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Monday, 24 February 2025

My First Impressions Of Win Or Lose


Even tho they've spent alot of there time turning out hit film after hit film PIXAR has now suddenly started to try there hand at making TV shows. With the only other TV shows that they themselves made being Card Toons , Cars On The Road , Monsters At Work and Dream Productions as while yes they did have a hand in making Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command that wasn't fully made by them and they have just debuted the first two episodes of there first show not to be based off of a feature film and so then join me as I give you my first impressions of the show that really is alot more mature then what it really had any right to be with the show in question being called simply just "Win Or Lose" enjoy.

The plot of these first two episodes is Laurie is a struggling softball player for her dads team and struggles to cope with the pressure when it comes to just hitting the ball and the teams umpire struggles to get over his ex-girlfriend. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty not that bad as both of these first two episodes do have plots that are alot better then what they really had any right to be as they both deal with themes that you don't typically get to see in alot of Disney shows and they do them in ways that are not only unique to each character that the plot of the episode is focusing on but also in really creative and unique ways as well but if push came to shove then the best plot had to be the one in the first episode just because of the fact it felt like that episode actually had a plot and story to tell where as episode twos plot just felt weak with the episode just feeling like that random stuff was happening just for the sake of it and not because of the fact that the episode had a really good story in it's own right to tell as the plot for episode two whilst it was a good plot it just wasn't focused on that much and as such it felt like that the attention of the episode was everywhere except what was meant to be the episodes plot where as it's the opposite that's true for episode ones plot with the plots of both 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 episodes is Rossie Foss as Laurie , Will Forte as Coach Dan , Chanel Stewart as Kai and Tom Law as Tom. Also starring in these episodes is Izaac Wang as Yuwen , Lil Rel Howery as James , Rosa Salazar as Vanessa , Dorien Watson as Ira , Jo Firestone as Sweaty , Milian Ray as Rochelle , Rhea Seehorn as Carole , Josh Thomson as Frank Brown , Kyliegh Curran as Taylor , Erin Keif as Kerin , Flula Borg as Francis and Santina Muha as Cheryl.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty really good. Which is something that's not really all that knew for a PIXAR project as all of there films and now TV shows even the bad ones have had some really good acting in them and have be really well cast as well and that is something that does seem to be the case for this show and for these episodes as well as all of the characters that are in these first two episodes have been really well cast as even tho the show does sadly continue the trend of using celebrity voices over actual voice actors to play there characters you actually can't tell who is voicing who with all of this shows actors changing there voices just enough so that it feels right for the character and as a result of that is the fact that you stop hearing the actors saying these lines and you start to hear the character saying them with the acting that's in these first two episodes really being helped by the fact that these episodes acting is really being helped by the fact that the scripts for these first two episodes are so good that all these 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 these first two episodes.


Doing the animation for these first two episodes is of course the legends and the greats that are currently over at PIXAR Animation Studios and Lemon Sky Studios. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty about as good as you'd expect from PIXAR. AS the animation just from these first two episodes alone is more then up there with some of the stuff that they've been putting in there more recent feature films as it's just that good and it's something that also consistent as even in there bad films like Lightyear for example as they always manage to out do themselves with each and every project that they do and they've done it once again as the animation in these first two episodes was simply nothing more then gorgeous to look at and it something that does go to show that you can put in decent feature film quality animation in a TV show if you have the right studio to do it and while the animation in episode one is alot more better then the animation in episode two that doesn't mean that episode two has bad animation in it because it really doesn't it just means that episode one has better animation in it with even the more out there scenes in episode two also looking really good as well as that's just how good the animation really is in both of these episodes.


In what was a unexpected move this show is telling eight interlocking stories with them all seemingly ending up at this big championship game. Which is something that you don't really expect from either Disney or PIXAR for that matter as both companies are more used to tell one completed story over the course of either a film or a TV show and yet here we are getting eight different points of view which is something that does help to make this show stand out alot more then what it already does as it would have been super easy just to have the entire show take place in the lead up to the game but the fact that we are getting eight different stories all of which do indeed connect to one another and all of which do combine during this championship game does say that the makers of this show really did have a unique vision and in an industry where we are getting nothing more then either sequels , prequels or remakes having something new also do something new and do it well as well is something that really does make this show stand out and it's something that this show should get alot of praise as while it rather understandably doesn't end the whole story set up in these two episodes as that's what the final episode is for it does so in a way that not only makes you want to check out the next episode so that you can see more of these characters and this world but also in a way that does feel natural and un-forced as it would have been very easy just to have these stories just stop with rhyme or reason.

Again in what could be seen as being a really shocking move is the fact that both of these episodes are alot more mature then what it had any right to be. As in episode one we see Laurie dealing with the crippling weight of her own expectations of herself and as we see how her own self doubt does overwhelm her and get to her at times which is something that no PIXAR project including either Inside Out films have touched and we see in episode 2 that Frank dumped his girlfriend only for him to realise that he's not over her and that by the end of the episode when he does realise this after spending a good chunk of the episode trying to move on he then finds out that his ex girlfriend is now engaged to be marries thus proving that the main characters don't always get the girl at the end which is again something that other Disney or PIXAR films and shows really havn't had the courage to show us and yet because of the fact that these first two episodes does show us these things and we get to see just how each character deals with them it makes the show and these come across as being alot more mature then what anybody would have thought that they would have been and when you add in the fact that Frank was also starting to open up a bit by the end just by talking to this girl online only for him to still have feeling for his ex does go to show you that sometimes people just can't get over loosing those that they love so easily.


