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Scissor Seven Season 1 & 2 Review

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Scissor Seven is a Chinese animated action-comedy that has a very art style that really sets it apart from other animated shows on Netflix. The show starts off as a very episodic show that sprinkles in lore and world-building episode by episode. The show follows Seven who is a person with amnesia is unable to remember his past. He is taken in by a blue chicken named Dai Bo who forces him to work as a wannabee assassin and barber doing odd jobs around Chicken Island. The majority of the first season is used to introduce the inhabitants of Chicken Island and very contained episodes that sees Seven attempt to assassinate them but ultimately failing every time. The show gets more serious as more of Seven's past is revealed and more threats Chicken Island are introduced. The show is very over the top in its comedy and action in terms of the visuals. The show is never trying to be realistic and it is very much the shows strength because of this the animators are rea...

Clone Wars Season 7 Ep 12 "Victory and Death" Series Finale Review

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I have no words to describe how amazing the final episode of Clone Wars was because none of that  would do the episode justice. The music and sound for this final episode was above and beyond  anything I have ever heard from any show let alone animated shows. From the opening score in the  beginning to the sound of the ship crumbling throughout the episode to the final score, in the end, it  really was a whole another level that equals or even surpasses that of the saga films. The sequence of  Maul going full Star Killer with his force abilities destroying the hyperdrive was so fucking insane  to see, I honestly question why he needed to ever to wield a lightsaber based on the force abilities he  demonstrated but it was an amazing treat. He also showed up Darth Vader by force choking two  people at the same time. Rex and Ahsoka had one of the best moment in the series when all the  remaining 501st had the...

Clone Wars Season 7 Ep 11 "Shattered" Review

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"All my Gawd!!" (Joseph Joestar), that was my reaction the whole time watching this episode. The atmosphere amplified by the music coupled with the knowledge that order 66 was about to happen gave me goosebumps and a great amount of anxiety that rivals that of a great thriller movie. This episode starts off with Ahsoka saying her farewells with Bo Katan and walking into a holo meeting with Windu, Yoda, Ki Ai Mundi, and Aayla Secura discussing the detainment of the Chancellor. Everyone who has watched Revenge of the Sith should know at that moment that order 66 was very close to happening. Seeing Ahsoka walking through lines of clone troopers while escorting Maul on to a Republic ship was honestly making my heart go 200 beats a second despite me already knowing that Ahsoka survives order 66. That is a testament to how good this episode was, despite already knowing Ahsoka is in no danger of dying I was still very worried for her due to how tense and bleak th...

Clone Wars Season 7 Ep 10 " Phantom Apprentice" Review

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My god, this episode was as glorious if not even cooler than the last episode and I thought last episode was one of the best episodes of the whole series. Holy shit, the amount of fluid integration of this episode into the events of the Revenge of the Sith was mind-blowing. It was expected that there was going to be cross over between this arc and Revenge of the Sith but seeing it first hand is another matter entirely. This episode starts with Ahsoka fighting off Maul with the help of Rex and but not before Maul drops Darth Sidious's name. Right after this, we cut into a meeting between Ahsoka, Rex, Bo Katan, and Obi-Wan where we get the bombshell that Count Dooku is dead. This immediately tells us that while Ahsoka was dealing with Maul, the opening sequence of Revenge of the Sith where Anakin and Obi-Wan fight Dooku has already happened. Putting this episode's events in sync with Revenge of the Sith officially. We also learn that at this moment Obi-Wan is ab...

The Willoughbys Review

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The Willoughbys is a Netflix original animated movie that is a coming of age story about the Willoughby children; Tim, Jane, and twin brothers both named Barnaby who has negligent parents that only have enough love for each other. The Willoughby children are basically orphans with the way their parents neglect and ignore them, this becomes even more true when they decide to orphan themselves by sending their parents on a deadly holiday that they may not return from in order to gain the freedom they never had before. Things take an unexpected turn when the Willoughby children meet their nanny hired by their parents who ends up being a very caring person luckily. The nanny, Linda is not initially accepted by Tim after all the hardships he had to deal with  and had trouble trusting Linda at first until she helps them prevent their house from being sold off by their parents. Unfortunately, Tim made a horrible mistake that separates the Willoughby children from each ...

The Midnight Gospel Review

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After working on Adventure Time for almost a decade, Pendleton Ward has created a new show that has no filter on Netflix. If you thought Adventure Time felt like an acid trip than The Midnight Gospel is an overdose on cocaine and heroin. This show is not your typical animated show and it is not for everyone. It's a very episodic show that doesn't really have any overarching plot that connects the episodes. The show follows Clancy who is the creator of essentially a podcast called the Midnight Gospel where he interviews guests that he meets throughout his trip through simulated worlds. The way the show presents itself is pretty wacky because you would have very normal calm philosophical discussions regarding real-life topics like drugs, death and personal experiences while on-screen crazy stuff is happening like people being rip to shreds by hordes of zombies or an uprising is taking place. This contrast from audio and what's happening on screen is probab...

The Last Kids On Earth: Season 1 & 2 Netflix Review

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Based on an ongoing series of books by Max Brallier, The Last Kids On Earth is an animated show about four teenagers living in a post-apocalyptic version of our current world. Currently the show has two seasons with the second season just released at the time I'm writing this review. The first season of the show is a bit weird because it just consists of one episode that is 67 minutes long. The episode follows Jack one of the main protagonist of the series who finds himself abandoned by his family as portals from the sky unleash hordes of monsters and a zombie plague. This episode shows Jack's life before the apocalypse and the sudden zombie outbreak that soon follows which is a blessing in disguise for Jack who never felt like he fit in with normal society. The zombies are only the initial problem as Jack encounters creatures that are far more threatening than slow-moving undead. The most deadly creature being Blarg who is a fast and deadly monster that is th...