Batman: Death In The Family Short film Review

 

Batman fans i've reviewed quite alot of films and TV shows that feature the caped crusader over the years and i'll no doubt be reviewing more in the future however the one thing that those Batman films have in common is that they are all feature length films. Well there's a technically new Batman film out that's just over thirty minuets long and well since we have a tradition of reviewing each new DC direct to DVD animated when it comes out I present to you my review of "Batman: Death In The Family" enjoy the review everyone.

This is honestly the first DC project animated or live action TV show or film where I actually cannot tell you what the story of the film actually is. That's because while this film does indeed feature a framing story of Bruce talking to someone in a cafe the film mainly features clips from Batman: Under The Red Hood which makes it very hard for me to tell what the plot of this shorty film even is and thus it makes me wonder why the hell this short film was even made in the first place.

Almost every actor that's starring in this film is reprising their roles from Batman: Under The Red Hood as such it would be pointless for me for to split this section up. As such starring in the film is Bruce Greenwood as Bruce Wayne / Batman , Vincent Martella as Jason Todd / Robin and John DiMaggio as The Joker. Since this is an interactive movie and so depending on which choices you make you'll also hear Gary Cole as Commissioner James Gordon and Two-Face and Zehra Fazal as Talia al Ghul and in the newly animated scenes we have the great Nolan North as Clark Kent.

As for what I thought about the acting in the film it was honestly alot better then what I was expecting it to be. The acting in the newly animated footage is really good with both Bruce Greenwood and Nolan North giving solid performances as these iconic characters and the same could be said for the archive footage with the actors in that footage being really good as well and John DiMaggio in my opinion nails it as The Joker.

Now I did contemplate not talking about the animation for this short film since the film mainly uses archive footage and so i really didn't see any point in talking about the animation but I thought that I could just talk about the animation in the newly animated scenes instead. Which I believe features animation by Studio Mir but I could be wrong about that and the animation in those newly animated segments is honestly pretty solid and it blends in really well with the archive footage and so there's no disconnect which for me is a huge plus.

It's hard for me to say where this film takes place in terms of Under The Red Hood since the film features clips from all over the film and the main framing scenes are set after the events of Under The Red Hood. So you could argue that this is a mini sequel to Batman: Under The Red Hood which I guess makes sense but then you have to take into account the fact that the main bulk of the story takes place during the events of Batman: Under The Red Hood.

Not really helping matters is the fact that this film was promoted as a prequel to Batman: Under The Red Hood. Which doesn't really work because the whole idea behind this interactive film is that you get control of the fate of Jason Todd if anything this short film should have been a mini sequel to Batman: Under The Hood and not feature of clips from Batman: Under The Red Hood but instead feature an original storyline with those characters.

This is I believe the first interactive project DC has done be it animated or live action or movie or TV show. Now then since I used "other methods" to watch this film I cannot say if the interactive element is any good nor can I say what's added to the film due to that element but I can say an interactive DC direct to DVD animated movie is an interesting idea and it's one that could work but only if it's given to an actually good film since yeah this short film isn't that good or in my opinion this shirt film isn't that good anyways.

This is so far the longest short film that DC has put out with the film's running time being thirty one minuets long which makes it six minuets longer then Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam. I honestly don't see why this film had to be thirty one minuets long at all if anything they could have done this film in about twenty to twenty five minuets since there not really telling a new story there just hitting bullet points from the plot of another film.

Just like with the action I did contemplate not talking about the action in this film for the exact same reason because all of the action if seen in clips from Batman: Under The Red Hood but i'm going to do it anyway just because it would feel odd me reviewing a superhero movie and not talking about the action in the film. Which I honestly feel is really good and is where the archive animation really does come to life with lot of fluid movements and each punch really looking like it hurts which for me is always a good thing.

Overall this short film is not only pointless since it adds nothing to Batman: Under The Red Hood but it's also a bad film. Yes there are some good things that are in the film as i've listed in this very review but having a few good things doesn't make the whole film good and if i'm being honest outside of either Warner Bros or DC trying to see if an interactive movie could work with DC's group of character I don't see why this short film had to be made as such I give Batman: Death In The Family a 4 out of 10 please note that just because I gave this short film a bad score doesn't mean I feel the same way about Batman: Under The Red Hood it's just how I feel about this short and this short film only and who knows maybe when I do review Batman: Under The Red Hood I might like it but only time will tell and if you want to watch this film it comes out on DVD and blu-ray on October 13th 2020 which means it's out next Tuesday.

