Saturday 31 October 2020

Trick or Treat 1952 by AverageMansReviews

Trick or Treat 1952 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects

Storyline: it is good, to give you a little bit more substance  Huey, Dewey and Louie have on trick-or-treating dressed as the Devil, a Warlock [I know; a better description for this costume would be a Whitch, but as he is a male it would be a Warlock and I have done some research to make sure] and a Ghost, but they have some trouble at this one individual's house, but don't worry too much they get some assistance from two individuals; as this project roughly goes on for 9 minutes I will not say anymore; the pacing is good.

Art/Characters/Performances/Comedy/Action: now in one way or another all these components go hand-in-hand, but I will be speaking about them singly and pairs to make this review easier to talk about and read; so on to the art [visually] it is very easy to settle down with from the very beginning until the end, it does have many things to offer which are associated with this time of year and Art [musically,] be it musically or a magic spell these are all good

Characters and Performances; likewise these are all good as well Hazel the Witch/Foray, Donald Duck/Huey/Dewey/Louie Jack-o'lantern and Jack-o'lantern/Ravenscroft; all of these performers really do bring these characters to life either speaking voice or singing.

Comedy/Action; Donald plays some unpleasant tricks on his three Nephews, but don't worry he will unwillingly break down a door so his nephews can have the treats; this feels like one of those occasions where I should just say the following "Don't try this at home Kids."

This film receives: 8/10, this film is excellent; it is a smooth short project that focuses on this time of year and situation, I am just disappointed it has no Awards to its name.

 

Friday 30 October 2020

Kong: Skull Island 2017 by AverageMansReviews

Kong: Skull Island 2017 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/feeding/animal cruelty/suicide

Storyline: it is good, here is just a heads up there is an after credits scene which you will find very interesting, the pacing is something that knows what it is doing from beginning to end and it sticks to it.

Action/Art/Comedy/King Kong: all of these go hand-in-hand in this sequence; this human soldier/performer hears King Kong approaching so he runs and hides behind this rock, King Kong comes into the camera shot; he is in this river [we have this waterfall in this location as well,] he is aware that some human is watching him but King Kong crouches; firstly having a drink using his hand to mouth and then suddenly grabbing at something with his hand [fishing,] which turns into this manic short battle sequence, King Kong then crouches down again to eat his meal; he eats it like spaghetti as it is octopus and it all over him; with King Kong looking at this human soldier/performer with this attitude, body language and consequently movements of "This human is boring me now, I am going to take my food and eat it somewhere more quieter." With King Kong standing up and dragging/unhooking his food [it gets stuck] somewhere else downriver.

This is all great; as it makes King Kong look and feel like a three-dimensional character with substance and it really does present King Kong as a creature which yes has furious anger and rage, but can also be soft and gentle and is still growing at this point, but a creature which is very wise, because he has the thinking process of "Yes I could squash you like a bug, but don't give me a reason to." and he has the cognitive understanding to be a lifesaver, he also looks great and has good on-screen chemistry as well with every creature and character/performer.

Individual action; there are weapons being used, choppers, this homemade boat with a weapon system on it, combat and chasing

Individual art: Skull Island is a beautiful place, be it the landscapes or skies by day or by night or the creatures that call this place home there is so much here to see and experience.

Individual comedy it is in monologue or dialogue exchanges.

Characters/Performances: including the on-screen chemistry between themselves and King Kong; these are all safe and reliable; good, but still safe and reliable, without getting too political this film does imply that what we humans do not understand we destroy even though we are in their backyard [as it relates to some of these characters/performers.]

This film receives: 8/10, this film is excellent; King Kong steals the show in every way possible, this film has lots to offer its viewers in one way or another. [Yes I have only given you one small action sequence involving King Kong, but they are all hard-hitting and beautifully managed sequences of chaos.] On a quick side note we have four members of the Marvel Cinematic Universe; Tom Hiddleston as James Conrad [MCU; Loki,] Samuel L. Jackson as Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard [MCU; Nick Fury,] Brie Larson as Mason Weaver [MCU Carol Danvers/Vers/Captain Marvel] and John C. Reilly as Lieutenant Hank Marlow [MCU Corpsman Dey.]

