Doctor Who "Twice Upon A Time" Review

Hello there doctor who fans it's that time of the year again where i look back at the most recent christmas special and this special is also a regeneration episode so it has a lot to live up to so here we go.

Ok the basic premise of the episode is The Doctor is refusing to regenerate and he bumps into his first self and Bill and has to stop something which may or may not be deadly. I'm not gonna spoil the twist with the villains in this review because honestly it's really good and really refreshing but i will say that story wise the episode is lacking but the pacing for the episode was spot on.

Returning as Bill and The Doctor we have Peter Capaldi , David Bradley and Pearl Mackie and they all turn in fine performances which honestly from Peter and David is something you really expect at this point and you could say the same for Pearl as well. They are joined by Steven Moffat's BFF Msrk Gatiss and honestly when i heard he was in the episode i had no idea of what to expect from him so i'm glad to say he's really good in this episode.

In all honesty this episode was not what i was expecting at all there's very little action in it and there's that great twist with the villains so i really don't know what i can mention because of how strange the episode truly was.

As a regeneration episode for me this episode doesn't hold up well against something like Time Of The Doctor because in that episode all of the heart that was in the episode felt real where as here it just comes across as forced like there trying to force these moments on you and it just doesn't work well at all.

Overall this was a strange episode to watch which is why this review is so short but fear not for i will be working on a review of Shada sometime soon but i give Twice Upon A Time a solid 7.5 out of 10.

  

My Top 5 Worst Films of 2017

Well then film fans we are so near the end of the near right now that i can actually smell 2018 and it smells pretty good and like what i did with the animated of this year i'm now going to look at some of the worst films of this past year so here we go.

5) Resident Evil: The Final Chapter

I'm not gonna pretend that the live action Resident Evil films are the best things out there but even this film just felt bottom of the barrel bad and it honestly felt like a terrible ending to a pretty bad but still entertaining series.

4) Ghost In The Shell

Now unlike a lot of people in the anime world i actually had hope that this film would at least be passable but the film let me down there as it felt like a hodgepodge of ideas from other and better Ghost In The Shell adaptations Scarlett does her best in the film but she's let down by the script and terrible direction.

3) King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

This film felt like a pure Guy Ritchie film and in some cases that's not a bad thing but when your trying to do lock Stock but with king Arthur then it's a bad thing because that doesn't work and what's worse is it felt like there was a decent film trying to come out.

2) Transformers: The Last Knight

My god is this film just plain boring that's all i can really say about how bad this film is because everything else i could say has been said. Everything in this film is boring as hell the characters are boring , they story is boring and worst of all the action is boring how the freaking hell do you make robots fighting each other boring? Well i'll tell you how you stick them in this movie.

1) Leatherface

This film commits the one sin that any good slasher film should never ever commit and that's making the villain the good guy why in the hell would they even consider that as an idea? It's a terrible movie and i hope to god Lionsgate bring in someone who actually knows the genre for the next outing and like with the animated film list the best of films list will be up shortly.

My Top 5 Best Animated Films of 2017

Well then guys and girls of the animation world since i just put out my worst of 2017 animated films list it's now time to move on to bigger and better things so here is my top 5 best animated films of 2017 and like before it has to have been released in 2017 and i have to have seen it.

Honorable Mentions

Batman Vs. Two-Face

I really couldn't find a place for this film on this list which is a shame because it is a really good film and it's the last time the late Adam West played Batman but in my eyes it's not as good as Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders.

Batman And Harley Quinn

In my eyes this wasn't a bad film it had alot of great moments with Harley Quinn but it felt like it was trying to hard to be the 60's Batman TV show instead of being it's own unique thing.

5) The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania!

In all honesty on paper this film should have failed but it's actually a pretty decent film with some fairly solid animation and voice acting plus it's better then the actual Jetsons movie we got from the 90's.

4) Cars 3

When Cars 3 was announced many people myself included most likely thought that it would be as bad as the second one but when that first teaser dropped we all knew we were in for something different and my god does film pull of the emotional story.

3) My Little Pony: The Movie

Yes i liked My Little Pony: The Movie so what it's well animated , well acted and i'll admit that the writing can be a bit of at times but when it's on it's really on and that's really all i can think of to say about this movie since everything i could have said i did actually say in my review of the film.