All of the images that I used in this review were gathered from either Google Images or the official Batman fandom wiki page. Since the overall majority of images that I used in this review came from Google Images I have no choice but to recommend that you use Google Images for images from this film however if you want high quality / high definition images for anything to do with Batman then I recommend that you use the official Batman fandom wiki page but that's just me tho if you guys know of any better websites to get high quality / high definition images then please let me know in the comments below. 

Teen Titans Go! "Truth, Justice and What?" Review

 

Animation fans even tho i've covered alot of superhero movies and TV shows one of the shows that i've never covered is Teen Titans Go!. Well I thought that it was about time that that comes to an end and with six seasons with i'm guessing nearly three hundred episodes there was a lot of episodes to choose from some good and some bad and well I chose what I think to be a pretty good episode and so join me as I review the Teen Titans Go! episode called "Truth, Justice and What?" and so enjoy the review everyone.

The plot to this episode is that after Robin puts and lifts a pizza ban after the titans go wild eating to much pizza after a successful fight they find that all of the pizza in the world has been stolen and so it's it's to the titans to get the world's supply of pizza back. Yes this plot is honestly pretty silly but given the show that it's attached to what else do you expect and to be fair the story was rather simple and was very easy to follow or at least I think it was anyways.

Starring in the episode is Scott Menville as Robin and Donatello , Khary Payton as Cyborg and Hynden Walch as Starfire. Also starring in the episode is Tara Strong as Raven and Greg Cipes as Beast Boy and Michelangelo , yeah i'mm not going to lie it's weird as hell seeing other comic book characters appear in this show and trust me I will get more into this later on in the review just due to how weird and bizarre as well as out of nowhere the appearance by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles truly is in my opinion.

As for what I thought about the acting in the episode given how talented the voice cast for this show it should come as no surprise to learn that I actually liked the acting in this episode. Like I said the voice cast for this show is super talented and that's something that even people who don't like the show have to admit and so to hear them go from serious to goofy and back to serious like they do in this episode is for me a truly fun thing to see and it's something is very hard to do even more so if what was just said was really funny since then you have to hold the laughter in.

For once not only can I not find out who did the animation for this episode but I cannot find who did the animation for the actual show. Which is a shame because while the show does rather rightfully get alot of hate for it's animation this is one of the better animated episodes in my opinion since the animation is very smooth and fluid at times and from what I could tell there were no animation errors which for this show is always a plus if you ask me that is.

Yeah this episode is technically a crossover episode since even tho they are not mentioned by name and they look alot different it features characters that are so obviously meant to be the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. These knockoffs are so obviously meant to be the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles i'm actually shocked that Warner Bros who are the makers of Teen Titans Go! actually got away with including them in this episode since all they did was change up there design a little bit and not mention there names so Paramount / Viacom could if they wanted sue Warner Bros since it's infringing on there property.

Not enough was really changed about these knockoff characters to really get away with using them since the characteristics are still the same. Hell they even use the same weapons as the actual Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles so for all intense purposes they are the same characters and thus not characters that are owned by either Warner Bros or DC which means that Viacom should they so choose of course sue either company for using there characters without there freaking permission.

I will admit that the way they brought these two groups together to me felt a little forced since they don't explain how the two groups fully know each other even tho they do have a scene very early on in the episode with Robin talking to one of the turtles. They also don't explain how Robin knows where the turtles live , what there password to there secret lair or how the rest of the titans don't know of the turtles these are all things that really needed explaining but due to the episodes only being around ten to fifteen minuets long they don't do explain any of it because they have to hit all of these plot points at a fast pace.

This sadly means that characters cannot be fully developed or the story cannot be developed fully either which is a shame because the story for this episode could have been really good if it was fully developed. It also means that we don't get to see the turtles steal all of the world's pizza which I thought was a really funny idea and is something that could have been a great idea if it was in a slightly longer episode.

