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Thursday, 5 December 2024

My SPOILER FILLED Short First Impressions Of The Creature Commandos TV Series


We are now in a new era of DC Comics as the DCEU is now officially dead and buried and with the start of this new show the DCU has just started. With James Gunn writing every single episode of this show it does give this new universe a good start and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED first impressions of the show that kick starts the DC Universe with the show in question being called simply just "Creature Commandos" enjoy.

The plot of these first two episodes is Rick Flagg Sr is charged with leading a team of monsters to stop the villain Circe from trying to take over the world. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty not that bad altho the setup for the show is strikingly similar to The Suicide Squad which is something that really does make the shows plot really feel less creative then what it actually is as the plot of the show can be really fun when it really wants to be with the plot of these first two episodes also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in these first two episodes is Indira Varma as The Bride Of Frankenstein and Sean Gunn as G.I. Robot and Weasel. Also starring in these furst two episodes is Alan Tudyk as Doctor Phosphorus and Tanner , Zoë Chao as Nina Mazursky , David Harbour as Eric Frankenstein , Frank Grillo as General Rick Flag, Sr. , Maria Bakalova as Princess Ilana Rostovic and Old Woman , Viola Davis as Amanda Waller , Jake Tapper as A Reporter , Julian Kostov as Alexi and A Knight   Nikolai Stoilov as Cabbie and Server , Tony Cavalero as Incel Son and Anya Chalotra as Circe.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty really good with all of the shows characters being perfectly cast even if alot of them are just the same actors that have appeared in other James Gunn projects and are basically playing the same characters here that they've played in other James Gunn projects they are still some really good actors that are turning in some really good performances with the acting that's in these first two episodes really being helped by the fact that the script for these first two episodes is just so good that all these episodes actors really have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance really will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in these first two episodes.


Doing the animation for these first two episodes is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Bobbypills. With the animation in both of these first two episodes being the highlight of both episodes as it's just that good with both episodes having some really highly detailed backgrounds and the show as a whole having a look that's highly similar style and look to the DC animated films of the mid to late 2010s which is a look that looked really well for those films and it works here as it makes the ship stand out from all of the other animated shows that are out there with the episodes having some really good looking pieces of animation in them.

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




In what was a really shocking move the show especially in its first episode makes a reference to Wonder Woman and more understandably to The Suicide Squad. With it being revelled in quite literally the opening minutes of the first episode that Circe is leading a group promising that if they help her take over this small country then she'll take them to Themyscira which they call by name with that very same episode also confirming that this show takes place just a few weeks after the events of The Suicide Squad with Rick Flagg Sr still processing the loss of his son which does confirm that at least that film and that film portrayal of certain characters are indeed canon to this new DCU which means that there is a small chance that we could see Margot Robbie come back as Harley Quinn at somepoint as well.

Without giving away two much of what happens in both if these episodes there is a certain plot point in episode two that might not work all that well. As it's something that could creep out some people if you've seen the Killing Joke movie with the second episode really going all in on the adult stuff by also showing us just how The Bride was created and how she was meant to fall in love with Frankensteins monster but ended up falling in love with Victor Frankenstein himself something that is an interesting plot point as the character of The Bride who is quite literally based off of the character of the same name has never really been given much media attention and as a result of that is the fact that it is possible that she could have fallen in love with her creator with there romance in this episode being really sweet to watch play out.


Now then episode one of this show has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty two minuets and thirty three seconds whilst episode two has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty two minuets and five seconds. With episode one having the better running time of the two episodes just because of the fact that that episode makes the best use of it's running time by setting up all of it's characters and the overall plot and feel of the show where as whilst the second episode of the show is really good in its own right it doesn't advance the plot of the show with the plot taking a backseat just so they can give us The Brides origin story when the two could have been tied together in someway shape or form but I really will admit that these episodes really do have some really good pacing to them tho.

So now then as this is an action show that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty not that bad as the show does indeed show us some really impressive looking action scenes in the second the issue is tho us that it only has two action scenes and that's really it with both them just featuring at least one member of the team either fighting another member of the team of Circe one on one with there not being a balls to the wall insane action scene featuring every single member of the team but to be fair tho it's during the action scenes that the animation really dies come alive in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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


Overall these first two episodes where I really good bunch of episodes and while they don't set the DCU off with its best foot forward its far to early to tell if the DCU will be any good or not in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in these first two episodes in this very post and since this is only my first impressions I won't be giving this show a rating however if this post does decently well and if you guys want me to check out another episode then I will do it and that post would then be a review of that episode and that episode only and not a review of the show as a whole.