 

 

Thursday 29 October 2020

The Building of: WWE vs. All Elite Wrestling Volume 31 by AverageMansReview

The Building of: WWE vs. All Elite Wrestling Volume 31 by AverageMansReview

Just a heads up: I will be negative on both sides of this divide and most probably use a softer version of what I mean in this blog, because I don't use adult language in my content.

WWE: I am very quickly learning that because Mr. McMahon is high on somebody or an idea, it pretty much could mean the opposite I mean I am pretty well educated on the way this man thinks but this is something new to put in my mental book of this individual. I am aware he blows hot and cold on individuals and ideas, but this is the evolution of that basically which just sounds weird and a complete waste of time, energy and resources and it must be incredibly stressful and a mental health risk to anyone that works around him.

I mean if you had no intention of pushing Otis or El Gran Gordo then why give him The Money In The Bank Contract? It just sounds like and it probably will turn out like another wasted opportunity to build a new Main Event Superstar like the following; Alastair Black, Andrade, Sami Zayn, Mustafa Ali [before his journey on the Titanic known as RETRIBUTION] or he could've gone with the likes of Kevin Owens, John Morrison [which I had said in my blog of In-depth Predictions/Other elements for WWE Hell In A Cell 2020, I would have gave him this opportunity and have him go for the NXT Championship at WrestleMania 37 and going over to NXT, providing this global situation is much better under control in this company, I will put that link at the bottom of this blog] or Cesaro [he is very deserving to be in the Main Event picture or minus this global pandemic I would have had a mystery entrant and have someone debut from NXT and just strap a massive rocket to their back.

Or here is something from outside the box have Triple H. win this opportunity and have him say "I plan to cash this in at WrestleMania, but if anyone wants to challenge me for it, between now and then I will take on three separate challenges throughout the rest of the year and if I agree to it; you beat me you get this opportunity, I beat you; you have to join me on NXT." Now just in case if you're wondering on whom I would move across to NXT; Ricochet, Owens and Black or have a Owens or Black pick up this opportunity, I do like all three of these characters/performers but of what I see or hear they are getting badly used on the Main Brands, I mean I don't see or hear too much about Ricochet these days, which is a crime in itself.

This way it will put over somebody and move some characters/performers to NXT or they could just have three challengers lose and move them across to NXT which I don't see a downsides of doing this. The only downside I can see is the status of Triple H. still wrestling anymore? And then potentially wrestling five times in one year, I mean you could make it is final run official/unofficially if he doesn't want to make it public, but if he did make it official the night after WrestleMania he could vacate whatever Championship he wins and set up a massive 32-Men King of the Ring Tournament across RAW, SmackDown and NXT [global pandemic permitting; because at some point you will have cross Brand matches or if the global pandemic is still here just restricted to the Main Brands, but I really like the three Brands idea, but health and safety comes first.]

My final point on this line of the Divide is simply this; when is the WWE going to begin elevating the new superstars consistently and properly, as far as I'm concerned this company should be able to make a conveyor belt of new talent but for me they are about 20 years behind schedule. Yes I am aware there are such cases as Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns [even with some difficult early years; him being shoved down our throats] and not forgetting any version of Bray Wyatt [he has had quite a few rocky moments.] But my point still remains when is this company going to basically wake up and realize that at minimum it isn't the early 2000's anymore [when I say at minimum I am making reference to the fact that this entire company is being run like something from the late 1970's.]

All Elite Wrestling: this tumbler segment from AEW: Dynamite [Wednesday 14/10/2020,] makes very little sense considering you have a Position Ranking System in place, the only time that AEW could do this kind of random generator thing is at the pay-per-view known as AEW Double Or Nothing, because it has that kind of gambling thing going on so it would fit in perfectly here [so they could have done weeks before this pay-per-view matches of tag teams when you win a match you can put your number [Position Ranking Number] into this tumbler which the more times a team wins a match; you get to put your number into the tumbler it will increase your percentages of getting chosen for this Fatal Four Way at this pay-per-view for the AEW World Tag Team Championships, so the tumbler comes out on the night and consequently this match gets booked at the beginning of this pay-per-view, but other than that can we stick to the Position Ranking System please, unless of unforeseen circumstances.

