#JustaQuickiePlease: Pete's Dragon (2016) Review

Yet another one of Disney's "mad dashes to the cash" in the form of a live-action reboot.  Unlike the others, however, this is actually a 2016 live action reboot of a 1977 live action film, so there's that. The original was a charming, innovative musical, being one of the first feature-length movies to truly explore an extensive amount of animation mixed in with a stellar cast for the time.  This outing replaces that animation with CGI but leaves out all of the flourish and fun of its 70's predecessor. Instead, this incarnation attempts to create a more authentic story, about love, loss, and family that is entertaining but far too predictable, and at some points, stale and even sappy.   However, with that said, the cinematography is stunning, and the effects utilized to bring Elliot the Dragon to life, are both remarkable and believable.   Newcomer Oakes Fegley steals the show, and his performance is convincing and engaging.  The remainder of the cast, mostly current and former A-Listers, is good, not great, but still able to compliment Fegley's orphaned Pete.   My recommendation, watch and enjoy this fare but give the kids a treat and rent or stream the 1977 Disney classic.  You won't regret it. 3 out of 5 Kernels: A little dark for some young ones, with some tough subject matter and a few scary moments, but overall a pleasant fantasy for most of the family.

Arrow Grade: F

Arrow Grade: F

They literally found a way to involve a dirtbike in an episode that takes place entirely inside...

Oh, and spoilers...

1) Felicity wants to make a difference so she joins a clandestine group of cyber criminals...

Instead of reverse engineering the device that allows her to walk which could change the lives of millions of people for the good...

Thought, we forgot about that writers...

Didn't you...

2) Argus legitimately took Curtis' right ball...

Or, maybe it was his left...

How could you even tell...

3) Yeah, let's stay in the room that is filling with Methane Gas...

Like they're gonna kill us off...

4) Can we count the ways Oliver's wound would have killed him in this episode...

Maybe, the Arrow is really Logan's long-lost son...

5) Felicity admits she was wrong...

It only took us three excruciatingly long seasons to get there...

6) Lyla called out Diggle just like I did last week...

CW...

Send me my check...

7) Still waiting for the fact that Oliver is an admitted serial killer to actually have some kind of impact other than...

Meh...

8) So...

The Arrow Cave security wasn't good enough to keep Chase out...

Or anyone else, for that matter...

But becomes impenetrable once Oliver and Felicity are locked in it...

Seriously, the show makes my head hurt...

9) Flashback sex...

It was bound to happen...

10) The torch ignited the rising methane...

But didn't create a huge fireball that would have descended down to its source...

Cause...

Reality is not a character on this show...

But Plot Device damn sure is...

#Arrow #CW #FaileditsFans #Dirtbikes

Flash Grade: A-

Flash Grade: A-

I have been saying it all along...

Commas...

Commas, people...

Commas, save lives...

Oh, and spoilers...

1) And, since we brought it up...

I am the future Flash...

2) First, we had Emo Barry...

Now, we have Phantom of the SpeedForce Barry...

3) Did MegaSavitarTron really have to say...

I rise, you fall...

Somewhere...

Michael Bay is frantically writing down the brief for his lawsuit...

I'm sure it will include explosions...

4) If Killer Frost knew exactly what was going to happen...

Because Savitar knew what was going to happen...

How, exactly did Vibe get the jump on her...

5) For the first time...

We have literal scientific proof...

Of someone having ice in their veins...

6) Why didn't Savitar just kill the Crazy Cat Lady Scientist...

Oh, that's right...

She was protected...

By plot device...

7) While we are at it...

Why are all the female scientists in the ArrowFlashVerse either chronically awkward or latently psychotic...

Sheesh, DC...

What...

Did you have a really bad break up with a smart chick or something...

8) Watching H.R. flirt is physically painful...

9) Does anyone in Central City not know who the Flash really is...

10) Okay...

Who else thinks...

The whole Caitlin Frozone ice bridge thingy was the coolest thing...

EVER...

#Flash #CW #Savitar #FrostisFrozonesDaughter

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D Grade: C-

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D Grade: C-

Seriously, guys...

If not for the performances...

Oh, and spoilers...

1) Literally waited for Tank to meet Coulson as he exited the Marvel Matrix...

2) So, we basically did the whole Hydra Cap comic book thing through Fitz...

Didn't we...