Now then interms of 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 post from the official DC Universe fandom wiki page , the official DC Extended Universe fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very post being the really great the official DC Universe fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from these very episodes with alot of them being better quality then what'd think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on the official DC Universe fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.


Wednesday, 4 December 2024

Doctor Who: The Snowmen A Short Review


When you think of Christmas specials there was one TV show that you could always count on to air episodes yearly. With that show being none other then Doctor Who and yet very rarely did any of its specials impact the plot of the then current series and yet that's the one thing that this episode does and so join me as I review the episode that brings back a classic Doctor Who villain with the episode in question being called simply just "The Snowmen" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when Snowmen start popping up all over the place its up to a barmaid and governess to try and get The Doctor out of his depression and convince him to save the world again. Plot wise this episodes plot was really good as it not only gave us the typical Doctor Who Christmas affair but it also took certain plot elements in a much more darker area then what other Doctor Who Christmas episodes have dared to do and while the darker elements of this episodes plot don't really have that much if an effect on this episodes plot they do add some to the overall mystery of this current series with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Matt Smith as The Doctor and Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara Oswin Oswald. Also starring in this episode is Richard E. Grant as Dr Simeon , Dan Starkey as Strax, Catrin Stewart as Jenny Flint , Neve McIntosh as Madame Vastra , Tom Ward as Captain Latimer , Liz White as Alice , Joseph Darcey-Alden as Digby , Ellie Darcey-Alden as Francesca , Juliet Cadzow as The voice of the ice governess and Sir Ian McKellen as the voice of The Great Intelligence.

From an acting point of view this episode is really good. As the acting that's in this very episode us really good with all of the actors that you expect a great performance from giving us exactly that but while the acting in this episode is of a really high quality there are some bad performances to be found in this very episode with the likes of Joseph Darcey-Alden and Ellie Darcey-Alden turning in some really bland performances as the kids that Clara is put in charge of as they just turn in sone bland and wooden performances which would be OK if this was the bogstandard Doctor Who Christmas episode but its not as it forms apart of the series main narrative and as such the acting from all involved including the kids really should have been really top notch with the acting that's in this very episode really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so good that all this episodes actors really have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance really will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.


Doing the CGI for this episode is The Mill and Real SFX. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good as the episode does make great use of its CGI with it only being used when they really need to like to create the mouths on the Snowmen or to create the ice governess herself both of which are things that really couldn't have been practically and they therefore had to do them in CGI and to the episodes credit they both look really good even for not only the small budget that this has always had but also the rime in which this episode was both made and aired in as well.


This is the episode that introduces us to another version of Clara in this case its Clara Oswin Oswald. With this version perhaps being the best version of the Clara character as she's spunky and funny and has alot if charm to her and while the version of Clara that we do end up with is a good character it took time for her character to be a decent character where as with this version of the character she's really likable from the second that she appears on screen and that is something that makes her ultimate death all the more tragic as not has The Doctor himself come to accept her as a companion but us the audience had come to like her as well and want to see more adventures with this version of the Clara character.

As was stated at the start of this very review this episode does bring back a classic Doctor Who villain which in this case is The Great Intelligence. Which was a really obscure villain to bring back but what they do in this episode with the character does make sense as while they keep him as a disembodied voice they have this episode serve as a prequel to The Web Of Fear by revealling that it was The Doctor that gave it the idea of attacking the London Underground which is a good idea and while the character isn't used in a great way as he plays second fiddle to the Dr Simeon character given the back story for The Great Intelligence tho that is something that does make at least. some sense but it is something that could have been done alot better as could have the fact that The Doctor is suffering from depression something that is very quickly forgotten about when it would have made from a great ark for the character to go through over the course of this episode.


Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly fifty nine minuets and forty three seconds. Which is a really good running time for this special to have as this episode really does have the amount of plot to really cover that large amount of running time and by giving this episode close to a one hour running time something is pretty much the norm now it does also mean that the plot of the episode can be paced out alot better then what it normally would have been if this had the series bogstandard running time of forty five minuets as that would mean that alot of the character and plot development would be lost in order to meet that runningvtime but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this an action show that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as while we do really only get the action scene in the end of the episode it's really the only one that we need as this is an episode that really doesn't require an action scene every few minuets as the plot and the characters are string enough that when we do get to the episodes action scene you don't mind that it's the only one in the episode as the plot and the characters really are just that strong in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall while there are better Matt Smith era Doctor Who Christmas episodes out there this one really isn't all that bad and is a really solid episode to watch in its own right 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 episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 out 10 from me.

