To be honest, there are times you won't have a clue what's going on (not in a good way) and the plot holes will hit you hard, and it will feel a whole lot longer than 2 hours. On the other hand, it all looks great. Best way to enjoy it is by switching off your brain n let the 10 year old in you have his fun.
This was genuinely such a good episode. The animation, camera angels, and even the coherence was great!! It kind of felt like being back in season 1 (esp with that insanely cringe scene, but with a lot more development. I genuinely enjoyed it. I found it pretty refreshing but also super interesting
Amazzzziinnnggg animated/real movie! I love the fact that Disney & Warner Bros animators teamed up and did an outstanding job!
Surprised this movie isn't as remembered or revered from the 1980's pop culture as others. It was a very big deal back when it was released. Still the only time Bugs Bunny & Mickey Mouse have appeared on screen together--even though both studios (Warner Bros & Disney) were so insistent that one character not get more time than the other that had to appear in the scenes together, just to make sure (same thing with Donald & Daffy Duck--that's how we got "dueling pianos".)
I liked this movie when it came out. Still has tons of good quotable lines, memorable original characters (Roger, Jessica, the weasels, Bennie the cab, Baby Herman). The only reason I can think of that this movie isn't more ingrained in pop culture is that it was just a little too adult for the youngest viewers at the time it came out, which wouldn't make much of a difference in today's society, but it did then.
Still, it has Mel Blanc (it may have been one of his final movies), Frank Sinatra, the original voice of Betty Boop...the original voice of Megatron from "Transformers" (Frank Welker) as Dumbo, some hilarious easter eggs, and is a great sendup of the films & cartoons of days gone by. (Bonus: Bart Simpson's voice was the voice of the squeaky toon shoe that gets "dipped")
In some ways, this movie was ahead of its time. I kind of see some parallels between "Roger Rabbit" & "Ready Player One" in its homage to past pop culture but also sending it up a little bit at the same time.
The pinnacle of live action and animation combination. Over 30 years old and it ain't been beat.
This is a really good looking movie. The details are amazing! However I seriously could not watch more than 20 minutes of this. The singing is almost NONSTOP. I don't mind some singing as long as there is more acting than singing. But in the little bit I watched, we were lucky to get maybe 5 minutes of dialogue before they would break out into song. If you love musicals, then this movie is for you. If you prefer plot and comedy, this movie is definitely no Shrek. It's a shame, because it really is beautifully rendered.
“Whatever It Takes” is the best musical number so far. Not a bad show either.
Oh my goodness this show is phenomenal! Episode 4 shook me to the core, what an emotional roller-coaster!
Love this episode. My most favorite of the season.
I adored this episode ! It felt just extremely compelling on it's treating of Stolas character and how it explained a lot of questions and hint they gave us in season one. He' s even more tri dimensional than before and I'm loving it. While he do have a lot of flaws, he still reflect on, and try to fix them. Seeing Stolas finally reacting to Stella's costant abuses was worth the wait. I'm truly amazed by how the subject of domestic abuse with the man as the victim was treated with such empathy, without the man in question being ridiculed or the abuse itself minimized just because perpetrated by a woman. I feel like it's never depicted enough in mainstream media. Seeing it portrayed like that in a popular serie was a breath of fresh air...
While Helluva Boss starts out as a comedy, these extremely realistic and dramatic moments remind us why (maybe) so many people fell in love with this serie: the team is not afraid to handle heavy topics, and they doesn't treat them as cheap Family Guy like gags either.
The characters are so well built in their flaws and goods that they feels real. Stolas writing feels extremely mature and realistic, especially how he feels crashed by social expectations, and how his handle of the situation keep worsening, just like a problem so big will do in real life. His relationship with imps as a whole feel more deep than just a simple liking. Imps seems to have taken an important role for him his whole life : starting with the imp doll he carried with him since he was just an egg (as we can see in the paintings) to the imp butler being closer to him than his actual dad. While he do involountary treat imps in a paternal way due to the environment he grew on, he seems to be more comfortable around them than around his own people, as we can see in Loo Loo Land and at The Harvest Moon Festival vs In The Circus during Stella's party. He probably feels safe around imps, making his love for Blitz even stronger and deeper than just a childhood crush. I've seen people complaining about the childhood friends trope, but they don't seems to realize that this is actually playing with and twisting the trope : not only it serve as a mirroring to their adult relationship (Blitz entering Stolas life with the sole purpose of stealing from him, realizing afterwards that he isn't that bad of a company after all) while showing us they do have chemistry, it also break the trope by making them met for just one day, and then completely rebuild their relationship after 25 years. Stolas doesn't even remember his name ! this isn't a normal childhood friends trope.
