IWIOY ep. 12 Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo

Ah Teen Titans, a favorite of mine as a kid. Great action, fun characters and cool storylines, this show was one of the last great Saturday morning cartoons. So they made a movie to close out the series, and I've gotten mixed results from these types of movies, some bad (Powerpuff Girls the Movie, Ed, Edd, 'n' Eddy Big Picture Show) some very good (Recess: School's Out). Well let's see how this goes, this is I Watched it on Youtube episode 12, Teen Titans Trouble in Tokyo.
Quick Plot Summary: So the titans are attacked at their tower by a mysterious stranger that they find out came from Japan, so the teens decide to take a vacation and head off to Tokyo! But wait a sec... while their gone who will fight the ever-present bad guys?! Ah well, Cinderblock will just be allowed to run the town for a week.
The plot is generally interesting, nothing too surprising or impressive but it's a good avenue for the characters to grow, interact, and have some fun. It also doesn't mess with the tv series in anyway, a cardinal sin for spinoff movies. It's a little disappointing to remove the titans for the tower because that's where most of the humor came and it was a good place for the characters to interact however we still get enough of that here.
The voice acting and action stays consistent with the series in it's impressiveness all the heroes are able to show off their cool abilities.
Not much to say here, A run of the mill tv series movie done to perfection. Furthers the characters, stays consistent with the series with some fun adventure, stays funny and should please any fan of the series. I'll give it a 9/10, without the tv show it doesn't really work being the only hit against the movie. I'd suggest anyone to check it out on youtube.


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IWIOY ep. 11 Pinocchio 3000

Ok well just by the title itself I'm scared, really scared. But let's check out Pinocchio 3000 on I Watched it on Youtube. Don't worry it'll be fine, it was made by Canadians!

To start off, this movie should not have gotten past concept, then it shouldnt of got past designing because the character models are terrible, then it shouldn't of gotten past creating the animation because that looks like it was made by interns, and not animating interns but interns who had no knowledge of animation before hand.

They got Howie Mandell? well... it's not really impressive but it's a big name, does he voice Pinocchio? no. Gippeto? nope. A minor role as a shaking robot penguin butler? You guessed it!

Whoopi Goldberg as the fairy... ok I guess? not much to say about that. But again, just SO poor of a character design. O yea and Malcolm Mcdowell stops by to collect a paycheck as the main villain.

Ok in actual Pinocchio the fairy appears and we can suspend reality to believe it. But here in all concrete and metal world a robot boy is for no specific reasom and then a fairy appears in front of many people without much shock

No, No, NO, fuck this, fuck this movie, I can't do it, I can't keep reviewing this shit. This movie is the worst thing I have ever seen. Period. And I've seen The Room!!! I'm done with these reviews, this movie has showed me there is no hope for animated movies!
Well..... maybe I'll give it one more chance, but it's going to take a miracle for it to be any good, so what movie will I review? How about one with some teenagers, a couple of mutants, throw in a few ninjas, and possibly a decent amount of turtles.

Ugh, I need to fill up on some good, android style digital world, I'm gonna watch some Mega Man!

P.S. I give this movie a .5/10 Calling it a movie is a stretch

Kaymazing

IWIOY ep. 10 Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

I'm not making a "expectations before I watch it segment" because I need to get this statement out there. Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker is AWESOME. This is the second best batman movie out there after the Dark Knight of course. Also, Mark Hamill as the Joker in this movie is the best portrayal of the Joker ever. Yea I went there, this Joker beats out Heath Ledger as the greatest joker of all time.
With that bold statement let's get to the movie, it's Batman Beyond time on I Watched it on Youtube.
So if you aren't aquainted with the Batman Beyond series. There is a new Batman in town 40 years after Batman the Animated Series. His name is Terry McGinis and under Bruce's tutelage he dons a new costume and is a different character, more of a young man that you can actually relate to unlike the old batman. So the plot is that the Joker is in town looking as young as ever and is starting to set up pieces for a huge plan. This seems even more strange considering it is revealed that Bruce Wayne actually killed the Joker 30 years ago when the Joker kidnapped and caused permanent mental damage to Robin.
This plot is brilliant. It's handled amazingly, keeping a dark feeling to the movie and setting up the Joker to be the most epic villain ever. The animation is brilliant and sets a tone for the whole movie. The direction is done very well, depicting action well and truly showing the excitement that the writers were trying to convey.
Finally I'll talk about the voice acting, Kevin Conroy is batman. That is a fact. There is no other batman besides Kevin Conroy. In almost any animated movie or show with batman Kevin Conroy has voiced him. And the idea of using two different voices for Batman and Bruce Wayne came from conroy, as we recently saw Christian Bale butcher that. And as usual, Kevin Conroy turns in a great performance as an elderly Bruce.
Ok I could go on forever about Mark Hamill as the Joker, just know this, every single line he delivers in this movie is perfect. It's that simple, he is the perfect voice of Joker.
The rest of the voice acting is solid new batman Terry does just fine. Oddly enough, a bit character does a spot on Christopher Walken impression, that is out of place but still really cool.
To wrap this up, this movie is amazing, it's brilliantly written with all the intangibles (animation, music) spot on as well. I give this movie a 10/10 it's that damn good!
You can watch the full movie on youtube here
http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXxk7mEQNyw

