Summer Camp Island Review

Hello there any and all Cartoon Network fans back in 2017 a new pilot found it's way online and that pilot did get some people interested and well now the full series has come out which I will go into more detail about later btw and the show in question is Summer Camp Island so lets get it started.

The premise for the show is best friends Oscar and Hedgehog go to a summer camp only to find out that the came home to all things paranormal. I don't know if I made it clear in my summery of the shows main plot but this series is episodic so you can watch from any episode and pick up everything you need to know and I think that having an actual story for this show would have worked better since it could have allowed the characters to explore more of the island and it's lore.

Starring in this show are Elliott Smith as Oscar , Oona Laurence as Hedgehog , creator Julia Pott as Susie and Charlyne Yi as Alice. Of course there not the only cast members but since the cast list for this show is so freaking huge it made sense just to name a few actors and I have to say that overall the voice acting for the show is very the actors playing the leads have great chemistry and both can be funny and Julia does get alot of the best lines.

Like I said the actors mentioned are not the only actors but I had to split this up because oh my god they get some truly great actors to play supporting actors the show has the likes of Melanie Lynskey (Rose from Two and A Half Men) plays the sun with an Australian accent ,  Cedric the Entertainer plays the moon that's just freaking awesome , Alfred Molina plays Oscars dad and the ghost under Hedgehogs bed and finally Frodo Baggins himself plays a teenage yeti. Dude they brought in Frodo Baggins that to me is just pure awesome i'm not going to spoil how many episodes he's in but that makes it even more awesome.

Now i'm not 100% sure on this but the show was either animated in house by Cartoon Network Studios or it was done by Warner Bros Animation but either way the animation in the show I thought was pretty good altho my main issue from the pilot still remain which if you didn't know was the fact that the characters look a little creepy but tho since I got used to the designs it didn't bug me as much but tho they still have huge pupils for some strange reason.

I know that alot of people are going to find this hard to believe heck I myself did when I found this out but with this show Cartoon Network now has to shows that are created by women (all you need to do is looks at the above image to see what the other is) and I hope that more women creators get a chance to tell there stories be it on Cartoon Network or any other network and if they do get a chance I hope that they make a truly great show.

Speaking of Cartoon Network they did something which I thought was really interesting with this show because they aired not one or two new episodes but twenty episodes I really cannot think of any show where they did that and i'm trying to think if that's a good or bad thing since it could be seen as both but it now has me wondering how many episodes of this series are made and why they chose to air this many episodes in one sitting.

I really don't plan on finding a character that I really enjoy in every series I review but tho for me Susie pretty much owns this show she is so freaking funny most of the times when this show had me laughing it was because of her if this show gets canned then I can see Julia making it big either as a voice actor or in comedy and i'm not just saying that because she's a fellow Brit that is something I generally do believe.

Now I like a few people i've seen talking about this show was expecting it to be like Adventure Time which would make sense since Julia did work on that show however where others were put off by the fact it's not an Adventure Time type of show I was more intrigued since it then had me wondering what type of show I was going to be getting and the show that we have pretty much has it's own unique identity so much so that i cannot think of other shows to compare it to.

Overall this is a strange show but strange in a good way and yes there are some influences from The Peanuts that I noticed but not enough to make it into the actual review part of this post and the show is really funny so it gets a 7 out of 10.

Rating My Favorite Netflix Animated Shows From Least Favorite To Most Favorite

There's no denying the fact that Netflix has changed how people view there favorite no longer do they want to wait a week for the next episode they now want the next episode right away and as well as giving us quality shows like Orange Is The New Black and GLOW they have also given us a handful of animated shows and i'm going to list my personal favorite shows from least favorite to the ones that I simply cannot live without.

Trollhunters

Oh boy I can literally feel all of your hate right now and given the fact that there's a chance a certain fan favorite show is also going to make an appearance on this list i'm going to make a guess and say that it's going to get worse but the reason why this show is so low down isn't because it's a bad show far from it but it just didn't grab me.

