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Wednesday, 23 August 2023

My First SPOILER FREE!!!!!!!!!! Impressions Of The Ahsoka TV Series

 


At long last the day that I and many others have been waiting is now finally here as we have not only a brand new Star Wars TV show to hopefully look forward to every week but one that features a now fan favorite character in the main role. I will admit that this is a show that i've been super excited to see ever since it was first announced and well now that the first two episodes are here with us you all just knew that I was going to be checking them out the very first chance that I got and so then join me as I give you my first SPOILER FREE impressions that introduces more fan favorite characters into the word of the Star Wars live action world with the TV series in question being called simply just "Ahsoka" enjoy.

The plot of these first two episodes is when she hears news of an old enemy returning former Jedi Knight Ahsoka Tano goes about trying to prevent his return. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty not that bad as they both did a good job of setting up the plot of the show but at the same time the plot just isn't all that interesting in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in these episodes are Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano and Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Sabine Wren. Also starring in these first two episodes are Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Hera Syndulla , the late Ray Stevenson as Baylan Skoll , Ivanna Sakhno as Shin Hati , Diana Lee Inosanto as Morgan Elsbeth , David Tennant as The Voice Of Huyang , Eman Esfandi as Ezra Bridger , Mark Rolston as Captain Hayle , Peter Jacobson as Myn Weaver , Shelby Young as The Voice Of C1-D1 and Clancy Brown as Governor Ryder Azadi.

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 very episodes was in all honesty not that bad. With all of the episodes cast members turning in some really good performances which really isn't all that surprising as alot of the cast members for these two episodes are a bunch of really good actors and actress which in this case are helped by the wonderful script for these first two episodes.



Doing the CGI for these first two episodes is Legacy Effects and the legends and the greats that are currently over at Luma Pictures. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI 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 CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty really good which is nothing new for these Star Wars shows as all of them have really good CGI in them with the CGI in these first two episodes being movie quality good.



For those of you that don't know this show is a spiritual sequel to the show Star Wars Rebels with this show not only picking up on the finale of Star Wars Rebels but also featuring alot of it's main characters. With that said however I don't think that you need to have seen Star Wars Rebels in order to understand this show as these first two episodes do a good job of setting up the main characters from Rebels and filling you in in what the ending cliffhanger from Rebels is but I will say to be save you should at least watch a couple of episodes of Rebels altho like I said you don't really need to watch an episode from that show in order to fully understand this show.

I will say that this is something that happens to Sabine at the end of episode one of this show that I didn't like as usually it would mean that she wouldn't be un the show anymore. Yet for some reason she is still able to appear in the show even tho when this thing has happend to other characters it usually meant that they were gone for good while it is a good cliffhanger and a great hook to get you to watch episode two it's something that doesn't work when you take into account that something like this has happend to other characters and so it makes you wonder why Sabine was able to survive and live to see another day.


I have to admit that I loved seeing alot of the Ghost crew from Rebels appear in live action as it's something that makes sense for the storyline of this show. Plus it really does help that alot of them look really good in live actin which is something that you don't get to see all that often as more often that not what works and looks good in animation might not always work and look good in the world of live action and while some of the characters like Sabine could have been written better that doesn't take away from the fact she is a character that not only looks good in live action but whose baseline character could also work well in live action as well.

Now then episode one of this show has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly fifty four minuets and forty three seconds whilst episode two of this show has / had an exact grand total running time if exactly forty two minuets and fifteen seconds. While episode two had the better running time I think that each episode of this show should be at least one hour long just to allow the plot of the show a chance to breathe and to give the characters more of a chance to get in some decent character development which is something that a show like this one just cannot do and still a good story at the exact time but I will admit that both episode have some really good pacing to them.


So now then since this is an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty really good. With both of these first two episodes containing some really good action scenes in them with perhaps episode one having the better action out of the two episodes but even then it's very closely followed up by episode two as both of the episodes have some really good action in both of them in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall just based of these first two episodes i'd say that this might be a good show but that is of course far to early to say but the show is of to really good start and is hopefully going to be a fun filled ride 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 episode airs or even is released online and then i'll give this a show review and a rating as well.

