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Thursday, 5 October 2023

Rambo: The Force Of Freedom "First Strike" Review

 


It was weirdly not an uncommon thing for popular live action properties in the nineteen eighties to get an animated TV series spin off. However what alot of things have in common is the fact that the original property was wither made for kids or made for the whole family but for some weird reason it become oddly popular to make a kids cartoon series based of off mature rated films as is the case with what i'm going to be talking about today and so then join me as I review of the first episode of a show that even franchise star Sylvester Stallone didn't like with the episode in question being called simply just "First Strike" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is that when an evil general tries to invade a peace loving country it's really up John Rambo and his team to get the general out of their and really put a stop to the invasion for good. 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 al 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 the plot being alot better then what I thought that it would be with this episodes plot also being rather really enjoyable and fun in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Neil Ross as John Rambo Michael Ansara as General Warhawk and The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air and Teenage Mutant Nina Turtles star star James Avery as Edward "Turbo" Hayes. Also starring in this episode is Transformers legend Peter Cullen as Sergeant Havoc , Don LaFontaine as This Shows Narrator , Mona Marshall as Katherine Anne "K.A.T." Taylor , He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe star Alan Oppenheimer as Colonel Samuel "Sam" Trautman and Scrappy-Doo actor Lennie Weinrib as Gripper.

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. With the acting in this episode being exactly what I thought that it was going to be and that was nothing more then just OK with this episode featuring alot of really good actors ad actresses all of of whom are trying to make this idea and this script work for them but the issue is is that the idea is so dumb and the script is so bad that they just can''t turn in that good of a performance as the script just won't allow for it.


Doing the animation for this show and i'm guessing this episode is Daewon Media and the legends and the greats that are currently over at Toei Animation. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty alot better then what it really had any right as while the animation in this episode doesn't hold up all that well given just how lazy that they really could have been the fact that the we got animation has alot of really creative camera angles and is really impressive is quite an impressive feat none the less.


For some strange reason Hollywood thought that it was a really good idea turning the R rated First Blood movie into a kids cartoon. Which means that the more mature elements of both the film it's first sequel and the book that both the film and the sequel are based of off don't get included in this episode which means that you really could have named this show anything else and you'd have to change nothing as there's really nothing that resembles Rambo in this episode hell with this show really kicking of the trend of turning R rated movies into child friendly kids animated TV shows i'm surprised that they didn't try to turn Die Hard into a kids animated TV show.

If your like me and you didn't even know that this show was even a thing this is a show that aired in syndication. With the show starting with a five part mini-series which sired daily from April 14th to April 18th 1986 and the shows full length series airing from September 15th 1986 and airing daily until December 18th 1986 why the makers of this show chose to air this show daily is beyond me as this show apart from the mini-series is very episodic and so they really could have aired this show weekly which would have given the show more of a chance to find an audience but as it is the show pretty much got alot of hate from the people making the show as they were concerned about making an R rated movie into a kids cartoon series and even the star of the franchise Sylvester Stallone was reportedly really annoyed and really embarrassed that the Rambo character was used as a cartoon character.


What I really didn't like abut this episode was the fact that they made Rambo out to be this unstoppable action hero and yet none of the main heroes got alot, of screen time. This would be fine if this was a Rambo solo show but it's not it's meant to be Rambo as part of a team and so the team needs to be fully  developed and yet they don't do that which means that the rest of the team just come across as being rather bland and one dimensional with the same thing also being true for Rambo himself who is given one personality trait of none stop action hero and that's it and that's not enough to make him an interesting character and it doesn't make his team interesting characters either it makes them all really bland and boring characters and really nothing more then that.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty one minuets and thirty eight seconds. Which was a really good running time to give this episode as this episode is mostly just about setting up the plot of the mini-series but at the same time I would have liked it if the episode was a bit longer just so some of the other main characters could get some development which would have helped the show out in the long as it would have gave us more characters t care about then just Rambo and it would have given the show makers a chance to gave Rambo more of a personality as well instead of just rushing from plot to plot point and I will admit that this episode does have some fairly good pacing to i tho.


