Porridge 1979 by AverageMansReviews

Porridge 1979 by AverageMansReviews

Related content: Animal Farm 2025/2026 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2026/07/animal-farm-20252026-by.html

Background and journey of: Norman Stanley Fletcher known as Fletch and sometime later for some time Lennie Godber better known as Godber [Ronnie Barker & Richard Beckinsale:] they began life on the British sitcom known as Porridge; 1974-1977; 3 Series; altogether 21 Episodes, then a continuation/spin-off; Going Straight 1978; 1 Series; 6 Episodes and then this movie in 1979

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/rainbow community elements/medical/references to racism

Convicts vs. Celebrities: Norman Stanley Fletcher known as Fletch [Ronnie Barker:] is an experienced convict the is the head coach of the Convicts Team,  Lennie Godber better known as Godber [Richard Beckinsale/yes for the younger generations; he is the father of Samantha and Kate Beckinsale:] he is the cellmate of Fletch; they very much have a father and son relationship and he is a defender football/soccer player.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script and the framework and pacing of this 93 minutes film is good; there isn't much really to report here; all these components are very much solid and sound.

Comedy and action; the comedy is quick-witted as for an example of Fletch gets asked by a new addition to the prison officer staff something to the effect of why are you hear? As in what crime did you commit? Which Fletch responds with, because I got caught; as in I am here because I got caught committing a crime. So Fletch will slightly turned things to have a joke or to win an argument or frame or phrase things differently depending to suit what need such as playing a game of Draughts; because the situation has come to the attention that he needs to address, when he is playing this game and it is inevitable he is going to lose, you will call it a draw.

Godber will make a hat disappearing in today's food; as he gently patted down with a wooden accessory to make sure that it sinks down into days batch of food and much later on we have some football/soccer; where we have some really hard challenges/tackle going in, a sloppy goal and unfortunately Gober gives himself a concussion consequently a little time later he gives some Scottish football results; in the style of an individual that is re-capping an entire afternoon of football/soccer results in one sitting.

Character developments and performances; on both counts they are excellent versions of what they are meant to be; because they have an authentic presence to them; be it a convict has committed a crime hence why they are here or highlighting the the prison officers are serving time just like the criminals; in the context of you may have that choice to go home, but serving your time in a work sense, isn't much different. So it brings annulment of a symbiotic relationship between both prison officer and criminal and vice versa, and on top of that you have all the different levels of criminals and also the different levels of prison officers as well; that may go from let's try and talk to these criminals all the way to a strict hand; so broadly speaking you have this melting pot of a little society within HMP Slade Prison; so these performances regardless of role size had to slot into this environment and run with it; which in turn creates excellent chemistry and camaraderie which is priceless to the success of this universe; obviously a special mention has to go to the nucleus of characters/performers such as Barker and Beckinsale; because without this nucleus it struggles to work as the Porridge remake of 2017 has shown us; 1 Series; 6 Episodes; full disclosure I have never seen it, I mean I have never seen it fully but I have come across it channel hopping, but that is about it; you couldn't or shouldn't remake a project which has a legacy behind it and trying to re-create the time and tone of its place in history doesn't work which just to finish off Animal Farm 2025/2026 is now finding out the hard way.

This film receives: 8/10, this film is excellent; on reflection I have decided to award another extra mark based on; it is just a little pleasant film that is of the highest quality and most definitely has a timeless quality to it, this film also has some extra bits and pieces going on underneath the closing credits and it even has 1 Winning award to its name; Evening Standard British Film Awards 1980 Evening us Standard British Film Award Best Comedy Dick Clement

 

Animal Farm 2025/2026 by AverageMansReviews

Animal Farm 2025/2026 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/environment/animal cruelty/drowning/animal waste/medical. Even though this film is a PG, I would strongly recommend if you have children under the age of 12A to reconsider taking them to see this film; based on my opinion even though I don't have children [as of this content being created] it really is not suitable for them and I feel quite strongly about this project that there will more than likely; scratch that, there will be centred adult language references in this content at some point

