Doctor Who "World Enough And Time" Spoiler Free Review

Hello Doctor Who fans we are so near the end of series 10 and i have to say this has been a really solid series thus far but how about we get onto my thoughts of this weeks episode well since you asked nicely here is my review of World Enough And Time.

This is the first part of a two part finale and thus there really isn't much of a story to think of the only thing i can think of is The Doctor , Missy and Nardole try to save Bill from an evil hospital. Not only is that the only story i could think of it's also the only one i could use that doesn't give away any plot points. To be fair the story is pretty good and it does have alot of twists and turns that did keep me interested.

Now in this episode we of course have Peter , Matt and Pearl who do a pretty good job altho they do spend most of the episode apart so you don't get that great banter which i really like and they are joined by Michelle Gomez who is a true delight in this episode she just fires of witty lines left , right and center and at times does act like the Doctor himself. Now i would at this point mention the guest cast but since the guest cast really isn't that big and one of them is also a spoiler i'm not going to mention them by name but i will say that the guest cast do a great job and it's great to see that person back in the show.

Now the so called monsters are from the classic series and i say so called because they don't really appear until the end of the episode but i will say it's great to see them again lets just hope it's not decades since we see them take center stage in another Doctor Who episode and they do look really creepy.

What i found kind of annoying was the fact that the episode focuses a little to much on Bill altho i do like the character she works best when she's with The Doctor and Nardole so to me having her on her own for a large portion of the episode isn't that good.

For a two part episode this episode flew by the pacing was just so fast i would have preferred it if they just took the time to slow things down a bit instead of just rushing to the great twist ending and the big reveal sometimes slower is better especially when it comes to multistory episodes you need a lot of tension to carry over to the next episode and i felt like there really wasn't any apart from the things i can't talk about.

Overall this was a great start to a two part episode but it does have a few personal issues that do keep it from being a ten so for me this episode is a 7.5 out of 10

Doctor Who "The Eaters Of Light" Review

Hello there Doctor Who fans it's that time of the week once again where you read my look back on the latest episode (you know you love it) and this time i'm dealing with some nasty buggers in Scotland (no not the Scottish) here is my review of The Eaters Of Light.

The story for this episode is a hunt for the lost Ninth Roman Legion leads the Doctor, Bill and Nardole into the middle of an ancient battle that could cast humanity into the dark forever. Now Just by reading that little line right there you'd be forgiven for thinking that this episode was great sorry to say but it is not story wise at least the episode is pretty weak and really straight forward but there's one thing that old Doctor Who fans will love and that's the fact that the writer of this episode is one Rona Munro who's making her return to the series years after her last episode which was Survival.

We of course have our three main leads who at this point will earn nothing but praise from me as they are constantly doing a great job in each episode. They are joined by Rebecca Benson , Daniel Kerr , Brian Vernel , Rohan Nedd and Ben Hunter for me the guest cast did a really great even if one of them looks like Amy Pond crossed with ygritte from Game Of Thrones and honestly the only actor out of the guest cast who i could truly say was the standout performer was Benson and she's also the one who looks like Amy Pond to me she is the true heart of this particular story and i really liked that.

I'm sucker for great locations and for me Scotland is a great location i don't know if they actually filmed there or not but if they did then wow did they pick some stunning locations and if not they found a great place that looked like the country. To me the locations in this episode looked really good you cannot beat using an actual location there's only so much a studio can do and what it cannot do is recreate the beauty of a stunning location.

Now i have to say that in terms of humor this episode was hitting jokes out of the park like it's nobody's business all of the jokes from this episode like the one's in the rest of the series mostly came from Nardole i say mostly because there's a few lines from the end of the episode which came from a character i cannot mention but the ones that came from Nardole where really funny i won't give away the joke but i'll just these words Nardole and Popcorn.

The monster in this weeks episode was created fully in the computer and i thought it came out looking really good this weeks episode featured some truly great CGI monsters i can't really say much more then that since the creature is mostly covered in darkness when it's not it goes by to quick but from what i saw it looked really good.

Overall this weeks episode was kind of weak but as weak as last weeks episode altho i thought the ending to the story was kind of a let down really i give this episode i 7.5 out of 10 and next week it's the return you've all been looking forward to.

   

Doctor Who "Empress Of Mars" Review

Hello there Doctor Who it's that time of the week that we all love and look forward to oh and there's a new episode of Doctor Who as well but lets not waste any more time so here is my review of Empress Of Mars.

The plot of this weeks episode is a bit hard to describe so put it simply our main trio end up on Mars where they encounter an Ice Warrior. That's really all i can think of without giving away anything to major but i will say that in terms of story i thought this episode was rather weak and was not the best Mark Gatiss written episode but it did have some good pacing.

In terms of casting we of course have our main trio and for me out of those three the best performer was Peter altho you could see Pearl's confidence raising which i thought was nice Matt was only there for a few scenes. In terms of guest cast we have Anthony Calf , Ferdinand Kingsley , Richard Ashton and Adele Lynch i really thought the guest cast did a great job especially Adele who i think had the hardest job acting under a lot of make up but she was really good in this episode.