Moving on; on the same date and ongoing we have this beginning of a feud between The Best Friends and Kip Sabian [Penelope Ford] and Miro, I have no problem with this feud, but for one little detail, can we stop showing Trent crashing into this arcade machine, because it completely devalues this feud based on the fact every time they use any of this footage you can see/get reminded how fake this situation is [it breaks Kayfabe, I should just point out I don't want anyone to get harmed but basically what they are feuding over is a glorified empty box, there was no false computer workings, the more I look at it from this episode and the following episode Wednesday 21/10/2020 I don’t like it,] so I have no problem with this feud but can we not show any of this footage anymore it very much harms the feud, if they could slowly move on from this to these two teams just not liking one another that would be much better.

AEW you have some explaining to do; why the hell have you booked Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara: The Elite Deletion match for AEW Full Gear 2020 [Saturday 07/11/2020,] I believe this to be a massive error of judgment, no correction I believe this to be a shower of dump waiting to happen, based on the facts every time these two performers are in a match together something goes wrong on some grand scale, so when you could have just put a line through this feud and move on from it for everyone's health and safety your choosing to go back into this feud, well you're just asking for trouble and criticism and trust me when I say "there will be trouble and criticism if anything goes wrong in this match, because yes I like this company, but even I am saying why the hell?" And please do one thing for me don't book  Aubrey Edwards [Referee] for this match just based on she doesn't need this donkey diarrhea, she is yes your best Referee but even when she threw up the X. symbol [this basically means a real life injury,] in Hardy vs. Guevara: Broken Rules match at AEW All Out 2020, behind the scenes someone had the bright idea to continue this match and I get the old professional wrestler attitude of complete the match and deal with later; later, but I don't want to see her get undermined again. I just wanted to say all of this before this upcoming pay-per-view

Thunder Rosa; basically I had dictated this section [but as of when this blog goes up,] I don't know what is happening with this character/performer, but having said that I do believe AEW need someone of her caliber to push the Women's Division forward, because it needs a spark to get going so based on what happens with this individual is based on what I say next in the upcoming Volumes; apparently she is still contracted to the Wrestling Promotion National Wrestling Alliance until 2021 [says National Wrestling Alliance Owner/President Billy Corgan; he has been letting his talent out of their contracts if they ask, because they are not running any wrestling in this global pandemic; I found this out by watching someone else’s material,] but what I can say about this individual at the moment is I haven't seen her wrestle much, but she could be the turning point for the AEW Woman's Division and the AEW Woman's World Championship [I better post this up before the situation changes again.]

In-depth Predictions/Other elements for WWE Hell In A Cell 2020 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2020/10/in-depth-predictionsother-elements-for.html

Wednesday 28 October 2020

Tad: The Explorer 2012 [alternative name Las aventuras de Tadeo Jones] by AverageMansReviews

Tad: The Explorer 2012 [alternative name Las aventuras de Tadeo Jones] by AverageMansReviews

Review Time

Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/dog urine and dog vomit.

Storyline/Art/Action/Comedy/Characters/Performances: including the pacing and the on-screen chemistry go hand-in-hand in one way or another; the storyline and pacing are good, the art [computer-animation,] generally speaking it has this weird chins thing going on [you will pick up on this straightaway when you watch this film - but if you don't they are really noticeable, I don't know if this project has been designed to capture the attentions of its audiences, by doing this; specifically with younger children in mind, but it isn't off-putting, but just really noticeable instead. But moving on now; we have this back story of our lead character [Stone and his Dog Jeff growing up in the opening credits [it is in 2-D] the scenes are smoothly connected to rotate from one to the next one so basically young Stone and young Jeff fall from this square on the floor and it takes some somewhere else.

Then we go back computer-animation 3-D characters; Stone in this action sequence what is most interesting about this sequence is this doesn't happen throughout the entire sequence of events, but it does happen where the camera shot has been designed to follow Stone [the camera represents us the viewers/so we are following Stone.]

Then we have these beautiful skies which are very easy to pick up on, because their colour system is a blend of striking colours in fact the entire scenery is highly engaging, there is just so much to see and to experience, then you get to the end [first section of closing credits] it goes back to 2-D with this after film story rotating forward and then rolls [with a Mummy's hand with this little device to begin] a rolling scroll with the ending credits and some hieroglyphics of the film you have just seen.]

