Hey what's going on everyone! Dan here and I'm gonna be reviewing the Elvis Movie!

To be honest I didn't think I was gonna review this film at all, but it left a real impression on me that I didn't think a biopic could do. I've seen many biopics of celebrities before and normally they're alright. But the Elvis Movie experience was not a typical biopic on a celebrity, this was a real rollercoaster ride. I felt all sorts of emotions here and a great deal of that comes from the cast giving it their all and how this film did not stray away from the darker parts of Elvis's career and personal life. I mean all Biopics do go into the bad stuff of each celebrity but only a little bit while they highlight the good stuff mostly. Here, it was half good and half bad, nearly a perfect blend.

I do wanna give credit to the cast and the director before I keep going. Baz Luhrmann directed this film and I best know him for The Great Gatsby film from 2013. Here, He made the settings very much so like they were in the 1950's-1970's and how the nation had a racial divide and made sure each character had depth to them. This was Austin Butler's major film debut since he was best known for his television work like on Zoey 101, The Carrie Diaries and The Shannara Chronicles. Butler killed it in this film, he truly did the role of Elvis Presley justice. It wasn't like some cheap impersonator or impression, he truly became Elvis and got his moves down, his singing voice, mannerisms and charisma down. Austin blew the audience away and I look forward to his future film projects. Tom Hanks did a phenomenal as The Colonel and he truly became a villain. Tom Hanks is best known as a hero like Woody, Forrest Gump, Hell even as Mister Rogers, he's always been a kind character or a hero. This time, he truly became a villain here which shocked me and he was convincing, he became a true fiend and it was honestly a bit frightening at how well he played the character.

The plot itself is about the rise and fall of Elvis Presley, so it's not like were getting this unique story since a lot of people know about Elvis. That being said, This film gives us a pretty good idea of how Elvis came to be and how his life was during his career and in his personal life. We all know he had serious drug problems and bad habits later in his life and how he was a polarizing figure. We've all made the Elvis jokes and roasted him for being fat and the whole "dying on the toilet" joke, we've all made those jokes and impressions of him. We've all seen Elvis referenced in almost every source of media in cartoons, tv shows, commercials, etc. He's a well recognized pop icon and that's something even the film touched on as well. Elvis was marketed to everyone and the goal was to make him a household name by any means necessary. I am a little salty they didn't mention his peanut butter and banana sandwich his iconic food, I tried that because of him and it's actually not bad, even with bacon in it. Since this is a Biopic, things will be exaggerated and certain parts of the story will be dramatized just like the Winning Time series or any other biopic about a celebrity. Though if I am gonna be honest, I think the film is very much faithful to the real story. I like to believe what the film presented was at least 90% true with some exaggeration here and there.

What I enjoyed most about this film is highlighting Elvis at his highest and his lowest points and the film holds nothing back. We know about his twin brother Jessie who was stillborn, we know how Elvis was discovered by the Colonel and given his big break, we see how his mother died and the press hounding at Elvis and his father at their home, and we see Elvis when he revives his career with the infamous performance "If I Can Dream" in 1968 during a time when the US was going through a rough divide causing violence and destroying itself. Despite a lot of the things we know about Elvis, you can't deny that he was a kind soul and wanted to end the senseless violence happening during this time. I felt that his performance here was the kickstart to a lot of celebrities and musicians speaking out against the horrible things going on around this time. The film portrayed each of Elvis's biggest moments in the best way possible sticking as true and faithful to the story as one can be.

Now it's time to talk about the things I didn't like about the film, I don't have too many complaints but I still feel they're worth mentioning. Even though this is a two and a half hour film, there are times they kind of rush through the story telling and they skip over some details that I feel are important at least. Another complaint I have is when they put modern music into the film which at it times kills the immergence of the film settings. Like we cut to the 50's and 60's and I hear music from todays artists in the movie or remixes of music from the times periods. I would prefer if they stuck to music from those time periods to keep me immersed, just sayin. My last complaint and this is another fact about Elvis, He met his wife during his time in the Army in 1959 where he met here when he was 24 and when she was 14. Again, it's another fact about Elvis and this is his wife so they were obviously going to touch on that. However, they had the 24 yr old character and the 14 yr old character kiss....I don't know if it actually happened though I wouldn't put it pass me if they did. Hopefully it was nothing more than that if that's the case. Though why did the film feel the needed to include that? I understand its a romantic moment but its still between a 24 yr old man and a 14 yr old girl, I don't think its a good idea to normalize or romanticize relations with a minor for obvious reasons. I'm not saying Elvis is like R. Kelly, but I do hope they never did anything that would cross into illegal territory.

What made this stand out from other biopics is the self destructive path and the toxic environment around Elvis and how the film held nothing back. Straight Outta Compton was a pretty dark biopic holding nothing back from the police brutality and racial discrimination and I feel Elvis accomplished the same level of dark themes here from racial discrimination, drugs, adultery, manipulation, etc. Keep in mind, we see Elvis up to the very end of not only his career, but his life and it was a sad ride ladies and gents. This showed just how overworked and abused Elvis truly was by his management and even his own father. I couldn't tell who was worse, Colonel or Vernon Presley. Normally we stop at a good point in a celebrities career, but Elvis didn't get a good ending, he had a sad downfall towards the end. The only silver lining is that The Colonel was investigated and sued for his abusive management of Elvis, he truly treated the King like a circus monkey. The film and Butler did an excellent job of portraying Elvis as someone who wanted to get better but was always manipulated and brought back in and by the time he wanted out, it was too late.

Overall, the film served as a great biopic and cautionary tale to never let yourself be taken advantage of. Elvis was the King of Rock and Roll creating music that is still played generations later, and lived a sad life where he was overworked and taken advantage of by the toxic people around him. The film did him justice, Austin Butler did him justice and was a great experience.

Rating this, I'd give it:

7.5/10

I recommend watching this film and hopefully you're as entertained as My family and I was.

That's it, see ya next time!

What's up everyone! Dan here! Today I'll be reviewing the limited series, Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney Plus!

Spoilers ahead! You've been warned!

I want to make it clear, I am a HUGE Star Wars fan and I loved the Original Trilogy as well as the Prequels. Sequels I did not like and I liked all the Star Wars animated series as well as the Mandalorian and even Book of Boba Fett. The idea of a Kenobi anthology movie or series has been an idea I've been curious about for years and would have liked to seen come to fruition. With that said, the series here....doesn't quite deliver.

I went into this series with reasonable expectations thinking that it would mainly be about Obi-Wan and his time spent of Tatooine where he is watching over Luke and learning how to Master the Force even after death in secrecy while hiding under the Empires radar. This series does the complete opposite of everything I was expecting for a Kenobi series.

The cast itself was an interesting cast I'll give it that, lots of diverse talent here. Ewan McGregor reprising his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi was awesome, I love Ewan's performance as Kenobi in the prequels and he did a decent job with it here, Ewan's acting performance is great and despite the material he had to work with, it was still enjoyable watching him as Kenobi again. Hayden Christensen came back to reprise his role as Anakin/Darth Vader alongside James Earl Jones providing the iconic voice which was another treat I appreciated. I always liked Christensen's performance as Anakin/Vader I think he brought it all to life in the Prequels and like McGregor he gave a great performance despite what he had to work with. There was also talent such as Kumail Nanjiani (who starred in the Eternals movie), Moses Ingram who gave a decent performance as the Third Sister, Reva, Vivien Lyra Blair who gave an okay performance as a young Leia and surprisingly, O'Shea Jackson Jr aka Ice Cube's son was in this series as Roken a rebel leader kind of guy and he gave a good performance as well.

