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Tuesday, 20 December 2022

He-Man And She-Ra: A Christmas Special Film Review

 


He-Man is a franchise that for the longest time was good as well dead however back in it's eighties heyday. They released the one thing that alot of media aimed at children seems to do and that's a christmas special which is well and truly something that needs to be seen to be believed and so then join me as I review the film that brings both He-Man and She-Ra together with the film in question being called simply just "He-Man And She-Ra: A Christmas" enjoy.

The plot of the film is after some earth kids are accidentally transported to Eternia it's up to both He-Man and She-Ra to get them home before it's far to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really chessey but in a good and rather fun way in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this film is John Erwin as He-Man / Prince Adam and Webstor and Alan Oppenheimer as Skeletor, Man-At-Arms and Zipper. Also starring in this film is Linda Gary as Teela and Queen Marlena , Lana Beeson as Alicia , Melendy Britt as She-Ra / Princess Adora, Mermista and Catra , George DiCenzo as Hordak, Bow and Cutter , Erika Scheimer as Peekablue, Perfuma and Mother , R.D. Robb as Miguel and this films executive producer Lou Scheimer as Orko, King Randor, Swift Wind, Spikor, Two-Bad, Modulok, Kowl, Rattlor, Horde Prime, Father and Multi-Bot.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With this films cast all turning in some very decent performances which given that alot of tbem are reprising theirrolesfrom there respevtive shows isn't all that surprising at all.



Doing the animation for this special is I think the legends and the greats that are currently over at Filmation Associates. Ñow then interms of what I personally thought  / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad but at the same it wasn't that good either since you can an awful lot of reused animation which just made this film feel alot cheaper that what it actually was.
 


What I personally found to be rather odd is that they chose to make Skeletor a hero character by the end of this film. By having him basically learn the spirit of Christmas which was just so strange since this film is basically just an extra long He-Man and She-Ra episode and so wouldn't it have made more sense to have a character like Orko be the one to act like a hero instead of the franchises main guy.

To be frank the whole idea of a He-Man and She-Ra Christmas special is just a bit strange since to my knowledge neither character has celebrated holidays native to their own planets. As such having them celebrate Christmas just seems weird and out of place as is the fact that they just randomly teleport some kids from earth since they very easily could have learned all about Christmas from Queen Marlena since she is as far as I can tell from earth anyways so that would have alot of sense instead of putting two innocent kids lives in danger for literally no reason whatsoever.


This film is corny in all of the right ways but also in all of the wrong ones as well like having Orko be the main character for this film for literally no reason whatsoever. I'm not kidding either like when Orko and the two earth kids get back to Eternia Orko adds nothingvto the overall plot and is there just to tell bad jokes and nothing more then that I get that this is Christmas special and as such you want it to appeal to kids but He-Man and She-Ra already appeal to the kids and even so if your going to make an annoying character like Orko the main character then have him be actually relevant to the overall plot of the film and don't just relegate his role in the plot for really quite literally no reason whatsoever.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly forty four minuets and twenty four seconds. Which a He-Man and She-Ra extended episode is quite a bit on the long side even more so when you take into account all the twists and turns that the plot takes all of which feel like filler and so I see no reason why this film couldn't have been the standard twenty two minuets long.


So now then since this is an action film that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. Altho this films action did start to get little repetitive at times tho which means that this films action did also start to get pretty boring as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
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Overall while this film is a decent enough watch it's also a film that is just so weird and bizarre and that is something that works both for and against this film as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that means that this very film really does erns itself a grand old score of exactly a 5 our of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official He-Man fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Goole Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.

Monday, 19 December 2022

Beauty And The Beast: A 30th Celebration Film Review

 


Disney fans perhaps no era is perhaps more beloved then it's renaissance era when the house of mosue was producing hit film after hit film. Well one of the leading films of that era has just turned thirty years old and to celebrate that anniversary Disney have aired a special that combines the animated with live action footage and so then join me as I review the special that is quite easily better then the The Liitle Mermaid Live with the special in question being called simply just "Beauty And The Beast: A 30th Celebration" enjoy.