So now then since this is an action show that means that I have to actually talk abut 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 actual;y featured /presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With the action in this episode being the best part of the episode as it was where the episode got the most fun ad got the most crazy but at the same time as the plot of the episode was so thin it meant that I just didn't care about the action in the episode despite the action in this episode being really good and really impressive to watch in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall while the idea of turning an R rated movie franchise into a kids animated TV series will always confuse me this was a really fun episode that was just a joy to watch in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode earns itself a rand 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 ad 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 Legends Of The Multi-Verse 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 as since all of the images that are all currently up and of course featured / presented to us on the great Google Images are all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Wednesday, 4 October 2023

Beetlejuice "The Big Face Off" And "Skeletons In The Closet" Review

 


The spooky season is upon us and well with there soon to be alot of ghouls and ghosts running around I thought that i'd remind you all of someone who is qualified to handle them all. As it's been a while since I last talked about an episode of this show I thought that now was the right time to delve back into the madness that is this show as it really is just an insane show that for strange reason had a bunch of eleven minuet episodes mixed in with a bunch of twenty two minuet episodes and so the join me as I review the episodes that really do need to be seen to be believed with the episodes in question being called simply just "The Big Face Off" and "Skeletons In The Closet" enjoy.

The plot of "The Big Face Off" is Lydia and Beetlejuice enter a scaring competition and attempt to win the show whilst the plot of "Skeletons In The Closet" is both Beetlejuice and Lydia have to stop of of Beetlejuice's skeletons from telling people how he really feels about them. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well the in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty OK for the most part as the plot of "Skeletons In The Closet" was very heavy handed in it's message and the plot of "The Big Face Off" was really entertaining but was also rather lackluster as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in these episodes is Stephen Ouimette as Beetlejuice , Alyson Court as Lydia Deetz and Roger Dunn as Charles Deetz. Also starring in these episodes is Susan Roman as Percy and Poopsie , Elizabeth Hanna as Delia Deetz , Len Carlson as Barf Biffman and The Monster Across the Street , Charles Kerr as Jacques LaLean , Tabitha St. Germain as Ginger , voice acting legend Tara Strong as Additional Voices , Colin Fox as Additional Voices , Keith Hampshire as Additional Voices , Dan Hennessey as Additional Voices , Ray Landry as Additional Voices , Ron Rubin as Additional Voices and Joseph Sherman as Additional Voices.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty not that bad. With alot of the cast members in these episodes turning some really good performances which really isn't shocking given who is starring in these episodes as alot of the cast members that are in these very episodes either are or really would go on to become some really good and even legendary voice actors and would therefor know how to turn in a good performance in both of this shows two segments.



Doing the animation for these episodes is Shanghai Animation Film Studio , Shanghai Morning Sun Animation and Wang Film Productions Company. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty not that bad with the animation in not only these episodes but the show as a whole being really creative and genuinely really impressive to look at as well. 


For some reason the makers of this show chose to include several half episodes inbetween dozens of full length episodes. Which to me makes no sense as having half episodes really wasn't a thing when this show was being made and it's more of thing that that only became popular around thirteen years ago plus it means that episodes in this show as in the case for "The Big Face Off" can't be fully developed as they have to rush along to the next plot point instead of just fully developing the story and giving the story alot room to breathe which is a shame as "The Big Face Off" is a really fun episode if only it wasn't rushed due to being a half episode which is something that really did harm the first segment.

Out of the two segments I enjoyed "The Big Face Off" alot more then "Skeletons In The Closet" as "The Big Face Off" was the more creative episode. However at the same time I liked "Skeletons In The Closet" as well as that episode could at times get really creative and was a really fun episode and the idea of literally having skeletons in your closet was a really fun and creative idea if only the segment wasn't so heavy handed with it's message of lying is bad with that heavy handed message really bringing down my overall enjoyment of the episode whereas the previous segment was just a fun little segment that wasn't afraid to just be fun and at times really funny as well.