Now then interms of where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with alot of them being better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on Google Images are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Tuesday, 3 December 2024

My Short SPOILER FREE First Impressions Of Skeleton Crew


There once was a time when Star Wars would produce almost nothing but hits with there being one or two misses. Nowadays it's the opposite that seems to be true with the franchise spawning more misses thenut does hits well we have yet another new Star Wars TV show out there to add to the collection and while only time we'll tell if this is a hit or a miss so then join me as I give my SPOILER FREE first impressions of the show that is basically Star Wars take on The Goonies with the show in question being called simply just "Skeleton Crew" enjoy.

The plot of this show is when a bunch of kids find and activate a starship on there home planet they suddenly find themselves deep in the galaxy and have to try and find there way home before it's far to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty really good as it was the kind of plot that really does harken back to the family adventure films of the eighties with the plot being something that's oddly refreshing as well with the plot also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in these first two episodes is Ravi Cabot-Conyers as Wim and Robert Timothy Smith as Neel. Also starring in these episodes is Ryan Kiera Armstrong as Fern, Kyriana Kratter as KB , Kerry Condon as Fara , Tunde Adebimpe as Wendle , Fred Tatasciore as the voice of Brutus , Jaleel White as Gunter , Dale Soules as Chaelt , Geoffrey Lower as A Merchant Captain , Marti Matulis as Vane , Sisa Grey as Koma , Dominic Burgess as Beef , Vivienne Sachs as A Mean Kid , Iliana Castillo as Roona and Jude Law as Jod.

From an acting point of view the acting that's in these episodes was really good. With all of this shows turning in some really good performances which is something that does both make sense and yet not make sense as well as while alot of the actors that are in these first two episodes a bunch of really good actors in there right alot more of the episodes actors are not only kids but also relative unknown actors and as such it really doesn't make sense that the acting from them would be all that good as we the audience would have no idea what to expect from them from an acting point of view and yet given that the first episode was directed by the shows co-creator Jon Watts who also co-wrote episodes one and two if this show with the shows co-creator Christipher Ford it does make sense that the acting in these first two episodes was as good as it was as he really does know how to get a good oerformance out of his actors with the acting that's in these first two episodes really being helped by the fact that the script for these first two episodes really was so good that all these episodes characters really have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance really will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help the overall quality of the acting that's in these first two episodes.


Doing the CGI for these first two episodes is Double Negative , Image Engine Design and Legacy Effects. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty really good and was alot better then what it really had any right to be as alot of the effects in these live action Star Wars TV shows really can't hold a candle when compared to not just the movies but other effects heavy shows as well but here the effects in just these first episodes alone were not only really good in there own right but were also movie quality good as that's just how good the effects were in these first two episodes.


To be frank this show is pretty much The Goonies meets E.T. meets Firefly with a dash of The Breakfast Club all rolled up into one. Which is a mixture that on paper really shouldn't work and yet because of the fact that there's a clear passion for alot of eighties films and for Star Wars as a whole it's something that not only works but it also makes the concept of this show seem fresh and new when in fact Star Trek: Prodigy used a very similar set up and yet here it works because if the fact that all of the kids come across as being very enduring and actually likable with this being the kind of show that does prove that there might just be life in Star Wars yet.

What might prevent this show from being a hit is the fact that recently Star Wars has seen a huge decline in quality. So much so that people that would normally stick around for this show might just not watch this show at all since the franchise has been putting more bad shows then they have good ones ms and what very little movies that they have been releasing have been at best very divisive which does mean that when a show or a film does come round that's genuinely good then it makes it harder for that show or movie to be a hit due to all of the flops in this franchise that are out there which is a shame as this show really is a good show that's really worth watching.


Now then episode one of this show has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly forty six minuets and twenty five seconds whilst episode two has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty nine minuets and nine seconds. With episode two having the better running time as that's the one that has the right amount of running time there to cover its plot where as episode is has so much to set up not only interms of plot but also interms of characters that it kind of forgets to tell a decent plot despite it's extended running time but at the same time it's due to that extended runningvtime that we get alot of the more fun filled moments in these first two episodes alot or ehich would have most likely have been cut out due to the fact that they add nothing to the plot of that episode but I really will admit that these episodes really do have some really good pacing to them tho.

