October 31, 2013

"It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"

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Written by Charles M. Schulz.
Special Halloween/Peanuts Review: It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.

Cast
Peter Robbins as Charlie Brown and Pig-Pen, Christopher Shea as Linus van Pelt, Sally Dryer as Lucy van Pelt, Glenn Mendelson as Schroeder, Kathy Steinberg as Sally Brown, Ann Altieri as Violet Gray, Lisa DeFaria as Patty, Bill Melendez as Snoopy. Directed by Bill Melendez.

Review
It is a classic as it expresses the best of the Peanuts comic/specials, with humor mixed into the plot. It's a fun story to watch for anyone. Its characters and animation work hand in hand and it does have the classic feel that Peanuts special usually have.

Overall, I give it a rating of 5 out of 5 stars.

"Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin"

Written by Robert Holmes
Directed by David Maloney
Review: The Deadly Assassin.

Cast
Tom Baker (4th Doctor), Peter Pratt (The Master), Bernard Horsfall (Chancellor Goth), Erik Chitty (Engin), George Pravda (Castellan Spandrell), and Angus MacKay (Borusa)

Review
I decided to do this review as a special treat for Halloween, doing a Doctor Who review. While this is a story for TV, it's a serial first (Parts almost at 24 mintues long), which convinced me to make a review of the classic serial. Anyway, this serial is the first to introduce us to the planet Gallifrey, home of the Time Lords. I like how the society is so...alien. They're aliens that look human (Though the Doctor 35 years later states Humans look Time Lord), yet they act so different from us. It's a fascinating serial that has good acting and a well balanced plat. The Master looks very skelelton like, considering he has run out of regenerations, and he will die soon (Until JNT decides to return him 5 years later...) This story is a classic that you will love because it does its job of telling a story, and then some more. And to the people who complained of the "torture" at Episode 3 in the 70's, ironic how everyone thinks its perfectly fine now. I guess we've evolved in that sense..

Overall, I give it a rating of 5 out of 5 stars.