Stella's villainous personality was even more enforced : they gave hints about her in Loo Loo Land during Octavia/Stolas talk, and this episode just confirmed it out loud and I'm loving how her characterization is going. I can't wait to find more about her past and what kind of relationship she and Stolas have with Andrealphus.
Stolas' song was extremely saddening and heart felt. Bryce singing it with a broken voice, like he was actually crying, was extremely fitting for the performance. Helluva Boss is doing great so far, I can't find an episode I really disliked. Can't wait for the next ones !
It was cool to see Blitzo and Stolas backstory.
And end to their feud, and connecting characters this episode was better than I though it would be.
Awwww I actually feel really bad for Felix:sob: I’m tired of them being controlled too bro:hand:
WOAHHHHHH THERES THE UPGRADE I WANTED! but broooo she was wearing a wig this whole time:sob::hand: also yes marinette expose them (thank god Sabrina stood up to them):nail_care: adrientte are still as cute
Ok this show isn’t to be taken too seriously but a teenager becoming mayor??? That kinda crosses the line lol, wtf
Those two were always annoying but its starting to get unbearable, I hope they get what they deserve
AHHHHHH OH MY GOD WHAT IS THIS?! Felix and Kagami are so adorable and I feel so bad for them:sob: god there is so much going on omg:sob::sob:
BUGNOIR AHHHHH HOLY CRAP OMG OMG. I do wish chat noir could’ve been there tho:confused:
BROOOOO OMG I CANNOT WTFFFF
This special was actually really well done! I liked pretty much everything about it. It was even able to get me in the feels a few times :heart:
S5 FINALE SPOILERS:
This is sad because after S5 finale wouldn’t it be crazy for Marinette to realize that Adrien’s dad had the chance to be good and everything could’ve been different. He didn’t have to die, he could have been great. Maybe even for Adrien to realize that? Ugh it’d be so sad but so good. Also I genuinely love Betterfly, Shadybug, & Clawnoir
Dull, overly studio driven, woodenly acted, and unfaithful to the original Marvel comics, Fantastic Four is a boring, sloppy, corporate mess that will anger even the most basic of comic book fans
I think Disney did a decent job with Project T aka Tomorrowland. It's kinda a modern Cinderella story with a inventors touch to it. Which was very clever at times, how they did come up with new instruments or tools. The story begins with a back story of the 2 main characters. This happens in a interesting way, it grabs you attention and holds it. This adventure keeps on going until the last part, which was the least good part in mine opinion. All by all it's a pretty good movie with a interesting story and some environmental undertone. The visual effects are great and some goes for the acting.
I was recommended by a colleague to watch this show. To put it bluntly I was sceptical - it seemed just like a kids cartoon, and I am in my mid 30s - but I decided to give it a go, mainly because he kept saying "trust me"!
Over the past month I have watched the entire series and must say I was quite impressed. While it definitely is aimed at a younger audience, like all good children's stories it appeals to parents and children alike. If anything, it appeals to adults because it reminds them of what they loved about children's stories as kids.
The first season took a few episodes to get going. It took me a while to get into it and embrace the characters. The early episodes tend to be generally self-contained stories, however towards the end of season 1 the story takes off, and the story become much more serialised. From then on out it is a really enjoyable ride all the way through to the series 3 finale. If anything it gets better from season to season.
The animation is first rate for TV. I have never really watched any anime (or anime-style, in this case) series before so I was definitely going into this green, but I found the quality to be first rate. The characters were also very well written, and the constructed world of element benders was believable within its mythos. I highly recommend this to kids and adults alike. Better still, watch it with your kids.
At the end of the day, they are just telling good stories, and who wouldn't enjoy that?
Modern Family does what's best in comedy: subtle awkward situations that make you laugh uncontrollably, even though if someone sees the same scene as you, they will never get why and how it's funny. You can't judge Modern Family based on some episodes seen sporadically, no, you'll have to go from the start and watch all of it, for the comedy to become apparent to you.
[8.1/10] Ambiguity can be both frustrating and brilliant. There is a natural impulse in most people to want to know the answers, to resolve the unknown, but the unknown is also a part of life, and if a television show can harness that, use it to make meaning, it can hit outstanding notes. David Chase knew that with The Sopranos , his protégé Matt Weiner knew it with Mad Men, and Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland seem to know it with Rick and Morty.
Because the last thing you’re likely to think about when you flip off “The ABCs of Beth” (if you’re not reflecting on the amusingly self-aware answering machine gag) is whether or not Beth replaced herself with a clone and left to go mount the universe. Rick and Morty is a show that usually delivers answers, even if it’s content to delay them for months or, in the case of Evil Morty, even years. But maybe some questions shouldn’t be answered.
