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Thursday, 19 January 2023

My First Impressions Of That 90's Show

 


It seems that all Hollywood knows how to make these days is remakes , reboots and sequels and well another new sequel has just been released. However this one is actually the second sequel to a hugely popular TV show since the show itself did technically spawn a sequel called That 80's Show and so then join me as I give you my first impressions of the show that really does take us all back the nineteen nineties with the show in question being called simply just "That 90's Show" enjoy.

The plot of the show is new girl Leia Forman moves in with her grandparents for the summer while she struggles to make friends. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these first three 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 three episodes was in all honesty not that bad with the shows plot being genuinely quite entertaining in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in these first three episodes is this shows executive producer Kurtwood Smith as Red Forman and this shows other executive producer Debra Jo Rupp as Kitty Forman. Also starring in this show is Callie Haverda as Leia Forman , Ashley Aufderheide as Gwen Runck , Mace Coronel as Jay Kelso , Reyn Doi as Ozzie , Sam Morelos as Nikki , Maxwell Acee Donovan as Nate Runck , Gabby Sanalitro as Mama , Luke Millington-Drake as Wade , Topher Grace as Eric Forman , Mila Kunis as Jackie Burkhart , Ashton Kutcher as Michael Kelso , Laura Prepon as Donna Pinciotti , Rhett George as George , Andrea Anders as Sherri Runck , Wilmer Valderrama as Fez and Tommy Chong as Leo Chingkwake.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these first three 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 three episodes was in all honesty not that bad. With both the old cast and the newer cast turning in some really good performances and the older cast members really recapturing the spirit of their old characters in their respective performances. 



This show is of course the sequel to the 1998 show That 70's show and as somebody who did watch alot of That 70's Show growing up I really do feel that they managed to recapture the spirit of that show in this show. Unlike the new Night Court sequel series where you have to have been a fan of the original show in order to understand the new show here I don;t think that that's the case since the show is ultimately about teenagers growing up and that is something that is a very universal thing to go through be it as a teenager or as a parent watching them grow up and that is something that is a very universal theme to be dealing with.


As great as it is to see all of these new characters I have to admit that as a fan of That 70's Show it was great seeing all of the original characters again. Since yeah all of the main hang of friends apart from one obvious person appear within the first three episodes of this show and all three of them totally own each and every single scene that there in and they all reminded me of why these characters were so great in the first place and while the new cast will have there fans they just won't be able to top the original cast.

Heck they even bring back the theme song accept instead of getting somebody good like Cheap Trick to do that they instead got Brett Anderson to do it. Which isn't a bad choice but a theme song that's this iconic really did somebody who has the vocals to make this song seem even more iconic then what it already is but I will admit that this version of the song is a pretty good version of the song it's just not as good as the Cheap Trick version was and the song is still a damned catchy song to listen to as well as being a genuinely good song.


This shows new cast of characters so far just don't seem to be all that fun apart from Leia who seems like she's the stereotypical girl next door type of character. Where as alot of the other characters just seem like lazy rip offs of the characters from the original show heck one of them is even related to characters from the original show but even so he still seems like a bad rip off of his father with nothing coming from his mother where as with Leia you can see traits of both her mother and her father and that makes her seem all the more interesting to me.

Now then the first three episodes of this show has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly thirty minuets and four seconds for episode one , twenty four minuets and eight seconds for episode two and twenty four minuets and fourteen seconds for episode three. For some reason they made episode one the longest episode of these first three episodes which is a weird choice because it doesn't have a whole lot of story there and the only thing that bumps it up to that running time is the fact that they have a "this season on" trailer which just wasn't needed but I will admit that all three of the episodes have some really great pacing to them.


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 these first three episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in these first three episodes was in all honesty not that bad. With all three episodes managing to get at least one big laugh out of me since alot of the jokes in these first three episodes come from the characters and are vert character driven jokes that are really funny and help to make these characters feel all the more likable in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this show is so far better then the Night Court sequel since this show is actually funny but at the same time I can't really see fans of That 70's Show liking this show since alot of that shows characters aren't in this show all that much and I can see that putting them of in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well all of the bad things that are in these first three episodes in this very post and since this only my first impressions of the show i'm not going to give this show a rating but I will review this show if i'm either bored or I just feel like doing which considering that this shows first season is ten episodes long is something that I can't really see being the actual case.

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 in this very post from the official That 90's Show fandom wiki page , the official Netflix 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 official That 90's Show fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on freaking the official That 90's Show fandom wiki page are all fairly freaking high in freaking quality and as well as being very fairly freaking high in definition.