For some strange reason Disney really likes releasing the first two episodes of all of their shows as that's something that they've not only done here but are releasing this shows episodes two a week. Which is something that makes no sense for two reasons the first of which being it makes the very idea of releasing the first two episodes seem less special as there doing quite literally all of the time and in the case of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place they released that shows first TEN episodes on Disney+ whilst only the first one or two were aired on Disney Channel and second of all it means that Disney+ is going to be getting alot less viewing numbers for the show then what they would have gotten if the show released one episode a week as then you can have good word of mouth with people saying just how good that this show is and that can then translate into Disney+ getting more subscribers and while yes releasing the first two episodes is a great way to generate hype that is something that only works if it's done sparring but once you do it all the time and you then release multiple episodes week as despite even starting a month ago Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man has just wrapped up it first ten episode season you then lose any and all hope that you might have of getting new long term subscribers to Disney+ and it's shows like this one that will suffer because of that release strategy as within a month this show will be forgotten about an buried in Disney+ all because of the fact that Disney wanted to get it out there quickly when instead taking your time and releasing your episodes one a week would ultimately help you out longer in the long term of things.

Now then episode one of this show has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty minuets and fifty seconds whilst episode two of this show has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty minuets and twenty two seconds. With both of these first two episodes having some really good running times for them as both both episodes really do have more then enough there interms of plot to really cover there respective running times and while episode one has the better plot oddly enough it's episode two that uses it's running time alot more wisely as while episode one had alot more characters to introduce including the main characters of this episode it's this episode that really does focus in on Frank and let's us the audience really get to know him as a characters where as episode one despite telling the better story with the heavier theme doesn't really give us the chance to really get to know Laurie as a main character with both of the episodes spending alot of time in setting up this world and letting us now how it works as this shows world is basically just our world but animated however despite all of that praise it's episode that comes out the better episode because of the fact that it's central theme of expectation was handled alot more better then the theme of episode two was this despite the fact that episodes twos theme of love and what it means to lose someone love was handled really well in it's own right as well but I really will admit that both of these episode have some really good pacing to them tho.


So now then as this is a comedy show that really means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes and well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in al honesty really good. With both of these episodes having some genuinely laugh out loud moments in them be it from Sweaty just being an annoying person to Laurie or Venessa describing how she used her car horn for a really long time on the way to her girls school there are alot of really funny moments in both of these episodes that bog kids and adults will enjoy with this show being geared at more towards a family audience and even with that in mind the jokes that are in both of these episodes don't feel that adult as all they are alot of the time are the characters doing things that we as people do in our everyday lives only now it's kicked up to eleven because of the fact that it's animated and that is something that does make alot of the scenes in these first two episodes really funny and while episode two does have some really funny jokes in it like Frank just straight up acting like an umpire at his job as a school teacher is a funny idea but the funniest episode is easily episode one because of the fact that Sweaty is just a funny character in that episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this is a show that is going to fly under the radar despite the fact that it's a really good show and the reason that it's going to fly under the radar is the fact Disney didn't really promote the show in the lea up to it's release but given just how good that these first two episodes were maybe the show will get some love from the fans as this really is just that good of a show thus far 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 thar 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 post from the official Disney fandom wiki page , the official PIXAR fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episodes that I used in this very post being the really great the official PIXAR 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 PIXAR fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Sunday, 23 February 2025

My First Impressions Of No.1 Sentai Gozyuger


While there might not be any Power Rangers for the time that doesn't mean that it's source material is gone as well. As Super Sentai the show where Power Rangers gets alot of it's fight footage from is not still celebrating it's big fiftieth year but is also still going  really strong and have just debuted the first episode of it's newest series and since it's been a good while since I last took a look at an episode from Super Sentai I thought that I'd take a look at this first episode to see if it's any good or not and so then join me as I give you my belated first impressions of the show that would make for a really awsome episode of Power Rangers with the show in question being called simply just "No.1 Sentai Gozyuger" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is sometime after all of the previous Sentai teams gave up there lives in battle with something called The Calamity a new threat threatens earth and it's up to a new team of Sentai to raise to the occasion. 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 while the above synopsis might be more accurate to the plot of the show rather then the episode it's also something that is kind of true for this episode as well with this episodes being something that really wouldn't be found in an episode of Power Rangers as it does go to some dark places pretty early on which is something that was shocking to see as usually when you think of either Power Rangers or Super Sentai the plots for the first episode is usually alot more lighter in tone as it's usually there just to get you used to the tone of the new season with it some times getting darker as the show progresses and yet here they just straight up start of dark which is something that does work for the plot of this episode as it lets us the audience know that this episodes plot isn't going to be as happy go lucky as we're more then likely to get nine times out of ten 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 Mio Fuyuno as Hoeru Tono , Hideharu Suzuki as Rikuo Byakuya and Masakazu Kanada as Ryugi Bakugami. Also starring in this episode is Maya Imamori as Sumino Ichikawa , Yuki Kaji as The Voice Of Tega Sword , Noriko Nakagoshi as Saori Iijima , Daisuke Sanbongi as Fire Candle , Marupi as Bouquet ,  Karuma as Kuon and Haruhi Isuchi as Natsume Tsutsumi.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about 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 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 as while Power Rangers isn't exactly known for having great acting in it it's hard to say if the same thing is true for Super Sentai or not and as such while it is hard to compare this episodes acting to the acting in previous seasons just in this episode alone this episodes actors do indeed do a passable job at portraying there respective characters and while some of them are given more screen time then others that is something that is par the course for the show and as such it isn't really something that's new and nor is it something that really effects this episodes quality of acting with this episodes true stand out performer being Daisuke Sanbongi as Fire Candle just because of the fact he is the only actor who looks like that there really having a blast in this episode as while all of the other actors that are in this episode do indeed turn in a good performance in there own he's the only one that knows what kind of a show that he's in and so is just hamming it up the whole time and that does make his performance a really fun one to watch with this episodes acting 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 pf them naturally which is something that really doe help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this vert episode.


