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Wednesday, 9 August 2023

Babylon 5: The Road Home Film Review

 


We are living in an age where it seems like every single TV show out their is either a reboot , a sequel or a revival of a classic show. However that trend is now starting to happen with the films as well with the biggest case in point being this film as this film is based of off a TV show that was popular in the nineties and so then join me as I review the film that sees the crew of star ship go on what might be their biggest mission to date with the film in question being called simply just "Babylon 5: The Road Home" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when John Sheridan finds himself slipping backwards and forwards in time he must find out away to stop it from happening once and for all before something dreadful happens to the universe itself. 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 epic enough for a full length feature film but also really simple enough for none fans of the show to understand what's going on in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this film is Bruce Boxleitner as John Sheridan , Claudia Christian as Susan Ivanova and Peter Jurasik as Londo Mollari. Also starring in this film is Bill Mumy as Lennier ,  Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman star Tracy Scoggins as Elizabeth Lochley , Patricia Tallman as Lyta Alexander , Paul Guyet as Zathras and Jeffrey Sinclair , Anthony Hansen as Michael Garibaldi , Phil LaMarr as Dr. Stephen Franklin , Piotr Michael as David Sheridan , Andrew Morgado as G'Kar and Rebecca Riedy as Delenn.

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 alot better then what it really had any right to be. As alot of this films cast members aren't that really well known and so I had no idea what to expect from this film acting wise and so I was shocked to see that this film actually has some decent acting in it and I hope that the same thing is also true for the show upon which this film is based of off.



Doing the animation for this film is the legends and the greats that are currently over at the great Studio Mir. 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 not that bad and was alot better then what I thought that it would be but I will admit that the 3D CGI does get a little bit to distracting at times.


This movie is of course a sequel to the show "Babylon 5" which ran from January 26th 1994 and ended it's run on November 25th 1998. Altho the show did air a pilot movie on February 22nd 1993 and several TV movies either during or just after the release of the shows final episode and I have to say that you don't really have to have seen an episode of this show in order to understand what's going on in the movie as the film does make certain things like character relationships clear for none fans and it doesn't really continue any of the shows storylines which i'm sure will make none fans angry but it will make none fans very happy as now they won't won't have to watch alt of episodes just to understand one part of this movie.

This movie does make use of time travel but it does so in a way that doesn't make a whole lot of sense at all. As they never explain the rules of time travel in this universe which granted they might have done in an episode of the show but it's also something that really did need to be explained in this movie as alot of people like myself haven't seen an episode of this show and so it will be hard to work out how time travel works in this world and as time travel lays a huge part of this films plot line alot more effort should have gone into explaining the rules behind this worlds version of time travel just to make sure that the none fans watching this movie fully understand what's going on time travel wise and not just focused on telling us where alot of the characters are now.


What I really didn't like about this film was the fact that there really isn't a sense of urgency for John to return to his own time. Granted they try to set up something about all the parallel worlds that he's visited merging into one but by then it's to little to late as that plot point should have been established much more earlier on in the film as then the film would have a ticking bomb type of plot and the plot would have some urgency to it but as it is none of that is there and so all if does is make you wonder why the character is rushing to get back to his time in the first place as there's no real reason to be in such a rush.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and eighteen minuets and forty eight seconds. Which is such a short running time for this film to have as it has so much plot to set up and given that it's also a reunion movie they have to spend time getting us up to speed with where certain characters are in their lives and it just can't do all of that and still a good story in such a short amount of time a such this film really should have been at the very least one hour and thirty minuets just t cram in everything that this type of film really does have to do but I will admit that this film does have some really good pacing to it tho.


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. As this film does have some really creative action scenes in it but at the same time alot of this films action scenes don't usually play a huge part in the story and so they have no effect on the plot of the film which robs them of any kind of tension in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this was alot better of a film then what I thought that it would be and it's a film that's sure to please both none fans and of course die hard fans of this franchise 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 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 the official Babylon 5 fandom wiki page , 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 review being the really wonderful Google Images as since all of the images that are currently up and featured / presented to us up and the great and wonderful on Google Images are all really fairly high in quality and as well as being all really fairly freaking high in definition.