What really bugged me about the second is that while it does rightfully make lying out to be a bad thing. They ignore the fact that one of Beetlejuice's lies was to protect the feelings of one of his friends and the episode never addresses that aspect of the episode which is a shame because it would have brought up a very good point in that while yes lying is mostly a very bad thing to do there are however times where you have to lie be it in order to protect someone's feelings or when your keeping a secret for a friend both of which are things that the segment could have addressed but they instead chose not to in order to make things more simpler for the shows child audience.

Now then segment one of this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twelve minuets and six seconds whereas segment two of this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twelve minuets and five seconds. With the shows second segment having the better running time as that storyline really didn't have enough plot to cover anything longer then that but with the shows first segment you could have stretched that out to a full twenty two minuet episodes which in the end would have helped the segment out in the long run as it would have allowed the segment to breath but I will admit that both of this episodes segments really do have some really good pacing to them.


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 these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / resented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty not that bad. With both episodes having some funny jokes in them but I will admit that out of the two segments it was the first segment that was more funny just because the plot and set up for that segment allowed for there to be alot more really funny jokes and that did make the segment all the more funnier because of it in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall these were a pair of really good segments even tho the second segment did have a really heavy handed message in it it was still a really enjoyable segment that was really fun to see for the most part in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in these very episodes in this very review and as such that really does mean that these very episodes really do earn themselves a grand total combined 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 Beetlejuice 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 official Beetlejuice fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on freaking the official Beetlejuice fandom wiki page are all fairly freaking high in freaking quality and as well as being really very fairly freaking high in definition.

Monday, 2 October 2023

Thunderbirds 1965 TV Series "Pit Of Peril" Review

 


Thunderbirds is to date the TV show that I can think of that has fans not only from it's original 1965 run but also from it's repeat viewings in the nineteen nineties and it's not hard to see why. As this show has action , suspense , romance and comedy all packed into a single episode of the show and well with the show fastly approaching it's sixtieth anniversary I thought that i'd take a look at an episode of the show and so then join me as I review the episode that is really a huge let down when compared to the shows first episode with the episode in question being called simply just "Pit Of Peril" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is during a military exhibition a machine carrying three men falls down a hole with the hole getting by the second and the crew almost out of air it's up to International Rescue to rescue them and safe the day. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented t 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 that good either while it was a very entertaining plot t just wasn't as gripping as the plot to the first episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.  


Starring in this episode is Peter Dyneley as Jeff Tracy and Lieutenant Ralph , James Bond star Shane Rimmer as Scott Tracy and Johnny and David Holliday as Virgil Tracy. Also starring in this episode is British voice acting great David Graham as Brains , General Peters , Sergeant Reynolds and Frank , Ray Barrett as John Tracy , Lieutenant Mead and Colonel Sweeney and Matt Zimmerman as A Helicopter Pilot and Charlie.

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 actors turning in some really good performances which for this show isn't all that shocking as this show from what I can remember anyway has always had some really good acting in it and what helps that cast out here is the fact that the script for this episode is so good that all the cast have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally. 



This show features the debut of the fan favorite machine The Mole which has the ability to dig underground. This is a machine that I really don't remember all that given that it can only be useful in one type of rescue mission which means that the machine doesn't get used all that much which is a shame because it does look really cool and it must have made an impact on some people as it played a key role in the terrible 2004 live action movie Thunderbirds if only it could do more things that just dig underground which would make it alot more useful for other type of rescue missions bug as it is it is a fairly solid machine.


This episode doesn't feature Alan , Gordon , Parker or any of the shows female cast of characters which does make sense. As they really wouldn't ave been able to do much in this episode give that the episode mostly takes place in the forest and so all they'd be doing is just appearing in what would basically be nothing more then cameo roles ad that is something that wouldn't do the characters any kind of justice and while I would have liked to have seen them in this episode i'd rather not have them in the episode then have them in the episode but in a cameo role as these characters are only suited for certain stories and this episode just wouldn't suit them.