Starting this show of the way that it does does indeed set the tone of the rest of the show as there are no other Sentai teams now and so if these Rangers don't succeed in beating this enemy then that's it earth is done for. Which really is something that Power Rangers despite that show having some pretty dark moments in it's long and storied history never did and yet still managed to have some pretty dark episodes yet because of it but what let's this episode down quite a bit is the fact that they don't dwell on the fact that earth is now pretty much defenseless which is something that they really could have done and it is something that really would have made the episodes action scenes all the more impactful and meaningful even this early on in the game as it would mean that this new team would have to win just so that the earth would still be a round ad yet because of the fact that they don't bring it up at all it makes it feel like that it's an after thought and something that was only thrown in there to explain why there are no other Sentai teams this time around something which past seasons had no trouble with explaining and while the idea of all of the Rangers and there Zords gave up there lives just defeat this one seemingly impossible to defeat foe is such a cool idea it's also one that would have worked much better in a movie instead of the first episode of a TV show as at least in the movie you could develop that idea alot more further then what they do in this episode.


This episode has a cameo that not alot of people saw coming and that's the fact that not only is one of the leading actors of Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger in this show as a different character but that character also morphs into the Red King-Ohger. This was something that before the premiere of this episode you really wouldn't have seen coming as while it's not unusual for past actors to come back and play different characters it is something special when they then morph into a past ranger form something which the episode really doesn't explain away either and has led to theories that past actors are coming back to play newer characters which would be a fun thing to see and given that this is Super Sentai's fiftieth year is something that would also make alot of sense as it would be a great way to celebrate that milestone but at the same time tho it was a bit distracting and if you haven't seen Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger then it would feel alot more like homework rather then the fun scene that it was so clearly meant to be as that show had literally only just finished airing about a week or two before this show started airing which is something that does make it surprising that they would do something like that so quickly after the previous season had just finished airing but at the same time picking a more popular version of Super Sentai or at least one that was turned into a popular Power Rangers season might make alot more sense from a main stream audience point of view as then you could still celebrate your franchise and the people that perhaps don't watch this show all that often can see a suit from a show that they recognize and love as well.

To put in bluntly there are times in this episode where it looks like a feature film as everything about the episode just looks that good. Yet there are times where the episode also goes into looking like a Japanese fighting game which doesn't really work all that well as it makes the episode look more like and episode for a TV show when just moments before it we had this really great lighting and locations that make it appear as if this is a feature film and while yes films can also look like video games just look at Scott Pilgrim, Vs The World as key evidence of that but that was done as a stylistic choice on the part of the films director Edgar Wright where as here it felt more like that the two styles where fighting against each other when they should have been working with each other like if the episode wanted to look like a video game then why not go all in and have things like a health bar or when Hoeru morphs for the first time we see his health bar get increased just having the visual look of a video game but not doing anything with it only makes it feel like that it was something that was thought of at the last minuet and it's the same thing if the episode wanted to look like a feature film go all in and have some fun with it and spend the extra money needed to actually make it look like a feature film as only going half way only make it look like that you have no idea of what style the makers of this show wanted it to have in the first place.


This episodes villain Fire Candle does seem like a really fun villain as he's just somebody who has a huge ego and that's really it. Yet it's due to that simplicity of his character that does make him out to be a really fun filled character as not all villains need to be dark and disturbing characters as sometimes just having a huge unchecked ego is really all you need but at the same time tho given how the rest of this episode plays out it is hard to tell if he's meant to be one of the villains or not as while Super Sentai is known for having human characters as the main villains of the show here as they also introduce Bouquet and both of whom admit to only checking on the planet to see how it's going before Fire Candle's ego comes into effect when he's challenged as the worlds number 1 savior whilst Bouquet doesn't really do anything that makes her seem like she's an evil villain with her only having two scenes in this episode with the one just being her wishing Fire Candle luck and telling him not to be violent when he gets to this episodes version of earth and the second of which was her warning Hoeru not to grab the ring that gives him his powers as it could kill him both of which are things that an evil person really wouldn't do with Fire Candle really being the closest thing to a villain that this episode has just due to his massive ego which does make it easy to route against him and find him unlikable but at the same time tho there really should have been more scenes with him prior to him attacking earth as that would have helped to get across alot more of his personality.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty three minuets a thirty seconds. Which is a pretty solid running time for this episode but at the same time tho as this episode really did have so much plot that it needed to over this is an episode that really could have dine with being alot longer as this episode has enough plot there to really cover at the very least forty to forty minuets as just from the set up alone there's alot of plot that really does need to covered even if you take into account the fact that they made the an episode 0 just for this one episode that is something that really does tell you that the makers of this show knew full well that they had alot more plot that needed to be told as they still need to set up who the main bad guys for this show could possibly be as well and that is somethin that this episode just can't do with it's current running time and this is something that past season really didn't have a issue with doing as they had just the must basic of set ups and so they didn't have alot of plot that needed covering in there premiering episode and yet because of the fact that this show set up and premise is radically different from what came before it it really does need to have had a longer running time as while the episode does use it's running time wisely as it sets u the Red Ranger in a way that feels believable and organic we the audience aren't really given a reason as to why he keeps of getting fired as the only thing that we see him is save his current boss and that's really it and that's something that could have been explored if this episode did have a longer running time 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 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 we do get one technically four action scenes in this episode alot of which do take place near the end of episode with the first one being where Hoeru takes down a thief that's trying to rob the store that he worked at which even then is played more for laughs and is a decent enough comedic action scenes with the best scene in this whole entire episode being the one where the Tega Sword and Hoeru team up to take on Fire Candle which is where you get to see this episode become more like a video game which whilst it does clash with the episode trying to look more like a film it does make this episodes action all the more fun to watch as you see just how crazy and over the top that they get with there action scene as they go from fighting in the city to Hoeru and Fire Candle preparing to fight each other in a boxing Ring and we just get to see how the moves that they do to each other in the boxing ring effect what happens to them in the actual fight which was such a cool and fun idea and even Hoeru's first morphed fight against this seasons henchmen was a pretty cool fight in it's own right but it's one that oddly feels tacked on when it would have been better served as being the main one of the main fights in the next episode despite it being really well done fight in it's own right as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall whilst Power Rangers might be taking a small hiatus right now there is still plenty of morphing fun to be had with Super Sentai and if this episode is anything to go by then we are in for one heck of a ride as this episode is not only that good it's also that crazy as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked all of the good and a swell as all of the bad things that are in this episode 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 Power Rangers 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 Power Rangers 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 Power Rangers fandom wiki age are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Wednesday, 19 February 2025

