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Post by Belchic on Mar 20, 2006 23:36:58 GMT -5
I'm going to transfer all of my episode reviews into this thread.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2006 23:42:18 GMT -5
sonds good...I would like to read your reviews
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Post by Belchic on Mar 21, 2006 2:30:16 GMT -5
I think you may have already read some of them. They're on this board somewhere, but I'm going to repost them here.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2006 2:38:53 GMT -5
OK cool
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Post by Two-Tone on Mar 21, 2006 4:05:09 GMT -5
sounds good
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Post by Belchic on Mar 23, 2006 2:22:42 GMT -5
Guess I might as well get this section started.
Episode: "Horace and Jasper's Big Career Move"
Classification: Bottom of the barrel.
Score: 0.0
Your search has ended. If you loved this series so much that you couldn't think of a possible bad episode, remember that there is one. If you've been trying to figure out the worst episode of the entire series, this is it: "Horace and Jasper's Big Career Move"! Pretty much a no-brainer for a choice of the worst episode. The whole episode focuses on Horace and Jasper, but that's not why I watch this series. I want to see the four main pups! Although, they do appear several times in the flashbacks, they only get like three seconds of screen time in the episode itself. They are only seen towards the end of the episode, and Lucky has the only speaking part (which is kind of a good thing, as it gives Lucky more of a chance to shine without Cadpig having to steal the show with her metaphors and such). If you haven't seen this show before, I strongly don't reccomend watching this episode as your first! This gives a fine example of the show's weak points by focusing on two of the worst characters on the show. I always do my best to avoid this episode at all costs, so whenever this episode comes on, change the channel, turn off the tv, do whatever it takes to avoid this episode!
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Post by Belchic on Mar 23, 2006 2:23:03 GMT -5
Episode: "Shipwrecked"
Classification: Painful to Watch
Rating: rather not share
Review: "Shipwrecked" is not my favorite storyline, that's for sure. This is a very sad episode, and I'll have to say, it's pretty painful to watch. The four main pups going out to sea, and Lucky gets seperated from his closest friends and ends up getting stranded on a desert island with one of his biggest enemies. If there's one thing I don't like seeing on this series, it's seeing a seperation between the main pups. However, like all the other episodes, this one turns out to have a happy ending. When I first saw this episode, for some odd reason, I was hoping it was going to be a 2-parter, because the storyline really did seem to extend its horizons. Dear Lucky, if you ever get into situations like that, always remember that your devoted fans are here to help you.
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Post by Belchic on Mar 23, 2006 2:23:24 GMT -5
Episode: "Leisure Lawsuit / Purred It Through the Grapevine"
Classification: Series Classic
Rating: 10.0
Some people who watch this series might think that this episode is not very well-plotted. True, it could use a little more development, but I find the episode itself in my opinion to be a true classic. "Leisure Lawsuit" is without a doubt my all-time favorite episode of "101 Dalmatians". Why? Well, first off, even though the episode wasn't really made to focus on a specific character of the four main pups, I find it to be focused mostly on Lucky since he's so worried about the Dearly's losing the farm because of him, and since Lucky is my favorite character, I can enjoy the episode a lot. Also, I find this episode to be very fun to watch due to all the action that the pups do, such as the many times they attempt to get Cruella to chase after her stuff, forming several totem poles, and even the frisbee scene was exciting in some ways. "Purred It Through the Grapevine" is another one of my favorites. It's fun and funny, but sadly not as classic as "Leisure Lawsuit". Overall, I give this episode a perfect 10. It's kind of dissapointing that the series didn't have many episodes as classic as this one.
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Post by pongo57 on Mar 23, 2006 22:44:22 GMT -5
Are you a member of tv.com? Just wonder'n.
