Thursday, 25 February 2016

My top 10 SpongeBob Squarepants episodes

Like my top 20 Chowder episode list, I made a list of this already but now I'm making a new one. I actually haven't talked about SpongeBob in a while, which is odd because it's still my favourite TV show and I've got plenty of DVDs. Though, my number 1 episode is the same as the one I did before and if you read that one, you know what it is. But all of my other choices are different.
10. Krabs A La Mode: This episode is my favourite post movie episode. A post movie episode is an episode that came out after the 2004 movie and everyone always says the episodes after the movie suck hard because a lot of the main crew left afterwards and were replaced by really bad writers and I have to agree. The episodes are either boring, unfunny, annoying or predictable. The worst SpongeBob episode ever is the episode A Pal For Gary. But every once in a while at least 1 episode comes out that's decent and out of all of them, this one is my favourite. After Mr. Krabs gets a new thermostat, Plankton decides to use it to freeze the Krusty Krab. The next day, SpongeBob, Squidward and Mr. Krabs decide to take advantage of it and turn it into an ice rink. And so after that is an awesome chase scene with SpongeBob and Plankton with a Krabby Patty. In this episode, this has some of the best post movie episode animation ever. And on top of that, each second in this is filled with great ideas.
9. One Krab's Trash: While having a garage sale, Mr. Krabs sells SpongeBob a drinking hat with a #1 on it. But then a bunch of millionaires come and offer him a lot of money for it. So he tries to get it back by doing a ton on things but nothing works until he gets the idea to scare SpongeBob so that night while SpongeBob is sleeping, he draws a ghost and tells SpongeBob that the hat is curse and so without Mr. Krabs noticing, SpongeBob buries the hat with a dead man Mr. Krabs says the hat belongs to. He then goes there himself to get it. But when he does get it, all the skeletons come to life and he then fights them off. And the ending of this is Squidward calling Mr. Krabs a baby for crying after failing with the millionaires. What I like the most about this episode is the scenes where Mr. Krabs tries to get the hat from SpongeBob. The best one with all the other hats and the Foxy Grandpa one. And yeah, One Krab's Trash is number 9.
8. Nasty Patty: This is probably one of the ones I have the most fond memories with. After a health inspector comes to the Krusty Krab, Mr. Krabs makes SpongeBob make a disgusting Krabby Patty because they think he's an imposter after watching the news. Really, look at it.

That is gross. Anyway as he's about to eat it, a fly goes into his mouth and begins to choke him and he then gets knocked out. And SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs think they've killed him and they see that they were wrong when they thought he was a phoney inspector. They decide to bury him and every so often, they keep knocking him out when he wakes up without noticing.
7. The Fry Cook Games: This was on my original top 5 list and it's still one of my favourites. We're introduced to the Fry Cook Games. An event that's like the Olympics and the only way to be in them is to be a fry cook. SpongeBob is representing the Krusty Krab and Patrick wants to play too but SpongeBob tells him that he has to be a fry cook. They then have an argument and then Patrick walks off. He then suddenly gets a job at the Chum Bucket and now the 2 of them are now opponents in the games working for Mr. Krabs and Plankton. And I will not dare ruin the ending joke of this episode and how hilarious it is. My favourite part in the episode is when they're actually doing these events. The best one probably being the ice cream one or the wrestling. And the most hilarious scene is where Patrick rips him clothes to reveal a suit by accident and then shows his muscles.
6. Frankendoodle: Out of all the SpongeBob episodes, this is probably the most underrated. Not that they say it's bad just many people consider it to be one of the best. But I'm saying that it's always been a favourite of mine. When a huge pencil lands in SpongeBob's yard, SpongeBob and Patrick begin to draw pictures in the sand but when they do, the drawings comes to life. And then when SpongeBob draws himself, it turns into DoodleBob and he steals the pencil. And the rest of the episode is just SpongeBob and Patrick trying to erase him. The best part of this is Patricks lines. These are some of his best.
Even Doodle is a cool villain. And the climax at SpongeBob's house is a lot of fun.
5. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V: Out of all the Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy episodes, this one is my favourite and the funniest. After feeling that not many people give him enough respect, Barnacle Boy decides to be a villain and join up with Man Ray and the Dirty Bubble. Mermaid Man then recruits SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward and Sandy to take on the roles on his old superhero friends. The Quickster, the Elastic Waistband, Captain Magma and Miss Appear and join up with Mermaid Man as the International Justice League of Super Acquaintances . Given how you all know how much I love superheroes, you can't even imagine how much I love this episode. Anyway, after an absolutely hilarious meeting with the Chief, they all head off to stop the villains. SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward and Sandy manage to beat themselves up and Barnacle Boy has the opinion to make Mermaid Man surrender but instead just asks to be treated like a man. Given that this episode was a giant superhero parody, I absolutely loved. The only nitpick I have is that I wish there was more of the I.J.L.S.A. But aside from that, this episode it truly a gem. Especially the scene with the chief.
4. The Camping Episode: I'm not putting this on here for the fact that everyone has put it on theirs top 10 for this show, but mainly for the fact that it is a great episode. While SpongeBob and Patrick are camping just outside SpongeBob's house, they make Squidward come too and he tries to outdo them in doing camping. And from here we get joke after joke. Like when Squidward is putting up his tent or the marshmallows and especially the Sea Bear with it constantly coming to attack Squidward and we never see it, it's off to the side lines, if you know what I mean. I'd say that song is one of the best song in the entire show. Listen.
It's especially fun to watch the scenes with SpongeBob and Patrick explaining about the Sea Bear with the magazines or the when they're telling him about the things that can set a Sea Bear off.
3. Chocolate with Nuts: Oh my god, Chocolate with Nuts is one of the best episodes EVER. For the longest time this has been up there as one of my favourites and it still is. After discovering that becoming an entrepreneur will give them a fancy life like the people in Squidward's magazine, SpongeBob and Patrick begin going around town attempting to sell chocolate bars. They constantly fail and they especially keep getting thrown off by some crazy guy who keeps screaming chocolate. Watch.
And the rest is history it's hilarious and you all know it.
2. Band Geeks: Band Geeks is considered by many to be the greatest SpongeBob episode and for good reason, while it's not my favourite episode, it still deserves all the praises it gets. It's the most quoted, the most memorable, one of the funniest, arguably the most iconic and it's perfect. After talking to his arch rival, Squilliam Fancyson, Squidward forms a marching band to play in the Bubble Bowl in a week. I actually really like Squilliam. Anyway he gets all of Bikini Bottom to help him but they completely blow. In these band practises we get some of the best scenes in the whole show ever. After four days, Squidward gives up the day before the show and after a motivation speech from SpongeBob the band practises all night. And at the Bubble Bowl, we get probably the most perfect ending in the show with the song Sweet Victory. Listen.
It's probably the most epic part in the whole show. And on top of that, this is hands down the funniest in the show. The reason why it's not my favourite is actually kind of weird. Even I don't know why it is. I just feel like there's 1 more episode better. But there is still a reason why people consider this to be the reason and you can see why. And that's why it's at number 2.
And my number 1 favourite SpongeBob episode is... Imitation Krabs: This is the episode I've always said is my favourite. I talked about it before and I'm talking about it now. I think this is the best animation I've seen in this show. And on top of that, the lines guys. The lines are just perfect. This probably the episode I've quoted the most ever. The best being the one where SpongeBob says "The Krabby Patty secret formula is the sole property of the Krusty Krabs and is only to be discussed in parter and whole with it's creator Mr. Krabs. Duplication of this formula is punishable by law. Restrictions apply. Results may very." That has got to be the line I use the most. Anyway, in his recent attempt to steal the Krabby Patty formula, Plankton builds a robot Mr. Krabs and tries to get SpongeBob to tell him what it is. And at one point he manages to get rid of the real Mr. Krabs so he does get in his way. And then we get to another hilarious scene where SpongeBob makes Plankton do a ton of things in order to make him tell the formula. And yes, SpongeBob doesn't know that it's really Plankton. And then the real Mr. Krabs barges in and we get a great scene where SpongeBob asks them 3 questions to see which one is the real one. And I won't ruin the rest but if you see, you'll love it. Over all, Imagination Krabs is spectacular from beginning to end. There are no bad parts in this episode in my mind. There's a reason I'm putting it here because I feel like it deserves it. Imagination Krabs is of course my favourite episode of SpongeBob Squarepants. And that's that. I hope you enjoyed and if you like this show tell me what your favourites are.

