Godzilla: The Animated Series "D.O.A" Review

 

In just a few short days time the Monsterverse returns in a rather unexpected way with not a new movie but the franchises first live action TV series. As such I thought that i'd produce a tie in review however it was really hard to fir me to choose what review would serve as a great tie in review however I think that i've found a really rather solid choice and so then join me as I review the episode that sees Godzilla take a sleep for most of the episode with the episode in question being called simply just "D.O.A"  enjoy.

The plot if this episode is Nick and his monster hunting team travel to an island that's being terrorized by a giant worm and go to stop only to run into trouble when Godzilla finds himself knocked thanks to the islands government. 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 honest 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 honstey not that bad as the plot was really good but at the same time it was a rather lackluster affair with the plot giving us no stakes and being rather generic as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Ian Ziering as Nick Tatopoulos ,  Brigette Bako as Monique Dupre and Rino Romano as Randy Hernandez. Also starring in this episode is Charity James as Dr. Elsie Chapman . Malcolm Danare as Dr. Mendel Craven , Tom Kenny as N.I.G.E.L. and Frank Welker as Godzilla. This episode does only have the main cast of characters in it which is a shame because there's an army character in this episode that could have been played by Kevin Dunn's character as the two essentially fill the same purpose as being antagonists to Nick and the team and yet for some reason the series regular antagonist is no where to be seen in this episode which really doesn't make any sense as that character wouldn't give up on killing Godzilla.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about he 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 alot of this episodes cast turning in some really good performances which is to be expected as alot of this episodes cast members are a bunch of really good actors and actresses but even this episodes cast can't make this episodes script work as the the script gives them all nothing to work interms of what it is that their respective characters personalities even are in the first place.

Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Sam Won 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 the in all honesty I in all  honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us n this very episode was in all honesty really good with this episodes animation really being alot alot better then it really had any right to be as nobody expects good animation from a series that's based of off a movie that not alot of people like and yet un thus episode we get some truly good looking animation with all of the characters getting some really nice looking and rather fluid animation.

One of the biggest issues that I ave with this episode is that for a vast majority of the episode Godzilla himself isn't in the episode. With him being knocked out and on the brink of death due to what the islands government does to him which while that is a good reason to not have him that much in the episode for a show that's named Godzilla and as Godzilla as the main character you'd think that Godzilla himself wold be in the episode as he's the one that we've come here to see and yet he barely shows up with us being left characters that we either don't like , haven't seen enough of to form an opinions or thanks to the 1998 Godzilla movie are just laughably bad characters heck the only likable and entertaining character in this episode is Dr. Elsie Chapman and that's really it as none of the characters are likable for various different reasons.

I do give this episode some credit for trying to kill of Godzilla this early into this shows run as that is a brave move to do. However at the same time tho as the show is called Godzilla we know that he's going to make it OK as there not going to kill their big franchise star which means that there's no tension in those scenes and while it was a brave move for them to try threaten to kill of the character it's one doesn't really work as this is a kids show and while having Godzilla almost die would work for a season or even series finale as there the stakes would high enough for that to a possibility and it would, bring closure to the series as a whole doing it this early on into the shows run is just something that really doesn't work in the slightest.

This episode is I believe the first time that we see a giant worm be a minster in anything to do with Godzilla. With it being painfully obvious why they haven't done it either before or since as there's not really alot that can be done with that basic idea for a monster as it makes the action scenes next to impossible to make look good and when the character disappears it makes the characters look dumb as there's no way that a character this size can just disappear without no one seeing it and while t's design is pretty good that's really the only good thing about it as the creature has no special powers that make it an actual threat to Godzilla with that meaning that we really have no reason to fear that Godzilla will loose as we know that he will find away to win in the end.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty one minuets and twenty seven seconds. Which is a tad bit on the long side for an episode like this one to have as this episode has a fairly weak plot to begin with which means that this episode really didn't need to be as long as it was as while this episode most certainly has more then enough interms of plot to cover this amount of running time it's also a plot that is stretched rather thing because of this running time as such in order to fill out this running time we get rather pointless subplot with the Mendel character that really could have been cut out from the episode as it adds nothing to the overall plot of the episode but I will admit that this episode does gave 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 the in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. As we do get to see Godzilla use his fire breath which will always look cool no matter who he's fighting however due to his opponent being a giant worm there's not really alot that they can do it make the action in this episode anything more then average as the monster doesn't have any powers that it can use against Godzilla which means that all we are seeing is Godzilla trying ad failing to beat up a giant worm and nothing mire then that in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this Friday cannot come along soon enough and while this episode was a decent watch from a decent show it's an episode that's bot really as good as it could have been 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 episode in this very review ad as such that means that this very episode earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

