Station X Review

 

Station X Review

So, if you grew up in the 2000s, do you remember Station X? It came out 21 years ago and aired on Teletoon at 10pm. The show revolves around six young adults who live together in Montreal. The whole series was basically about them dealing with themes like anger, fear, hope, money, power, sex, and the question of what's right and what's wrong. The series also featured segments of music videos, short clips from other shows, and movies like Kids in the Hall and the Angry Kid videos. I remember laughing so hard at Angry Kid videos. As well, this show introduced me to Gary Jules' "Mad World" song, which would later be in Gears of War. 

The characters' names were Knob, Seven, Jesse, Slate, Davis, and Kandi.

The show lasted only one season and didn't get a second, but hey, that's common with most shows we watched as kids. Station X was a weird show, but it was kind of relatable if you were a young adult in your 20s. Now that the show has been off the air, some episodes are on YouTube if you want to watch them. I will be honest, Station X was a good show. I do remember liking it, and the characters were funny, especially Slate. He was a movie guy, just like I am. Station X is worth watching because it is a show from the 2000s and it's got nostalgia vibe to it. 

I give it an 8 out of 10. 

Beef Season 2 Review

 

Beef Season 2 Review

So I saw all of season two of The Beef, and here's my review of it...it was good but not as good as the first season because season two was a bit more confusing, while season one had a clear path on what the story was about, two people who met during a road rage. This is about two couples: one of them, Austin and Ashley, played by Charles Melton and Cailee Spaeny, witnesses the other couple, Josh and Lindsay. Josh is the manager of the golf club where Ashley works, and they film his wife and him fighting. So, in the end, make a deal with them not to let this video get out, since they are viewed as the perfect couple by the club's members. 

The rest of the show had some pretty weird, intense, and emotional moments, but the characters are a bit crazy. This season was good, but not as good as season one. Overall, it's still a good season of Beef, the cast did a great job, and I'm excited to see the writers of this make the MCU X-Men film. I give it a 7 out of 10. 

My thoughts on the Hunt for Gollum Cast reveal

 

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So yesterday, they announced the cast for The Hunt for Gollum. We have Elijah Wood, Lee Pace, and Ian McKellen coming back to play their characters. Jamie Doran will play a young Aragorn in the film. I have to say I do like Jamie Doran as Aragorn. He looks a little like Viggo, which is good. Kate Winslet is playing Marigol, Smeagol's grandmother, who didn't have a name in the books, so they give her one. Leo Woodale will be playing a new character called Halvard, who will join Aragorn on his quest. I just hope that character doesn't come across as forced or there for no reason. Overall, I am excited to see this movie. I just hope it's good. Don't expect it to be an epic war film; it's a side story that explores Aragorn's days as a ranger, Gollum's origins, and his decision to leave his cave to find the ring. I would rather see this than watch Rings of Power. Let's hope this film is good and just makes a fun adventure film that's a side quest that's fun to watch. 

Let me know what you think are you excited for Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum? 

The Fox and the Hound review celebrating 45 years of this film.

The Fox and the Hound Review.

The Fox and the Hound is that one Disney film I can't watch without crying because years later it still makes me cry. The Fox and the Hound, based on the novel by Daniel P. Mannix, is a story about a fox and a hound named Todd and Copper who were best friends as pups, but sadly ended as Copper's owner was a hunter and trained him to hunt, and Todd is one of the things his master likes to hunt. 

From best friends to enemies.

This is a sad story of how friendships can end because of different destinies. The film also focuses on Todd, a fox who is orphaned after Amos, a hunter, killed his mother. 

Somber scene too, especially this part. I know people say Mufasa’s death or Bambi's mom death was sad, and they are, but this scene is a lot more heartbreaking because it’s the mother sacrificing her life to save her child.

So Big Mama, an owl, helps him and gets a farmer named Widow Tweed to adopt Todd and raise him as her own.

Fans have been debating whether Widow Tweed has a family. She does like she has a family, but is likely a widow as her husband is dead, but she might have children and grandchildren. In the film, she raises Todd, who grows up on her farm, befriends Copper, and Copper and his owner, Amos, plan to make him a hunting dog like Chief. 

