Mighty Morphin Power Rangers "A Bad Reflection On You" Review

One of the favorite things for the Power Rangers to do is to have an evil Ranger with this being mist well done in the Green With Evil five parter. However many people seem to forget or just straight up don't know about the fact that season of this show also did another episode where clones of the rangers were used to destroy their reputation and it's that very episode that i'm going to be talking to you all about today an so then join me as I review the episode that really is basically just The Breakfast Club but with Power Rangers with the episode in question being called simply just "A Bad Reflection On You" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when evil clone of the rangers are sent to Earth by Rita to destroy the rangers reputation it's up to the Rangers to breakout of detention and save the world once again. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot 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 plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as this episodes plot does have a few things going for it but in saying that it does also have alot of things thar are working against it like the fact that Rita's evil plan for this episode is just to destroy the rangers reputation and that's really it which even for her does come across as being a bit on the weak side of things with even the plot of the episode itself not really being the strongest Power Rangers plot out there as it does feel like that this whole episode could have been wrapped up in about five minuets but for whatever reason the makers of this show thought that this episodes plot was good enough to be made into a full length episode when it really isn't and this is coming from a show where the plots are pretty formulaic at best and yet here what we got plot wise was basically a knock of of The Breakfast Club only it's now got Power Rangers in it as both the plot of this episode and the plot of that film are so strikingly similar to one another that they are basically the same story just told a little bit differently is all but in saying that tho this episodes plot is a pretty fun plot with it knowing that it's a bad episode and is therefor just willing to have alot of fun with it 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 Austin St. John as Jason Lee Scott , Thuy Trang as Trini Kwan and Walter Jones as Zack Taylor. Also starring in this episode is Amy Jo Johnson as Kimberly Ann Hart , David Yost as Billy Cranston , Paul Schrier as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier , Jason Narvy as Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch , Harold Cannon as Mr. Caplan . Robert L. Manahan as the voice of Zordon , Richard Steven Horvitz as the voice of Alpha 5 , Barbara Goodson as the voice of Rita Repulsa , Kerrigan Mahan as the voice of Goldar , Robert Axelrod as the voice of Finster , Michael J. Sorich as the voice of Squatt , Dave Mallow as the voice Baboo , Wendee Swan as the voice of Scorpina and Bryan Cranston as the voice of Twin Man.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty i in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty alot more better then what it really had any right to be. As by all rights this episodes acting should have been really bad as this is a plot that really doesn't require the best acting in it in the first place and given that Power Rangers still isn't best known for it's great acting it's shocking to see the acting that was in this episode was actually pretty good granted it's not OSCAR worthy acing but at the same time tho it was never going to be with this episodes actors even turning in some really good performances in their own right as well which is something that does make alot of sense when it comes to the series main actors as they'd been playing there characters for quite sometime at this point in time and so they would have gotten a much more better grip on there characters and can deliver the kind of performance that would best suit there respective characters with it really being hard to say just who the best actor is in this episode as without going the more cliche route and say that it's Bryan Cranston the best actor in this episode would have to be Thuy Trang as even tho she doesn't get alot of lines in this episode what little lines that she does get she makes them count which does make you remember just how good of an actor that she really was with the acting that's in this episode not really being helped by the fact that this episodes script was just so bad as it gives none f this episodes actors absolutely nothing to work interms of what it is that there actual characters personalities was 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.

What felt really weird in this episode was the fact that the characters of Bulk & Skull were thrown into detention with the rest of the rangers this is despite the fact that Bulk & Skull as far as we'd seen haven't done anything wrong. Which does make there inclusion in this episode feel pretty pointless as all they are there to do is just to give the rangers a small off handed hint that somethings not right just by having Kim turn down another date from Skull something which her evil counterpart failed to do and even then that doesn't really require them to be in the episode as much as they are they as the rangers know full well that somethings up just by the fact that the got detention for doing nothing at all and the fact that there's a news report with there evil counterparts attacking the city which does make the inclusion of Bulk & Skull in this episode feel pretty pointless despite there somewhat expended roles in the episode now if Bulk & Skull were present when the evil rangers pulled there prank and Mr. Caplan assumed that they were in on it just due to the fact hat there schools bullies then what would be a different thing as that would be one character just simply making a rash decision and that's really it but it's the fact that they weren't there in the first place with them only appearing before the prank talk place and yet still round up in detention with the rangers granted they could have been punished for doing something else which would be fair enough but the episode doesn't tell us that so therefor we have to assume that there being punished for the same thing that the rangers did which is something that's just unfair as they technically do nothing wrong the entire episode. 