Action; we have Stone and Kopponen going for this very valuable artifact with Kopponen having to disconnect his hand in the process [don't worry I think he must be the son of Dr. Claw from the Inspector Gadget 1983-1986 TV program; yes I am that old and on quick side note don't talk to me about the live-action interpretation any of it.]

Or when Stone gets chased by this beautifully dangerous Puma and he eventually gets trapped in this old tree, with this Puma frantically trying to get to Stone.

Comedy; I will discuss one consistent component; the character's name is Belzoni he is a mute parrot so he has to find different ways of communicating for one example a paddle with a reply on it.

Characters, Performances and on-screen chemistry; these are all good.

This film receives: 9/10, this film is excellent: from beginning to end it has lots to offer its viewing audiences and I know I usually discuss things as they go hand-in-hand and then do it individually. But in this case I had a quick think and realized I would have made things more complicated to discuss; so I just went with the acknowledgment that in one way or another they go hand-in-hand and discussed some stages of this film individually in this review which depending on the project in question I will use this format again in the future.

Tuesday 27 October 2020

Three Little Pigs 1933 by AverageMansReviews

Three Little Pigs 1933 by AverageMansReviews

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Storyline/Art/Action/Comedy/Characters/Performances: including the pacing and on-screen chemistry all of these components go hand-in-hand in one way or another.

Storyline and pacing; they are good; this project only goes on for roughly 8 minutes. Moving on to the art; the art visually first is excellent, very engageable and still looks great to this very day in 2020; from a musical perspective it is good and based on a little bit of research [as of when this blog was first dictated; you can find a sing-along version of Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf on YouTube or just the lyrics on Google [they are just under the sing-along version providing you take the Google route and not directly to YouTube, they are before you press on the YouTube video.] I was just wondering if this may be useful information if you have young children.

Action and Comedy; we have The Big Bad Wolf/Bletcher trying to gain access into The third Little Pig's House [Practical Pig/Colvig] and every time The Big Bad Wolf/Bletcher attempts to blow the other Practical Pig/Colvig performs this musical tune on his piano [so it goes like this; blow, piano and so on.]

Characters and Performers; these characters it most definitely shows that the  Fiddler Pig/Moder and Fifer Pig/Compton as potentially and this is just speculation on my part, but they could be the two younger siblings to Practical Pig/Colvig; yes Fiddler Pig/Moder and Fifer Pig/Compton are very similar to one another by personalities and all of that; this is why I think they are of similar age, but Practical Pig/Colvig is potentially I would say eight years older than his two other siblings and the voice and singing performances; they really do bring these characters to life in every way shape and form.

This film receives: 9/10; this film is excellent; but I do have to question the Pigs names; Fiddler, Fifer and Practical? So two of them are based around the instruments they play, whilst the other is a state of thinking and a personality trait [I'm guessing calling him "Keys" was a step too far for somebody;] wouldn't it have been easier to go with Eager, Cocky and Practical On a quick side note this project has won two awards; Academy Awards Oscar, Best Short Subject, Cartoons 1934 Walt Disney and National Film Preservation Board 2007.

 

 

 

 

 


Monday 26 October 2020

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures [Season 1,] Episode 7: A Black Night in San Dimas by AverageMansReviews

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures [Season 1,] Episode 7: A Black Night in San Dimas by AverageMansReviews

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5 things about this episode

Warning: there are flashing effects/other effects

Telephone Booth tracker: the Telephone Booth tracker, some of these journeys we don't see and an educated guess; so let's begin San Dimas, California, USA The Present to Palestina, Israel -1129 The Crusades to Duke's Castle, Medieval England - Unknown year, yes we have The Black Knight from The Crusades but it is going to take him some time to get from The Crusades on horseback/other means so more than likely it could have been a different year on his return to England especially with what I have just found out so I went with Unknown to San Dimas, California, USA The Present we don't see this we are there to Tombstone, Arizona -1881 to San Dimas, California, USA The Present to Duke's Castle, Medieval England - Unknown to San Dimas, California, USA.