Sunday, 21 February 2016

My top 5 Kingdom Hearts moments

The entire Kingdom Hearts series is filled with amazing moments and here I'm going to count down my 5 favourite moments from it ever. I've wanted to do this list for a while and now I've finally done it. The reason is because it was really hard to hard to choose only 5 when I can think of over a billion fantastic things in this, but I managed to put down 5. So let's get started.
5. Playing as King Mickey Kingdom Hearts 2: Sometimes when you die as Sora in Kingdom Hearts 2, you have the option of quitting or you can play as King Mickey and fight for a few minutes and while doing that you can charge up power to heal Sora. What I like is that you actually do play as him and he's incredibly fast, agile, can do a lot of strong combos and can also do some kind of magic and it is awesome.
4. The 1000 Heartless fight in Kingdom Hearts 2: During the second visit to Hollow Bastian, it's been invaded by thousands of Heartless and everyone there is trying to defeat them all but there's too many. By the way, the people there are the Final Fantasy characters, Stitch from Lilo and Stitch and King Mickey. Sora, Donald, Goofy and King Mickey then run to the side of 2 cliffs and you have to fight 1000 Heartless by yourself with no help whatsoever and what we get is probably the best fight in the whole game. Remember when I said in my 7 Kingdom Hearts games ranked entry, I said this game had incredibly epic moments, this is what I was talking about.
3. Riku's redemption/ Riku's naming of  Keyblade master in Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance: The reason I say that is because I feel that when Riku became a Keyblade master, that was his ultimate redemption for what he did in the first game. And out of all the Kingdom Hearts games, this is the one that made me like Riku the most. I mean I always liked him after Kingdom Hearts 1 but here, I feel like he was at his best, especially during the game and you're him and you're in the different worlds and he's being friendly and helpful. And when we see Riku be named a master, it's a really great scene for his redemption.
2. Sora's sacrifice in Kingdom Hearts 1: What I mean by that is when they're at Hollow Bastian and you defeat Riku/Ansem and Sora uses Riku's Keyblade to unlock his own heart and save Kairi. And then when Kairi runs over to him and touches him, he disappears into spackles and then he turns into a Heartless. And the only way he turns back is when Kairi hugs him and she uses her power of light to restore his heart to normal. I think this is one of the most emotional scenes in the entire series. I mean, think about. We almost think that Sora is dead. The boy we've played as through the whole game. I remember my mouth dropping the first time I saw that scene. Watch.
But as fantastic as this moments, there's still 1 scene that I feel is the best.
And my number 1 favourite moment in Kingdom Hearts is... Sora's speech in Kingdom Hearts 1: This scene is just phenomenal. Everything about this scene is perfect. I'm talking about the speech that Sora says about his friends and how they're his power just before you fight Riku in Hollow Bastian. This speech inspired me, as I might of said before and now it's the same for me with my friends meaning the most to me too. And ever since I first saw that scene, I've always considered it to be one of the best scenes in the entire franchise. Listen.
And that's all why Sora's speech is my all time favourite Kingdom Hearts moment.