I don't really think that I need to tell you the plot of this special as it's the exact same plot as the film. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad I say this because this special does cut out quite alot of scenes from the film and that really does effect the overall plot of the film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this special is , Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson a.k.a. H.E.R. as Belle and singer Josh Groban as The Beast. Also starring in this special is  , Rita Moreno as The Narrator , Joshua Henry as Gaston , Martin Short as Lumiere , David Alan Grier as Cogsworth , Rizwan Manji as LeFou , Jon Jon Briones as Maurice , County singing and songwriting legend Shania Twain as Mrs. Pott and .Leo Abelo Perry as Chip.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special was in all honesty pretty decent. However alot of this specials cast are quite clearly better singers then they are actors.



What made this special truly stand out to me is that it felt like a love letter to the film that this special is celebrating. This is something is quite noticeable in the specials version of "Belle" where we see a piece of animation paper animating Belle before this specials version of the character even steps into frame and heck we even get a song from the dreadful 2017 remake as well.


I'm going to be honest here this special is so much better then the The Little Mermaid Live was. Just beecause of the fact that this film actually didn't try and lie to you and the fact that this special really didn't have any king of nightmare fueling puppets portraying supposedly friendly characters all of which went a really long way in making this special all that more better then what the The Liitle Mermaid Live was.

Very sadly tho it's not all good about this special tho since this special did have some things init that I didn't like. Take for example the fact that this special has The Beast appear in his human form quite early on in the film which kind of takes the surprise and wonder of what this character truly looked like and threw it all away and the other thing that I didn't like was the fact that the The Beasts costume while rather cool and scary looking revealed far to much of the actor playing him and so your just reminded that this is a character which did take me out of the special quite a bit of the time.


The songs in this special I thought were really well done with the best one being "Gaston" which was done in such a fun way that I ended up applauding it when it was finished. Not all of the songs are done well tho since even tho the song "Beauty And The Beast" is sung really well Shania Twain just can't match the vocals of the late Angela Lansbury and such what should be this really moving song about two outcasts essentially finding Live in each other just comes across as being rather flat and I dare it but also rather boring as well.

Now then this special has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and twenty seven minuets and forty one seconds. Which is a bit of a short running time for this special to last since it dies cut out alot of stuff from the film and as such I think that this special should have been at the very least one hour and thirty five just so that they could do the entire film alot of justice.


So now then since this is a romance film that means that I have to actually talk about the actual romance that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual romance that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty pretty badly done. This is again due to the fact that the special cuts out so much from the film and when you can't even get the romance right in one of the most romantic film that Disney has made then you've done something wrong in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall like I said this special was quite easily alot better then the The Liitle Mermaid Live and seeing what they can now with the costumes it does make me wonder what they've got planned for The Lion King thirtieth anniversary and I can see alot of people really liking this special because it's that damned good in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very special in this very review and as such that means that this very special erns itself a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Disney fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very post being the wonderful the official Disney fandomwiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the official Disney fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition. 

Friday, 16 December 2022

My First Impressions Of The Sonic Prime TV Series

 


Sonic The Hedgehog is a character that's seen quite a resurgence in popularity within the past few years or so. With the character spawning not one but two hit live action movies with a third one in development and TV series based on those live action movies also in the works well now Netflix has just debuted a new animated TV series and well you all just knew that I had to take a look at this show and so then join me as I give you my first impressions that trys to put a new spin on Sonic and his friends with the TV series in question being called simply just "Sonic Prime" enjoy.

The plot of this show is after fighting Dr. Eggman Sonic suddenly finds himself trapped inside of a different universe and now ha to try and find his home. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty pretty decent with this shows plot so far being really entertaining but at the same time also treading upon some very familiar ground in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this show is Deven Mack as Sonic the Hedgehog and Orbot and Ashleigh Ball as Miles "Tails" Prower and Tails Nine. Also starring in this show is Adam Nurada as Knuckles The Echidna , Shannon Chan-Kent as Amy Rose and Rusty Rose , Kazumi Evans as Rouge The Bat and Rebel Rouge , Brian Drummond as Dr. Eggman , Mr. Dr. Eggman and Dr. Done It , Ian Hanlin as Shadow The Hedgehog , Big The Cat and Denizen 1998 and Vincent Tong as Renegade Knucks , Dr. Babble , Dr. Don't and Dr. Deep.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty really good. With all of this shows voice cast turning in some really good performances and doing a good job of making this outrageous and insane script work for them.


Try as I might I cannot for the absolutely life of me find out anywhere online who did the animation for this show. Now then interms if what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty not that bad with this shows animation being alot better then what it really did have any right to be.


