Super Smash Bros for Nintendo 3DS (Game Review)

Hey everyone, 99th post!!!!! I feel like I should be doing a special post for my 100th but there's not much to do anything special. Today I got Super Smash Bros for Nintendo 3DS in the mail today, so I decided to play for a couple of minutes. Because I only played for a little while, I haven't really seen too much of the game yet, but I tried a mission(event?) mode, sorry I can't remember the name, but I tried that first and seriously I have no idea what is going on! It's like the adventure mode from the Wii, but it includes a face off with some CPU characters at the end, and at one point I had to destroy some crystals. I had no idea what was happening.

At this very moment, I like the character roster, but I'm very unused(right spelling??) to the controls, I kept pressing the wrong buttons to jump and attack. I think because I'm so used to the Wii. The characters/ graphics remind me of a DS or Advanced game for some reason. At this very moment, I'm not a big fan of the 3DS version of the game yet, and I won't place a rating quite yet. I shall do a more in depth review at a later point.

DVD Conversions

Hey everyone, quick post, but I would like to say good things about a company called DVD conversions who have successfully spliced and converted my VHS which I have left untouched after almost 10 years. I didn't expect any less of them actually, but they brought more than I expected. I'm not quite sure what they did but from what I remember when I was around 8, the tape was in pretty bad condition as the images kept scrolling round and round on the VHS player, so I wasn't able to make anything clear out, and from some parts of the VHS I remember there were some heavy snow noise which showed up on the tape, but can't be seen on the VHS convert so I am very happy!! Now you may be living in New Zealand and want a tape converted and or spliced or even cleaned. I believe they do a lot of things, and not just VHS tapes. I myself had been looking for someone who could splice the tape for me but wasn't able to find a company for 2-3 years because I was too scared to convert the tape myself, though I have tried it once, and it failed. Overall they have done a fantastic job, go check them out!

DVD Conversions Website Link

Spice Up Your Water (Filler Posts)

Hey everyone, another random post today. These couple of days I decided to spice up my water by adding frozen berries in because I usually don't like drinking water otherwise, and I can say for myself that it makes it taste great! It's like a watered down Ribena drink (colour turned that colour too). I really recommend trying it, especially if you don't like drinking water, or drink it rarely and need your H20. It also helps your 5+ a day. I eat the fruit after I finish the drink so it's pretty good, just don't leave it in the water for too long, I usually change the fruit every 1-2 days. Ever since I started, I've been drinking more water, and going to the toilet a bit too often due to the amount of liquid I've been taking, so just make sure you stop a few hours before bed otherwise you'll be awake all night >< Well that was a quick post, talk to you all next time, bye!

Lotte Double Dip Chocolate Stick (FIller Posts)

Hey everyone, quick filler post review because of you know what. But I decided to try out this brand of Lotte Double Dip chocolate stick snack things. If you saw one of my previous videos, you'd know that I like my Asian snacks, especially Korean ones! I tried the Strawberry one today, but not the chocolate one so I'll review that one when I've tried it. But anyway, there's actually two coatings, strawberry and white chocolate, making a more thicker chocolate layer. Overall, the taste is a bit funny actually, mostly because of the double layer of chocolate, I think if there wasn't a double layer, it would taste a bit better. Also the stick seemed a bit off, I don't know why, but it expires next year so I'm not quite sure why, maybe because the stick is thicker than your usual ones?? But not quite sure, though I probably won't try this version again, but I'd recommend people trying it first themselves before they judge themselves. Picture below is the packaging for the Chocolate and Strawberry, and the photo was taken by me and can be seen on my Instagram @masterbrendan. Well until next time, bye!

The Legend Of Korra Season 4 Episode 4 The Calling (TV Show Review)

Hey everyone, so I watched episode 4 of Legend of Korra so let's recap on what happened without giving too much away. So Jinora, Ikki and Meelo are on a quest to find the Avatar after she's been missing for quite some time. If you've been watching throughout the season, then you'd know that she's been at the swamp. I myself can't really say what happens without giving too much away, because so little actually happens in this episode that there's not that much I can say without giving too much away anyway so that's all I can giveaway.

There's not really any action in this episode, I feel like it was more of a filler episode to try and fill in the story gap. Of course the creators could have extended the whole event to fit in a whole season to carry onto another season/ series but obviously they did not want to do that and confined everything to one episode. So anyway, there's not much I can say sorry, but it's all worth it in the end I guess. No idea what can really happen next at the moment, but I hope Toph comes back at the end for some finale!

Yea sorry this wasn't a very interesting review, but that's only because there's not much to review on. Meelo does meet a girl though, and for some reason, I didn't think that Jinora, Ikki and Meelo were vegetarians until this episode, even though when I think about it, they must be.

