Batman & Bill Review

Hello there Batfans and comic book fans today i'm here to bring you something a bit different and that's a documentary about a man you might not know about and his name is Bill Finger and here is my review of Batman & Bill.

The story of this film is basically it's about one man's quest to get Bill Finger credit for co-creating Batman. I have to give this movie credit for telling a story which no filmmaker has dared to tell and the film doesn't tell you which side to take on if Bill Finger should get credit or not it gives you all the evidence and then asks you to make up your own mind.

The film mainly focuses on a man called Marc Tyler Nobleman who's a writer but it also features interviews with many celebrity fans including Kevin Smith and Michael Uslan and my impression of them really didn't change i already knew they were huge Batman fans but the one guy who really shocked just because i havn't heard of him was Marc Nobleman to me he is a true Batman so much so he wanted to get Bill Finger credit either Michael or Kevin could have done that if they wanted no disrespect meant to either man but they didn't do it.

Now not only are celebrity fans interviewed but we also get interviews from the creator of Spawn and one of the writers for the Batman 1966 TV series who had co-written an episode with Bill and they each give great insight into this situation and it's clear to me that the only two people who know the truth is Bill and Bob who as we all know are know longer with us.

  

Now like Doomed! it does paint certain people in a bad light and in this case it's Bob Kane who in this film is treated like a scam artist now i don't know if this is true or not but in this film it says how he never told the heads at DC who did the first drawing as Batman as we know it and who really came up with all the things that we as fans know about the character which includes his backstory now the above picture is part of the first drawing that Bob Kane did for the character so it was Bill who gave him his now iconic costume and his backstory and pretty much everything else.

In order to break up the interviews the film includes some animation which i have to admit were really nice to see there done in this comic book style kind of what they would have done in the 30's and 40's and i'm not sure if this is just me or not but they kind of reminded me motion comics which i thought was really fun and cool.

This movie actually told me things that i didn't know about Bill as we all know as Batman became more popular then Bob became more richer but what we didn't know was as that was happening Bill was becoming more and more poorer and to some extent more and more ill and when Bob died it was all over the place where as when Bill died not only did he die alone nobody knew he died for hours and when he was buried in a potter's field and that's just wrong in my eyes.

In the movies final twenty minuets we get to see Bills granddaughter and we get to see her quest as she then goes to DC Comics and trys to convince them to give Bill credit and while at first they only give her what they call "thank you"checks over time that relationship disappears and then she trys even harder to get them to give her grandfather credit.

Overall this is a must watch for any Batman and even any comic book fans out there and for the first time ever i will not rate this film as i think you should judge it for yourself.

Doctor Who " Knock Knock" Spoiler Free Review

Hello there Doctor Who fans it's that time of the week once again where we look back on the latest episode of the show and i tell you what i thought about so here we go with my review of series 10 episode 4 "Knock Knock".

The plot for this weeks episode is Bill Potts and her friends rent an house to live in after a recommendation from its landlord but The Doctor notices something wrong with the house when the floor and the walls creak and creatures come crawling out of the wood. Yeah it's a horror themed episode and if i'm being honest i kinda liked it i had no idea where the story was going then when you add the fact that the pacing of this weeks episode was really great i can there for see alot of people enjoying this episode.

Of course we have Peter , Matt and Pearl in the episode and if i'm being honest performance wise this was so far Pearl's weakest episode and i guess you could say the same for Peter since he has nothing to do this time round but for me the standout performer was David Suchet who is wonderfully creepy as the landlord and was a total joy to watch and the rest of the cast to me just seem like Shaggy from Scooby-Doo only on more drugs.

Now what i found out while doing some research for this review is the fact that the villains for this weeks episode are actually from Greek Mythology it's something that i found to be quite interesting but now i have to wonder how much of what they did in the episode was from the writer's own imagination or was something that was featured in Greek Tales but either way it's something that i think history fans should infact look into.

Now i'm not to sure if i could get away with using a picture of what the monster from Greek Mythology and this episode so i'm using to pictures one is of the possible real life monster and the other isn't but as for the creature in this weeks episode i think it was great that they did something different and without giving to much away there's a great twist that makes the villain more tragic and human.

I've been pretty positive on this episode thus far but i've got to admit that there was something that was truly lacking from this horror episode and that's the actual scares to put it bluntly there was none there was a few jump scares but i don't count those as true scares as there very cheap and easy to do. 