Thursday, 18 February 2016

My top 10 favourite Naruto episodes

Like I said before, Naruto is my second favourite anime and here I'm gonna show you my 10 favourite episodes from it. I already told you what the series is about so if you don't know, check that out first then read this. And another thing, I'm not including Naruto Shippuden. Also, keep in mind that this is both a funny and serious series. Remember that because of a few of these entries.
10. A Clash of Fate: You Can't Bring me Down: This episode is set at the point when Naruto and one  his sensei named Iruka are fighting an old enemy named Mizuzi who's teamed up with Orochimaru to get power and the way they show them fighting in not only well animated but it's incredibly creative, incredibly well moved and well thought out. But the reason I like this episode a lot is because of the ending. It's when Tsunade arrives and we get what the whole thing with Mizuki and Orochimaru. And the music in this scene and the way it's animated and told is very nice to listen to. But the whole scene with fight is also cool to see as well.
9. Roar Chidori! Brother vs. Brother: While in a hotel, Naruto and Sasuke meet Sasuke's older brother, Itachi and his partner named Kisame trying to kidnap Naruto to get the Nine-Tailed Fox out of him and use it as a weapons. And both Itachi and Kisame are part of an evil organisation called the Akatsuki who are trying to collect all the tailed beasts and make them a weapon. When Sasuke finds them, he uses a jutsu called Chidori to try and kill Itachi because he wants revenge for killing their entire family years ago. But Itachi manages to defeat him and uses a special jutsu with his eyes called the Sharingan that all the Uchiha family have and he uses it to show Sasuke a vision of the night he killed their family to torcher him. Afterwards, they escape when help arrives and they leave Naruto behind. So what I do like is the cool fight that Sasuke and Itachi have. It's really cool and even though it's not very long and it's really only Itachi who does anything by just smacking Sasuke around, it's still cool to look at. But on top of that, we finally get a little bit of backstory on Sasuke and why he's always acting so unhappily.
8. The Vessel Arrives Too Late: After Sasuke leaves the leaf village with Orochimaru's henchmen to go to Orochimaru to get power and kill Itachi, Naruto, along with his other friends including Shikamaru, Neji, Choji and Kiba go after them. There's 4 henchmen and they put Sasuke in some coffin while he's beginning to get new powers. They all fight 1 and the rest go on after them. Orochimaru is trying to take over Sasuke's body because his own is rotting away. Well because they haven't arrived yet, Orochimaru has to take over another body. And because he did, he can't do the jutsu again for another 3 years. And, in case you're wondering, no, Sasuke doesn't know what Orochimaru is planning. Anyway, what I like here is that it's a very dark episode and we see pretty creepy shots of Orochimaru's arms rotting and him trying to decide whether he should do it or not because if it went on any more, he'd of died. And the scene where he does take over another guys body is beyond gruesome. I would watch this if you're not a teen.
7. Please, Mr. Postman: Out of all the Naruto episodes, this one is the funniest in my opinion. It starts off with Naruto helping some postman guy called a Delivery Ninja and then he find one of sensei's, Jiraiya, who's just messing around and writing stories while waiting for a member of the Akatsuki to come to town. Naruto says maybe while they're waiting, they can do training but Jiraiya says he has to do a book he's writing. That night, while Jiraiya sleeping, Naruto discovers that he hasn't written anything yet, so he decides to write it himself and send it to Jiraiya's publisher. When he goes to post it, he accidently knocks into 2 men who are posting documents to some other place. But they accidently get mixed up and they get sent to the wrong place and they both give them to 2 Delivery Ninjas. Jiraiya realises that Naruto wrote the book and is angry when he finds out what he wrote and they decide to go after the Delivery Ninja to stop him. And from that we get a hilarious chase scene with them getting after him. And in my opinion, the funniest scene is when Naruto uses a jutsu on the Delivery Ninja to try and stop him and Jiraiya sees it. When I see that scene, I feel like I'm gonna die from laughing. And the ending to this episode is beyond priceless with how funny it is. The comedy in this is just perfect.
6. The Sand Shinobi: Allies of the Leaf: Sometime during the fight between the leaf ninjas against the sound ninjas, help finally arrives from the Leaf Villages allies from the Sand Village in the form of Garra, Kankuro and Temari. Garra helps Lee, Kankuro helps Kiba and Temari helps Shikamaru. And while that's going on, Naruto is chasing after Sasuke who's gotten out of the coffin and is going crazy and is headed towards Orochimaru. So what I like here is the twist that the Sand Shinobi are helping the Leaf Shinobi for once because the last time we saw those 3, they were attacking the Leaf Village. But it's revealed they were only doing that because they were ordered to. And the other thing I like the fight scenes and the gruesome scenes we see from them fighting. And on top of that, it's just cool to see the 3 Sand siblings again and see to see them being good this time. And the scenes they're in, while really not that long, are really, really cool. Even small scenes like with Naruto are pretty awesome. And so that's all adds up to my number 6 spot.
5. The battle begins: Naruto vs. Sasuke: After a mission where Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura help some escort, Sasuke is in the hospital after getting hurt and is thinking about how much Naruto has gotten stronger is angry and jealous of it. He thinks maybe he's surpassed and then when Sakura and Naruto come to visit, he challenges Naruto to a fight and they begin a fight on the roof. And the fight in this scene is awesome. I mean, yeah, you don't really what them to fight but it's still a cool fight and it ends with them about to use Rasengan and Chidori on each other. Just that image at the end is really chilling. And all through the fight, Sakura is trying to stop them fighting. My favourite part here is the actual fight. If you've seen the episode, which I doubt you have, you'd know what I was talking about. Watch.
4. Bitter rivals and broken bonds: Taking place right after that episode we just talked about, Kakashi and Jiraiya talk about Naruto and Sasuke's recent relationship and how they've been always been rivals and friends at the same time but recently they haven't been getting along, well, more than usual. And now it feels like they're drifting away from each other. And about how Sasuke's hatred on Itachi mixed with his jealousy of Naruto is making him think more deeply about all the bad things that come his way, if you know what  I mean. What I like about this episode is the conversation between Kakashi and Jiraiya. The dialog mixed with the music and the scenes makes this one of my favourite scenes in the entire show. And what it all leads up to, I won't spoil but let's just say, it won't leave you happy.
3. The Promise That Could Not Be Kept: After the fight between Naruto and Sasuke at the Final Valley, Sasuke escapes and goes off to Orochimaru and Naruto is found by Kakashi and taken back to the leaf village hospital and now he's worrying about Sasuke because he knows what Orochimaru is planning. But Jiraiya tells him that Sasuke is safe because Orochimaru can't use the Jutsu for another 3 years. It's kinda hard to explain what I like about this episode. I just do and the scenes where we see Tsunade trying to help the others with their injuries are kinda cool. And the scene where Sakura finds out that Sasuke is gone I do think is very powerful.
2. For a friend: This takes place during the fight at the final Valley and Naruto has unleashed the power of the Nine Tailed Fox has gone crazy with fighting Sasuke. Eventually they talk and Sasuke says he can't turn back. He then also gets his next stage of the Sharingan and he's able to read Naruto's moves and then Naruto unleashes a new stage of the Nine Tail's power. One we've never seen before and good lord does he go nuts with power. And eventually Sasuke uses the power of the Curse Mark, a mark that Orochimaru gave him a while ago and was having it's power double while he was in the coffin. He transforms into a monster. If you want you can watch the fight, go a head, but keep in mind that it's really long so if you don't want to watch it, keep reading.
And what I like is the fight and way it's shown. I cannot believe they managed to animated a lot of this stuff. It's incredibly fast, cool and creative. It's also powerful to see all this happening.
And my number 1 favourite Naruto episode is... The End of Tears: This episode is just incredible. It's the final episode of the fight between Naruto and Sasuke and what thy do with it is unbelievable. What I find most jaw dropping is when Naruto and Sasuke touch their Jutsus together and it creates some ginormous black sphere with the inside it. But, like I said a minute ago, what I really like is when Kakashi and Pakkun find Naruto and they look over the edge and see the river and they're talking. The way they talk and the music and the animation in this scene is very nice. And there's another nice scene where Sasuke is walking the other way to Orochimaru and is thinking about his family and Itachi and Naruto and thinking maybe he shouldn't kill Naruto because Itachi once said that if he kills his best friend he'll get the power of the Mangekyō Sharingan which is the most powerful of all the Sharingan. And all that is why The End of Tears is my all time favourite Naruto episode.