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 Disney fandom wiki page , the official Star Wars 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 on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Monday, 21 August 2023

LEGO Disney Princess: The Castle Quest Special Review

 


Disney is currently in the middle of both celebrating it's one hundredth anniversary and trying to save it's Snow White remake from flopping harder then The Flash. However the company still found time to make and put an animated special that is oddly fitting for a major anniversary year and is alot better then what it really had right to be and so then join me as I review the special brings together five Disney Princesses and one Disney villain with the special in question being called simply just "LEGO Disney Princess: The Castle Quest" enjoy.

The plot of this special is when Gaston tries to take over all of the known kingdoms it's up to Snow White , Ariel , Moana , Rapunzel and Tiana to complete three challenges in order to save Ariel's father from dying to stop Gaston once and for all. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special 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 special was in all honesty not that bad but at the same time tho this special plot wasn't all that good either with the specials plot being weak at it's absolutely best in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this special is Disney legend Jodi Benson as Ariel , Anika Noni Rose as Tiana and Mandy Moore as Rapunzel. Also starring in this special is Auli'i Cravalho as Moana , Katherine Von Till as Snow White , Richard White as Gaston , the great Jim Cummings as King Triton , the great Corey Burton as Magic Mirror , Jo Anne Worley as Wardrobe , Roland Rubio as Flower , the great Jeff Bennett as Mr. Smee and Barrett Leddy as Iago.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special was in all honesty not that bad. Altho I will admit Anika Noni Rose's voice does sound like a bit to raspy for Tiana and while this specials cast do turn in rather solid performances they can't turn in great performances as this specials script just doesn't give the cast a whole lot to work with interms of what their respective personalities even are or are even meant to be.



Doing the animation for this special is Zebu Animation Studios and the legends and the greats that are currently over at Pure Imagination Studios. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special was in all honesty not that bad. I do however take issue with the character designs as for some strange reason all of the characters are given these really long arms which just look really of putting and the characters don't even look like Lego pieces.


This special is trying so hard to be like the 2012 film The Avengers however it forgets to treat the characters as actual characters. With all of this specials characters just coming across as being very one note with all of them having one personality trait and that's it with Ariel being the groups leader for some reason who can do no wrong , Moana likes ocean and that's is , Tiana and Rapunzel have pretty much no personality trait and Snow White is a mixture between the weird one or the dumb one of the group with none of these as far as I can remember matching up with their personalities in their respective films as in their movies their nearly all given faults that make them feel alot more well rounded and yet here there all given no faults.

For some reason both Jasmine and Belle aren't featured in this special this is despite Belle having met Gaston before and Jasmine being a more stronger and well known character then either Tiana or Rapunzel. Heck both of which would have made great editions to this special as Belle would have known how to defeat Gaston before and Jasmine would know what to do in a tough situation which really does make me wonder why they weren't included in this special as they are still very well known characters and are legacy characters who are perhaps more well known to older Disney fans then either Tiana or Rapunzel for example.


I will admit that this special when it wants to be can be really fun with the most fun parts of the special just coming from these iconic interacting with each other. Ad there's just something about seeing Ariel talking to Moana or Snow White talking to Tiana that just make the special worth watching and while we don't get any memorable lines from these interactions just the fact that there meeting each other in the first place does make this special a must watch for me especially if you have little kids as they are the ones that will get the most enjoyment from this special and that who this special is mostly aimed at in the first place.

Now then this special has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly forty seven minuets and nineteen seconds. Which is a tad but on the long side for this special but on the flip side this special also feels like it's far to short as well as even tho the story for this special is on the weaker side of things the characters more then make u for it and with a longer running time all of the specials characters Gaston included could have been fully fleshed out and become more three dimensional then what they are in this special but I will very much admit tho that this special really does have some pretty good pacing to it tho.


So now then as 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 special 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 special was in all honesty not that bad. With Snow White getting alot of the specials best jokes which was something that I wasn't expecting to be the case as they only recently started making Snow White more of a comedic character and so there was really no telling if they would give some jokes in this special and yet not only do they give her alot of jokes there also jokes that seem fitting with her character from the original 1937 film as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall while this special wasn't as good as I thought that it would be it's definitely alot better then what it had any right to be and it's always nice to hear the original voice of Ariel no matter where in animation Ariel appears in in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very special in this very review and as such that means that this very special really does earn 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 Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom wiki page , the official Disney fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all really fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.