The Ice Warriors i thought were rather weak in this episode they didn't come across as rather threatening they were just there really they looked great but looking great is only half the job you have to also act scary as well and be treated as a threat which they weren't they were treated just a pest really.

There are a few cameos in this episode which i won't mention but they were really fun cameos and both of them are near the end of the episode. The best scene for me in the whole episode was the opening just due to how fun and funny it was plus it has a great CGI opening as well.

Overall this was rather a weak episode with only a few good points so for me this episode is a 6 out of 10 and sorry this review if rather short

Suki ni Naru Sono Shunkan wo.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai Review

Hello there anime fans anime fans well here we are yet again with the sequel to Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai is it better then the first one or is it exactly the same lets find out with my review of Suki ni Naru Sono Shunkan wo.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai.

The basic plot of this movie is girl falls in love with guy and another guy is in love with her the end. that little summery right there is more interesting then the whole movie which by the way has no story to it what so ever it's basically stuff happens: The anime that's it there's nothing that connects the scenes together at all but to this movies credit it has better pacing then the first one did.

Now the cast for this film are at best ok there's some actors i really enjoyed like for example Momo Asakura who plays the film's main protagonist i really liked her voice and her performance but then there's some i didn't like such as Hiroshi Kamiya who plays her older brother and he just delivers a flat performance as for the rest of the cast there ok but know one really stands out as for which of the characters really stands out i'd say Hina Setoguchi ( our main character ) but i can't explain why.

The animation was once again done by Qualia Animation and once again i'd have to say that they did a pretty good job altho with that being said i did notice a few repeated frames when it came to the characters running which made the film look cheap but that aside the film does have some great fluid motion and some lovely backgrounds and i have to applaud the team's attention to detail.

I have to say that if like montages especially ones with songs playing in them then this film has you covered i myself however don't like them and i found them really annoying here they add nothing to the overall plot ( or should i say lack there of) and they only serve just to pad out the film's run time.

I have to admit i didn't like the love triangle in this movie i'm not apposed to a good romance film that includes a triangle but here i knew what was going to happen once the triangle started and everything i predicted came true the makers of this film could have at least threw in some plot twists just to make it more interesting and less predictable.

The music for this film was done by HoneyWorks (?) and all the music is just songs which are either ok or just dull and typical love songs there was nothing about the music of this film that really stood out for me and when you add in the fact that the songs were mainly used in those awful montages it only makes it even worse for me.

Overall if you liked the first film you'll like this one but if your like me and you found this film to be a very mixed bag it's a 5 out of 10 and i'm glad this series of films is over.

   

Doctor Who "The Lie Of The Land" Review

Hello Doctor Who fans before we start this weeks review i want to say that next week i might not be able to review the episode and if i am able to it might not be until either the evening or Monday morning but with that out of the way here is my review of The Lie Of The Land.

The basic plot of this weeks episode is The Doctor , Nardole  and Bill take on The Monks and that's really it in terms of story which i think is great because this is the third part of the story and thus not much plot would be needed i also really liked the fact that the episode had really good pacing it wasn't two fast nor was it two slow it was just right.

We of course have our three main leads who all do a solid job in this episode i really liked Pearl in this episode there's a scene in this episode where i think she does her best acting i won't spoil it but it's worth watching. In terms of guest cast we have Emma Handy Hastings , Beatrice Curnew and Rosie Jane that's not really alot of guest actors i can actually mention since it would be a spoiler but the guest cast do a great job especially the certain someone who i cannot mention because of spoilers.

To me this episode is like an action movie just due to both the fast pacing and the fact that in almost every other scene something is always happening weather it be something character driven like the awesome Bill scene or something just cool so if you like action movies you'll love this episode honestly i was waiting for someone to come out with a cheesey one liner.

I already mentioned that i like the looks of The Monks in last weeks review but i think that the make up team out did themselves this week with another edition of the ranks of the monks i'm not sure if i can talk about it so i'll keep it short and sweet by saying that the creature looks awesome.

I will say that the special guest star in this episode has a wonderfully funny scene in this episode and they also look really good especially when it comes to the hair and i think the scene they were in was so well written and so well acted it almost stole the whole the episode for me and it's just a shame that i can't mention who it is because then you'll get why it was such a funny scene to watch.

Overall this was a truly great episode i won't be marking it a ten tho just because things happen for no reason what so ever and i can't say what they are which is also why this review is short i give this episode a solid 8.5 out of 10

Why Anime Is Not Just For Kids

Good morning anime fans i really didn't intend on making a post this early in the morning but tho i want to finally put in my two sense about one single phrase and it's one that if your an anime fan such as myself you hear at least once a week and that phrase is "Anime Is For Kids" or at least some form of those words.

Now i would like to point out that not all anime is for adults because there are shows that are made just for kids some examples include Pokemon and Digimon i know that there is more but to mainstream people those are the two that matter most. That's because both of those shows especially Pokemon have become worldwide hits and so to mainstream people who perhaps don't know about Death Note or the Hellsing series all anime is just like Pokemon or Digimon I.E. just for kids. 