Tuesday, 8 August 2023

Wonder Woman 2011 TV Series Review

 


I think that it's fair to say that Wonder Woman is a pop culture icon and yet it would be hard to believe that she's only one successful live action TV show. Well we all know about that show but what you might not realise is that all the way back in 2011 there was an attempt to bring the character back to the small screen in a new live action show with only one episode filmed and produced and well then that episode never made it to air but it has been online for some years and so then join me as I review the only episode of this show that promised to bring Wonder Woman up to date for a more modern audience with the show in question being called simply just "Wonder Woman" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is Wonder Woman discovers that young men are dying after repeatedly taking a mysterious drug and so has to take down the one creating this drug 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 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 not that bad but that's also the issue as it's not all that good either instead the episodes plot is just OK at best and nothing really all the more then that in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Adrianne Palicki as Diana Prince / Diana Themyscira / Wonder Woman and Elizabeth Hurley as Veronica Cale. Also starring in this episode is Tracie Thoms as Etta Candy , Pedro Pascal as Ed Indelicato , Cary Elwes as Henry Detmer , Geoff Meed as McRaven , Michael Rose as Gregory Kogen , Alex Solowitz as Frick , B.J. Britt as Willis Parks , Joseph Gatt as John O'Quinn , Edward Herrmann as Senator Warren and Knight Rider 2008 star Justin Bruening as Steve Trevor.

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. Granted it's not that good either but bearing in mind that this was only the pilot episode and the acting in pilot episodes typically isn't that good to begin with the fact that the acting in this episode is actually pretty good and was alt better then what it had any right to be and it's alot better then the acting in most DC shows on The CW.


Let's take a second to talk about this episodes main villain Veronica Cale who I believe was making her live action debut with this episode. To me this character just wasn't all that interesting with her coming across more as a high school bully instead of an actually threatening villain and she really isn't helped by the fact that the writing for this episode just isn't that good with her not really being given any real motivation for being evil other then her being greedy and that's really it and that's not enough to make her a good villain heck it doesn't even make her an OK villain as all if does is make her seem like a really bad and badly written villain.


Hollywood produces dozens of pilots every year and so it wasn't all that surprising that this show wasn't picked u. As it's a bad pilot altho with this pilot being leaked online it does make me want to see the cancelled The Powerpuff Girls live action pilot just so I can see for myself if it was a pilot but if the script for that pilot is anything to go by then we really aren't missing out but it does make me wonder if the finished pilot for the live action Powerpuff Girls was bad as they said it was as at least that one has a solid idea behind it and this pilot doesn't even have that going for it.

I will admit that there was alot of potential in this pilot but they would have to have done alot to fully realise that potential. Like dropping the idea of Diana having three separate identities which makes no sense and is just confusing especially as one of those identities is the owner of huge mega corporation and so anybody with half a brain cell would be able to work out that Diana Themyscira and Diana Prince are the exact same person which makes the whole having a secret identity to protect your loved ones a mute point and they would have to make Diana an actually likable person as well as in this pilot she's not really all that likable.  


I just touched n this but I feel that it's such a huge issue that I have to mention it again as the Diana that we got in this episode isn't really all that likable. Heck i'd go as far as to say that villain of this episode is more likable then the actual main hero with Diana coming across like a rich kid that knows that they won't get into trouble for doing anything and so just breaks the law every chance that they get heck which is understandably fine for the main villain but it's not something that works for the main hero as the hero is someone that we should inspire to be like and yet this version of Wonder Woman just doesn't do that at all.

Now then this episode has / had ans exact grand total running time of exactly forty one minuets and forty one seconds. Which was a pretty solid running time for this episode but at the same time given that this is just the pilot episode they should have given this episode a much more longer running time just because of the fact that this episode has so much to set up and still tell a really good story and it really can't do that in that short amount of a running time and as such we get to find out nothing about Diana and her backstory nor do we get to find out about this world works and what the rules of this world even are but I will admit that this episode does have some really pretty solid pacing to it so there's that at least.