Play me off Skywalker!


(this clip not from Beyond, couldn't find the right one from there)
Man that's badass!

Kaymazing

IWIOY ep. 9 Ed, Edd, n' Eddy's Big Picture Show

Episode 9 of I Watched it on Youtube is a fairly recent movie, Ed Edd n' Eddy's Big Picture Show. I remember this show as a kid and it was GREAT. However it's a movie made for a dieing tv series that is losing interest which often times is an equation for crappiness.

We join our trio of heros after a scam goes horribly wrong and they flee to find Eddy's older brother with the kids of the neighborhood in hot pursuit.

Well this was the first. The first movie I've watched that has truly insulted the tv show I watched as a kid. This movie was bland and really just unfunny. The plot was often lost and just really not interesting. The movie is hard to sit all the way through and relies way to heavily on the great soundtrack that defined the series.

The nostalgia is there with the animation and music, but I suggest going back to watch the old episodes instead of this blandness. To sum it up when Plank is the most enjoyable character there's a problem with your movie. I'll give it a 5/10



(wondering why this review is so short? Well I'm lazy.)

Kaymazing

IWIOY ep. 8 Rover Dangerfield

Yea, I didn't know this existed, Rover Dangerfield starring Rodney Dangerfield. Well I really have no clue how this one is going to be so lets find out, you heard about it first on I Watched on Youtube.


Ok so Rodney Dangerfield plays an animated dog that is from Vegas that gets into adventures on a farm. (I know soooo unoriginal)

Man, this movie, I don't know how to comprehend what I just watched. First of all, the people who made this movie must have been the biggest Rodney Dangerfields there is a little drum and cymbal after his jokes early on, and not only that all the characters laugh, a ton, when he makes a joke. Which is really awkward in animation.

So the animation was average, no big deal but more importantly, this movie has songs in it.... sung by the characters...... especially the main character..... yea...... RODNEY DANGERFIELD SINGS! And none of that Rodney Raps stuff he actually sings, it isn't THAT bad, but it sucks, and the songs also suck.

One thing that stuck out to me was the final line of the film, I won't say it hear but it's something truly perplexing.

Why's he wearing a tie? Never explained...

Yea I'm not talking about this one for long. If your a super fan of Dangerfield, check the first half of this movie out. Besides that I would suggest not seeing this one. However it is something interesting to know it's out there. I'll give it a 4/10





Kaymazing

IWIOY ep.7 Double Doo Feature

Today on I Watched it on Youtube, it's Scooby Doo time everybody! I'm going to review a newer straight to DVD movie, Scooby Doo Cyber Chase, from 2003, and an older Scooby movie, Scooby Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf.

First is Scooby Doo Cyber Chase!

The plot idea is that scooby and friends get sucked into a video game that was designed by a friend of theres to be about them, so to escape they need to get through 10 levels of bad guys. This was used so poorly, instead of bringing back old cool villains or newer versions, or parodying the old show they just have them take on dinosaurs! and roman soldiers! Its lame, nonsensical and bland
Another negative is the voice acting which is pretty sub-par. Also the animation is pretty low rate, it's obvious backgrounds with characters put on top. Including an obvious animation goof up.