Yea anyway, can't wait to see the finale. Until next time I'll talk to everyone later, bye!

Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon (Movie Review)

Hey everyone, so the title says movie review, but you should all know by now that reviews at the moment will be kept to the minimum as I'm focusing most of  my time studying these days, but let's get onto a quick review on another Scooby-Doo movie.

Unlike the previous film I watched, I actually watched this one from start to end, and even still at this moment there are some blanks which I cannot fill in, and I don't know if my brain is exhausted after a long day, or that I'm just not cut out to watch children targeted movies anymore. But anyway, this film features Blue Falcon and Dynomutt who are characters created by Hanna-Barbera Productions from a 70's show I believe, though I was born in the late 90's so until today I had no idea about these characters (sorry about that folks!) . So anyway, I guess this marks a sort of guest appearance/ collab with the Scooby-Doo franchise.

The film revolves around a comic-book convention in which as you guessed it, there's a monster wrecking havoc, and the Mayor is only interested in investment from the convention, so the event continues. The original  Blue Falcon actor was replaced by a younger actor and stars in a new film about the Blue Falcon, with everyone oblivious to the original Blue Falcon. This actually reminds me of one of the Ben 10 episodes, but I won't talk about that here. So anyway, the Mystery Inc gang investigates the mystery, and really... that's sort of what I remember, until ending anyway.

This film really just follows your usual Scooby-Doo film format, so much that I cannot really say much, other than I wish they could introduce something in which they have not yet. Though I know it's hard to get that new idea. In actual fact these new films seem to sort of follow a similar route. I don't know why, but the first few films up to the mid 00's seemed really good compared to these newer ones, I don't know what happened! Though when it came to unmasking the guy in the mask, you sort of don't have a clue on who it actually was. Every time I see a new Scooby-Doo episode or movie, I try to figure out who the culprit was, though most of the time, the evidence that they "collect" is a bit lacking.

Overall there's not much to talk about, it just follows your usual film routine. I'm not saying it's a bad film, but when you've seen most of the collection, the films can get a bit repetitive. My raiting would have to be a 6.5/10. Not bad at all. Well until my next investigation, bye!

The Man With The Iron Fists (Movie Review)

The Man with the Iron Fists is an American martial arts film directed by RZA and written by RZA and Eli Roth. The film is set in the more traditional period of China. Although you immediately assume this is just another martial arts film, you realise how different peoples film making techniques are.

Mid way through the film I have no idea what is going on, so I won't talk about any of the plot sorry! But anyway, from watching this film, I can feel that it has a very americanised vibe to it, and by that I mean it doesn't feel like your usual Chinese, martial arts sort of films. You have mostly rap sort of music, which is a no-no, especially in an ancient story setting. Also everyone speaks English so well, something I am not used to seeing, though not saying that's a bad thing, it gives the film a different feel to your usual sort of films.

Something about films filmed in partly more than one language is that sometimes they skip out some subs, but in this film, because I can some what understand Mandarin, I can understand what's not subbed  which is a bonus for me bahahah:P

In terms of action, there's actually not as much as I assumed for a martial arts film, though when there is, the scenes are quick and very bloody. uuuuummmm........ won't spoil it too much. My rating is a bit mixed as I'm not quite sure how I feel. Definitely very different to your usual martial arts film. I'd have to give this a 6/10. It's worth a look anyway, as I'm sure some people might really like a different style. Well until next time, bye!

Family Feud (Filler Posts)

Hey everyone, another filler post. I ended up watching 2+ hours last night and 1+ hours of Family Feud on YouTube today. I've actually found the show pretty funny, and I've laughed quite a few times. Here is one clip I have shared of a combination of videos from the show. I can't remember how I found this show, but I think it was while I was watching more Ellen videos.

Steve Harvey Kills On Family Feud Uploaded by deanmasonone on Jan 26, 2014

Meadow Fresh Chocolate Milk (Filler Posts)

Like I said, these are filler posts, and also most of my reviews are on entertainment related stuff, but sometimes I like to review consumable goods as well. As I am typing this post out I am drinking my Meadow Fresh Chocolate Milk. Now I don't know about you guys who may have tried it in the past, but for me something tastes off, like it doesn't taste like it used to. And I have bought a few over the past year and they all taste the same different taste, so there's a chance that they've changed the ingredient list since before, so if you're reading Meadow Fresh, then please revert back to your previous makings!!! I miss the old chocolate milk, it was so tasty! If you're reading this and you liked the Chocolate milk before then let me know so I know I'm not the only one who thinks there's a difference.