Wednesday, 17 February 2016

The Dark Danger

This is one of the recent stories I wrote in my book and I decided to write it on my blog.
Sometime at the start of Autumn, Daniel was called to Driforia to help investigate a destroyed ship in space the others found. When he arrived, Dr. Buckley explained about how he saw the ship in space while he was looking at the monitor of their ship. They all went to their ship and flew off to find the destroyed one. When they found it, it was split in half. They flew closer towards it.
Dr. Buckley: "O.K everyone, get ready to go on it. Try to find as many survivors as you can. I'll monitor all of you and communicate anyone for information and tell me and everyone else if you've found someone or something. Alright?"
Everyone: "Yes sir."
Dr. Buckley: "Alright. Go."
All the Dangers flew out to the destroyed ship. When they went inside, it was dark so they all turned on their night vision mode on their helmets. Dr. Buckley was monitoring them. As they separated and went in different directions, they couldn't find a body anywhere. However there were speakers all around them. They sometimes saw some walls and they used their swords to cut through them and go into the next room. Just then, Chloe went into a room and when she did, something in there began to move. She tried to see what it was but it moved too fast. She spoke to Dr. Buckley.
Chloe: "Uh, Doctor."
Dr. Buckley: "Yes Chloe."
Chloe: "I'm in a room and I think there's something alive in here."
Dr. Buckley: "Try to look around."
Chloe: "I'm trying. But it keeps moving too... wait, what the? AAAGGGHHH."
???: "RRROOOAAARRR."
Chloe: "..."
Dr. Buckley: "CHLOE? WHAT'S WRONG? WHAT'S GOING ON?"
Chloe: "..."
The monitor showing Chloe went off.
Dr. Buckley: "Oh, no. EVERYONE, LISTEN. CHLOE'S IN TROUBLE. YOU'VE GOT TO HELP HER."
Luke: "What? NO."
Luke went off to find her.
Troy: "Luke, wait."
Luke ignored him. The speakers around them turned on and someone spoke.
???: "Ha-ha-ha. If you want your friend back, come to the top of the ship. I'll be waiting."
They turned off.
Luke: "YOU GIVE CHLOE BACK."
???: "..."
Luke: "Grr. DARN YOU."
Everyone began to head to the top of the ship. Luke was the first to get there. It was dark.
Luke: "Chloe? You in here?"
???: "You won't find her."
Luke: "Who are you? Show yourself."
???: "As you wish."
The mysterious person got out a blade. He dashed towards Luke. He quickly began cutting and slashing. Luke screamed in pain. Everyone, except Daniel and Zane, arrived. They couldn't see Luke or anywhere even with their night vision mode on.
Bella: "Chloe? Luke? Where are you?"
???: "Ha-ha. Attack."
Immediately, they could hear hundreds of thing coming towards them. With their night vision  mode, they could see what was coming.
Owen: "What are those things?"
They fought them as best they could, but they were eventually injured and captured. Daniel and Zane finally arrived and when they did, lights came on. At the end of the room, sitting on a chair was a person wearing black and white clothes and a helmet. Daniel and Zane looked at him with open eyes.
???: "So we meet at last, the legendary Daniel Danger."
Daniel: "Who are you and how do you know who I am?"
The person stood up and slowly walked towards him talking.
???: "From what I've been hearing about out you always helping people, of course I know who you are. And my name is "Batoc." It is truly an honour to meet you personally ."
Zane: "Cut the act. Where are out friends?"
Batoc: "Of course. Where are my manners? Reunions are important."
He pushed a button and a bit of the floor opened where a huge metal stand with glass covering it came up and everyone else was in it including the Dangers and the passengers. Everyone was injured.
Stephanie, Bella, Luke and Owen: "DANIEL, ZANE."
Daniel and Zane ran over to it.
Daniel and Zane: "GUYS, NO."
Their teleporters and weapons were taken off them and their helmets
Batoc: "I hope you had a good chat Daniel because you and I are going to have a talk of our own."
He pushed the button again and it lowered again. Daniel and Zane were banging on the glass but it didn't crack. As it went to the bottom and the floor went back to normal, Daniel and Zane kneeled down and put their hands on the ground. They eyed the floor. Batoc clapped his hands and hundred of robots with guns and blades came up on platforms.
Batoc: "Now Daniel, I'm afraid I'm going to have to have these robots kill you now. Ha-ha-ha."
Daniel: "You... hurt... our... FRIENDS."
Daniel stood up furiously and looked at Batoc with anger. He gritted his teeth. As he got even madder, his costume began to change colour from blue and red to black. The black "D" on his chest turned white. He clenched his fists.

Zane looked at him in shock.
Zane: "Oh my god. DOCTOR? WHAT'S GOING ON WITH DANIEL?"
Dr. Buckley: "It's the power of the Dark Danger."
Zane: "THE WHAT?"
Dr. Buckley: "It from the pill he ate after the Danger Games. Whenever someone eats it, they gain another power deep inside them called the Dark Danger. It emerges whenever the Danger who takes it gets too angry. It was an accident that happened when the pills were first being created many years ago."
In the blink of an eye, Daniel vanished for a millisecond then when he reappeared all the robots exploded. There was black smoke. As it cleared, Batoc could see Daniel walking towards him. Batoc was a bout to draw his own blade but then Daniel waved his hand and the sword shattered. Zane saw him grabbing Batoc and attacking him in absolute rage.
Zane: "Doctor? We've got to do something about Daniel. If this keeps going, Daniel might kill him."
Dr. Buckley: "..."
Zane: "Doctor? CAN YOU HEAR ME?"
Dr. Buckley wasn't on the ship. Zane watched as Daniel was tossing Batoc around and pounding him with fury. With every step, Daniel was cracking the ground. He slammed Batoc into the ground which made his helmet crack. He then threw him against the window. When he fell to the ground, Daniel stood on his throat. Daniel raised his sword.
Dark Daniel: "DIE."
???: "NNNOOO."
Daniel turned his head and saw Dr. Buckley with the others and the passengers. Dr. Buckley had saved them and he was wearing his own silver coloured Danger suit with his own sword.
Daniel: "Guys?"
As he calmed down, his costume began to return to normal and he took a few steps back. Batoc got up and tried to run off but Dr. Buckley stood in front of him to stop him. Bella and Troy grabbed him and pulled him away. Everyone looked at Daniel who had passed out. Owen and Luke picked him up and everyone teleported to the Danger's ship. They also brought the passengers. Bella and Troy put Batoc into a cell. Owen and Luke put Daniel onto a bed in the medical room and Stephanie sat next to him. Thy then took off and brought the passengers back to their home planet.
Passenger 1: "Thank you for helping us. How can we ever repay you?"
Dr. Buckley: " Don't mention it. It's our job."
Passenger 2: "By the way, tell that kid that we hope he gets better soon."
Dr. Buckley: "Daniel? Yeah, sure."
The Dangers went back into the ship and went back to Driforia. When they got there, they put Batoc in jail and Daniel woke-up. Stephanie was still sitting next to him
Stephanie: "Are you alright?"
Daniel looked at her and sat up. He rubbed his head.
Daniel: "(Sigh.) Yeah."
Stephanie: "What happened back there?"
Daniel: "I got angry that that guy hurt all of you and apparently when I got angry, I turned into that Dark thing."
Stephanie: "You were angry that he hurt us?"
Daniel: "Yeah. My friends mean the most to me. Even though I'm not your boyfriend, we're still friends."
Stephanie smiled. Daniel got up and they both went out of the ship. Dr. Buckley walked over to him.
Dr. Buckley: "Hey Daniel. Are you O.K?"
Daniel: "Yeah. I feel a little weird from that power, but I'm fine."
Dr. Buckley: "I'm sorry for not telling you about that Dark power."
Daniel: "Forget about it."
Dr. Buckley nodded.
Daniel: "I better go home."
Dr. Buckley: "Have a safe trip back."
Daniel: "Thanks."
Daniel teleported back to Youghal. Dr. Buckley looked down and sighed. Far away though, the creature who was looking at Daniel before when he was fighting Upside was looking at him again. He was in the shadows.
???: "So, that young Danger has unlocked the power of the Dark Danger. He's getting stronger everyday. But he'll never reach my power."