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Doctor Who: The Krotons Review

 

With the launch of the Whoniverse the other week the BBC also included well over eight hundred hours of classic Doctor Who. This means that alot of very little known stories can now get rediscovered such is the case with the episode that i'm about to review for you all today as this story has the honor of being one of the few fully surviving stories starring Patrick Troughton to exist in it's entirety and well I thought that i'd review this really little known episode of classic Doctor Who and so then join me as I review the episode that alot of either didn't know about or really just straight up forgot about with the episode in question being called simply just "The Krotons" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is The Doctor , Jamie and Zoe find themselves on a planet and ave to help some people overcome the people that they think are helping hem. 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 thew actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was n all honesty not that that bad bur that's also the issue as the plot of this episode isn't all that good either with this p;lot being one of the very few classic Doctor Who plots that is rather OK at best and nothing really more then that in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Patrick Troughton as The Doctor , Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon and Wendy Padbury as Zoe Heriot. Also starring in this episode is James Copeland as Selris , James Cairncross as Beta , Gilbert Wynne as Thara , Philip Madoc as Eelek , Terence Brown as Abu , Madeleine Mills as Vana , Richard Ireson as Axus , Maurice Selwyn as A Custodian , Bronson Shaw as A Student , the great Roy Skelton as The Voice Of The Krotons and Patrick Tull as The Voice Of The Krotons.

Now then interms of what 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. Wit all three main leads turning in some really good performances with the the same also beg true for the episodes guest cast as well but what lets the the acting down in this episode is the fact that this episodes script just isn't that good as it gives none of the cast members anything to work with interms of what their characters personalities even are and so the cast can't turn in that good of a performance as the script just won't allow for it.

This episode does do a fairly decent job of showing us just how this new TARDIS team really acts together. With The Doctor and Zoe being the brains of the bunch and Jamie being the muscle this does give them a different dynamic from when they were travelling with Victoria as there only The Doctor was the brains with Jamie mostly watching over Victoria where as here he doesn't really have to do that as Zoe knows what she's ding which means that instead of forming romantic feeling like what happened with Victoria Jamie now forms a brother and sister type of relationship with him also developing the same respect that he has for The Doctor only this time it's for Zoe which does mean that the three form kind of a close family unit with each other.

This episodes titular villains aren't really the best villains that the show has had with them just being huge lumbering robots. Not really helping things is the fact that characters don't really have any stand out voices with them instead of just having the bogstanderd robotic voice which if anything just makes them sound more comical then it does threatening all of this really shouldn't be the case as this episodes writer is Robert Holmes who was one of the great Doctor Who writers and who is known for creating The Autons and yet here The Krotons just come across as being personality less machines and not really something that could be featured in more episodes as there's really nothing that you can do with these characters.

I will admit that while The Krotons in this episodes aren't used to their fullest potential there design does for the most part look really good. As while they do look like nothing more then giant lumbering robots their diamond shaped heads and their claws do work really well for their designs and go along way to help making them look like aliens and these designs could have worked if they had a good enough story to help to support them which sadly they don't heck we don't even get that much of a backstory for these characters which seems like the BBC had plans to try and make these characters as big as The Daleks but they couldn't do it as what made The Daleks work is that they felt like real three dimensional characters where this episodes villains just feel like cardboard cutouts of much more better villains.

As was stated at the start of this review this episode is one of the very few rare episodes to still completely exist in it's entirety. As alot of Doctor Who from the sixties was wiped from the BBC Achieves these range from episodes that nobody remembers to episodes that are important to the world of Doctor Who like The Tenth Planet for example have episodes that are missing or are completely missing as such when you come across a story that is fully intact you have to appreciate it as it is a very rare thing to see indeed and while alot of the missing episodes have either been found or recreated using animation it still doesn't change the fact that are still alot of missing episodes not just Doctor Who episodes out there just waiting to be discovered by fans both old and new.