Wednesday, 18 January 2023

My First Impressions Of The Night Court 2023 TV Series

 


TV reboots and sequels are very sadly a common thing these days with TV networks producing more and more of them every single year. Well a new one has just started airing and following on the trend started by Call Me Kat this show also stars a former member of The Big Bang Theory cast and so then join me as I give you my first impressions of the show the show that tries so hard but fails to be actually funny with the show in question being called simply just "Night Court" enjoy.

The plot of this show is a young judge tries to convince the staff of her court room that not all people are bad and that's really it. 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 at it's best OK which for a sitcom isn't bad but for a sequel show is pretty bad in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in these first two episodes is this shows executive producer Melissa Rauch as Abby Stone and this shows producer John Larroquette as Dan Fielding. Also starring in these first two episodes is India de Beaufort as Olivia , Kapil Talwalkar as Neil , Lacretta as Donna "Gurgs" Gurganous , Dimiter D. Marinov as Nikolai , Adelina Saldana as Linda , Carlos Antonio as Frank Bernard , Emily Berry as A Package Delivery Lady , Angela Giarratana as Nora , Jeremy Rabb as Bennett , Tony Robinette as Pervert , Brett Schaberg as Grant , Reece Schaberg as Brant and Mark Casimir Dyniewicz Jr. as Dan's Associate.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these very 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 very episodes was in all honesty not that bad. With all of this shows cast doing their absolutely best to make the scripts for these two episodes work but the issue is that none of these episodes scripts give any of the cast anything to work with interms of their characters personalities.



This show is of course a sequel of the 1984 TV show of the exact same name and if i'm being honest this show doesn't seem like it's going to appeal to either fans of the original show or to general audiences. Since the show only features one of the classic series characters so that's not enough to get the old fans back and the show just screams lazy and so it's not going to win over the general audience either and so if anything this show will be cancelled by the end of it;s first season because it's not going to find an audience.


The worst thing about this show is that it's just bland with there not really being anything that makes this show standout from all of the other sitcoms that are out there. Simply because everything that could be done on this show has already been done on other and better shows and so this show just comes across as being bland because of the fact that it does nothing new with it's setup and heck even the sets seem rather bland and uninteresting because again they don't do anything that's all that new or even interesting and that does also make this show feel kind of boring so far anyways.

I'm not going to lie and say that this is a flat out bad show because it's not it's just got a few growing pains that can fixed is all. Since I really did like the character of Donna "Gurgs" Gurganous who was the most entertaining character in both of the episodes and I really did like that Melissa Rauch was also quite clearly trying to act on both of these episodes but a few good things don't make this a good show it just means that the show and these first two episodes have a few bright spots within them and that's really it.


Try as I might I really cannot think of an interesting character that's in these first two episodes which I guess is to be expected. Since this is only the first two episodes of the show but even so you need to give your audience a reason to watch the next episode and that's something that this show isn't giving us at all since all of the characters come across as being very one note and that doesn't making them interesting characters nor does it make them fun to characters to watch which is a bad thing for a comedy TV show.

Now then both of these of episodes has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty one minuets and nineteen seconds for episode one and twenty one minuets and eight seconds for episode two. Both of these episodes do have a great running time since they both have more then enough story to cover their respective running times but alot more time is being given to each episodes A plot with each episodes B plot not really being given enough time to be fully developed and as such it's always the B plot that just suddenly ends.


So now 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 these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty pretty bad. With both of these first two episodes barely containing any actually funny jokes which is a shame because this show does star some really funny people in it and yet none of them are barely given anything that's actually funny to say or even do in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this show is pretty much dead on arrival since it barely received any promotion from NBC and is quite clearly going to struggle to find an audience since these first two episodes are just that bad 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 Night Court fandom wiki page , the official That 90's Show 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.

Monday, 16 January 2023

My First Impressions Of The The Last Of Us TV Series

 


Video game fans we are now living in a world where every video game possible is being adapted into either a movie or a TV show. Well the latest video game to get that treatment has just aired it's first episode and even tho it's being based upon a video game that I haven't played I thought that i'd like to give you all my two cents and so then here are my first impressions of the show that's the latest in a long line of adaptations to earn the title of "Best Video Game Adaptation Ever" with the show in question being called simply just "The Last Of Us" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is twenty yeas into a zombie apocalypse survivor Joel meets a kid who will change his life forever. 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 pretty weak at best since for the most part this episode really doesn't have a plot to speak of and that is something that really does hurt this episode as a whole in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Pedro Pascal as Joel Miller , Bella Ramsey as Ellie and Nico Parker as Sarah Miller. Also starring in this episode is John Hannah as Dr. Neuman , Merle Dandridge as Marlene , Christopher Heyerdahl as Dr. Schoenheiss , Brad Leland as Danny Adler , Marcia Bennett as Connie Adler , Brendan Fletcher as Robert , Jerry Wasserman as Abe , Anna Torv as Tess and Gabriel Luna as Tommy Miller.