As well, he befriends two other birds, Dinky and Boomer, who plan to feed on a caterpillar that becomes a butterfly, and chooses not to eat it. Big Mama acted like another mother to Tod and told him the truth: that Copper would grow up to be a hunting dog, even though they didn't want it, as they wanted to remain best friends.  

These two have a funny storyline trying to get a caterpillar until it turns into a butterfly, and they decide not to eat it anymore. 

We then met Copper, a young puppy adopted by Amos, and introduced him to his hunting dog, Chief. Copper sees Chief as a father figure in his life. Chief at first wasn't big on Copper until he grew to love him like a son and became a father to him. He doesn’t like it that Copper is friends with Tod, as he is a fox, and neither does their owner, Amos. 

Now the film's main villain is Amos Slade, who's a hunter, and he's more of an anti-villain. There were moments that he was funny, and moments you just hated this guy for when he threatened to kill Todd. However, Amos is human, and he loves his dogs more than anything. He’s not an evil person, but he makes wrong decisions. Also, he was voiced by Grandpa Joe from Willy Wonka.

Now that the characters are growing up, Todd and Hopper both realize they have different paths ahead, and this scene is sad as their friendship comes to an end. It's sad when friendships can end over stupid things or other things in life. 

Now, unfortunately, Amos tries to kill Todd, and Chief gets injured because of Todd, and Hopper vows to get him. Interesting fact in the book: Chief dies, but they didn't want that because children would be devastated by it, so he just gets injured and lives. Amos confronts Tweed and tells her he will kill Tod for what he did to Chief and doesn’t care if he’s on her property. So Tweed has to do the hardest thing ever and leave Tod in the woods.

Then we get this scene that, to this day, makes me cry my eyes out, and so many others agree it made everyone cry their eyes out.

This scene is so heartbreaking these gifs sum up everyone's reaction to this scene. 

One of the saddest scenes in a Disney movie.

Also, never abandon your pet ever. I know Tod is a fox, and they are wild animals, but dog and cat owners never abandon their pets. As they are family. 

Now, Tod then adjusts to his new life in the wild until he meets a lady fox named Vixey. The two of them fall in love, but they are both hunted by Copper and Amos. Tod and Copper even fight each other until a bear attacks them. Both Copper and Tod fight the bear. 

Tod saves Amos from being killed, and by the end of the film, Todd and Bear fall down the waterfall. We get a powerful scene here where Copper defends his best friend. 

It shows that even though they aren't friends, they will always look out for one another. Because in the end Copper forgave Tod for what happened and Tod saved his master's life from the bear. He even protects Tod and is willing to take a bullet for him. 

Amos realizes that Tod saved his life and Copper's life. Thus, he can't bring himself to kill Tod, so in the end, both he and Copper leave, not before Copper looks back at his friend as they both smile, knowing this will be the last time they see each other. 

The cast of this film did a great job, including Kurt Russell, Mickey Rooney, Jack Albertson, Corey Feldman, Keith Coogan, Pat Buttram, Jeanette Nolan, Pearl Bailey, and Sandy Duncan.

The film ends with Widow Tweed bandaging up Amos's leg. At the same time, Chief and Copper rest, and Copper remembers his friendship with Todd.

Tod and Vixey watch from a distance, and in the film, Vixey mentions having six pups with Tod someday which I think they. This is one of the few Disney films that ended on a bittersweet note, since you would expect a happy ending, but instead it's very bittersweet. 

Overall, The Fox and the Hound is a sad story, but a good film that may end bittersweetly, but yet still teaches us that the friends we make in life we will never forget.

I give Fox and the Hound an 8 out of 10. 

 

Fackham Hall Review

 

Flackham Hall Review

So I saw Fackham Hall, and here's my review. I loved this movie; it was funny, like a funny film, and a good parody, too. The film had a lot of laughs, and the characters in the film are really funny, just like the cast of the film was funny, like Tom Felton was funny in this movie. There are many funny references and jokes in this film. Damian Lewis was also funny; there was one scene with him that was funny. This was a good old British comedy film that I highly recommend if you love British humor. I give this film an 8 out of 10. 