Now then since this show is more of a comedy then it is an action show that does mean that I have to talk about the jokes that are in this episode. I honestly feel that the jokes in this episode were fairly funny i'm not going to say that they got a huge laugh out of me because i'd be lieing but for a kids show or a show aimed at kids the jokes in this episode were fairly funny hell even the idea that the titans use a kind of Popeye type of method in the final fight with the turtles is honestly pretty funny and at the same time pretty bada*s.

Overall while I cannot say that this is a great episode I can say that for this show this is a pretty solid episode in my opinion. That doesn't mean that it's perfect because it's honestly not and hell i've listed some of the things that I found wrong with the episode in this very review and i'm sure many of you will tell me many more things that are wrong with this episode as such the episode gets a 5 out of 10 from me.

All of the images that I used in this review were gathered from either the official Teen Titans Go! fandom wiki page or Google Images. Since the overall majority of the images that I used for this review came from the official Teen Titans Go! fandom wiki page I have no choice but t recommend that you guys use the official Teen Titans Go! fandom wiki page for images from either the show , this episode or the Teen Titans Go! franchise since alot of the images are really high definition and are thus really high quality or at least I think they are really high quality.

 

 

Girl Meets World "Girl Meets World" Review

 

Disney fans it's been around two months since I last talked about a Disney Channel show and well there's one show that's been on my mind recently due to how good it was. As such I had to talk about this show just to get it out of my system and I have to say that I had a blast going back and watching this debut episode again just because it's such a well written episode anyways here is my review of the Girl Meets World debut episode also called "Girl Meets World" for some odd reason anyways enjoy the review.

The plot of the episode is Riley Matthews wants to be like her best friend but in the process she looses sight of who she is and so it's up to her parents to remind her and to help her make the world hers. Honestly the summery I gave might not be the best way to describe the episode but it was the best summery that I could give since the story is perhaps the weakest element of the episode not that it's a bad story because it's not but it was also pretty thinly drawn I thought (which did for me at) least make it hard to work what the story even was.

Starring in the episode is Rowan Blanchard as Riley Matthews , Ben Savage as Cory Matthews and Sabrina Carpenter as Maya Hart. Also starring in the episode is Peyton Meyer as Lucas Friar , August Maturo as Auggie Matthews , Corey Fogelmanis as Farkle Minkus , Danielle Fishel as Topanga Matthews , William Daniels as George Feeny , Jackée Harry as Evelyn Rand and Kurt Collins as Dweezil.

In a rather shocking move the acting was honestly really good and I say it was shocking simply because you never expect the acting in  live action Disney Channel comedy TV show to be good or even passable.However that isn't the case with this episode with the acting actually being really good which is something that I forgot was the case and so it was really refreshing for me to see good acting in this show as it's something that is very rarely seen in a live action Disney Channel comedy TV show or at least I think it's a rare thing to see anyways.

Unlike the Disney Star Wars sequel trilogy which treated it's legacy characters really freaking badly this show and this episode takes the opposite approach and actually writes the legacy characters really well. This to me is such a good thing because it gives new fans a chance to connect with those characters hopefully in the same way that the older fans did and because these legacy characters are being so well written.

Staying with the writing for this episode the whole episode is honestly really well written in my opinion. This is I think the third time i've seen this episode and I still get hooked by how well written the episode is to me everything about this script minus the weak story is so good I honestly think that this is one of the best comedies to come out of the Disney Channel in a long time because it's so well written and it treats it's characters and the issues that there going through as if there real and not something that's been exaggerated like in most live action Disney Channel comedy TV shows or at least I think so anyways.

Now I can't remember where he said this but writer and co-creator Michael Jacobs said that they chose to litter the show with cameos but rather build on the relationship between Riley Matthews (Rowan Blanchard) and her best friend Maya Hart (Sabrina Carpenter) which if you ask me is such a good move. Since with that relationship the show starts to fall apart and so you have to make that relationship strong in order for the stories to be more believable and for the characters and there development to seem more real and naturel.

This show does something which I wouldn't have done this early in the shows run and that's have something that could threaten the girls friendship or have one them not be friends with the other. Simply because it means nothing this early on in the shows run since we know that there going to become friends again in just a few minuets as such all tension and drama is lost as such I feel that something like that should have been saved for any of the seasons finale or the show's final episode since then it would mean more since we've had the time to get to know the characters and have hopefully have started to care for and about them.