So now then as 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 for the most part. As the action that we can actually see does look really good and is filled to the brim with cool moments but at the same time this episodes action is also really hard to see due to the fact that there's a cut every couple of seconds which makes the action really confusing alot of the time in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall while this wasn't a bad pilot episode as there is alot of potential to be found in this episode it also isn't a good one either as this episode is just flat bad in alot of ways possible 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 and thus really the show as a whole really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 4.5 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 The Powerpuff Girls fandom wiki page , the official DC Movies fandom wiki page ,the official DC Extended Universe 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 really wonderful Google Images as since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us up and the great and wonderful on Google Images are all really fairly high in quality and as well as being all really fairly freaking high in definition.

Wednesday, 2 August 2023

Mystery Science Theater 3000 "The Shape Of Things To Come" Review

 


It's great when you find a show that you just want to keep on talking about well for me Mystery Science Theater 3000 is one of those shows. As no matter how often I talk about this great and unique show I still want to talk about it as it really is a fun show that anybody can get into when they find the right episode to watch and so then join me as I review the episode that proves that really does prove that you just can't stick H.G. Well's name on any film and expect it to be a really hit film with the episode in question being called simply just "H.G. Wells' The Shape Of Things To Come" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is Emily try to teach the bots about love all while watching a dreadful science fiction film. 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 rather simple which is something that works really well for this kind of a show as it then allows for alot more jokes and not be bogged down by getting us to the next plot point in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is The Guild creator Felicia Day as Kinga Forrester , Patton Oswalt as Max and Emily Marsh as Emily Connor. Also starring in this episode is Conor McGiffin as the voice of Tom Servo , Kelsey Ann Brady as the voice of Crow , Grant Baciocco as M. Waverly , Yvonne Freese as the voice of GPC 2 , this shows creator and this episodes co-writer Joel Hodgson as Ardy and Russ Walko as Growler.

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 alot of this episodes cast members turning in some really good performances in this episode with Emily Marsh just being a true delight to see on screen with the cast being helped out quite allot by the episodes script with this script being so god and so funny that all the cast have to do is just say the words as they are written and a good performance will come out naturally.


As the name of this review implies the movie that is being watched in this episode is H.G. Wells' The Shape Of Things To Come. Which is a movie that I don't think anybody or alot of people really know about but that's the great thing about this show as it brings up movies that you might not know about and thanks to this show might now have an interest in watching regardless of if the movie in question is any good or not and as such that does make this show a great watch as there's something for everyone in every single episode and chances are that you might just find a movie that you want to watch hidden somewhere in this show.


This episode was just a pure fun filled episode to watch as it was nothing but wall to wall laughs all through out the episode. While this episode does also heavily edit down the movie that there watching to fit in the host segments for this episode in this case that only made the episode all the more fun to watch as in it's the theater segments where we get alot of this episodes biggest laughs and that is something you don't very often get with this show and while I would have liked it if they showed the movie in it's entirety I do get that they had there own stuff to hit into the episode and so edits to the actual movie had to be made.

There are some things that I didn't like in this episode like the fact that they break continuity as Emily's bots state at the beginning of the episode that they frequently haze the new guy. Yet they only just introduced these bots earlier on in this very season and the other thing that I didn't like about this episode is the fact that the characters of Kinga and Max just straight up disappear from the episode which granted did happen in the classic series as well but at the same time the villains in the classic show would get entire plot lines just dedicated to them and that's something that is very sorely missing from this new season of the show.


Out of the two Emily hosted episodes that i've seen this perhaps the worst one just because I don't think she got across her personalty all that well. Which is a shame because she does seem like a really likable person and yet if you were basing her character just of off this one episode then it wouldn't do her any favors as this episode makes her out to be a bit on the less intelligent which granted is done to set up a joke but at the same time she is a new host and your not really doing an kind of favors when your making her look like the dumbest person in the room but I do fully understand that if somethings funny you always go for the funny option it just should shouldn't come at the expense of one of your main new characters.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty seven minuets and six seconds. Which is pretty much the bog standerd running time for this show to have but given just how weak the plot of the episode is this episode should have been alot shorter just because alot of the host segments just go nowhere and add nothing to the overall plot of the episode which is a shame because when we do get a really good and funny host segment it doesn't last very long and yet when we get an unfunny host segment that one lasts longer then the funny one but I will admit that this .episode does have some really good pacing to it.