What i'm surprised that they didn't do in this episode is go hard on an environmental message as that would have been very easy to do. As at the start of the episode the machine that needs rescuing is seen trampling through a forest and destroying tree's and so nobody would have blamed the makers of this show if they instead chose to go in really hard on an environmental message as that is something that they could have tought the shows kid audience but no instead the message was rather suitable an not really very heavy handed and that made it all the more impactful,then if it was a very heavy handed message. 


I'm just going to be real, this episode just didn't do it for me as it was a very boring with the titular rescue taking alot of time to really get going. This isn't helped by the fact that the episode is just downright boring with the episode lacking any of the thrills that you'd expect from this show which is understandable as every single show out there is going to have bad episodes in it but at the same time each episode of this show is basically a mini movie and in the case of this episode the story just isn't there to make to feel like a movie and there's no thrills or tension and so there's really no reason for anyone to watch this episode as all it would do is leave you feeling bored quite alot of the time when you should be on the edge of your seat with excitement.

Now then this episode has /had an exact grand total running time of exactly fifty minuets and forty seconds. Which for this story isn't the right amount of time for this episode to have as there's not really enough story there to cover that large amount of running time even with the episodes first twenty or so minuets which was added to every episode to pa the episodes out to fifty minuets and even with that padding there the episode still just doesn't have alot of story to cover that really large amount with those first twenty minuets feeling like just that padding as apart from showing how it is that the machine in question fell into the pit nothing within those first twenty minuets plays into the rest of the episode but I will admit that this episode really does have some really good 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 episode was in all honesty not that bad. With this episodes action being for the most part very entertaining but again t's a huge step down form the heart pounding action that we got n the shows first episodes and alot of that comes down to the fact that the machine that's being rescued is this big lumbering thing and that doesn't really lend itself to exciting action packed sequences in my freaking opinions anyway / at least.


Overall while this was a hugely entertaining episode it's an episode that could have been so much better then what we ultimately ended up with with the episode just being a step down interms of quality from the shows first episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode 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 his very review from the official Thunderbirds 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 the official Thunderbirds fandom wiki page as since all of the images that are currently up and featured to us up and on the really great and really wonderful on the official Thunderbirds fandom wiki page are all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being all really fairly freaking high in definition.

Thursday, 14 September 2023

The Addams Family "The Addams Family Tree" Review

 


It's been a good while since I last talked about anything to do with the live action Addams Family with me last talking about anything do with their live action being a full on series review of Wednesday. Well I thought that i'd end that right now by watching an episode of the classic series and reviewing for you all and so then join me as I review the episode that proves that spider's don't always make the best birthday presents with the episode in question being called simply just "The Addams Family Tree" enjoy.

The plot of the episode is after Wednesday and Pugsley get involved in a fight with neighbors kid the Addams clan set out to discover their own family tree. 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 I will admit that this episodes plot wasn't that strong of a plot this is despite it really being a very strong idea in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is John Astin as Gomez Addams , the late Carolyn Jones as Morticia Addams and the late Ken Weatherwax as Pugsley Addams. Also starring in this episode is the late Lisa Loring as Wednesday Addams , the late Jackie Coogan as Uncle Fester , the late Ted Cassidy as Lurch , the late Frank Nelson as Cecil B. Pomeroy , Kim Tyler as Harold Pomeroy and Jonathan Hole as Professor Simms.

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 he 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 surprising as the acting in the episodes of this show that i've seen have always had good acting in them and as such it only makes sense that this episode would also have some really good acting in it as well with thew acting really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so good and so all the cast have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally.