Voltron :Legendary Defender

OK put those pitchforks down I do have a reason for this both being on this list and higher up then Trollhunters it's higher then the previous show because it does have some interesting ideas and some nice animation however it's also this low down because like Trollhunters this series didn't grab me and the only season / series I watched all the way through was season 5 which was a bore fest in my eyes.

Harvey Street Kids

I very recently did a review of this show so if you want to know more about what I thought about this show then you can just find the review but to cut a long story short it's an average show but it's also a show that has fun with it's premise and it has some really fun characters and animation.

The Hollow

I admit when I first started writing this post I forgot about this show which is such a shame because it's so freaking good this show got my attention from the very first episode and it never let go you never really know what's going to happen next or where the story is going and all of that concludes in a great twist ending.

Trolls: The Beat Goes On!

I did contemplate putting the next show I want to talk about here but when push came to shove the other show was better but that just goes to show you how good this show is because the next show is really freaking good and for a show aimed at little kids this show is really entertaining I never once felt bored while watching a single episode of this show and the opening theme song is really good and catchy as hell.

Castlevania

What else was it going to be I talk about this show alot whenever I talk about Netflix's animated output but like I said it was a tough call to choose which show to put here but in the end this show has better writing , better animation and better voice acting and is an all round better show and yes I am excited for season 2 October 26th cannot come soon enough.

If I didn't mention your favorite show then it's either because A) I don't watch it and thus can't really say if it's a good show or not or B) I like these shows better people have different opinions so that could also be the case either way don't spread hate only love.

  

Harvey Street Kids Review

Animation fans everytime Netflix releases a new show we all know there's a 50% chance that it'll suck bad so when they announced that they were making a show based of Harvey Comics characters most of the world met this news with a huge "meh" well the show is out and i'm here to bring you a review of it so here is my review of Harvey Street Kids.

The basic set up of the show is Audrey, Lotta, and Dot three best friends who will do anything to make sure that Harvey Street is best block to never grow up on. As you can tell this show pretty much has no plot outside of the basic set up and i'm not quite sure if that works for this show or on the one hand not having a plot allows the characters to get into a lot of wacky situations but on the one hand not having a plot doesn't make the show standout.

Starring in the show are Lauren Lapkus as Lotta , Stephanie Lemelin as Audrey , Kelly McCreary as Dot , Atticus Shaffer as Melvin and Grey Griffin as Lucretia , Frufru and The Harvey Street Bow. I'll admit the acting in the show was a lot better then what I was expecting it to be I was expecting everyone just to give the bare minimum but no every one gives it 100% and for a Netflix animated show that's a rare thing to say.

As mentioned this series is based of Harvey Comics but it's more based of Little Audrey , Little Dot and Little Lotta and I have to say that I think it's great that companies like Dreamworks and Netflix are giving more attention to more little known comic books instead of just sticking with either Marvel or DC (yes I know DC don't have a Netflix show but the point is those are the two comic companies that get the most attention) and I hope that this continues because there are a lot of great comic book characters out there who can easily have their own show.

As with honestly alot of Netflix's animated content this show is animated by DreamWorks Animation Television and the animation is really freaking good like alot better then what I personally thought it would be it's not on the same level as say Ducktales 2017 but it's far better then any CN reboot ever made.

Now I know alot of people are going to see the first picture and mention this so called "cal arts art style" whatever that freaking means there's no such thing as "cal arts style"you know how I know that because all of the people who work for Disney and PIXAR went there and guess what they don't have characters who look the same it's not unnatural for people to be inspired by someone so it's there for possible that the people working on this show were inspired by someone who went there and that's it.

Each episode of this show is split up into two eleven minuet cartoons and in total this first season has thirteen episodes which means there are a total of twenty six segments that's a lot of content to Get through heck for the sake of this review I only watched around four episodes and i'll admit that did become a struggle kind of near the end not because it's a bad show but because I could think of what the story was.