For some reason this show borrows alot of it's set up from the first Sonic The Hedgehog TV series only with worse looking animation , characters and writing. Which is a shame because the idea of Sonic having to rescue a city is a good idea but from the first two episodes that i've seen its not being done all that well and such all it does is remind that I could be watching a much better Sonic The Hedgehog TV show and that's not a good thing at all.

This show does seem to be setting up a mystery with Sonic since there's a large portion of time where we don't know where Sonic was. Which isn't a bad idea but it's not enough to carry an entire show neither is the sole premise of the show itself since you could very easily solve both of them within three episodes and this show is going to have twenty four episodes which means that we're going to have alot of filler episodes heck even the second episode of this show is borderline a filler episode since it adds nothing to the episode of the show. 


Like I just said this show is going to be twenty four episodes long spread over three "seasons" which I can't really see that show doing all that well with all of those episodes. Since there's not really a sense of worldbuilding going on at least in these first two episodes which is a shame because the show does have a storyline that's open to exploring the lore of the Sonic franchise and yet so far this show just isn't exploring any of the Sonic lore.

Now then the first episode of this show has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly forty three minuets and twenty six seconds where as episode two has / had an exactly grand total running time of exactly twenty five minuets and nine seconds. I have to admit that episode one has the better running time since it makes this show feel all the more epic and I really do think that the rest of the show should have had the running time that episode one had since that would then allow for more epic stories to be told and for character development to happen in a more naturel way.


So now then since this is an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty not that bad. With this shows action being rather rightfully cartoonish however this shows action was also rather lackluster with this shows action not really showing us anything that's all that cool , interesting or even entertaining in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this show isn't that bad but at the same time it's also not all that good either it's sure to please little kids but the die hard Sonic fans will most likely not find this show to be all that good in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very show in this post and since this is only my first impressions I won't be giving this show a rating however if i'm still watching this show when this shows final episodes airs or is released then i'll give this a show review and a rating as well but so far it's not of to very good start at all.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally used all of the images that I personally used in this very post from the official Sonic The Hedgehog fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very post being the wonderful the official Sonic The Hedgehog fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the official Sonic The Hedgehog fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition. 

Wednesday, 14 December 2022

My First Impressions Of The National Treasure: Edge Of History TV Series

 


Disney fans the company has a habit of not really promoting there stuff and as such alot of what they release goes under the radar. This is very sadly the case for the show that i'm about to talk about where I don't think they even released a trailer for the show which is a shame because I only just today fund out that there was a series of posters for the show and so hen join me as I give you my first impressions that really wasn't promoted all that well at all with the show in question being called simply just "National Treasure: Edge Of History" enjoy.

The plot of this show is a young treasure hunter and her group of friends embark on a quest to find some treasure that was thought lost for centuries. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty not that bad since it does set up the plot of the show really good but at the same time it also gives you no reason to go and watch episode three of this show either which us what a god plot for a TV show really should do in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this show is Lisette Alexis as Jess Valenzuela , Fear The Walking Dead and 90210 star Lyndon Smith as FBI Agent Ross and Zuri Reed as Tasha Rivers. Also starring in this show is actor and singer and Stargirl star Jake Austin Walker as Liam Sadusky , Antonio Cipriano as Oren Bradley , Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge and Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms star Jordan Rodrigues as Ethan , Wednesday star Catherine Zeta-Jones as Billie Pearce and Harvey Keitel as Peter Sadusky.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty not that bad. With the actors that you expect a great performance from truly delivering but at the same time this shows kid actors just don't deliver that good of a performance at least in these first two episodes anyways.



What I really did like about this show is the fact that these first episodes presents it's main character aa somebody who is like Sherlock Holmes. In that she kind of has her own mind palace which she uses whenever she gets into the zone when looking up some information on something and on top of that how this character acts and is written very much reminds me of Sherlock Holmes which makes me wonder if the creators of this show were inspired by Sherlock Holmes when it came to writing this shows main female character.


As someone who has only seen the second National Treasure film I can't say if this show connects to the films in any meaningful way. I will say that there is a reference to the first film but that's really it and that's really all you need to do just to say to your audience that these two properties do indeed exist in the same fictional world but at the same time with these first two episodes basically being an hour and a half pilot episode I would have liked it if the tone from the first two movies carries over to this show.