There is one moment, literally one moment, that made me laugh. To spare you the pain of watching the movie I'll just tell you. When Fred suggests splitting up into groups, shaggy and scooby just walk off and Fred goes "Hey guys, I didn't say who'd go with whom." Shaggy just replies, "Man, it's not like we've done it any other way." (Obviously it's funnier to see not read)

The plot is not only stupid, the villain is dumb, non threatening and not cool. Most villains in Scooby doo were actually kindof threatening and you can understand why the gang runs away. Remember this guy?
This guy was scary! And the noise he made coming after you could penetrate your nightmares! The virus in this movie doesn't make any cool noises or scary threats, he talks just fine and what he says is bland. Not only that this virus looks more like something that belongs in Danny Phantom not Scooby Doo

Not to much to say here, just a bad movie that was made to make some money. It has it's VERY seldom moments but overall pretty weak. I'd give it a 4/10.



Now onto a movie from 1988, Scooby Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf.
This movie has Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy doo (leaving out the rest of the gang) as Shaggy is turned into a real werewolf for a monster race run by Dracula himself.
Now I remember watching this movie as a kid and I loved it but man, I could not find a redeeming quality in this movie. The plot is ridiculous and steers away from what made Scooby doo enjoyable. The animation is what's expected from the series and isn't anything spectacular, and because it's out of it's regular setting you don't get that nostalgia feeling. The writing is bland, I never laughed this whole movie. I guess I could say the voice acting was ok, but nothing special.
But by FAR the worst thing about this movie is that in an hour and twenty minute long movie, 45 minutes of if is the race itself! And it gets soooooo repetitive.
Honestly, if I had to choose I'd suggest watching Cyber Chase over this, at least that one tries to be like the old series with music similarities and chase scenes. This one just.... I don't know how someone could think this up and feel like it fit within the Scooby doo series well. I'll give it a 2/10.

Now I'm off to find a GOOD Scooby doo movie, like Scooby Doo on Ghoul Island or Scooby Doo meets Batman, wait those are bad. Ok well then I'll watch the live action Scooby Doo movies because those are good right!? ........AW FORGET THIS!

Kaymazing

IWIOY ep. 6 Digimon the Movie

Ok I'll admit I could not sit through all of the pokemon movie I planned to review, it was that bad. (and I sat through Bionicle!). Instead today on I Watched it on Youtube, I'm going to review the movie version of pokemons little brother digimon. I loved the first and even second series of this show so I'm interested to see how the movie turns out.

Let me explain something to start out the American version of this movie plays out in 3 parts. Mainly because it's actually combining the 3 short movies from the Japanese. If this were theatrical release I would have a problem with it however as a add on to the series I think it fits in nicely. However sometimes scenes can feel rushed or something was missing because they had to cut stuff for time.

My main focus will be the second story because it's the longest, best and that is the one that I can relate to the most. But first here's a summary of the plot of each one.

The first segment is with Tai and Kari as young kids with there first interaction with digimon. It was something they touched on in the series and it played out well here.

The second part's plot takes place after the events of the first season but still takes the main cast from that season, it involves an evil digimon on the internet.

The third part involves the characters from season two tracking down a digi-destined in America.

Now before I get into how awesome this movie was, I must say, if you don't have any previous knowledge of the serious, you might not get alot of it. The movie explains everything but it's pretty tough to digest all of it so quickly.

About the movie itself, Digimon the Movie is hilarious!!! I watched this alone in my house on youtube and it had me laughing out loud on multiple ocasions. The show was always funny when it wanted to be but not that many jokes were ever made, the movie however was really goddamn funny. It's hard to explain how funny a movie is so I'll move on to other aspects of the movie, but truly the humor hear really sells the movie because it's just normal jokes, even if your confused by the plot and all this diggimon stuff you'll still laugh.

A big aspect to why this movie was great to me as a self proclaimed movie critic was the direction. I know as an animated film being a director isn't exactly the same as live action, but in this film the angles were amazing and the action looked fluent and exciting. This subtle brilliance really kept you sunk into what was going on.

The animation has changed a bit from the vs show, the coloring is blander and everything is just mildly different. I'd prefer to see it the old way, but the animation does it's job with no real faults.

Another subtle awesomeness of this movie was the soundtrack. I would honestly want to own the CD of this movie's soundtrack. It took American songs that fit the mood very well (and some of my personal favorites) while keeping in songs specifically about digimon and the songs from the show. All in all, anytime a song played in this movie, I was more pumped for the action.

I don't want to ramble on so I'll wrap this up. This movie was great, the humor was genuinely funny without ruining the seriousness of events and mood. The direction, soundtrack, and script was well done. Overall this was a very high quality product that like the tv show tops pokemon. I'd definetly suggest checking this one out on youtube, even if your not a fan go and just watch the middle segment. Overall I'll give it an 8.5/10

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