So now then as this is an action show that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty not that bad. As we do get some decent looking action in the first episode of the show but that's really the only bit of action that we get across the two episodes with the show instead coming across more as being a science fiction comedy then it is a science fiction action show with the show having more funny and comedic scenes init then it does have action scenes with the action that we do get in the first episode being not that bad at best in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall while it is hard to say if this show will be a hit or not thanks to shows like The Acolyte bombing really hard with both fans and audiences alike what is certain is that this show will have a huge mountain to climb if it is to be a hit show in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in these first two episodes in this very post and since this is only my first impressions I won't be giving this show a rating however if this post does decently well and if you guys want me to check out another episode then I will do it and that post would then be a review of that episode and that episode only and not a review of the show as a whole.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post from the official Disney fandom wiki page , the official Star Wars fandom wiki page and IMP Awards , Com. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very post being the really great the official Disney fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with alot of them being better quality then what'd think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on the official Disney fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.


Monday, 2 December 2024

Teen Titans Go! "Four Hundred" A Short SPOILER FILLED Review


When any animated show reaches a high amount of episodes it is also a cause for celebration no matter the quality if the show itself. With Teen Titans Go just releasing there four hundredth episode celebration and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the episode that officially sees Teen Titans Go become the longest running DC animated series ever with the episode in question being called simply just "Four Hundred" enjoy.

Plot wise this episodes plot revolves around the Titans being sent to a stop motion dimension where they have to figure out how to get there shows budget undercontrol before they are cancelled. This episodes plot was really the stereotypical plot for this show only with nothing charming about it as while the plot is rather rightfully about Teen Titans Go reaching a good number of episodes the plot isn't all that interesting as it feels like the plot of an average episode of the show and not a twenty two minute episode of the show with the plot of this episode not really being being really rather entertaining nor is it really rather engaging either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Scott Menville as Robin and Birdarang and Hynden Walch as Starfire. Also starring in this episode is Khary Payton as Cyborg , Tara String as Raven , Greg Cipes as Beast Boy , David Kaye as Superman and Fred Tatasciore as Detective Chimp.

This episodes acting was really good with all of the episodes actors turning in some really good performances in this episode. Which is something that really isn't all that shocking as all of this episodes actors are a bunch of really good actors in there own right with alot of them having played there respective characters since 2003 and would there for know how best to perform there respective characters and what kind of performance would best suit there characters in any given situation with the acting that's in this very episode not really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so bad as it gives none of this episodes actors absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there respective characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does harm the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.


Doing the animation for this episode is Copernicus Studios and Stoopid Buddy Stoodios. 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 as this show has always had some really decent looking animation in it with the same thing also being true for the episodes stopmototion animation as well which is not really that surprising as that was handled by the exact same studio that works in Robot Chicken.

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



For some strange reason this episode chose to make Superman act out of character by having him be the episodes bad guy. Which even for the world that this show takes place in makes no sense as he was also presented as someone who really didn't care for the Titans either way and yet here he actively despises them all for the fact that none of his shows reached four hundred episodes with him being jealous being something that really doesn't work for this character as he's the ultimate good guy and heck it would have made alot more sense if the villain for this episode was Control Freak as that character hates this version of the Titans and it would there for be well within his character to send them somewhere where they might actually get cancelled.

To give this episode some credit is it at the very least better then the Warner Bros 100th Anniversary episode. As at least in this episode the heroes aren't pushing legacy characters to the side and while yes this episode does have it's fair share of problems is it at the very least creative with them making great use of the stopmotion format and even going into detail as to what it is and why it's not seen all that often where as thecWarner Bros 10th Anniversary special episode disregarded all of the characters that we'd actually like to see in an anniversary special and wasn't that creative with it's plot and animation this is despite the fact that it really could have been really creative with its plot and animation.


While I would very much like to tell you what this episodes grand total I actually can't but what I do know is that this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of roughly twenty two minuets. Which is rather fitting as this a special episode but at the same time tho it would have been alot better if this episode had the plot there to really cover that amount of time as this episode really only has enough plot there to really cover eleven minuets which is really how long this episode really should have been as that really would have been more in keeping with the rest of the show even more so when you take into account that this episode really doesn't have anything there that requires the extra eleven minuets with the episode mostly being made up of filler scenes with the titans exploring the stopmotion world all of which adds nothing to the actual plot of the episode but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a comedy that really does mean 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. As the episode does have some really good fourth wall breaking jokes but at the same time tho alot of this episodes fourth wall breaking jokes do seem to rather main spirited as there just taking shots at shows that alot of people really like and yet because of the fact that they didn't make it to four hundred episodes that somehow makes it OK for this show to mock them when it really doesn't but when we do get a good joke in this episode it is a really good joke in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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