Deborah Chow was the Director of the show and she's known for her work on the hit series The Mandalorian. This was her project to do and it was not what I expected. The plot of the series is completely opposite what I think me and other fans were expecting in a Kenobi series. Obi-Wan is sent on this wild cross galaxy adventure to save a kid Leia from criminals in an attempt by Reva to lure him out of hiding and presenting him to Darth Vader. I'm all for adventure series where you go planet to planet each episode and that works for something like The Mandalorian who doesn't have a established setting rather he goes job to job to different places. Here for Kenobi, it doesn't quite work as well. Kenobi's main task after the Jedi Purge and defeating Anakin is to remain on Tatooine and watch over and protect Luke until he's ready for his Jedi training. That has always been established in the films, tv series, and the books. But here in this series, Kenobi briefly leaves his duty to protect Luke to save Leia and this really raises questions now. This means that Leia personally know Kenobi, she personally knows a Jedi and that they exist. The charm that the original series had was that the Jedi were nothing more than a Myth at that point and that the were all wiped out during Order 66 but with this series, Leia now knows that they're very much real which somewhat dilutes the original trilogy and the impact it has when it reveals that the Jedi are still around.

My next complaint is Darth Vader and the Inquisitors, I'll start with the Inquisitors first. The Grand Inquisitor was established in Star Wars: Rebels and his character in that animated series was intimidating and crafty as oppose to here where he's more...how do I put this....comical and stuffy. Here he doesn't have the same intimidation and craftiness but rather he's a stuffy general type who also has an annoying voice compared to his animated counterpart which was frightening and eerie. They also did something to him that almost retconned his character and Rebels but luckily episode 5 of Kenobi fixed that.

Reva's character overall was just too over the top in most of the series and it felt like she was just there for the sake of checking a minority check box. She didn't add a whole lot to the series and she revealed she knew who Darth Vader truly was which again raised so many questions since that is a secret only Vader and Sidious knew up until that point. I will say that episode 5 improved her character. It answered how she knew Anakin was Vader and what her true intentions were, I felt the fifth episode was definitely the best episode for Reva and the best episode of the entire series. The sixth episode was a decent conclusion though I would have preferred if the Character had died and taken Vader's secret to the grave but that's not what happened and now it's up to speculation what happens to Reva after that.

Darth Vader is always exciting to have in any Star Wars content whether its brief like Rogue One or he's a main villain in season 2 of Rebels. However, he's not used in the best way possible here. Him and Kenobi fight it out twice in this series and I felt it was unnecessary. The action itself was fun to watch, but I felt this went against the lore of the Star Wars universe. In the films, its established that those two hadn't faced each other since Revenge of the Sith and would not meet again until A New Hope. Here they throw that out the window and adds two duels between the two which dilutes their final meeting in A New Hope, it's not as impactful as it use to be. In Star Wars legend, Obi-Wan discovered Anakin lived via Cantina broadcast showing Vader conquering a planet and him seeing Vader for the first time in his new cybernetic suit. They didn't have to meet face to face to learn this, they should have just let Obi-Wan discover the terrible truth himself like in the comics. The meetings between the two felt over the top and unnecessary and it felt like it went against the source material and everything we knew. I'd also like to point out that they showed a flashback of a Padawan Anakin and a young Master Kenobi dueling it out and they did not look young at all. Everyone's using that De-aging CGI on everything now, why couldn't they do that here? they both look older than they should be. I see what they were going for here but to me it didn't work well and didn't add anything significant to the lore and story. The writing in the last episode was underwhelming with Kenobi saying "Then my friend is truly dead." which is a reference to Return of the Jedi when Luke said to Vader "Then my father is truly dead.". Kenobi also sliced Vader's helmet revealing half of Anakin's face on the left side and this was also meant to reference Star Wars: Rebels where Ashoka sliced Vader's helmet and revealing half his face on the right side which is where his iconic scar is and that was more impactful in Rebels than it was in Kenobi.

The setting as I mentioned is a cross galaxy adventure and I felt that this story should have stayed on Tatooine. I know fans complain about how a lot of Star Wars content is always on Tatooine or some other desert planet to which I agree, but here it would have worked. Kenobi's mission was to stay on Tatooine and protect Luke until he's ready all while Kenobi is learning to master the force through the guidance of his old master, Qui-Gon Jinn and how to become one with the force even after death. That's how this series should have gone, not this John Wick in space wacky adventure. Kenobi is in a rough time in his life where he feels he's no longer the Jedi he once was and I like that aspect, but it's not executed well here. They made him like a retired spy or soldier to carry out a mission one last time and that felt nonsensical for Kenobi. To be fair, the last episode ended with Obi-Wan seeing Qui-Gon's force ghost and him starting his force training and it was a nice touch, but I felt that should have been the series to begin with. Obi-Wan hearing Qui-Gon's voice and training to become one with the force again and by the end, he sees Qui-Gon's ghost and reaches enlightenment. Unfortunately they didn't go for that, instead went for something over the top and lackluster. Some of the settings like in the second episode didn't look like Star Wars settings, looked more like assets from Guardians of the Galaxy. It had some nice Easter eggs like my favorite one is where in episode 2 we see an old Clone Trooper homeless and begging for credits like an old war veteran and that was a nice nod to the Clone Wars and shows the Clones were victims just like the Jedi.

Overall, this series had a lot of promise behind it but fell short in terms of story, significance and adding on to the Star Wars lore. The action scenes are good, the acting is decent, and I enjoyed the Easter eggs. Episode 5 was the best episode and it salvaged and saved the series from completely bombing. I heard they got a different writer for episode 5 and I tip my hat to them for saving this series. But the series as a whole was just lackluster.

Rating this series I'm giving it:

5.5/10

A real shame because I had high hopes for this series and was let down. I personally didn't care for most of it and would not recommend to any Star Wars fan out there. It's serviceable enough for the average person to binge and watch something mindless, but this is definitely one of the weaker Star Wars series I've seen, worse than The Book of Boba Fett.

That's all I have to say, See ya next time!

Hey Everyone! Dan here and today isn't going to be a typical review style post I normally do, rather more of addressing something I found a little...interesting to say the least.

a couple days ago, Disney Plus released the Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers (2022) film which is meant to be a bit of a origin/continuation of the original Rescue Rangers animated series? I'm not sure what this was meant to be, a meta-joke in the form of a film? anyways, I watched it and I thought it was an okay movie, a nice little homage to animation of all types as well as a nostalgia trip and fourth wall breaking style movie like Deadpool or The Bad Guys.

Also it brought back the original Sonic movie design as a joke but instead of a minor cameo, he actually played a somewhat important role in the film as an actual side character which I thought was cool they repurposed the old design, gave him self awareness along with an upbeat personality and made him an actual likeable character. Now I can say I like every version of sonic lol.

Now that I got the good stuff out of the way, lets get into the real dirt, shall we? So this movie is a bit of a crime solver type movie as well. With every crime solver movie there needs to be a main villain, an antagonist to face our main protagonists. Now the main villain in this movie is named "Sweet Pete" and I thought to myself "ah they must be using Petey from the Mickey Mouse cartoons as the villain here" and I was wrong but I was right about Petey being in this movie, but he just makes a brief cameo towards the end. Sweet Pete is actually.....

Peter Pan...but older and greasier. Okay? Sure, why not? Well in this film, everyone is basically a former child actor or former actor including Chip 'N Dale, that's the plot of the movie and is very Meta. So being an actor, Peter would obviously age just like everyone else therefore could no longer work as a child actor because he's not a child anymore. Now I thought that was a lame idea but I digress, but then they start to show how he was starting to spiral into loneliness, depression and made him a somewhat sympathetic villain honestly. If anyone knows the entertainment industry, it's cut throat, even Chip mentions "This business can be so tough" to which Peter responds "Ugh, you said it". So obviously the movie is self-aware of the entertainment industry, Self-aware how child actors are normally cut loose once they get too old for their roles and I find it Ironic how Disney of all companies are making a film that's self-aware of this fact considering they don't have a good track record when it comes to their own child actors.

Now I found this strange in the film but I didn't mind it too much and finished the film. It wasn't until the next day I watched clips from the movie and saw the Sweet Pete clip and I read the comment section which was talking about how this movie's peter was loosely based on the real life Peter Pan. I thought that was strange and I looked more into it and saw the name Bobby Driscoll.