Yea anyway, I'm starting to think that I should be posting this on my other blog but I'll think about that later. Let me know if you want me to review anything, but until next time, bye!

Ellen Accents and Impressions (Filler Posts)

So sorry everyone but I've decided to do filler posts until my exams have finished as I have no real time to watch anything new or anything. But during procrastination time, I like to watch short YouTube videos and these Ellen videos are some which I watched today. They're fun to watch, and I got a good laugh out of them. Impersonations are the best! These are just two which I really enjoyed!

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Does Accents with 'Heads Up!' uploaded by TheEllenShow on Jan 9, 2014

Steve Coogan Does Impressions uploaded by TheEllenShow on Dec 4, 2013

Avatar the Legend of Korra Season 4, Episode 3,The Coronation (Cartoon Review)

Hey everyone, I'm real late today and it's almost midnight so I'm going to rush this! So The Coronation, what actually happened?? Well I'll try and not spill the beans too much, but basically Wu has a coronation to become the Earth King. The only piece of jewelry left was an earring later called a broach to make it more masculine bahaha. This was due to the fact that the Earth Kingdom Palace was robbed of it's jewels. We also see what happened to the palace which has now turned into a tourist attraction, and actually I feel a bit sad seeing this. We also see more of Toph, and the reason behind Korra not being her 100% self. There's not actually too much to this episode, but it sets the scene for the next episode as all events present in this episode sort of is a cliffhanger for the next episode.

Well overall not much action, but a lot of drama, plot wise there's a plot twist which people sort of knew was coming as we see things in a new light. I won't rate this episode or anything, but I'll have to see for the next episodes. I know when people do reviews they just reveal the whole plot, but I hate reading stuff like that before I've actually seen it, so hopefully I didn't give anything away.

Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire (Movie Review)

Hey everyone, so I wasn't quite sure if I should be reviewing the Scooby-Doo films because usually they all are pretty similar but I'll just be reviewing the one I'm watching today called Music of the Vampire.

Well anyway, there's one thing which sets this film different to the previous ones, and that's that it's more musical themed, so characters sing a number of songs throughout the film. Besides the musical themed movie, it's also vampire themed as well.  There's a vampire festival going on and well, you can guess what could happen next. But anyway I think I missed too much of the plot so you can guess what that means, but anyway I'll skip to my thoughts on the film. You can go and read the plot over on Wiki.

Overall there's not much to this film, it's not one of the best I've seen, yet it's not one of the worst. I probably only suggest people who want to hear the Scooby-Doo characters sing, or jsut kids who want to watch a cartoon or something. The reason why I can't say much about this film is that I don't really remember much about this film, and usually less interesting films do that to me. I'd probably give it a 5/10, but until I find myself re-watching the film again, that's my rating. Well until next time, bye!

The Happening (2008 Movie Review)

Hey everyone, today I'll be reviewing The Happening (2008 film) written, co-produced, and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. This movie is a supernatural thriller film, and is also considered apocalyptic too. So basically all over America, people are killing themselves due to an air-born toxin. The film follows a husband, wife, friend and daughter.

Well there's not much to say about this film. It got bad reviews but I still wanted to buy it and watch it. Remember the other apocalyptic films I watched, well I think those were worse than this one. My thoughts are that it's not actually as bad as what I thought when I looked at the reviews. The film starts off really great, we see people kill themselves, but we do not know why initially, and actually this is the first movie I have seen which covers this sort of topic, most of the others are related to zombies or aliens or something so this makes the story-line interesting.

If you're looking for really gruesome scenes then this isn't the film for you. I think if you prefer more story-line/ plot then this is the film for you! Closer to the end of the film, I sort of wonder what's actually going to happen. We think that everyone's basically died and a few people are left, but the film fast forwards 3 months later, and everyone seems to be fine, at least the people who are still alive anyway as we later find out that it only happened to a specific part of America.

I think  lot of films need a resolution for it to be a "good" film, at least this applies to a lot of good films, though I'm not saying that it applies to all, but this film doesn't actually have an ending, in fact they could make part 2 if they wanted, I won't say what happens at the end, but they made a cliffhanger for sure!

I feel like if the main protagonists actually solved the mystery and developed a cure or something, then it would have received better reviews, and also maybe if they added in a few more gruesome scenes, that's at least what I think anyway.

But overall, I don't know about anyone else, but I quite enjoyed the film actually. I've seen worse films in my life. In fact I think this film would rank better than Cloverfield for me, not quite sure about you guys though. Possibly characters may be less developed in this film, aiding to the low rating. I'd have to give this film a 6/10.