Up and down

This is another Daniel Danger story I came up with. This is a story I wrote in one of the books. This is part of a book I'm writing of me as Daniel Danger called "Daniel Danger's Driforia Adventures." Driforia is a planet I made up with other Dangers with the same powers as me. The group's members are "Dr. Buckley, Jason, Zane, Harold, Chloe, Bella, Stephanie, Owen, Luke and Patrick." I even wrote it that Stephanie has a crush on me but I don't want to be her boyfriend. It's like Sonic and Amy or Chowder and Panini. Anyway, this is a story I wrote and I should warn you, some of this is a little scary and dark, so if you don't want to know what happens, I wouldn't read this. So let's get started.
About a week later after the Danger Games happened, there was a creature in Iceland killing people He had the ability to turn the area upside down. When he would do that, he turned the area normal again and have people fall and have them die from a high height or kill them himself. After he killed the last of the people there, he began thinking about where to go next. He decided to go to Ireland and start by killing everyone in Youghal. He flew off to Youghal. As he was coming, Daniel was playing his game.
Daniel: "O.K. I'm getting a little bored. When am I gonna get some action around here?"
Just then, he saw something on the news which he unmuted.
News reporter on TV: "We've been getting reports about a strange creature terrorising the streets of Youghal. Police are saying to the people to stay indoors and avoids this thing at all costs."
Daniel: "Huh, how convenient."
He got into his Danger suit and flew off. As he was flying, he the creature at the docks. He descended and both of them looked at each other.
???: "Who are you?"
Daniel: "I could ask you the same thing."
???: "I am "Upside." After Chernagan freed me from Driforia prison, he wanted me to join him but I wouldn't join that fool. So I've been going around the universes trying to kill anyone I can. And thankfully this planet has tons of people to kill."
Daniel: "You were in Driforia prison?"
Upside: "Yes. And now that I've escaped, I will destroy this planet like I did with the others."
Daniel: "Ha-ha. You make it sound like I'm just gonna stand by and let you do that willingly."
Upside: "Actually, it would be an honour to kill you. The Dangers have always been my enemies."
He turned the area upside down and Daniel began to fall to the sky. Upside turned the area back to normal and Daniel fell the other way to the ground Upside was ready on the ground to kill him. Daniel began to fly and charged towards him. Upside did it again and Daniel went backwards to hit him. He grabbed Upside and threw him towards some cranes with chains on them. However, Upside turned the area around and grabbed some chains and jumped to the ground.
Daniel: "That ability of his won't be easy to stop. But how's he doing that?"
He flew to him and as Upside turned the area around again, Daniel spun around and grabbed him. He looked as Upside touched something on his arm. It was a controller with two arrows on it going up and down. He pressed the down one and the area returned to normal again. Daniel grabbed the controller. He crushed it.
Upside: "NNNOOO."
He kicked Daniel off and flew to the chains. Daniel followed him. He grabbed a chain and whacked Daniel with it. What he didn't realise however is that the chain then wrapped around his neck. And that the chain was connected to another chain that was dangling next to him. As Daniel got up and charged at him again, Upside kicked him in the chest and Daniel was knocked into the other chains and they were pulled when Daniel was knocked into them. When he did, the chain around Upside's neck was pulled up. He screamed. The chain had a hook on it and it attached to a crane. The part of the chain above Upside straightened. There was a cracking noise. Daniel looked up and saw Upside's body dangling. His head slipped out and he landed on the ground. Daniel went over to him. He looked at him. He picked Upside up and his head was wobbling around. Daniel looked at the chain and realised what happened. He raised his eyebrows in shock. He began to tremble.
Daniel: "Whoa. Oh my..."
He teleported to Driforia with upside's body. He saw everyone and they all looked at Upside's lifeless body.
Dr. Buckley: "Hey Daniel. Is that Upside? He escaped when Chernagan set him free. Did you kill him?"
Daniel: "No. I think we both might of accidently killed him."
All: "(Gasp.)"
Daniel left the body and everyone buried him. Daniel went back to Youghal. However, far away on another planet, there was a creature in the dark looking at something that looked like a table and he was watching everything that was happening with Daniel and what just happened.
???: "That boy. He managed to beat Upside. But soon, he will die. Then nothing will stand in my way."

Monday, 15 February 2016

Man of Steel

This is the film that Batman V Superman is going to be the sequel to. And I can't wait for it. And this movie was the movie that started the DC.C.U, (DC Cinematic Universe.) Like the M.C.U. I only saw this last week when I went to London and I got it there. What's the story? It starts off with Kal-El being born and his father, Jor-El, played by Russell Crowe, telling the Krypton Court that the planet is about to be destroyed but just then, General Zod, played by Michael Shannon, busts in and kills all the court members. Jor-El escapes back to his house and him and his wife are about to send Kal-El to Earth and with, some kind of plans that Zod wants but Jor-El wants to keep them as far away from him as possible. Zod then comes in and while him and Jor-El fight, Jor-El's wife then pushes the button and Kal-El is sent to Earth. Zod kills Jor-El and Zod and his crew are then arrested and are sent away. The planet then blows-up and Kal-El arrives at Earth. We then see him as an adult, played by Henry Cavill, wandering around the world and remembering his childhood. Other kids picked on him, he once save a bus of his school and his dad died in a tornado. Somewhere else, Lois Lane, played by Amy Adams, goes to the North Pole and finds an alien ship. Inside, something attacks her but then Kal-El, now named Clark, saves her. Before she can talk to him, he walks off. When he does, a vision of Jor-El, appears in front of him and tells him about himself, Krypton, the plans and about Zod. He then gives him his Superman suit and he goes out starts flying around. However Zod the arrives on Earth and tells everyone to surrender Superman to him or he'll destroy the planet. Superman surrenders himself to the military and so does Lois so she can talk to him. The next day Zod comes down to the planet and has Superman and Lois come on board his ship. After a while they manage to escape and it turn out the plans are actually inside Superman himself. The vision of Jor-El comes to help Lois escape and then Zod uses his ship to destroy the planet and rebuild Krypton. But after a fight, Superman, Lois and the other military guys manage to stop him and blow his ship up but now Metropolis is destroyed and the surviving people watch as Superman and Zod have another that goes way to far. And, when I say that, I mean, the action I this scene is beyond over the top and way to much. That's probably my biggest problem with the movie. Anyway, they crash into a train station and as Zod is about to use his laser eyes to kill people, Superman gets him in a head lock and then we get the biggest controversial scene in the entire movie... Superman breaks Zod's neck. And when I say controversial, it's because if you know Superman, you know that he never kills and when people saw this scene, they hated it. Watch.
Metropolis is then fixed and Clark gets a job at Daily Planet. The fact that 2013 was kind of an odd  year for this movie to come out considering the comic book movies of that year weren't exactly the best and some were about either good and the rest were average like Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, The Wolverine and this one. But, to be fair it was a good time for it for it come out, but it's just I doubt many people saw it coming. I'm kind of mixed on this movie. I do like it but, it's definitely not better than the first Superman movie I reviewed before because that movie had a ton of to admire and it had wonder and awe. Here, it's a tad bit more depressing and dark. And when I say dark, I mean just the look of the film. Christopher Nolan who directed the Dark Knight trilogy was actually a producer of this film. So let's go over the problems I have with this movie because I do see a lot of it's flaws. First, and like I said, my biggest problem is that the action is beyond over the top. Too much destruction and too much explosions. On top of that, some things about the story are a little complicated like the thing about the plans and Zod trying to get them. Not only that but before that whole fight in Metropolises, there's not that much action before. But now let's get to the things I did like. Firstly, Henry Cavill is a great choice for Superman, not the best, Christopher Reeves is the best, but he's still good. I also found the story to be kind of interesting. Yes, some things are kind of complicated, but I thought it was still interesting with the rest. Another character I really like is Jor-El. And of course, Zod is a pretty cool villain. Listed actually put film this as number 3 on the best Superman movies ranked. So it's kind of a mixed movie because it does have a lot of problems but it does have a lot of good things in it too. I do personally think there's more good than bad but I do acknowledge the fact that it's not perfect. But to be fair, everyone is going to have to watch this if they're going to watch Batman V Superman because every person on the planet is going to see that movie, like me. It's the most anticipated movie of the year. My brother and I are personally more excited for Civil War, but I'm still really, really, really excited for Dawn of Justice. Speaking of which, a new Batman V Superman trailer was recently released and that made me even more excited and it almost makes me think that Ben Affleck is going to be the best Batman. Watch.
It's my favourite Batman V Superman trailer. I still think the Batman ears looks a little too small, but the trailer is still awesome and I can't wait to se this movie and the cast as the superheroes. I can't wait. So yeah, I really like this movie and you should definitely watch it.