The show never shied away from mentioning other dead family members but this episode straight up shows us one. Which even for this family is oddly dark and yet because it's The Addams Family it's something that oddly works and because of that you can believe that this family would have a dead family member stuffed it's also something that makes me wonder if they have other family members hung up in their house as they mention having quite alot of family members and so it only stands to reason that they would have at least a few of them hung up somewhere in their mansion be they dead or alive.


This episode also straight up makes Fester out to be someone who is willing to commit and unforgivable crime. Granted he would only be doing it to project the honor of his family and he does get talked out of it but the fact that he was even willing to do it in the first place makes what was once a very childlike character seem like someone who has alot more of an edge to them buy I do like the fact that they whole family is willing to defend their family name in various as it just goes to show you that The Addams Family are a tight-nit family unit and i'd even go as far as to say that The Addams Family is the perfect fictional family unit as well.

I didn't like the fact that we didn't get to see Wednesday and Pugsley at the kids birthday party as the amount of jokes that they could have gotten from that one setting alone would make the whole episode really worthwhile. Granted alot of it would just be the same joke but what would make it funny is seeing how these people who we are told re "normal" and seeing how they would react when these creepy and cooky start acting how they normally would and seeing the "normal" trying to save face and yet also acting weirded out would really just make the whole thing not only worth while but also really funny as well.


There was no really resolution to the story here which I found to be rather odd as this show does usually resolve it's storylines. Yes they do say that the The Addams Family is a great family but we don't really get to see anything of The Addams Family family tree with Thing scaring of the person who was putting their family tree together at the end of the episode  which is a shame as finding out what their family tree is could have been really fun an yet the episode just doesn't give us any kind of resolution to that part of the story at all instead leaving it rather open ended which is something that this show never really does.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty five minuets and thirty four seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for this show but at the same time tho this episode really doesn't have enough there interms of plot to cover that amount of running time and so we get alot of scenes that go nowhere and add nothing to the overall plot of the episode even the party that the kids attend doesn't add to the actual plot of the episode and is something that could have been removed from the plot of the episode but I will admit that this episode really 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 not that bad. However that's also the issue as this episode wasn't all that funny either which does make sense as you can't expect a comedy to have funny episodes every single episode and while there are some funny moments in this episode there are alot more unfunny moment in this episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this episode while not that funny does have a good idea behind that more then makes up for the lack of actually really painfully funny jokes that are in this episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this review and as such that means this very episode earns 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 The Addams Family 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 the official The Addams Family fandom wiki page as since all of the images that are currently up and featured / presented to us up and on the really great and really and really truly wonderful on the official The Addams Family fandom wiki page are all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being all really fairly freaking high in definition.

Sunday, 10 September 2023

Sailor Moon 1994 TV Pilot Review

 


For every pilot episode that does somehow manage to spawn a future TV series there are dozens that don't. With even more failing to even make it to air in the first place as is the case with the pilot that i'm about to review for you all today heck for many decades this pilot was even thought to be lost forever and nothing more then a myth that was until 2022 when Youtuber Ray Mona did a two part video just about the pilot and shockingly actually got permission to upload the full pilot of this truly weird show and so then join me as I review the pilot episode of a show that thankfully never even made it to series with the show in question being called simply just "Sailor Moon" enjoy.

I really do wish that I could tell you what the actual plot of this pilot episode even was but the pilot itself has no plot to speak off. I'm not kidding either when I say that as during the whole ten minuets that this pilot lasts there's nothing regarding an actual story sure there's something about a school dance but that gets dropped pretty quickly for the girls to be able to fly off into space to defend Jupiter for no reason and this is the first of the pilots many problems as it has no plot to speak and so the pilot is robbed of a reason for exiting in my freaking opinions anyways / at lesst. 


Starring in this episode is Stephanie Dicker as Victoria / Sailor Moon and Melinda "Mindy" Cowan as Sailor Mercury. Also starring in this episode is Danny "Dani" DeLacey as Sailor Mars , Tami-Adrian George as Sailor Jupiter , She-Ra: Princess Of Power star Melendy Britt as The Voice Of Luna , Batman: The Animated Series star Adrienne Barbeau as Queen Serenity and Queen Beryl and Patricia Alice Albrecht as The Narrator.

