Wednesday 29 November 2017

New Avengers: Infinity War trailer

And so, everyone, we've finally gotten the first trailer for my most anticipated movie of all time, Avengers: Infinity War. I was waiting for this trailer all day and it finally dropped a little while ago. I was so excited for this and it did not disappoint. Just by this trailer alone, I'm already super hyped. It shows so much and yet, so little. It has awesome group shots, great dialog, Thanos looks really cool and every single special effect here looks flawless. There's even a great line by T'Challa about Cap. I'm still saying this is my most anticipated movie ever and this trailer solidifies that. And so, here it is and I hope you all enjoy.

Monday 27 November 2017

The Punisher: Season 1

(Before we start, I should say, I'm going to be showing clips here that're really, really violent and brutal. So, if you're not 15 yet, don't read this. You've been warned.) All right, so now we're onto the final comic book thing this year and the Netflix show of 2017, the Punisher: Season 1. This year has been sort of amazing for comic book entertainment. Yes, there have been some low points, but, aside from some minor bumps, this year has been fantastic with comic book entertainment. And so with this being the last of it, what did I think of the Punisher: Season 1... eh... it was pretty good, I guess. There were some things in this that I loved a lot, but there were also some kinda problems that I had. And this is gonna have spoilers, so, if you haven't seen it or finished it yet and you want to, go watch it and then read this. Okay, let's go with what I liked first. Firstly, everyone in this cast is amazing. I loved Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle/The Punisher in Daredevil: Season 2, and he's still fantastic here. Maybe even better. He has a lot of scenes where has to be really emotional and threatening, and he does all of it flawlessly. This is easily one of the best casting choices in all of the M.C.U. He's also just really fantastic in every scene he's in. And everyone else is also fantastic. Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Micro, Amber Rose Revah as Dinah, Jason R. Moore as Curtis, Ben Barnes as Billy/Jigsaw. They're all fantastic. I especially really like Ben Barnes and I liked how he played the main villain really well. At the start when we first see him, I thought he was pretty good at the start pretending to be a good guy. But, when it's revealed that he's the main villain, I thought he was pretty intimidating and kinda scary. So yeah, Marvel villains this year have been really great. Now, let's get into the thing that everyone wanted to see when starting this show, the action. Yeah, this action is absolutely fantastic. This is by far the most violent thing I've ever seen in my life. It does not hold back in the slightest. While kids obviously shouldn't watch this, I wouldn't even show some teenagers this. It is absolutely insane. There's blood everywhere and it does not hold back in the slightest, as I just said. When this comes to DVD, I wouldn't be surprised if it got an 18 rating. It shows everything. Getting shot in the face, being pummelled to death, punching a person in the face and smashing their skulls with even more blood coming out, neck snaps and being stabbed over and over. Everything. Watch this scene for example.
There's, of course, a ton of other adult things in this, but still, this show's action is by far the most violent I've ever seen in anything. I would say my favourite action scene is in episode 11 when Frank is killing tons of soldiers in Micro's lab with his skull vest on. Watch.
There's also tons of other realistic things in this like the character's dilemmas and their journeys. For example, they show things like P.T.S.D, realistic looking war scenes. Which is kinda weird considering this is in the same world as the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy. I love the thought that when the Avengers are fighting aliens and the Guardians are fight living planets, these characters are very real world and some fight in real wars. Obviously it's not really real, but, from what they're presenting, it feels like it is and that's what it's supposed to be. And, while I didn't love all of it, the character's arcs and their situations and struggles are pretty interesting and I liked a lot of their interactions, like Frank and Micro. At first I thought Micro was going to be a pathetic villain, because, I guess, that's what he was supposed to look like. But, as it kept going, he became one of the most likeable characters in the whole show. I especially really like Curtis. He was just a really likeable person. And I liked Karen showing up too. While there was an aspect to her in this that I didn't like, that I'll talk about in a minute, I did enjoy seeing her here. And all the actual technical aspects of the show, like the cinematography, the directing, the music choices, all that. And it's pretty intense in a lot of these scenes too. And I really love the ending. Where Frank is fight Bill in the merry go-round and then Bill becomes Jigsaw when Frank scrapes and smashes his face on the mirror.
However, with that good stuff outta the way, let's talk about the negatives. Because, for me, this was far from perfect. Firstly, the biggest problem for me is that there is way too much time talking. The start of it is really slow with a really slow pace trying to set up everyone and get them from place to place. And, there is some interesting stuff with it, but, for me at least, it was pretty boring. I really just wanted to get back to Frank doing his Punisher fights. But they take too long trying to shuffle all these characters along and setting them up and all that stuff. And that can be really boring in so many scenes. Also, the villain Rawlings, while kinda cool in some cases, other times, he just seemed way too over the top to me. And he seemed kinda pointless at times. The whole police stuff with Dinah and Stein is also not very interesting and some of their actions I thought were sorta odd. The fact that this show, like almost all the other Netflix shows, is also suffering from the fact that there's 13 episodes, so it feels like there's a bunch of filler that doesn't have to be there. The Defenders managed to do it all really well and they were able to make that 8 episodes. So these episodes just sorta go by and don't have much to them sometimes. I did like how they went a little more in the locations sometimes, but, most of the time, they just hang out at either Micro's lab, the Lieberman's house or the Homeland Security place. So, I don't know, they coulda had more locations than that because when they keep going back to the exact same places, it can seem pretty bland and not very unique. And as for that thing about Karen that I wasn't a huge fan of, it's the fact that her and Frank sorta begin to fall for each other. I highly doubt they actually do because, for one thing, Frank's family's death is the reason he's doing all this, so, getting someone new wouldn't make sense for his character, but, also, I just don't really like that whole thing with them and how he thinks of her as something special. Sure, it's nice and it makes him a much more caring guy, but, the way they went about it, I thought didn't work. The same thing sorta goes with Micro's family, particularly his wife. Again, what I just said with Karen is the same with her, but I still wasn't liking their relationship like that. So, in conclusion, I really like the Punisher: Season 1. It's a bit better than Iron Fist, but, it's nowhere near as good as the Defenders this year, for me. I loved a lot of it, even if it wasn't anything really special, aside from it being the most violent thing I've ever seen Marvel do, even more than Logan from FOX. And I do recommend watching this if you're old enough to and if you're just a fan of the M.C.U. It still keeps itself really entertaining and that concludes the comic book entertainment this year. This year has had the best comic book entertainment ever with three fantastic M.C.U movies, one fantastic FOX movie, one fantastic M.C.U Netflix show, one really good DC film, one "good" DC film, one pretty good Netflix show and one average Netflix show. Hopefully next year will be better. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