Bobby Driscoll was the first Peter Pan who played the character in the original animated 1953 film. I knew about the name, it was familiar to me. What I didn't know is what happened to him after Disney. It pains me to say it, but he was the original "Disney" Child star. He was the templet for how your typical Disney child actor who be perceived and how child actors as a whole would be typically seen by the public. He actually did work on numerous films with Disney since he was the first child actor to be under Disney's contract. He was their go to child star since the mid-40's. He starred in films such as Song of the South, So Dear to My Heart, and Treasure Island. But his most notable and biggest role in his career was the boy who never grew up, Peter Pan. Now you'd think such an iconic film such as this would elevate his career to new heights right? Well, no. In fact, it was all downhill after Peter Pan released.

The Peter Pan film is a classic Disney film and classic animated film, Bobby Driscoll should have been given deals left and right because of his stellar performance on something this iconic but that was not the case. Shortly after the film was theatrically released, Disney fired Driscoll due to him getting too old for the child actor roles. Which sucks because why fire him for something outside his control? I'm sure they could have casted him for teen roles or some type of young adult role. Even Walt Disney himself said he could have been a school yard bully since he was getting older and was riddled with acne (which he was developing and used heavy makeup on). He was the first child Disney star and they threw him out like he was nothing, just like Sweet Pete in the film? hmm, coincidence?

I can only imagine this was the same look of worry that Bobby Driscoll had once he realized he was getting too old for a child actor gig. Besides this being goofy since Peter never grows up, It's a grim reminder to any young child actors that it's only a matter of time before their run as a child actor is done and they're out of a job. As I said before, child actors can't stay children forever so once that role is up, they try to move on to bigger and better things. Most of them want to peruse an actual career in acting but people always have that perception that child actors are nothing more than just that. They don't have confidence that a former child actor can take on serious roles in major blockbuster films so the former child actors are never given a real chance most of the time. It's because to that stigma that they can't grow further in the industry and their careers suffer because of this.

Going back to Bobby Driscoll, he couldn't get any real work after Peter Pan and Disney, he was taken out of Hollywood and placed in a public high school where he's was alienated by his fellow peers, kids his age saw him as a washed up has been. It's similar to the Jake Lloyd situation where people picked on him for playing young Anakin Skywalker in Phantom Menace and he was alienated by his peers as well. Bobby Driscoll soon fell into drug use and he would soon clean up his act, get married briefly and have three kids but he fell back into the drug use again. He would get into hot water where he assaulted a heckler with a deadly weapon and would go to prison for possession of drugs. He would try again to revive his career in Broadway but that didn't work so he ended up being an artist. on March 30th, 1968, he would be found dead due to a heart attack from his years of drug use along with excessive drinking.

It sad that this is still a common thing nearly a century later, Disney treats their child actors like cash cows and would willingly exploit them for everything they're worth. People always wonder why these famous child actors like Lindsey Lohan, Orlando Brown, and Adam Hicks fall off so hard like this and it's honestly because Disney along with the rest of the entertainment industry just doesn't care about them, they only care about how much money they can make the company. Once these kids fall out of favor, they just cut them loose just like that. Now I'm sure people can argue "Oh but these kids do terrible things that get them fired in the first place" to which is true, but it's only when it becomes public knowledge that Disney or Nickelodeon cares. As long as these behaviors are out of the public eye, Disney could care less. It's only when it becomes public knowledge that Disney has to cut them off since it would affect their family friendly image and revenue stream.

Now going back to the Chip 'N Dale movie, Sweet Pete's life was very much Meta humor towards child actors, there's no disputing that. But was in based loosely off of Bobby Driscoll's actual career with Disney? Well that's a little harder to verify. I'm not sure if it was intentional, but Sweet Pete's backstory definitely has similar connections to Bobby Driscoll's acting career with Disney and how both careers ended. I don't know if they just chose Peter Pan because he's the boy who never grew up or if they did research into their archives and thought "lets use this child actors tragic career as inspiration for our villain!". I don't know, I feel this was more coincidence but I definitely see this as a bit of a blunder on Disney's end.

Now the movie itself, I liked it. But I can't ignore this detail of the movie. This could have been avoided all together if they didn't try to make everything Self-Aware and did shit that was in the Disney fictional world, but instead you're poking fun at your own industry and the terrible shit you and the rest of the industry have done for over a century. I just feel that this was just one of those blunders that happen because you lacked the hindsight to see poking fun at yourselves for doing child actors dirty may not be as much as a funny joke but rather you guys calling yourselves out for being a soulless money hungry corporation who doesn't care about their employees or actors.

To me this didn't change how I felt about Disney, I already dislike them as a company and this just reminded me why I still do. I feel bad for any child actors currently signed with Disney or any other entertainment company and I wish them all success in their lives.

That's all I have to say, see ya.

Hey! What's up everyone! Dan here and today I'll be giving a review for season one of the Halo TV show on Paramount Plus.

If you haven't watched the show, spoilers ahead.

I want to start off by saying that this is one of few Paramount Originals on the platform because Paramount/Viacom have been late to the streaming game and they're playing catch up right now. They are competing with the likes on HBO MAX, Disney Plus, etc. and the content they have are just reboots or revivals of old properties. The Fairly Odder show is the perfect example of this problem because they made a generic show with a small budget and decided to slap of the Fairly Odd Parents brand on it for marketing and to draw in fans of the show but instead of doing animation, they did live action and cheap animation together. I already gave a review on the Fairly Odder show so if you want to see my full thoughts on it you can check that out, but yeah it was just garbage. It was rushed to meet a deadline with absolutely no care put into it. That's all these reboots and revivals are, just cheap cash grabs on old properties because they have hardly anything else for good content. Besides the crappy reboots and revivals, they do have some originals and this Halo TV show is one of them. Now Halo is a beloved Video Game franchise, it was one of the first FPS games to come out and an integral part of Xbox's success in the gaming industry. Now you'd think such a legendary franchise would be adapted well with as much of the source material involved right? Well....No.

(Link to Article here: Halo Article )

According to Variety in an interview with the season 1 showrunner Steven Kane, They didn't look at the games, they didn't talk about the games nor did they express any desire to play the games. I think this is why a video game has failed numerous times in the past. When companies are tasked with bringing a game franchise to Television or film, they don't respect the source material. On top of that, they hire people who either don't know anything about the franchise, don't care about the franchise or straight up doesn't like video games at all. They get people who have no desire or interest to bring a game into another medium, it seems they purposely hire people who think very little of gaming as a whole. Why not hire people who actually like, know or at least respect the gaming franchise you're trying to adapt? It's not that hard, I'm sure you can find one person who is willing to play or look at the games you're adapting. Now I understand not adapting a game one for one, that's setting yourself up for failure. However, game adaptations like the Sonic movies, Arcane, and even The Witcher proved that it can be done right as long as you get a dedicated team who respect the franchise and put the proper care and attention to the show bringing the universe and lore of the franchise to life. Not here though, they just hired whoever was available to make this show and it shows that they did not play the games or did that much research on the franchise.

Now I'll be honest, I'm not a huge Halo fan myself, I didn't grow up playing the games that much. I would play the games with my cousin at his house growing up because he was the only one with Xbox consoles. I never played the story modes but I would play multiplayer with him both Online and against each other. My favorite Halo game to this day is Halo: Reach. To me, that was peak Halo in terms of content and gameplay. Despite not being a Halo fan, I still looked into the lore of Halo and researched stuff like the Covenant, Spartans, Cortana, how to T-bag a player and so on. I would say I have a fair amount of knowledge on the Halo franchise to know that this show strayed away from the source material. I mentioned how the Fairly Odder felt like a generic show with the Fairly Odd Parents slapped on for marketing, and that's exactly how I feel about this Halo show. It didn't feel like a Halo show, felt like a generic sci-fi show but with the Halo name slapped on last minute for marketing. Now in the same article, they mentioned how they took inspirations from the books. That's at least a good place to start with research, but the books are just an extension of the main universe from the games. I'm willing to bet they didn't even read much of the books either, they probably skimmed over a few pages and thought "alright I think we got enough". This just feels like a show that was made to meet a quota and not really meant to entertain the fanbase of Halo.