Now then while I cannot for the absolutely live of remember whatever this episodes grand total running time even was I do know that for  a fact that this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of roughly one hour and thirty minuets. This to me is a huge issue as this episode has more then story to last at the very least six or seven episodes and with that added time it would have allowed the story to be more fully developed and for the villains and side characters to be more fully developed as ell all of which would have gone a really long way to making this story alot better then what it actually is as would have made the villains feel alot more of a threat and it would have made the story alot more better as well but I really will admit that as it is that this episode really does have some really good acing to it.

So now then as this is an action show 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. However at the same time tho the action in this episode does look really clumsy looking and is only when compared to other action scenes sixties Doctor Who and while it is nice to see companions get to take part in an action scene and while it does make sense for tat companion to be Jamie it's not something that a companion should be looking to do in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall for a Doctor Who episode that's written by Robert Holmes this episode feels like a waste of a good idea as this episode had all of the potential to be a really good Doctor Who episode 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 grad old score of exactly a 6 out of 10 from me.

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Game Of Thrones: Conquest & Rebellion An Animated History Of The Seven Kingdoms Film Review

 

To say that Game Of Thrones was a pop culture phenomenon would be a huge understatement as at it;s height this show was everywhere. Yet even tho it had several very successful seasons it really only had one animated spin off and it's one that that really not alot of people really know about as it was something that was never aired on TV as it was instead released direct to DVD and it's that very animated film that i'm going to be talking about today and so then join me as I review the film that really does have a mouthful of a title with the film in question being called simply just "Game Of Thrones: Conquest & Rebellion An Animated History Of The Seven Kingdoms" enjoy.

The plot of this film is Aegon Targaryen starts his conquest to rule all of Westeros but his quest might very well cost his family everything. 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's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good with this films plot telling us a story that due to the timeline of the show just couldn't be told in the show itself as well as being a really entertaining plot and very engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Harry Lloyd as Viserys Targaryen , Conleth Hill as Varys and Pilou Asbæk as Euron Greyjoy. Also starring in this film is Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister , Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark and Aidan Gillen as Petyr Baelish. While the fact that they managed to get a good deal of the cast from the main show back for alot of them it doesn't really make sense for their characters to be telling these stories as say for example Euron Greyjoy isn't the type of character to be telling stories about the past however a characters like Tyrion Lannister would as it's something that he would frequently do in the show and so why they didn't get Peter Dinklage back for this film is well and truly beyond me.

Now then interms of what I personally thought /felt about thew actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honest personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually feature / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. Which really isn't all that surprising as these actors and actresses are playing characters that at the point that this film was being made were mostly still playing and had been playing for close to a decade which means that they would know what performance would best suit there restive characters in any given and what helps the acting in this film is the fact that this films script 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.

For once I have no clue who is doing the animation for this film as no animation company is listed anywhere on IMDB. 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 thew actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad with this film having a more storybook style of animation to it which means that alot of the film is told basically in still images with there being very movement in the film but what little movement we do get was really good with this films animation also giving us some really cool looking camera moves as well.

As a die hard Game Of Thrones and House Of The Dragon fan it was really cool seeing how this film connects itself to Game Of Thrones. Not only through the use of returning actors but also due to the fact that this film goes into further details about wars that were only hinted at during the shows run which was a nice touch as was hearing how certain characters felt about certain events which for the most part felt very in character but I would have liked it if we got to hear a bit more about what the characters from the show was doing during after certain events of Aegon's Conquest especially those that we know for a fact would have been alive as it would have added more connections from the film to the show and it would have made characters that we knew very little about in the show seem all the more important in the grand scheme of things.

This film is about ten chapters long which made it feel alot more like a mini-series then it is an actual film. However on the flip side of that this film s basically an anthology film by it''s very nature and with that in mind it does make sense to have this film split up into chapters as it then allows us to go into more detail about certain events that happen's during Aegon's Conquest alot of which really would have been cut out if it was done in a more familiar style of story telling and while pretty much all of the events in this film do also get covered in the book "Fire And Blood: The History Of The Targaryen Kings From Aegon The Conqueror To Aegon III" which really means that this film is pretty really much not needed anyway as it's all covered really in alot more detail in book form then it really is in the form of this film.

