My Brief Thoughts On Wacky Races 2017

Hello there race fans i'm here to do something i swore to myself i would never ever do and that's judge a show just based of the first episode but as you can see by the name of the show i'm going to be talking about most of you will be thinking the exact same question "They Rebooted Wacky Races?" and now i'm going to tell you my thoughts on it.

Now before i get into the episode proper i have to say that there are only three images from the show on Google and even then two of them are pretty much the exact same image so i've got to use images from the classic show to help sell my point.

Like the original show this new show seems not to have a story which i'm fine with but at least with the show they gave us lots of characters to keep us interested this episode only features a small handful of racers and even tho most of them are classic characters they don't bother to make them interesting.

Now you may have noticed that i mentioned the fact that the cast for this episode is mostly classic characters well that's because they introduce two new characters there's Bella voiced by Tom Kenny and there's a sports announcer who's basically the announcer from the original show only stupid and Bella is ok but to me she seems like a replacement for The Professor and nothing more.

I've mentioned that Spongebob is in the show but there's also Billy West who i think is playing Mutley but i can't tell you who else in this show because there's no cast list to be found anywhere even Wikipedia has the wrong cast list up right now and there's no IMDB page up yet for this show. I do however like the voice of Penny they kept her a southern girl which was good and they toned down her voice which i liked.

Yes ladies and gentlemen your eyes do not deceive you that above image is what Dastardly and Mutley look like in the new show out of all the characters to get a bad redesign why did it have to be those two there two of the most iconic characters from the original show and they look terrible i won't get into the animation but let's just say the animators should be ashamed.

Overall Cartoon Network should let Disney handle Reboots and they should stick to original shows but at least they kept the original theme song and there's no racing at all in this pilot even tho it right there in the name of the show and at least the episode lengths are the same as the race lengths in the original show.  

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles "Pilot" Review

The Terminator franchise has been on a downward spiral for a while now and shockingly has only spawned one TV series which i have the pleasure of owning the great first season of on DVD so here is my review of the pilot episode of The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

The story of the pilot see's Sarah and John living in 1999 until more Terminators arrive and they have to team up with a female student to find out what's going on. Since this is a pilot episode i really can't go into to much detail but i can say that the story for the pilot episode was really good and was very action packed.

The pilot stars a young Cersei Lannister pretending to be a hero as well as Thomas Dekker and Summer Glau. Honestly all three of them work well together i wasn't expecting them to have the best chemistry from the get go so i wasn't exactly shocked about that the acting was overall pretty good from the main cast.

I thought the CGI effects held up really well i wasn't expecting great CGI especially from a TV show that aired in 2008 but to me the effects looked really good back then and they still do there not movie quality but there passable.

There's a lot of action in this pilot and i'm guessing that most of it took up the budget for the show because all of the action scenes in this episode look really good and are fun to watch but even so it's people punching and kicking.

The score for the episode was done by Bear McCreary who's work includes Agents Of Shield Battlestar and it's prequel plus many many more and i have to say i'm a bit of a fan of his work so i really liked his score here and as a side note i'm glad they used the Terminator theme song for the opening theme that was just so freaking cool.

Overall i hope i've reminded you all that this show once existed because it's a good pilot to a great first season and for me is the best thing about modern Terminator i won't ever rate pilot episodes since there the start of the journey and not the destination. 

Wonder Woman: Earth One Review

Well then guys with the Wonder Woman movie coming out on digital platforms soon i thought why not take a look at one of the Wonder Woman and it just so happened that yesterday i ordered Earth One and yes i know some people call it Earth One Volume One but i know it best as Earth One so here is my review of Wonder Woman: Earth One.

The plot of the book / graphic novel is For millennia the Amazons of Paradise Island have created a thriving society away from the blight of man. One resident however is not satisfied with this secluded life Diana Princess of the Amazons knows there is more in this world and wants to explore only to be frustrated by her protective mother Hippolyta. Diana finds her escape when Air Force pilot Steve Trevor the first man she has ever seen crashes onto their shores with his life hanging in the balance Diana ventures into the long forbidden world of men. The Amazons chase after her and bring her back to Paradise Island in chains to face trial for breaking their oldest law staying separated from the world that wronged them. Yes folks this book does the over protective parent angle but to this books credit by the time you realise there doing that angle your already engrossed in the story which does have a nice pace to it and with a page count of 130 pages that's to be expected.