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'd actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With this shows main leads turning in some really good performances which isn't really all that surprising given who is leading this show and who is starring in this episode and as well in this very show.



This show is of course based of off the 2013 video game of the exact same name and heck even the creator and co-director of the game Neil Druckmann is a writer and producer on this show with him co-writing this episode with it's director Craig Mazin. Which does lend this show some credit since who else would know these character better then the person that created them in the first place however the issue is that from what I can gather the characters are changed so much from the game to the show that they might as well be two completely different characters because that's ow different that they really are.



It's now very common place for every single video game adaptation that gets made to be called the greatest video game adaptation ever. Which just simply isn't true at least when it comes to this adaptation since from what I can gather this episode sticks very closely to the game which is something that I can see alienating alot of people who like myself have never played any of the games and that's something a video game adaptation shouldn't do since a video game adaptation as with any adaptation needs to please the die hard fanbase as well as be open and inviting enough to attract a new set of fans to the property.

What I really did like about this episode is the fact that we got to see Joel's relationship with his daughter. However I don;t think that they should have revealed how that relationship ended this early on in the shows run since it would have been all the more impact full if we never saw what turned Joel into the man that he is until at the very latest episode nine since then you would have had the time to form a connection with his character and that would have made that reveal all the more dramatic and even more so then what it is in this episode. 


To me this episode feels like it's two episodes in one with the first half of the episode just basically being a prolog and the rest of the episode being what I think is the first mission of the game. With the two not really working all that well together and so I really do feel that this episodes story should have been split up into two episodes with episode one just being the first half of this episode and the second episode being the other half of this episode since at least that way things wouldn't be all that jarring when we suddenly skip twenty years into the future.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and twenty minuets and forty seconds. Which is so much longer then what this episode really needed to be since if anything this episode should have been no longer then forty five minuets since that's all the amount of story that this episode has to cover this running time with since the first half of this episode really doesn't have a plot and when the plot does get started in the second half of the episode it's so thinly drawn out that it makes the episode feel alot longer then what it actually really is.


So now then since there is some action in this 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 not that bad. With this episodes action being very raw and very gritty both of which worked well enough with the tone that this show is trying to create in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this show isn't the best video game adaptation ever but at the same time there is quite clearly alot of love and effort put into this show and that really does show through in every single frame of this episode 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 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 The Last Of Us fandom wiki page and the official Sonic The Hedgehog fandom wiki page. 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 the official The Last Of Us fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the official The Last Of Us fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.

Thursday, 12 January 2023

My First Impressions Of The Velma TV Series

 


Scooby-Doo fans the Scooby-Doo franchise has been around since the sixties having spawned dozens of TV shows ad movies. Well we have yet another new TV show featuring the mystery loving gang only this time without Scooby-Doo himself in it and well you all just knew that I had to check this show the very first chance that I got and since HBO Max have just dropped the first two episodes of this show join me as I give you my first impressions of the show that is the first adult animated series of in the Scooby-Doo franchise with the show in question being called simply just "Velma" enjoy.

The plot of this show is when two teenagers are killed it's up to Velma to find out who killed them and why and at the same time unravel the mystery behind the disappearance of her own mother. 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 really bad with the shows plot being laughable at best and just straight up bad at it's worst in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in these first two episodes is the shows executive producer Mindy Kaling as Velma Dinkley and Constance Wu as Daphne Blake. Also starring in these first two episodes is Sam Richardson as Shaggy Rogers , Glenn Howerton as Fred Jones , Jane Lynch as Donna Blake , Wanda Sykes as Linda Blake , Russell Peters as Aman Dinkley , Melissa Fumero as Sophie , Debby Ryan as Krista , Gary Cole as Lamont Rogers , Cherry Jones as Victoria Jones and Scooby-Doo and voice acting legend Frank Welker as William Jones.

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. Granted the acting isn't that good either but it could have been so much more worse then what it actually was and given that we do have some good actors in these first two episodes does mean that we get some decent acting in these first two episodes.