I don't really think that it was necessary for the makers of the film to include how iconic things from the show were created. As they really added nothing to the overall plot of the film and felt alot more like fanservice and nothing more then that which is a shame as seeing how the Iron Throne was created was a really good and if you've seen the final ever episode of Game Of Thrones then you'll notice some nice symmetry between how the throne was created and how the throne was destroyed which was something that I really liked as well as it being something that I never really noticed before and it's something that makes me wonder if the ending of the show really was planned out as given the nature of animation it's something that would have to have been decided pretty long ago.

Now then while I cannot for the absolutely life of me remember whatever this films running time even was I do know that for a fact that this film has / had an exact grand total running time of roughly forty four minuets. Which was the perfect time for this film to have as given the fact that this film is told in chapters there's only, so many chapters that they could have dine before the film started to get boring and starting to stretch it's already fairly thin story even thinner but at the same time as there is so much that could be told during this time period I would have liked it if this film was a tad bit longer but that would mean stretching it's story beyond breaking point which in the end would do lot more harm to the film then it would good and I will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it as well.

So now then as 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 we do get to see alot of really blood action scenes in this film however the alot of the action scenes aren't fully animated with them mostly being still image which does mean that it's very hard to fully judge the action in this film but based off of hat we see in this film this films action scenes really do seem to be very exciting and very well done in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this film really does make me wonder why they never produced a fully animated Game Of Thrones series or movie as there is so much in that world that would look truly stunning in the world of animation 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 very review and as such that means that means that this very film earns itself a grand old score of exactly an 8 out of 10 from me.

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Werewolf By Night Review

 

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is just under a week away from seeing it's latest entry blast it's way into theaters. As such I thought that i'd take the time to remind you of a TV special that Marvel Studios put just last year with this one and the following special The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special being only the only two specials that the studio have released despite them both getting some really good reviews online from both fans and critics and so then join me as I review what is the first horror the,e entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the special in question being called simply just "Werewolf By Night" enjoy.

The plot of this special is when a stone that grants it's user special abilities is up for grabs a group of people fight for it only for one of their party t be revealed as holding a deep dark secret of their very own. 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 with this specials doing a very good job of being both entertaining when it really wants to be and yet at the same time doing something different from the typical plots of alot of the Marvel Cinematic Universe films as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this special is Gael García Bernal as Jack Russell / Werewolf by Night and Laura Donnelly as Elsa Bloodstone. Also starring in this special is Harriet Sansom Harris as Verussa Bloodstone , regular Muppets director Kirk R. Thatcher as Joshua Jovan , Eugenie Bondurant as Azarel , Leonardo Nam as Liorn , Daniel J. Watts as Barasso , Al Hamacher as Billy Swan , Carey Jones as Ted Sallis / Man-Thing , David Silverman as Flaming Tuba , Rick Wasserman as The Narrator , Richard Dixon as the voice of Ulysses Bloodstone and this specials editor Jeffrey Ford as the voice of  Ted Sallis / Man-Thing.

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 ad. With the acting being alot better then what it really had any right to be as alot of this specials cast are mostly unknown actors and actresses and such nobody  would have any clue what to expect from this special acting and when you add in the fact that this special is directed by a first time director as well it's a wonder that the acting in this special is as good as it was as it very easily could have had some really bad acting in it.

Doing the CGI for this special is Base FX , Digital Domain , Jamm VFX , Perception , SDFX Studio and Zoic Studios. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special well the in all honesty I in all  honesty personally thought / felt that the actual GI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special was in all honesty not that bad as this film does have some really good looking CGI effects for the most part but with that being said the special does use CGI humans which look horrible and really haven't aged all that well which is a shame because the CGI in this special is for the most part really good and for the most part really does hold up. 

While Marvel have done other horror themed movies in the past this is the first horror themed special that they've done that is also apart of the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe. With this special delving alot more into the horror aspect that what I remember not only with the original special being in black and white much like older horror films but also in it's general look and aesthetic with the special having a gothic look to it which only adds to the overall creepiness of the special all of this makes me wonder what a big budget Marvel Cinematic Universe could look as if this is what they could do on a small budget then imagine what they could do if they made a horror film with a huge budget and all of the resources that comes with having a really bigger budget.