  

I couldn't find any images of the house from the episode but i will say that i actually liked the outside look of the building to me it reminded me alot of Hogwarts and i'm not sure if that was deliberate or not and i liked the fact that it gave you this creepy horror vibe that i as a horror fan really liked.

Overall i'd say that this is the weakest episode so far of series 10 but that doesn't mean it doesn't have some good things in it for me tho the episode is a 7 out of 10

Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four Review

Hello there movie fans i don't usually cover documentary's at all not because there are no good ones but because i'd have no idea what to talk about but i have chosen to review this film since it's about a film that no one knows about so here is my review of Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four.

This film is about the production of the unreleased Roger Corman movie "The Fantastic Four" and what really interested me is the fact that no one involved with the movie be it cast or crew knew that this film was never going to see the light of day at least legally. This film doesn't shy away from the production issues that the movie went through from having to stop working on the movie because there was no money to the cast finding out the movie wasn't going to be released.

All of the cast and most of the crew that worked on the movie are interviewed here i can't give an exact list because i couldn't find one anywhere but from this movie i got the feeling that everyone involved had a true passion for the movie and to some degree even the characters and for me at least it's refreshing to see actors and directors and editors that have a true passion for the movie that they are working on.

This movie does something that most Marvel films won't like and that's the fact that it paints Stan Lee in a bad light in the movie one of the cast says that Stan told them this was going to be a great movie but then at a con basically says that it's not going to be a great film and this documentary does supple video proof but tho he isn't the only one that get painted in bad light as at times the cast and crew start painting Roger Corman in the same light but not for very long tho.

I'm not gonna lie the cast these days look good and as someone who has seen the trailer for the movie tons of times it's great to see how they look now and yes the above as an image of how the Sue Storm of that movie Rebecca Staab looks today i personally think that she doesn't age at all and she is meant to be in her fifties.

I loved hearing how the cast made the most of a very small budget which considering they only had $1 million dollars to make a superhero movie and from the clips that they show in the movie every penny of it shows that cast and that crew made the money last for the most part yes some of the effects today look but considering they didn't have much money to work the effects come out looking for the most part really good.

Speaking of the effects the film goes into detail about how someone who was claiming to have worked on Independence Day as the lead animator was basically giving them unfinished effects for months and months the person was pretty much just being lazy until one day when he stopped working on the movie and i have to say that person was lazy as hell anyone who works in the movie business will tell you you give each project you work on 100% and not just 1%.

  

This film at times does start to drag especially nearer the end of the movie which is when they start to wonder if the film was truly meant to be released or not and it turns out the story that we have all heard about the movie only being made so they could keep the film rights might not be true at all and they even mention that the film does exist somewhere.

Overall if your like me and are interested in seeing how what is basically a lost piece of media got made then this is the film for you but if you have no interest in the film then i would say avoid it but for me this movie is a 8 out of 10 

  

Doctor Who "Thin Ice" Review

Welcome back Doctor Who fans it is the time of the week that you all love since you get to read one of my reviews and oh yeah there was a new episode of Doctor Who so let's crack on with it shall we this is my review of "Thin Ice".

So then what is the plot of this episode i here you ask well there's lights underneath the Thames and it's up to The Doctor and Bill to find out what's going on. That's all i can say without really going into spoilers but i really did enjoy this episode since it not only gave us some great character scenes but it was also really well paced.

Now of course we have Peter , Pearl and Matt in this episode and now i can talk about Pearl i really like her she really is a different kind of companion and even tho i can see her character dividing fans for me she is great and she's great in this episode her scenes with Peter especially towards the middle of the episode were a treat to watch Peter as always does a fantastic job he has made The Doctor his own and it will be sad to him go. As for guest character we have Nicholas Burns , Asiatu Koroma and Peter Singh i have to admit the guest cast for this episode was a little on the weak side for me they weren't bad but they weren't helped by the fact that the episode was moving at a fast pace so you really couldn't connect to any of them.

From a visual standpoint this episode was stunning who ever shot this episode did a really great job and it couldn't have been easy to make the setting of this episode not only look like London but also look like it would fit in within the world of Doctor Who but tho i would say they overused the snow machine in a few scenes so i would toned that down a bit.

The CGI in this episode wasn't just TV quality for me it was movie quality it was that good i can't say which effects look the best because not only might they be considered a spoiler but also there all that good there's only one i can mention and that's the elephant that we saw at the end of last weeks episode i liked it then and i like it now so well done effects team you did a great job.