Whilst there was another episode earlier on in season 1 of this show that did have two of the original five rangers be turned evil this is the first time that we see evil clones of the rangers. With really the only thing that makes them evil is the fact that when they remove there glasses there eyes glow red for some bizarre reason as they don't dress any different from the rangers but in fairness to this episode they all do act differently from them with them all acting like school bullies with Billy even shoving down one of the more geekier kids in school and while the idea of the showing us the evil clones is a cool idea it is something that does make you wonder how Rita knows what the rangers look like unmorphed because she quite clearly does know what they look like unmorphed and yet the worst thing that she has them don is pull a prank on the school Principal when they would have been able to teleport into the command centre and attack Zordon and possibly even destroy the base something which would hsve helped her out in her quest to destroy the world and while yes just attacking the school does make sense as this is still a kids shows afterall from the point of view of the villain and from within the confides of the show itself it's not somethin that does make that much sense as she's meant to be this all evil character who is hell bent on destroying the world and the rangers and here she has the golden opportunity to do just that by having the evil clones attack the rangers command centre and Zordon and Alpha an yet she doesn't take it but to give her some credit the idea of creating evil clones of the rangers is a good idea as it is something that does leave you wondering who is the good guy and who is the bad guy when it come to the final fight.

Early episodes of this show is also slightly known for it's continuity issues due to the fact that the Sentai footage doesn't always match with what there showing on screen. With the same thing being true here as well as the in the final fight the rangers go from celebrating on a street to being in the middle of something else that has a giant flower celebration type of object in the middle of it which is something that you can sort of look past as you could argue that it was there all along and that we just never saw it however the issues still continue after that as we see at the very least two very Japanese looking kids approaching Billy in the wide shot and yet in the close up shot it's one very white looking older lady and one man this is a case where the makers of this episode should have tried to hire Asian looking actors as extra as that's something that would have helped to blend the Japanese footage alot more better with the American footage as as by not doing that all it does is create continuity issues but again this isn't something that's exclusive to this episode as it's something that also happens quite alot in the show as a whole as well and while some of it isn't that really that noticeable as you can edit around certain things to blend the scenes together more smoothly here it did feel like that the makers of this show just couldn't be bothered to do that and so they kept in the continuity error with Billy most likely thinking that the kid audience wouldn't notice it which is fair enough and again to be fair nobody really notices all of the continuity issues when it comes to the episodes action scenes in the first place as alot of that isn't due to the fault of this show as there just making the best with what footage that they've got to work with in the first place.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty minuets and six seconds. Which in all fairness to this episode is pretty much the bogstandard running time for this show at this point in time with the episode not quite having enough there interms of plot to really cover that amount of running time as you very easily could have told this episodes entire plot in about five to ten minuets just by removing or cutting upon all of the stuff in the school's detention as alot of that really isn't needed as it adds nothing to the plot of the episode and is only there for pure filler with the episode really using it's running tom as wisely as it could have done as while yes granted this episode doesn't fully develop it's plot at the same time it really doesn't need to as you all you really need for a show like Power Rangers is just the basic premise and that's it and while yes alot of the multipart episode do benefit from having a well more developed plot this isn't an episode that really needs as this is meant to be the calm before the storm as just two episodes later we'd get the Doomsday two parter with this episode not even fully developing any of it's characters either which again it really doesn't need to as you could very well make the case for the previous episodes giving all the main hero characters all of the development that they need with even Bulk & Skull get there character developed over the course of several series but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really bad pacing to it tho as to be blunt the episode and more importantly the final fight scene goes by far to quickly for us the audience to fully enjoy it.

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 really good. With this episode having alot of really cool action in it with the only thing that does let the action down is the fact that you really can't tell who the good rangers are and who the evil rangers which yes is due to the Sentai footage but at the same time there could have been something added to the suits of the evil rangers just to make them standout a bit even if it's something as simple as adding a slight glitter effect to them as that then would make it so much more easier for us the audience to tell just who the good rangers are and who the evil rangers with the best action scene in this whole entire episode also being the only action scene in this episode and that's the final fight between both sets of rangers as it will always be cool seeing the hero rangers fighting there evil clones with the camera even doing some really cool looking one shot moves as well which is something that only served to make the action even more cooler then what it already is with this episodes action being helped by the fact that the even the hero rangers can't tell each other apart which does an extra layer of drama to the scene as you never really know if the person that there attacking is a friend or foe which is something that does make that action scene all the more exciting in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Overall whilst it is hard to say if this is the best episode of the show or not as there are countless others from countless season that could very easily take that claim what can be said tho is that despite all of this episodes flaws that this episode really is a fun filled episode that is pure fun 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 a 7 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Power Rangers 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.