Princess Joanna and Princess Elizabeth: these two ladies are Bill & Ted's long-term girlfriends; you will meet these women in the live-action film trilogy; it was good to see them in this animated TV program; so I couldn't leave them out of at least a review [just in case we don't see them again and yes for the second and third instalment they just use their first names minus the Princess or Princesses titles.

Jesters: Bill & Ted dress up as these two jesters they perform these tricks for this Duke in his Castle as entertainment whilst he is eating in this Great Hall but throughout their performance Bill & Ted screwed things up which eventually irritates this Black Knight; but at least the Duke finds it funny even when three-tier cake lands on his head [over him to be more precise;] this is a good sequence of comedy.

Bloopers: Bill's voice comes out of Ted's mouth in  Palestina, Israel -1129 when the Black Knight steals this silver chalice and heads out of this hole which he made coming in Saladin the Sultan of Egypt's big tent and then Medieval England the Duke's Castle, but this Duke is not a Duke he is a King, because he wears a crown and has two Princesses  Daughters and yes I did think that the King  and his Princess Daughters could have came for a visit which could make the Black Knight the Duke may be, I should point out I do feel like I am stretching here and I could be completely wrong here I knew very little about this kind of thing, I even had to go and do some research if Duke's wore crowns and with a drop of research I am leaning towards a no, so I'm just going to go with what I originally said about this blooper [I know I think too much, but I do try to make sure at the time of the blog/review going up is correct to the best of my abilities, it is slightly different when it is a developing situation, because the circumstances may have changed but that is enough of me talking.]

This episode receives: 7/10, this episode is good; our time with Bill and Ted in this episode, there is something around each corner to entertain the viewers.

Sunday 25 October 2020

Wasted: WWE Raw Underground 2020 - 2020 by AverageMansReviews

Wasted: WWE Raw Underground 2020 - 2020 by AverageMansReviews

Just a heads up: as everyone should know by now I don't use adult language in my material, but I do use softer versions of what I mean. To begin if you want to hear/read any of my positive ideas about WWE Raw Underground I will leave a link down below to WWE Raw Underground Volume 1, this is where you will find I had a much better vision for this concept known as WWE Raw Underground them the hierarchy of this company ever did and at the time it only took me a short amount of time to develop their idea, so even though I am not going to be positive in this blog there; in WWE Raw Underground Volume 1 I am more positive.

Let's get down to business: well this was of what I've seen and heard a complete train wreck, but then again what does the hierarchy of this company expect with coming up with an idea without a concrete plan to execute it properly, I mean you know what we get; we get RETRIBUTION and that is a separate subject altogether really.

What this company needs to do is stop, just stop coming up with these stupid short-term fix problem solvers and really, I mean really looking into investing into here and now and the future, the only reason that this company should be looking at short-term fixes is when something unforeseen happens and that is it. So when I say investing now and the future this requires you to have a fully functional and in-depth Mid-Card with an United States Championship being highly sought after, including both Men's and Women's Tag Team Divisions in-depth and their respective Championships being highly sought after as well, so what I'm saying here is if these Divisions were put back on the map it would easily fill up three hours of TV programming, consequently the hierarchy wouldn't have to resort to ideas like WWE Raw Underground.

But until this company gets a grip and real vision and stops going from one problem or unthought-through situation to the next; these patch up ideas will become more and more frequent [I call them patch-up ideas, because that is what they basically are; they are patching up a bigger problem or problems underneath.]

I wonder what is next for the third hour of RAW? I have no idea, under its current leadership of Mr. McMahon and his hierarchy, I really have no idea, because to be fair it isn't just the third hour, as I have already referenced to in this blog it really needs investing in and establishing parts of its Card which isn't going to be a quick fix and like it or not the third hour of what I remember back in 2012 from day one [off the top my head I can't remember when I stopped watching RAW full-time; you know must see every week; nope I can't remember, but never mind. The third hour was slowly becoming more and more and more problematic as it was and by the sounds and looks of it; it is still very much dying on its posterior.

But they won't get rid of it because of the money aspect, so they have very much backed themselves into a corner, well the only things I have left to say is; this is a cautionary tale of what happens when you don't move with the times and keep looking at yesterday and today, instead of glancing back at yesterday, but focus on today and work hard for tomorrow, I am so happy I don’t have to clear up this complete shower of diarrhea and please remember to check out the link just below if you wanted me to be positive/it had potential only if they took it seriously and got behind this experiment known as WWE Raw Underground.]