The marketing for this show has been pretty bad with there being only one trailer for the show released with the trailer itself being released all the way back in September. This isn't a good sign heck I don't even think that they announced when this show was even coming out either which just makes me wonder why Disney chose to essentially bury this show since even if a product is bad you should still let people know that it's coming out so that they can then form there own opinions about it and not just bury it and basically forget that it's even I think that's currently happening.


Disney released the first two episodes of this show which in this case I really do think works against the show. Since the one of the main selling points for this show is the mystery aspect of it and so since episode one had the stronger ending I really do think that only the first episode should have been released since then you'd have a reason to come back and watch episode two which now simply isn't the case.

Now then these episodes has / had an exact gran total combined running time of exactly one hour and thirty minuets. With each episode being around forty five minuets in length which really does work well for this show since it allows the story to move at a more organic pace but at the same time tho because things are moving alot slower in this show you also pick up on many of this shows flaws alot sooner then what you would have done if this movie but on the plus side these episodes do have some really great pacing to them.


So now then since this is an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these episodes was in all honesty OK at best. Which given that we've only had one action scene so far isn't really a bad thing but it does make me wonder just how bad or hopefully how good the action is for the rest of this show tho since you only get one chance to make a good first impression and so far at least this shows action hasn't really made all that good of a good first impression in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this show might get better as the rest of it's ten first season episodes start to get released but so far at best this show seems to be nothing more then OK at it's absolutely best in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in these first two episodes in this very post and since this is only my first impressions I won't be giving this show a rating however if i'm still watching this show when this shows final episodes airs or is released then i'll give this a show review and a rating as well but so far it's not of to very good start at all.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post from the official National Treasure fandom wiki page , the official Disney fandom wiki page , the official Sonic fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very post being the wonderful the official National Treasure fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the official National Treasure fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.

Thursday, 8 December 2022

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 TV Series Animated TV Series "Get Shredder" Review

 


The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a franchise that has spawned many animated TV series over the decades but none ae quite as popular as the one from 1987. However with high there most come a low and well then i've seen the episode that I believe marks the down fall for this particular incarnation of the turtles and so then join me as I review the episode that introduced a new sky color , new tone and whole host of new things into this series with the episode in question being called simply just "Get Shredder" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is the turtles are hunting down Shredder and Krang when a new villain emerges one that will test the brothers like they've never been tested before. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty decent at best since this episodes plot does somewhat explain the red sky in this episode and this episodes episodes plot is also somewhat epic as well but it's also clearly not the franchises best plot either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Cam Clarke as Leonardo and Rocksteady and Barry Gordon as Donatello and Bebop. Also starring in this episode is Townsend Coleman as Michelangelo and The Car Thief Boss , Rob Paulsen as Raphael and The First Thug , Peter Renaday as Splinter and Vernon Fenwick , Renae Jacobs as April O'Neil , Pat Fraley as Burne Thompson and Krang , Bill Martin as The Shredder and Jim Cummings as Drakus / Berserko.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. Altho you can quite clearly tell that the actors have lost all passion for playing these characters and the actor that they got to play The Shredder is just up bad since it's a really bad voice and this kind character really did deserve alot better then this kind of performance.


Doing the actual animation for this episode is I think the legends and the greats that are currently over at Daewon Media and G & M Productions. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good and is easily the best part of the episode however I really did notice some animation errors which really did bring down the overall quality of the animation that's in this very episode for me personally in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


For some strange reason the producers of this show chose to change this show from something that's more lighthearted to something that's more action heavy. With this new version of the show taking inspiration from both the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie and Batman: The Animated Series amongst over things which isn't a bad idea except they've just spent several years just doing there own thing and not now there trying to copy something that's just as successful as this show once was and it just doesn't work.

Not only did this show change it's tone but it also changed it's theme song and intro which I actually didn't mind. Since the song itself isn't that bad but the intro itself is just lazy as all heck since it's just stock images from the show mixed in with scenes from the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live action movie and nothing more then that to contrast this with the original intro which had original animation made just for that intro and it works so much better because it matches with the song alot better and it makes the show all the more fun to watch which just simply isn't the case with this intro at all.