Try as I might I really cannot find out who did the animation for these first two episodes and for the rest of the show. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty really bad with the animation looking amateurish at best with the animation also being very choppy and is also really very cheap looking as well. 


As I mentioned at the very start of this post this is the first Scooby-Doo TV show not to actually feature Scooby-Doo, This is due to two reasons the first one being a studio mandate not to feature the character in an adult animated series and the second one being the fact that the makers of the show couldn't figure out a way to include the character in a more realistic way both of which are just ridiculous because there's a fan made web series that's an adult version of Scooby-Doo that features Scooby-Doo in a very realistic way so it can be done as for the mandate thing adult animated shows can feature characters from kids animated TV shows and believe it or not the kids could actually tell the difference and no harm was ever done to the brand.

There was no way in heck that I could do this post and not talk about the fact that three of the four mystery inc characters were race swapped. Race swapping a character that has been mostly known as one race for close to fifty years at this point will always be a bad thing and even more so when it happens to multiple characters and so I have wonder if the makers of this show only did it just so that they could claim that if we the audience don't like the show then they could call us every name under the sun because there's no other reason to do it and on top of all of that Velma in this show is literally a self insert since she looks exactly like this shows executive producer and leading voice actress Mindy Kaling. 


I will give this show this it is trying something by being the first fully animated Scooby-Doo project that's aimed squarely at adults. However this show does that in the most stereotypical way possible and that's by including nudity and gore and not and not actually talking about adult themes look at The Simpsons for example which is an adult comedy but it also touches on rather adult themes HBO Max's Harley Quinn is an adult animated show that doesn't use nudity at all and both of those shows have a better understanding of what it means to be an adult animated show then what this show does which is a shame.

Now then these episodes has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty six minuets for episode one and twenty five minuets for episode two. Which is the perfect running times for both of these episodes to have since if you stretched this show out to have forty five minuet episodes then you'd be stretching this already pretty thinly drawn out story even thinner and even tho both of these episodes have some good pacing to them they still could have been at the very least five or maybe even ten minuets shorter.


So now then since this is a comedy show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes and well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty OK at best. Since alot of the jokes that we got in thee first two episodes just fell flat and didn't even get a smile out of me but then the show would hit you with a decent joke out of nowhere in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this show is one to avoid for any die hard Scooby-Doo or animation fan since it fails to be good at being a Scooby-Doo product and it's animation is so bad that it will make animation fans angry 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 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 Scooby-Doo 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 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.

Wednesday, 11 January 2023

Doctor Who: Journey To The Centre Of The TARDIS Review

 


There are two characters that have been in Doctor Who since the very beginning one of them is of course The Doctor. However it's the other character that is the focus of this review since the TARDIS really hasn't had alot of episodes dedicated to it which is a shame because this is The Doctors one and only constant companion and his home and so then join me as I review the episode that promised to show us a deeper look at the TARDIS with the episode in question being called simply just "Journey To The Centre Of The TARDIS" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when the Tardis is mistaken as scrap The Doctor has to find Clara before hos ship explodes/ Now then in terms 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 as in all honesty rather fun with this episodes plot being really enjoyable for the most part and really entertaining as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Matt Smith as The Doctor , Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara Oswald and Hustle star Ashley Walters as Gregor Van Baalen. Also starring in this episode is Mark Oliver as Bram Van Baalen , Jahvel Hall as Tricky Van Baalen , Sarah Louise Madison as A Time Zombie , Ruari Mears as A Time Zombie and regular Doctor Who creature and monster legend actor Paul Kasey as A Time Zombie.

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. Since all of this episodes cast members turn in some really good performances which given that one of them is now on House Of The Dragon that really is kind of given.



Doing the CGI for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at The Mill 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 really good with this episodes CGI being alot better then the GI that we got in many other TV shows from around the same time period.


Show runner and producer Steven Moffat has gone on record as saying that he gave this episode it's concept because of the fact that he was haunted by The Invasion Of Time which has the exact same concept as this episode. However both this episode and The Invasion Of Time have the exact same problem in that the corridors in the TARDIS interior look exactly the same and as such it's hard to tell where one character is when compared to each other and that makes it hard to tell if we should be scared for a character or not since for all we could know they might very well be just around the corner from each other.