Saturday 25 November 2017

My top 5 storylines in Fairy Tail

Along with the storylines in anime entries I've been doing on anime, I've done Naruto and Dragon Ball Z. So now, I'm doing one for Fairy Tail. As I might have said before, Fairy Tail, for me, is one of the most fun anime I've ever seen. And so far, even though the anime isn't done yet and the English dub isn't up to date with the Japanese version yet, I'm still loving this show and I'm loving everything I've seen so far as you've all most likely seen in my review. And seeing how more and more DVDs are coming out and I'm doing my best to get them all and watch it all, I thought I'd look back at the ones I've watched so far and count down my favourite storylines. And this will be the anime version although, these will be storylines from the manga and not the filler arcs again. And so, let's begin and I hope you all enjoy.
5. The Phantom Lord Guild: Starting us off at number 5 is one of the first events that happen in the whole series. When Lucy's father hires the Phantom Lord Guild to find Lucy and bring her back home in an attempt to make her marry someone so he can become more rich, they go all out. And I do mean "all out." They go to extremes to get her. And after the master of the guild, Jose, literally brings this into, practically, a war of guilds, it's the Fairy Tail Guild vs. the Phantom Lord Guild. And from therefore onward, it's constant action, amazing storytelling and pretty sad moments too. Not to mention some motivational moments. I think I mainly put this here because, okay, yes, because it is so much fun, but also because of how inspirational it is. I think my favourite part is when the Fairy Tail members are standing u to the Phantom Lord Guild and saying all these things about how they'd never abandon Lucy or any of their friends for that matter. This series, just like Naruto, are really big inspirational anime to me. And I just really love that aspect of it. But my other favourite part is the fight between Natsu and Gajeel. Which is really great, especially at the end when Natsu beats him and I really love how Gajeel, after this, has a change of heart and he becomes a good guy.

4. The Oracion Seis: This one is mainly here because of the fact that it introduced two new characters to the series that I love. But I also love it, again, because of the fact that it's so much fun. When a group called the Oracion Seis is threatening to unleash a power magic called Nirvana with the help of another wizard Natsu, Lucy, Gray, Erza and Happy are sent to team up with other guilds like Blue Pegasus and a wizard from the guild Cait Shelter named Wendy and her own flying cat named Carla. And so these wizards team up and try to take down the Oracion Seis. And so, a minute ago, when I said that this introduced two characters that I love and that's Wendy and Carla. I love these two. Especially Wendy. If you recall, when I did my top 10 Fairy Tail characters, I put her at number 7. And I still stand by that. She's great and I really like Carla too. But there's other things I like too. Like, I really like the members from Blue Pegasus and another thing is how imaginative it is. This might sound weird, but, Fairy Tail, to me at least, is one of the most imaginative manga/animes I've ever seen. I know all manga/animes are imaginative, but, I personally think Fairy Tail stands as one of the most imaginative for me. I love how creative it is and this is no exception. And the many things that they come across in this story are so enjoyably creative and likeable. It's all really fun and I love how the characters deal with the different members of the Oracion Seis. And my favourite part is something that happens near the end when "someone" helps Natsu beat the leader of the Oracion Seis, which makes that character really likeable.

3. The Tower of Heaven: This is the story arc that explains Erza's backstory and we get to understand everything to do with her. Apparently when she was a young girl, she was forced to be in this huge tower called the Tower of Heaven and she was able to make friends there. One was named Jellal, but when he was captured and tortured to be the vessel of the evil wizard Zeref, he turned evil and banished Erza from the tower who tried to help him along with the other friends they made there. And ever since then, Jellal has manipulated the other friends to make them think Erza abandoned them to make them work faster on the tower because he's trying to resurrect Zeref. And so, what I really like is the same thing I mentioned a minute ago. About how much fun this is. I mean, Hiro Mashima, the creator of Fairy Tail, has so many things happening at one, but at the same time, he keeps it so interesting and he's able to flesh out Erza's character and make her more interesting and give you reasons for understanding her personality. And I think Jellal was awesome. Obviously, its not really him because he's just being manipulated, but still, he's really cool and I like how Hiro can do these things like having all these characters doing these, have them be interesting and fun to watch, but also make a ton of this stuff make sense and we buy into it because it's so well told and so much fun. I love that aspect of this series. And I like the friends that're in the tower like Simon, who's a really likeable character, especially when he interacts with Natsu and when he saves Erza. And, I would say my favourite part is the fight between Natsu and Jellal. Which might be my favourite fight in the whole series so far with Natsu using Dragon Force for the first time. Watch.

2. The Cursed Island: Coming in close to number 1 is the Cursed Island at number 2. This was the first really big storyline in the whole series. When Happy steals an S-ranked mission for him, Natsu and Lucy to go on, they end up going and Gray goes with them. And it's a mission to break a curse on an island who's thinks the moon it's turning them into monsters. And when on the island, they discover Gray's childhood friend named Lyon who's trying to resurrect an old monster called Deliora so he can kill it and show how strong he is and outclass his and Gray's teacher named Ur. And, just like the last storyline and how that fleshed out Erza's character, this one fleshes out Gray's and makes him more understandable. And I just really love how this story is presented and told. Every second in this is perfect to me. There's never a single minute where I'm bored or I want to move onto something else because I'm loving how much fun this is and how well told it is. And the whole Gray vs. Lyon dilemma is great. I just love it all so much.