From this episode all this episode all the way up until the shows final episode are known as the "Red Sky Seasons" because for some strange reason all of the outside scenes in these episodes now have a red sky instead of either blue or black. Which is something that was clearly taken from Batman: The Animated Series however in that show since it was a new show it didn't distract the viewer since that show was still creating it's tone where as here in this show it's distracting because the viewer just ONE episode ago had seen the sky as they were really used to on this show.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty three minuets and thirty twos seconds. Which is far to long for a story like this one to last since at it's core this episode has enough story for roughly ten minuets fifteen minuets at a stretch but not a full twenty three minuets and not helping things is the fact that the main bad guy of this episode is introduced halfway into this episode and so he's not built up properly because there just simply isn't enough time to do his character any kind of justice whatsoever.


So now then since this is an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Since for the most part the action is genuinely entertaining and while the fight with The Shredder could have been better the ending explosion of the Channel 6 news building really more then makes up for it in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall it really doesn't take much to see why this episode marks the downfall for this show since everything bout this episode is just lacking since even when this show had bad episodes it was still entertaining and that's just not the case with this episode at all in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode erns itself a grand old score of exactly a 5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom wiki page , the official Batman: The Animated Series fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful the official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.

Wednesday, 7 December 2022

The Prince And The Pauper 1990 Short Film Review

 


Disney has alot of really famous characters from Goofy to Donald Duck to Minnie Mouse but none are more famous then Mickey Mouse. With the character having basically carried Walt Disney Pictures of his back for what must be close to one hundred years by now and well then in 1990 the studio released a short film featuring it's world famous mouse and so then join me as I review the film that basically has two Mickey Mouse's with the film in question being called simply just "The Prince And The Pauper" enjoy.

The plot of this film is a down his luck beggar finds out that the prince looks exactly like him and the prince gets the idea for the two to switch but when an evil Captain of the guard gets wind of the plan it's to the duo to save the kingdom for once and for all. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad with this films plot being kind of cheesy but at the same time it was also a very enjoyable plot to see playout in this very film as well in me freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this film is Wayne Allwine as Mickey Mouse and The Prince and Bill Farmer as Goofy / Horace Horsecollar / Weasel 1 and Pluto. Also starring in this film is Arthur Burghardt as Captain Pete , Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck , Charlie Adler as Weasel 2 & Weasel 3 / Pig Driver / Peasant and Man In Street , Frank Welker as Archbishop and The King , Elvia Allman as Clarabelle Cow , Tim Eyster as Kid 1 , Rocky Krakoff as Kid 2 and Roy Dotrice as This Films Narrator.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With all of the actors that you expect to deliver a good performance doing just that however there were a few characters like The Archbishop that had voiced that just didn't match the character design and Bill Farmer just doesn't do that good of a job as Pluto.



Doing the actual animation for this film is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Walt Disney Feature Animation and The Baer Animation Company. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty heck i'd even go as far as to say that this films animation was feature film worthy because that's how good that the animation that we get in this film well and truly is.


This film is of course an adaptation of the 1881 novel of the same name by author Mark Twain and well to be blunt this film Disneyfied the original source material. Since the original book has a lot of dark moments with both the titular prince and pauper getting beaten and abused by the paupers father several times and the film whilst having some of the books commentary on the English judicial system and class it doesn't go as far as it could have gone to really hit home just how awful Mickey's life is prior to meeting the prince.

On the flip side of this we do get to see how awful the Prince thinks that his life and so we do get to see why he would want to switch lives with Mickey. However in order for this story to work you need to understand both characters reasons for wanting to switch just giving us one characters reason and then having that character force Mickey into going along with this scheme ultimately doesn't do justice to either the story or either of the characters.


To me Pete seemed like a really decent villain in this film since he was rather threatening and he does have a somewhat clear end goal in mind. However what let's the character down is the fact that he's not really evil enough yes this is Disney so the character can't be to evil otherwise you risk making parents and little kids angry but since he's the main villain of the film I wanted to see him be alot more evil then what he already is since in the end that would make us root for the heroes alot more and would make us want to see Pete get defeated all the more.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty five minuets and twenty six seconds. Which I will very much admit is the absolutely perfect running time for this film to have since this film really doesn't all that much there interms of plot to make it a feature length film which is a sham because I would have loved it if Disney did an animated version of this song but as a feature length film since the story itself is a very fairly solid story that is more then strong enough to support a full length feature length Disney animated film.