To me this show shouldn't have been cancelled by Disney at all since it's a very good example of what  good Disney Channel comedy TV show could be like when it's well written. Now that this show was cancelled there are no good live action Disney Channel TV comedy shows on there all just the same happy go lucky type of show which for every once in a while is fine but when every show is that kind of show it starts to get boring.

Now then boys and girls since this is a comedy this means that we have to talk about the jokes that are in the episode. I have to say that honestly the jokes were the best thing about the episode just because alot of the jokes honestly had me laughing and laughing hard that's how good the jokes were in this episode and for me to say that is a very rare thing in deed and so you know that it's true and it means something when I say it here.

Overall this is how you do a good live action Disney Channel TV comedy series because not only is the episode really funny which is the most important thing. It's characters both new and old are also really well written and well acted and in terms of the newer cast also well cast , however that doesn't make this a perfect episode infact i've talked about some the episodes faults in this very review as such this episode gets an 8.5 out of 10 from me.

All of the images that I used in this review were gathered from either the official Disney fandom wiki page or the official Girl Meets World TV Series fandom wiki page. Since the overall majority of the images that I used came from the official Girl Meets World TV Series fandom wiki page I have no choice to but recommend that you use the official Girl Meets World TV Series fandom wiki page if you want images from either this episode , the show or any of the show's episodes.

  

South Park "The Pandemic Special" Review

 

In times of crisis there are so few people that you can count on to keep us entertained and well one of those people if the team behind South Park. I full on admit when this pandemic really started I knew that at somepoint the team behind South Park would be taking a shot at it and well I was freaking right and I have to say that this is the episode that we need right now and so here is my review of "The Pandemic Special" enjoy the review everyone.

The plot behind the special is that the town of South Park is getting used to a new normal whatever form it takes but not all people espically Eric Cartman are happy about it even more so when it means going to back to school. I will admit the plot of the episode is perhaps it's weakest aspect since it's pretty thinly drawn which is a shame because South Park doing an episode about the current pandemic the story just writes itself but the story just isn't that good in my opinion.

Now here I would normally list who is in the episode however since the cast for this episode and this show is pretty well known i'm honestly just not going to. I will say tho that all of the people that you expect to be in this episode and by that I mean the series regular cast are indeed in this episode and they are all playing there regular characters which is honestly to be expected but since I can't find a complete cast list and like I said the cast for this show is pretty well known anyway I thought that it was something worth saying anyways.

For once I cannot think of single bad performer for this show because all of the actors in the episode do such a good job playing there characters. To me what helps the actors in this episode is that there taking on something that's happening right now and so they can draw from there own experiences and any issues that they might have experienced during these difficult and let's face weird and bizarre times and so that makes the acting to me feel more real if that makes any kind of sense.

Doing the animation for this special episode is I assume South Park Studios since that's the only company I can find related to the animation but I could be wrong. I have to say that the animation in this special was a lot better then what I thought it would be I honestly feel that the animation in this special is something that would be right at home in a South Park movie because it's that good and is a huge upgrade from what we get in the show in my opinion.

Part of what makes me feel like this animation would suit being in a new South Park movie is the opening shot of Cartman's house. It's huge 3D CGI shot and you see the camera slowly move towards the house and in through the window to Cartman's bedroom this is honestly something that you wouldn't see in an average episode of the show and while I can see why since the average episode is produced on a schedule of six to seven days the fact that such a shot is included here to me shows what the team can do if they really wanted to.

Now while the main focus of the episode is indeed the pandemic and how that effects different people in different ways. The episode also very briefly touches on another social issue which i'm not going to say what it is just because I don't want any arguments to break out but when the scene that starts it came on I knew that it was going to cause quite a stir and while i haven't looked to see if i'm right I feel that the way the makers of this special chose to handle it works well for this special and I ask that if you do know what scene i'm on about I ask that you do not come at or anyone else who doesn't agree with you and your opinion we're here to have fun and talk about South Park and nothing else.

This episode makes fun of alot of people from every corner that the current pandemic has been looked at. Which yeah I feel is a good thing because sometimes we do need to laugh at ourselves and the situation that we are currently in which is honestly the thing that we need the most right now because if we can't learn to laugh at our selves and those around is in this current climate then who can we have a laugh at.