Sunday, 20 August 2023

Doctor Who: Victory Of The Daleks Review

 

Doctor Who is never really known for having season long arcs and yet for both the Russel T. Davies mark one era and the Steven Moffat era each season of the show had one long storyline running all through it. With the episode that i'm about to review for you all today doing something pretty stupid with it's series long storyline and so then join me as I review the episode that is pretty much The Power Of The Daleks but for the more modern era with the episode is question being called simply just "Victory Of The Daleks" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is The Doctor and Amy find themselves helping Sir Winston Churchill who has a new secret weapon to help England win the second world war one which The Doctor knows all to well. 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 altho it was a pretty thin plot and is quite clearly not as good as it perhaps should or even as good as it perhaps could have been in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Matt Smith as The Doctor , Karen Gillan as Amy Pond and Ian McNeice as Sir Winston Churchill. Also starring in this episode is Bill Paterson as Edwin Bracewell , Nina De Cosimo as Blanche , Tim Wallers as Childers , Susannah Fielding as Lilian , James Albrecht as Todd , Colin Prockter as The Air Raid Warden , Nicholas Pegg as Dalek 1 , Barnaby Edwards as Dalek 2 and Nicholas Briggs as The Voices Of The Daleks.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Which really isn't all that unsurprising given just how good this episodes cast members are but it's all the more surprising as this episodes script is pretty bad with the new actors given next to nothing to work with with interms of what their respective characters personalities even are and so they can't turn that good of a performance and that is something that does effect the overall quality of the acting in this episode.



Doing the CGI for this episode is Real SFX and of course we have the legends and the greats that are currently over at The Mill. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad with this episodes CGI alot better then what I really thought that it would be and was easily alot better then the CGI that you'd expect to see on a low budget TV show from the early 2010's.



If your like me then you'll remember this episode for one meme only and that's the fact that someone on Youtube put in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers theme song over the scene where we get to first see the new Daleks. As yes the new Daleks do look like Power Rangers how the maker of this show didn't realise this when they were first making it is beyond me and while the overall design for these new Daleks isn't that bad it's also not that good with the new design having nothing really unique that makes them standout from all of the other Daleks and having them destroy the old Dalek designs to me just felt like a cheap way of saying "look aren't these new designs so much cooler then the old ones" when in truth the older designs still work really well and still look really good.

What I really loved about this episode was seeing The Doctor just get angry at The Daleks as that is something that we don't get to see all that often in the show. On top of all of that it also helps to sell you on just how much of a threat these villains are as we the audience know that they are up to something as does The Doctor but Amy and the rest of this episodes guest cast don't and so them especially to Amy seeing The Doctor go mad at these seemingly helpful characters for no apparent reason and the fact that for most of this episode this version of The Doctor isn't his usual childlike self and instead far more serious again just helps sell you on the fact that these are his most deadliest foes and that he is feeling alot of pain by just seeing them alone yet again whilst he is all alone in the universe.


There is something that I really hated in this episode ad that's the fact that even Amy gets a good clear look at the where the crack in the wall is she never mentions it. As don't forget the crack is behind the TARDIS and Amy is stood there when the TARDIS dematerialises so not only she but also Sir Winstone Churchill as well for that matter would therefor know that there's a strange crack in the wall and it's something that they never address in the episode which given that the cracks in the wall form not only this seasons season long arc but also form part of an arc for this version of The Doctor as well it is really something that should have been addressed at least once in this episode.

Now then while I cannot for the absolutely life of me remember whatever episodes running time even was I do know that for a fact that this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of roughly forty one minuets. Which for this episode is far two short of a running time as you very easily could have made this episode a two part episode which would have not only have served the story even better as it would have had more room to breathe but it also would have served The Daleks themselves as well with the natural ending point for part one being when The Daleks reveal themselves as evil and I will admit that this episode does have some rather solid pacing to it tho.


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. However that's also the issue as the action that we got in this episode wasn't all that good either as there wasn't anything visually interesting happening during this episodes action scene while the music does help to make the action feel exciting there's nothing that makes the action in this episode feel all that exciting at all in the slightest in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 


Overall this wasn't a bad Dalek episode as there are much more worse ones out their but at the same time this isn't a particularly good Dalek episode either as there are much more better ones out there 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 earn 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 Doctor Who fandom wiki page , Wikipedia 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 Doctor Who fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.