Sunday, 14 February 2016

Deadpool

Finally, one of the most anticipated movies I've been waiting for for ages has finally arrived and I saw it yesterday with my brother and sister. And we were a little concerned if we would get in because the movie is for 18 year olds and I'm not 18 yet, I'm 16. But luckily we were. So we sat down watched the movie, which by the way, our theatre was completely filled, and, I'm just going to say it, I love this movie. I'm not kidding. This might be one of the best comic book films I've ever seen and one of the funniest. What's the story? It's starts of with amazing opening titles. I mean the opening titles are hilarious. We all laughed when they started. After that we see Deadpool, played by Ryan Reynolds, in a taxi talking to some guy and then he sits on the edge of a highway drawing and waiting for something. Just then a car comes by and he falls down and lands inside it. He then kills all of them trying to get information about where a man named Ajax who apparently ruined his life. He manages to find him but then Colossus from X-Men and another character named Negasonic Teenage Warhead go to him to try and recruit him into the X-Men but he says no and while they're talking we get the funniest scene in the whole film in my opinion of Deadpool trying to punch Colossus but breaking his limbs. That made everyone laugh. And while they're doing that, Ajax manages to escape. Deadpool get's angry with them and they handcuff him trying to get back to the school but then we get another funny scene where he does a 4th wall joke about whether or not they're gong to see Professor X and which one, Patrick Stewart or James Mcavoy. We then get another joke where he cuts off his hands and jumps off the highway and lands on the back of a truck. And when Colosses looks at Deadpool's hand still in the cuff, he sees that he was sticking up his middle finger. Again that made everyone laugh. After that we get some backstory on Deadpool who's real name is actually Wade Wilson. It turns he's a mercenary helping girls from stalkers. While out one night he meets a woman named Vanessa and they immediately fell in love with each other. About a year later, Wade is diagnosed with cancer and a man named the Recruiter says that he works for people who can help him. At first Wade says no but after more thinking, he agrees and get sent somewhere where Ajax begins to put part of Wolverine's healing factor into him. At first it doesn't work but after a scene where he puts him in a tube with no air, his entire body begins to get scared and then Ajax comes into the room and Wade swears to kill him. He manages to escape and they fight for a minute but then Ajax blows the whole place up. Wade emerges from the rubble and keeps his oath to kill Ajax. When he returns to his home town, he's afraid to show himself to Vanessa because of his scared body. He meets his friend named Weasel and he advises him to put on an out fit and to think of a name for himself. So he makes his awesome costume and takes up the name of Deadpool. We then cut to present day where Ajax kidnaps Vanessa to get Deadpool to come to him. Deadpool then goes to the X-Mansion and tries to talk to Colossus and Negasonc Teenage Warhead again to ask for help. And he makes another 4th wall joke about how there's only 2 of them at the mansion and he says "maybe the studio was to lazy to get more than 2 X-Men." We then see them get into the taxi with the same man from earlier who kidnapped his own cousin who took his girlfriend and is in the back. Deadpool then funnily says "I'm proud of you because that's a little close to what he told him to do in the beginning. They then get out but Deadpool forgot his bag of guns in the taxi. They find Ajax and his soldiers and assistant. And I'm pretty sure they're on the Helicarrier from the Avengers. They all fight until they get on it and then Deadpool and Ajax have their last fight. Vanessa is also in the tube that Wade was in that made him get all scared but Deadpool manages to crack it to give her air. The whole thing begins to rock and they begin to fall off. They're all fine but so is Ajax and Deadpool points a gun at him and threatens to put his face back to normal or he'll kill him. But Ajax tells him that he was lying and that he can't fix him. And we get another funny scene where Deadpool kills him and then Vanessa comes to him and as when she takes off his mask, he's stapled a Hugh Jackman picture to his face. That made everyone roar with laughter. And then during the credits we see Deadpool attacking the M.C.U by asking if we were expecting Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury to come in and ask him to join the Avengers and then he teases the next movie that's going to have Cable in it. Cable is a mutant cyborg from the future. I could not believe how amazing this movie was. And I want to say this first. I found this movie to be perfect. Same as everyone else who's seen this movie. And probably one the biggest reasons is because of the script and Ryan Reynolds. Ryan was practically born to play this role. He's like Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man or Chris Evans as Captain America with it being like you almost never tell that it's him and you just see the character. He is probably the best Deadpool ever. And of course the script was beyond funny. You expect it to come from something with Deadpool in it except Origins. Speaking of which, Wade even references when he was in Origins and how they made a mistake by sewing his mouth shut. And on top of that, the action in this is beyond over the top. Tim Miller did a fantastic job at directing this movie. Ajax as well was a cool villain especially when we see him and the Recruiter at the beginning. I even think that if Ryan Reynolds wasn't in this movie, it wouldn't b half the movie it was. I can't wait for this movie to come out on DVD to watch it over and over and I can't wait for the sequel. There's going to be a lot of comic book movies this year like Captain America: Civil War, Batman V Superman, X-Men: Apocalypse, Doctor Strange, Suicide Squad and Gambit. And while I'm excited for those ones, especially Civil War, I still had a blast with this movie and I can honestly say that this is funniest Comic Book movie I've ever seen next to Guardians of the Galaxy. I can even say that I want to see this movie again. I really hope a lot of other people see it as spectacular as I did. I could say this is one of my favourite comic book films of all time. I might make another list at the end of this year of my favourite comic book films and maybe this will be on it and I might include some of the movies coming out this year. All I say honestly is that I love this movie. I absolutely adore this film. Definitely  check this movie out. You won't regret it.