Just going back to what I was talking about before with the episode taking shots at everyone one of I think key groups people that this episode takes shots at is the people who same you for not wearing a mask. This was honestly a brave move on the part of the people who make the show because they risk upsetting a possibly huge part of there audience but at the same time it wouldn't be South Park if they didn't go out and offend people and the fact that they do it in a way that not only works within the story but is also pretty funny when you think about is for me at least a plus for this special and is something that I hope people laugh at in the future or are currently laughing at right now.

On to a much more lighter note this episode is the show / franchises first hour long special with the special clocking in at around forty seven and a half minuets. While I do feel that for the time being this kind of format would work for the show I do feel that this story would have been better told in weekly episodes hell they could have made an entire season's worth of episodes just based around the pandemic alone as well as how it effects different characters in different ways but having it be this long special does also mean that we get one of the best scenes in the special in my opinion.

To me one of if not the best scene in the entire special comes right after that amazing looking 3D CGI shot. Since they give Eric Cartman a song and it's just as ridiculous and over the top as you not only think it would be but as you'd want it to be the song is called "Social Distancing" and it's just an a amazing song that honestly had me laughing and is honestly a good way to start the special proper since lie I said we all need a good laugh and it makes sense for this character to be happy about not being able to talk to people and not having to go to school.

Now then since this is a comedy that does mean that I have to talk about the jokes that are in this special. I honestly feel that this episode is one of the best episodes that South Park has produced in a long while because it is just so freaking funny I cannot count the amount of times that I laughed not only hard but out loud during this special which for me is a very rare thing to happen and so the fact that it happened here tells you how good I thought the jokes were in this special.

Overall this was a really good and a really funny episode in my opinion and it's also one that like i've said several times now that we need right now. Yes this episode isn't perfect but for a show that's been going on for this long and has been very consistent with it's episode quality I think we can forgive them for putting out an episode that's not that good as such this episode gets a near perfect score of an 8.5 out of 10 from me.

All of the images that I used in this review were gathered Google Images and the official South Park fandom wiki page. Since the overall majority of the images that I used for this review came from the official South Park fandom wiki page I have no choice but to recommend that you use the official South Park fandom wiki page for images from this episode or the show or the franchise as a whole and if you found the episode please do not attack those who didn't and the same goes for those that didn't find the episode offensive like I said we are here to just about South Park and have some fun while doing so so be nice to each other and stay stay healthy and stay safe.

 

 

Powerless "Wayne Or Lose" Review

 

Comic book fans whenever we see a show that features super heroes nine times out of ten it's a drama or an animated comedy. However what you may not know or simply forgot is that there was a show that was set in a comic book world but was a straight up comedy and well after seeing the first for the first time since it first aired in 2017 I can see why this show lasted only twelve episodes and so here is my review pf the first episode of "Powerless" with the episode being called "Wayne Or Lose" enjoy the review everyone.

The plot of the episode is Emily Locke is hired as the new R&D director at Wayne Security but finds that her team is unmotivated and to make things worse Bruce Wayne might pull the plug on Wayne Security and fire everyone who works there unless the team and Emily can think of an idea that will save the company and thus there jobs. For a pilot episode this story was weak as all hell with the story not playing not even playing that big of a role in the episode and at times not even being present and when the story is brought it's usually when there's some form of joke going on and and so you can't really focus on the story since there trying and failing in my opinion to tell a decent joke and trust me we'll get to the jokes later on in this review.

Starring in the episode is Vanessa Hudgens as Emily Locke , Danny Pudi as Teddy and Christina Kirk as Jackie. Also starring in the episode is Ron Funches as Ron , Alan Tudyk as Van Wayne , Jennie Pierson as Wendy , Marc McClure as Emily Locke's father , Bill A. Jones as Marv Wolfman , Martin Garcia as Man , Josh Breeding as Steve , Kimani Ray Smith as Jack O'Lantern and Atlin Mitchell as Crimson Fox.

The acting in the episode was better then the story and alot of things in this episode but that's not really a high bar to reach. Don't get me wrong the acting in this episode is fine but it's clear to anyone who has seen this show or seen these actors in other things that the actors in this episode know that they are in something bad and just don't care and while like I said they are turning in good performances the script doesn't help them out at all and is honestly one of the worst scripts i've seen for a comic book show in a really long time.