(Link to the Video: The ART of Acting With No Face )

Now the Plot of Halo from what I read, it's pretty much a Mandalorian copycat with a few tweaks here and there. I feel as though this show was made to capitalize on the Hype of The Mandalorian, but it completely fails in that regard for a couple reasons. One of those reasons being that its Halo, not The Mandalorian. People want to see Master Chief fighting the Covenant and kick ass during the War between the UNSC and the Covenant. Instead, we go on this emotional journey of finding out who he is with...well John, he's not even Master Chief after the first episode he's John. We never see him being a true force to be reckoned with like he was in the games, he only showed us those spartan aspects in like 3 out of 9 episodes of the first season. We barely get to see him being the Master Chief we've all known.

This brings me to the other reason and that's helmet, what do I mean by that? Well for anyone who knows about Halo, Master Chief has never taken off his helmet in the games. I don't recall him ever showing us his real face in any of the games (besides his flashbacks as a child but that doesn't count). In the show, he takes off his helmet and reveals his face at the end of episode one. That is super underwhelming in my opinion and kills any excitement for the show, that alone proves this team didn't look at any Halo lore or respect the franchise. I left a link to a video made by GodzillaMendoza about the art of acting with no face and it's a well crafted video on the ability to act without revealing the true face of the person and how it elevates the characters more. This is where the Mandalorian shines because we never saw Mando's face in season 1 up until the last episode where it was a life or death situation for him. It was a build up to a dramatic moment in the series and it helped us connect with Mando on a deeper level. When we finally saw his face for the first time, we were shocked that there was a real flesh and blood human being behind the mask and we connected with him even more knowing this invincible warrior is human just like us. Obviously he was played by Pedro Pascal a human actor, but it was the way they portrayed the Mandalorian, his mannerisms, his body language, we questioned if he even was human but then we saw his face and it was truly satisfying. Halo TV Show did the exact opposite and killed Master Chief's core characteristic, thus killing the character of Master Chief in the show, he was just John after that.

As I mentioned, the plot was meant to be Mando inspired but with Halo's lore. To be fair, the action scenes with the Spartans against the covenant were the best parts of the show. The problem with that is like I said, the covenant shows up in like 3 out of 9 episodes mainly because of the budget this show had. the budget for it was 90 million dollars and for animation, CGI or any special effects, that's a little tight. Due to the budget, they couldn't really bring out the covenant too much because they couldn't afford to do so. The show suffers from a lack of passion and a small budget and it shows from this scene in episode one where they didn't even paint over the plasma pistol prop. There is also the scene with a rifle being badly animated but that's a little more forgivable. The first episode was meant to set the tone for the series and give us a glimpse of what to expect, the first episode was jam packed full of action and should have been the tone set for the show. But unfortunately, after episode one the rest of the show is just boring. Most episodes I struggled to pay attention because the drama in the UNSC was just boring and served hardly any purpose for the plot's progression.

One of the my biggest complaints for the show was Kwan Ha. Now let it be known that her actress Yerin Ha did her job and I hold nothing against the actress herself, its just the direction she's given. Kwan Ha contributed nothing to the main plot, she appeared in the first episode where Master Chief and the Spartans saved her on her home planet of Madrigal and took her in. You'd think she had something to do with the main story right? NOPE! She contributed nothing to the main story. John just took her to his old friend/former spartan Soren (who is my favorite spartan in this show played by Bokeem Woodbine) and left Soren to babysit her. Fun fact, she wears the exact same outfit for the entire series. She's never seen wearing anything else, she wears the same bloody outfit for the entire season despite everyone else getting at least a couple other outfits for the show. Also her haircut is stupid, I don't understand fashion, but she has an ugly buzzcut/ponytail combo there. She was basically the B plot of the series where her and Soren go to Madrigal and frees her planet from an evil UNSC Hitler character named Vinsher Grath. I don't understand her role in this show, she wasn't even from the games she was added for the sake of the show. Why? was it for a tokenism checkbox? I honestly don't get why she was added to the show. This makes me believe further that this wasn't originally a Halo show, just a generic sci-fi show with Halo slapped on for marketing.

Now I'll be covering Cortana and her relationship with John aka Master Chief

Cortana as everyone knows is Master Chief's quirky AI that sticks with him during battle and is essentially a part of him. Now when she was introduced into the show, I had mixed feelings about her appearance straight off the bat. She's suppose to be a hologram, but here she looks like a human with CGI to make her seem more hologram like. It's such an awkward look for her in the show but I digress. I think the relationship between Cortana and John in this show was done decent enough for a nine episode where she appeared in episode three so they developed their relationship in a six episode span. I wish we could have had more time growing their relationship because it feels rushed which makes sense since it is a short season. But I will say that Cortana did grow as a character, she looked beyond her programming and was able to learn about humanity through John and his heroic actions. She went against Halsey's orders and protected John and the Spartans in the last episode. Cortana was another one of my favorites in this show despite her design and her growth was one I did enjoy even if it was rushed.

Another character in the show was Makee, she's not from the games either, she was also made for the show. She's a spy for the covenant who refer to her as the "blessed one" and is a love interest of John. No joke, they get down and dirty while Cortana just stands there and watches like its a Voyeur porno. She had an interesting backstory and she was suppose to be a main villain, but you feel more sympathy with her. at worst, she's a sympathetic villain and is killed off in the most underwhelming way possible. She's another example of why this shouldn't have been a Halo TV show, should have just been a new sci-fi show. She has her moments and is a clever character but I felt she wasn't utilized well.

Now to the cast of the show, I hold nothing against you guys, you did your jobs and you did what you could with the budget and direction you were given. I felt this could have been a good video game adaptation TV show if paramount gave the project a bigger budget and got a team who at least respects the source material. This show was suppose to portray the covenant as the bad guys but honestly makes the UNSC and Dr. Halsey especially out to be the real villains here. Pablo Schreiber did a decent job with the character of Master Chief but the direction he was given weakened his performance as the legendary Master Chief. One other thing, stop showing everyone's bare ass cheeks every episode. I saw the master cheeks more than I ever expected to see.

I honestly wanted to like this show, but it's another example of companies taking a beloved video game franchise and pissing on it with a lackluster adaptation. There is confirmation for a Season 2 but I honestly could care less. Maybe I'll check it out to see if they improve but I doubt it. I feel bad for the Halo franchise right now, first Halo infinite is becoming more and more dead due to lack of content, then this show came and beat the franchise while it was down. Pray to god that Season 2 will get scrapped but it likely won't.

Giving this season a rating I give it:

4.5/10

If you're a Halo fan or a gamer then I would not recommend watching this show, but if you're just looking for a generic sci-fi show to mindlessly watch then it's serviceable I guess. But honestly just watch something else, it's not worth the boredom.

That's it, see ya!

What up everyone! Dan here and this isn't a review per say, but rather my thoughts on the Creator Clash boxing event hosted by Idubbbz. This is different from your typical celebrity boxing or Paul brothers fights because this is actually entertaining and its for charity. This was an awesome event to watch and a lot of my favorite Youtubers I watched growing up were boxing or in attendance at the event. Plus you had Moist Critikal aka Charlie aka Penguinz0 commentating at the event which was just the cherry on top. It was a fun event and the fact it was all for charity to help with Alzheimer's research along with a couple others was real nice, I respect everyone who participated in this event. With that said, I figured I'd do a little ranking of my favorite matches from the event. There were nine matches in total and I'll rank from least favorite to most favorite.

Now keep in mind these are Youtubers, not professional fighters so I'm not here to insult any of them because anyone willing to get in the ring to fight another person for charity earns my respect at the end of the day. Just giving my thoughts on each fight since they all fought in more amateur boxing sanctioned rules.

NUMBER 9. THEODD1SOUT VS. I DID A THING

This was the 4th match of the night and it was also James (THEODD1SOUT) birthday so that was cool. I'm surprised he event took this fight and it was clear that Alex (I DID A THING) was ready to go ham because he gave James a good one, two and James was already out of it. Luckily for James, Alex didn't follow through and blast him like team rocket. But shortly after the ref stopped the fight in the first round with 36 seconds left on the clock, making Alex the winner by first round TKO. I don't think James was serious about this match considering he didn't seem physically or mentally ready for this but regardless, still cool seeing these two clash.