Wednesday, 3 February 2016

16 Pixar movies ranked

The films made by my favourite film studio gets ranked here, so let's get into it.
16. Brave: In my opinion, Brave is the least out of all the Pixar movie manly because it's unmemorable, boring, unoriginal, has bland characters, a predictable plot, scenes that go by to fast and brushed over characters. Merida doesn't feel that good of a character. Just a generic Disney princess who does the same thing as a lot of the other princesses. There are things I enjoyed and it's definitely not bad, it's just decent but it was mostly just a generic, unoriginal plot.
15. Cars 2: I personally don't think this movie is as bad as everyone says but I do see why it's bad because of a ridiculous spy story with stupid coincidences and stupid and boring story and characters. The only thing I enjoyed was the climax in London and some stuff that happened with it but it doesn't save it from being the most hated Pixar movie ever. I think it's a little bit more tolerable that Brave, but it's still not good.
14. Cars: While this movie isn't bad, I just like Brave where it has a predictable and boring characters and story, being too long and not being very intriguing. It does have it's high points but it's still mostly just a drag.
13. A Bug's Life: I'd say next to Brave, this is an unmemorable movie. Not bad, in fact, it is really, really good, I just think it's a little bit unmemorable. I literally remembered this movie while looking at my Pixar movies. It has many things I like but some  disappointing scenes. Like a predictable plot, generic main leads and a liar revealed story which I always hate in movies. But there are more good than bad. Like even if the story is a bit generic, it is still a fun one and even though the characters aren't the best, they're still likeable. The circus bugs are the best to watch. These guys are the best thing in the movie. They're beyond funny, beyond creative and beyond bizarre. And of course the climax is a lot of fun to watch, especially the fake bird scene. As the rest, it's fine, it just a little bit of a step down after being a follow-up from Toy Story.
12. The Good Dinosaur: I can't explain why, I just feel that this is a little better than the movies I just mentioned. The animation is beautiful to look at, the story, while not very creative is still interesting, the characters, though a little weak, are still likable, my favourite being with Arlo or the 3 T-Rexs and it's not a waste of time. It may not be better than a lot of other Pixar works, but it is still really good.
11.Ratatouille: Now, here's where the movies get great. The animation is great to look at, the story's creative, likeable characters, a fun chase scene, the ending is perfect and it has so great and cool designs. I'm actually surprised how Pixar managed to make a movie about making food entertaining and fun to watch.
10. Wall.E: The reason I never did a review for this movie is because I hadn't seen it in a long time. Same with Brave. But after buying my own DVD version of it, I now realise why I liked it a lot when it came to cinemas. It's Pixar's only attempt at making a silent movie, and it works really well. Even though Wall.E himself doesn't talk, he's very likeable and might be my favourite character. As for the second half, yeah, it's good, but it's not as good as the second. Yeah, I know I'm saying what everyone says, but's true. But that doesn't take away the fact that this is a great film.
9. Monsters Inc.: Aside from the creative story and realistic looking animation, this movie is just a blast to watch. Sulley and Mike make a great team and almost have just as much charisma as Woody and Buzz. The door vault scene is one of best scenes I've ever seen in a Pixar movie ever. It's just so much fun. And of course Randall and Mr. Waternoose are really cool and, in the case of Mr. Waternoose, is kinda sympathetic. I never really saw it until my brother told me. And the ending with Sulley saying goodbye to Boo is one of the saddest Pixar moments ever.
8. Monsters University: I'm the only person I know who thinks that Monsters University is better than Monsters Inc. Not 100% better, but feel is a little. It just might be the best prequel I've ever seen. Pixar did a fantastic job making this movie. I think that it's really interesting, especially in the game parts and the training scene. And on top of that, the ending guys. The ending is perfect. I love this scene in the human world with them doing that scare strategy thing. I also like the team. Squishy, Don, Art, Terri and Terry. They're a lot of fun. And, I don't know, there's just something about it that I can't explain but I really, really like about the film.
7. The Incredibles: Being a huge superhero fan myself, you can tell how much I love this film. It's easily Brad Bird's best movie. It has great action especially for 2004 computers. The story is also interesting and the characters are really likeable. It also cool to see a Pixar movie kinda take a different turn and go for a superhero action movie whereas before this, they mostly stuck to family friendly things. And while there are scenes like that here, it's not as focused as the others. It's mostly watching a superhero get back to what he used to do and there's a lot of fights in this. But that's not a bad thing. It's great to see and I still love this film for it's characters, story, animation and cool scenes.
6. UP: So yeah, being probably one of the silliest out of all the Pixar movies, it's also one of the most heart-felt. Just the first 10 minutes can satisfy people because it has no dialog and it's all shown through visuals and music. You almost think that the rest of the movie isn't going to top. But the rest of the film is so imaginative and so and so colourful and so funny and so likeable, that it's impossible not to get as drawn in as you were in the first 10 minutes. UP has a perfect amount of drama comedy, material for adults and material for children. It doesn't need that many characters but the one they have are so good and so likeable that you can't help but to love them.
5. Inside Out: The reason this is here is because I think the story's actually really interesting. And it's kinda weird putting it over UP because they were both directed by the same guy, Pete Doctor. He's one of the best directors working at Pixar sense he made this, UP and Monsters Inc. Anyway, this was the first Pixar movie that was released in 2015. And this is one of the best animated films I've seen in a long time. Probably since How to Train Your Dragon 2 or Toy Story 3. With creative ideas every second and there being amazing characters to follow with this movie. The animation as well is amazing to look at. It probably some of Pixar's best work. It's very bright and colourful. The best scene in the movie in my opinion is either the scene with that emotional scene at the dump or when Joy and Sadness are travelling through Riley's mind.
4. Finding Nemo: Finding Nemo is quite possibly the best marketed Pixar film ever with there being countless adds everywhere when it was released. Being the very first movie I ever saw in cinemas, I was amazed when I first saw it. The animation in this is easily the best Pixar has ever done. Even for 2003, it looks phenomenal. I am really looking forward to the sequel, Finding Dory this year. The characters and story are solid. Also, I think this is Pixar's most dramatic movie, and it does work, most of the time when they're not hammering it in. Finding Nemo is an instant classic.
3. Toy Story 2: Being the sequel to the first completely C.G.I movie ever, I wouldn't say that it's better than the first, but it is still a perfect movie, just like every other movie in this trilogy. The adventure in this is really inventive and you find you find yourself really invested. And I like how if you're watching this for the first time, you don't know what's going to happen. And of course it had the best movie director ever, John Lasseter to drive this movie. He's a genius. Also Toy Story 2  was a movie that me and my family always loved to watched in the past next to the first one and Space Jam. The new characters they introduce are great as well. And the twist at the end where we find out the Prospector was the villain is something I doubt many people saw coming back in 1999.
2. Toy Story: The one that started it all. The original Toy Story is beyond an amazing movie. Not just because of the fantastic characters, but also the great writing, acting, directing and animation. This movie has practically become a landmark in cinema because everyone is trying to be like it by making completely C.G.I animated movies. On top of that, the lines man. The lines are just perfect. This is easily the movie I've quoted the most in my life. My dad and I always quote. And, I'm going to sound like a weirdo for saying this, but one day when I was coming home from London with my dad for Christmas, I managed to quote the entire movie while we were driving home in his van. I'm serious. And, again, the idea to have John Lasseter direct this movie was the perfect idea. But there's still 1 movie that I feel to be better than this.
1. Toy Story 3: Was there any doubt. Of course the greatest third movie ever makes number 1. With some of the best Pixar animation and writing combined with amazing characters and comedy and you get one of the greatest movies of all time, in my opinion, it is the best movie ever. The cast in this is probably the biggest that Pixar has ever had and everyone is perfect in their roles. But also, Jim Varney who played Slinky in the first 2 movies had to be replaced with Blake Clark, because Jim died after the release of the second movie, who's a great replacement. You couldn't even tell he's a different actor. We all had to wait 11 years for this movie to come out and it was worth it because what we got was the best out of all the Pixar movies and my favourite movie ever. Please, tell me how you would rank them I'd love to read them until next time, thanks for reading.