The jokes in this show for me are very hit and miss there's a lot of jokes that just flat out didn't work and alot of those jokes involve the kids using either tablets or social media to me those kind of jokes just aren't funny but tho the good jokes far outweigh the bad ones as I did find myself laughing alot more then I expected to.

Overall the best word I can use to describe this show is cute and if that's something you like then this is the show for you but on the other hand if you want a show that has a plot then stay away from this show for me this show I just about average so it gets a 6 out of 10.

Some Adult Animated Shows You Might Not Have Heard Of

Boys and girls there are alot of animated shows out there and despite popular believe not all of it is aimed at little kids in fact most of it is aimed more towards adults but due to kids cartoons being the ones in pop culture people will only think of shows like SpongeBob Squarepants well i'm not going to make a post explaining why that's BS but instead put together a post showcasing adult shows that you might not have heard of and for the sake of this post i'm not including The Simpsons because while that is a show aimed at adults it's also the freaking Simpsons and the same goes for Family Guy.

Æon Flux

Now this is a show that i've recently been thinking of reviewing but this show is adult as the come without going all out nuts there's no nudity and very little swearing but what makes this show adult is not only the over the top violence but also it's themes and the fact that for the first two seasons the main character would die at the end of every episode.

Celebrity Deathmatch

What happens when you mix the world of wrestling and celebrities you get this awesome show from the nineties this was a show that I used to watch alot when I was a kid and it's as balls to the wall insane as you'd expect and it's a show that I hope MTV bring back at some point.

Futurama

I said I wouldn't include The Simpsons but I said nothing about not including this show and in all honesty this show is aimed at adults and it's not hard to see why it has very mature themes heck in the pilot episode we see a guy effectively leave behind everyone he's ever known and meet up with a beer drinking womanizing robot that is something The Simpsons wouldn't dare do.

Angry Kid

If you want prove that this show is an adult themed show all you need to do is look at the description for the main character who is someone who swears alot and has a bad attitude and this was a series made by Aardman Animations a company known for only making family friendly stuff and yet here they are making a show aimed at an older audience.

A*** Mcgee

The fact that i've had to censor the name of this show should tell you that it's a show aimed at adults and to further nail that point home the picture is of the logo for the network it aired on and yes I cannot even use a picture from the show that's how adult it is it's freaking nuts.

Clerks: The Animated Series

It's a series featuring smoker jay And Silent Bob that's really all I need to say about the show I personally havn't seen a single episode but I have seen the Jay And Silent Bob animated movie and if the show is anything like that movie then this show is freaking nuts.

Legends of Chamberlain Heights

This show is just awful I managed to watch a few episodes when it first aired and lets just say that after those few episodes i've never seen an episode since but this show is extremely mature but it's also extremely bad and possibly a little bit racist it's the only adult show on here that I wouldn't recommend to anyone with taste that's how bad it is.

A Review Of Both Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines And The Perils of Penelope Pitstop

Wacky Races fans I bet this is something that you never saw coming not one but two reviews for the franchise yes you read that right i'm reviewing both of the spin off shows it's something i've wanted to do for sometime but have always put it off well no more here is my review of both Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines And The Perils of Penelope Pitstop.

The set up for Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines is the duo along with new characters Zilly and Klunk try and stop a pigeon. Yeah it's a simple set up and I think that it does work however they don't explain why Dastardly and Muttley are no longer racing nor what happend to The Mean Machine.

The set up for The Perils of Penelope Pitstop is that Penelope is an heiress and with the help of The Ant Hill Mob must escape the clutches of her enemy The Hooded Claw. It really is hard for me to say if this set up is genius or just dumb because there are times where this set up just doesn't work but then there are times where it does.

Reprising their roles in The Perils of Penelope Pitstop are Janet Waldo , Don Messick and Paul Winchell and they are joined by the legendary Mel Blanc and Paul Lynde. There's not much I can really say acting wise since alot of these actors are true legends but honestly the acting is the best part of the show and that's not really saying much given the fact the rest of the show isn't that good.