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 episode 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 episode was in all honesty really good. With alot of the jokes that they make about the movie not only landing but also being painfully funny with this episode making me laugh out loud quite a few times because that's just how funny the actual jokes are in this very episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall while this episode isn't as funny as The Batwoman episode this is still a really funny episode and it just goes to prove that Emily is a really very funny host on this show in my freaking pinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked abut 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 earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 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 Mystery Science Theater 3000 fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com 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 alot of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all really fairly high in quality and as well as all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Thursday, 27 July 2023

Zoey 102 Film Review

 


In the tradition of classic sitcoms from the sixties and classic dramas from the seventies and early eighties and superhero shows of the sixties a show from the past has released a reunion movie. Unlike alot of other reunion movies this one is one that i've been quite excited to see just because the original show was one when I was a kid and so then join me as I review the film that sees a bunch of high school friends reunite for a wedding with the film in question being called simply just "Zoey 102" enjoy.

The plot of this film is Zoey is now a TV producer and is put in charge of her shows live finale only for it to fall on the exact date as the wedding to one of her friends. 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 but at the same time this films plot was really cliche as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this film is one of this films executive producers Jamie Lynn Spears as Zoey Brooks and Sean Flynn as Chase Matthews. Also starring in this film is Christopher Massey as Michael Barret , Erin Sanders as Quinn Pensky , Matthew Underwood as Logan Reese , Podcast host and actress Abby Wilde as Stacy Dillsen , Jack Salvatore Jr. as Mark Del Figgalo , Owen Thiele as Archer March , Thomas Lennon as Kelly Kevyn , Dean Geyer as Todd , Maurice LaMarche as The Voice Of LUV-6 , Katelynn Bennett as Camille and Audrey Whitby as Lyric.

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 alot better then what I thought that it would be. As nobody was expecting great or even good acting from this film and yet we got good acting in this film which does make sense as alot of this films cast had been playing these characters for years and so they would of course no what performances would best suit their respective character.



As the title of this film would  suggest this film is a sequel to the hit mid 2000's Nickelodeon show Zoey 101. From what I recall about this show it wasn't that big of a show with the show having a modest fan base but that fan base is loud and the cast are passionate about continuing to play these characters in anyway that they can with the cast frequently reuniting in various ways be it appearing on TV or just meeting up and going out for a meal but there was no need to continue this shows story as there was a short film in 2015 which did a good job of catching us up with alot of the characters and tieing up some of the shows loose ends.


I would be amiss if I didn't talk about the fact that there actors from the show who are not in this movie with the most notable being Alexa Nikolas. To cut a long story short Alexa left the show during the shows second season where it was rumored that she was fired however in 2019 Alexa herself came out and said that he quit the show because of the fact that she was being bullied by alot of the shows cast most notable of which being Kristin Herrera who was fired after the shows first season Alexa then went on to complain that Nickelodeon failed to protect it's child stars in several occasions something that we now know to be true thanks to the fact that the continued to fire creep Dan Schneider all the way until 2021 if you want to find out more you can listed to what she said on Christy Carlson Romano's Vulnerable podcast on Youtube.

I;m going to try and keep this as spoiler free as possible but if your expecting the 2015 short film "What Did Zoey Say?" to be followed up on then get ready to be disappointed. As this film has pretty much nothing to do with that short film whatsoever which is a shame because the way that short film ends sets itself up for a sequel or for the events of the short film to be at the very least referenced in someway shape or form and yet for whatever reason the makers of this film just chose to ignore the events of that short film even tho it's canon to the events of the show and should there for be canon to the events of this film.