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Post by Belchic on Apr 2, 2006 23:54:33 GMT -5
I just came up with another episode to review. Here it is: Episode: "Our Own Digs / Goose Pimples" Classification: Not my favorite storyline Score: 1.0 These two episodes of 101 Dalmatians are, in my opinion, two of the worst episodes of the series. I have witnessed many flaws in each of them. I will try to explain them all in this review. To start things off, "Our Own Digs". Lucky, Rolly and Cadpig want to find their own hangout because there's not a lot of room where they are due to their gazillion brothers and sisters running around. They find this cool hayloft, and they move all their stuff in and even get cool sunglasses. They tell Spot about their hangout and want to show it to her, but as soon as they get back, all their stuff has been thrown out of the loft, and surprise surprise, Lt. Pug has taken over the hayloft! Why of all things? I never liked Pug! He doesn't belong on the show! He's been my least favorite character from the beginning! I would have enjoyed this episode a lot more if Pug wasn't in it! Anyway, I've noticed that in this episode, unlike most in the series, this one has a running gag. Lucky talks about moving hay blocks, Spot says that they're too heavy, Cadpig says, "We can use the __________," Rolly says, "We can use the __________," then Lucky says, "No, we can use the pulley!" That is like one of the lamest running gags I have ever seen in my entire life. Moreover, what's a pulley doing in a hay loft??? Overall, this episode's plot could use some extreme improvement, and it doesn't need Pug...or Cruella! Now we start the next episode, and hopefully, this one will be better than the first. But guess what? Oh no. This one's actually worse! This is yet ANOTHER episode with Lt. Pug! Pug has, for some reason, forcing the main pups to hike all day. When they decide to camp out for the night, Spot suddenly gets awakened and startled by the sound of Rolly's stomach. Or was it Cadpig's stomach? I don't know. My mind's mixed up. Anyway, Pug tells the pups the myth of Lock Jaw. Cadpig mysteriously disappears. Lucky goes out alone to look for her (Spot and Rolly were too chicken to go out with him). The others then hear monstrous footsteps, a loud jaw crash, and Lucky screaming. The remaining three runaway, but they lose Rolly, and he gets eliminated. Now all three of my most beloved pups have disappeared into the arms of Lock Jaw! How worse can you get??? Spot and Pug get separated, and Spot goes crazy. Just as she's about to meet her doom, she has been discovered by Captain, who for some unknown reason was taking the dalmatians on a hay ride. Of course, you gotta do hay rides at night, that's the best time of any day! Spot joins in on the ride and finds out that Lucky and Rolly are okay. But wait a second...where's Cadpig? We then cut back to Lt. Pug, who has apparently been discovered by the real Lock Jaw! Okay, yes, I get it, Lock Jaw is real, and Pug gets revenge from him, and this is the funny joke at the end of the episode, yeah, whatever, ha ha. But WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO CADPIG? ? Oh, wait...there she is. Alright, Cadpig's okay; I'm relieved. Overall, this was just another poor episode. The episodes of the series where the main pups get separated in some way have always been amongst my least favorites. In short summary, both of these episodes are poorly-made, and stand out, in my opinion, as two of the worst episodes of the series. If the series ever comes back on the air, and you haven't seen it before, I would not recommend starting with this episode. Check the listings before watching, and if this episode is listed, just skip it for the day. I recommend watching a few of the show's most excellent episodes before viewing this one. I should know, because this was the fourth episode I've seen of the series, and the three previous ones I saw before this were in my opinion some of the series' best. But if you only want to see the good episodes of this series, then I recommend you don't watch these at all, because "Our Own Digs" is frustrating, and "Goose Pimples" is just too painful to watch.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2006 23:59:27 GMT -5
oh yeh I remember thouse....they did suck Belchic
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Post by Belchic on May 3, 2006 1:52:31 GMT -5
Episode: "Leisure Lawsuit / Purred It Through the Grapevine" Classification: Series Classic Rating: 10.0 Some people who watch this series might think that this episode is not very well-plotted. True, it could use a little more development, but I find the episode itself in my opinion to be a true classic. "Leisure Lawsuit" is without a doubt my all-time favorite episode of "101 Dalmatians". Why? Well, first off, even though the episode wasn't really made to focus on a specific character of the four main pups, I find it to be focused mostly on Lucky since he's so worried about the Dearly's losing the farm because of him, and since Lucky is my favorite character, I can enjoy the episode a lot. Also, I find this episode to be very fun to watch due to all the action that the pups do, such as the many times they attempt to get Cruella to chase after her stuff, forming several totem poles, and even the frisbee scene was exciting in some ways. "Purred It Through the Grapevine" is another one of my favorites. It's fun and funny, but sadly not as classic as "Leisure Lawsuit". Overall, I give this episode a perfect 10. It's kind of dissapointing that the series didn't have many episodes as classic as this one. Hey, Trey_Vore, did you review this episode yet? I really gotta think of some more episodes to review.