What makes Dastardly And Muttley standout is the fact that it only stars two actors Paul Winchell and Don Messick even tho there both reprising there roles as Dastardly And Muttley they also play every character on the show and they each have very distinct voices.

The Perils Of Penelope Pitstop has one very major issue and it's one that they repeat all the time in the intro and it's the fact that Penelope's guardian is called Sylvester Sneekly and as if I need to point this out he's The Hooded Claw the only hint Penelope ever needs to tell her that he's evil is the fact that his last name is Sneekly it has the word Sneek right there it just makes her look dumb.

The animation for both shows was done by legendary studio Hanna-Barbera and the animation honestly isn't that bad which is to be expected given that William Hanna and Joseph Barbera directed every episode of both shows however both shows also contain alot of animation errors some of which aren't that bad for example Muttley's ears change colors a few times but one is downright terrifying I kid you not there's a scene in The Perils Of Penelope Pitstop where The Ant Hill Mob are shown without faces.

Dastardly And Muttley does something that i think is rather unique because it takes two characters who are villainess in one show and it keeps them as the villains in their own show I really cannot think of a show that has done that or would even give a villain their own spin off series.

What really did shock me was the fact that not only did both shows air on the same network but they also aired at exactly the same time with both shows debuting September 13th 1969 and they both lasted seventeen episodes with Dastardly And Muttley last airing on January 3rd 1970 and Penelope Pitstop last airing around ten or say days later on January 17th 1970. 

Anyone who's anyone will tell you that having two spin off air at the exact same time is unheard of and I can't think of a reason why CBS / Hanna-Barbera did it with these spin off yes Wacky Races was a hit but it wasn't a major hit like The Flintstones so surely airing them at separate times would have been better.

Another one of the things that really did bug about The Perils Of Penelope Pitstop is the fact that's really boring Dastardly And Muttley isn't a good show by any means but it was fun at least this show is just boring to watch the set up makes the show seem more interesting then it actually is alot of the time it's Penelope getting captured and The Ant Hill Mob have to save her and after the first episode it get's old really freaking fast.

Humor wise it's hard for me to say which show is funnier because at times I did laugh at both shows and given that the writers for Dastardly And Muttley included the legendary Michael Maltese and The perils of Penelope Pitstop was written by Maltese and Scooby-Doo creators Joe Ruby and Ken Spears you can see why it's hard for me to say which show had me laughing the most however I do have to give major props to Perils for at least mentioning Dick Dastardly.

Overall Dastardly And Muttley In Their Flying Machines is easily the better show but that's only because i'm comparing it to The Perils Of Penelope Pitstop if your a Wacky Races fan then I see no harm in checking out these shows but for me Dastardly And Muttley scores a 5.5 out of 10 and The Perils Of Penelope Pitstop scores a 4.5 out of 10.

Legend of the Three Caballeros Review

Disney fans whenever the company announces a new show it's usually pretty big news but every once in a while they secretly release a show which is what they did with the show i'm about to review heck this show was such a secret that i'm breaking my own rule by basing this review of the first two episodes instead of the first six so here is my review of Legend of the Three Caballeros.

As far as I can make out the plot of this show is Donald , José Carioca and Panchito Pistoles team up with Xandra the Goddess of Adventure to defeat the evil Lord Fendrake Sheldgoose and Baron Von Sheldgoose. What makes the plot of this show truly standout is the fact that each episode leads into the next and it is nice seeing Donald take on an action hero role and it helps that the story is generally interesting.

Reprising their roles are Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck , Jim Cummings as Pete and Tress MacNeille as Daisy Duck and they are joined by Eric Bauza as José Carioca , Jaime Camil as Panchito Pistoles , Grey Griffin as Xandra the Goddess of Adventure , Wayne Knight as Baron Von Sheldgoose , Kevin Michael Richardson as Lord Fendrake Sheldgoose and Jessica DiCicco as April, May, and June.