What I wasn't expecting was for this special to be as gory as it is as this special really is gory and is gorier then most modern day horror films out their. This special really is gory as you get to see things thrown int people's head and you get to see alot of blood all of which are things that quite really wouldn't be seen in a any Marvel Cinematic Universe which is understandable but at the same time after seeing them in this special which is n Disney+ for free it makes you wonder why they aren't in the movies as at least then people have to pay to see it which means that the people that Marvel and Disney would be trying to project from seeing such things wouldn't be able where as on Disney+ they can see it anytime that they want to.

Sadly while there are alot of things that are really good in this special there are some things that are quite bad to be found in this special. Chief amongst which is the character of Elsa Bloodstone who is this special just felt like a rather underdeveloped character with the character not really being much in the way of either character or personality and while we do get hints of what her backstory it's all stuff that doesn't add to her character with them all instead feeling like things that add to the character of Verussa Bloodstone and not to her own character with this not really being helped by the fact that she really does add anything to the overall plot of the special either which really does make her seem like a pointless character.

Now then his special has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly fifty two minuets and thirty seven seconds. Which is a tad bit on the short side for a special like this one as this special has so much to set up and still tell a good story and it's something that it can't really do given the special incredibly short running time as such this special would have been better served if it was at least one hour long as then the storyline could be fully developed with the same thing also being true for alot of the specials characters and villains all of whom aren't as fully helped as they could have been as the special has to rush along t the next plot point but I will admit that this special really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is an action special that means that I have to actually talk abut the actual action 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 action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special was in all honesty really good. With this specials action being really creative and was a god example of the kind of action that Marvel can pull off when they just let the directors that they hire just go nuts and do their own thing with this specials action being in par with the action that we would frequently get in alot of the Marvel Netflix shows as the action in this special is just that good in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this special was alot better then what I remember it being and it's astounding that Marvel Studios have really quite literally dine nothing with these characters since this special as this special really is that good that they could do alot more with these characters 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 earns itself a grand old score of exactly an 8 out of 10 from me.

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Sacrifice 2011 Review

 

It's been quite a while since I last reviewed a wrestling show and even tho i've tried to find a wrestling show to talk about they were all just long. Well now I think that i've found a show that is worth talking about with this show in particualr being really rather well known with the added benefit of hindsight and so then join me as I review the show that really was the last show that a wrestling legend wrestled on with the show in question being called simply just "Sacrifice 2011" enjoy.

The biggest plot line going into this show is the plot lone between Jeff Jarrett , Karen Jarrett and Kurt Angle. It is weird that the biggest storyline going into this show actually doesn't involve the world championship nor does it involve either of the two biggest factions in the company at this time those being Immortal and Fortune but at the same time when you have two legends going off against each other of course your going to male them the biggest storyline in your company as that's who alot of people are going to be watching this event for and to this shows credit it does have some fun with advancing that storyline. 

The set for this show is the same as it always is for alot of the TNA shows since around 2005 with no changes added. Using the Impact Zone does make sense from a money saving point of view does make alot of sense as it means that you don't have to set anything up as it's already there built and ready to go but at the same time for a PPV you expect there to be something new and different for your stage and when you dont do that all it does is make your show look cheap and given the amount of talent on this show alone TNA is anything but cheap which only makes the fact that they use the iconic Impact Zone set seem all the more odd as they have the money and they have to the fanbase to fill out an arena and give us a rather unique looking set.

I'm honestly shocked that took TNA as long as it did to start running arena shows as the company was very popular in 2005 and 2011. With the company frequently selling out not only house shows but also weekly tapings as well and while what help to make TNA standout was the six sided ring which is sadly nowhere to be seen in this show they still had more then enough top tier talent to sell out arenas and if they did that then they could have been some really serious competition to the WWE but as it is they never will and never can be some serious competition as they when they did take that chance to run arena shows the company was dwindling in popularity as the company really failed to strike when the iron was hot which is really what they should have done. 