Welcome to Animal Farm the 2025/2026 version: briefly; this farm gets taken over by the animals of this farm; including but not limited to Randolph [voiced by: one of the Producers/Director of this film; Andy Serkis:] he is Rooster that does what a Rooster is meant to do and there is be the farmyard's alarm clock. But our story mainly focuses on the pigs; as Lucky [voiced by: Gaten Matarazzo:] a kindhearted Gloucestershire Old Spots piglet; that has a best friend by the name of  Boxer [voiced by: Woody Harrelson:] he is not the brightest of shire horses, but he does put the effort in and is most definitely the hardest worker on the farm and then we come to Napoleon [voiced by: Seth Rogan:] he is very manipulative as a  British Saddleback pig as eventually he takes power of Animal Farm.

Generally speaking: Oh Wow we have a lot to talk about; I'm going to start with this statement; it is never nice for someone to get fired consequently lose their job, but having said that now slightly covers me for this...  fudge me I hope someone gets fired or heads roll for allowing this film to be green lit, because quite frankly it is tone deaf, you see when the original animated film was released in 1954 [and full disclosure I haven't seen that version as of this content being first created,] but in this point that in itself is not a big problem, because my point is; 1945 when the actual novel of the title Animal Farm: A Fairy Story was written by George Orwell, then published/released by Secker and Warburgin 1954; around this time period in history they all knew that capitalism was and is even in 2025/2026 and beyond eventually we are now in a situation where; there are more people that don't have, over those that have a lot and where the tone deafness comes into effect is obviously it is too late now and the irony of this cast a high percentage of them are old enough to have benefited by the current system that we have in place, so you are preaching to us on one hand, but on the other hand still benefiting from the system that you have just criticised that makes you by definition hypocrites and I don't know about everyone else, but the last time I looked in my own country of the UK they have been at least two major occasions where; the wealthy have profited whilst people are suffering Brexit from a decision that was made in 2016 and then roughly 7 years ago with Covid-19. Yet someone somewhere had the bright idea to come out with this remake which is so out of date and more importantly out of touch it is offensive.

So the storyline/script is frankly pig's manure all is; is a modernised retelling which is horrific to watch, though I can't tell you this enough even if I had kids or a nephews or nieces or even just babysitting there is no way in hell I would take my kids to watch this manure, all this is by today's language is virtual signalling hollocks, things are that bad the framework and pacing of this 94 minutes film is almost irrelevant; because this film is not a pleasant watch; but I will question one thing... why the hell do we have two characters in Lucky and Boxer providing voice over to this storyteller outlay from two different perspectives; it is just horse manure, why do it? It doesn't provide anything different or a different insight or anything positive; it will confuse some people out there, but I just think it is lazy, pointless and it makes this film sound/look/feel as if it was a brain-dead patient waiting for somebody just to pull the plug to put them out of their misery and that's the record yes I can use the brain-dead reference; as I have brain damage.

Art, action and comedy; the computer animation is standard; meaning it will do its job but there is nothing to write home about or put in this content, we see a member of the pigs driving this vehicle into this swimming pool and for the comedy; what comedy?

Character developments and voice performances; other than the character developments being essentially a paint by numbers approach what they were going for; the only thing I can say that was imaginative is a nutshell when these pigs didn't have much money, when they spoke to humans they sounded like pigs, but mysteriously when they had enough money behind them; the humans could understand them perfectly fine, as to indicate now you have enough wealth it also grants you a voice to be heard and on top of that there is only a small number of voice performances that could hold their head up high and say I did good work here for one example; it would have to be Harrelson; you just embodies Boxer as this they were made from one another.