I have to say that i liked how Wonder Woman was written in this book most origin books would have be naive about man's world which to be fair in this book she kinda is as well but she gets over it within a few short minuets and the rest of the issue she's the hero we all know her to be which i think is really refreshing. The book also does a good job of introducing Steve Trevor since the book doesn't really focus on him it makes sense that they didn't play up his introductory scene however the one character i think they messed up with a little bit was Etta she was just to loud for me in this book.

Since the bulk of this story takes place on Paradise Island we also get to see alot of the amazons but sadly with alot of characters already trying to get some time on the page not alot of them get the time they need to show us there personality for example we don't get to find out about Nubia or The Fates and according to Wikipedia Artemis is in this book altho i never noticed her being mentioned at all the only one who stood out apart from the obvious two is Althea but that's just because she looked alot like one of the female Ghostbusters.

Now i couldn't review this book and not talk about some of the more how shall i put adult images the picture above is just example of how mature this book is and it's not the last either i mean just look at how the women are drawn in this book there all drawn with big chests and in the case of Wonder Woman bright red lips and there's one panel where a girl is chained to the floor so if you're thinking that you might buy this book for your little girl or niece please bare all of that in mind.

I would talk about what i thought of the artwork but since i havn't really seen anything from this artist i can't tell if it's his best or not but for this story i think it works altho the lines are a little to heavy for my personal liking.

Overall if you want to read a more mature Wonder Woman story then i would recommend picking this up it's a great read that could possibly keep you entertained for me this story is a 9.5 out of 10

   

My Brief Thoughts On Marvel's Spider-Man

Spider-Man has to be the character that's had the most animated adaptations and now here we are with his latest series Marvel's Spider-Man and these are my brief thoughts on the show so far.

From what i can gather the plot of the show will have Spider-Man trying to stop some evil villain while trying to stop a villain every week. I don't think it's a bad idea to have a villain of the week since the comics have been doing it for years now but i hope they do something different with the formula.

Now i know alot of people will disagree with me on this but i thought Drake Bell did a great job on Ultimate Spider-Man and i have to say the actor they got playing him in this series Robbie Daymond is jot doing that great of job but since we are only two episodes in i can't say if he's a better Spider-Man or not. 

The animation in the show looks like a complete downgrade from the other Marvel shows currently on the air it's not bad but it's nothing to write home about there is some nice movements from the characters and the animation in the action scenes is truly something to behold but there's something a bit of when it comes to the story driven scenes.

Overall so far this is an OK show but i hope that it gets better and i won't be giving this a ranking since this is only my brief thoughts on the series so far.

My Top Two Worst And Top Five Best Cartoons That Came Out Within A Few Years

It's not un-common for cartoon fans to name the best and worst cartoon shows or shows that they like but what makes mine kinda stand out is i'm only covering shows that came out within the last few years and i have to have seen at least the first episode so here we go.

Worst Cartoons

Kong: King of the Apes

Now i admit i was slightly looking forward to this show however all of that excitement went away by the time the first episode reached the 45 minuet mark it was just plain boring in this hour and a half pilot the show changes location twice and ages up the characters at least three times and it doesn't give you a clear idea of what the plot of the show is needles to say i'm not excited for season 2.

The Tom And Jerry Show

Now i'm a Tom And Jerry fan so i thought i'd check out this show since i'd never heard of it and my god was i disappointed not only was the slapstick lacking but so was the animation and those are two things that Tom and Jerry are known for so when you don't have either of those then what you have is Tom and Jerry in name only.

Best Cartoons

Danger & Eggs

I put this show on this list just due to how funny and creative the show is the show has a wicked sense of humor with all the jokes almost all hitting and the animation is about what you'd expect from a web series and i want to see more from these characters.

Avengers Assemble

Not only do i love cartoons but i also love comic books so anything that combines the two i'm guaranteed to watch at least the first episode but when you mix in great action with great wit then i'll keep on coming back and that's what this show does for me.