WWE Raw Underground Volume 1 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2020/08/wwe-raw-underground-volume-1-by.html

 

Saturday 24 October 2020

In-depth Predictions/Other elements for WWE Hell In A Cell 2020 by AverageMansReviews

In-depth Predictions/Other elements for WWE Hell In A Cell 2020 by AverageMansReviews

Just a quick heads up: as everyone should know by now I don't use adult language in my contents, but I use softer versions of what I mean.

I just want to get this off my chest: I think this Card is donkey diarrhea; yes the higher you go up the better it gets. But I am looking from a bigger picture perspective; meaning it is Saturday afternoon [when this blog was first being dictated] and we only have five matches on the Card and two of them I wouldn't pay to watch based on the grounds this is meant to be a pay-per-view and yes I know there will be more added obviously, but how does this company expect to make money off a pay-per-view subscriptions or buys or whatever they do, when with less than two days away no one knows or may be not interested in buying the pay-per-view, because they haven't seen most of the Card, I really hate it when this company does this kind of thing.

Because it just screams out "We can't be bothered to put some real thought behind this pay-per-view, because we know you will buy any garbage we put on."So it is very much a case of arrogance and point blank laziness by this company to have this attitude and approach, but then again why should I care I don't pay for it and it gives me less work to do.

Otis vs. The Miz Winner gets The Money In The Bank Contract; I mean this is just a waste of time, because they haven't been building up Otis in the slightest in fact even though I haven't watched any of it he has just gone backwards with the way he has been portrayed in any way; yes I am making reference to Otis as El Gran Gordo as well here [from this previous week's RAW Monday 19/10/ 2020.]This was a clear indication under his current gimmick, he isn't going to be anything but be a joke gimmick and absolutely no viable threat to the WWE or Universal Championships.

I mean the hierarchy of this company don't even have the intelligence to make it Otis vs. John Morrison, so either outcome is likable; they should have had Morrison win this opportunity instead, so he can cash it in at WrestleMania next year on the NXT Champion whoever that may be at the time; yes what I'm suggesting here is to have the NXT Championship on the WrestleMania Card and to have Morrison go over and to go across to NXT [providing this global pandemic is either much better under control within this wrestling promotion or it is nationally to the US better under control.] He would be a great asset to them putting the younger talent over and not forgetting he would encourage the viewing numbers to rise [you know that war between NXT and AEW: Dynamite on Wednesdays, which isn't a war it is just the WWE hierarchy sacrificing NXT to take away more viewers away from the AEW: Dynamite TV programming and not putting NXT on a different night so it could grow and develop its viewership numbers which would be the best thing to have happen in the grand scale of things.]

If this happened I would be breaking up The Miz and Morrison to be honest if they are coming out with the same kind of stick, when they were first put together this is no big loss and of what I know/heard Mr. McMahon is high on Otis; the only thing I can say about this is; if this is remotely true even by the smallest grain of salt he has a funny way of showing it.

Jeff Hardy vs. Elias: who cares about this match! I am aware that there is existing  material between these two characters/performers which they are using to relight this feud, but man this match where we are restarting this feud doesn't deserve to be anywhere near a pay-per-view Card, the only way I could justify booking this match in a positive light is if they debuted Willow or evolved or freshened up Elias, but what I have heard Elias will be getting a push and his own stable [I should just point out, because I know plants change I would just like to say this is not confirmed,] at the moment this really doesn't interest me, because he hasn't been taken seriously for a long time now I mean I am far from an expert on Elias, but I saw real potential in him when he first debuted on the Main Brands with his I don't know if this was its official name, but his Wanderer gimmick, but what a surprise they screwed this up, I mean his WWE [Walk With Elias] gimmick was good, but once again they screwed this up by not giving it time to grow and develop, so they have had to good opportunities to make Elias into something, but instead they have well and truly flattened him out into the character we have today.