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 pretty OK at best. As the acting in the live action segments was on par with the acting in Power Rangers and the acting that we got in the animated segments was really alot better then what it really had any right to be but it doesn't help that this episodes script was just flat out bad with one of the characters having alot of personality to begin with.



Doing the animation as far as I can tell is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Toonmakers. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad with this episodes animation being very choppy in alot of places which just makes the whole animated part of the episode come across as being really rather cheap looking.


Saban and those involved with making this show chose to go the Power Rangers route when it came to adapting Sailor Moon. Except instead of filming new American live action footage and dub over live action action scenes they instead chose to make this show an animation and live action hybrid show with the scenes in earth being done in love action and all of the scenes in spaces and the episodes action scenes being done in animation which is just very jarring and really isn't the right approach to take with Sailor Moon granted the Power Rangers approach wouldn't work with Sailor Moon anyway in which case they should have either chosen to just do it in fully live action or to just it in animation but not both.

The Power Rangers approach to making a show was a very common thing for Saban to do in the early nineties. With alot of their shows from Masked Rider to Beetleborgs all using that exact same approach however both of those shows are adapted from properties where that kind of approach is very doable this show however isn't as you can quite clearly see the heroes faces all the time and so it would be impossible for this kind of show making to work with Sailor Moon and where as Power Rangers fully embraced it's cheesiness this episode doesn't which oddly makes it more fun to watch as everything is being played straight and while Saban didn't work on this pilot it's not hard to see their influence all over this pilot episode. 


I have to give thanks for Youtuber Ray Mona for going to the lengths that she went to in order to find this lost piece of media. However not only did she find the episode itself which is still really commendable she also managed to find out who was in the episode with their still being some unknown names like for example we still don't know who played Prince Darian and Sailor Venus which means they could be some very well known actors and actresses and we wouldn't know and while I can see why they wouldn't want it known that they starred in this pilot as it is that bad it would still be pretty cool to have a complete cast list for this episode.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly ten minuets and seventeen seconds. Which even for a pilot episode is still a really short amount of time and while i'm sure that this pilot would have expanded upon if the show went to series as it is all it does is leave us with a really rushed episode where things move at such a fast pace that it doesn't leave us long to get a good sense of who these characters are and what their personalities are both which are things that could have been fixed if the pilot was a standerd twenty two minuets long and I will say that this episode has some really bad pacing to it as well.


So now then as this is an action episode that means that I gave to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. With this episodes action being the kind of action that you'd expect to see in a kid nineties animated kids TV show and really nothing more then that which does make the action look pretty dated but it also makes the action look really creative as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this show is so bad that it makes the Japanese live action Sailor Moon TV show look good by comparison and that show really isn't all that good either at all in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 1.5 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 , the official Power Rangers 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 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 really wonderful on Google Images are all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being all really fairly freaking high in definition.

Saturday, 9 September 2023

My First Impressions Of Tiny Toons Looniversity


We are living in an age where nostalgia rules everything where everything that we find nostalgic is being brought back in someway shape or form. Well the latest revival has just now hit both Max and Cartoon Network and as i'm devoting both today and a post in the future to reviewing the whole ten episodes of this show and so then join me as I give you my first impressions of the show that's tiny toony but not very looney with the show in question being called simply just "Tiny Toons Looniversity" enjoy.