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: The Ticket Master Review

As a franchise My Little Pony has been going on for quite literally decades with the franchise spawning several TV shows and movies. However there's no question that it became more popular then it's ever been in 2010 thanks to the release of Friendship Is Magic and well it's been a while since an episode of that show was last talked about by me so I thought that i'd dive right back in and review another episode of the show and so then join me as I review the episode that really could been solved just a few minuets in with the episode in question being called simply just "The Ticket Master" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when Twilight gets given a ticket to prestigious ball she has to chose just one of her friends to go with her a task that is made harder when all of Ponyville gets wind of the extra ticket and wants to go as well. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad however tho this episodes plot wasn't all that good as it did come across as being like the kind of plot that you'd expect to find in a filler episode of an anime in that all it was there was to basically show you what the rest of the shows plots could be like moving forward which in all fairness is a pretty decent thing to do and even with that in mind this episodes plot was still a really fun plot that offered alot of really fun and more often then not funny interactions between all of the characters however when the previous two episodes went out of there way to show you just how epic that the show could be with it's more mature themes and storytelling it does feel out of place for this episode to suddenly go the more family friendly route which is something that does make sense as this was a show that was made for the whole family but at the same time it does kind of feel weird that after this truly epic two part episode we now get five of the six main characters arguing over a spare ticket when in just the last episode alone they were working together to save their world and while it's understandable to have the more epic plot come first as it sets up all of the main characters there could have been something in this plot that made it a little bit epic in it's own unique way 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 voice acting legend and Beetlejuice: The Animated Series star Tara Strong as Twilight Sparkle and Ashleigh Ball as Applejack and Rainbow Dash. Also starring in this episode is Andrea Libman as Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy , Star Wars: Ewoks , Swamp Thing and Beetlejuice: The Animated Series star Tabitha St. Germain as Rarity and Iron Man: Armored Adventures star Cathy Weseluck as Spike.

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 it being clear as day that all of this episodes main actors have alot of really great chemistry together even tho there were most likely not even in the same room when the episode was being made in the first place with all of them turning in some really good performances in their own right which is something that really does make alot of sense as alot of this episodes actors are a bunch of really good actors in their own right with alot of them voicing characters from our own childhoods and pretty much being THE voices for these characters as that's just how good that all five of them really are in this episode and while only five actors in the whole show is a small list of actors to have it is something that does work well enough for this episode as it allows for all of this episodes to get alot of screen time and to show us just how good of an actors that they all are with the episodes best actor being Tara Strong which yes is a bit of cliche thing to say but she really is good in this episode as she goes from being painfully funny in one scene and then in the very same scene also be very serious and you totally by into it as it feels like something that her character would say and do with this episodes acting really being helped by this episodes script as the script for this episode 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 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 Top Draw Animation. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good as while the show was always animated in flash because of the fact that it's cheaper to do it that way that is something that work well for this show and for this episode as this is a show and an episode that really doesn't require that much money be spent on it as it this point in the shows history it was still trying to find it's feet and to that end the shows animation does come across as being alot more better then what it really had any right to be as while yes the some of the characters movements can be a bit stiff at times when they get it looking good however the characters then have these really fluid looking movements to them however tho where this episodes animation does fall a little bit flat is in the backgrounds as the backgrounds in this episode do look a little flat and uninteresting now this is something that could be due to the fact that the whole show was animated in flash as it's not an issue that's exclusive to this episode but at the same time it is something that you notice quite alot in this episode as the episode does spend quite a lot of it's running time outdoors as none of the backgrounds in this episode have any depth to them and instead look like that they were painted on some cardboard but in saying that tho we do get some really nice looking shots in this episode as well just due to how good and how pretty that this episodes animation can be.

Twilight spends the whole episode trying to work out who to give the spare ticket to as she doesn't want to upset all of her friends. When all she had to do was give it it Applejack because all of her other friends wanted to go for selfish reasons where as Applejack wanted to to go for a selfless reason as she wanted to sell more apples there as that would help her family busisness and improve her families way of life and that's really it which is a really good reason to go to this ball where as all of the ponies had rather selfish reasons for going be it wanting to visit the garden or to impress some people all of which are things that could be considered selfish and heck even when the group realise that they've been forcing Twilight to stress out over this due to them not leaving her alone like she asked them to it's Applejack that's the first to apologize and lead the others into saying that they wont go to the ball anymore which again is an incredibly selfless thing to do but for whatever reason the episode does spend alot of time with Twilight trying to work out something that was already lied out in front of her to begin with which is something that's true to her character as one of the things that made her well her is the fact that she's always honest and so when show says that she wants to go to this ball to help to sell more apples you know that it's the truthful answer but given that the show was still trying to find itself at this point in time it is forgivable that they would have Twilight ignore all of this as technically Twilight doesn't know any of them all that well and so she would have no reason to trust Applejack on her word as for all she knows she could have been lieing to her in the first place.