Worzel Gummidge "Worzel In The Limelight" Review


To say that I love reviewing these old Worzel Gummidge episodes would be a huge understatement as it's something that not only love doing but it's also something that I actively look forward to doing each and everytime that I decide to do one. As there just something about this really simple show with very old fashioned tastes that makes it enjoyable and really fun to watch at times well with the same thing also being true for his episode and so then join me as I review the episode that sees Worzel and Aunt Sally form a double act with the episode in question being called simply just "Worzel In The Limelight" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when they find out that the grand prize for winning the local talent show is ten pounds Worzel and Aunt Sally decide to enter. 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 I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with this episodes plot being just as fun and as simple as you'd expect it to be not only because of the fact that it's kids shows but also because of the fact that the episodes premise is one that's simple and it's that kind of simplicity that really does work well enough in this episodes as while yes granted there does come a point in the episode where you know where the episodes plot is going it's still fun to see just how it is that the episode reaches that point with this episodes plot also being really childlike in nature which would normally be viewed as being nothing more then a bad thing but here because of the fact that both Worzel and Aunt Sally themselves are basically children it is something that not only works well enough in this episodes favour but it's also something that adds an extra layer of charm to the episode as well with this episodes 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 this episode is Jon Pertwee as Worzel Gummidge , Jeremy Austin as John Peters and Charlotte Coleman as Sue Peters. Also starring in this episode is Mike Berry as Mr. Peters , Norman Bird as Mr. Braithwaite , Myrtle Devenish as Mrs. Edgeworth , Percy Herbert as Mr. Oakshott , Megs Jenkins as Mrs. Braithwaite , Frank Marlborough as Mr. Lucas , Michael Ripper as Mr. Shepherd and Una Stubbs as Aunt Sally.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With all of this episodes actors turning in some really good performances in this very episode which is really nothing new for this show as this show even in it's worst episodes has always had some really good acting in alot of it's episodes and while the acting in this episode might not be as dramatic as in previous episodes that's because of the fact that this episodes does have more of a focus on it's comedy rather then it's drama and heck there's really only one dramatic moment at the end of the episode and even then the acting from series lead star Jon Pertwee is still just as good as it was in the more comedic parts of the episode with this episode also giving us the chance to hear him do a Swedish accent which he does pull of really well and alot of what makes the acting not only in this show but also in this episode as good as it is is the fact that series director and producer James Hill also directed several feature films and infact comes from a feature film background and he there for brought all of that over to a TV show where he expected nothing less then the best acting that he could possibly get and that is something that really does really well in this episode with the actin 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 and that is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.


As Aunt Sally is a main character in this episode the episode does end rather predictably with Worzel trying to get her to marry him only for Aunt Sally to hurt Worzel emotionally and make him cry. Which was just something that really didn't work in this episode as it was something that did come of nowhere and ind of felt forced as there was no lead up to it and it there for didn't have the emotional impact and those kinds of scenes do typically have in this show as something like that is usually something that they build up all throughout the episode with it then effecting how Worzel interacts with others during the events of the episode where as here it's only mentioned once at the start of the episode and it doesn't really effect how Worzel interacts with the other characters in this episode as he just interacts with them how he usually would with the episode then bringing it back into play to close out the episode which is a solid way to end the episode as it does remind you of just how horrible of a person that Aunt Sally really is but at the same time tho there should have been more of en effort to make that part of the story be an actual part of the story and not just something that's mentioned twice and that's it as all that does is cheapen the effect that a scene like that can and does have this is despite the fact that the scene in question is wonderfully acted and directed but if it was something that actively drove Worzel in this episode and we actually got to seem him try harder then usual to win the talent show and even have a scene with The Crowman even warning Worzel that Aunt Sally could hurt him again only for him to ignore him it would then make the scene at the end where Aunt Sally takes the winnings that she had promised to keep safe in her tea pot only for her to then go and spend the lot on a dress for herself all the more upsetting and heartbreaking.


This episode is not only acted like it's a part of a feature film but it's also shot like one as well as alot of this episode from a visual standpoint. Not only looks very visually stunning but also looks like that could be in a feature film in it's own right with this coming from the fact that the whole crew of this show really did treat each and every single episode of this show like they were working on a feature film and because of that we got alot of really visually stunning shots that you just wouldn't do in kids TV shows then and most certainly wouldn't do now in kids TV show or TV shows in general for that matter as kids TV show was always seen as being lesser then alot of TV shows and yet it's shows like this and this episode in particualr that really do prove that if you have a cast and crew that are deeply passionate about something and that won't to make it the best that they can do with the very limited budget that had on this show then they will make something that's feature film worthy and make you pay attention to it because of it and it's that kind of thinking that really does need to be brought back as alot of kids TV shows today look like exactly that a TV show and yet if they had cast and crew that actually wanted to make it better and make there product look better then alot of kids TV shows today regardless of it there live action or animated will look a lot better then what they already do and the people who love those show will love them even more because of it.