One of the things that the show did somewhat well was the relationships between the characters with the characters developing very reel relationships that would form apart of their character arcs. However this film doesn't really do that as none of the characters apart from Zoey herself have no arc to speak of and so that forces us the audiences to focus more on who the characters are going to end up with at the end of the film and so the relationships in this film don't come across as being real and genuine they instead come across as being fake with the films drama just coming also coming across as being forced and cliche that you really can see it coming a mile away.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and forty one minuets and twenty nine seconds. Which is about fifteen to eleven minuets longer then what this film really needed to be with the film comes across as being quite boring alot of the time as we spend alot of the time with the characters just getting ready for the wedding and that's it and there's only so long that we can see that before it starts to get boring and while this film does have the nostalgia factor going for it that also wears of pretty quickly but I will admit tho that this film does have some pretty decent pacing to it tho.


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 having some decent jokes but at the same time this film has alot of really bad jokes in it as well which I guess is in keeping with the show as the show also had alot of really bad jokes in it as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this wasn't that bad of a reunion film but that's also the issue as it wasn't all that good of a reunion film either with film giving Zoey far to much focus and none of the other characters enough focus and that really did bring the film quite alot as this was an ensemble franchise 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 un this very film in this very review and as such that means that this very film earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 5.5 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 Zoey 101 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 Zoey 101 fandom wiki page since alot of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the official Zoey 101 fandom wiki page are all really fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.

Wednesday, 26 July 2023

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 TV Series "The Incredible Shrinking Turtles" Review

 


We are now just about a week away from the release of the latest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie and well I thought now would be a great time to produce a tie in review. However I will admit that I had a hard time figuring out what the tie in the review should be based on as I already did a Punk Frogs episode back when the film it's very first trailer and poster but I think I found a solid episode to review and so then join me as I review the episode that introduces aliens to the world of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with the episode in question being called simply just "The Incredible Shrinking Turtles" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when an Alien crash lands on Earth infront of the turtles he entrusts the turtles to find three pieces of a device only for the turtles to get shrunk by Shredder so now the turtles have to find away to regain their size and find the pieces of this device 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 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 not that bad but that's also the issue as this episodes plot wasn't all tat good either while it was very entertaining it was also a rather thinly drawn out plot as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Barry Gordon as Donatello , Cam Clarke as Leonardo and Alien Pilot and Townsend Coleman as Michelangelo. Also starring in this episode is legendary voice actor Rob Paulsen as Raphael , Peter Renaday as Splinter , Renae Jacobs as April O'Neil , Pat Fraley as Burne Thompson , Baxter Stockman and Krang and the late James Avery as The Shredder and as The Empire State Building security Guard.

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' actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad with the cast turning in some good performances. However this episodes script just isn't that good and it doesn't give the cast a whole lot to work with and so the cast really just can't turn in all that good of a performance as the episodes script just really won't allow for it as it really is just that bad of a script.



Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at A-1 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 being really good with their being next to no animation errors and just being of a very high quality.


There was one error that I did notice and rewind the episode back to hear because it was super funny to me and that's the fact that when The Shredder gives attacks Raphael you can quite clearly hear a girl moaning. Which to me was just so strange and bizarre that I couldn't help but laugh at it and plus it makes you wonder how this one tiny audio error made it past all the executives just because it's so obviously not Raphael's regular voice and is quite clearly a woman moaning and so I have to wonder if the makers of the show new that it was in there but kept it in as like a hidden easter egg or if an editor put it in as a joke and no one just caught on to it and so they just left in the episode.

I might be wrong but apart from Krang this is the first time we get to see aliens in the world of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Which i'm in two minds since having aliens exist in this world does make sense as this is a more campy adaptation but at the same time since I don't think they out right say that Krang is an alien it seems out of place that they would suddenly introduce them and then have the only alien that they introduce die in just a few minuets after he debuted in the show granted his purpose was to introduce and set u the main story arc for the season but at the same time it's something that really should have been handled alot better then what it really actually was.  