However tho there is something else that could have ended the plot of this episode right at the start of the episode itself. With that being the fact that if Twilight had just asked for more tickets from Princess Celestia in the first place then she wouldn't have to chose which of her friends to take with her as they'd all get to go in the first place something which does end up happening when she writes to Princess Celestia saying that she won't go if all of her friends can't go which makes the whole episode feel pointless as she very easily could have written another letter at the start of the episode or even in the middle of the episode just explaining the situation and asking for more tickets in the first place while the show was still finding itself when this episode was being made this is something that really should have been fixed very early on in the development of the episode as it makes the entire episode come across as being rather quite pointless or if your not going to have Twilight write the letter asking for more tickets then have her suggest that they could do something that's equally as fun together as the show is meant to be all about friendship anyway this is something that would make alot of sense but for whatever reason the makers of this show chose not to do that and yet by not addressing this issue it does leave us with what could be seen as being a plot hole in the episode albeit not a very big one but it still could be one nonetheless with it seeming like the writers of this episode Amy Keating Rogers & Lauren Faust just didn't know what to do for this episode and so they just had the main character ignore the obvious way to fix it until the very end of the episode where they the have do the very thing that could have fixed the issue in the first place.

As much wrong as there is with the way that the show did this plot from a writing point of view it did get something right an it's the most simple thing it's the fact that they showed how all of her friends where doing ore harm then good to Twilight. As while yes they all just really wanted to know who got the extra ticket to this ball called The Grand Galloping Gala it's seeing how they all ultimately do more harm then good as they all try and upstage each other some in subtle ways and then in the case of Pinkie Pie throwing a Ponyville wide party when all Twilight wants to do is have some time to herself so that she can just think and get some lunch in her and that's it and yet because of each of them choose to put themselves first and not think of her and her wants and her needs then they do come of as looking like bad friends as no friend worth there salt would ever put pressure on someone to choose them for something especially if it meant not choosing quite literally any of the other friends as that's not only a bad thing to do regardless of your age but it's also something that does make you come off as looking like a selfish person so much so that Twilight would have been well within her right to say that she's not taking any of them and instead chose Spike as he was the only one that was helping her out just because it was the right thing to do and yet by showing all of the other ponies act in such way it does also make them feel more three dimensional as well as it shows to us the audience that these characters do have flaws and as we see in the episode are more then willing to grow and to learn from those flaws and become better people or in this case ponies because of it and while the episode does understandably wrap things up in a nice little bow at the end of the episode as this is still a kids show afterall it still would have been nice to show the characters that put all of this pressure on Twilight not get what they want as all that does is tell the kid audience that if you put pressure on people for selfish reasons then you still get what you want in the end.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty two minuets exactly. Which is pretty much the exact grand total running time for this show to have in the first place and to be fair to this episode this episode really does have the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time but tho in saying that whilst the episode does use it's running time wisely in one respect it doesn't use it wisely in another as the episode does develop it's plot as well as it's ever going to given the fact that this is a kids show and those don't typically develop there plots that well let alone if it's plot from very early on in the shows run and so to expected this episodes plot to be that well developed would be asking a bit much from this show but what isn't asking much is for the episode to develop it's characters alot more then what it already is as this episode really doesn't develop it's characters all that well this si despite the fact that it does show all five of Twilights friends do have flaws that they over come in the episode however the episode really doesn't give us the audience a reason to want Twilight to pick them as outside of Applejack who is the only one that has a legitimately selfless reason for wanting to go to The Grand Galloping Gala in the first place none of the other characters are shown in a positive light prior to the episodes third act and therefor it does make it seem like that these characters are just selfish characters and while of course the previous episode would make it look like that there all good people this episode doesn't show any of that from the rest of the characters when they really should have done as then Twilight would have an actually understandable struggle when it comes to choosing which of her friends to take with her to The Grand Galloping Gala in the first place 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 really good. With this episode having alot of painfully laugh out loud moments in it with this episode really being worth watching just for it's comedy alone as all of the episodes characters get alot of good jokes in it be it Applejack bringing Twilight a bunch of apple related foods just to try and soften her up or Rainbow Dash quite literally zipping a cloud shut there's plenty of good jokes in this episode however tho this episodes best joke is quite easily when Pinkie Pie throws Twilight up in the air several times and each time you just see Twilight is getting less and less amused by what's going on which is such a simply joke and yet it's one that does get a really big laugh in the episode just because of the fact that it does feel completely in character for both of those characters at that point in time as all Twilight wants to do is have some time to herself to think things through properly and all Pinkie wants to do is just be herself and that is a combination that does result in comic gold and while the running joke of Twilight just not being able to get some lunch while all her friends just bother her which is a cute little joke which is something that could also be said for alot of this episodes jokes as well as all of this episodes jokes are really good in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this is a solid episode but at the same time tho it's also a really bland and really generic episode of the show as well as it goes to all of the places that you think that it would go to and in the exact same way that you think it would do as well but in fairness tho this episode really does have some saving graces to it tho 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 6.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all pf the images that I personally used in this very review from the official My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic 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 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic 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 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Love Live School Idol Project "First Live" Review