3) I swear to you...

If the Russian Sub's name is the Nebuchadnezzar...

I'm done...

4) They beheaded Aida before she fully "fleshed out"...

And, yet she survived...

Oh, I know what saved her...

Plot device...

5) Simmons really took his Freedom...

6) Does anyone else believe that they are going to use the Human Sized Easy Bake Oven to bring Hope back to Mack in the real world...

7) Couldn't they have just landed and remained cloaked to save power, instead...

8) The official Best line of the Series...

Coulson gets shot in the chest and says...

This feels all too familiar...

9) We all know when this is all over...

May will with Phil...

10) Bringing Tripp back for a few episodes...

Is the Fangirl equivalent of blue balls...

Not cool, Marvel...

Not cool...

Bonus:  Not only did the machine make Aida a human...

But, it apparently gave her the powers of Nightcrawler...

Seriously, what was up with that...

#Marvel #ABC #AgentsofShield #Aida #Framework #AgentsofHydra

Gotham Grade: A+

Gotham Grade: A+

Goosebumps...

Freakin' golfball sized goosebumps...

Oh, and spoilers...

1) RA's

AL

GHUL...

2) Bruce...

You have to become Gotham's protector...

BATGASM...

3) With each villain, they just keep getting better...

Ladies and gentlemen...

Poison Ivy...

4) Penguin really did get his freak on...

Do you think Gabe got the point...

Or all of them, for that matter...

5)  Well...

At least Ivy got a free year's worth of fertilizer out of that deal...

6) Barbara...

She may be Harley...

Maybe she's not...

Either way...

She makes cray cray look sexsay...

7) Lee...

You're crazy Jim...

Destroying everything you touch...

Now, leave me alone to mourn by psycho ex-husband who was determined to murder me...

8) I want Judge Judy to guest star on the Court of Owls...

9) Things never go well when Jim gets into a limo...

His prom must have sucked...

10) Well Dressed Mutant Ninja Psycho...

Well Dressed Mutant Ninja Psycho...

He'll cut your head off...

Owl Power...

C'mon...

You know you sang that in your head...

#Gotham #Fox #BestShowonTV #DC #BatmanBegins

Supergirl Grade: F

Supergirl Grade: F

Let's just get to it...

1)  We came this close to having an Alex free season...

This close...

2) We went from Gilmore Girls with Capes to Veronica Mars of Krypton...

And, now...

Daxam Crest...

And, if you got that reference...

You are so freakin' old...

3) Lena Luthor...

Dirt thinks she's dumber than it...

4) So, how exactly again did Dollar Tree Saw figure out how to beat the D.E.O in a single year...

Oh, that's right...

It's the D.E.O...

My 9-year-old could beat their security...

5) They have a mind wipe machine...

SPHINX...

If you got that reference...

You are super special awesome...

6) Maggie...

Officially the most annoying character on the CW...

And, that's quite the accomplishment...

7) Mon-El...

His superpower is runtime filler...

8) It's Season 2...

Or what I like to call...

Who gives a frak...

9) American History X can block J'onn's mind reading powers...

Cause...

We're the writers for Supergirl...

If logic was a religion...

We'd be agnostics...

10) National City Prisons...

S.T.A.R Labs designed our security...

And, we only employ one guard...

And, apparently, house one prisoner...

But, our police department has Alien Tech that can create holograms and bypass locks...

Keep defending this show you fanboys and gals...

Keep on defending it...

#Supergirl #CW #KryptonitefortheFans #DCWTF

The #DuskSeries Episode 7 (Live)

The #DuskSeries Episode 7 (filmed Live)...

Her Bite is Far Worse Than Her Bark...

https://www.facebook.com/duskseries/videos/1336662963090662/

The team meets with Celeste, the Luna. Will the bitter She-Wolf reveal more questions than answers?

Introducing...Madison Smith as Celeste

Starring:
Megan Rogers as Maleficus
James Hurley as Fenton Rivers
Jonathan Thompson as Gabriel
Cinematography/Editor...Tyler Suggs
Written and Directed by Ronald J. Rossmann
Music by Isaac Moore

#Dusk #Darknesswillfall #vampire #werewolf #witch #magic #supernatural #paranormal #series #webseries #livestream #FacebookLive #TeamFenton #TeamGabriel #DieforMal #BitchhasBite