Overall this was a decent episode of the show but  at the samectime tho this is an episode that really should have been alot more better then what it was in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 5.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Teen Titans Go fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great the official Teen Titans Go fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with alot of them being better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on the official Teen Titans Go fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Thursday, 21 November 2024

Sonic The Hedgehog "Sonic And Sally" Review


It's been a whopping three years since anything from the classic Sonic The Hedgehog TV series otherwise known as Sonic SatAM was covered and well then then I thought that it was about time that gets put to and end. With there being so many episodes of this show to chose from it really was hard to pick which episode to cover next and well then I think that i've found the perfect episode to review for you guys and so then join me as I review the episode that proves that you really should trust Tails with the episode in question being called simply just "Sonic And Sally" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when Princess Sally is captured and a robot version of her is accidentally rescued by Sonic and friends the gang have to find the real Sally and rescue her before she to is turned into a robot. 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 as the episodes plot was one that was really well done but at the same time it was something that was rather on the weak side of things as well as it was very hard at times to tell what the actual plot of the episode was even meant to be with the plot of this episode being at best better suited for an eleven minuet cartoon then it was a twenty two minuet cartoon but on the flip side of that is the fact that this episodes plot did give us the chance to really showcase just how smart that Dr. Robotnik can be when he really wants to be and that is something that you very rarely get to see yet it's a key plot point in this episode in this episode with the only real issue with this episodes plot just being the fact that it's not the strongest plot that this show really could have had with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Family Matters star Jaleel White as Sonic The Hedgehog and voice acting legend Kath Soucie as Sally , Robot Sally and Nicole. Also starring in this episode is voice acting legend Christine Cavanaugh as Bunnie Rabbot , Mark Ballou as Rotor , voice acting legend Rob Paulsen as Antoine Depardieu , voice acting legend Frank Welker as Swat-Bots , Bradley Pierce as Tails , voice acting legend Charlie Adler as Snively and voice acting legend Jim Cummings as Doctor Robotnik and Swat-Bots.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featu4eed / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I 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 is something that's to be expected given who is starring not only in this episode but in this show as a whole as alot of this shows actors are a bunch of really good voice actors all of whom really can deliver some really good performances something which we get in this episode as they all deliver some really good performances that make you wonder why these actors haven't appeared in more Sonic media as these characters as they play them just so well that you could very easily see them starring in another TV series or maybe a movie as these characters with the true standout performer in this episode being either Christine Cavanaugh as Bunnie Rabbot who was just a pure joy to listen to in this episode or Jim Cummings who was really creepy as Doctor Robotnik and yet when it came to playing some of the Swat-Bots he was also really funny and goofy something that even the best of voice actors can;t really pull off and yet he does in this episode really easily with the acting that's in this very episode really being helped by the fact that this episodes script was just so good that all this episodes actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance really will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.


Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Saerom Animation and Milímetros S.A.. 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 really good with the episodes backgrounds looking really good like they have alot of actual thought and effort put into them with the best example of this being Robotnik's lair as it looks grimy and dirty and lived in which makes sense as this is a lair that he does live in and so it would look both dirty and grimy compare this with the homebase of Sonic and friends where it still looks lived it but it looks cleaner while still having alot of effort put into them which is perfect for there characters as well as they are meant to be the good guys and so the place that that call home would look more cleaner then Robotnik's lair as they would have taken the time to clean up any mess that they left behind where as with Robotnik it's not in his character to clean anything up and as a result of that is of course his lair would look dirty as that's perfect for his character with all of the episodes characters having some really nice fluid movements to them as well and it could even be argued that it's during the episodes action is where the episodes animation truly stands out and really comes alive as that's just how good the animation not only in this episode but in this show as a whole really is.


Even tho he does play a pretty vital part in the plot of this episode Tails really isn't in the episode all that much. With him only appearing in the middle and the end of the episode in a few brief scenes but all of the scenes that he does appear in are vital to the plot of the episode as he's the one that not only discovers that the fake Sally is actually a robot but he;s the one that even goes to tell Sonic that Sally is a fake and yet he's not in the episode all that much which is something that really does make a whole lot of sense as there's no way that you can get his character into the story as he's just a little kid in this show and as such showing him actively attacking Robotnik's lair whilst it would work in making Robotnik look like a bad it still wouldn't work for Tails as there's not much that this version of the characters could actually do as he has nothing special about him like Bunny does or Sonic does for example and as a result of that is the fact that the only place that you could put this characters in the parts in which he appears in the episode and have him play the role that he plays in the episode which while it still very vital to the plot of the episode it's also something that doesn't allow for us the audience to see what his character actually brings to the team and as a result of that is the fact that he feels like that he's only here just for the sake of being there and that's really it as that's the role that really is perfect for this version of the character.