As mentioned Bill and The Doctor get alot of great character based scenes in the middle of this episode and i really liked them because they gave Bill a bit more of a character and they gave her a chance to really bond with The Doctor which until this point they havn't really done but another thing this episode did and it was something that i wasn't expecting was they touched on the racism that was rife in the century that this episode takes place and i have to give the writer credit for including that little detail.

Now then i won't mention the music not because it was bad but because i've already mentioned the music twice in a row now but i will mention that this episode is actually pretty creepy it's not going to make you run for the sofa but it will make the hair on the back of your neck stand to attention.

Overall this was a great episode from start to finish and i think most of the fan base will love it but tho for me there was issues that i have mentioned so for me this episode is an 8 out of 10

  

Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest Review

Hello there animation lovers with a new Tom And Jerry movie out in a few months i thought i'd review the only direct to DVD Tom And Jerry movie i actually heard about and so here is my review of Tom And Jerry: Spy Quest.

So then what is the plot of this crossover movie you ask well Tom And Jerry team with the Jonny Quest team to help defeat Dr. Zin. That's really all you get when it comes to plot and to be fair it's the kind of plot you'd expect from a Jonny Quest / Tom And Jerry crossover movie however where the movie losses points is the fact that things happen so fast you don't have time to take anything in which given the fact that the movie is around 75 minuets long is to be expected.

Now the voice actor for Tom isn't listed but i'll say his yell grew to annoy me so much all he does is yell in this movie as for the rest of the cast we have Reese Hartwig as Jonny Quest , Eric Bauza as Dr. Benton Quest , Michael Hanks as Race Bannon , Arnie Pantoja as Hadji , Tia Carrere as Jezebel Jade and James Hong as Dr. Zin. In terms of the quality of the acting in this movie it's very mixed some actors are better then others i personally liked Tia Carrere as Jade i thought she did a great job considering she isn't in much of the movie and i thought that Reese Hartwig was at times good but at other times bad i do however have to give the movie credit for bringing back original Jonny Quest actor Tim Matheson tho and the fact he gets to have a few lines of dialog with his old character i thought was fun.

The action scenes in this movie while really well animated they were also dull watch and just not exciting at all and i think it's because the characters moved at such a slow pace during those scenes each punch took a good five or six seconds at least and they really weren't helped by the fact that there was no music playing during those scenes at all it was just plain silent during those scenes.

I can gladly say that the comedy in this film is easily better then the comedy in Tom And Jerry The Movie that being said however most of the jokes in this movie do not work at all there are a few good jokes that did get a smile out of me like for example there's a pretty funny running joke featuring Tom and Bandit which i won't spoil here but it's worth watching just for that. Now you'd expect the slapstick in a Tom And Jerry movie to be funny in this movie however it ranges from being slightly funny to not funny at all and for a Tom And Jerry product that's not a good thing at all.

The animation in this film i can say is actually pretty good it's not perfect but for what it is it's decent animation the characters look great and they have some good facial expressions but there are times when Tom becomes to stretchy and that takes away from the comedy and there are times when Tom And Jerry which to me takes away from how they were animated back in the 40's.

What i didn't expect this film this film was to use the classic Jonny Quest intro except this time they added in Tom And Jerry for me it was great use of both 60's animation and animation from today and if you were a fan of Jonny Quest then you would have gotten a kick out of it as well and if there are any Jonny Quest fans out there i can tell you that the characters do retain there look from the sixties TV show.

Overall while this is better then Tom And Jerry The Movie it's still not that good of a film i didn't comment on the music because there's not alot of it but the movie does start with the classic Tom And Jerry theme i give this movie a 6 out of 10 now bring on Tom And Jerry: Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory.

Doctor Who "Smile" Review

Welcome back Doctor Who fans yes it is that glorious time of the week once again and it's time for my review of series 10 episode 2 get ready because it's time to smile.

Now then what is the plot of this weeks episode i hear you ask in my TARDIS well basically The Doctor and Bill have to at first try and defeat the characters from The Emoji Movie and then they have to help them. Yeah i couldn't help but make a reference to The Emoji Movie i'm sorry but in the episodes fairness it does a good job of telling this story by throwing in alot of twists and turns which i really liked i won't spoil the biggest twist of the episode since that also forms a bit of problem for me personally.