Actually, I'm watching the deleted scenes now, and there's more gruesome scenes, so yea haha. Well that's the end of this review. I actually bought 9 movies from this one person on Trademe and one which I thought was a sequel to a movie I really wanted to watch, but turns out that it was the second sequel so uh-oh haha. Doesn't matter really, anyway talk to you all later, bye!

Limited Edition Pokémon Unova Collector's Pokédex Book (Unboxing Review)

Hi everyone, I totally forget about reviewing this but I will do more video reviews in the future, more on products and special items as those require more of a look. Here's the video anyway, check it out!!

EasyCAP (Product Review)

Hi everyone, today's another product review. This will be another quick review because I haven't tested this product fully yet, but here goes.

So this product helps capture videos using RCA connectors or S-Video by using a USB connector. The product also includes an installation disc which includes a basic video editor to record the videos and edit them. And when I say basic, I mean it's similar to the basic windows movie maker with some different transitions and themes etc, but for $15, you don't expect too much.

But anyway, I mainly bought this product because I wanted to start filming some gaming videos. I searched this up online a few days ago before I saw this product on Off The Back so I just decided to buy it. I installed the product yesterday using the disc, and everything installed fine except for one final thing, though I'm not quite sure if it'll affect anything, at the moment everything is fine.

So I tried recording a simple DVD, but when I pressed play it didn't work. Not quite sure if this is a problem yet, or if it's just a copyright thing but I'll try out my Wii and Playstation later on when I have time. Though besides this It does work though so that's a plus. When looking at settings, I did realise that some of the aspect ratio options were a bit strange so I'm not quite sure if I'll be able to record without having some black bars anywhere but I'll let you guys know.

Overall it is a cheap option to record yourself playing games or making copies of your tapes or something, but if you're looking for something more higher quality then I suggest you do not buy this item. I'm pretty sure there's better options out there. But for the price, it does do the job. I will talk about it more when I have more experience with it. Well until next time, bye!

Action Camcorder (Product Review)

Hi everyone, today I'll be reviewing the Action Camcorder. I can't quite name the specific model but it shoots 720p videos and also pictures. I haven't actually had the chance to use it yet, but this is what I think about it so far.

So I bought it from Off the Back last week for $50 so it's pretty worth the money. We have water fights at work so I thought it was time to capture everything on video (without destroying a camera) so this was the choice for me. So the camera takes a micro SD card which wasn't included so that's sort of the reason why I haven't used it yet.

So the actual camera fits inside the water proof case, but I read that it can't go right under water so probably don't want to test that out! Some of the functions include a 2" touch screen, though I'm not quite sure that it works until I take case out so that's a con, but it's not much of a problem because you can still turn the camera on and press the shutter button. It does say that audio is recorded, even though you can't hear it when you play it back from the camera (apparently) though that's not too much of a problem.

Now, I'm not quite sure how long a camera can last, but it takes around 90 minutes before the battery drains (full charge) so that'g good maybe depending what the usual life if a camera is. It's more of a basic camera though, there's up to 4X zoom and you can do your usual camera taking and filming and stuff. It comes with some extra stuff like a bike mount and stuff, and you can stick it on a window or something. It also comes with a car charger and cords for your computer.

Overall I'm pretty happy with this product. I'll post more about it when I finally test it out and maybe post some stuff from the camera on this blog. Well until next time, bye!

Nickelodeon DVD Series (Product Review)

Hi everyone, I thought it was time to review the Nickelodeon DVD releases by Beyond Home Entertainment. I currently have bought 3 different shows: Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys and Hey Arnold. So Beyond Home Entertainment have been releasing box set collections for quite a while. They have definitely improved from the original Pokemon box sets that's for sure, but there's some room for improvement, so let's review!

So the typical set is a cardboard outside with a plastic casing inside with push cases. There's one thing I don't like about the cardboard case, and that is that there's no sort of slip cover to go over this case, so it sort of just flings open whenever which I think makes it seem a bit more cheaper because usually set designs like these have some sort of slip over these cases. I have seen a different design though, they were just the usual DVD cases, nothing special.

As for the contents inside, they have nicely separated each season out into 3-5 discs usually. Aspect ratio is in its usual form, and you can tell they restored the shows well as grain isn't as evident, and shakiness isn't that present. For Rugrats though, I did notice that the colours were a bit dull for my liking, though I seem to recall it being the usual dull colour. So far I have not seen any errors too which is good. Some of the Pokemon box sets had errors, though I think most of those errors came from the design of the cases which ultimately caused problems on some of the discs.