For some reason even tho it's painfully obvious that Sally is a Robot the episode chooses to make Sonic look really dumb by having him until the episodes third act to work out that she's a robot. Yet he's meant to be the teams co-leader with the real life Sally being the other co-leader and yet even tho she doesn't do all of the things that the start of the episode sets up that they both do before a mission Sonic still doesn't pick up on the fact that this version of Sally isn't a good guy and even the voice for Robot Sally sounds very robotic and while yes she does act like her normal counterpart even down to her not only knowing all of the comrades names and what there routines are what she doesn't have are Sally's memories and knowing what Robotnik is like that is something that Sonic should have tested when he rescued what he thought was the real Sally and while yes he was being chased by the Swat-Bots at the time the second that they escaped the prison and had sometime to ask her a question then he really should have done it just be sure that he got the right person as that way he wouldn't be putting the lives of the rest of his friends and himself at risk and yet because he didn't do that and because of the fact that he failed to pick up on the fact that Sally was evil then it really does make Sonic look not only really dumb but also a bad leader as those are things that a good leader really would have done and yet for some strange reason Sonic doesn't do it.


One of the thing that not only this episode but the show as whole got right was the fact that it not only made Robotnik out to be a really terrifying villain but it also made him out to be a rally smart villain as well. As even tho he doesn't know where Sonic and his friends are based what he did do was put a locator chip inside of Robot Sally so that he could track her movements and there for find out where they all live as that way he could take them all out which is a really good idea but there was one tying that let that idea down and thats the fact that he forgot to make sure that the Robot Sally had all of the real Sally's memories as you can have someone both look like and talk like someone but if they don't get all of the facts right about that same someone then the whole plan very quickly falls apart but the episode does more then make up for that by also having be a really creepy villain with him having this really menacing voice and always being covered by lots of shadows is his really dark and grimy lair all of which does add up to him being a really creepy villain and it's something that makes you wonder why other Sonic media haven't really portrayed him this way as alot of other Sonic media have always had him be more like his Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog counterpart in that he's always goofy and always making jokes which is fine for one or two versions in or two scenes but by always doing that your making the character as whole seem like less of a threat then what he really should be as he should be a really smart and creepy villain and not a villain that's always cracking jokes and acting like a goofball.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty two minuets and forty nine seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for this show and to this episodes credit it really does have just the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time and while it really doesn't fully develop it's plot as it would have been nice to find out why they are attacking Robotnik's robot making factory at the start of the episode and while attacking that building was so important to to them as it would have added some actual stakes to the episode what little we do get does work really well as we get to see just how the real life Sally acts when she's not a mission which granted is scene through the eyes of Robot Sally but it is still something that works really well with her being more of a mother figure to Tails even going as far as to read him a bed time story and do all the voices of all of the characters which is sweet to see but at the same time tho it would have been nice to see all of that through the eyes of the actual Sally and not her robot counterpart something that the episode really could have done if it was just a few minuets longer and it's something that wouldn't be seen as filler as it sets up something that does get payed off near the end of the episode when we see Robot Sally acting differently but I really 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 really does mean 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. As it was the kind of action that you'd expect to find in a kids Saturday morning kids cartoon show but what sets the action in this episode apart is the fact that it's were the animation in this very episode really does get the chance to shine and really leap of screen as while we dont get to see Sonic doing all that much action wise as it's really only Bunny that gets to do alot of the action in this episode the best that we do get to see Sonic do mainly just involve him running and that's really it and while it does look good it does also lack that extra something that you really want to see in an action show as Sonic doesn't really get the chance to use any of his powers as he's to bust trying to rescue Sally twice in the same episode which does make sense but for a show that is not only named after him but also makes him out to be this really big deal in the shows own theme song you do expect him to a bit more action with the bits of action that Bunny gets to do like taking destroying several robots at once does look really cool and indeed all of this episodes action is really cool to see in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall while this was a really good episode of a really good show it's still an episode that could have been alot better then what it ended up being as it had all of the potential to be a really good episode of the show and yet all it really needed was a just little extra running time in order to reach that full potential as that's just how good that this episode and this episode really well and truly really is in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad thins that are in this very episode in this very review and such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old core of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in his very review from the official Sonic The Hedgehog fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great the official Sonic The Hedgehog fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with alot of them being better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on the official Sonic The Hedgehog fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Wednesday, 20 November 2024