So now then since this is a comedy that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With this film being genuinely quite funny at times with alot of this films jokes feeling like jokes that we'd have seen in early Disney films and not like jokes that we're getting in today's Disney animated films. 


Overall this film is a decent little short film and it's a film that I can see alot of little kids enjoying since it has all of the characters that they enjoy doing all of the things that you'd expect them to do in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that means that this very film erns itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Disney fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.

Sunday, 4 December 2022

Doctor Who: The Time Of The Doctor Review

 


Doctor Who fans there are always two types of Doctor Who episodes that are always going to be hard and those are regeneration episodes and post regeneration episodes. Since with regeneration episodes you have to make it feel epic and yet at the same time small and personal and with post regeneration episodes you have to make the show feel both new and old at the exact same time and so then join me as I review the episode that saw actor Matt Smith leave the show for good with the episode in question being called simply just "The Time Of The Doctor" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when a message is spread across time and space The Doctor goes to a mysterious planet to defend it from all of his greatest enemies. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with this episodes plotline doing a decent job of wrapping literally every single plotline that was present in the Eleventh Doctor's era as well as telling a genuinely good and a rather emotional story in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 


Starring in this episode is Matt Smith as The Doctor , Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald and Orla Brady as Tasha Lem. Also starring in this episode is James Buller as Clara's Dad , Elizabeth Rider as Linda , Sheila Reid as Clara's Gran , Mark Brighton as Colonel Albero , Rob Jarvis as Abramal , Only Fools & Horses legend Tessa Peake-Jones as Marta , Jack Hollington as Barnable , Sonita Henry as Colonel Meme , Kayvan Novak as The Voice Of Handles , Dan Starkey As The Sontarans and Nicholas Briggs as The Voice Of The Cybermen and The Voice Of The Daleks.


Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us  in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With both of the shows main cast turning in some really good performances with both Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman turning in an absolute master class in acting and this episodes guest cast don't let the side down either with thee performances more then holding up to both that of Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman.



Doing the CGI in this episode is of course the legends and the greats that are over at Milk and Real SFX. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad with there being a few decent effects in this episode but at the same time you do also get a fair amount of bad looking effects as well.


As a regeneration episode i'd say that this episode is perhaps one of the more better ones since it really does feel like an ending. With The Doctor now being forced to do the one thing that he's never done and that's stay in one place and because of that we do get to see what this version of the character can be like since we see him get angry at the TARDIS for taking to long coming back to him and we get to see just what this character is like when he's been all on his own albeit with a whole village to look after and protect.

What really let this episode down for me personally is the fact that all of the villains in this episode seem wasted. Since alot of them just appear in one montage and nothing more then that heck we don't even get to see any of these villainous characters team up which seems like a huge waste since it would be cool to see what these villains are like when they team up to take on The Doctor instead of doing it  on a one by one basis.  


Interms of the actual regeneration itself I actually really did like this regeneration since it really did do a good job of showing us the relationship between The Doctor and Clara. Which is something that helped make this regeneration alot more emotional that what it already is since we know how Clara and The Doctor would react in this situation and when you add in the fact that we get a cameo from Amy Pond who is perhaps the most well known companion for this version of The Doctor it really does make the whole thing feel like an ending which is something that really do indeed want from a regeneration episode.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and fifty nine seconds. I will admit that this episodes running time is both it's biggest strength and it's biggest weakness since giving this episode an extra long running time makes the episode feel all the more epic and special and yet at the exact same time this episode doesn't really explain things all that well with the character of Tasha Lem being the biggest victim of this since we don't really get to find out anything about her which wouldn't be a problem if she was a minor character but she's a major character and yet we're not given a reason to care for her I also didn't like the fact that Clara fell for the same trick twice since it made her look pretty dumb but that's neither here nor there really.


Soo now then since this is an action filled episode that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us  in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With this episodes climax having some really good action which is very exciting but that's a given that we're seeing a bunch of Daleks attacking this one village all the while The Doctor himself is struggling with his own issues and yet when he does get his new regeneration cycle he does alot of damage to the Daleks with what I think is regeneration energy and that will always be really freaking cool as all heck.


Overall this was a great regeneration with this episode doing a good job of wrapping all of the plotline from the Matt Smith era altho I would have liked it we got to see some characters from the Matt Smith era which would make it really feel like an ending for me in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that means that this very episode erns itself a grand old score of exactly an 8 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from IMP Awards . Com , the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.