Overall these Nickelodeon DVD series released by Beyond Home Entertainment is pretty good. Like a lot of people, I'm waiting on Blu-Ray releases for full 1080 HD. I feel like I'm missing something, but I'll update if I remember what it was. I just hope that they release other childhood titles! Well until next time, bye!

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Season 1 (Cartoon Review)

Hello everybody, today I'm just going to talk about the cartoon Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Season 1. So I used to watch it on TV a long time ago, and watch the movies. I watched Mystery Incorporated back in 2011, but found myself missing out on the rest of season 1 as it was a time when I stopped watching anything on TV. Yea anyway, back to the show....

So if you've watched any of the Scooby-Doo shows or movies, then you might realise that this one is a bit different to your usual ones. It's still a person dressed up as a monster usually, though this time this series has a more of a darker tone to it all. And when I say darker tone, I mean it will probably scare children. There's some times when it actually looks like a character dies (Like being consumed by bugs etc), pretty different to some of the previous titles.

I don't really have much to say about this series though, it's pretty good I have to say. Just the darker tones could scare the younger children. There have been a couple of plot twists though, and the stuff about Mr E and the previous detective kids makes the storyline much more interesting, and a lot more spooky. Out of a 10, I think I'd give it a 7.5. Well until next time, bye!

Dragon Ball GT (Anime Review)

Hi everyone, so today I have officially finished Dragon Ball Z, after around 1 year, I have finally finished the series!!! Overall I stand by saying on my last post that that season was the best, because it really was. Following on from the final season of Dragon Ball Z, it's been around 10 years, and everyone's grown older and more wrinkly. All except for Goku who was turned back into a little boy again from an accidental Dragon Ball wish.

So I've finished episode 2 of GT. I remember watching the season for a week or two when I was younger, and I was right, I think I know why I enjoyed GT more than Z due to the storyline. Z was more about fighting for 20+ episodes, while at the moment anyway, GT is about the quest to find the Dragon Balls (Similar to Dragon Ball). I think that's what I most enjoy anyway, adventure sort of series, and GT seems to be it!

I have to say that it's weird seeing the characters grow up. They already aged 7 years in the final series in Dragon Ball Z. In actual fact in the final few episodes in Z, they went forward around 7 years so everyone got older then, which I found was a bit weird.

Don't know where I'm going with this, but anyway overall I feel like GT will be a lot better than Z, though online reviews say otherwise. I think if you enjoy story more than action than anything than this could be the right series for you. I'll post another review at the end of either season 1 or the whole GT series. Well until next time, bye!

Legend of Korra Season 4 Episode 1&2, After All These Years & Korra Alone (TV Show Review)

Hey everyone, so I finally got around watching the first two episodes of season 4 of Legend of Korra. So here's a quick rundown of what happened, not revealing too much hoping, but spoiler alert!

It's been 3 years since the end of Season 3 so  everyone's grown up and are beginning to live out their lives after what happened in the previous seasons. The main spoilers are that Korra is actually missing at the end of episode 1, and in Episode 2 we finally find out where Toph has gone.

Hopefully I didn't reveal too much. I have to say that these two episodes are more story than anything, something more for the LOK people to watch definitely! In actual fact I thought Season 4 might have continued straight from Season 3, but there's quite a gap, similar to LOA but a bigger gap. Also did you notice the episode name "Korra Alone", seems familiar doesn't it??

Some of the Earth Kingdom villages became corrupt by bandits after the death of the Earth Queen (Still can't get over the fact of an actual killing on the show!), and now there's a replacement Earth King (He's the great nephew??? of the Earth Queen) all I can say is that they should have picked someone else for the part!

As for Korra, why did she run off instead of talking to people? I still don't quite understand it. Partly because she sees herself in the Avatar state, but thinks it's an illusion for quite some time.

Anyway, this post is getting too long. Overall the episodes are good for Avatar fans as we all wanted to just keep continuing on with the series. What I actually hoped for was some sort of event which would follow on from Season 3, but I really don't feel it at the moment. They sort of made another problem out of the blue, but it's new that Korra is alone.

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (Movie Review)

Hey everyone, so I finally managed to watch this movie. I heard so many bad reviews from people, though I've been waiting to watch it since it was first released, just never had the chance to buy a copy. So once again, I won't talk too much about the plot or anything, just my thoughts about it.

This film differs from the previous two films by not being as music related. So the Chipmunks always had concerts and stuff, but this time, there was only one at the end, I think that's where a lot of the bad reviews go. This film is basically another survival film in where the characters are stranded on an island uninhabited.

The film focuses on the development of characters though as we see different sides of everyone, and see them mature, though I won't reveal what actually happens, you'll need to watch it yourself. Though I think this film is more for children to watch rather than older people (such as the people who grew up watching the series) as young children won't really care too much about the plot, as long as something interesting is going on.

