few laugh loud moments that this episode does indeed does work really well in this episode like the fact that alot of the stuff with Micheal Ripper does indeed get alot of laughs and while they made Mr. Peters a bit to dumb in this episode with him not even knowing how to make a cup of tea that doesn't change the fact that his first scene in the episode with the kids is still a funny scene and the whole episode is alot like this as while they do have alot of really unfunny moments in it the scenes that those moments are in are really funny scenes and that is something that really does work for this episode and while it doesn't match the comedy for this show when it was at it's height it still doesn't change the fact that this episode does have some really funny moments in it in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall while this is a really good episode it's an episode that could have been alot better by having a much more longer running time but given the running time that episode does indeed have the episode is still a really good and a really fun filled episode in it's own right 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 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.

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