Like Are You Being Served? would do after it this episode also does take advantage of the fact that Mike Berry was a singer. By having his talent actually be singing which was a nice way to make a nod to that with the episode even showing alot of his performance which does have it's downside to it as well the first of which being nobody watching this episode wants to what his characters talent is that's not a knock against the actor by any means it's just that the shows young target audience are more interested in seeing Worzel and Aunt Sally and his song performance does take away more screen time for them and the second problem with this is is the fact that the song he's given to sing isn't that good in the first place as it's just a song about a cowboy and his horse and that's really it which is great as there learning into the country western theme a bit but if your going to do that then go all out and have the cowboy doing something or have his horse doing something interesting or you could make it a love song where the cowboy falls in love with someone in the town that he's in just anything would have worked and yet because of the fact that whoever it was that wrote that song chose not to that we are left with a song that despite it being very well sung just doesn't hit as well as it really could have done but it is a solid song for this episode to have in it tho it's just one that really could have been alot better given that Mike Berry was a singer and heck they even could have shown him messing up the song just to keep in it character for Mr. Peters.


What was kind of surprising to see in this episode is that for a small portion of the episode not only do Worzel Gummidge and Aunt Sally actually get along but they also make for a really good double act. As there act very easily could have been two people trying to put on an act but failing miserably and that's where the comedy would come from from it and yet because of the fact that Aunt Sally really can't stand working with Worzel they both end choosing different acts with her act being a badly done ballet act and his act being a half decent magician's act which is something that doesn't really fit in with his character as if anything Worzel would do more of a kids comedy act which is something that he does kind of try out near the midway point of the episode when he puts on his Swedish circus clown head that he swapped with someone from Sweden and even tho he does alot of the bits that you'd expect a clown to do he messes them all up all of which only serve to make Aunt Sally mad at him and poke him with holes with the farmers pitchfork something which he does later use as part of his magician's act but Aunt Sally doing a ballet act is something that is in her character as it;s something that she's openly expressed about either liking or doing herself and as such it does make sense that she would think that she's really good at it only for it to turn out that she's actually really bad at it with her act only being saved due to Worzel coming on stage ad messing it up for her.

Now then this episode has / and an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty six minuets and five seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstandard running tie for this show and to this episodes credit that's all the running time that it really does need to tell it's story as this episode really does have just the right amount of plot to really cover that amount of running time with the episode even making the best use of it's running time for the most part as while the big emotional moment near the end of the episode isn't set up all that well all of the characters are really developed and there personalities pretty much set in stone thanks to the previous episodes and as a result of that is the fact that this episode really doesn't have to do any of that altho what made have made this episode better was if we the audience got to see more of the talent show as then we could have seen other characters from the series like the Crowman or even Mrs Bloomsbury-Barton both of which could have had some acts of there own which would have felt totally in character for either character and it's also something that really would have made this episode alot more fun to watch as well as we'd get to see a side from the shows actors that we don't usually get to see on this show either but those scenes are also scenes that would have added nothing to the overall plot of the episode and would have slowed the episode down quite despite them being something that really could have been alot of fun 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 ti actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually feature / presented to us inn 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 in it alot of which do some from Worzel and Aunt Sally trying to put an act together for the local talent show and all of the jokes work in this episode as all of them feel like jokes that the characters would make even Worzel messing up his clown act does work as he doesn't know before hand that the water in the bucket is meant to be replaced with confetti and so when he sees a bucket of water he does the whole act including throwing it all other Aunt Sally which is a cute moment as is the fact that they both enjoy a good laugh when Worzel starts leaking something which he does use to end his magicians act with even the failed ventriloquist act that they try to do does somehow still work as of course Worzel wouldn't know that your not supposed to move your lips with this episode really going to show you that you can knock it out of the park comedy wise in a kids comedy TV show if you create jokes that are actually not only really well done but also come across as being character driven jokes as well which is something that really does work well enough in this episodes favour in my freaking opinions anyways / at least


Overall this was a really good episode as this is an episode that proves even an episode with the most simplest of plotlines can work just as well as the more emotional and emotionally driven plotlines of the show as well with this episode being just a fun filled episode of the show to watch 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 an 8.5 out of 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 Amazon . Co . Uk 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.

Monday, 17 February 2025

The Lion King At The Hollywood Bowl Special Review


Out of all of Disney's animated movies it's safe to say that The Lion King is one of the most important animated films that they've done. As it's the film that well and truly proved in the nineties that Disney was back and that they knew how to produce great movies that could and have made both adults and kids not only laugh with joy but cry with sadness and with the film now officially thirty years old Disney have decided to release a film that they made last year in it's thirtieth anniversary and so then join me as I review the special that despite being filmed during the films thirtieth was released on the eve of the film thirty first anniversary with the special in question being called simply just "The Lion King At The Hollywood Bowl" enjoy.

With this film basically just being a concert of the songs from the original film it really doesn't have a plot to speak of whatsoever. This is something that does work well enough to the specials advantage as the songs are just that well known that everybody including people who haven't seen the original film will know those songs however with that being said tho this special does jump around in the timeline of the film something which actually wasn't done when this special was being recorded almost a full year ago which makes it dd that they'd edit it that way now as all that does is make things confusing as to what song is coming up next say what you will about The Little Mermaid Live and Beauty And The Beast A Thirtieth Anniversary Celebration but at the vest least those specials presented the songs in chronological order where as here they do jump around quite a bit and while this doesn't effect the film as the main reason that the people are going to this concert and are going to be watching this special is the fact that it's the songs being sung live mostly by the original films actors but at the same time tho it would have been nice if they did present the special as it was filmed altho given what's happened with one of the special actors that might not have been such a good idea either but that also would have had it's huge upsides which would more then outweigh it's downsides and would have gone along way into making this special all the more better then what it actually was.