Though I have to say that there's an evil character who is revealed quite late in the film. Maybe that's another reason why some people didn't enjoy this film as much, though the unexpectedness made it interesting to say the least so the writers did a good job there.

Overall the film was ok, I don't have much issues with it. Definitely more suited for younger children though as they're the ones who'll enjoy it the most. Well until next time, bye!

Kill Bill Vol 2 (Movie Review)

Hey everyone. I got around watching volume 2 of  Kill Bill today. I'll let you read my previous post if you don't know what the film is about because it carries on from volume 1.

Here are a few important things revealed in volume 2 (spoiler alert!!)
Bride's name is revealed, Bill's face is revealed, info on Elle's missing eye is revealed. Also we find out what happened at the Wedding and the bride's baby.

In terms of action, there's less fighting, and more story-line. There's only about 2 really good fighting sequences. The one that's probably the best was the one with Elle and the Bride so if you're thinking about just watching Volume 2 then look out for it.

When I watched this movie ages ago, I remember one thing which really annoyed me. The bride meets a master who speaks Cantonese, but she ends up speaking both Mandarin and Cantonese to him when answering Yes or No. I think because you can get confused really easily as adding 2 of the words means another word.

When I mentioned story-line before, I meant there's a lot of flash backs, and talking to make us understand more about what has gone on from Volume 1. We saw in Volume 1 the action side, and Volume 2 explains almost everything we had questions about.

So overall, it's not as good as volume 1, I'd rate this a 6/10. I think they could have added in a few more fight scenes to try and balance everything from volume 1. If they added in more dialogue in volume 1 then it could have made both films even better than they became to be.

Kill Bill Vol1 (Movie Review)

Hi everyone, so I finally got Kill Bill, both Volume 1 and 2. So if you remember Lady Snowblood I reviewed it last time. I'll just talk briefly about Kill Bill as I need to go to sleep soon.

Well anyway, this is basically a martial arts action film in which  Black Mamba (an un-named bride) had her wedding crashed, and all the guests killed. She was fatally injured but managed to survive. She wakes up years or months later and discovers that her baby is missing (she was pregnant) and decides to take revenge on all the people who caused her harm.

SO yea, it's basically a revenge film that's really action packed with many Asian, action influences.If you love action, fighting, bloody films then this is the right film for you. This movie really sets itself apart from other films, especially in America. One thing is a strong female lead who can fight, this is something which wasn't as prominent as it is today. Also, it's rare to hear non-Japanese people speak Japanese. I think that that's really cool. This film also takes ideas from a lot of previous films and incorporates it in a new way (especially Lady Snowblood).

My rating is 8.5/10. Time to watch Volume 2, tomorrow. Until next time, bye!

Off The Back (Website Review)

Hi everyone, today I'm reviewing another website. This website is called "Off the Back". Basically this is a daily deals site. Because it's a daily deal site there's not much to say product wise. So it goes on for 24 hours, and there's select stock on what items they sell.  They have some really cheap products on sale, but what lets this site down is no free shipping. It costs usually $5-$6 for post which can be a bit pricey when you're buying one tiny item. Also transaction time varies, but one item took around 1 week to process, but postage is pretty fast. It's delivered within the day or the day after. Overall it's an ok site I guess. I haven't dealt with any problems yet to know how their customer service is like.

Mightyape (Website Review)

Hi everyone. Today I will review the website Mightyape. I have been shopping on this site for over a year now so I'd like to talk to you guys about it and give you my thoughts.

So before I start, yes this is a very reliable site. If you have any problems at all with your order shich as the disc doesn't work for your game, you can send in a request and they'll help sort it out for you. This happened to me for one of my anime discs. They didn't require me to send the disc back, but sorted everything out and the disc arrived the next week.

As for what they actually sell, they sell all sorts, from entertainment types of things, to clothing and food. They really sell a lot of stuff. For their prices, sometimes they are cheap, but some of their stuff is a bit expensive too, though you can ask them to beat it, and usually they lower the price. They do daily deals, and that has caught my eye on quite a few items over the past year.

As for postage, it costs $3.90 usually, though larger orders cost more, so I recommend going Prime Ape. This lets you have the unlimited post option, so it doesn't cost you anymore money than the cost of being a Prime Ape user. They have 3, 6 and 12 months so you choose which one suits you the best. I think this is where the website decides if I want to buy from heir site though as I need to pay for postage. There's other options out there sometimes for the same price, but postage is free, it'd be cool if they changed this for the future.