Anime much like music can make you feel different things depending on what it is your listening to or watching at the point in time. With them both also going together really well with a good example of this being the Love Live franchise as even tho it did start life before it became an anime thanks to the anime we now have not only several different series all of which bare the Love Live name but also quite a few different movies as well and well I thought that i'd take a look at one of the episodes from the very first series of the show and so then join me as I review the episode that see the girls realise a hard truth with the episode in question being called simply just "First Live" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is Honoka , Umi and Kotori don't have that long to get ready for their first ever concert however they also have to deal with the fact that Umi suffers from stage fright. 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 tis very episode was in all honesty not that bad. As while this episodes plot isn't that deep of a plot and is really quite simple that's something that does work well enough to not only this episodes advantage but to the series advantage as well as this is a show that really doesn't require a deep and thought provoking plot as all it needs is the basic set up for the episode and that's it and to be fair to this episode that's where this episode really does excel as it's set up is strong enough to support an entire episode as all it is is the girls not only getting ready for but also performing there first ever concert together and that's it and that's all this episode needed to be from a plot point of view and while yes it would have helped the episode out a little bit if the plot of the episode was a lot more stronger then what it is as it does feel like the main plot of the episode is fighting for screen time with the Umi subplot but in doing that it would rob the characters of the chance to showcase just why there so likable in the first place as every single scene not only wouldn't be that much fun to watch but would also be about advancing the plot of either the episode or the show as a whole 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 Marieve Herington as Honoka Kosaka , Erica Lindbeck as Eli Ayase and Cristina Vee as Kotori Minami. Also starring in this episode is Kira Buckland as Umi Sonoda , Faye Mata as Rin Hoshizora , Caitlin Glass as Maki Nishikino , Laura Post as Nozomi Tojo , Xanthe Huynh as Hanayo Koizumi , Erica Mendez as Nico Yazawa , Mela Lee as Hideko , Natalie Hoover as Fumiko and Ryan Bartley as Mika.

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 their own right which is something that does make alot of sense as alot of the actors that are in this episode are a bunch of really good voice actors in their own right many of whom have more then made there mark in the world of anime voice acting an therefor it does make sense that they would turn in some really solid performances in this episode and while some of the voices do sound a little bit weird like for some reason they give Umi this raspy sounding voice which just doesn't suit her character at all the performances on the whole are really good with the best actor in this whole entire episode being Marieve Herington as while she does give Honoka a really generic sounding voice when a character like this does demand one that makes her strand out she does deliver a really solid performance in this episode with her acting in this episode making all of the jokes alot more funnier then what they should have been and the episodes emotional moment coming across as being really devastating and all of that is done just in her performance alone with the acting that's in this episode really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so good that all this episodes have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance 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 really is the legends and the great that are currently over at Sunrise. 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 im all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad with the animation having alot of nice attention to detail when it comes to the backgrounds as it does feel like that you can read every single sign that we can see in this episode and while the characters do have some stiff looking movements some of the time when it counts the most that's when the animation on the characters gets alot more better with the animation even mixing in 3D CGI animation as well for the episodes big song sequence at the end which does blend it really well with the 2D animation that's used in the rest of the episode as even tho the characters are done in 2D and the backgrounds in 3D or that one song sequence really can't tell that's done in CGI as it doesn't stand out in a bad way all that much and while yes the fact that the episode does have the camera do moves that you could only do in CGI during that sequence it doesn't change the fact that the two elements blend really well as by all rights the two elements should have worked well together at all but because of the fact that the studio that did the animation for this episode also did the animation for alot of the bands IRL songs as well you get the feeling that they really knew what they were doing because of the fact that they've worked with these characters and because of that they were able to pull of some really good looking pieces of animation in this episode.

One of the things that was really shocking to see in this episode weas the fact that they spend quite alot of the episodes running time of showing Umi suffering with stage fright. With this being something that shows like this would usually skip over because of the fact that the main purpose of a show like this is to get you to buy the CD and that's it and yet they full on show how it effects her as a character which was a really great move to make as we then get to see both Honoka and Kotori try to help her out in their own ways which was a great way of showing just how close this friend group really is as the episode very easily could have skipped over that plot line and have her get over it in just one scene but no the makers of this episode actually show her struggling through it all the way until the episodes final musical number which was a great move as it then allows for us the audience to really emphasize with Umi who up until this point in the series really hadn't been given alot of focus as a character with her usually being the very straightlaced one of the group and yet in this episode we get to see a whole over side of her character and while she doesn't quite get over her stage fright in this episode the very fact that the makers of this episodes even dared to show one of the characters struggling with something that alot of people do go through was a great move with it being something that oddly enough makes this show that was made with kids in mind feel more mature and adult then alot of shows that are aimed at an adult audience due to the fat that it was something that was tackled in a really mature way when they very easily could have taken the easy route and have it not really factor into the episode a whole lot then what it does in the final cut of the episode.