Of course we have our three main leads Peter , Pearl and Matt but guest starring in this episode we have Kiran L. Dadlani , Mina Anwar , Kaizer Akhtar and Royale Family star Ralf Little. Actually out of all the actors who are in this episode it's Matt who gets the shortest amount of screen time he just appears in the pre-credits scene and that's it but in that one scene he does get a good joke so that was nice Pearl also did a great job this week but like i said last week i won't fully comment on her character until either next week or episode 4 Peter for me was the true standout out of the main trio and that's to be expected since he is the most experienced out of the three. For me it was Ralf who did the best job out of the guest stars he was warm when needed and scary when needed but sadly like Matt he doesn't get alot of screen time.

The "monsters" if you can call them that looked pretty good i liked how they could only speak Emoji which i thought was a nice bit of possible commentary on today's culture they also had a bit of a creepy look to them there's something just creepy about a robot that's nearly always smiling and i liked that they did do that.

For me the issues that i had with the episode apart from that kinda twist was the fact that for alot of time Peter and Pearl didn't have that extra person they could bounce of they have great chemistry but i think that for now at least they work better as a threesome rather then a twosome but who knows as the series goes on that could change. Another issue i had was that The Doctor for me came of as a bit of a d**k in he was always waiting for Bill to work out the answer to something that he had worked out long ago and it just made him look arrogant.

In terms of action there really wasn't any big set pieces which i thought was a nice refreshing change of pace the only true set piece we get is near the end of the episode which for me makes the most sense since this episode mainly focused on the story rather then the action but when you get to big set piece ready yourself that's all i'll really say on that.

Now the music in this episode was better then last weeks but tho i couldn't really hear that much of it due to all the sound effects being so loud which is a shame because the bits i could hear i really liked so if i were on the editing team for Doctor Who i would turn down the sound effects and turn up the music.

Overall i would say that while this episode does improve on some of the issues i had with last weeks episode it still has it's own problems and this isn't by far the worst in Doctor Who history it's not the best either so for me this episode is a 7 out of 10

Doctor Who "The Pilot" Review

Hello there Doctor Who fans it's been a while since we've had a full series of Doctor Who and more importantly it's been a while since you've had the honor of reading one of my reviews and now here is my review of series 10 episode 1 "The Pilot".

So then the plot of this episode is The Doctor and Nardole team up with a university student to take down the Daleks. That's pretty much the only plot line i can think of that doesn't give anything away but it is a thrilling story from start to it's emotional finish the only issue that i personally have when it comes to the story is the fact it takes a while to get going but given that they have introduce a new companion it is understandable.

This episode of course has Peter Capaldi and Matt Lucas but it also introduces Pearl Mackie as new companion Bill Potts there is also guest stars Jennifer Hennessy and Stephanie Hyam when it comes to the cast i think that both Peter and Matt were great in this episode they had some wonderful back and forth which i really loved i won't judge Pearl just yet but if you saw the three minuet preview they released then you know what to expect from her in this episode.

Possible Spoiler

This episode did something none of the new who series has done and that's introduce a gay character in the form of Bill and to be honest i;m glad they did that as it opens up new opportunities to tell different kinds of stories and it shows how far the show has progressed in over fifty years.

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I have to say that this episode was pretty action packed when the story gets going it really gets going and is all the Doctor Who goodness we want i won't spoil what happens but lets just say that there's a name i've had to remove from the cast list because you'd all know who that person is playing but tho this episode had me on the edge of my seat for alot of the episode so much so that i could have fell off if i moved another inch.

I really liked the look of the monster in this episode but tho and i'm sure it's not just me but the creature looked a lot like the ones from The Waters Of Mars special so much so that i had to look up to see if they were in fact the same creature but alas i couldn't get any answers but tho what made this monster really standout was there motivation which again i won't spoil but it was something both fresh and different and i liked it.

There's alot of humor in this episode and instead of it just coming from the companion all three of the leads each get a good few funny lines in this episode we all knew from the trailer the kinds of jokes that Bill would be getting and from the christmas special we all knew the types of things that Matt Lucas would say and what Peter would say but what we didn't know was how funny those lines would be.

Of course the episode was scored by Murray Gold and honestly this wasn't his best work i think that because so much was going on within the episode itself it meant that his music wasn't allowed to flourish and be it's awesome self.

Overall this was a great way to not only introduce the new companion but to also open the series but that being said it does have it's fair share of issues that i've already mentioned so for me this episode is an 8.5 out of 10