As for the time frame. It usually takes only 1 day after your order is shipped for your item to arrive, so postage is pretty fast. You can also pay to have your item delivered on the same day if you're in the right place. This is good if you're rushing to get your item.

I don't think there's really anything wrong with this website though. I found myself coming on this website quite frequently to buy items. They also have banana point rewards, so each item you buy gives you certain amount of banana points in which you can use them to buy select items. Though I wish they had more of a variety.

Overall, if you're looking for cheap prices then I suggest you look here, but look elsewhere as well as sometimes their prices arn't the cheapest, though you can always try and get them to match the price. Well, that's all really. See you tomorrow in my next post!

Pokemon 4Ever (Movie Review)

Hey everyone. I actually watched this film a couple of weeks ago but as I've not really been watching anything new, I decided to just review this.

So you can guess that it's the 4th movie released from the Pokemon anime in 2001. The movie focuses on a young boy named Sam who was teleported along with Celebi decades into the future after being chased by a hunter. And basically the whole film is based around Ash, Sam and the gang being chased by hunters.

Overall it's a typical Pokemon movie, though most of the film is focused around one area, the forest. Not that it's a problem or anything. I feel like this film was rushed as the storyline doesn't seem to flow as well as some of the other Pokemon films.

 Though it's probably one of my least favourite films, there are some interesting parts. One is the secret behind Sam, I think the future self of him should have revealed who he really was. I think they should have incorporated the GS ball into the movie though. If you remember it was first mentioned i the Orange Island arc right until the Johto series. It would have been cool if they got rid of the big mystery about it. Apparently Celebi was supposed to be inside the ball and they were going to make a story about it but just left it alone. Anyway....

If you know about the usual Pokemon films, you know that many have very sad moments, enough that it makes you cry and have goose bumps. This film has no exception too, so be prepared when you watch it, though the emotional meter doesn't go off the roof for this film.

I'd have to give this a 7/10. It's not that bad at all, but it could have had more of a storyline to it. I can't say too much about this film because there's not a lot to it. So if you're a Pokemon fan and haven't seen this movie yet, then make sure you watch it!

Hotel Transylvania (Movie Review)

Hotel Transylvania is playing on TV at the moment so I thought I might as well watch and blog at the same time. My first immediate impressions was Despicable Me, and mostly because of the how the character talks haha.

I won't discuss the story line much but basically Count Dracula is running a hotel and is raising his 117 year old daughter Mavis alone after his wife was brutally killed by a mob in the 20th century. Being the over-protective father, he doesn't let his daughter go out and see the world, a dream she has. When a 21 year old human Jonathan arrives, he falls for Mavis, and turns the hotel upside down, making things "fun".

There's some funny bits in this film. There's a part when Mavis tries going out to the real world, but hits a snag when there's a mob of people who surround her, only to have themselves stab themselves and set themselves on fire(by accident of course as they're actually not human). I think the garlic + bread is really funny because of the Vampires don't like garlic thing haha.

Basically though, most of the storyline goes to Dracula stopping Jonathan from revealing that he's a human to the rest of the monsters and also stopping Mavis from wanting to leave home and travel the world. I really can't remember what happened at the end, so that isn't a good sign.

Overall it's an alright film, but I think more could have happened in it. Probably better for young children to watch as they won't care about the plot as much, though I have to say that there are elements which would probably scare young kids so you'd need to be careful with that.

Anime Censorship. Anime Only for Kids?? (Blog Post)

Hey everyone, there's no review today, but just a few of my thoughts on Anime censorship. Now I'm not just talking about getting rid of the violence/ blood etc, we know all that stuff about censorship. What I wanted to talk about was some interesting stuff that they do to anime shows when they start broadcasting it in other countries(specifically the U.S because that's the country that seems to dub anime).

Now we know once anime is dubbed, sometimes they change the dialogue, but sometimes they tone down shows too much to turn a teen+ anime title in Japan to a kids 5+ or something show. You can tell that there's something wrong with this already. But this is also because I think in Western countries generally (nothing against anything), usually kids are more linked to "cartoons" don't you think. That's just how society works. My uncle was sort of against me watching Pokemon and always asked "Isn't Pokemon for kids?!", and I have had a few comments similar to this too. The thing is that Pokemon is Shōnen(Look it up if you don't know what it is) and I'd like to think I'm living in my 少年 ya bahaha. Yea anyway, you may have noticed that there's elements in Pokemon which were taken out due to these "specific" things not for young kids. Though there's a part which was played by 4Kids, there's a lot which was due to the Western society not accepting these things for kids. I feel like we're(Western Culture Peeps) less accepting of touchy issues.