Starring in this special is Heather Headley as Herself , Jeremy Irons as Himself and Nathan Lane as Himself. Also starring in this special is Ernie Sabella as Himself , Jennifer Hudson as Herself , Billy Eichner as Himself , Jason Weaver as Himself , Bradley Gibson as Himself , North West as Herself , Lebo M. as Himself , this films conductor Sarah Hicks as Herself , Tehillah Alphonso as Herself and Monique Watson as A Dancer.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual actors that are actually featured / presented to us in this very special well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual actors that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With the special having a good mixture of the casts from the original film , the broadway stage show and the 2019 remake and Mufasa: The Lion King but with that being said tho there are some heavy hitters from the original film that are noticeably absent in this special with the likes of Rowan Atkinson , Matthew Broderick and of course James Earl Jones who was still alive when this special was being made not even appearing in the special and that is something that the makers of this special really should have tried to do as he is the heart and soul of the original film so much so that they had no other choice but to bring him back to play the same character in the 2019 remake and yet here he only gets mentioned the once by Jeremy Irons and that's it and both Rowan and Matthew don't get that despite the fact that Matthew voiced Simba in all three animated movies and Rowan Atkinson was just a joy to watch as Zazu in the original film and very easily could have played the character again in either of the sequels or the 2019 remake and while yes there some heavy hitters from both the broadway show and the 2019 remake also missing as well this special is meant to be for the original film and there for as great as it was to see actors from those other productions it would have been better to see more of the actors from the original film as that's what those people who were watching the special live and have watched it since on Disney+ want to see.


Even tho this special was meant to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the original film and was even film in it's anniversary year. Disney for some rather odd reason have chosen instead to release it during it's thirty first year which makes the whole point of this special feel pointless as they mention quite alot that's been thirty years since the original film first came out and yet all you have to is see when this special is being released to know that there releasing this special one year to late Power Rangers Super Megaforce kind of did the exact same thing as that whole season of Power Rangers was to celebrate thirty years of the show and yet the big anniversary even crossover episode that they spent a good few years building up was released a about a year or two after the actual anniversary despite it being filmed close to the anniversary year with Disney instead choosing to release Mufasa: The Lion King in the anniversary year and not this special when they very easily could have pushed back that film and have it released this year and had the actual anniversary special actually be released in the thirtieth year of the original Lion King as that would have made alot more sense but for one reason or another Disney instead chose to go with the option that made the least amount of sense possible as nobody cares about Mufasa: The Lion King but what they do care is The Lion King and yet for some reason Disney instead chose to release that film last year and not this special heck they even could have released both within the same weekend if they really wanted to do so that families at home could make a huge weekend out of it by watching the newest lion king movie on the big screen and then loading up Disney+ to then go and watch this special.


What was a rather smart movie was the fact that during the recording of this special they did what they did with The Little Mermaid Live. Which was where they showed the whole entire film from start to finish only this time they had the orchestra playing the music and they would then stop the film whenever a song would come on and bring on whoever is going to be singing that particular song this is something that is quite frankly cut out of the finished product and for good reason as all it would do is distract the audience watching this special on Disney+ and remind them that instead of watching this above average concert special that could instead be watching the original film and that's really it and while the puppets wouldn't have been as bad as the Flounder puppet was in The Little Mermaid Live it still would have meant hearing more terrible singing from a certain someone who will be discussed later on in the review and that is something no one really should gave to endure but at the same time tho there was alot more effort put into not only The Little Mermaid Live but also Encanto live as well as they at least tried to replicate the feeling of the original films in there stage design something that is very sorely missing from this production where they try to make it feel like a mixture of both the stage show and the original film instead of just going with something that combines the best elements from both of those two productions and creating something that is truly special and really worth seeing in this special.

Of course the biggest news that came out of the making of this special actually had nothing to do with any production of The Lion King. Rather it was fact that North West butchered "I Just Can't Wait To Be King" which after not only seeing a video that someone recorded of her performance and the final product in this special I can confirm that she did ruin the song however that is just the tip of the iceberg for her attitude problems as she never turned up on time for rehearsal but also refused to wear the broadway costume for young Simba and instead went out and got a homemade costume which is way the Simba outfit that she wears in this special looks so bad given just who her mum and dad are it's not surprising that she has a huge ego with it not being helped that there are articles that said that she got a standing ovation and yet if to watch videos of her performance from the making of the special it's clear that that wasn't the case even her father who tried to get one going failed to do which makes it even more odd that the makers of special edit it in such a way to make it look like that she got some applause when the fact is that people where actually leaving during her performance something that both her mum and dad also did after her performance and given just how she acted in the build up to this performance it's clear as day  that kid has a huge attitude problem that her parents should have actually dealt with and the fact that the producers of this special literally had another actors for young Simba before they cast her just really just doesn't work out but given that the same production company Fulwell 73 also producers her families reality TV show The Kardashians also produced this special as well.


This special did a really good of celebrating the original film by having filmed interviews with alot of the people who not only worked on the original film but also helped to make it as well. Which is something does make this special feel oddly right but at the same time tho they don't mention how Disney put alot of there B team animators on this movie because of the fact that they had little to no faith in it but given that this film is releasing on Disney+ that's to be expected and seeing how alot of the show came together through rehearsals which was fun to see even getting to see both Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella meet each other again was a truly heartwarming moment as you get the sense that these two actors really are the best of the friends off camera as well as on camera and seeing them meet Jason Weaver for quite literally the first time was truly special as even tho all three of them sang "Hakuna Matata" both Ernie and Nathan never met Jason as they recorded there parts of the song separately from him and even just seeing Jeremy Irons finally finish "Be Prepared" all these years later is truly special with this special being worth watching just for those moments alone as it's something that really does feel special and feel like a celebration of The Lion King with those filmed interview segments really being helped by the fact that we get to see some behind the scenes footage of the actors recording either lines of dialog for the film or some of the films songs which s more then enough to make people who really love this film feel like a kid again.