Worzel Gummidge "Muvvers' Day" Review


Back in the fourth series of Worzel Gummidge it very quickly became common practice for them to have Aunt Sally be forced into quite literally more then half of the series. As a result of that is the fact that it became really rare to find an episode where she wasn't in it or even the main focus of the episode with the episode that i'm going to be reviewing for you all today being a good example of how to do an episode without Aunt Sally in it and so then join me as I review the episode that technically sees another member of Worzel's family be introduced into the show with the episode in question being called simply just "Muvvers' Day" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is after he is thrown into a ditch by a mob of angry mothers Worzels becomes determined to find his own mother. 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 as it was a very fun filled plot and it's one that shows that the makers of this show can still make a decent plot and not have to have Aunt Sally in it as by this point in the shows history she was being used quite alot of the time and as a result of that is the fact that it did start to take away focus from Worzel Gummidge himself with the plot of this episode really going along way to making sure that not only is he the main focus of the episode but that the episode starts to feel like some of the episodes from the shows seconds series as this episodes plot is nothing more the pure childlike fun that's absolutely filled to the brim with childlike wonder and whimsy all of which are things that are quite usually found in plots when this show is at it's absolutely best and while yes the plot of this episode isn't the shows best that doesn't stop it from being a good plot in it own right with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Doctor Who and Wombling Free star Jon Pertwee as Worzel Gummidge and Operation Julie star Susie Johns as Nanny. Also starring in this episode is Seventy Deadly Pills star Barbara Ashcroft as Lady B , Charlotte Coleman as Sue Peters , Jeremy Austin as John Peters , Casino Royale1967 and Catweazle star Geoffrey Bayldon as The Crowman and The Wind In The Willows Grand Annual Show Beryl Reid as Sarah Pigswill.

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 this episodes acting being more the worthy of the shows already high standard for acting as everybody that worked on this show didn't treat this show as a kids TV show that would be forgotten about as they instead chose to think about all of this shows episodes as feature films and as a result of that is the fact that we get acting in not only the rest of the show but in this episode as well that is worthy of being a kids feature length film with all of this episodes actors turning some really good performances in this episode with it being made as clear as day that the show regular director and producer James Hill really did know not only who would be perfect for any role as Beryl Reid does play Worzels mother rather wonderfully but that he did know how to get a good performance out of all of his actors something which really is put to good use in all of this shows with all of the episodes characters really being perfectly cast no matter how big or small there role really is with the acting that's in this very episode also being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so good that all this episodes actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance really will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.


Even tho this episode is all about Worzel not only finding out who his mother this episode does also complicate things as well as The Crowman himself quite clearly states near the start of the episode that scarecrows can't have mothers. As Worzel not only has a nephew but also has an Australian cousin both of which would require to have him a mother and yet here they openly say that scarecrows can't technically have mothers but they still can if a scarecrow is made from the same row of seeds that another scarecrow was born from which is a fine way of getting around the lore that the episode just established but at the same time it makes you wonder that if scarecrows cant have a mother then how can he both a nephew and a cousin this is something that should have been thought of by the shows regular writers Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall as the pair of them are usually so good with keeping things in continuity and yet here they tried to add something to the lore of the show but they did so in a way that makes you question the other aspects of the shows lore and while the idea of scarecrows only having mothers if there born from same row of seeds that another scarecrow is made from is a good it's one that's not fully thought as it then makes you wonder how they can have other family members let alone have a mother or maybe even a father as well as that is something that is now a question thanks to the fact that scarecrows can now have mothers.


Worzels mother in this episode was a decent character as she was someone who is in her own mind a good mother. Without her realising that all of the things that she's doing for Worzel are things that only make sense to her and her only like the fact that for a cake she makes him mud cake which is something that she likes and having a cup of tea made of ditch water both of which make her seem like she's a real down to earth scarecrow mother or at least what the scarecrow version of being down to earth is like and it's those types of things that make her a really funny character and it's something that makes you wonder why the character didn't show up in other episodes of this series as seeing how she would interact with Aunt Sally or even Dolly Clothes Peg for that matter and seeing who they would bounce off of each other does sound really funny and like it could have been a really good idea but for some reason this is the only episode in which the character not only appears in but is even referenced and while there really isn't any episode in this series where she could have made an appearance outside of maybe the last episode as she could have helped John and Sue stop Aunt Sally from eating Worzel's cake or even helped out Aunt Sally without realising who she is in the first place and yet for one time only character she does seem like a really fun character it just would have been nice if we got to have more appearances with this character.