I will however say that both shows in the past few years have tried to mature a little in Pokemon XYZ ASh got his first kiss it's a small thing yes but it also shows that the series was at that point trying to mature and in the newest Digimon film series we catch up with the original Gang years later thus moving on from the kids show formula now i don't know if the writing for Digimon has mautred or not but i can say for Pokemon it has a little bit.

What the mainstream people have to realise is not all anime if for kids just go into your local DVD shop and look at the anime isle you'll see plenty of stuff for adults as well you don't have to watch any of it just look at the cover and the age rating that alone should tell you not all anime if for kids i've put up a picture of the recent Hellsing anime because that's honestly the most mature anime i've seen recently and was the anime that got me back into anime. 

If the mainstream audience were to see an anime like Hellsing it won't stop them from saying that all anime if for kids in fact most of them will not want to talk about it but i think it will help a little another anime that i think might help with this is the anime Death Note but that's one were i can see people looking at the cover and think it's for kids so with that one they may need to watch an episode or two but what both these shows and the next show i want to talk about have in common is the fact there not afraid to take risks and to tell a more mature story.

The other series i wanted to talk about was Attack On Titan if you think this show is for kids then wait until the end of the first episode in which spoiler alert the main heroes mother gets eaten alive and i'm sure you see some blood come out of her as well. If that episode alone doesn't convince you that anime is kids only then your in denial because this show has done something that the other two couldn't do and that's become popular with some mainstream people even the great Death note didn't do that so i think that Attack On Titan helped convince people that anime is not just for kids and it also got more people into anime which is a good thing overall.

As i mentioned early on not all anime is for adults but tho you cannot right of an entire medium just based on what's popular that like comparing The Fast and The Furious movies to Lawrence Of Arabia you just can't do that you have to treat them all separately in order to judge them all fairly and it's the same thing with music you can't compare Justin Bieber to Mozart they are two different people working in two different genre's so comparing them would be useless and pointless. The same thing can also be said for anime it's pointless to compare a kids anime to something like Ghost In The Shell because they have two different target audiences so what's the point in it.

I know people will kill me for not bringing up Elfen Lied but the fact is i cannot talk that much about the show as i've only seen a few clips here and there but based on what i have seen it's a very adult anime at least in terms of what it shows so that's really all i can say about that show and the same goes for deadman wonderland. 

Not all shows however have to be filled with blood and guts to called an adult anime look at shows like HighSchool Of The Dead or High School DXD they are full to the brim with fanservice and yet to the mainstream audience they are on the same level as Pokemon or Digimon to me that's not a fair comparison to make and again if the mainstream audience would look at the age rating on the DVD or Blu-Ray they would know that.

The bottom line tho is that as long as shows like Pokemon stick in the mind of mainstream audiences other more mature shows will just be classed in their minds as only for kids and we anime lovers will always be stuck with that phrase but there is something we can do however we can try and get them to watch shows like Death Note and like Elfen Lied or Hellsing in the vain hope it will change their minds.

What I Think Of The Boss Baby 2

Hello there animation fans i don't usually cover news items and that's because i don't really like to judge things before i've at least seen a trailer or two but with this one i feel like i have to talk about it because it's so out of know where here is what i think of The Boss Baby 2.

One if the issues that the film will have to overcome is the fact that The Boss Baby is on longer a Boss Baby he's just a baby so with that ending firmly in place how can you do a sequel? the short answer is you can't because the story of the first film resolved every plot point so there's no new story that you can tell and the whole point of a sequel is to try match if not surpass the first film but when you start with nothing you'll end with nothing.

This post won't be all negative (but it mostly will be) they have confirmed that the best part of the first movie Alec Baldwin will be back to play the character but one person doesn't make a team so you can't have Alec back and not bring back all of the other cast members which would be ashame because i really liked the kid who played his brother and anything with Lisa Kudrow is gold for me but reading the article from Deadline they don't mention who else will be back which for me is something Dreamworks should have locked down they key personnel before announcing this movie.

As i've said already the whole point of a sequel is to try surpass what you did in the first film which means in this case you have to put out better animation and i thought the animation in the first film was really done but tho given that the film will be out in four years there's a 50% chance that the quality of the animation could improve but with that said they've only got four years that's not alot of time to improve on animation if they had say five years then i would say the animation would improve but alas it's only four years.

Now this film is due out on March 26th 2021 that's the week before Fast 10 comes out i mention this because when the first film came out there was really no competition when it came out so i think that's a stupid move to release the sequel one week before the next installment of a major franchise doing that only means this film will fail because if given the choice most movie goers will select Fast 10 over what could be considered a kids film.

I'm not saying The Boss Baby 2 can't work as a movie i'm just saying that given what's released it seems unlikely that it will work but if whoever the writer and director turn out to be can make it work then i'll watch it because the first film was entertaining but tho if your a sequel just being entertaining won't always work because movie goers are smart people they know what they want and if you just entertain them but that's it then there's a chance you'll be a flop with that said i hope The Boss Baby 2 is at least a decent film.