NUMBER 8. INTERNET COMMENT ETIQUETTE WITH ERIK VS. DJ WELCH OF ANIMATORS VS GAMES

This was the third match of the night, I love heavyweight bouts because one punch can change the course of the fight. This bout was a little different since both fighters wore headgear which is understandable because this is all for fun and no one should get seriously hurt. This match did go pass the first round which was cool, but DJ had this match won while Erik was struggling to hold on. To be fair, both guys were exhausted after the fight but DJ had the most aggression and pressure which won him the fight. They went two full rounds before Erik threw in the towel before the third round making DJ Welch the winner by round 2 RTD.

NUMBER 7. JUSTAMINX VS YODELING HALEY

This was the fifth match of the night and the first female youtuber/influencer boxing match so that was pretty neat to watch because I do think Women boxing is entertaining to watch and at times explosive. I do hope this sets a trend or kickstarts more female content creators to get in on the action too in the future. The actual match was decent, but there was a definite size difference because Becca (JUSTAMINX) is built like a tank compared to Haley. Becca had size and power on her side in this clash, She was like a female Tyson Fury. To be fair, I will say Haley had more speed and accuracy and she absorbed plenty of punishment. as the fight neared the end, both were exhausted and throwing sloppy and slow punches. But Becca had more weight behind her punches which soon overwhelmed Haley and the referee stopped the match at the end of the forth round making JUSTAMINX the winner by fourth round TKO.

NUMBER 6. GRAHAM STEPHAN VS MICHAEL REEVES

This was the seventh fight of the night and this lightweight bout was pretty competitive seeing how both were pretty even coming into this fight. The first round was more of a feeling out process but it had it's moments where these two clashed it out a bit. Come the second round, that would change. Graham was putting on the pressure more in the first half of the second round and just when it looked like he had this in the bag, Michael came in with a powerful right hand and dazed Graham. Soon Michael would clock Graham with another right hand and back him into the corner like a wounded animal. Michael kept clocking Graham with right hand punches and the referee stopped it with 15 seconds left in the second round. Michael Reeves won by second round TKO and when asked if he would box again, Michael responded "FUUUCK NO!" which I thought was hilarious.

NUMBER 5. MATT WATSON OF SUPERMEGA VS. DAD

This was the first match of the night and would set the tone for how the entire fight card would go. This was a shock to everyone considering this fight would only last 22 seconds in the first round and there was a huge age difference between the two fighters. Matt is 26 while Nathan (DAD) is 41 years old. That is a 15 year age difference, I thought that was Matt's Dad and everyone thought Matt would destroy Nathan but you'd all be wrong. Nathan came in looking shredded and completely obliterated Matt. Matt tried to set up Nathan with a jab, but Nathan came in fast and furious with some beautiful left hooks that stunned Matt and followed it up with a wild right hook then another crisp left hook until the referee saw enough and stopped the fight at 22 seconds making DAD the winner by first round TKO. This was a George Foreman style victory where the old man taught the young buck to respect his elders.

NUMBER 4. RYAN MAGEE OF SUPERMEGA VS ALEX ERNST

Man, this was not a good day to be a SuperMega fan. However unlike his partner, Ryan Magee would go pass the first round and give quite a performance again Alex Ernst. This was the second fight of the night and both these guys may not have had the best boxing experience, but they gave it their all with some nice back and forth action that lasted the entire five rounds of the fight. These two truly became warriors in the square circle fighting each other going back and forth with nonstop action. Ryan was looking worse for wear as he suffered a bloody nose several times but he never gave in and kept of fighting Alex going on pure instincts. Both were exhausted and at the end of five action packed rounds, Alex Ernst was the winner by Unanimous Decision and both men gained respect from the crowd and each other.

NUMBER 3. HARLEY OF EPIC MEAL TIME VS ARIN (aka Egoraptur) OF GAME GRUMPS

This was the eighth fight of the night and the Co Main Event of the card. I grew up watching these two in my teen years and to see them fight it out was something I never asked for, but glad I got. I've been watching Harleys training videos and surprisingly he took it seriously and it shows on full display in this match. Harley was patient, precise for a big heavyweight and gave some major combinations and uppercuts that did Arin in. While Harley put in the work to win this match, I don't feel Arin trained enough, though to be fair he accepted on five weeks notice so I give him credit for his efforts in the ring. If Harley does this again, he should go up against someone who's closer to his size and hopefully with enough time to train to compete with Harley.

NUMBER 2. HUNDAR OF MUSCLE PARTY VS. AB OF H3 PODCAST

This was the sixth fight of the night and let me just say, Hundar looks like a god damn Viking. Seriously, he's like a real life Kratos yet he sounds like a teenager, it's a little funny ngl. This match was probably the closest any of these fights came to a legit boxing match at pro level. Hundar and AB were both technical in the first half of the fight and they were landing clean shots. In the third round, Hundar unleashed the God of War and threw a right hook at AB's head knocking him down. AB beat the count and responded with his own right hook knocking Hundar down. Hundar beat the count and they battled it out till the end of the round. This fight was shaping up to be a true clash of titans and it made it all the way to the fifth and final round of the fight. These two gave it their all in the final round but in the end, Hundar went to the body and started weakening AB until AB couldn't keep going and the referee stopped the fight with a minute and four seconds left. Hundar won the fight by fifth round TKO, definitely one of the better fights and arguably the best fight of this night.

NUMBER 1. IDUBBBZ VS. DR. MIKE

The ninth fight and main event of this fight card, Ian (Idubbbz) put this all together in the first place so it's only right he finishes it off with a grand finale. Ian surprised us all coming into this, while we may have wanted him to win, I think we all knew that was highly unlikely considering Dr. Mike has been boxing for years. Despite that, Ian trained hard and took this seriously going in as an underdog against someone with far more experience and knowledge doing this not for clout or recognition, but for a good cause and a good time. It was clear Ian was losing all the rounds, but he never gave up and wanted to give the crowd an entertaining fight. It was suppose to go four rounds with three minutes each, but I guess they changed it perhaps because the fighters couldn't handle that type of condition? who knows. Either way this was a great fight, Dr. Mike was dominating, but Ian stayed in there to give a competitive match for the good doctor. While Dr. Mike won with a lopsided Unanimous Decision, at the end of the day, Ian was the true winner for setting this event up and providing a fun time for everyone. Everyone in this event won, the fans, the fighters, the charities, everyone. Ian never had intentions of winning the fight itself, look at the poster. The poster was foreshadowing what was to come and he knew this as well but it didn't matter since everyone had a fun time. For that, Idubbbz is truly a winner in my eyes and I thank him and everyone involved in making this possible.

Hope we get a Creators Clash 2 in the future, See Ya!

Hey guys! Dan here and today I'll be giving my review on the Marvel movie, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness!

Fair warning, there will be spoilers ahead.

This is a movie that's been hyped up for years as part of the next phase of the MCU and I am not disappointed with this film. The fact that they got Sam Raimi to direct this film makes it all the better, for those who don't know, Sam Raimi was the director for the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man trilogy from the 2000's and he was a horror director as well and you'll see plenty of horror elements in this film. There will be some jump scares but nothing too extreme just some little jump scares here and there. Not only that, but they got Danny Elfman to compose the music, Danny Elfman also composed the music in the 2000's Spider-Man movies as well so this film was done with the same care and quality as one of my favorite superhero trilogies from my childhood.

The cast of the film did a phenomenal job in their roles. Benedict Cumberbatch once again gave a great performance as Doctor Stephen Strange, always witty, calculated and full of charm for the role. Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda aka Scarlet Witch was a close second to Doctor Strange in this film she went all out here portraying Scarlet witch showing us how powerful she's truly become and her range of emotions. Xochitl Gomez did a great job as American Chavez, I haven't seen too much of her work, but she killed it in this role as the dimension jumping girl. Benedict Wong as Wong (still makes me laugh since that's his literal last name) did a great job in his role once again being the serious character but also having some comedic value and moments I'll always enjoy. There are other characters in this film that I don't want to spoil even though the trailers did show a couple of them but to anyone who didn't grow up with the marvel movies from the 2000's they won't understand I'm talking about. This is where Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox comes into play in the MCU, this is where it all starts to come together for the next phase.