Monday, 1 February 2016

The Good Dinosaur

This is Pixar's 16th movie and it's their 2nd film they've released in 2015 which is the first time they've ever released 2 movies in 1 year. I only saw it tonight and I was a little worried if I would be able to see it, because tonight is the last night it's being shown in Ireland. What's the story? It's starts off millions of years ago when dinosaurs still lived. It shows the meteor about to hit earth but it just passes by the planet like a shooting star. In present day, Dinosaurs are still alive and one family of dinosaurs live on a farm with the youngest named Arlo. His family all do special things that allows them to put a paw print on a silo. So Arlo has tried to do a bunch of things so he can join his family on the silo but he keeps screwing up. One day his dad gives him the job to trap a creature that's been eating their corn. When he does, he realises that it's a human boy. He releases him and his dad gets angry with him for not killing him. The dad then takes Arlo up a mountain where the boy went to kill him out of anger. But after Arlo hurts himself, his dad feels sorry and they begin to turn back. As they're going back, a lightning storm occurs which makes a lot of water come toward the 2 of them. The dad gets Arlo higher up but then he's washed away and killed. Sometime later while Arlo is feeling sad and doing work, he sees the boy again and gets angry at him, thinking he's the reason his dad's dead. He chases him but accidently falls into a river and get knocked out. When he wakes up he's somewhere far away from home and when he going back he tries to get some berries off a tree but the rock he's standing on slips and he gets his foot stuck. He falls asleep and when he wakes up, he finds someone has dug his leg out. He find out it was the boy and he finds him again and he gives Arlo some berries and for some reason, the boy acts like a dog. After a run in with some trouble, the boy saves Arlo and Arlo begins to like him and he calls him Spot. As time passes they become good friends, some different dinosaurs try to take Spot and some dinosaurs help them. So let's go over the good stuff. Well firstly, the animation is amazing. This probably the 2nd or 3rd best looking Pixar movie. The best one is Finding Nemo. And also, the characters, though not that great, are likeable. The side-characters are also fun to watch. I really like the T-Rex family that help them out. They're kinda funny and the voice acting is pretty good. And even though I do like Arlo, I do have to admit that he's not the strongest Pixar protagonist, if you know what I mean. He is my favourite in the film, but it's worth mentioning. And also there is a lot of heart to the movie. It is heart-warming and there are some sad moments. Now let's go over the 1 or 2 problems. Firstly the story isn't that well written and some of it is kind of predicable. The  pacing as well is kinda uneven at times. And my main complaint is the villains. Not that they're bad, they're just a little too over the top and they're not in the movie that much. But I still thought they were enjoyable. The villains are a bunch of pterodactyls trying to eat Spot. But aside from that, this film is still good. Not Pixar good if you know what I mean, and it's definitely not as good as Inside Out, but it's still good. When it comes out on DVD. Check it out, it's worth an hour and a half of your time.

My top 10 Kingdom Hearts 3 worlds

These are the worlds that I wish will be in Kingdom Hearts 3 and I would be very excited to see. If a world I haven't talked about before, I'll give a quick thought on what I think on the world. And also, Tangled and Big Hero 6 aren't on this because they've already been confirmed to be in Kingdom Hearts 3. And 1 last thought, I also think it would be a good idea if there were 3 stories. One with Sora, Donald and Goofy, another with Riku and King Mickey and another with Kairi and Lea learning how to use their Keyblades and at the end, they all come together to fight Master Xehanort. So let's get to it.
10. Star Wars: Now that Disney owns Star Wars, it not impossible that we'd be seeing it in Kingdom Hearts 3. It could be set like this. In Kingdom Hearts 2, you had to go to the worlds twice because there were 2 stories with every Disney world. So in Kingdom Hearts 3, you might have to got there 3 times to do different stories. So in a Star Wars world, it could be set in between the original trilogy. The first with a New Hope. The second with the Empire Strikes Back and the third with Return of the Jedi. It would also be cool if you could be Sora, Donald and Goofy with Luke, Kairi and Lea with Leia and Riku and King Mickey with Han and Chewie. And with Sora, Donald and Goofy. You could get Luke as you partner and fight Darth Vader and Darth Sidious. And at the end you could get a Lightsaber Keyblade.
9. The Emperor's New Groove: With this one, it could be like you could help Kuzco and Pacha get back to the kingdom and at the end you could fight Yzma and maybe during the fight could take place in her lab and every so often she'd take a potion to transform into monsters. And at the end you could get a Keyblade called the Lama Run.
8. Treasure Planet: Maybe if we go to this world it could be like we could use the Gummi Ship a lot while the other characters could be on the other ship. And maybe the final fight could be with that scorpion guy. I'm not sure if you'd really have a partner for this world. And the Keyblade you could get could be called the Treasure Within. I think that sounds awesome.
7. The Jungle Book: I read somewhere online that this might be in the game but it's probably false. Anyway, if the Jungle Book is in Kingdom Hearts 3 it could be like if maybe your trying to help Bagheera get Mowgli back to the man-village and while your going and on the way you could try to find him and fight Heartless on the way. And the final fight could be against Shere Khan and you can fight him the same way a Scar in Kingdom Hearts 2. And the Keyblade could be called the Bare Necessities.
6. Marvel: The same as Star Wars, now that Disney has the rights to Marvel, you could go to a Marvel based world. Maybe it could take place during the Avengers and Sora, Donald and Goofy could be welcomed onto the Helicarrier after Nick sees them fight Heartless. And he explains everything about what's been happening in the other movies and what's happening now with Loki and the Tesseract and the final fight could be in New York and fighting the Chitauri and then you could fight Loki. And maybe if we go again, you could fight all the Ultron copies and then fight Ultron himself.
5. Atlantis: The Lost Empire: This one isn't very hard to get in there. It could take place after they discover Atlantis and when they get there they could fight off some Heartless and after they find out about Rourke they get left behind and the end fight could be against Rourke and it could be on a clock because you don't want them to reach the top. And the fact that Leonard Nimoy played the emperor in that movie and he also played Master Xehanort so it's a possibility.
4. Wreck-It Ralph: Having this be one of my favourite Disney Classics and the fact it was a hit when it came out must mean there's somewhat a possibility and also the fact that a lot of people, especially Skyward Wing and me, really want to see in it. There's not much to say other than I really hope it'll be in Kingdom Hearts 3.
3. Frozen: Like I said before, this one is obviously going to be in Kingdom Hearts. Not just because it's the highest grossing animated film of all time, but also because it's beyond popular and it's everywhere if you know what I mean and everyone, including me, have all written plans for what we think will happen in this world if it's in the game. Plus, we'll be able to see Sora, Donald and Goofy interact with Olaf. What more could you ask for? But also, maybe Kairi can be in this world and interact with Anna and Elsa.
2. The Princess and the Frog: This is the Disney Classic I want to see the most in the whole game. I'd say what I would really be excited to see if we go there is Sora, Donald and Goofy interacting with the others like Tiana, Naveen, Louis, Ray and Mama Odie. I think it'll be really cool and the whole adventure would be cool to go on. I also think it'd be cool if, in the background, they played a Princess and the Frog song theme like they did in always do especially in Kingdom Hearts 2. I think what I said before about the final fight being with the Shadow-Man and him calling the Heartless and having his own shadow be like a Heartless I think is a really cool idea.
And the number 1 world I want to see in Kingdom Hearts 3 is... Toy Story: Of course my favourite movie of all time is on this. I would really like if they make a lot of Pixar based worlds like the Incredibles, UP, Wall.E, Inside Out and Monsters Inc. Toy Story is the one I want to see the most. Many others like Watchmojo and Skyward Wing say they want to see it in Kingdom Hearts 3 as well. I would like it if, again, they do that visit the world 3 times thing I said and have first part be like the first movie, the second be like the 2nd and the third being like the 3rd movie. I think if they do that, it'd be really cool. And those are the worlds I'd like to see in Kingdom Hearts 3. And 1 last thing. I'd really appreciate it if you sent me comments and if you like Kingdom Hearts, you can tell me what worlds you like to see in Kingdom Hearts 3. And I'd appreciate it if you sent me comments in general. Thanks for reading and my next entry will be a review of The Good Dinosaur and then a ranking of all 16 current Pixar movies.