Film Review: Space Jam

Release date: November 15th 1996.

Story: Bugs Bunny and his friends are facing a crises. A group of aliens have landed in their world with the intent of enslaving them for their boss's amusement park. But the Looney Tunes characters decided to challenged them to a basketball game (seeing that the aliens are the size of cats). But soon the aliens put a spanner in their works by stealing the talents from professional basketball players and using them to transform themselves into well skilled players (as well as giant monsters). With little to no help, the Looney Tunes characters have only one hope left. That is to get a professional basketball player to play for their team. And then they found one in the form of Michael Jordan.

My thoughts: This is a good film. This was probably one of the first Looney Tunes movie that I have seen at the cinema. This is an alternate history of what happened in-between Michael Jordan's retirement from basketball in 1993 and his big come back in 1995. There many things in this that I found weird though. Like the fact that the Looney Tunes world is under the ground and that you'll have to push your way through a large Warner Brother's logo in order to enter said world. But on the plus side, I really like the theme song that plays over the opening credits. It is one of those songs that stays in your head for ages and I would listen to it constantly. And despite having mixed reviews, this movie was a box office success. If you like sports movies and live action with animation type of movies then I would give this a watch.

My score: Three stars. 

TV Review: The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.

Release date: January 5th - February 9th 1981 (1 series. 6 episodes).

Story: Arthur Dent is having a terrible morning. Not only has loads of bulldozers suddenly turned up on his front doorstep with the intent on demolishing his home, but also that one of his closest friends is in fact an intergalactic hitchhiker who is a researcher for a intergalactic travel guide. And also that the planet Earth is about to be demolished as well. This leads to a series of adventures where Arthur will meet new people, strange places, bug eyed monsters, and will also learn about the answer to life, the universe, and everything.

My thoughts: This was based on the successful book of the same name by Douglas Adams. Which also spawned a radio series (which the cast had also starred in), a comic book, a stage play, video games, and a feature length movie. This is a great show which mainly follows the first book but takes the ending from the second book (where the characters arrive at the Restaurant at the end of the universe, they then highjack another space craft, then they all get teleported to random places, and Arthur and Ford end up on prehistoric Earth). If you like science fiction with a twist humour then I would recommend this.

My score: Four stars. 

Fan Fiction Reviews: The Cough.

Type of fanfic: My little pony, dark, horror, epidemic, gory, short.

Story: Equestria is suffering from an epidemic. Nearly everypony is either dead or become zombie like. Twilight and her friends have boarded themselves inside a house and are trying to wait until the epidemic is over. That is until somepony coughed. Realising that one of them has the illness, they start to quickly turn on each other. That is until Fluttershy admits to be the one who coughed. And in order to save everypony present, Rainbow Dash is instructed to kill her. Which she sadly does so. With one of their friends now dead, the remaining five try and continue with their survival. Only to hear another cough...

My thoughts: This is the very first MLP fan fiction that I have read (apart from the infamous Cupcakes but this one I've read all the way through). It is set in one dark room with the only light being generated by Twilight's magic. The fact that what ever the illness is turns ponies into zombies isn't said in the story but you get the feeling that that is what is going on outside. The ending is one of those endings that is great and that it makes you think. Did Fluttershy develop the illness and had passed it on to somepony else? Or was she lying to protect one of their friends?... This fanfic has a sequel and a prequel. Both of which I recommend checking out.

My score: Four stars.

TV Review: Extreme Ghostbusters

Release date: September 1st - December 4th 1997 (1 season. 40 episodes.).

Story: Set many years after the Real Ghostbusters, supernatural activity had quiet down and had put the Ghostbusters out of business. Only Egon, Slimer, and Janine stayed behind at the firehouse. While looking after the containment unit (which houses the ghosts and the other supernatural threats that the Ghostbusters have faced and caught), Egon gets a job teaching about the paranormal at the New York City College. But then one day, the supernatural decide to become active again and Egon is forced to recruit a new Ghostbusters team. Mainly the only students that attend his class. They are Kylie Griffin (a goth girl genius who is an expert in the supernatural), Eduardo Rivera (a cynical slacker), Garrett Miller (a young paraplegic athlete who uses a wheelchair), and Roland Jackson (a studious mechanical whiz).

My thoughts: This was a cool sequel series to the Real Ghostbusters. The characters are great, the ghosts and other supernatural threats are creepy and awesome, and the show got darker in tone in some episodes. This is a cool show and I would recommend it for everyone.

(For more info on this show, check out the Extreme Ghostbusters review by Phelous on Youtube)

My score: Four stars.

TV Review: Street Sharks

Release date: September 11 1994 - May 18th 1997 (3 seasons. 40 episodes).

Story: After being mutated into four humanoid sharks, The Street Sharks decide to use their powers to protect their city against the evil Doctor Piranoid and his gang of mutant fish monsters. They are Ripster (a Great White shark), Jab (a Hammerhead shark), Streex (a Tiger shark), and Slammu (a Whale shark).

My thoughts: This is an ok show. I'll admit that I have collected the toys but never had seen the actual show until now (this was one of those shows that is just a big advertisement for toys). The characters are ok (Doctor Piranoid has a cool feature that he can transform into a human/piranha thing when ever he gets angry) yet the animation at times can be lazy. But there is good action and the character designs for the fish monsters are cool. There are even song segments in this which I felt were unnecessary. The theme song is ok as well. This is defiantly a 90's cartoon and I only recommend it for those who like 90's things.

Fun fact: The street sharks even have a crossover with another cartoon called the Extreme Dinosaurs.

My score: Three stars.

Gaming Review: Jurassic World Alive.

Release date: 23rd May 2018.

Type of game: A Pokemon Go style game on the Mobile Phone. Where you go around catching dinosaurs rather than pokemons.

My thoughts: This is a really cool and amazing game. Just like Pokemon Go, you yourself travel around the open world and catching dinosaurs. Using darts to collect DNA samples and also being able to create hybrids of various dinosaurs (not all of them but still cool). There is a large variety of dinosaurs to collect and unlike Pokemon Go (where you'll have to hunt for them) the dinosaurs appear everywhere and all you'll have to do is click on them.

Any Dislikes: This game is huge. It takes chunks out of your battery life and you have to carry a portable phone charger with you. And it also asks you to play on Wi-Fi only when you try and get the game. Also there is a part of the game where you can fight other players, but the problem is that you find yourself fighting players that are many levels higher than you. Also this game can't be played everywhere. The signal goes out a lot and you may need to restart the game over and over again. Also the thing that shoots out the darts sometimes has a life of its own.

What I want to see in a future update?: Perhaps something educational where we can learn about the dinosaurs that we've had caught. I know that there is already something like that but perhaps it can be expanded more. Perhaps showing us where this dinosaurs once roamed, the food that it ate, and how it would spend it's day.

My score: Four stars.

Film Review: Blade 2.

Release date: March 22nd 2002.

Story: Two years after the events of the first movie, Blade is still hunting vampires and has recently rescued his friend and mentor Abraham Whistler. But now there is a new breed of vampires that has emerge. And the situation is so bad that the vampires themselves have asked Blade himself to help them kill off this new mutation before both them and the humans are wiped out.

My thoughts: This is the second sequel to Blade and the one I have watched the most. It has a great concept (Blade having to team up with his enemies in order to take on an even bigger threat) and the action is great. Danny John-Jules even stars in this as one of the vampires who teamed up with Blade. Like I said this is a good movie and I recommend it for anyone who likes action and vampire films.

My score: Four stars.