Thursday, 17 August 2023

The Cheetah Girls 2 Film Review

 


Disney Channel Original Movies are a thing that alot of us grew up with with their movies being the right kind of strange and wonderfully Disney. The film that i'm about to review for you all today is a film that is s sugary sweet that you'll need a dentist appointment after watching it and it's also one of the films that stars a group that sadly never really went anywhere and so then join me as I review the film that sees some girls try to take Barcelona by storm with the film in question being called simply just "The Cheetah Girls 2" enjoy.

The plot of this film is The Cheetah Girls fly all the way to Barcelona to enter a music competition but find their friendship tested along the way. 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 felt like the stereotypical Disney Channel Original Movie and nothing really all the more then that in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 


Starring in this film is one of this films producers Raven-Symoné as Galleria "Bubbles" Garibaldi and Adrienne Bailon as Chanel "Chuchie" Simmons. Also starring in this film is Sabrina Bryan as Dorinda "Do" Thomas , Kiely Williams as Aquanette "Aqua" Walker , singer Belinda as Marisol Durán , Kim Manning as Lola Durán , Lynn Whitfield as Dorothea Garibaldi , Lori Alter as Juanita Simmons , Golan Yosef as Joaquin , Peter Vives as Angel and Abel Folk as Luc.

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 had any right to be. As nobody expects great acting from a Disney Channel Original Movie let alone that features a real life band in it as those don't typically have even good acting in them but when you have a director as good as High School Musical director Kenny Ortega someone who knows how to get a good performance out of his cast then it's no wonder that this film is filled to the brim with good performances.



Unlike alot of movies that feature a band as it's main cast of characters the band in this film actually formed after the first film. The band did go into to release some singles and albums but as a three piece band as Raven would only join them after they did the movies and not inbetween movies which to em just doesn't add up as it would have been easier to sell the singles and albums if it was all four girls and not just the three of them and sadly not long after the release of the third film the band went their separate ways to various degrees of success and it doesn't look like that they'll be getting back together anytime which is a shame because with the whole nostalgia kick that everyone is on right now right now would be the perfect time time to get the band back together again for either a one off special of even a Disney+ original movie really anything would do for that matter.


One of the things that I didn't like about this film is the fact that it has a very really predictable main villain. With the main villain of this film just being rather flat and boring as they do what they always do in these Disney Channel Original Movies and that's make her a good guy by the end of the movie which is a trope that I hate as it leaves us with no real villain and while the villain does have a solid motivation she's not really funny enough nor is she charming enough or even scary enough for that matter to be all that memorable with her instead coming across as being rather flat and two dimensional.

As a drama this film really doesn't work as the drama just felt rather forced and what makes this even worse is the fact that they resolve all their issues within a few minuets. When those issues would have been more then enough to support the entire movie thus the film doesn't really need to have a villain at all as all that does is add more drama when it really isn't needed which is a shame because if the film did have no villain and the film just focused on the girls and their issues it would have made for much more better film and heck you could still end the film with the big musical number at the music festival as that's what the whole entire film has been working towards.


This film is a musical which has songs written by Matthew Gerrard , Robbie Nevil , Jamie Houston , Ray Cham , Charlene Licera , Raven-Symoné and Will Robinson. I loved all of the songs in this film with all of the songs in this film being really fun poppy songs that were all really catchy and were all really sung as well with my all time favorite song from this film being "Amigas Cheetahs" which is a song that I have always loved as it is just a fun filled song that is really well sung from all four girls and it helps that it's also a really catchy song that will stay stuck in your head for sometime after watching the film.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty two minuets and thirty four seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for alot of Disney Channel Original Movies and it while this film doesn't have alot their interms of either plot or story to cover that amount of running time it's at least fun and charming enough to where you don't really notice the lack of story and as such this film really doesn't feel that long and isn't as dull and really as boring as you might think that it is and it helps that this film really does have some really good pacing to it as well.


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 really bad. As this film isn't that funny with this film including jokes that were funny back in 2006 but are now just painfully unfunny which is a shame as two of this films main cast members are really funny people but they still need funny things to say and sadly the writers of this film just didn't give any of the characters anything funny to actually say or do and so all we are left with is a comedy drama film that isn't really all that funny and has really bad drama init in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this film wasn't as funny as I remember it being but the songs are just as good if not better then what I remember them being with this film being a film that I highly recommend just due to how much fun this film is 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 very film earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 6 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Disney fandom wiki page , 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 really wonderful Google Images as since all of the images that are currently up and featured / presented to us up and on the really 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.