2) The Lego Batman Movie

Unlike The Lego Ninjago Movie this movie was actually funny and it put a different spin on Batman that i don't think has been seen and when you add in the fact that this movie is filled to the brim of imagination and creativity then i think it's clear why this film made the list so The Lego Batman Movie YOU JUST MADE THE LIST!!!!!!.

1) Coco

Let's be honest here we all knew this film was going to be number 1 but in my defense it truly is a great film it has some of the best animation i've seen all year mixed in with not only some of the best writing and acting but also the best songs and who here didn't cry at the end that's how good this film is and since this film doesn't come out in the UK (where i'm from and currently live) i could include it on next years list as well.

My Top 5 Worst Animated Films of 2017

Oh how fast the the time has come it feels like only yesterday we were getting ready to enter 2017 and what hopes we had the animated films that lay ahead and now it's time to celebrate the worst of the worst and i'm not going to exclude any straight to DVD feature in my eyes if it got a 2017 release and i saw it then it can and will be counted the best of list while it might get written tonight it might not be posted for a few days.

 5) Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Let's face it we all knew that this one was going to be featured on this list at some point but i bet you never thought it would be this low down and that's because while it is still pretty bad it's not as bad as we all thought it would be.

4) The Lego Ninjago Movie

Now when this film was first announced i like the rest of the world thought it would be really funny however after seeing the film it quickly got mixed reviews and rightfully so the main father son focus is something that we've seen in every Lego movie from The Lego Movie onward and it lacks imagination and creativity both of which are crucial to make a great Lego movie.

  3) The Star

One of the worst things that any film can commit for me is making me bored and that's what this film does i honestly felt bored watching this movie which is a shame because the cast do try there best but there let down by everything else.

2) Despicable Me 3

I know alot of you right now are preparing to kill me but i don't like this franchise the minions are stuffed down your throat and everywhere so if you hate the franchise you have no choice but to look at the characters and what's even worse is these films keep on making money.

1) Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You / The Emoji Movie

Honestly i couldn't choose one over the other here since they are both really bad both are unfunny and have terrible animation put towards them and both have a some what talented cast being given unfunny things to say and do and with All I Want For Christmas it's nothing more then a vanity project and trust me there's two many things wrong with The Emoji Movie for me to even name them all would take years.

Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales Review

Well then Looney Tunes fans the big day is nearly here and well i thought i'd bring out another review of a festive special this time featuring our favorite Looney Tunes here is my review of Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales.

Since this special doesn't have a plot to speak of it instead has three separate cartoons with the first being an adaptation of A Christmas Carol in which they cast Sam as Scrooge but due to the time frame they cut out alot of the story and for me that hurts the cartoon as a whole and i'm thankful that they redid that story with 2006's Bah Humduck.

The second cartoon is a Road Runner cartoon and yeah that's really all you need to know it's your standard Road Runner cartoon except this time it's set at christmas but we do find out some stuff about the Road Runner like for example Road Runner love desserts but hate the snow.

The third and final cartoon is called The Fright Before Christmas and it sees Taz become Santa and it follows him as he lands at Bugs's house and Bugs just basically screws around with him. For some reason i found the story for this cartoon hard to describe it's not a bad story it's easy to follow but trying to describe it to people was really hard for some reason.

  

There are only two actors in this special and they are the late Mel Blanc and the late June Foray and just by those two names you can guess what i'm going to say next and your right these two are great in this special and i can safely say that Bugs still sounds like Bugs in this special and honestly June does a great little kids voice.

Now this film was directed by the great Friz Freleng and the great Chuck Jones with Friz directing the Bugs Bunny cartoons and scenes and Chuck doing the Road Runner cartoon and i have to say having these two at the wheel was a great move because this special does have some great animation i will say it's not on par with the original shorts but for a TV special your not going to see better animation.

I'm sadden to say that not all of the cartoons are funny the first one does have a great and funny idea but due to the lack of time it can't be fully explored. The second cartoon does have some funny slapstick but for some reason it didn't feel right to me but tho for me honestly the funniest one was the final cartoon just the idea of having Taz pretending to be Santa is funny enough but then when you add in the fact that he has to deal with Bugs it becomes even more funny.