Also, the title is so brilliant, Fackham Hall, you know what it actually means.

Pizza Movie

Pizza Movie Review

So I saw Pizza Movie, and here's my review...I liked it. It's a fun stoner film about two guys, Jack and Montgomery, who are down on their luck at college. Jack is hated by everyone because he got the college football team removed after a terrible prank, and Montgomery is trying to impress a girl he likes, but he's too nervous to talk to her. The film is also about their former friend Lizzy, who is friends with these bullies at their college and picks on Jack and Montgomery. 

The film is basically about them getting high after taking special tablets that have many different phases, and their quest is to eat pizza to get them out of it. This film had some funny moments that made me laugh, and there are a lot of crazy moments that, when you watch it, you might want to get high for. Overall, I had a fun time with this movie. I give it a 7 out of 10. Also when you watch this movie have eat a pizza when you do. 

 

Malcolm in the Middle Life is Still Unfair Review Some Spoilers.

 

My review of Malcolm in the Middle Life's Still Unfair.

So I saw Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair, and I loved it. It was great seeing everyone again and new characters too, like Malcolm's daughter, Leah, and his new girlfriend, Tristian, as well as Kelly, Malcolm's Non-Binary sibling. This show basically picks up years later, and Malcolm is living his best life, having not seen his family in years. Still, when his parents' 40th anniversary is coming up, his folks want him there, and they find out he has a daughter he never told them about, whose mother abandoned them. His girlfriend, Tristin, and Leah get along because they both make fun of Malcolm. 

Now the series pays tribute to three actors who aren't with us anymore, like Daniel Von Bargen, Cloris Leachman, and Kenneth Mars. Now, everyone in the show is still the same, like Reese is still the same. There were some very funny moments with him. Dewey is in the show and is a famous musician. Francis and Pima are having their first kid, which, to be honest, is weird. They would have kids by now. Still, not, also Stevie returns, and he's married and has a son, Jamie comes back, he's in the army, and he's a trouble maker, and we meet Kelly, and at first I didn't like Kelly, but they grow on you, and we hear their coming out story, it's pretty emotional. As well, Reese and Kelly are funny together. 

I do like Malcolm's daughter, Leah; she's basically him, as she can break the fourth wall. But there was one scene I didn't like: when she and Tristan trick him, she hits her father's head with a car door like five times. I'm like, "Wow, you know that's your father, and he might get severely hurt for that." If I were Malcolm, I would ground her for two months for that. Hell, I think they should have ended the last episode with Malcolm grounding her for doing that, and he makes her clean the whole party room with a toothbrush, like Malcolm and his brothers did when they made a mess at their house. I would have Leah comment, "So this is what it's like to be grounded. Well, you got to pay for the consequences." processed to clean the party room. 

Hal was so funny in this, and he's still the same goofy guy we all love. Lois is funny in this show, and she's still the same. Also heads up you do see Hal naked in two episodes.

Also, Tristan becomes honest with Malcolm, admitting her dark secret, which is actually much worse than Malcolm keeping his family a secret. Trust me, you will be shocked by it, and a real person would properly not want to date this person anymore. Still, I like her, and she made me laugh.

Now, the show does resolve a lot of things, and the last episode is a great ending because it's actually emotional, where you learn why Malcolm cut himself off from the family. Lois doesn't berate him; instead, she tells him she misses him and that he's a good man and a good father to Leah. Malcolm is a better parent than his own parents. Malcolm just felt so much pressure from his family because he was so smart, but Lois tells him the truth, you realize all that stuff they said in the finale was just a plan, and if it didn't happen, they were okay with it because Malcolm has a great life, and they are proud of him no matter what. It is a heartwarming moment between Malcolm and Lois because they love and miss each other.

Overall, I love this show, and there were a lot of funny moments that made me laugh. Also, there is good character development, and it's fun seeing all the characters again because they have changed, and some of them haven't. 

I'm down for another season of this because it was so much fun, and I got to say, no matter what, Malcolm's family will always cause chaos in the end. This mini-series is 8 out of 10. It's a feel-good show, and you will have a fun time watching it.