Sunday, 13 August 2023

Sailor Moon Live Action TV Series "I Am Sailor Moon!" Review

 


I've reviewed plenty of bad movies and episodes of TV shows in my time but none of them have made me laugh as hard as the episode that i'm about to review for you all today. As yes this episode is just that bad and is just that cheep looking that it makes the 1993 Saban produced Sailor Moon pilot episode look good by comparison and so then join me as I review the first episode of the TV show that really does need to be seen to be believed with the episode in question being called simply just "I Am Sailor Moon!" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when her best friends mother is attacked by a monster Usagi Tsukino must find the courage to transform into superhero Sailor Moon and save the day once and for all. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very 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 bad with this episodes plot just being heartless and soulless and entertaining but not in a good way at all in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Kamen Rider star Miyuu Sawai as Usagi Tsukino / Sailor Moon and Ayaka Komatsu as Minako Aino / Sailor V. Also starring in this episode is Jouji Shibue as Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask , Aya Sugimoto as Queen Beryl , Keiko Han as The Voice Of Luna , Chieko Ochi as Naru Osaka , Naoki Takeshi as Shingo Tsukino , Tomoko Otakara as Haruna Sakurada , Noriko Watanabe as Mayumi Osaka , Kaori Moriwaka as Ikuko Tsukino and Jun Masuo as Jadeite.

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 alot better then it really had any right to be. As all of this episodes cast are quite clearly trying to turn in a good performance but the issue is tho is that this episodes script just doesn't give the cast anything to work with interms of what their respective characters personalities even are and so they can't really turn in that good of a performance as this episodes just simply won't allow for it.



Doing the CGI for this episode is Motor/lieZ , Nippon Effect Center , Nippon Eizo Creative and Tokusatsu Kenkyujo. 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 bad even for a mid 2000's TV show this episodes CGI is just really bad with Luna herself really looking a character in a Playstation 2 videogame cut scene at best.


This episode does of course try to start the romance between Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask which wasn't really that badly done in this episode. Granted they don't really spend alot of time in this episode heck they only have two scenes together in the whole entire episode but what little screen time that they do have together does does do a fairly solid job of setting up their romance together and while I would have liked it if they did send more time together in this episode by doing so they wouldn't really have alot if any time left to set up Sailor Moon herself as a character as the episode would have to set up the romance and the plot of the episode.

The one word that I can use to describe not only this episode but the show as a whole is cheap because the whole episode just looks very cheap looking. Say what you will about the Saban pilot episode for their version of Sailor Moon bu you can see where all of the money went in that episode here on the other hand from the cheap looking sets to the cheap looking costumes and to the cheap looking CGI it's hard to tell where alot of the money went as the whole thing just looks like a cheesy soap opera that just so happens to have a superhero as it's main character and it doesn't look like an actual superhero show in the slightest.


For those of you that don't know this show aired from October 4th 2003 and it lasted all the way until September 25th 2004. With the show airing on Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting the show itself had forty nine episodes along with four direct to DVD episodes , three direct to DVD specials with the fourth direct to DVD special from what I can tell being a concert film and so to say that this show lasted a long time would be a huge understatement as they got alt of this show and that's fair enough as Sailor Moon was and still is a very popular brand in Japan but at the same time I have to wonder why they were pushing this show to the moon when they still the hugely popular and successful anime just sitting their doing nothing.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty four minuets and twenty two seconds. Which is the perfect running time for this episode to have as this episode really doesn't have alot their interms of either plot or story to cover a large amount of running time but while this episode does have a really solid running time I would have liked it if this episode was slightly longer just so they can just flesh out some of the characters a bit more but granted this was only the first episode and you can't really expect the characters to be fully three dimensional after just one episode and I will admit that this episode does have some rather solid pacing to it.


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 film was in all honesty really bad. With this episode making quite clear when there using a stunt double and not to mention this episodes action also looks really cheap and is very horribly edited together with them using so many cuts that it's hard to work out what's actually going on and top of that the episodes action just looks amateurish in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this was a really bad first episode and when the foundations of the show are bad it doesn't matter how good the rest of the show is because the show is just going collapse in on itself in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all the good and as well as all of the bad things that are this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 3.5 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 Sailor Moon 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 on the really 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, 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.