Coming from someone who watched both the sub and the dub when they both coming out what I really hated was the fact that they don't dub the songs in the episode. Which fair enough might have been a rights issue but in which case why go through the bother of getting the rights to the series when your not going to be getting the rights to the songs as all that means is we go from characters like Honoka for example speaking perfect American to her then suddenly perfect Japanese for no reason which makes no sense and while not dubbing songs isn't really an issue in anime where the songs are just playing in the background and therefor aren't meant to the focus of either the episode or the show in this show and in this episode it's the opposite that's true as the whole point of the episode is the girls performing their debut concert together so it would have made more sense for them to dub the all of the songs in the show into English due to the fact that alot of the songs do play a huge part in the show and while this isn't something that takes away from the episode and could be seen as being more of a nitpick then anything else it is something that could also be seen as being distracting as all it does it take you out of the episode when during this moment in the episode your meant to be the most invested in it and while the dubbing on the whole was really good apart from the fact that they tried to give Honoka a catchphrase for some weird reason it feels odd that the makers of this episode would choose not to dub one of the most important aspects of the episode if it turned out that they just couldn't find people who could sing the songs well enough that's another thing all together as it would show that an effort was made to try and dub this shows songs in the first place.

Speaking of the shows songs even tho it does technically have two songs with one song being played over a montage called "Private Wars" it's the episodes second song that's the better one. As the episodes second song is "Start: Dash" only instead of it being sung by all nine of the band it's now sung by just three members of the group with this version of the song being very well done and is oddly catchy and while it's hard to say who sung as there most likely members of the Japanese voice cast the singers for the song did a really good job of singing the song as well with all three of them really bringing the song to life and making it a really fun song in the first place with this being something that works well when you take into account that just before the song starts the episodes has a really good gut punching moment where the girls find out that despite all of the help that they got to promote the concert in the days leading up to the concert no one turned up for various other reasons something which does cause all three of them to start to break down and it's only when one audience member finally turns up that Honoka is finally convinced to carry on with the concert as planned which does result in this song being sung with the song not only being a really good song in it's own right but one that does serve as the perfect counterbalance for what we've just seen as it let's us the audience know that we can smile again something that just wouldn't have been possible if this song wouldn't have been included as the episode would then end on a bit of sour note with it being helped by the fact that the song is also really well written as well altho admittedly it's lyrics could come across as being a bit childish they are something that does work in the context of this episode.

Now then this has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty three minuets and forty one seconds. Which again to be fair to this episode is pretty much the bogstandard running time not only for this show but also for alot of anime as well with this episode really having the right amount of plot thee to really cover that amount of running time but in saying this tho the episode really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely as neither the episodes plot or it's subplot get alot of development as there both fighting for screen time with each other when the subplot with Umi is something that's more then strong enough to support an entire episode in it's own right with the same thing also being true for the episodes main plot as well and yet by having both of them be in the same episode it does mean that both plots could have work well enough on there own are now fighting for screen time with neither one of them getting the development that they really did need in order to make them work all the more better because of it and while the characters don't get that much character development either that's not really a negative thing in this regard as it could very well be argued that the characters get there character development over the course of this first season of the show and with this episode being only the third episode of the show it does somewhat make sense that the characters wouldn't be given any kind of character development but in saying that tho it would have been nice if some of the characters did get some very small amounts of character development tho 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 t 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. With all of this episodes being cure and funny jokes that all work because of the fact that they feel true to who the characters are which does make this episodes jokes feel very character driven and the kind of jokes that friends would genuinely do to each other as well which is something that makes all of the friendships in this show and in this episode in particular feel all the more real and the characters come across as being more like real people as a result of this with the best joke in this whole entire episode being when Umi finds out that the skirt for her outfit is above knee length which then results in her having a flashback to when she told a rather scared Kotori to make sure then the skirt on her outfit was above knee length which does make Umi come across as being quite scary but in context of the episode it is something that does come across as being quite funny and while the episode does have another cute joke with Rin scaring her friend and her locker the Umi joke just works all the more better because of the fact it is something that you could see that character doing this is despite the fact that the episode does have alot of really funny jokes all of which really do work in this episode because of the fact that the characters really are likable characters as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall it's really easy to see why this show lasted two series and a movie as this episode really is a good example of just how good that this show could be as it knows when to balance the comedy with the drama and when to just be flat out adorable to watch all of which are things that work really well in this episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very revue 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 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 Love Live 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 Love Live 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 Love Live fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Police Squad: A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise) Review