Overall this special is harmless altho it does commit another sin by not having the world's greatest duck Daffy in it i'm not joking they don't give him a cameo but it still gets a 6 out of 10. 

  

My Brief Thoughts On the Leak Of Some MLP Season 8

Now i before i start i want to make it clear that if you've already watched the leaked episodes that's fine heck even i was pondering with the idea of watching them and i still am but i want to say that whatever caused these episodes to end up online shouldn't have happened.

Incase you didn't know on Sunday a whole bunch of season 8 episodes found themselves online and what shocked me was that no one was talking about this and i was shocked even more when i logged on this morning and found another episode has found it self online and i have to ask why is this happening? I've not seen the episodes so i can't say if they aired the episodes somewhere else first but with them coming online this fast it makes it look like the episodes are being leaked and that's not good for the show as a whole.

I live in the UK so being able to watch the show the legal way for me is hard because i have no idea where and what time it airs in my country so i have to watch the episodes the illegal way just to catch up i'm not saying it's right but that's the sad truth but with all the episodes that got released even i was going "this is to much" so far 6 episodes have been leaked as of this writing.

It's at this point i'd like to bring up shows like Steven Universe and Adventure Time because like MLP season 8 they have episodes leaked all the time and it's usually around the same amount of episodes which is four or five episodes and it hurts the shows ratings which in turn increases it's chances of getting cancelled.

We all remember when the recent movie leaked early but for me that's a different issue because of the fact that the movie leaked days before it was due to come out so it wouldn't have effected it's box office performance that much to begin with but hear were talking of leaking episodes months in advance that will have an impact on the ratings overall and i;m sorry about going on and on about ratings but it's the truth.

So there you go guys that's how i feel about the leaks sorry if it's seems like a bit of a rant post but to me that's how you know that someone truly cares about something and again i won't hold it against you if you choose to watch the episodes early and again that's something i might even do.

  

The Flintstones: Little Big League Review

I've reviewed alot of stuff featuring The Flintstones from there live action movies to some of there animated films and the odd special but this special i'm about to review i can honestly say i'm not to sure what rating to give it so here are my thoughts of The Flintstones: Little Big League.

What little story there is involves Fred and Barney coaching rival baseball teams and that's really it yeah when i said little story i wasn't freaking kidding that's all the story you get from this special and while i can see it working since the whole thing with The Flintstones was there meant to be the modern American family in the stone age here tho it just doesn't work.

Returning are Henry Corden , Mel Blanc , Jean Vander Pyl and *sigh* Gay Autterson Hartwig. The returning actors give solid performances altho i will say that Mel's voice for Barney is sounding more and more worn out but all of them out done by one name Pamela Anderson as Pebbles now my quack team of researchers spent a whole five minuets on IMDB and found out this wasn't the same Pamela Anderson from Baywatch but she still is actually pretty solid as now the pre teen pebbles.

Now getting a bit of an-upgrade is the animation don't get me wrong it still looks cheap but now it's more in line with how cheap the animation for the show was which is vast improvement from the quality of the animation in the previous special.

  

Now since Pebbles is a pre teen in this special they give her more mature problems gone are the days when her biggest fear was being cast in terrible live action version of her own family. In this special her main focus is to simply spend more time with Fred since Bamm-Bamm and Barney are spending alot of time together and honestly that story was the most interesting part of this special and it's just a shame they resolve it not that long into the special since that alone could have carried the whole thing.

There are a few good gags mostly with how the dinosaurs are used in Baseball and the fact that Fred gives everyone's son a spot on the team to get out of doing things but apart from that there's very little funny but there's quite alot of sexism in this special and all of it is coming from Fred like the only reason he won't let Pebbles join his team is because she's a girl and the reason why he won't help Wilma clean up is because she's a girl that's not me making up a reason that's the reason they give in the special.

Overall i think if your a fan of The Flintstones you'll enjoy this more then non fans will since it has the characters acting in character but with that being said there are alot of problems with this special so i honestly have no clue what rating to give this special but i can say if your fan of the Flintstones then go and see  this special.