For some reason they sideline the turtles for alot of this episodes running time which makes no sense as they key to the plot of the episode. Instead we get to spend alot of this episodes second half with Splinter and April just driving the turtle van to find The Shredder which isn't as exciting as it would have been seeing the turtles trying to survive New York City as really tiny turtles which would have made the episode not only all the more funnier bu also the more exciting and thrilling as well as now the turtles would also be in constant danger.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty two minuets and seventeen seconds. Which is the bog standard running time for this show and to this episodes credit it does have more then enough story to cover that running time but at the same time this is a plot line that really could have been a two or maybe even three part episode and just by having it as a single episode means that any potential that this episode had gets wasted because it has to rush along to the next plot point but I will admit that this episode does have some really good pacing to it tho with the episode really just flying right on by.


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 altho for some strange reason the only action sequence that we get with the turtles sees them getting very easily beat up by The Shredder and the episodes only other action scene has Splinter taking on The Shredder which just isn't as fun to watch in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this episode was one that had alot of potential to be a really fun episode and while this episode can be fun at times it's also one that has alot of really weird and odd creative choices that bring the episode down in quality 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 mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 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 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.

Tuesday, 25 July 2023

Mystery Science Theater 3000 "Reptilicus" Review

 


With Futurama successfully returning it got me thinking of another TV show that just a few short years ago made it's grand return. I have to admit that doing these reviews has made me fall in love with Mystery Science Theater 3000 so much so that I listen to the theme song whenever I can and so then join me as I review the episode that saw the debut of a new host with the episode in question being called simply just "Reptilicus" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when pilot Jonah Heston goes to answer a distress call he finds himself caught up in a trap. 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 plot not only being very entertaining but also being very excess able for new of this truly iconic cult classic as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is this episodes co-writer Jonah Ray as Jonah Heston and this episodes co-writer Hampton Yount as The Voice Of Crow T. Robot. Also starring in this episode is this episodes co-writer Baron Vaughn as The Voice Of Tom Servo , Felicia Day as Kinga Forrester , Patton Oswalt as Max , Rebecca Hanson as The Voice Of Gypsy / Synthia , Tim Ryder as Bonehead 1 , Zach Thompson as Bonehead 2 , this episodes director and co-writer Joel Hodgson as Ardy , Erin Gray as Martha Masters and Wil Wheaton as Drake.

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 the cast members turning in some rather solid performances which for a show like this one couldn't be an easy job and yet not only do they manage to keep on pulling it of they also manage to so effortlessly.



As was to be expected this show did make alot of changes with a few of those changes being to the character of Gypsy. As in the original show the character only moved along the floor where as now she mainly operates in the air with the show giving an in story reason for this addition to the character but she's not the only one to get an upgrade as the also add a hover mode for Tom and a new design for the satellite of love as well with the character of Crow not really being changed at all which does make sense as there's nothing that they could really change about this character and yes they explain away Gypsy's new voice as well.



As mentioned as the start of this review this is the episode that saw the debut of Jonah Ray as new host Jonah Heston. I know that this character doesn't get alot of love from the die hard fans of this show but as someone who only started watching this show back in 2017 I really don't mind him as he is quite a funny character and while Jonah Ray doesn't seem that comfortable in the role in this episode that's understandable as he is the shows first new host since the show went of the air in the late nineties and he does get better in later episodes.

There are somethings that I didn't like about this episode tho and that's the fact that they take far to long just setting up who Jonah Heston is and not enough time setting up the other characters. To put this into perspective in the original series all Joel had was the shows opening intro and that's it and Mike got a few lines of dialog that were played for laughs in a few short scenes and yet they still managed to put across who they are as characters here we send quite a few minuets with people telling us all about Jonah and just not enough time really setting up the shows main villains.


For some reason instead of giving us some great information about the movie that there going to be watching. They instead just dive right into the movie which is something that was very rarely if ever done in the original show which is a shame because they could have made the movie sound all the more insane just by the information that they could have given us about the movie and that in turn could have gotten more people to check out this really obscure movie and while just diving right into the movie is great for jokes it doesn't really do a good job of building the movie up and just explaining just how bad this movie is at all.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty minuets and twelve seconds. Which is pretty much the exact running time for this show and this episode could have done with being just a few minuets longer just so they could have had some longer host segments which just seem to go by far to quickly and that could allow you to give some screen time to the over characters as well but I will very gladly admit that this episode does have some good pacing to it.