This film receives: 1/10, this film is poor; I mean of this content being first created from a budget of $35 million it has only taken just over $6 million, this is one of those rare occasions where I would really like to see the negative award givers really take a look at this film and at minimum gives plenty of nominations, from me this is now the worst animated film project I have probably ever seen and it is now going to take something special/in a worse way for this to be beaten and this is no exaggeration, there were some extra bits and pieces as in moving through history as in on reflection, I hope this wasn't the case and I would very much loved me wrong and I am taking this with the utmost seriousness I would love to be wrong, I hope it wasn't indicating/implying that capitalism was and is always going to be there, because as it relates to a movie; this would be basically flying the middle finger and rubbing it in our faces; so allow me to finish on this very small statement; after everything is said and done; I hate this fudgin' film, because I didn't need to be reminded of how low I actually am on the social pecking order of things and I am not speaking for anyone; but I should imagine I am not the only one, that didn't need to be reminded via this film of you are either a have or a have not.

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad 1958 by AverageMansReviews

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad 1958 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/transformation/animal cruelty/stabbing/impaling/cutting/animal biting/medical

We hit the seas again: briefly; Captain Sinbad [Kerwin Mathews:] with his predominantly treacherous crew of criminals he set sail to save the woman he loves in; Princess Parisa [Kathryn Grant:] she currently has a major height deficiency and if Captain Sinbad can't fix the problem their two families will go back to fighting again, as their impending marriage was meant to stop the conflict.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script is good; the framework and pacing of 88 minutes long, by and large is good once it knows what it is doing; meaning there are times in the beginning section or somewhere around here; it doesn't feel so purposeful, as if it needs something to focus on to be motivated.

Art and action; let's be completely honest with one another here and let's just not go around the bush here; the biggest assets to this title by the distance between the Earth and the Moon and hell I will even say all round trip back to Earth again is the simultaneous art and action; to begin with just the art; we have set designs, locational images being on land or water or in other places such as for one example; a lamb, then we have wardrobe and accessories of a middle eastern flavour and texture's which are striking colourful, but not overpowering, but as you would expect highly detailed and of a high-quality presentation and if that isn't enough we come on to the art and action; it is of stop-motion; which for the younger generations if you don't know this style of animation; I'm not going to sound like a grumpy old man; but really you may want to broaden your horizons; simply put; it is where an artist painstakingly has this creature in this case Cyclops [with legs of a goat:] ever so slightly moves the creature including but not limited to facial expressions, takes a picture and then repeat the cycle and then repeats the cycle and so on and so forth [hence why I said painstaking me] and what we see on screen are the results of; pure mastery as you can put in these very tiny but also crucially details which in turn becomes personality and without a shadow of doubt; it has a timeless perfection quality to it; as everything has been done by hand you never lose the hand quality as Sinbad in this little sequence causes some hurt to the Cyclops and we can clearly see/feel the Cyclops is in some difficulty as he is struggling with his vision.

Character developments and performances; on both counts they are/were good versions of what they were going for and the cast performers are good reflection of this character types.

This film receives: 9/10, this film is excellent; as I have already shown it does have a lot to offer on one level or another including one or two moments of comedy but not enough for me to justify putting in this section, so I am just going to reference it here instead, but I digress; as I have also referenced it does have small moments of just losing itself and taking some moments to find itself again. This film also has some awards accredited to its name such as 1 Winner which is; National Film Preservation Board, USA 2008 National Film Registry and 2 Nominees which include but not limited to; Hugo Awards 1959 Hugo Best Dramatic Presentation Nathan Juran (director) Ken Kolb (screenplay) Ray Harryhausen (story)

In-depth Predictions/Other elements for AEW Redemption 2026 by AverageMansReviews

In-depth Predictions/Other elements for AEW Redemption 2026 by AverageMansReviews

Andrade El Ídolo vs. Champion the Don Callis Family's: Mark Davis; Singles for the AEW National Championship: I just have a feeling they might pull the trigger and do a championship drop here and get people in attendance bouncing.

"The Painmaker" Chris Jericho vs. Tommaso Ciampa; No Holds Barred Match: if it was just Jericho I would give the W to Ciampa, but as it is "The Painmaker" you have to go with him.

The ROH World Champion Bandido vs. Champ the Don Callis Family's; Kyle Fletcher Singles Match for the AEW International Championship; Everyone is banned from ringside: I can only see a good match yes absolutely, but also a retain as well.