I think that’s the point of “The ABCs of Beth.” Rick gives his daughter two options: either she can create a painless substitute that will carry her current life forward while she prowls the galaxy in search of meaning or adventure, or she can live her life as is, knowing it’s what she actually chose with clear eyes and real alternatives on the table. The Beth we meet at the end of the episode could be either -- the content clone or the real, happy Beth who’s satisfied at having picked this rather than having it forced upon her.
That’s the cinch of the episode. For many of us sitting home, we have similar choices, even if they’re not quite so fantastical. We can radically change our lives, pursuing abstract principles and goals at the expense of all that we know, or we can go forward with how things are, finding comfort and joy in the day-to-day. There are multiple paths to happiness, Rick and Morty seems to posit, or at least multiple paths to wholeness, and which path you take there isn’t necessarily evident or comprehensible to an outsider observer. But it starts with accepting who you are and what you want.
That’s the noteworthy parallel “ABCs” draws between its outstanding A-story and its less-inspired B-story. Both Beth and Jerry spend much of the episode attempting to deny who they are, blaming unfortunate events on family members, rather than owning them, accepting that the consequences are a product of their own actions.
For Jerry, that means accepting that him dating an alien huntress is a pathetic attempt to make Beth jealous. It’s an interesting way to mirror the two stories, but Jerry’s half of the episode just isn’t as strong. Maybe it’s the hard-to-watch way his kids just bust on him constantly (not that he doesn’t deserve it). Maybe it’s the divorced dad humor that’s pretty tepid, even if it’s spiced up in Rick and Morty’s intergalactic fashion. Maybe it’s that the ultimate twist -- that the huntress ends up going after the Smiths, only run into her ex -- is amusing but predictable.
Jerry’s part of the episode isn’t bad or anything. The bubble gun is enjoyable. Jerry’s barely-sublimated space racism and smugness is used for amusing effect. And there’s some more frank exposing of Jerry’s true colors. But it mainly feels like Rick and Morty needed something for the rest of the cast to do while Rick and Beth hit the high notes, and little that happens in Jerry’s dating life, however explosive, can match it.
But really, who could match the horrible realization that not only was your childhood fantasy land real, but that your childhood friend is still stuck there in it. There’s so many endlessly interesting things that spin out from the unveiling of “Froopyland.” I’d be lying if I said that the reveal that Beth’s friend survived by “humping” the fantastical creatures and then eating his own children didn’t gross me out, but Rick and Morty manages to wring the humor from even that with its bizarre little forest creature play about it.
Stronger still is the emotional and character material. For one thing, we learn that Rick created this fantasy land for his daughter. He claims it’s a practical measure, something to keep her occupied and to keep the neighbors from getting suspicious. But as the Citadel episode hinted with its Rick wafers, there’s a part of Rick that really does care about his daughter, even if it means he shows it in weird ways like creating deranged toys, or letting her help him clone her childhood friend, or giving her a way out of her family.
For another, we learn that Beth, despite her seemingly greater morals and guilt and issues with her dad, is just like him. That’s been a subtle thread throughout Season 3, with particularly resonance in “Pickle Rick.” Beth admits it herself, realizing how she denies the utility of apologies, and elides her own mistakes and past by casting those things as simply how others interpret her greatness. Her unwillingness to face that she pushed her childhood pal in the honey pit, and her then getting into a bloody confrontation with him, is an odd form of self-acceptance, but also a cathartic one.
It leads Beth back to the choice that represents the crux of the episode. If you are the daughter of Rick Sanchez, the miserable, amoral, genius, do you go out and try to ride the universe until it gets tired of bucking you, or do you try a different way, a way that finds happiness in being a part of your family, in doing the everyday. It’s the clearest suggestion yet as to what choice Rick himself made when he left Beth and her mother all those years ago.
But as much as they have in common, Beth is not her father. She feels enough guilt to want to save her friend’s dad from death row, to look at those pictures of her family on the fridge and feel the wistfulness of the thought of leaving him. We just don’t know if that’s enough to change her mind.
Maybe we shouldn’t know. I bet dollars to donuts that one day we will, that the “real” Beth will come floating down in Season 5 and cause some story sparks just like Evil Morty and the Cronenberg Universe Smiths did. But regardless, the force of the ambiguity is clear. There are different ways to live, different ways to try to make your peace with who you are and what you want out of this universe. What we choose, and why we choose it, can be opaque, even to ourselves, and the art that reflects that vagueness, that uncertainty, can be all the stronger for it.
An entire episode without Eleven and I honestly haven't missed her… Her storyline might be the less interesting for now…
Dustin and Steve: the team-up I never knew I wanted.
I can't believe Hopper is gone. Right when I thought he and Joyce were getting together.
When you're trying to sleep but your son keeps banging the baseball bat on the floor for no reason
Your father was still in coma after being shot and what you think the most urgent thing to do is walking your dog?