Now then this special has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and eight minuets and twenty eight seconds. Which us a solid running time for this film as this film is just hitting all of the high notes from the original film , the 2019 remake and the broadway stage show and really nothing more then that but at the same time it would have been nice if this film was a little bit longer just so then we the audience could have the chance to soak in everything that we're watching and while not including the bits where they were showing the full length film was a good idea it still would have been nice if the film did show us some scenes from the film just so that we could get context not only for the songs but also so that we could enjoy bits of the animation from the original film as well and as well so that we could get a good idea of just how much hard work the animators put into the original film and heck maybe you could have included interviews with Rowan Atkinson , Matthew Broderick and of course James Earl Jones as they to were a big part of the original films cast and if your going to include people from the remake then why not include an interview with Beyoncé as not only was she in the remake but her kid was in Mufasa: The Lion King and it would have been interesting to hear some of her thoughts on the original film as well and plus just having this film come in at just over one hour feels odd given just how good and popular that the original film not only was but still is as well but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.


So now then as this is a concert special that really does mean that I gave to actually talk about the actual songs that are actually featured / presented to us in this very special well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual songs that are actually featured / presented to us in this very special was in all honesty. With this special mixing in songs from the original film , the remake , the broadway show and Mufasa: The Lion King with alot of this specials songs being sung really well and while the highlight of this special is quite easily the songs another highlight is the banter between Ernie and Nathan Lane which was just funny with it being helped that both Nathan Lane , Ernie Sabella and Jason Weaver still really can sing "Hakuna Matata" just as good as they did back in 1993 when the film was first being made and while the films worst singer is quite easily North West that's not her fault as she is afterall just a kid and it wouldn't be fair to compare her singing to that of someone who two or perhaps even three times her age however the best singer which is something that alot of people can very easily agree on is by far Jennifer Hudson as she gets to sing not only "Circle Of Life" but also the Elton John version of "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" both of which she sings beautifully and while yes Lebo M. is also a really good singer and sings alot of his songs in this special really well as well nothing is going to top hearing Jennifer Hudson singing "Circle Of Life" as she just does such a good version of that song in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall while Encanto Live might be the better of the two Hollywood Bowl specials that Disney have done thus far this is the one that alot of Disney fans from the nineties are going to be more excited about seeing and will hopefully keep on coming back to as The Lion King is just that good film and this special whilst it doesn't quite do it justice is at least a good way to celebrate this truly classic Disney animated film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are un this very special in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very special 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 girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Disney fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very special 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 special 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.

Wednesday, 12 February 2025

Doctor Who: Space Babies Review


To say that Doctor Who has had some really weird episodes over it's tenure on the airs would be a huge understatement. The thing is tho is that those more weirder episodes barring one or two episodes are usually saved for the shows Christmas specials where as the same thing cannot be said for this episode as this episode despite having a plot that would be right at home with a Christmas special was instead the first episode of the new series and so then join me as I review the episode that really should have been a Christmas special episode with the episode in question being called simply just "Space Babies" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is The Doctor and Ruby find themselves stuck on a spaceship that's piloted entirely by babies and have to help the babies to defeat a monster that's attacking their ship. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty rather on the weak side of things as it was pretty hard to tell what the plot of the episode even was for alot of the episodes running time and while that is something that you kind of expect for a Christmas special episode of the show for the first shows first episode of the new series you want to have an episode that has a much more stronger plot line and not one that could be seen as being a throwaway episode which is very sadly the case here and while the episode is a out there and strange as you'd expect given it's title and premise the plot isn't something that does work for an episode of the episode of the main series as while it's a good and fun filled plot in it's own right it's also a plot that feels alot more at home as the plot of a Christmas special as this plot is alot more goofy and lighthearted which are things that work better in a Christmas special and not necessarily as a plot for an episode of the main series with the plot of this episode also being really entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Ncuti Gatwa as The Doctor , Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday and Golda Rosheuvel as Jocelyn Sancerre. Also starring in this episode is Michelle Greenidge as Carla Sunday , Angela Wynter as Cherry Sunday , Mason McCumskey as Eric , Sami Amber as The Voice Of Eric , Sienna-Robyn Mavanga-Phipps as Poppy , Shola Olaitan-Ajiboye as The Voice Of Poppy , Cadence Williams as The Voice Of Sandra , Param Patel as The Voice Of Marcel , Lonnee Archibong as The Voice Of Adjani , Jesus Reyes Ortiz as Rico Trieste , Yasmine Bouabid as Lucia Colasanto , Robert Strange as The Bogeyman and Susan Twist as Comms Officer Gina Scalzi.

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 both Ncuti and Millie turning some really good performances which is not only due to the fact that they both some really good actors in there own right but it;s also due to the fact that this episode was apart pf the series third block of filming which means that it was around the half point of filming the series overall and as a result of that it does mean that there performances are going to be better as they would have had some time to really work on there character with the voice acting from the kids also being really good as well with all of them sounding really natural in their roles and being really well cast as well with even the episodes guest adult characters even turning in some pretty decent performances and while some performances really could have been alot more better in parts like Golda Rosheuvel does have a few scenes that aren't acted that well the acting on the whole in this episode is really good with this episode not really being helped by this episodes script as this episodes script really doesn't give this episodes actors a whole lot to work with interms of what it is that there respective characters are even meant to be in the first place which s something that does really effect the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.


Doing the CGI for this episode is Goodbye Kansas and the legends and the greats that are currently over at 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 that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with the babies mouths being the best CGI effect in this episode as there done really well which is due to the fact that those mouths are actually the mouths of the voice actors saying the lines with them being added onto a 3D model of the actual babies heads and it's an effect that does work as pulling of CGI mouth on it's own is very hard to do as there alot of muscles that move when you open and close your mouth and so it is something that can be very distracting if it's done wrong but here while it is obvious that it's a CGI mouth it's an effect that does work really well with the only really bad looking effect in this episode being the outside of the ship which just looks a little bit to fake as this is a ship that should have some dirt and grime on it's outside as this is a ship that's been abandoned so it wouldn't have anybody there to clean the outside of it and yet it looks really clean on the outside which is something that does make the ship just look a little to fake looking and is something that could have done with being rendered a few more times just to make it look alot more better then what it actually already does.