The Death Riders': Jon Moxley & Will Osprey [with Marina Shafir] vs. The Young Bucks': Matt & Nick Jackson; Tag Team Match: let's just say it is going to be a really rough night for the Jacksons as to cement his alliance with his new faction Osprey will probably have a difficult choice to make; be a part of this beat down angle after the match or not, I should imagine he will, which should lead into our next match.

The Death Riders': Claudio Castagnoli & Pac vs. Champs Cope and Cage's: Adam Copeland & Christian Cage; Tag Team Match for the AEW World Tag Team Championships: to return the favour the Jacksons will probably be down at ringside or on commentary; to set up this mutual respect angle leading into The Jacksons taking on the champions at AEW All In; London; Wembley Stadium, Sunday 30/08/2026.

Maya World vs. Champ Hikaru Shida; Singles Match for the AEW TBS Championship: this is just an exercise in giving World experience and the rub; basically like the Knight and Omega situation.

Jack Perry vs. The Beast Mortos vs. Komander vs. "Speedball" Mike Bailey vs. AR Fox or Nick Wayne vs. the ROH World Television Champion Lio Rush or El Clon; Six-Way Ladder Match to determine the #1 contender for the AEW International Championship: I am happy with my selection, but they should really make it a Triple Threat for this championship including "Speedball" Mike Bailey and obviously including the champion at this time; Kyle Fletcher as well, especially if it is scheduled for AEW All In, but then again they still have plenty of time to potentially book and consequently stipulations or they could always do something more probable, but I will discuss that later.

Bang Bang Gang's: Jay White & Juice Robinson vs. The Dogs': David Finlay & Clark Connors; Double Chain Tag Team Match: I am going with a mass interference from both stables with someone debuting tip the scales for The Dogs.

The Conglomeration's: Willow Nightingale vs. Champ the Triangle of Madness'; Thekla [with The Sisters of Saint: Julia Hart & Sky Blue;] Singles Match for the AEW Women's World Championship: unfortunately everyone knows that this feud is just a holding pattern for Mercedes Moné vs. Thekla for her championship at AEW All In, with Moné doing this save from beat down thing and yes I will be saying something similar in the next match slot as well

The AEW TNT Champion the Don Callis Family's; Kevin Knight [with Don Callis] vs. Champ Kenny Omega; Singles Match for the AEW World Championship: this should be a good match, but everyone should know that it is all about the closing angle; where the Don Callis Family goes this beat down on Omega, but here comes Bailey for the save with a steel chair in hand, to eventually set up; Bailey vs. Knight for his championship at AEW All In.

Average Extra of: THE Johnson Problem; Where does Dwayne Johnson go from here? by AverageMansReviews

Average Extra of: THE Johnson Problem; Where does Dwayne Johnson go from here? by AverageMansReviews

Related content: Moana 2026 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2026/07/moana-2026-by-averagemansreviews.html

Warning: at some point or another there will be some censored adult language references

The honest truth I could give you right now is...: I just don't know, for me be it in a wrestling capacity or/and projects wise as it relates to film or/and TV, his options are limited based on quite a few reasons; as of this content being first created he is in his middle 50s, he is absolutely not in any physical condition to wrestle especially after his dramatic weight loss, so we can forget that showdown with Roman Reigns at best it could be an on-screen character and if he has any time free let's be completely honest here and WWE could do with some help to sell SummerSlam tickets; I am not saying Johnson is going to show up, saying these are his potential options.

Moana 2026 is a joke; to the point where it should have never been green lit, this may just be my opinion but I am pretty much sure that for the $250 million that it took to make this film, they must have been eyeing up somewhere between $800 million or anywhere close to $1 billion, just based on the animated versions coming back with positive results; 2016; from the budget of 150-$175 million just over $687 million; 2024; $150 million comfortably took over $1 billion and this is the crucial point to understand just roughly 2 years later they; I am going to use another wrestling analogy; they chose to burn the territorial [ this basically means; run another show in a short time in the same venue in the same location; possibly exhausting your audience.] Which is ironically quite apt for in essence what they did with this live-action remake if you think about it; instead of either finishing off his animated trilogy or so much more importantly giving your audience/fan base time to breathe between instalments of any kind, you chose within 2 years to ram another project down their throats, but in this case it is so much worse it is just a remake of the 2016 version; and a dog's diarrhoea version as well, I mean it just wasn't any good; it was just a pitiful expensive cash grab which is going to fail your quick attempt on the cash grab it lets you going to cost you money... and rightly so.