Guardians Of The Galaxy

For the reasons why i like this show see the above entry because my thoughts are exactly the same for this show except this time we have the look and designs from the 2014 live action Guardians movie which i love and will always state is the best MCU film ever.

OK KO! Lets Be Heroes

This is the show that right now is keeping cartoon network alive in my opinion it has great storytelling mixed in with great characters , great action and some generally funny moments anytime that KO makes a cute babyish face is pure gold in my book but there's one more show that just topped it.

The Loud House

If OK Ko is saving cartoon network then Nickelodeon is being saved by The Loud House this show has generally great heartwarming stories it might not also have the best jokes but when the jokes land they really land well.

Ducktales: Woo-oo! Review

Animation fans it is finally here after months of waiting the Ducktales reboot has aired it's first two episodes i hope your body is ready because i'm going to jump in and review Ducktales: Woo-oo!.

The basic plot of the pilot special is Huey , Dewey and Louie get dropped of by there Uncle Donald who has asked Scrooge to babysit while he goes on a job interview and the gang get into trouble. I can't really go into two much detail because so much of the plot could be considered a spoiler but story wise this is just two episodes put together and it really shows and there's a great twist when you find out who Donald is interviewing for.

We now have David Tennant as Scrooge McDuck , Danny Pudi as Huey , Ben Schwartz as Dewey , Bobby Moynihan as Louie , Kate Micucci as Webby Vanderquack , Beck Bennett as Launchpad McQuack , Toks Olagundoye as Mrs. Beakley and regular Donald Duck VA Tony Anselmo. I have to say the acting in this film was mostly spot on i loved Kate as the new and improved Webby and the actors behind the nephews were really good but some reason whenever David Tennant was on screen all i heard was David Tennant i didn't here Scrooge but i'm sure that's because out of all of the cast he's the most well known and i couldn't really hear what Donald was saying most of the time.

Bravo Disney for bringing out another show with great animation the animation wasn't great all of the time but it was great 99% of the time and for me that's a win. There's a lot of great movements in there especially during the scenes where Scrooge is pretty much showing of but then there's that 1% where the animation just looks a little off.

Not only does this pilot special have some great action /adventure scenes but it also has a lot of great jokes which sadly had most of them spoiled in the trailer so i won't go into detail about what the jokes are because you'll all already know what they are but let's just say there's two jokes that wasn't in the trailer that i thought was really funny.

This is just the pilot episode so it also has the job of setting up the rest of the series but from what i can gather just of this special the series will most likely have the gang going to a different part of the world almost every week but what really got me interested was based of the final scene it looks like there going to set up hopefully a season long mystery which could be really interesting.

The new theme song is sung by American Idol contestant Felicia Barton and while it will never top the original theme it's still a really good song that has a catchy beat and is very easy to sing along to (which i did when the song first hit the web) honestly there's not much i can say about the song that hasn't already been said.

Overall Ducktales is back and i'm ready for more this was a great special did a good job of setting up the series and since it's a pilot there will be no rating but i will say go and watch this episode right now.

Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor

Hello there animation fans and hello there Thomas & Friends fans i'm being honest i did this review because i don't see people talking about this brand and i thought well let's show the latest movie some love so here is my review of Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor.

The basic plot of the movie is Thomas finds himself going as the title suggests beyond sodor and he has to find his way home. For a kids film let alone a Thomas film the plot is pretty good it has a few twists and turns in there that kids will like and it's engaging enough for older fans.

Now i watched the american version of the film so in this dub we have Joseph May , Hugh Bonneville , Colin McFarlane , Sophie Colquhoun , Christopher Ragland , Lucy Montgomery and Darren Boyd. I can't really say if the cast did a good job or not because as mentioned it's a movie for little kids and it's a Thomas movie but for what it is the cast were ok nothing special just ok.

I liked the CGI in the movie but as i watched the show when it was first on in the UK i prefer the old model version of the series but that's just me the movie had a lot of pretty backgrounds you can tell that a lot of money was spent on this movie just due to how nice everything looked.

Overall if you have little kids or know someone who has little kids then i'd say show them this movie it's the perfect thing for them and if your an older Thomas fan then chances are your planning on watching this movie i'm not going to rate this movie just because it's a film for little kids.