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 episode 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 episode was in all honesty really good. With the show making some really good jokes about the Reptilicus movie alot of which are not only funny but are painfully funny as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this was a really good with the special effects looking cheap but in a campy way with this episode being a great return for a classic and cult series that still holds up all these later in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now 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 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 as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Mystery Science Theater 3000 fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com 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 every so truly wonderful the official Mystery Science Theater 3000 fandom wiki page and since that all of the images that are currently up and and on the official Mystery Science Theater 3000 fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Monday, 24 July 2023

Futurama "The Impossible Stream" Review

 


There are so few shows out there that come back from being cancelled even fewer that come back from being cancelled two or more times. Well one of those shows is now back once again with new episodes which does make this show one of the very few shows that are the little shows that could as no matter how many times they get knocked down they just keep on coming back for more and so then join me as I review the episode that sees the Planet Express crew tackle the world of streaming with the episode in question being called simply just "The Impossible Stream" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is after realizing he's been in the future for ten years and doesn't have a life goal Fry sets about watching every TV show ever made. 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 not that bad with this episodes plot being really enjoyable and really ridiculous but in a good way in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 


Starring in this episode is the great Billy West as Philip J. Fry , Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth and Dr. John A. Zoidberg. Also starring in this episode is the great Katey Sagal as Turanga Leela , the great John DiMaggio as Bender Bending Rodriguez , the great Phil LaMarr as Hermes Conrad , Lauren Tom as Amy Wong , the great Maurice LaMarche as The Scary Mirror Narrator , Calculon and Morbo , the great Tress MacNeille as Smiri and Linda Van Schoonhoven , David Herman as Scruffy and the great Dan Castellaneta as Robot Devil.

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. Which isn't all the surprising given that alot of this episodes cast members have been playing these characters since 1999 and so they would of course turn in a good performance as they would know what performance would best fit the character in any given scene.



Doing the animation not only for this episode but possibly the show as a whole is Rough Draft Studios, INC and Rough Draft Korea. Now then interms if 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 alot better then what it really had any right to be even tho this show has always had some really good animation to it the show itself isn't really known for it's quality animation. 


This is about the third or maybe even fourth time that this show has been brought back from being cancelled. With the show being picked up and cancelled so many times that it's hard to believe that anybody else would pick this show up but alas here we are and this little show which by all rights should have been long dead by now is not only still going strong but is thriving thanks to it's very passionate fanbase who got so upset when it was first announced that John DiMaggio wasn't coming back that Hulu pretty much had to give John DiMaggio the role back again even tho he didn't get the pay rise that he requested.

Futurama from what I can remember about it has always been a pretty timeless show and that timelessness  does seem to still be a thing with this episode. With the writing team only updating what it is that they take shots at but still taking shots at anyone and everyone and while this episode does seem tame by the standards of their other episodes when this episode truly gets bonkers and insane is where it also gets to be the most fun but I would have liked it if we had some character moments just to give us a reason to keep on coming back to watch the rest of the new episodes.


According to the shows official press release this season of the show will be very for new viewers to pick up. Which I don't think is true as just by this episode alone there are alot of questions that a newcomer to the franchise would ask and all of which are answered in previous episodes which is a shame because this show has the opportunity to attract a new fanbase that will hopefully keep it going but it's something that I can't really see it doing just due to how difficult it is for possible new fans to keep up with the plot of the show.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty four minuets and thirty one seconds. Which was a tad bit on the short side as this episode did have quite alot of things to set up and I dont really think that it could do all of that and still a really good story at the same time with even it's central take on streaming feeling really underdeveloped and just there for the sake of the plot needing some drama and nothing more then that and this episode isn't helped by it's really fast pacing either with the episode just rushing from plot point tom plot point.


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 episode 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 episode was in all honesty really good. With this episodes satire being painfully funny with every single one of this episodes jokes not only landing but landing hard and landing often as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this episode is not the return of a classic animated series but it's also a return to form with the show still being as good and as relevant as it ever was and ever will be 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 really does infact mean that this very episode really does earn 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 and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Futurama 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.