In the film sense; he is now becoming a liability what with his behind-the-scenes reputation of in a nutshell using a wrestling analogy of today's modern world would also fits in with the cinema world as well; he also had the label of; difficult to work with, and as of this content he only has Jumanji: Open World which is more than likely going to flop really hard based on these 3 excellent points; 1. Who the hell wanted this instalment in the first place? 2. The date of release is terrible 25/12/2026; Christmas day which I have been doing this kind of thing for long enough now to know unless people really and I mean really are dedicated to seeing a project at Christmas regardless of what it is or unless it is a project which is tipped for the award season, more often than not they are doomed to fail, I have been doing this long enough now to call the end of December to the end of January the dead shift, because of the points I have just made but also taking into consideration no one has any money. 3. Avengers: Doomsday 2026; which comes out 18/12/2026; which I have heard all of the criticism and yes you are entitled to your opinion; but shut the fudge up, seriously I haven't seen any of the trailers, because I know the mission already and the mission is simple; absolutely closed down this disaster of the MCU and fingers crossed go back to being more centralised, but instead of virtual signalling and all that manure, just do what Stan Lee would do make these points but keep the plates spinning on different subjects which gives you in a nutshell three-dimensional characters and consequently worlds to work with; in summary as long as they course correct the MCU then I am happy. But considering they are bringing a lot of heavy names to be a part of this course correction; I am fully aware they are essentially throwing everything including the kitchen sink at this Marvel film, so what chance does this latest Jumanji film have against the colossal presence of a universe ending/beginning Marvel film?

The only thing that Johnson could do and I have been discussing this with the person I watch some of this content with is actually make very little money if at all and go when pick up some independent projects and trying rebuild his acting career, because unless he can prove that he and he alone is a viable box office draw which he hasn't done for some time now minus the animated Moana films it has just been flop after flop after flop after flop, mark my words if something doesn't change soon the only company that you will be able to work for is Disney

 

 

Power Rangers Turbo [Season 1,] Episode 10: Glyph Hanger by AverageMansReviews

Power Rangers Turbo [Season 1,] Episode 10: Glyph Hanger by AverageMansReviews

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5 things about this episode

Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/other effects/transformation

That would be the wrong Pharaohs Staff Adam: Character [Character developments,] Storyline and Action and Art; Adam picks up what he thinks he has made, he has picked up the wrong version and consequently this one has the ability to change any written word anywhere into hieroglyphics and I very much like the presentation of it; brief description; a giant golden magnifying glass; but I'm guessing here it isn't grass and it is black basically; but I still like it; good imagination used here.

This episode receives: 7/10, this episode is good; it just keeps things going in a positive direction.

Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy [Season 3,] Episode 77: And the Winner Is... by AverageMansReviews

Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy [Season 3,] Episode 77: And the Winner Is... by AverageMansReviews

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5 things about this episode

Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/bodily functions/transformation/Russian/robotics/dislocation/reattachment/medical.

The Final of The Chojin Crown: Part 5: Action,  Character [Character developments] and Art; Kidd's body has been in this hold [OLAP/OLAP assault] for a long time now and even he can't withstand this hold forever, so eventually they become dislocated, which is excellently yet nicely, ever so slightly graphically shown is best that they can, which as you can imagine has left momentarily concussed with a vague look in his eyes.

The End: Storyline: so in a nutshell the best I can work out in Japan it was cancelled due to low ratings, but in the US it was a hit, so Entertainment commissioned Toei Animation to produce additional episodes to finish the story arcs

This episode receives: 6/10, this episode is good; it just feels like this episode and indeed this TV program/TV show has definitely run its course