You know what? I asked someone about what anime titles they had today, and they asked me "what is anime"?! OMG I was shocked! And they had a whole range of anime titles too. They didn't know the difference from anime and something such as an American cartoon. The thing is that people who think that anime is for kids only have the same mindset too. Have you seen Another?!, have you seen Elfen Lied?!, have you seen Higurashi no Naku Koro ni?! or even Highschool of the Dead?! Watch them before you show a young kid ok :) (This is a joke, don't show them it, but you get my point, not all anime titles are for kids)

This blog isn't really getting anywhere haha.....
Anyway, I was reading about anime censorship yesterday and came across the edits on Once Piece and realised how toned down the show was. A change from a cigarette to a lollipop, drinking wine to orange juice. You know what I thought was one of the most interesting show edits?! In  Yi-Gi-Oh they edited out body guards with guys to them pointing the finger, and you know what, that's actually pretty smart bahaha. I had no idea they did this sort of stuff until maybe a year or two ago. I believe I'm a purest, so I like things as original as possible. Sometimes I can't be bothered reading subs so I move to dub. And seriously when call name a rice ball a jam doughnut or a sandwich, you know there's something fishy going on!

Anyway, these are just my thoughts on the issue. Don't worry if you fit in one of these categories. I'm just expressing my concerns with anime censorship. As long as you know the difference between a general cartoon and anime, and that anime isn't just for kids, then we're all g :D

Dragon Ball Z Season 7 (Anime Review)

Hey everyone, I've gone back to watching Dragon Ball Z again and managed to whip past a couple of seasons. I think the last time I posted I was on season 5 or 4. Those seasons were pretty boring I think as not a lot happened. Just really long fight scenes as usual. I was surprised to find out that the series moves over half a decade, and everyone has gotten older, carrying on with their lives after Goku has left. In the first episode Gohan starts public schooling, something he hasn't done before as he was always home schooled and tries and adapt to the ways of "normal" people.

Gohan has some close calls with hi powers while helping civilians out so he gets Bulma to make a disguise for him, only to have people try and track him down and reveal his identity. Later on numerous people including Gohan and the gang join up at the World Martial Arts Tournament and fight it all out.

That's all I'll reveal for this season. Compared to the previous seasons, this has to be one of my most favourite seasons out of them all so far. It's because the series flows a lot faster now, and fighting is kept to around 1-2 episodes, not 20+ episodes for a fight sequence like previous seasons. Also there's more going on story wise because of this. We get to see many characters develop in this season. My favourite part in this season is Bulma during the tournament as she makes negative remarks to a competitor's mum, and also she gets really into the fight and starts punching Oolong bahahaha.

I'd have to give this season a 8/10, it's really interesting. I think I said that about one of the previous seasons, but it ended in a really long fight too :S Anyway, I'm finishing up this season now. I'll be on the next season tomorrow as I'm already up to disc 5. In other news I'm up to the last episode of season 1 for Hello Counselor. Well until next time, bye!

Hello Counselor (TV Show Review)

Hey everyone! Today I just wanted to talk about this South Korean TV Show called Hello Counselor. Each week four people express their concerns about something in their life which is a concern to them. After they hear both sides of the story and listen to their family members and friends on their opinions, the audience votes if it is a concern. If that person gets the most votes(out of 150), they win $1,000, and appear each week and win the same amount again until someone else has a more concerning story, giving that new person the money.

What's interesting is that there are four hosts to the show, and each host has one person with the concern, and they start off by reading the person's concern before the concerned person appears on the show by sliding down a slide. And the pair have matching shirts which is cute haha. There's also guests which are celebrities who also express their judgements and thoughts too.

I have to say that the show is extremely addicting and really really funny. I laugh every time I watch each episode, and I've probably watched 10+ episodes within the first day or two(started watching 2 days ago). It's also interesting to see what sort of problems people have, and how extreme some of them are.

 This show is very different to western TV Shows as whenever they talk about these sort of issues, it's very serious and everyone usually leaves angry and annoyed. This TV Show turns the stories into comedy and makes every so funny, everyone laughs at it.

This show has to be one of the funniest I have ever seen. I rate it 9/10, really great. Really recommend this show to give yourself a good laugh!

Avatar The Legend of Korra Book 4 Episode 1 (TV Show News)

Hey everyone, so Episode 1 of Book 4 for Avatar The Legend of Korra was finally released! It's called “After All These Years”, and IGN has nicely provided a little snippet of a clip for us to all watch, Click Here!

I myself am excited about Book 4, but at the same time, it means that the series ends, and there's probably no more Avatar TV show ever again :( But I hope they keep on continuing with the comic book!