And my number 1 favourite storyline in Fairy Tail is... Edolas: And finally at number 1 is the storyline when Natsu and the others get transported to the alternate version of their world called Edolas where he, Happy, Gray, Gajeel, Lucy, Erza, Wendy and Carla have to try to save everyone who have all been turned into a gigantic Lacrima. While there, they find out that this is where Happy and Carla came from. Their species are called Exceeds who're all cats and they're told that they were send to Earthland to kill all the Dragon Slayers like Natsu, Wendy and Gajeel, which of course, they never knew and when they find out, they're all heartbroken. (It wasn't really why they were sent there, but that's just what they were told.) And then finally, they all have to go up against the power hungry king who has a robot dragon that Natsu, Gajeel and Wendy have to destroy. This is just such a brilliantly told story. I love it so incredibly much. I love the pacing, the motivations and the different twists and turns they take in this. Hiro also manages to make some really despicable villains here. The king and Edolas's version of Erza are both evil and they both want to kill all the other Exceeds in order to gain ever lasting power. There's even some pretty sad moments too. Like, when Happy and Carla are told about what their mission was, they're incredibly sad about it and you do feel sorry for them and even Natsu and Wendy are being told at the same time. In fact, speaking of Happy and Carla, when they're separated from the others, they actually run into Happy's parents and the mother's a really kind hearted lady where the father is just as clichédly cranky as you can imagine. And I mean that in a good way. Not only that, but they also find out that the "queen" of the Exceeds is actually Carla's mother. And it's just super great with the progression of this whole story. I feel it just keeps getting better and better as it keeps going. Like I said before when I was explaining how this is a really creative series and, for me, this is the best example of that. It's all really enjoyably imaginative and I love every single minute of it. I especially love how Hiro brought back Lisanna in this story arc, and, if you saw my top 10 favourite Fairy Tail characters list, she's my third favourite character and I love how he did bring her back here. And all that is why the Edolas storyline is my favourite storyline in all of Fairy Tail.

Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think, or, if you like Fairy Tail too, please tell me your favourite storyline.

Wednesday 22 November 2017

My paintings of Sora transformations in Kingdom Hearts

So this is something I've been thinking about doing for a while, but, like when I did my actually regular Kingdom Hearts character paintings, I was kinda thinking I wouldn't be able to paint these properly. But, I finally thought of it even more and so I did it. This entry will be paintings I did of Sora in Kingdom Hearts when he has some sort of transformation when he's in a particular world. I tried my hardest with all these and I hope you all like these too. And I think I did do a pretty good job with a lot of these. And so, let's begin, I hope you all like these and please comment down below to tell me what you think.
Lion Sora:

Heartless Sora:

Halloween Town Sora:

Christmas Town Sora:

Timeless River Sora:

Space Paranoids Sora:

The Grid Sora:

Merman Sora:

Toy Sora:

Sunday 19 November 2017

Justice League

And so everyone, here we are at the last comic book movie of 2017 and one of the most anticipated of all time, Justice League. I was so unbelievably excited for this movie. Sure, the DC.E.U doesn't have the greatest track record ever, but they did have Wonder Woman this year, which was pretty good, plus, this movie was starring characters I've loved from the comics and cartoons I've been reading and watching for a long time. Plus, when you really think about it, this is the DC.E.U's version of the Avengers. And with all that together, and the fact that it is the Justice League, I was so excited. And what did I think of it? ...Well... some might agree or disagree when I say this, but I had a great time with this movie and I really liked it. Or, at the very least, I really liked a lot of parts from it. There were so many things in this I didn't like, but there were a lot of things here that I absolutely loved. Like, a lot. This movie haven't been getting the best reviews ever, which is kinda sad to hear considering everyone was excited for this movie like me, but, while I can't say I don't understand, because there were things here that were bad, but I still had an absolute blast with this movie. I really liked it. Okay, before I get into that, let's talk about the story first. And, yes, like the other movies I've reviewed this year, the first part will be spoiler free, and then, after a warning, I'll get into the spoilers. Okay, what's the story? It opens up with Batman stopping a criminal in order to lure something out and then we see everyone who knew Superman still really missing him. In fact, even Martha Kent is selling the family house. After that, we see Batman trying to find and recruit Aquaman, the Flash and Cyborg but some of them aren't going so well. The Amazons also have one of the Mother Boxes with it acting up and then Steppenwolf comes from it. He tries to get it and the Amazons try to stop him, but he manages to get it and get away. Wonder Woman then tells Batman about Steppenwolf and the Mother Boxes and says they need to recruit the other as fast as they can. But another problem they're facing is that Cyborg isn't very happy with being part machine now but then his dad gets kidnapped by a Parademon so now those four come together and fight Steppenwolf who's been trying to find the other Mother Boxes. And when they find him and fight him, Aquaman joins them. And I'll stop right there. So, there's obviously a lot of stuff in this movie that works really well, and there's definitely some stuff that really doesn't. But first, let's go over the good stuff. The cast is really great hear. Ben Affleck is still awesome as Batman and this version of Batman is even better than in Batman V Superman. He doesn't kill anyone, he has a few funny one liners and his interactions with the everyone is a lot of fun. Gal Gadot is really cool as Wonder Woman again and, while she may not have been as good as in the Wonder Woman solo movie earlier this year, she's still really good. And all the new ones are really great too. Ezra Miller was a lot of fun as the Flash. He's the funniest part of the movie and he never gets annoying. Jason Momoa is awesome as Aquaman, if not a little over the top. But I still really liked him. And Ray Fisher as Cyborg was really, really good. But, we'll get into his character in a second. And everyone else, even if the characters don't appear a lot here, they're all really great. We'll get into one character and actor in the spoiler section. A lot of the effects are really cool. Not all of them, but still. There were a lot of funny scenes in this that made me and the audience laugh pretty hard, especially one scene in particular that made everyone, including me, laugh out loud. I'll say what it was in the spoilers. And, probably my favourite part was the interactions between the characters. Every time we saw those scenes, I was loving it and there was a lot of comedy that came from it. Although, I'm just gonna say it, some of the interactions and how it's done and at what time reminds me a lot of, again, the first Avengers movie. Even down to how it's done and when it's done. They get together, they fight the villain once and then they sorta have some arguing amongst themselves, which they resolve fast and team up properly to fight the main villain again, just like in the first Avengers. There are so many scenes that reminded me of the first movie. Which, I guess is kinda what was to be expected because, Joss Whedon, who directed the first two Avengers movies had to come in after Zack Snyder left before they were finished to do some rewrites and reshoots. And when it's shown what scenes he did, you can very easily tell. But, sorta moving away from that, because we are in the good things here, this world is so much more like a real fun world. Unlike the movies from last year which were really dark and depressing, this one, and Wonder Woman, are much more colourful and fun. It feels so much more like a fun time in this movie than some of those other ones. The music is also really cool. Some of it is just the standard kinda music you'd hear in a lot of comic book movies nowadays, but sometimes, and this is a little bit of a spoiler, but not really, they actually do remixes of music from past DC movies, which was really cool to hear, like the original Batman music. That was awesome. And, finally, for the good stuff, probably the thing I loved in this movie the most was how epic and awesome it really felt. I'll explain more in the spoilers, but, there was one scene in particular that made me really giddy and excited and I was so hyped when it happened. I had a really big grin on my face when it happened. Again, I'll explain in the spoilers. Okay, now let's get into the negatives, 'cause this is far from perfect. As to be expected from something like this, there are so many things in this that make no sense at all, like some character's motivations and ideals. Even some of their personalities. The story is also really weak. Not only is the structure not very good, but the pacing is really, really weird. I mean, it's doesn't let up at all. It gets into the main plot right away. Again, I know the Avengers kinda did the same thing, but, in that movie, it made sense because you already got attached to those characters and they had likeable personalities. Here, it's not even clear for a lot of them. With the members of the Avengers, we already knew who they were because they had individual movies to set them up and make them likeable. Here, they just rush everything. That's the biggest thing with this movie, it's really, really rushed. They try to cram so much in here as possible with setting up all these characters, introducing some of them like Steppenwolf and they cut from scene to scene and location to location so many times with so many things happening that it's really rushed. I think the best example of this is with Cyborg. I mean, he's likeable and Ray Fisher does do his best, but they don't really do anything with him and he don't get to know him at all. And the scenes with him and his dad are way too fast that, even though the acting is really good, it doesn't excuse the fact that it does it way too fast. Also, while a lot of the effects and action are really good, some of this is really bad. There are so many bad C.G.I and green screen moments and sometimes the action is edited weird that you can't follow it very well. And, probably the biggest weakness of this movie is the villain, Steppenwolf. This guy sucks so hard. Not only does he look really C.G.I, but he's also really generic, nonthreatening and really unmemorable. I don't remember a thing about this guy other than he was after the Mother Boxes and that he called them Mother. And, one last thing for the negatives, they have some characters have some connections that don't sense. Probably the biggest is Batman to Superman. He wants him back, okay, fine, but that doesn't really make sense with the way he acts, especially since they were only friends for an hour in Batman V Superman and even before that, Batman wanted to kill him. I know they were friends afterwards, but still. So anyway, finishing this part of the review up, Justice League is a really fun time at the cinema, but it's far from perfect as I've said with way too many cheesy scenes. I personally liked it a lot and I loved certain scenes, but there wasn't anything that made me think that this one of my favourite comic book movies ever. I would say that this is just a fun time if you just ignore the problems I mentioned, but you'll most likely have problems with it too. And so that's my review of Justice League. Thank you all for reading. And now, let's get into the spoilers. If you don't want anything spoiled go see the movie and then read the rest. Okay, here we go.
Spoilers:
Firstly, I want to talk about the return of Superman.