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Post by Trey_Vore on May 3, 2006 8:21:28 GMT -5
Not yet, but I have it on tape and I can review it. Just need some time.
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Post by Belchic on May 8, 2006 21:20:00 GMT -5
I have a few ideas for a couple of episodes that I"m going to review, but I'll do them later.
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Post by Belchic on May 9, 2006 20:16:04 GMT -5
Here's another one I came up with. I hope you enjoy:
Episode: "Four Stories Up"
Classification: Character Development
Score: 10.0
"Four Stories Up" is an excellent episode of "101 Dalmatians" and also, in my opinion, one of the best. For someone new to watching this series, this is a good episode to watch as one of your first. This episode has a great way of showing the personalities of the main pups.
In this episode, the dalmatians are watching a new episode of "Thunderbolt", then suddenly, Cruella De Vil interupts the show with a telethon made for the stuff that she cares about. The pups try putting something else on, but no such luck because she was on every channel. Pongo and Perdy told the pups to find a way to entertain themselves for the time being, so Lucky decides to come up with his own ending to the Tunderbolt episode.
Lucky inserted himself into the show playing the role of Baypup. He surfs out to save Thunderbolt and help him retrieve the golden bone, and somehow, Spot was in there too who ends up getting eaten by a shark. Lucky's story was really cool, and it shows a good indication that Lucky's the type of character who craves action and adventure.
Not thinking Lucky's story was very good, Rolly decided to narrate his version of the story. He put himself into the show as himself being the captain of a rich cruise ship. He has Spot as a servant and makes her save Thunderbolt. Rolly's story was okay, but it definately showed that Rolly has sort of a twisted mind, and he didn't really get a lot out of it. It also revealed that Rolly is a very lazy character who doesn't like to work up a sweat.
Cadpig then comes in with her version of the story. Out of nowhere, this heart-shaped spacecraft known as Veris 5 picks up Thunderbolt, Cruella, and Spot (who gets capsized and alienized). They meet an alien named Gipdac (Gee, I wonder where that name came from?) who teaches them about peace, interplanetary harmonies and stellar convergence. This story shows that Cadpig is a peace-loving character who wishes to be a yoga instructor. I often don't like to choose the most popular as my personal favorite, but I'll go ahead on this one and say that Cadpig's story was my favorite of the four.
After having to hear what happened to her in the other three stories, Spot decides to get revenge on the pups by telling her story. In Spot's story, she plays the role of Cluckzilla. She gets in contact with the other three pups one by one and takes them all out. Not much of a story as it didn't really tell what happened to Thunderbolt, but it was a nice way to get revenge. This story shows that Spot is the type who has special preferences in her life and would want to get revenge on the stuff she hates about her life.
Rolly decides to turn on the Cruellathon after everyone did their stories, but then Cruella announced that they were going off the air since nobody called to contribute anything, and Thunderbolt came back on. The real ending turned out to be a completely stupid ending. Talk about a failure of imagination, even though we didn't really get to see what really happened. But still, "Four Stories Up" is overall, an excellent episode. I say it's a strong reccomendation for every archive tape made for this series (but you can delete the Cruellathon scenes if you want; they're not much to see).
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