The plot here is pretty good, I like how they're expanding on the concept of the multiverse in the films now. However, since this is the MCU, all the movies and shows are connected. If you haven't been keeping up with the MCU movies and shows then you won't fully understand what's going on here since this film calls back to a lot of MCU movies leading up to that film. My recommendation is before watching this film, you'll need to watch 4 MCU movies in particular as well as two MCU TV series. the movies you'll need to watch prior are Doctor Strange (2016), Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and Spider-Man: No Way Home. The two MCU shows to watch prior are WandaVision and Marvel's What If...? series. I think as long as you watch the four films, you'll be fine, the shows are more optional to be honest. So back to the plot, Doctor Strange is protecting America Chavez since someone is trying to take her powers and Strange is trying to protect her which leads to a wacky adventure through the various universes. During this adventure, Stephen Strange starts questioning his happiness since he's not with Christine (his love interest from the first film played by Rachel McAdams). We also learn about America Chavez as well, little spoiler this film will include same sex parents which I think is neat especially considering Disney's stance against LGBT content but its nice to see these studios work around that, Pixar did it with Turning Red and Marvel is doing it here.

Right now there's not a whole lot explored about her in the MCU but I'm sure we'll get more about her in later films or TV shows. That being said, my only complaint about her was how she was able to control her powers, I wont spoil that part but it's not super exciting. This also brings me to the Villains motive for hunting down Chavez, the motive here is kind of weak and how she's defeated isn't that satisfying either, its like Antman and the Wasp levels of Unsatisfying Villain defeats. Like don't get me wrong it does work, but it was somewhat anti-climatic and what the villain ended up doing after that was a little more satisfying. I will also say that there were some characters in here I felt were nerfed badly and the villain just ripped through them all with ease though perhaps they're just that powerful now that's up to you to interpret.

My favorite part about this film were the special effects, the first Doctor Strange had various trippy sequences throughout the film, and this film I felt improved on that a little more going through different dimensions and looking different for each one. I love how creative they got for those sequences and it truly shows how wide a range in various mediums this film has. I'll admit the magic here was pretty standard though I was expecting a little more creativity to it rather than just the magic shields and projectile magic fire blasts but I digress. Overall, it was still visually appealing and I enjoyed every second of it.

To wrap this up, Doctor Strange in the multiverse of Madness was a great film, one of my favorite MCU movies in recent years and a great sequel to Doctor Strange. I felt the hype was justified here and now I look forward to what's next for Doctor Strange and the rest of the multiverse. There are two post credit scenes so stick around for those, especially the second one.

Now to conjure my ratings for this film, I'm giving it:

8/10

If you haven't watched the film yet, I highly recommend giving it a watch. I still recommend watching at least the four marvel films I mentioned before watching this one to get a better understanding for the plot but if you don't care for that and just wanna watch a fun film, that works too!

See ya!

Hey everyone! its Dan here and today I'm going to be giving a review for the DreamWorks animated movie, The Bad Guys!

If you have not seen the film yet, SPOILERS AHEAD!

I just wanna start off by saying that the animation is amazing, it goes for that 2D/3D hybrid style almost similar to the Spiderman multiverse movies and the art style is definitely its strongest point. I enjoyed watching the movie and watching the animation play out the way it did. DreamWorks has always had some banger animation for their films, my favorite films include Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, and How to train your dragon. Those films were all done using 3D and CGI VFX, but each one was distinct and you can tell which one was from which film franchise. The Bad Guys animation is far more unique compared to previous DreamWorks projects and I thought it was aesthetically pleasing and fun to watch.

The cast did an excellent job of bringing these characters to life, my personal favorite performance was done by Sam Rockwell himself aka Mr. Wolf. Now I only really know him for his role as Justin Hammers from Iron Man 2 and that's how I recognized his voice in Mr. Wolf. Rockwell played a smooth talking charismatic villain in Iron Man 2 and he's done it again in Mr. Wolf for The Bad Guys movie. Sam Rockwell just knows how to play the sly smooth talker in these roles. Zazie Beetz did a great job in her role as Diane Foxington as well as Richard Ayoade as Prof. Rupert Marmalade. Awkwafina, Anthony Ramos, Craig Robinson, and Marc Maron did an exceptional job as the bad guys as well they all had me laughing and enjoying the heists the characters would pull off. I would like to give a big shout out to the Director of the film, Pierre Perifel. Perifel has been with DreamWorks for a number of years helping animate the best DreamWorks animated films we all know and love. This was his first major film he directed and he did a phenomenal job with the film as I enjoyed watching it.

The plot itself is where I start to get into my nitpicking and criticism, it's a classic "Don't judge a book by its cover" story much like Megamind and it's nothing new or groundbreaking it's just a simplistic plot. It's about the bad guys going good since these guys are all predators of the animal kingdom so it would make sense people would fear them and see them as monsters. As the movie progresses you'll start to see how predictable it gets with its twists and turns. I'm starting to see more human and anthropomorphic animal's all in the same setting now. I've seen that in anime, but now were getting that more in big screen projects, Sonic the Hedgehog films helped popularize that I feel. That's not a complain I just felt like something to be pointed out which I think is cool. Now my nitpick is why in some scenes we have anthropomorphic animals who walk and talk like people and regular animals who are literally on all fours and unable to talk? Like the scene where they try to bust out Guinea pigs from a test lab and they're all regular animals but Prof. marmalade is able to walk and talk? that's a weird one to me. My other criticism is that the plot feels rushed, like I know its an hour and 40 minute movie but that doesn't mean you need to rush certain parts and cram it all in. Like in the beginning the heist for the gold dolphin award they literally just talked about their plan while they were enacting their plan then in the middle Wolf saves a cat from a tree in which Marmalade was recording on social media and now suddenly everyone loves them which I thought was kind of goofy but I digress.

I understand this film is more geared towards kids and that's fine, like there is fart jokes here and music and dance number as well. None of that kills my vibe for the movie its fine and it's a little fun at times I'll admit, but there is subtle humor for the adults to enjoy. Like the scene where the Bad Guys dress in onesies, Wolf specifically is dressed in sheep pajamas which is based on the old saying "A wolf in sheep's clothing." which I thought was clever I like subtle jokes like that. That's basically what the story is about, never judge a book by its cover and there will always be that wolf in sheep's clothing, but it may not always be that easy to figure out who. The film did an excellent job conveying that message to the audience. Another detail is that Wolf will constantly break the 4th wall which is some real Deadpool powers, he's always talking to the audience from the beginning to end, sometimes its fun, sometimes it's a little overdone. I still had fun with his shenanigans it added to the charm of the film.

Overall, I think the film was fun to watch and I enjoyed it. Yes it was a simplistic plot but still a fun time. Pierre Perifel made an amazing Original DreamWorks animated film after years of sequels and I'm looking forward to any future Dreamwork's projects and any projects by Perifel himself.

Now putting this into my rating I'd give this bad boy:

7.5/10

I'd recommend giving this film a watch for anyone looking for a fun movie to watch, or if you need to watch something with the kids or family then I highly recommend this for you guys.

that's about it, see ya!

Hey what's going on guys it's Dan here and today I'm going to give my review on Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Movie!

I'm gonna do my best to avoid spoilers since the film just came out but there may be minor spoilers ahead so...you've been WARNED!