Alot of people do rightfully know of the The Naked Gun movies as not only is the most recent film currently out in cinemas but the films on the whole are just that good and funny. However there is something that alot of people don't know and that's the fact that those films are also spin offs of a not really very well known TV show and well I thought that i'd take a look at the first episode of this show and so then join me as I review the episode that introduces us to the character of Frank Drebin with the episode in question being called simply just "A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise)" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when a costume and a teller are shot dead it's up to Frank Drebin to find out who killed them before it's far to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad with this episodes plot being dumb but in a good way as the plot of the episode isn't meant to be taken seriously and is meant to be dumb and silly and because of that the episodes plot does come of as being really fun to watch as the episodes does treat this very outlandish plot very seriously which is something that could have very easily backfired and made the plot less fun to watch but it's the fact that the characters and the makers of this show treated this episodes plot so seriously that it does oddly work in it's own unique way with the plot of the episode being a pretty strong plot to start out on as well as while no one would have expected this shows plot to be good and would have just written off right away it is something that once you get into does feel like the plot that you would still find in cop shows today which is something that does go to show you that the makers of this show in their own unique way loved the cop show genre as his is a plot that is still being used with this episode being the best example of this plot due to how much fun that it is to watch 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 Leslie Nielsen as Det. Frank Drebin , Alan North as Capt. Ed Hocken and Rex Hamilton as Abraham Lincoln. Also starring in this episode is Lorne Greene as Stabbed Man , Ed Williams as Mr. Olson , William Duell as Johnny , Barbara Tarbuck as Mrs. Twice , Terry Wills as Jim , Terrence Beasor as Dr. Zubatsky , Russell Shannon as Ralph Twice , Jimmy Briscoe as A Cop , Kathryn Leigh Scott as Sally , Marvin Miller as The Narrator , Mallory Sandler as The Dental Assistant , David Schwimmer as An Extra In Waiting Room and Tiny Ron as Al.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acing 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 really understanding just what it kind of episode that there making and really having fun with the concept and because of that we do get alot of really fun performances in this episodes even from those who only appear in the shows opening titles fully get that this show is meant to be parody of cop shows and even with that in mind none of this episodes actors give an over the top performance because they don't really need to as by doing that then they'd make the episode less funny to watch and yet by playing every single thing straight and treating it seriously then everything in this episode does become a whole lot more funnier to watch with the best actor in this whole entire episode being of course Leslie Nielsen who even in this first episode really does totally own the role of Frank Drebin as he just gets the character down perfectly with him basically being the only actor who could play this character due to the fact that before he did Airplane he did more dramatic roles and he brought that dramatic actor mentally to this role with it being something that really does shine through in not only this episode but the whole show and the original Naked Gun trilogy as well 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 really have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance 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.

While it would be to hard to if this episodes characters are the best in the whole show what can be said is that alot of them are really good characters in their own right. With all of this characters whilst they are yes all variations on the dumb one character they all do work in their own unique way take for example Frank Drebin himself as while yes he is a pretty clueless character he is pretty much Inspector Clouseau from The Pink Panther movies only without the trench coat , French accent and beard but at the same time tho he's also a really dedicated police officer who is always willing to go the extra mile to get the job and while how he reaches hos conclusions are always really dumb they do work for his character with the character of Sally being another good character in this episode as she is basically a play on the idea that "the blonde girl didn't do the crime" just because of the fact that she's a girl so why would she do it but the episode takes that idea to such extremes by not revealing that she did do the crime in the first place but that she also committed several other crimes in several other citifies as well which is such a good idea is defies what us the audience are expecting to happen but doing so in a way that doesn't feel forced as it is entirely believable that in this world this seemingly hopeless character in Sally could have done this crime as it's well within her character to do just like how it's within the character of Frank to solve the crime despite not having a clue on how to do so in the first place with the rest of the episodes being just as good but not as memorable as those two are tho as there not really the main focus of the episode with the little that we get from characters like Ed and Johnny for example are enough to get across the joke of their characters but enough to male them memorable enough characters in this episode.

Much like with another from the eighties this time being Columbo this episode not only straight up tells us who did the crime but also reveals how they did it as well. With this very idea being something that very easily could have backfired as it could have made the episode pretty dull to watch but in doing so it does oddly enough allow for more jokes to happen without them getting in the way of the episodes main plot but in saying that tho since this show is meant to be a spoof of cop shows and those don't usually reveal who did it until the very end of the episode thus allowing for us the audience to build up our very own list of suspects and works it out for ourselfs who did it it would have made more sense for the makers of this show to do something very similar only to put there very own unique spin on it like maybe the person that there leading us to believe did the crime actually didn't and it instead turns out to be some extra or something like that just something that would put that concept of revealing who did it on it's head instead of just outright saying who did it and reveling how they did it at the very start of the episode and heck this episode even reveals the villains main motivation for killing of those two people as well which is something that is fitting for this show as it does add to the absurdism of the whole episode but at the same time if you didn't know that this was a comedy then it would have left you with no reason to watch this episode in the first place where as both the comedy aspect and whole cop show aspect of the episode could have worked hand in hand by creating a genuinely good mystery for us to solve only with alot more jokes thrown in for good measure.