You guys want to know what makes this a comic book show it's not the fact that there are superheroes and supervillains it's the fact that as it states in the shows poster this show is set in the DC Comics Universe. So when people talk about how DC produces good TV shows you could bring up this show as a an example of how they can also make bad TV shows and there would be nothing that people could say that would go against that at all.

They really do hit you over the head with the fact that this is set in the DC Comics Universe because there are a ton references in this episode. Which while it is indeed fun to see characters mention characters like Batman and Superman (who yes get name dropped in this episode) it can also be quite tiring and it makes those references feel like nothing more then fan service because of the fact that they adds freaking nothing to the overall episode or the episodes overall story.

I wouldn't blame you if you forgot all about this show because until a few days ago I forgot that this show even existed. Just to give you an idea how bad this show was it was given an order of twelve episodes and out of those twelve episodes only nine aired on NBC with the final three episodes released on TVNZ OnDemand which as far as I can tell is a New Zealand online streaming service so technically the final three episodes never even aired in America where the show was produced and made.

One of the more notable things about this show is the fact that it's showrunner left the show in August 2016 and was replaced by Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker. The duo I assume had the task of retooling the entire show which by this point was already fully cast and was months away from airing it's first episode and so to say that the production of this show was both troubled and rushed as hell would be a huge understatement.

You know how I know that this show was retooled because so little of what was in the original trailer actually happens in the episode. Hell even the above poster shows where the shows characters originally worked so it's clear as day that the show was retooled before it made it to air and that what scenes were already filmed where inserted into the pilot episode in an attempt to make the show somehow work.

To this episodes credit it is only twenty two minuets long and so it does go by really freaking quickly which in this case is a good thing. I say that it's a good thing because this is a really bad pilot and so to see that it not only isn't on for that long but that it actually flies by when it's on is a great thing because it means that the pain behind watching this bad show won't last for long and we can go back to forgetting all about this show pretty quickly.

Honestly guys and girls if the word comedy wasn't featured on the poster for this show you would have no idea that this was meant to be funny. Simply because so few of the jokes are actually funny and the ones that are funny at best will get a small chuckle out of people and not make them laugh out loud but for this show jokes that get just a small chuckle out of you is honestly a good thing that's how bad the jokes are in this episode.

Overall if you guys think Teen Titans Go! or the Batwoman TV show is bad then I beg you check out this show because then you'll see what bad truly is. Yes there are a few redeeming factors but those factors aren't enough to make the show good nor this episode even close to being enjoyable but it is fun to watch just how bad the show is and the fact that they even tried a comedy set in the DC Comics Universe is admirable and given that if the jokes were funny a comedy set in the DC Comics Universe could actually work as it is tho the show gets a 3.5 out of 10 from me.

All of the images that I used in this review were gathered from the official Powerless fandom wiki page and Google Images. Since I know that no one is going to care about where is best to get high quality images from either this show or this episode i'll just say that even tho I found the official Powerless fandom wiki page to have very high definition and high quality images just use whichever website you want for images from either this show of this episode that is if you remember about this show five minuets after reading this review that is.

Gotham TV Series "Pilot" Review

 

Batman fans there have been many animated shows and films based on the character but there have been so few live action shows based on Batman. While that may be changing in the coming years with a cop show based in the world of the upcoming Matt Reeves film "The Batman" let us not forget that there already was a cop show based in the world of Batman just a few years ago and so here is my review of the pilot episode of Gotham with the episode being simply called "Pilot" enjoy the review everyone.

The plot of the episode after Thomas and Martha Wayne are killed infront of their son Bruce Wayne it's up to young detective James Gordon and his partner Harvey Bullock to solve the case. In my opinion while the whole angle who the Thomas and Martha Wayne being shot has been seen so many times i've lost count showing it from the police's point of view offers a new perspective on things and because of that the story for the episode I feel works very well or at least in my opinion it does anyways but that's just me.

Starring in the episode is Ben McKenzie as James Gordon , Donal Logue as Harvey Bullock and David Mazouz as Bruce Wayne. Also starring in the episode is Zabryna Guevara as Sarah Essen , Sean Pertwee as Alfred Pennyworth , Robin Lord Taylor as Oswald Cobblepot , Erin Richards as Barbara Kean , Camren Bicondova as Selina Kyle , Cory Michael Smith as Edward Nygma and Jada Pinkett Smith as Fish Mooney.