Shockingly not only does this episode not feature Aunt Sally in the episode at all but also John and Sue barely feature in the episode. With it being a breath of fresh air for Aunt Sally not even appearing in the episode as there are only so many stories that you can tell with that character before it starts to get old something that does happen in not only this series but also in Worzel Gummidge Down Under as well and while it does make sense for Jhon and Sue to basically play more of a minor role in this episode it still would have been nice to see them play more of a bigger role in the episode as they are Worzel's best friends and there for it would have made sense to see them more in the episode and while yes they are the ones to give Worzel the idea of having a mother of all of his own we don't really get to see alot of how they would react to all of the things that Worzel's mother does which is something that could have made for some great scenes and they could have told Worzel's mother how mothers are meant to act as that would also make sense for not only the plot of the episode but also for the characters as well and while yes it is great that Aunt Sally isn't even referenced in this episode at all the very fact that they don't even mention where the character does feel odd even more so when you take into account that she does appears out of nowhere in the rest of the series but given that we get so much of her in this series having one episode where she doesn't appear at all is a very refreshing thing to see as it keeps the focus back on the title character and doesn't shift it to another character.


What was something that worked really well for this episode was the fact that we got see Worzel act like a stereotypical young boy. With him calling his mother the best mother in the whole wide world and even running away from her when she's about to him with her umbrella these are all things that young kids would do and have done and it was great to see it as Worzel even without his mother is basically just a little kid who just so happens to be in the body of grown up scarecrow and yet even so it's still fun and charming to see him act how young people would act when there in that exact same situation as would the fact that we even see him act is disgust at some of the home cooking which is something that not only works for that character but it's also something that makes for some truly wonderful scenes and while it would have been nice if we got to see the relationship between Worzel and his mother get developed something that even could have been in future episodes that would also go against what we see in the rest of the show as the show basically resets it's status quo at the end of the episode but given that this series was meant to be the final series of the show then they really could have taken a few more chances and taken the chance to develop a relationship that the show has never had the chance to had as while it could be argued that The Crowman is Worzel's father the relationship between father and son is far different then the relationship between mother and son and that is something that really co8ld have been explored in this very episode.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty six minuets and five seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstandard running time for this show to have and to this episodes credit it really does have the right amount there interms of plot to really cover that amount of running time with the episode also taking as full advantage of it's running time that it really could have done and while this episodes would have been better if they took the time to fully develop the relationship between Worzel and his mother there's really no way that they could have had scenes like that in the episode without those scenes feeling like filler scenes as the episode really doesn't have alot of running time in the first place and as a result of that is the fact that all of the scenes needs to be about advancing the plot of the episode and there for they really can't afford to have scenes that might be cut out of the episode something that would have been the case with all of the scenes that develop the relationship between Worzel and his mother no matter how short those scenes are as there's no way that you could do those scenes and have them actually play a role in the plot of the episode and given that this is a kids show the shows target audience don't really need to have fully developed relationships even more so when you take into account that the character could have appeared in a future episode and there relationship could have been fully developed then but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing t it tho.


So now then as this is comedy that really does means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy thats actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With this episode having alot of painfully funny moments all though out the episode not only with the scenes with Worzel and his mother but at the start of the episode where Worzel asks a nanny about what she's doing entering a baby into a baby contest only for her to politely ask him for his umbrella just so that she can hit over the head with it something that she does again when he things that she's his mother which a was a great small running joke as John Pertwee gets to make some really funny faces both times that he gets hit which is something that makes those scenes even funnier then what they already were but also was the fact that after Worzel shoves his mother face into his homemade scarecrow breakfast John warns him that as a punishment he gets a ten second head start before she starts to chase to try and hit him this time with her umbrella which was just such a cute , funny and charming way to end the episode with this episode having alot of jokes that are not only funny but are also cute and charming as well something that this shows does wonderfully well with all of this episodes jokes being really good and really funny as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 


Overall this was a really good way to start of what would be the final series of the original show as it not only has all of the things that the original show was really known for having but it also has alot of really funny jokes in it as well with this episode really being worth watching for it's jokes alone as there just that good and there just funny to watch in this very 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 well then that means that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girl and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all pf the images that I personally used in this very review from Amazon . Co . Uk , Wikipedia and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with alot of them being better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on Google Images are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.