This show is actually rather infamous as it's the last televised wrestling show that Chyna actually wrestled on. Which is a shame given the quality of the match that she's in on this show but she still did look really good and if she got the right mental help she could have had a good run with TNA as for obvious reasons another stint in the WWE would be out of the question but for one reason or another she only wrestled one match for TNA with this match being the last televised match that she would ever wrestle as for some unknown reason prior to her death Chyna never wrestled for anyone again be it in TNA or on the independent scene which is weird because she could still wrestle and having her name on the card would pull in alot of people for a small time independent show. 

There was one thing that really did bug me about the Mickie James Vs Madison Rayne and that's the fact that they literally stop the match to continue the story between Madison Rayne and Tara. This was something that didn't really need to be done as they already did that during the backstage interview for this match and they could have done it again without having to stop the match just by having Tara attack Madison after loosing the match clean to Mickie as having Mickie pin Madison after she was knocked out by Tara really makes Mickie really look like a heel as she really basically cheated to win when if you had Mickie beat her clean you then she really would still look like a face and then you could have Madison just yell at Tara before Tara finally snaps and attacks her thus turning Tara face in the process.

For some reason both this show and alot of TNA PPV's have the same pattern with it being match , interview and match. While this show does try to mix things up by including some tales from the tape segments and one in ring segment it oddly makes the show predictable as the backstage stuff adds nothing new to the storylines that there advancing and the tales of the tape stuff doesn't tell us anything new about the people taking part in the match which is a shame because the commentators do add in their own thoughts during those segments which can be entertaining when they start to banter with each other but there something that should only be used for big matches and yet here there really used alot which just takes away from the importance of the matches.

When I say that this card has alot of really talented wrestlers on it i'm not kidding as all of the matches have at least one talented wrestler in it. Which was something that I really wasn't expecting to be the case as when you think of TNA nine times out of ten you don't really think of incredibly talented wrestlers let alone all of this shows matches having at least one if not two talented wrestlers in them thus really shouldn't come as much of a surprise as TNA around this time was still really popular and they still got alot of really talented wrestlers to sign up with them because of the more really relaxed schedule that they had at the time and that talent really does get to shine in a good few of this shows matches.

Now then this shows has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly two hours and fifty three minuets and nine seconds. Which is a solid running time for this show as alot of the matches on this show don't last for that long with the same thing also being true for both the backstage stuff and the in ring segments as well however with that being said with this long of a running time it would have worked better in this shows favor if some the matches where a little bit longer just because alot of them end rather abruptly with the finishes coming out of nowhere alot of the time which is something that would ave been fixed if those matches ran even just five minuets longer with the best example of this being the Beer Money Vs "Cool Blooded" Matt Hardy and "Wild Cat" Chris Harris match where the ending to that match really dud come out of nowhere and I will admit this show really does have some good pacing to it. 

So now then as this is a wresting show that means that I have to actually talk abut the actual wrestling that's actually feature / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual wrestling that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty really good. As this sow really does have some rather solid wrestling matches alot of the time as the Robbie E Vs Brian Kendrick just wasn't that good it's not that either wrestler was bad in the match because they weren't it's more due to the fact that either performer just couldn't get much of a reaction out of the crowd and the Robbie E gimmick just not really working well at all in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this was a rather solid but given that show takes place during the very much hated Hulk Hogan era of TNA it's also a show that's not as good as it really could have been as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very show in this very review and as such that means that this very show 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 Pro Wrestling fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very special that I used in this very review being Google Images simply just due to the fact that alot of the images that are on Google Images are all really fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.

Penny Dreadful: Night Work Review

 