That was one of the best parts of the movie in my opinion that I absolutely loved. Henry Cavill is still really good as the character and this is my favourite onscreen version of the character since the 1978 version. He's full of hope, fun and cheesiness. I loved it. Although, the fact that they had to edit off the moustache he had was kinda distracting and really weird in some parts. That part that I said I absolutely loved the most was when all six of them finally teamed up at the end. I lost my mind when I saw that. Seeing these heroes on the big screen fighting Steppenwolf was so amazing and I loved every second of it. Especially that group shot of them all together on that roof. It made me really geek out. It reminded me a lot of the group shot in the first Avengers again.

And, like I said, for me, the funniest part was when Superman said to Batman "Do you bleed" like what Batman said to him in Batman V Superman, and then Batman says "Yup, something is definitely bleeding." That was the scene that made me and the whole audience laugh. It reminded me a lot of Tony Stark, which is what I like from Batman, when he lets out a joke every once in a while like in the original animated shows and you can tell that that was something from Joss Whedon. And the interactions between Batman and Superman were great and I also loved that. That flashback with everyone vs. Steppenwolf and the Parademons was absolutely amazing. We even got to see some Green Lanterns, which made me geek out as well. I really loved that Darkseid reference. This movie handled references really good and that was no exception. And now, I want to talk about my favourite part. The end credit scenes. The first was really funny with Superman and Flash racing to see who's the fastest man alive, which they've done in the comics a lot, which was really funny, but the end credit scene, which, again, I think was my favourite scene in the movie, was Lex Luthor talking to Deathstroke.

That really, really made me lose my mind with excitement. I went nuts when I saw that. The fact that Deathstroke is now 100% confirmed to be in this universe is absolutely amazing to me considering I love this character. He looks really cool and it was great to see him. And it looked like he and Luthor were talking about setting up the Injustice Gang. That was great to see and if Batman's solo movie is out next year, hopefully we'll see Deathstroke be the main villain, which I would love. And so those are the spoilers of Justice League. Thank you all very much for reading, I had a great time talking about my thoughts on this movie and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

Saturday 18 November 2017

The Incredibles 2 teaser

So, a little while ago, we got the first teaser trailer for the Incredibles 2. In case you don't know this about me, even though I said it before, the first Incredibles movie is one of my favourite animated movies ever. I love everything in that movie. And so, seeing even more of that, especially when it's coming from my favourite film studio ever, Pixar, I am so excited. And, even though this doesn't give anything away plot wise, I'm still excited and this looks really funny. And so, here it is and I hope you all enjoy. (Also, I'll be seeing Justice League tomorrow, so, expect my review of it tomorrow night-ish.)