First off I just want to say the cast did a phenomenal job! Each one brought personality to their character and gave stellar performances. Ben Schwartz gave us yet another great performance as Sonic and once again brought the character to life on the big screen which is hard to do when adapting a video game into a film. He was quirky, charismatic, lovable, witty and overall, a great performance as the Blue Blur. Idris Elba gave an entertaining performance as Knuckles, to be honest it was like they brought the Uganda Knuckles to life in this incarnation of the character and Elba made it sound badass. Knuckles is normally seen as...a knucklehead, but Idris Elba made the character a proud warrior from a long line of tribal warriors who grew up the way he did and is not accustomed to earth. Here's a minor spoiler but his dialogue reminded me of Starfire from Teen Titans the way he'd say "I have won the Base of Ball!", it was a great fit for the character and I thought this was the best performance of Knuckles I've seen in a longtime. Colleen O’Shaughnessey is the official voice for Tails but here she did not half ass anything, she gave a great performance on the big screen and the fact that she was credited as well means a lot in the industry. Voice actors are never given the proper credit or even respect they deserve and I’m glad she got her name credited on a worldwide scale. Jim Carrey gave another hilarious and over the top performance as Dr Robotnik or Eggman however you wanna say it, there’s also reports that he’s retiring so if that’s true, then this is his perfect swan song to conclude his long career in the entertainment industry. I loved almost all his work even the bad ones (but lets be real they’re all funny in one way shape or form). 

The plot itself was pretty well written and stayed true to the source material with some minor changes here and there but those changes didn’t ruin my experience, it actually made the experience more interesting and fun. My only real complaint is when the side plot for the humans is dragged out too long. In the trailers they show Maddie’s sister Rachel is getting married in Hawaii and (another minor spoiler) there’s gonna be a twist at the wedding which is alright but it dragged out a good like 20 minutes which does explain why the movie is like 2 hours long. Even then, it didn’t kill my experience though maybe they should have kept that side plot shorter. It all connects and it progresses at a good pace, the chase for the master emerald was thrilling and exciting to watch especially with the obstacles they had to go through to get to it. The adventure with Sonic and Tails was a fun and engaging one filled with goofy fun, situations and good character growth in the main cast. 

The fight scenes were pretty exciting, I know these guys were CGI but it was well executed to look like a real fight as well as their powers used to fight one another. It was real nuts to butts action between Sonic and Knuckles as well as the final battle between Team Sonic and a chaotic Robotnik/Eggman. The director Jeff Fowler deserves plenty of credit for crafting the scenes with action and well done effects. 

I’d also like to mention how the film gave actual depth to the characters especially with Knuckles. Fans have known that Knuckles came from a tribe of warriors, but we never actually seen him talk that much in-depth about it. The film gave us an actual backstory on Knuckles where we get to see his perspective a bit. It two scenes in particular where Sonic and Knuckles talk about their lives and you get to hear both perspectives of the respective opposing sides which helped them understand each other and strengthen their new bond. The best part is it didn’t feel forced or rushed, it progressed naturally which made the team up all the better and action packed.

Overall, I believe this was not only a great film, but a great sequel as it stayed true to the source material and brought the aspects of the video games out in the best way possible. I put this up there with Spiderman 2 and Shrek 2 as one of the best sequels for a film franchise. One last minor spoiler, stay tuned for the end credit scene you guys are gonna love it since it’ll be synced to the next sonic film they’ve been talking about. I look forward to this coming to paramount plus so I can watch it but honestly I’d watch it again right now because it was awesome and even though this is video game movie, it’s something everyone can enjoy. Arcane was a film made for league of legends fans yet it was so captivating it managed to draw people outside of the game and made them fans of the show. The Sonic films are doing the exact same thing where it was made for fans but the films were so great and entertaining that it brought in people outside the Sonic fandom, a film series for all ages young and old, for super fans like myself and people like my brother who isn’t as big a fan but loves the films because they’re fun. 

Putting this into my rating, I’d give the Sonic 2 film:

9/10

I’d recommend each and every one of you to go out and see this film, one of the best films of the year. Plan a day to go out and see this film with friends, family or even a date because I will repeat myself, this is one of the best films of the year and one of the best video game movies done right.

That’s all I have to say, see ya!

Hey what's going on guys, Dan here! Today I'll be giving a review on the movie, Morbuis starring Jared Leto

WARNING: This contains spoilers about the film, you have been warned.

Straight off the bat (pun intended), I think the concept for the film could have worked and sounded like a great idea on paper. Unfortunately, the execution of the film was just not on the mark here. I would consider this the Eternals of the Sony-verse movies and what do I mean by that? I mean this film is pretty generic and predictable. The Eternals was basically just running off the same MCU formula only the most bare bone elements. Morbius followed the same formula much like Venom only more bare bones.

The cast I felt was an A-team cast, you had Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Tyrese Gibson, Jared Harris, Adria Arjona and so much acting talent on this movie. Yet, the characters hardly show any emotion to the scenes. It's like they were robotic and the only ones who put effort into their roles were Jared Leto, Al Madrigal (who plays one of the detectives, Rodriguez) and maybe Matt Smith. I've seen each one of these guys act in different movies and they can all act but this movie here just seemed as lifeless and void of all emotion much like the actual undead. I feel especially bad for Jared Leto because he's a great actor but for some reason these comic book superhero movies are just his kryptonite man. His performance as the Joker from the 2016 Suicide Squad movie was already considered his worse performance, but this could possibly be a close second in the Morbius movie. It may not even be superhero movies that he has trouble with, if you've seen the Snyder Cut of the Justice League, you'll see that he's playing the Joker again but his performance there is 10x better than the Suicide Squad movie. So this makes me believe that if given to the right director and crew, he can put on a great and memorable performance. That is not the case here however, Daniel Espinosa really fucked up what could had been a potentially great movie and I don't know why he was trusted with this film. I saw his other works and it looks like to me that this was not the right man for the task, Sony should have brought in someone like Matt Reeves or Zack Snyder to handle this film rather than someone who seems like they've never touched a comic book.

Now let me get to the actual film, the film itself was admittedly pretty alright. I wouldn't consider it great or god awful, it's more like somewhere in the middle to just about average, like generically average. The plot of the movie was like someone mixing the plots of The Hulk and Dracula Untold into one and this was the result of this Frankenstein experiment. It was as generic and bare-bone to the point where I knew what they were gonna say and what was gonna happen before they even did or said it. Like at the beginning they ask Morbius in Costa Rica "you need a Doctor?" and his response is "I am a Doctor." or when he says "I need to drink....." and it was like Dora the explora I responded with "Blood." and he said "Blood.". There was also the scene were Dr Martine was suppose to die, but she ends up becoming a vampire herself in the end of the movie and I knew they wouldn't kill her off. The writing here was just as generic and dare I say as lazy as it could be. My last complaint about the Plot is that it feels so rushed, there's a scene where the doctor played by Jared Harris who takes care of Matt Smith's character Loxias (Milo is his nickname in the film) is killed by Loxias and when Morbius arrives, the doctor immediately dies but in most half baked way, like he just mutters his last lines.

The editing was another thing poorly done in this movie, this was The Hulk levels of poor editing in the scenes because it would have the characters talking to one another but with another scene of them doing something else like experiments and lab work. There were also the boat scene where Morbius experiments on himself and he becomes the Vampire creature he is and start slaughtering the crew while Dr. Martine is unconscious and I actually thought that scene was entertaining and savage to watch but I had this suspicious feeling that it was suppose to be more gruesome. There are scenes of Morbius slashing their throats with his claws and you can see that these guys are choking on their own blood, but they never show them bleeding or really coughing it up or the cut marks since the guy is covering it. This makes me think this movie was suppose to be more gory and brutal like it was suppose to be a rated R film but they decided against that last minute and changed it into a more PG-13 film which would explain those scenes being the way they are. If this was the case, then they should have kept it R rated, I would have liked to have seen a gorier version of this film. I think they had this issue with Venom as well but it was more well done than how it was done in Morbius.

On to the special effects and CGI used, I think the special effects were my favorite part of the film but even those are done questionably at times. Like the fight scenes are pretty cool at times but they do it like its the Matrix, most of it is in Slow-Mo or done fast af that if you blink you miss it. There was also the times where Morbius and Loxias would show their vampire faces and it would look like that scary snapchat filter from mid 2010's that Obama used in that parody video years back. Then there was the scenes with the swarm of bats Morbius used to fight Loxias in the final battle where the bats were controlled by him, that reminded me of Dracula Untold and it was pretty cool I always like that concept of Vampires to control bats to your whim. My favorite scenes are where he uses his bat sonar abilities and his eyes would go hazy and the echo location waves would pop up and remove all sounds around him. That's another ability of Vampires I always thought was pretty cool.