The plot of this show is the next generation of Looney Tunes lead by Babs , Buster , Plucky , Hampton and Sweetie all learn to be cartoon characters from the legendary Looney Tunes characters like Bugs and Daffy among others. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty not that bad with this shows plot being simple but delightfully so in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in these episodes is Ashleigh Crystal Hairston as Babs Bunny and Eric Bauza as Buster Bunny / Ruth Less and Daffy Duck. Also starring in these episodes is David Errigo Jr. as Plucky Duck and Hamton J. Pig , Tessa Netting as Sweetie Bird , Jeff Bergman as Bugs Bunny / Vanessa Bunny, Candi Milo as Granny and Montana Max , Fred Tatasciore as Taz / Gepetto Stronzetti and Yosemite Sam , Natalie Palamides as Shirley The Loon , Marieve Herington as Fifi La Fume , Betsy Sodaro as Dizzy Devil and  Mel Blanc as Little Beeper

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / resented to us in these first five episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these first five episodes was in all honesty alot better then what I thought that it would be. With all of this shows actors turning in some really good performances in these first five episodes which shouldn't be that much of a surprise as alot of this shows cast are a bunch of really good actors and actresses with alot f them also reprising their roles from other Looney Tunes products.



Doing the animation for these first five episodes is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Snipple Animation. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these first five episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that thew actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these first five episodes was in all honestly alot better then what that it would be with this shows animation being really stunning to look at with all of the characters having some really nice and fluid movements to them as well.


I'm one of the many people that watched the leaked and unfinished version of the shows fifth episode back when it first leaked back in January. I have to say that watching the leaked episode when compared to watching the final finished episode wasn't that big a of difference as they only had a few scenes to add in the leaked episode along with all of the bells and whistles and watching the leaked episode did at least lower my expectations for the show as the show itself is only a little bit better then the leaked episode.

There's no way that I can talk about this show and not talk about the change in relationship between Buster and Babs. As they've gone from being good friends in the original show to being twins in this show which makes no sense as their whole joke was the fact that despite having the same last name there were in fact not related hence the no relation joke that they used to do in the original show and by making them siblings it takes away one of the original shows greatest running jokes and replaces it with nothing whatsoever.


For some reason they made Buster and Plucky rivals in this show which is weird because in the original show they ere friends. With Buster even helping Plucky out from time to time the duo even taking part in several adventures together thus making them quite clearly friends and so it really doesn't make sense for them be rivals here even more so when you take into account that they aren't competing for anything which means that it just comes across as the two acting antagonistic towards each other for no reason other then the makers of this show wanting it to be different from the original show in every single way possible.

Now then thee first five episode has / had an exact grand total running time of no longer then twenty two minuets. Which does seem to the bog standard running time for this show with episodes six through ten also having a very similar running time and I will admit that it felt good to see a show that's aimed at kids be twenty two minuets long instead of having just to eleven minuet episodes edited together and it does help that this format of a running time really does suit this show as it allows the stories and the characters to breath and feel more organic then what they already are and I will admit that each of these first five episodes do have some really good pacing to them.


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 these first five episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in these first five episodes was in al honesty pretty bad. With their not really being any good jokes in the vast majority of these first five episodes and alot of the jokes that they do have just aren't that funny which is a shame because the original show was gut bustingly funny but that's what you get when you dont bring back the original shows creative team in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall just based of these first five episodes this show just isn't that good but there is potential there to be a good show but so far the show just isn't reaching up to that potential 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 ate in these first five episodes in this very post and since this is only my first impressions I won't be giving this show a rating as i'm already planning to finish the rest of this shows first ten episodes and then and only then will I review the show as a whole and then give it a proper rating.

Now then as or 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 Tiny Toon Adventures fandom wiki page , the official Looney Tunes 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 Tiny Toon Adventures fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the official Tiny Toon Adventures fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.

Friday, 8 September 2023

I Am Groot TV Series Season Two SPOILER FILLED Review

 


To say that Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been mostly underwhelming thus far would be an understatement. However we now have a new entry into this phase with this one actually being pretty good but still somewhat of a let down from it's first season with this show not even being promoted all that much from either Marvel or Disney themselves and then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review the entire second season of the show that lets face it alot of us forgot was even coming with the show in question being called simply just "I Am Groot" enjoy.