In terms of what I thought about the acting in the episode it was honestly a lot better then what I thought it was going to be and bare in mind I saw this episode when it first aired in 2014. I honestly feel that alot of the actors in this episode were the best choices to play these versions of these iconic characters and the actors do a really good job in this episode which to me is a good thing because if the acting in the premier episode is good then chances are the acting in the rest of the show will good as well.

Now I touched on this before but this opening episode tells the same story that we've seen told in dozens on Batman media that being the deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne. However to this episodes credit it does somethings new with the concept like adding Selina Kyle aka Catwoman to the scene which now gives her and Bruce a connection and by telling the story from the point of view of the police which is something that I don't think we've seen before but at the same time it's still the same scene that we've seen hundreds of times told in the exact same way and so it looses all impact because you know how it's going to play out.

I honestly feel that making a Batman show without actually featuring the Batman character is honestly a brave move to make. Since it's something that has never been done before be it in animation or live action and I can kind of see why it's never been done since having a Batman show without Batman in it would be very hard to market to people since let's face it know one is going to know who any one in the Gotham City Police Department is and so making a show based around them doesn't make that much sense but the makers of this show did it and they made it work.

Now I have very mixed feelings about the the fact that this episode and the show as a whole features younger versions of classic Batman villains. Simply the show is a prequel and with those characters being used it now means that we know that there going to make it out of the show alive and well because we know that those characters go on to become villains for Batman to face and so all suspense revolving around those characters is lost.

I honestly feel that the show could have got around this simply by not including those characters and creating new characters. However if they really wanted to use the classic Batman villains then they should have been saved for the final season since then it would feel like we are getting closer and closer to the Batman that we all know and love but by featuring them here while it does give us more of a chance to get to know and fall in love with these characters it also means that we know that those characters are going to make it out alive and like I said all suspense is then lost when it comes to those characters.

This episode is fifty minuets long which for any cop show is two long a running time in my opinion simply because nothing interesting happens. The same is true here nothing of interesting happens in the episode which can make the episode hard to sit through because there are times where the episode is honestly pretty boring to watch and because of that I found myself going on the internet while the episode was playing.

In terms of it being a cop show i'd say this is one of the more better ones simply because the characters in it are interesting and the script for this episode is so good. However as an actual mystery the episode fails hard simply because it doesn't do anything that a good mystery should do and so you the viewer really aren't given a chance to work out who killed Thomas and Martha Wayne and solving the mystery is half the fun of a cop show.

Now then since this is technically also an action show and there is some action in this episode that does mean that we have to talk about the action that's in this episode. Which I do feel that given that this is was show made for Fox the action pretty decent im not going to say that its was great because it wasn't but for a show on Fox the action was passable altho some scenes weren't as violent as they perhaps could and more importantly should have been in my opinion.

Overall this was a really good episode and I can see why alot of people watched this show however the show didn't hold my attention for very long infact I stopped watching just before the ed of the first season. The same is true for this episode it just didn't hold my attention and alot of the reason why comes from the fact that there's nothing that interesting happening in this episode and from the fact that this is a prequel with alot of the same characters who appear in other Batman media as such this episode gets a 7.5 out of 10 from me.

All and I do mean all of the images that I used in this review were gathered from the official Gotham TV series fandom wiki page and nowhere else. Since I only went to the official Gotham TV series fandom wiki page for the images that I used in this review I have no choice but to recommend that you use that website for images from either this show or this episode because not only is there a huger verity of images but at least from the one's that i've seen they are all very high quality and high definition which for me at least is a huge plus. 

 

 

Legion "Chapter 1" Review

 

Marvel fans i've reviewed alot of the shows and films that the company has released and well it's safe to say that i've found the strangest one yet. Honestly I have no words to describe this pilot episode because of how weird and strange it is honestly watching this debut episode is like going on a drug trip it's that weird and odd and as far as I can tell this is set in the world of the X-Men but which continuity tho I truly cannot say as the main film continuity for the X-Men franchise is screwed up already and every TV show based on the characters live action or animated is set within it's own continuity and so here is my review of the first episode of Legion called "Chapter 1" enjoy.