Overall, I think the movie was alright but it just wasn't as good as everyone was hoping. It seemed rushed and the sad part is they could have done a better job with it because this was originally slated for 2020 but the Pandemic pushed it back to 2022 and they could have used that time to improve the movie but they didn't go that route and they squandered this movies potential. I also want to confirm there are two post credit scenes so stick around for those if you're gonna watch it.

Rating this film, I would give it:

5/10

That may sound a bit high considering all I had to say but again, this film is not really awful, it's just generic and the concept was great but the execution fell short. I would not recommend buying the 10, 12 or 14 dollar ticket to see this movie I don't think it's worth that price of admission. If you have a rewards program like my date did to see this film for free or cheaper than I'd recommend that instead. If not, then wait for the film to come out of Redbox in a few months so you can rent it for 1.99.

That's all I have to say, see ya!

Hey what's going on guys?! Dan here and today I'm going to be giving you a review of Paramount Plus's new show, The Fairly OddParents! Fairly Odder

Now what more can be said other than this show is a masterpiece! I mean come on, best show on Paramount Plus!

10/10 baby! that's all I have to say, see ya!

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April Fools Bitch!

Like I'd ever give this garbage a 10/10, hell nah! There is so much to dislike about this show that this post will probably run pass the word count on newgrounds and possibly even tumblr despite it not having one, so I'm gonna do my best to be as brief and concise as I can about this and why this is literally the worst reboot or revival I've seen in a long time.

Now I grew up as a fan of the Fairly Oddparents series, I remember as far back as 1999 and 2000 when the show was in it's "Oh Yeah! Cartoons!" phase before it was greenlit for its own series and even those early phases (which is far better than this travesty here). So I wont let too much of my Bias judge how I see this show. Understandably a sequel, revival or reboot won't always live up to the original's standards and should be treated as its own thing. That said, this show even on its own standing, is just awful. Nothing about it is funny, nothing about it is charming, nothing about it is memorable. To be honest I don't know why this show was conceptualized, if you took the Fairly Oddparents name out of this, it would be the most generic Nick sitcom out there. To be honest, this show looks like it didn't start out as Fairly Odder, looks like an average Nick Sitcom then last minute decided to slap the Fairly Oddparents name to the show for marketing. They should have just left the series name alone, they could have just made a new IP. If they had done that I wouldn't be this harsh on my review hell I wouldn't have made this review in the first place! This goes to show that they didn't have any faith in the show and just relying on brand recognition rather than putting effort into an actual show. Fucking Marvin Marvin starring Lucas Cruikshank (aka Fred) was a more memorable and enjoyable show than Fairly Odder.

Now last week I watch an 8 minute sneak peek video of the first episode that was uploaded by Nick on their YouTube channel and this was to meant to build hype and excitement for the shows release. However, I watched the clip and instantly regretted it. Everything I feared about the show, was in the clip therefore would be in the show. It had a god damn laugh track just like every other Nick sitcom, the characters were extremely generic, painfully awkward, annoyingly goofy or down right creepy, and the setting was just like every other setting in a nick sitcom. It honestly looked like asset flips like the background looked like it was used from the Thundermans show, nothing about the setting indicates that they were in Dimmsdale other than some little Easter eggs here and there.

The characters as I mentioned are all generic Nick sitcom characters, the main cast are your standard child protagonists with Viv as the awkward girl who can't socially interact to save her life, Roy her step brother whos the popular kid everyone loves and he's not quite the brightest, Zina who's the friend of Viv and has a crush on Roy but she's like stalking him and taking pics of him from the corner which is super creepy and I'd argue isn't really funny, and the parents who are high school sweethearts and are all wacky and lovey dovey but neglects their own kids feelings sometimes because they're narcissist's. They also have live action portrayals of Timmy Turner and Vicky who are probably the worst portrayals of the characters I've ever seen and it's not just in regards to the animated series, this is also compared to the live action movies made a decade ago. If you don't know, there were three live action Fairly Oddparent movies starring Drake Bell as Timmy Turner in the early 2010's and in that movie, the fairy's were done with CGI rather than being 2D like in this show. The movies weren't perfect because bringing 2D to 3D or any realism will always be a challenge, however I feel those three live action movies stayed more faithful to the source material rather than this show that has completely abandoned the Fairly Oddparents lore and the charm that made this show amazing. Timmy is now a supporting character which is to be expected in this show but Vicky is now a creepy teacher who acts more like a Harley Quinn sidekick who loves Mr. Crocker a bit too much instead of the Tyrant she use to be.

As I mentioned, the show does the live action Nick sitcom formula, but also adds in 2D animation as well and to be honest that's a great idea on paper, but the execution is something that requires time and effort. This blend of animation and realism can be done right if done with proper care and passion, the best example of this is the classic movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". Even more recent examples of this can be seen in "Smiling Friends" which is one of my favorite shows at this moment in time. Smiling Friends has a variety of animation and realism that blends well because its all done with proper care and passion. There's 2D, 3D, Claymation, hand drawn, real people in it and so much more and nothing ever feels out of place, its all done beautifully. Fairly Odder just puts a green screen and computer generates the animation and it looks so terrible and out of place. The animation is so rough and rigid and doesn't fit at all with the realism of the show. This tells me that they didn't put any passion or proper care into this show, this was meant to be a shameless cash grab and it seemed to be rushed to meet a deadline.

They brought back Butch Hartman to Co-produce the show and to be honest, I'm not surprised that he's behind the show. Butch Hartman use to be one of the most beloved artists and animators in the entertainment industry and I loved a lot of his shows growing up. I loved Fairly Oddparents, Danny Phantom and even Tuff Puppy which was argued as one of his worse shows but I honestly thought it was funny and entertaining. However, Butch hasn't been seen positively lately due to a couple scandals and accusations. There was his whole Oaxis Kickstarter which was out of touch and sounded like a real scam. Then there was the scandal almost a year ago where he was accused of plagiarizing and selling someone else's art for hundreds of dollars on commissions. To me it seems he decided to do this as yet another blatant cash grab for him which I understand he wants to get paid and needs to work, but it's just disappointing that he's just cashing in the most shameless way possible. He was an artist we all loved and now he's just a shell of his former self.

Now some of you might be wondering why they didn't they bring Drake Bell back as live action Timmy and for those who don't know, Drake Bell was arrested and pleaded guilty for attempted child endangerment and a misdemeanor charge of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles back in June of 2021 so right now he's in some serious hot water and Nick wants nothing to do with him obviously. So with Nickelodeon not having their golden boy, they had to find someone else for the role and Caleb Pierce the actor for Timmy got the job. I'm sure he'll do fine, but he doesn't really pull off the best Timmy Turner and Drake Bell's portrayal was at least more believable as a grown up Timmy Turner.

They did get the original voice cast for Cosmo, Wanda, Jorgen and Mr. Crocker which is literally the only positive thing I can say about this show but even that's being generous here because the fairies are all animated poorly. Mr. Crocker is animated too because he's in a jail cell in what I imagine is Fairy World since Jorgen is the warden there. So I guess you're only animated when you're in Fairy World? I guess that's why Crocker is the only human animated in this show.

Overall, this show is just a lazy cash grab at what was once one of the best shows on Nickelodeon and the Kids animation as a whole. I couldn't even bare through the first episode because it was just awful and boring and I'm not gonna watch the other 12 episode on Paramount. I said back in my Turning Red Review that I don't like when movies or shows are exclusive to the streaming service because not everyone has access to it, but in this case, it's better it stays on paramount and never branches out anywhere else other than the occasional YouTube clips. They should have just scrapped this project and never released it because this is the worst show I've seen not only this year but of all time.

plugging this into my rating I give it:

1/10.

Just save yourselves the time and binge watch anything else because this garbage reminded me to just binge watch the original animated series on Paramount Plus. I would never recommend this to anyone unless it was for a joke but even that's too cruel and inhumane.

That's about it, see ya!