Friday 17 November 2017

My top 10 Phineas and Ferb characters

So, I don't think I have to explain this again since I made a top 10 list on this a few months ago, but still, Phineas and Ferb is my favourite Disney show ever. It's really creative, it's got tons of laughs, likeable and unique characters and a really entertaining premise. So with that character point, I thought I'd count down my favourite characters from the entire show. I personally think this show has some of the most enjoyable and colourful characters in cartoon history and so I'm here to count down my 10 favourites. And so, let's begin and I hope you all enjoy.
10. Clyde:

Starting us off at number 10 is Phineas and Ferb's grandfather on their mother's side. This old adventurer is just like Phineas and Ferb themselves with having a sense of mechanics making and wanting adventure. He was the main inspiration for Phineas and Ferb in many episodes like the search for Badbeard's treasure episode. And I just really like his funny stories he tells in the episodes too. He's really enjoyable and a super fun character.
9. Major Monogram:

This old looking man is the leader of the animal agency, Perry's boss and the real archenemy of Dr. Doofenshmirtz, Major Monogram. He's a lot of fun to watch like whenever he's giving Perry his mission and his great interactions with Carl. Those scenes are very enjoyable. Even outside that, the other scenes with him are very fun like whenever he notices something funny happening around Perry in his lair. He's also really likeable when he interacts with the others like when Phineas and Ferb discovered Perry's lair. Both times actually.
8. Candace:

At number 8 is Phineas and Ferb's older sister. This teenaged girl is always attempting to get Phineas and Ferb in trouble with their mom and always failing. Those scenes with her trying to do it and failing are always getting into a fuss about it always makes me laugh and I also like her personality outside of that. Like how she's always trying to be cool or impress Jeremy. And I actually like her more when she's sorta teaming up with the two of them and watching them getting along is always great to see. True, Phineas and Ferb don't know she's trying to get them in trouble, but still. And I especially like the scenes where she goes crazy trying to bust them.
7. Baljeet:

This smart kid is one of Phineas and Ferb's best friends and he's always determined to show how smart he is by trying to get an A+ on everything. Even in a Rock Band camp. And he's always the one to help the two boys with a lot of their inventions. His relatives are also really fun to watch too like his uncle. And there are great ideas with episodes centring him like the portal to Mars episode or the School of Rock episode. All of the episodes with him there are great an he's likeable because of his brains and funny moment here and there.
6. Buford:

This huge looking bully is one of the more clumsy and fast talking guys in Phineas and Ferb's group. Whenever it comes to wanting to show off or try to be somewhat intimidating, Buford is always the one trying to be that. He and Baljeet always get into a ton of hilarious interactions and whenever they do, I'm always loving it. He's just really fun for his really personality of trying to show off.
5. Isabella:

At number 5 is the sweet little girl of the boy's friends, Isabella. She's always only had one thing in mind, to get into a relationship with Phineas. And every time she's trying to, it's great. And, ya gotta love her interactions with her Firesite Girl troops. And every time she tries to get a new badge, those scenes are great too.
4. Dr. Doofenshmirtz:

Kinda the main villain of the show is Doofenshmirtz. This guy is easily one of the funniest Disney villains I've ever seen. He always comes prepared with hilarious antics after hilarious antic. And he always has hilarious scenes with his inartors and with his different backstories. And every time we see him, I'm loving every second of it. And, I especially love his names with his machines and him using the word "-inator" in all of them. Along with that, I also love it whenever he says his other common sentence "Curse you, Perry the Platypus. Watch.
3. Perry the Platypus:

Speaking of Perry, here he is at number 3. Also known as Agent P, when Phineas and Ferb were younger, they got him at a pet store unaware that they were adopting a secret agent. Now he from that day onward, he constantly sneaks off to stop Doofenshmirtz in great banter with the two of them. Sure, Perry can't talk, but still. And Perry himself seems really smart and there are great times where Perry stops him. And I love the scenes where Phineas and Ferb are being great owners to him. And those scenes are great. Even outside that, Perry himself is fun and funny at times.
2. Ferb:

Coming in close to number 2 is the step brother to Phineas and Candace, Ferb. When Phineas and Candace's mom married Ferb's dad, the three of them became step siblings and now he and Phineas are like the best of friends with the two of them always working together on many different inventions. Although, unlike Phineas, he doesn't talk a lot and he's incredibly smart.
And my number 1 Phineas and Ferb character is... Phineas:

And finally at number 1 is the main character of the whole show, Phineas. As I said in my top 20 other favourite Disney characters, Phineas is just so likeable because he's an innocent kid. He always seems to be a characters who wants to keep coming up with new experiments and inventions. He's also just so much fun and full of life and optimism as we see in every episode where he's trying to think of new things to do everyday. Which is even what he's always saying.

And the other friends helping him and Ferb are great too with so many funny and creative things happening all the time. And I just really love his fun and enjoyable personality. All that is great. And so everyone, those are my top 10 favourite Phineas and Ferb characters. Thank you all for reading and comment down below to tell me what you think, or, if you like Phineas and Ferb too, please comment to tell me your favourites.

Wednesday 15 November 2017

Second Deadpool 2 teaser trailer

So a little while ago today we actually got the second teaser trailer for Deadpool 2 coming out next year. We got the first one in March when Logan came out, and we got a second one today. And it looks awesome. I will say that the opening is kinda weird, which is what's to be expected from a character like Deadpool, but, yeah, in my opinion, the start of this trailer is weird. But then when we start to see clips of the movies, that's when it becomes amazing. I love this teaser and it looks like this movie is really embracing the fact that this is a comic book movie, so, it looks like it's going all out with it. And so, here it is and I hope you all enjoy.

Sunday 12 November 2017

My top 5 anime I'm hoping to watch soon

With me being a huge anime fan, I've obviously watched tons of different anime as you can easily tell from my different anime reviews in May. But there are even more anime I have yet to check. And so, here, I'm going to be counting down my top 5 anime series I'm hoping to start watching and maybe even do another series of anime reviews in the future. And so, here we go and I hope you all enjoy.
5. Fullmetal Alchemist:

Starting us off at number 5 is the original 2003 anime series of this beloved manga, Fullmetal Alchemist. I only watched Brotherhood. I've seen clips from the original series and they look really good and really fun. And so I'm interesting in seeing how the original show stacks up to my expectations. I know for a fact that it's not as good as Brotherhood, but I heard it's still great and so, like I said, I'm interested to see what really happens in this show and how different it is from Brotherhood and the manga. That was how this original show happened. It began to follow the manga, but they ran out of time and they ran out of source material from the manga that when they reached the point where the manga was because the manga hadn't finished yet, they had to do the rest of it originally. And this original show ended with a movie called Fullmetal Alchemist The Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa. And I'm hoping to get to both of those really soon.
4. Boruto: Naruto Next Generation:

Now, I know I did a paintings entry a while back of characters from this show, but I actually haven't properly started watching this show yet because I'm still kinda caught up with watching other anime. Still though, I'm still very interested in watching this show. The first two Naruto shows might be my favourite animes ever and so seeing even more of that with Boruto, Sarada and the rest is really interesting and sounds really fun. And I've watched a lot of clips of it and they seem pretty fun and funny. Boruto, as I said before, seems like a really likeable and funny character, despite some of his actions. Also, this might sound weird coming from me, and it might sound like I'm saying this too soon considering this just started this year, but, I'm really hoping Boruto and Sarada get together eventually. I know, it sounds weird coming rom me, but, I'm just saying. But I'm still interested to see what's going to happen.
3. Code Geass Lelouch Of The Rebellion:

This is actually my brother's favourite anime and so I'm interested in watching it. From what I can gather, the plot seems to be about some people during a time when Japan is under attack with people in giant robots and weapons and so now these main characters have to do something to stop this while one characters has the ability to make people do whatever he wants with his powerful eye, or, something like that. Once I start watching the show soon, I'm sure I'll comprehend it better.
2. Gurren Lagann:

This is another anime my brother said he liked. Not just him, but also other YouTubers and a friend of mine. Again, from what I can tell, this is supposed to be about people who control mecha robots who also live underground hoping to visit the surface one day. That's really all I think happens. Again, once I start watching it, I'm sure I'll understand it much better. I'm especially interested to see how all this stuff plays out and how the characters deal with all of this. And my brother has both this and Code Geass on DVD so when I finish with the new anime DVD I have, I'm hoping to move onto those ones next.
Honourable mentions:
Dragon Ball,
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Dragon Ball Super,

Sword Art Online,

Steins;Gate,

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders

And the number 1 anime I'm hoping to watch soon is... One Piece:

And finally at number 1 is One Piece. Huh, how's that for convenience? But, yeah, One Piece the anime I'm most interested in watching. Everyone on YouTube that I've watched have said it's one of the best anime ever and it looks that way. It's the longest running anime/manga series of all time. The manga's still going and it started in 1997. Right now, it's on vol. 84. The main character is named Luffy who wants to be the King of the Pirates and find the legendary One Piece, which is said to be the greatest treasure in the world. I know when I did my top 5 anime protagonists, I put him as an honourable mention, but that was because of the same reason as what I said about Fullmetal Alchemist. In the clips I've seen him in, he seems like a really enjoyable character. Same with the other characters I've seen in the clips. Actually, my brother said he wouldn't recommend watching this show because it's so incredibly long. Even longer than both Naruto shows. And the two Naruto shows together have 720 episodes. One Piece has over 800 episodes. But, even with that, I still want to start watching it and enjoying the show. I actually got a Pop Figure yesterday of Luffy because I'm hoping to collect all anime protagonists Pop Figures first. And so those are the top 5 anime I'm hoping to start watching soon. I'm interested in all off these and you all should watch them too and the animes I've spoken about before if you're anime fans. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

Friday 10 November 2017

My top 10 Sonic X characters

So sorta continuing my lists of me counting down my favourite characters from an anime, here, I'm going to be doing my top 10 Sonic X characters. You all most likely seen my review of it and know what I think of it and know how it's one of, if not, maybe, my favourite anime ever. And for this countdown, I'm counting characters from the games, as well as original characters. The ones from the games that're going to be on this list are here based on how they were portrayed in the anime, not the games, even if they were great in the games too. And so, let's begin and I hope you all enjoy.
10. Espio:

Starting us off at number 10 is the purple chameleon, Espio. While we may not see much of him in the show, for the time he is there, he's awesome. Not just awesome, but funny too. He throws out some one-liners and they were pretty funny. But he was also just cool in a lot of the action scenes. And the interactions with the other members of team Chaotix were really funny and fun to watch.
9. Chris:
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Starting off the original characters on the list is Chris. I've heard that a lot of people don't really like Chris and think he's kinda annoying, I completely disagree. I really like him and think he does a great job at being a huge help and friend to Sonic. At the start of the series, he first meets Sonic when he pulls him out of the pool. And from that moment onward, the two of them remained friends and allies. Not only do I really like him as a character, but I really like his interactions with Sonic and the others.
8. Eggman:

The main villain of the entire Sonic the Hedgehog franchise is at number 8. Eggman has always sorta been this bumbling character who was kinda evil and a little threatening, but he's also pretty funny here too. I'm not saying he was never funny in the games, because he definitely has been, but I'm just saying, I think he's even funnier too. And he's really enjoyable outside of that. Also, this is a personal opinion, but I kinda prefer the times where he and Sonic kinda team up, so I personally like him the most in the show at the end when he and the others team up to fight the Metarex.
7. Dark Oak:

At number 7 is the leader of the Metarex, Dark Oak. This might sound weird, but, to me, this is how to a cool villain. This guy is so cool. He looks awesome, his voice is awesome, he's super intimidating and he has a lot of threatening moments. He's great. I don't know if I can say the motivation for his character and the creation of him are great, but, when we don't get past it, I guess you can kinda understand it and he gets even better after it happens.
6. Chuck:

While I personally think Chris is a really, really good character who I really like, to me, Chuck, A.K.A. his grandfather, is even better. He's really fun, funny, smart, supportive and really useful in situations. I just really like how entertaining he is. Especially in the second episode when you first see him. And I like how he comes in handy he is in problems. Again, this could be a weird example, but I think the best example is during the episode where Sonic gets the microchip in his ear and he can't stop running. The ideas in that episode, and the entire show, where he's in it, shows how brilliant he actually is.
5. Knuckles:

At number 5 is the biggest knucklehead in the whole Sonic franchise, Knuckles. This strong echidna is one of the biggest allies to Sonic and one of the most enjoyable in my opinion. In this, he's really great as a bit of a comic relief at times, especially his interactions with Rouge, but's also really great for being helpful in fights and helpful for him being the guardian of the Master Emerald. And the scenes with him using it are really cool and I like the funny scenarios with him and Sonic sorta going back and forth, especially the times when Eggman tricks him over and over.
4. Cosmo:

Probably my favourite original character in the show is Cosmo. This small plant girl came from a distance planet at first not remembering what happened during her first encounter with the Metarex and not know that she was sent as a spy. She only remembered being under attack and she thought she was sent to ask Sonic for help against them. And she brings quite a lot to the team. I wish they coulda kept her on as a member in the show because she was so likeable and sweet. And the ending when she gets sent away and she says that speech to the others is fantastic to me. I love that scene where she does that speech. It makes me kinda smile but it's also really sad. I really, really like her and I thought she was a great friend to the others.
3. Tails:

At number 3 is Sonic's best friend and two tailed fox, Tails. This incredibly smart 8 year old is the reason for all of Sonic's mechanics and all the aircrafts like the Tornado plane and the Blue Typhoon Here, he is that, but also good for being this kind-hearted kid who wants to help in whatever way he can. And he also has a bigger role in season 3 with the Metarex when he and Cosmo sorta get into a relationship. All that is great about him and he's great when he's trying to protect her when Shadow tries to assassinate her. And he's also great in a lot of the comedy scenes, especially episode 20. He's great in the whole show and franchise as a whole.
2. Shadow:

Coming in close to number 1 is the anti-hero of the entire Sonic franchise as well as the most popular character, Shadow. Mainly being like another Vegeta character for this franchise, I think Shadow is portrayed at his best here. He's obviously really cool and has a pretty interesting backstory. Again, this is something else he and Vegeta have in common, as well as the way they act. And the way he acts in this show I think is my favourite way he's ever been. I like how, even though he is technically an anti-hero and he can be rude and mean at times, he still does want to help people and at the very end, it was nice to see him sacrifice himself and save Sonic so he wouldn't kill himself. He's just super cool and all the action scenes with him are awesome.
And my number 1 favourite Sonic X character is... Sonic:

And finally at number 1 is the fun loving hedgehog, Sonic. When I did my top 5 anime protagonists, I put him at number 2. And I put him on that for the way he was portrayed here. If you want my thoughts on him in this show, then read that if you haven't yet. Overall, I love Sonic here. He's still the same as he's always been with this cocky attitude and spewing one-liners. He's really fun and funny with that and he's also a great hero too. I think the best example of that is the episode right after the Chaos where he's helping through all the wreckage. And I think I mainly like him for, again, the fact that he is so likeable, cool and funny. Again, read my top 5 anime protagonists to know my full thoughts. And so, everyone, those are my top 10 Sonic X characters. Thank you all for reading, please comment to tell me what you think or, if you like the show too, please comment down below to tell me  your favourite character.

Tuesday 7 November 2017

The Lion Guard: The Bite of Kenge

So with the Lion Guard kinda getting more popular lately as I've been finding out, and there being another DVD coming out soon, we've gotten another episode that came out today, The Bite of Kenge. I had almost forgotten about this before I saw it, but then as some clips came out for it, I remembered it and managed to watch it yesterday. And, yeah, it's pretty good. As I've said before, not one of my favourites, but was still fun and even pretty funny at parts. And, like the other episodes I've reviewed, this will have all the spoilers, so, if you want to watch it and don't want anything spoiled, go see it and then read this. So, what's the story? It opens up with the Guard stopping the Hyenas from stealing a bunch of melons while still in the dry season. But after that fails, obviously, Scar has Ushari call in a huge lizard Ushari knows named Kenge. And then this happens.
After that, they try to ask Makini to help, but they're running out of time with the Hyenas stealing the melons as an attempt to kill the elephants. After that, Bunga and Ono try to stop them themselves, but, while Bunga is immune to stuff like venom, Ono gets bitten and now Bunga and Makini have to go stop them. And then, this happens.
And once they beat them they sorta return everything. The one thing that I can say this episode does a bit differently to the other episodes and does it pretty good is the villain. Kenge is pretty cool and he seems pretty intimidating. And the rest is also really fun. The whole climax where Bunga's just messing around with him and making him bite the Hyenas. And the actor they got for him is pretty good too. And, like I said, this has some pretty funny scenes in it. Especially one scene where Makini is trying to help the Guard feel their legs again. And I thought was super fun just from the progression with the plot. Pretty much like a lot of these Lion Guard episodes. And the rest of the cast and animation are still great too. And I, overall, had a ton of fun with this. I know it can get really repeatative when I do these new Lion Guard episode reviews because I am kinda saying the same thing, but everything this show does well is in almost every episode. And this is another example of that. It's also just cool to see these things happen like seeing Scar in the volcano again. All that stuff is really good like this episode. I just don't have a ton to say about it. But really, if you're curious, go watch the episode yourself and draw your own conclusion. And so that's my review of the Lion Guard: The Bite of Kenge. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