Now I honestly wish that I could tell you what the plot for this episode is however I really can't work out what the plot of the episode is. Since it's that weird and strange i'm sure that there's a plot present in this episode but the only way you'd be able to work out what it was was if you yourself was on some kind of drug and even tho I saw this episode when it first aired i'm still to this very day confused as hell to what I just saw.

Starring in the episode is Dan Stevens as David Haller , Rachel Keller as Sydney Barrett and Aubrey Plaza as Lenny Busker. Also starring in the episode is Jeremie Harris as Ptonomy Wallace , Amber Midthunder as Kerry Loudermilk , Katie Aselton as Amy Haller , Jean Smart as Melanie Bird , David Ferry as Dr. Dennis Kissinger , Ellie Araiza as Philly , Matt Hamilton as Ben , Brad Mann as Rudy , Hamish Linklater as Clark Debussy and David Selby as Brubaker.

The acting in the episode I thought to be rather freaking fantastic with all of the actors no matter how big their roles was in this episode giving a truly great performance. To me what helps the acting in this episode is the fact that the script by show creator and director of this episode Noah Hawley is so freaking good as such all the actors have to do is read the lines as they are written and they'd have a solid performance that's how good this script is in my opinion.

For those of you that don't know which i'm assuming is alot of you this show is based on the Marvel Comics character also called Legion. The character was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Bill Sienkiewicz I honestly have no idea who this character is but glancing at the characters Wikipedia page I can tell you that he is the son of Professor X and that as a character he really hasn't been around for that long having first started appearing in comics in New Mutants Issue 25 from March 1985 as such he is a fairly new character at least in terms of comic books and I think that it was brave of FX to take a chance on a little known and like I said fairly new comic book character.

I say they were brave because it would have been super easy for them to pick one of the older X-Men characters and base a show around them. However going the opposite route means that they could change whatever they wanted to fit the show and the world that the show is set in now I have no idea if they did that or not since i've honestly never read any of the comics that this character has appeared in but I honestly wouldn't blame them if they did since the characters backstory and lore isn't set in stone like most comic book characters backstory and lore is as such they are more free to change the characters backstory and lore.

I honestly really did like the character of Lenny who as mentioned before was played by the stunning as all hell Aubrey Plaza. I;m honestly shocked that they killed this character of in the first episode mostly because Aubrey Plaza was the only big name in the shows cast and so keeping her character alive would have made sense but at the same time I think people would have expected her character to be alive and well and so killing her off says that if she can die then maybe these others characters can die as well.

To me Lenny was one of the more likeable characters in this episode mostly because you actually understood what was going in her scenes but also because she got alot of the best lines of the episode. Which to me made her character more entertaining to watch just because you knew that whatever she was going to say was going to be pure comedy gold and you can tell that Noah Hawley had a good time writing her because she's in alot of the episode.

I've said this several times in this review and i'm going to say it again but this episode is weird as all hell. Which if that was the point like your meant to feel like David like your insane then well freaking done but if that wasn't the case then I have to wonder what the point even was in making the episode like it is as well as what made you think that this was the right way to go with the your debut episode since it's going to and i'm assuming it did leave alot of people confused as all freaking heck or at least I think so anyways.

This episode is one hour and seven minuets which I feel for an episode that is really hard to follow having that long a running time really doesn't help things at all. I say this because there are huge portions of the episode that are just boring to watch and as such I found my self going on the internet while the episode was playing which for anything regardless of if it's TV show or film is never a good thing whatsoever.

Like I said this is meant to be set in the same world as the X-Men and yet there's no actual X-Men present either in this show and I believe in the series. I honestly feel that this is a huge mistake since alot of people who would be interested in this show are fans of the X-Men and so having one of the X-Men character regardless of if they appeared in any of the films or not I feel would have helped attract more people to the show.

Overall this was a really good episode or at least the parts that I could actually make out were really good. However the episode is very freaking confusing and so it's freaking hard to work out what the plot actually was (hence what I just said in the above sentence) which even tho it very well might have been what the makers of the show were going for it still makes the episode hard to follow as such this episode gets a 7 out of 10 from me.

All and I do mean all of the of the images that I used in this review were gathered from the official Legion TV series fandom wiki page. Since I only went to one website for the images that I used in this review I have no choice but to recommend that you use the Legion TV series fandom wiki page just because the images there I found to be really freaking high quality which for me and I assume others is a huge plus when putting together either a review or any post.