One of this episodes biggest strengths is also it's greatest flaw as it is a very campy episode that is also very light in tone. Which is something that again works well for a Christmas episode and even some episodes of the main series as well but for the first episode of a new series where you still have a new Doctor and Companion neither of which have had alot of time to really get across just who there characters are that much having a more lighter episode this early on really doesn't make sense if anything this is an episode that if it was to be apart of the main series should have been at the very least placed inbetween 73 Yards and Boom as then you wouldn't have two Doctor-Lite episodes airing back to back and you can sort break up those episodes by having a more lighter episode airing inbetween each other with The Devils Chord being the perfect candidate for being the actual series fourteen opener as that episode not only has the much more stronger plot line but also has the tone that is more in line with the rest of the show as a whole where as here because of the fact that there more focused on having The Doctor and Ruby pretty much confirm that Star Trek may or may not exist in the same time line as Doctor Who then they are in trying to tell a really good story which is something that really should have been the main vocal point of this episode and not having the characters crack jokes every few minuets and even have a shot in this episode that is strikingly familiar to a now really infamous shot from Zoey 101.

To be fair to this episode having the upper floors of the babies ship being just like a nursery even with "nanny" was a really good. With the episode making as best use as it really could have done with those upper floors the issue is tho is that the episode really doesn't explore much of the ship with the characters only going to a few locations which oddly enough make the ship feel alot more smaller then what it actually is and it would have been fun to see how the babies had transformed most of the ship much like the bridge so that they could use it as seeing what they had done to the bridge of the ship was a really fun and creative idea as they just used what babies would actually use that being there toys and that's really it and yet we don't get to see more of that creativeness in the rest of the ship with the very extra locations that we do actually see in this episode feeling like that they could have come from any other science fiction based show as they all just look so generic like how great would it have been to see Jocelyn's room actually was a mess which is something that would have made sense as realistically she wouldn't have had the time to look after the ship and the babies and still keep her room tidy and how much fun would it have been to see what the babies have done to other parts of the ship so that they can not only get around the ship alot more easier but also operate the ship as well while these are yes very small things they also make the ship feel alot more bigger then what is it the final cut of the episode.


Again to give this episode some form of credit it's main villain The Bogeyman is a really creepy looking villain. While the episode does make some really good use out of the character the episode also really doesn't give him any scares in the episode which is something that the makers of this episode really could ave done not only given how the creature looks but also the fact that there own space ship miles away from the nearest planet and yet all they do is have him stick to the lower levels of the ship and that's really it but it was cool about the character is the fact that the ship that the babies are on created him for them as the ship wanted them to live out there own story with the character literally being made out of the babies snot which was a fun idea and to the episodes credit it does explain it in away that makes sense by actually showing us what happens to one of the babies tissues when it's been used which is a really good way of showing us the audience just how this creature was made without bogging the episode down with alot of exposition but at the same time tho it would have been nice if the The Bogeyman was being presented as an actual threat to the characters instead of being something that gets redeemed at the end as just having it lurk around the lowers decks doesn't really make him that threatening of a villain and wile yes he was solely created to scare the babies the second that more adults where onboard he should have been modified to scare them as well as that is something that would have allowed him to seem more like an actual threat to the characters.

Now then while I cannot for the absolutely life of me remember whatever this episodes running time even was I do that for a fact that this episode has / had an exact grand total running of exactly forty six minuets and twenty for seconds. Which is a really solid running time for this episode to have as while this episode is very light on plot and really doesn't require that long of a running time in order to tell it's story if this episode was shorter it would oddly be doing a disservice to the episode as one of this episodes biggest strengths is it's characters and having a lesser running time would mean that those character would either get smaller screen time or be cut out of the final cut of the episode but this is where it gets tricky as making this episode longer would also be doing a disservice to the episode due to the fact that the episode doesn't have alot of plot to really cover it's running time as it is and with a longer running time it would mean that what is already a really thinly drawn out plot would be getting stretched out even thinner and the episode would suffer even more because of it with the only thing that could save this episode and allow it to be the best that it could be was to a page one rewrite and start the whole thing over again as then the episode can have a much more stronger plot and the episode can also have more then enough plot to really cover it's running time as well and as well as fix several issues that are in the episode as well 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 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 tought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us n this very episode was in all honesty really good. As while this episode doesn't have any fight scenes what it does have is some really tense chase scenes and it's those scenes that not only show of the really creepy looking design for The Bogeyman but it's also something that shows of the fact that this incarnation of The Doctor is one that isn't really the action man type of Doctor that we've gotten in the past rather he's the kind that loves everything and will do anything to make sure that the people around him stay happy as this is something that we see all throughout this episodes chase scenes with The Doctor always cracking really bad jokes just to break the tension which is something that does undercut the tension of the scene as well but it's also something is in keeping with this version of the character and while the chase scenes could have been as all they are are the characters running down what looks to be the same corridor just reused over and over again there's also no build up and n feeling of escalation either with the pace of those scenes staying the exact same when things should be getting more and more tense but to be fair when the chase scenes in this episode are good they can be some really good scenes in this episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall where Wikipedia got the idea that this episode received alot of praise from is beyond me as not only is that mostly a lie it's also something that makes this episode out to be a perfect episode and that's just simply not the case as while this episode would have made for a really good Christmas Special it doesn't make for a good episode of the main series in anyway shape or form whatsoever in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good ans 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 6.5 out 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page , 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.