The acting in the show isn't that good in my opinion the actors who you expect great performances from do indeed give them but there are actors in this show who give characters annoying voices and one of those is the great Dee Bradley Baker as Ari.

I really have no idea who does the animation for this series I do know that it's not Disney Television Animation tho and the animation in the show is honestly way better then what I thought it would be I was expecting something that's just OK but nothing special but nope the animation for me is on par with the Ducktales reboot and this show so far isn't going to be shown on any of the Disney Channels.

Now if your thinking that the name sounds familiar thats because it's based of the 1944 live action / animated film The Three Caballeros (don't worry if you havn't heard of it I havn't either) the film was made as a good will message for South America and the film featured South American live action actors with the main plot revolving around Donald opening presents from his South American friends.

Yeah the show and the movie have nothing in common apart from the name and the characters and from what I can gather the movie just existed to promote South America which while not a bad thing just makes the film feel pointless.

In a strange move not only did Disney not announce this show but so far it's only came out in the Philippines on the DisneyLife app to me it's weird that Disney wouldn't announce there making this show Donald is a popular character and it's odd that they wouldn't release it in North America so far there is no release date set for North America so you guys could be waiting months for the series to come out.

What also helps this show standout is the fact that it's basically an action comedy i'm not making that up there's a lot of action in this series and it's wonderfully animated but tho the comedy in the show does need to be worked on just because the jokes felt a little bit forced in my eyes but I can see some people laughing at them.

Overall Disney's little secret is out of the bag and it's a really good series like alot better then what I thought it was going to be sadly tho so far the only way you can watch this show in English so far is on streaming sites like Kimcartoon the show gets a 7.5 out of 10.

Big City Greens Review

Disney fans this is a review that has been weeks in the making as per my own rule I waited until episode six of the series aired and it just has so here we go with my review of Disney's newest animated series Big City Greens so let's get it started.

The premise of the series is Cricket and his family get into various adventures in the city (called Big City) and along the way they learn life lessons. As you can guess from the plot summery this show is episodic so basically you can watch any episode and you'll know the show's basic set up and what to expect from any given episode my only issue is the pacing can at times be rather slow.

The show stars co-creator Chris Houghton as Cricket , Marieve Herington as Tilly Green ,  Bob Joles as Bill Green and Artemis Pebdani and Gramma. I will say that most of the voice actors do a really good job playing there characters but Chris really should stick to being a storyboard artist / writer because his acting skills need alot of improvement. 

The rest of the cast do a really good job playing there characters and I think that's because the characters are fun to see on screen so the only thing the actors had to do was give a good performance.

This show is kinda a reunion for the crew of Harvey Beaks because not only did the Houghton brothers work on the show but so did director Monica Ray so if you love that show then I highly recommend this show since it's alot of the same people bringing alot of the talent that helped make that show a success.

Helping the brothers with the show is Rob Renzetti who is perhaps known for being a producer on Gravity Falls but after reading what other shows he's worked on I can conclude that he's kind of a big deal in terms of TV animation he's worked on shows such as Dexter's Laboratory , the original Powerpuff Girls , Family Guy , Samurai Jack , House Of Mouse and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic among many , many , many others if you have a favorite show then chances are he's worked on it.

The animation for the show was done by Disney Television Animation and while the animation in this show is indeed really good it's not as good as say Ducktales 2017 or Star Vs The Forces Of Evil I personally get the feeling that that part of Disney is starting to be stretched to thin they have alot of animated shows coming out and all of them have animation done by Disney Television Animation and like I said the animation in this show isn't bad but it's clearly not the team at their best.

I'm not sure if anyone else thinks this but for me the best character is Tilly alot of the things she says get a good laugh out of me and more often then not whatever plot she's involved with is more interesting then the other plot lines going on during that episode and that also links back into what i was saying about the pacing because sometimes each segment doesn't really have an interesting plot and that's not helped by the pacing.

Overall while this is indeed a very good show that is worth watching it's also a show that has a lot of problems but the problems can be overlooked and so this show scores a 6 out of 10.