Not really helping this episode is the fact that apart from The Doctor and Clara the rest of this episodes cast of characters just aren't that interesting. Since none of them have any interesting plot lines or arcs in this episode and none of them have a personality and as such they just come of as being very note characters and that just makes them a bunch of side characters that aren't that fun to watch and that we as the audience don't really care about because of the fact that we're not really given a reason to care about this episodes side characters.


What I really did love about this episode is the fact that both The Doctor and Clara snap at each other him for failing to figure her out ad her because he's scaring her. This was done beautifully since it was something that was needed at this point in Series 7 since the whole back half of series 7 has been trying to work out why Clara is the impossible girl and yet The Doctor can never figure out why that's the case since she acts and looks human and so when they do blow up at each other in this episode it really does make perfect sense from a character arc point of view as well.

Now then I cannot for the absolutely life of me remember whatever this episodes running time even was but I do know that this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of roughly forty five minuets. Which is really a plus for this episode this episode really doesn't have alot there interms of either plot or story and as such this episode really doesn't need that long of a running time and with this episodes running time it means that every single scene now has to be advancing the plot of the episode and as such we get some really do get some good pacing in this episode.


So now then since there was alot of action in this 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 action being genuinely quite exciting which is helped by the fat that we've very rarely seen an action scene set within the TARDIS and that makes the action feel all the more exciting and different in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.  


Overall this episodes complete and total cop out of an ending aside this was a really good episode and i'm surprised that more Doctor Who fans don't talk about this episode all that much since seeing more of TARDIS will always be a very good thing 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 earns 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 Wikipedia , 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.

Friday, 6 January 2023

Wonder Woman TV Series "The Feminum Mystique" Review

 


When people talk about strong female characters there's always one version of the Wonder Woman character that they never mention. Which is a shame because that's the version of the character that made the character as a whole popular with mainstream audiences and so then join me as I review the episode that saw a member of The Addams Family become a queen with the episode in question being called simply just "The Feminum Mystique" enjoy.

The plot of these episodes is Diana's sister comes to America looking to bring her sister home but when she's kidnapped and Paradise Island is attacked it's up to Wonder Woman  to save the day before it's far to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these very 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 very episodes was in all honesty really good with this episodes plot being movie quality good because it's that good of a plot in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 


Starring in these episodes is Lynda Carter as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman and Lyle Waggoner as Major Steve Trevor. Also starring in this episode is Richard Eastham as General Phil Blankenship , Beatrice Colen as Etta Candy , Debra Winger as Drusilla / Wonder Girl , John Saxon as Captain Radl , Carolyn Jones as The Queen , Charles Frank as Peter Knight , Paul Shenar as Lieutenant Wertz , Kurt Kreuger as Major Hemmschler , Curt Lowens as General Ulrich , Erica Hagen as Dalma , Pamela Shoop as Magda , Kurt Grayson as Harris , Jay Fenichel as Tommy , Brad Rearden as Joey and Rayford Barnes as Lt. Weil.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these very 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 very episodes was in all honesty really good. With these episodes cast members all turning in some really good performances and all of them making the script for these episodes seems alot better then what it actually is and that will always be a very good thing.



This episode is the shows first ever two part episode with the show very rarely if ever having two part episodes. If there was any episode that needed to be a two parter this one really wasn't it since you very easily could have condensed the storyline of both episodes into the one episode but the fact that it was a two parter means that the story could feel alot more epic then what the standard episode of the show could have done. 


Whilst the version of Wonder Girl that we get in this episode isn't the full creation of the character Drusilla is perhaps the most least known version of the character. Since when people think of Wonder Girl they rather rightfully think of Donner Troy but that doesn't mean that they should ignore this version of the character since Drusilla is naive but at the same time she's more then willing to do what's right even if it means that it will ultimately mean the end of her own life which does make her an oddly compelling character.

This episode does very sadly retcon it's first episode since in that episode it's established that Diana is an only child. Yet for some strange reason she's given a sister with no reason given as to this sudden change and while a small retcon like this isn't that bad the fact that it then leads to the N*zis finding out about Paradise Island the home of our hero the fact that this episode then made a retcon now seems like a big a issue since the enemies could now attack Wonder Woman's whenever they felt bored but sadly they don't do that but to this episodes credit the second part of this story does kind of explain why they don't attack paradise island.


I did notice what might be a mistake in this two parter since in the second part when Drusilla is about to deflect a bullet she puts her arm up way before a single bullet has even been shot. As such the commanding officer could have literally shot anywhere else around her to archive his goal this might be put down to the fact that Drusilla isn't a superhero like her sister but it is a very noticeable mistake and one that could have been fixed even n the day of filming the scene in question since all it does is make the overall show look pretty bad.