The reason why alot of you won't have heard about this show in the first place is because of the fact that it got cancelled after just six episodes. However it wasn't cancelled because of the quality of the show far from it it was instead cancelled because of the fact that the show and this episode does have alot of sight gags in it and the audience at the time couldn't see them all as they would stop watching the show to either check out something else on the TV or to go into the other room both of which they have every right to do so they were instead getting a pretty bad mystery cop show that just so happened to star the guy from Airplane in it this is way The Naked Gun movies not only were able to borrow jokes from this show buy also became massive hits as well as now the audience can't leave the room with it being shocking right now that this show would even get cancelled in the first place as while yes alot of people would have stopped watching any given episode to do whatever but there also would have been some people that didn't do that and while it is hard to say just what the final viewing numbers were for the show on a week to week basis it still did surely have to fairly decent as they did after all turn it into a very successful film series but at the same time tho given the fact that not alot most likely didn't watch it then they more then likely got a different viewing experience to those that did stick around to watch the full episode as those that did stick around to watch a full episode would have gotten a really good comedy with a lame mystery but those that didn't only got the lame mystery part with one or two decent jokes at best.

To be frank here this episodes central villain Sally Decker isn't that interesting of a villain which fair enough might be the whole point of not only the characters but also the show as well. As her whole reason for stealing the money and for killing those two people was so that she could pay off her dentist and that's really it which granted is wonderfully absurd and is something that does feel perfectly in line with this show but at the same time tho it doesn't make the character all the more interesting as there's nothing about her character that really does stand out with her not even appearing in the episode all that much either which only leaves her character to be really underdeveloped and while it is understandable as to why her character isn't featured all that much as it would have seemed out of place for them to featured this character that the police are meant to believe is innocent until the last minuet it would have made the mystery aspect of the show alot more stronger if not only we the audience got to know the character just a little bit more as even a scene or two with her talking about anything else other then the crime would have helped as would the fact if the episode didn't reveal that it was she that did it in the first place and instead gave us small clues hidden all through the episode as that then would allow for us the audience to work out who did it they could keep the wonderfully silly reasoning behind it as that is something that does add to the humor of the episode but it would have helped both the episode and the character if we got to know a little bit more about Sally Decker as a character even if it's something that she makes up as that then could be as wonderfully ridiculous as you'd want it to be and it would still work as well.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grad total running time of exactly twenty five minuets and seven seconds. Which is pretty much the exact grand total running time for al of the episodes of this show with this episode even having the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time in the first place however the in saying that this episode really doesn't use it's running time time all that wisely tho as while the plot of the episode is as focused as it's ever going to be it's also not as developed as it ever could be as alot of the time it does feel like that Frank is just stumbling around from one location to the other with rhyme or reason with this being something that could have been linked to the fact that the mystery aspect of the episode isn't all that good as without a good mystery then how could this episode have had a more well developed plot but that again could also have been the point of the show as as well as this whole show and this episode is meant to be a spoof on cop shows and those don't typically have that well developed plots to them with the lack of a well developed plot also effecting it's characters but not much tho as again cop shows don't have that well developed characters in them either and so it wouldn't make sense for this episode to have that well developed characters in it either it would have helped the episode be a better episode tho but it also would have gotten in the way of the episodes jokes as well and with this being a comedy show that would mean that character development would have to get put to the side as the episode would have to stop a joke to develop either it's plot or it's characters alot more then what it already does in the actual episode itself 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 really good. With this episode being painfully funny with there being several jokes happening in each and every single scene of this episode be it from the franchises more traditional word play gags to things that the characters are saying to sight gags to even some slap stick jokes there's something in this episode for every one and something in this episode that will make any one laugh as that's just how funny that this episodes jokes really are with it being really hard to say just what the best joke in the whole entire episode as really all of the episodes jokes could rightfully make that claim and it would be totally justifiable with this episode being a good example of just good comedy should be as while yes alot of the word play jokes in this episode could be seen as being sully and over the top there's nothing worn with that as along as what your saying is actually funny in the place with this shows humor being on the same level of absurd as the Monty Python films as much like with alot of there films you never really know just what it is that your going to be getting next in this episode from a joke point of view but if I were pushed i'd say that the best joke in this episode being the joke where the informant Johnny ends up teaching a priest about live after death which is an example of just how wonderfully silly that all of this episodes jokes really can be in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall if you love shows like Brooklyn Nine Nine then your going to love this episode as this show has the exact same sense of humor that that show had as well only this episode has a more silly sense of humor that does make up for the lack of any plot or character development 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 as or 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.