Saturday 4 November 2017

Thor: Ragnarok

And so, now, everyone, we're at the next comic book movie of 2017 and the 17th Marvel Cinematic Universe movie. Obviously, with that, I was so incredibly excited for this. Especially after hearing a ton of great reviews about this. Every review I saw about this movie said that it was phenomenal and super hilarious. And, yeah, it's both those thing. I had an absolute blast with Thor: Ragnarok. And yes, like every review I've done this year, the first part of this will be spoiler free and then I'll do all the spoilers. Okay, what's the story? We start off with Thor being imprisoned by a monster who says he's going to destroy all of Asgard, but Thor easily beats him and takes his crown defeating him. When Thor tries to go back to Asgard, we get to meet Skurge, played by Karl Urban. We then see how Loki is making everyone do what he wants because he's still impersonating Odin. But when they go to get Odin back, with the help of Stephen Strange, he disappears and releases Hela, played by Cate Blanchet. But she knocks them away and Thor and Loki end up on Sakaar, a sorta dump, gladiator planet where Thor has to fight Hulk. Hela is also now on Asgard about to take it over. And I'm gonna stop right there. Now I went to this movie excited, but, I was also thinking of something. The fact that the first two Thor movies were sorta, well, not the best that the M.C.U had to offer. I like them and they're fine, but they're easily towards the bottom of the M.C.U movies and they don't really have much rewatchablity that a lot of the other M.C.U movies have. But, like I said, I had heard great things about this movie and so that didn't really worry me. And what I got was, probably, the second funniest comic book movie I've ever seen along side Deadpool. This movie was incredible and it's easily my favourite Thor movie. Firstly, this cast is absolutely fantastic. This is my favourite Chris Hemsworth Thor performance. He was really funny and awesome here. He still fits this role perfectly. Cate Blanchet is really fantastic as Hela and I personally think this was another great M.C.U movie villain. I loved her. She was super intimidating and she even had a couple funny scenes as well. Tom Hiddleston is still really great as Loki and he stole the movie in so many scenes. I still love him too. This is also my favourite Mark Ruffalo performance as Bruce/Hulk and this is my favourite portrayal of Hulk in the movies. He and Chris Hemsworth work off each really well with great chemistry and he was also really hysterical in a lot of these scenes. And all the rest like Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie, Karl Urban as Skurge, Idris Elba as Heimdal, Anthony Hopkins as Odin again. All of them. But the ones I especially want to mention are Jeff Goldblum as the Grandmaster, he was easily one of the funniest parts of the movie and every time he spoke, I laughed out loud, the director, Taika Waititi as Korg, I think he was the most fun part of the movie, I loved him, and Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange. Benedict Cumberbatch was already incredible in his own movie last year and we got to see him and Thor in the mid credit scene of his own movie and seeing him here was fantastic. Even if it's not long, I still loved it. The visuals are still great. They're some of the best in all the M.C.U. It's almost nonstop here and not once did it ever look fake. Especially the cinematography. Some of this is really beautiful to look at.  Now, the main part of this movie is, absolutely, the comedy. And this is easily the funniest M.C.U movie to date, even more than Guardians of the Galaxy. A lot of the jokes here had me and the entire audience laughing out loud. And, for me at least, it almost never went overboard. Apparently 80% of the comedy in this movie was improvised by the actors, which is incredible and it really shows. They even manage to make fun of the M.C.U in ways and that was kinda refreshing to see after 16 previous M.C.U movies. The jokes are practically nonstop here too. Some may love that and some might not. The action here is also really, really fantastic here. Some of them are so full of energy and adrenalin that I got the feeling of playing a huge Kingdom Hearts battle. I felt like I got so much energy after some of these. Especially one action scene towards the end. I have to give Taika Waititi major credit for how he directed a lot of these scenes. Just with the action and the comedy and how a lot of this plot progresses, it feels that much more unique and fresh, which was great to see. And also, something else I really loved in this was how much it really did change the M.C.U, which is something Kevin Feige said before. He said this movie was gonna change the M.C.U in a big way. And he was absolutely right. Especially, again, something at end totally does that.  Just the fact that something so weird, crazy and out there can make it into a movie like this and work totally amazes me and it's a lot of fun to see. And that's really the best way to describe this movie. Fun. This is a really fun movie. Something else that I personally thought was cool to see was the Planet Hulk storyline. Seeing that graphic novel incorporated into this movie was amazing to see, especially given how that's my second favourite Hulk story next to World War Hulk. So seeing that armour on him was such an awesome piece of fan service. The movie also looks great. Not just the visual effects, but also the colours and actual sets, they all look fantastic. Now, as far as problems I have with the movie, this wasn't perfect. Firstly, probably the most obvious is that some of the jokes. None of them were bad, but I think there might have been too many and they forced some of them onto us too much. I wish they took some of this was a little more serious at points. Especially during the climax. But also, the other problem I have is with Thor's friends. I'm talking about Fandral, Hogun, and Volstagg. Something happens to them early on and I wish they had more screen time. I really like them. We never even see Sif. She's not mentioned at all. And the final problem I have is that Hela can sometimes give a little too much exposition. It is cool, but I feel it was done to much. Especially around the third or second time she did it. But, besides that, this is a total blast of a movie and I had so much fun with it. It's another great M.C.U movie and easily my favourite Thor movie. Definitely go out and see this if you're a fan of Marvel. I highly recommend seeing this. For this year's M.C.U movies, I'd put this below Spider-Man: Homecoming, but above Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. And so everyone, that's my spoiler free review of Thor: Ragnarok. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.
Spoilers:
Okay, first, I want to talk about Surtur. He's the big fire monster that I was talking about. The opening with him and Thor with the chain spinning around was hilarious. And I thought the twist where we see that Hela is actually Thor's sister was awesome. Especially the pictures on the ceiling. The Stan Lee cameo was hilarious with him cutting Thor's hair. Odin dies and that was pretty sad considering Odin has always been one of my favourite characters in the Thor movies. I think my favourite comedic moment was when Thor threw that ball at the window trying to break it but then it hit him in the face. Either that or the snake story Thor tells. I loved the opening play with Loki telling them to re-enact the death of Loki from Thor: The Dark World. I loved that. And I guess Stephen can do different magic tricks now with him teleporting better. And probably the biggest spoiler is the ending when Thor goes Warrior Rage mode was incredible, and, like I said, I think my favourite action scene was him on the bridge fighting Hela's minions. And finally, at the end, Surtur destroys all of Asgard. That really surprised me and it was a super big risk to take and it worked extremely well. And I thought the part where Surtur kills Hela was awesome. And finally, the end credit scenes. First off, there was Thanos arriving on his ship, or, at least, I'm pretty sure that was Thanos. My guess is that him and Thor, along with the other Asgardians are gonna fight, but then Thor loses and gets thrown off into space where he meets the Guardians of the Galaxy, which is what we saw in the leaked Infinity War trailer at D23. That would be amazing. Also, Loki totally stole the Tesseract. He's most likely going to give it to Thanos so he'll live. I hope Hulk is able go with Thor too. And the after credit scene shows the Grandmaster at the dump and that was incredibly funny.  And I think that that's all the spoilers I had a great time talking about it. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

Thursday 2 November 2017

New Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi clip

So with the Last Jedi getting closer everyday and it still being my most anticipated movie of the rest of the year, we got a new kind of clip about it and it looks amazing. Because of this video, I think I have a pretty good idea of what the plot might be and I'm really, really excited for it. This video looks really interesting and really fun. I still can't wait, so, here it is and I hope you all enjoy.