Now these episodes has / had an exact grand total combined running time of exactly one hour and thirty minuets. Which is a great amount if running time for this story to last since even tho this story would have been told if it was just thew single episode the fact that this story was told over two episodes made it feel all the more the epic then just the typical of this show and alot of that is due to the fact that it had roughly a whole extra hour in order to tell it's story which really did help the story flow alot better as well.


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 very 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 very episodes was in all honesty really good. Even more so when you take into account that this show was made on a small budget and yet all of the action scenes in this episode whilst they are kind of campy are still really cool and impressive to look at in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this was a rather fun two part episode that was way more epic then what it really should have been and it's an episode that just goes to show you just how good this show was when it was it's 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 very episodes in this very review and as such that means that these very episodes earn themselves a grand total combined 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 Wonder Woman 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 really fairly freaking high in definition.

Thursday, 5 January 2023

Xena: Warrior Princess TV Series "The Bitter Suite" Review

 


Musical episodes of TV shows are a very rare thing to see what's even rarer tho is seeing a good musical episode of a TV show. Heck you could even make the case the case for the episode that i'm about to review for you all today for being the one that made the musical episode as popular as it is today and so then join me as I review the episode that shows us what happens when you push a warrior princess to far with the episode in question being called simply just "The Bitter Suite" enjoy.

The plot of this episode after both suffering massive heartache Xena and Gabrielle blame each other for recent events and find themselves trapped in a land that's rules entirely by emotion. 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' actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good so good infact that out of the two or so episodes of this show that i've seen this episode is the one that has the best plot because that's just how good this episodes plot really is for me in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Lucy Lawless as Xena , Renée O'Connor as Gabrielle and Danielle Cormack as Ephiny. Also starring in this episode is Willa O'Neill as Lila , action film megastar Karl Urban as Julius Caesar , The Evil Dead , Evil Dead 2 , Army Of Darkness and Ash Vs. Evil Dead star Ted Raimi as Joxer , the late Kevin Tod Smith as Ares , Hudson Leick as Callisto , Marton Csokas as Khrafstar , Daniel Sing as Ming Tien , David Taylor as Solan.

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 all of this episode cast turning in some really good performances with all of this episodes cast are quite clearly having fun playing their characters and that is something that really does show through in the performances that we got in this episode.


Try as I might I really cannot find out who did the CGI for this episode which is a shame since I really did like the CGI in this episode. 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 taking into account that this show didn't have a big budget and thus couldn't afford the great looking CGI that we get in TV shows today but even so the CGI in this episode was really good.


What I really liked about this episode is the fact that it pushes this seasons storylines which is something that I think all good musical episodes should do. Since at the end of the day this is still a TV show and as such the seasons storylines still need to be advanced and the way that this episodes handles them and advances them is done in a way that felt totally organic and worked really well for the show and for the shows main cast of characters.

Also helping things is the fact that this episodes really does push the friendship between Xena and Gabrielle to it's limits. To the point where Xena actually tries to kill Gabrielle not once but twice because that's how far their friendship has been pushed and because of that we got alot of great drama out of it and it helps that both actors really do pull those scenes of since without these actors really nailing those scenes the whole episode or even perhaps the whole season really does just fall apart at the seems.


It's sadly not all good tho since the songs that are written by the shows composer Joseph LoDuca , Pamela Phillips Oland and Dennis Spiegel. Where all fairly weak with there not being any standout songs and with the songs that we got in this episode being at the very best OK and terrible at it's worst which is shame because thew singing for all of the songs was really good the bad songs wouldn't be that much of an issue if it wasn't for the fact that lot of this episode is done is song which does nothing more then make the issue of the bad songs seem really all of the more worse.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly forty four minuets and seventeen seconds. Which is pretty much the bog standard running time for this show and to this episodes credit this episode really does make the absolutely most of it's running time with every single scene and song in this episode being all about advancing the plot of the episode which meant that the episode had some really good pacing since the episode didn't feel like it was going by to fast nor to slow.


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 not that bad. Since the action that we got in this episode was nothing more then campy fun that was filled to the brim with cool moments in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall I can see why this episode is as popular as it was but at the same time just because it's a popular episode doesn't mean that it's an episode that's faultless since there some issues in this episode 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 really does earns itself a grand old score of exactly an 8.5 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 ad gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally sued in this very review from the official Hercules and Xena fandom wiki page , the official Buffy The Vampire Slayer 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 really fairly freaking high in definition.