With characters from other worlds crossing over and meeting each other becoming a very popular thing recently. You'd be forgiven for forgetting the fact that the same thing also happened in a horror TV show that was actually pretty successful and while I personally didn't really see that much of this show nor it's spin off while either were airing I thought that now was the absolutely right time to check out the first episode of this show just to see if it was as good as alot of people claimed it to be and so then join me as I review the episode that has a very strong James Bond and Doctor Who connection with the episode in question being called simply just "Night Work" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when his daughter is taken by something supernatural Sir Malcolm Murray goes on a quest to find her no matter the cost. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot thats actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad but that's also the issue as the plot of this episode wasn't all that good either with this episodes plot just being very dull at best and downright weak at it's worst with this not being helped by the fact that the episodes plot doesn't make me want to watch episode two of the show as that's how boring this episodes plot really was in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Timothy Dalton as Sir Malcolm Murray , Eva Green as Vanessa Ives and Josh Hartnett as Ethan Chandler. Also starring in this episode is Danny Sapani as Sembene , Harry Treadaway as Victor Frankenstein , Simon Russell Beale as Ferdinand Lyle , Alex Price as Proteus , Olivia Llewellyn as Mina Murray , Lorcan Cranitch as Inspector Granworthy , Fady Elsayed as Lead Familiar and Robert Nairne as Master Vampire.

Now the 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 surprising as alot of the cast in this episode are a bunch of really good actors and actresses with this really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is really good and so all the cast just have to do is say the words as they are written and a good performance will and in this case does come out of them naturally which really does help the overall quality of the acting in this episode.

Something that I wasn't expecting was for this episode to do is to set up a major character arc that lasts the entire of the show. With the chief example of this being the fact that in this episode they set up Vanessa's role in the show and what her arc in the how will be not by having any line of dialog but by having one vampire act scared of her that was a really subtle way to set up something that i'm assuming is scary an it's that kind of subtlety that I miss in TV shows as alot of TV shows these days just lack subtlety with them instead opting to out right way say whatever it is that there hinting at and so it was shocking to see this show set up something in a rather subtle way especially as she is a main character in this show.  

This show is basically the horror version of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with this episode alone introducing many characters from all across the world of horror literature. With the biggest reveal being the fact that the doctor that the group meet and work with in this episode is infact Victor Frankenstein with him having just created a creature of his own and even Malcolm's daughter Mina could very well be Mina Harker from Dracula and I have to admit that it was great to see all of these horror icons come together in a way that felt natural and yet at the same time seeing new sides not only to their personalities but also to their established characters which made those iconic characters feel fresh and different.

For the most part this episode is basically really just setting up the world in which this show takes place in. Which is fine for the first ten minuets or so but when a huge portion of the episodes running time is just setting up the world and not really doing anything with the characters it really go along way to make the whole episode feel like a chore sit through which is made even worse when you take into account that alot of the world building really didn't need to be seen as it could ave been spread out all throughout the episode as that would have made the episode a little bit easier to sit through instead of feeling like a chore to sit through however I will admit that when this episodes wants to get exciting it can be really exciting to sit through. 

Making Victor the good guy of this show really does make alot of sense as at his core the character was a good guy. Even going back to the original Frankenstein movie you can see that he was a guy that trying to do his best but was corrupted by his work which became his downfall where as in this show he's got somewhat of a troubled past with him still trying to be a good man which does make him seem like a tragic figure as anyone who has read the original novel or has seen the original film or it's sequel will know that it doesn't end well for this character ad while i'm not sure if that's two for the character in this show it would make his story feel all the more tragic as once again his work would have corrupted him.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly fifty three minuets and one second. Which Im will admit is a bit of a long running time for this episode to have as it really doesn't have alot their interms of either plot or story to cover that large amount of running time which means that we do get alot of scenes that just feel like padding as they add nothing to the overall plot of the episode with this episode being better of if those scenes were left on the cutting room floor as it would have helped the episode feel alot less like a chore to sit through and it would have helped the episode flow better as well altho I will admit this episode really does have some some really good pacing in it tho.

So now then as there are some scares in this episode that means that I have to actually talk about the actual scares that are actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual scares that are actually featured / presented to us in this very episode were in all honesty really good. With this episode having some really good and creepy scares to it with alot if not all of the scares working really well and while yes alot of the scares in this episode were jump scares they were jump scares that were  done really well as they were built up all throughout the scene instead of just having someone jumping out and yelling boo which is what alot of jump scares basically amount to in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this episode was at times a chore to sit through but at the same time because it has some really good and creepy moments in it and some really good acting from all involved it really does make this show look really good in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are n his very episode in this very review and as such that meas that this very episode earns it self 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 Penny Dreadful fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very special that I used in this very review being Google Images simply just due to the fact that alot of the images that are on Google Images are all really fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.