As this is an ethology show where each episode has it's own plot this show really doesn't have a plot of it's own to talk about. I will say tho that out of the plots from this second season the best one for me was episode 3 entitled "Groot's Snow Day" just due to how insane the plot of that episode was it oddly reminded me of Rugrats how in that show the kids would go these make believe adventures and make every day things seem like big challenges well that was this episode for me with the episodes plot being so ridiculous and out there that I couldn't help but fall in love it with the episodes plot being nothing more then lighthearted fun but in a good way and also being very entertaining and engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.  


Starring in this show is Vin Diesel as Baby Groot , Dee Bradley Baker as Terma Baby Bird , Terma Mama Bird and Additional Voices and Fred Tatasciore as Additional Voices. There are other cast members in this season of the show but as one or maybe even both of them might be classified as SPOILERS i'm not going to be mentioning them here but I will say that one of them is exactly who you'd think it would be and the other one is one that you won't be expecting and I do wish that this show would have more cast members in it just because it would be cool tom see Baby Groot interacting with more characters.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very series 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 series was in all honesty really good. With all of the cast for this season turning in some really good performances which isn't that surprising as this shows voice cast is made up of mostly really good voice actors and Vin Diesel has been voicing this character since technically 2014 and so would know what kind of performance would best suit that character in any given situation.


Doing the animation for this series is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Perception and Trixter. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very series well hen in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very series was in all honesty really good with this series animation being breathtakingly beautiful to look at times with this series animation really being alot better then the animation in slot of the movies that came out just this past year.

SPOILERS START HERE!!!!!!!!!!




As I said there were two actors that I didn't credit earlier on in this review with those actors being Bradley Cooper as Rocket and Jeffrey Wright as Uatu / The Watcher. With Jeffery Wright actually playing a major role in this series fifth and final episode and while he is playing a more comical take on the character it is interesting to see the amount of ways that this character can be taken with them all making sense for that character and while it's not really said if this take on the character has already gone through the events of What If? just the fact that he appears in this show at all is more then enough to make me wonder if the character is going to laying a much more bigger role in Phase Five then what any of us really did think would at first thought would even be the case.

The fact that both Disney and Marvel for that matter did so little marketing for this show to me just seems lazy. As all they did was release a trailer and two posters for the show and that was it and even then the trailer was released from what I remember weeks ago which isn't going to enough to get people to watch this show as alot of people won't know about this show even being back or like me will just straight up forget that the show was even coming back either way they've dropped the ball with this show marketing wise and because of that I won't blame any of you if you didn't know that this show was back with new episodes.


While I do love the short film format that this show has been taking I wouldn't mind it if this show did decide to extend its running time to twenty two minuet. As alot of this series stories would have made for great one of episodes with the episode "Groot Noses Around" being a prime example of that as they could have alot of more with all of the things that Baby Groot is smelling for the first time and while the joke of him being disgusted by certain smells and loving other smells might get old fast if you space those jokes out you'd have a rather fun story for what could possibly be a really fun filled show that features a character that alot of people really love and enjoy seeing.

Now then each episode of this series an exact grand total running being well under five minuets for each episode. Which is great for some stories as some stories don't really have alot of story for anything longer then that but then there are stories like "Groot And The Great Prophecy" that suffer because of how short they are and would have benefited greatly from having a much more longer running time s that story has more then story to cover a much longer running and by having a longer running time it would also open itself to alot more jokes as well which would ultimately really help the episode in the long run of things in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


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 series well then in all honesty I in ll honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very series was in all honesty really good with this series having alot of really good jokes. With the episode " Groot's Sweet Tooth" being perhaps the funniest episode of the whole series as seeing Baby Groot just get frustrated that he can't find money to get some Ice Cream is a simple enough joke that it's always going to work in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

SPOILERS END HERE!!!!!!!!!!


Overall while this series was a bit of step down when compared to this shows first series it was still a hugely entertaining series and is an underrated Marvel Studios TV Series in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all pf the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very series in this very review and as such that means that this very series earns itself a grand old score of exactly an 8.5 out of 10 from me.

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