On to this Pay-Per-View:

Otis vs. The Miz Winner Gets The Money In The Bank Contract: my pick is The Miz; now I know I have previously stated that Mr. McMahon is high on Otis, but because I have lots of experience seeing what this dictator likes to do, he will probably have Otis lose here to give himself a laugh and to irritate his Universe/fan base and consequently continue this feud which in turn will actively damage Otis more in the long run if they haven't already turned him into a completely unviable challenger for the Universal or WWE Championships in short he will win it back down the line, to cash it in on a set of tag team champions most probably at wrestlemania for a feel good moment and yes I know Tucker and Otis are on two different Brands, but who cares about this technicality; the WWE do what they want when they want so Heavy Machinery will win a set of Tag Team Championships at WrestleMania.

Jeff Hardy vs. Elias: my pick is Elias; based on what I have said earlier in this blog and on top of that this would be Elias' return to in ring competition.

Sasha Banks vs. the SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley Hell In A Cell Match: my pick is Sasha Banks; basically I will be saying something to this effect again in this blog, but in a different situation. But as it relates to this situation and because Bayley has had a long, long reign as the SmackDown Women's Champion [as of when this blog was first dictated it was 378 days,] they can somewhat protect her with the loss as the Hell In A Cell Match is painted as and is a brutal match and I would have the rematch at WrestleMania next year, please WWE firstly let Banks defend this Championship [which I think I am right in saying she has never had a successful singles Championship defense, which this is just absolute massive piles of donkey diarrhea, because when is this company going to see her as the real deal and treat her as such; forget Ronda Rousey look at the women you have internally and give them some god damn respect WWE.

Because if at some point in the future Rousey does make a return [at this point and as far as I'm aware it looks to be more than likely at WrestleMania next year and if they begin pushing and giving more time towards their Main Brands Women's Divisions because of her. Just to give you a heads up in the future I will be absolutely furious, because I am a believer in any performer that works day in and day out, I will back them and not forgetting her comments about the wrestling industry, I don't care if they are Kayfabe or not you don't take a dump in someone else's backyard.

But back on to this match, I would prefer Banks as the New SmackDown Women's Champion to have this feud with Bayley spinning on a plate in the background [Bayley to win the Women's Royal Rumble Match 2021] and consequently showdown at WrestleMania 37.

Randy Orton vs. the WWE Champion Drew MacIntyre Hell In A Cell Match: my pick is  Randy Orton; because MacIntyre as the WWE Champion has had a long reign [as of when this blog was first dictate it being 201 days,] so they can protect MacIntyre with the loss here because of this brutal stipulation and I did say in my previous WWE pay-per-view In-depth Predictions/Other elements for WWE Clash Of Champions 2020 [I will leave the link down below] in short he isn't going to be Champion after WWE  Hell In A Cell Match so I am sticking to that [MacIntyre will win the Men's Royal Rumble Match 2021,] but it will be someone else that he faces I expect Orton to lose now, because I have taken into consideration the 2020 Draft. So whomever the Champion is heading into WrestleMania 37 they will be losing to MacIntyre, because once again as far as I'm aware Mr. McMahon wants to re-create MacIntyre winning the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 37 in front of a live crowd.

So this is why I have predicted some of this to happen this Sunday, because as I have already said they can protect MacIntyre with the loss here and it gives things enough time to make it look like that isn't what they are going to do [yes even though I have just told you or speculated this is what they want to do and give the impression this is not what they have in mind; so basically if they begin now it doesn't look so predictable.

Jey Uso vs. the Universal Champion Roman Reigns Hell In A Cell "I Quit" Match: my pick is Roman Reigns; I think everyone knows this outcome is an inevitable, I am more interested in the storytelling here, so I hope they continue with of what I have heard and seen from other people's content excellent storytelling.

One final thing; I know this wrestling promotion doesn't do long-term booking in fact I think everyone knows their long-term booking is about a month or less if we are lucky, so it is highly unlikely that all these things will come to be. McIntyre winning the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 37 has an excellent percentage of happening And Heavy Machinery becoming New Tag Team Champions on one of the  Main Brands, which if we were being honest with ourselves this would infuse one of these two Divisions with some new life, but for everything else I have predicted or speculated. Well it would be good business, but when does this company do anything for good business unless they are trying to satisfy that highly lucrative yet highly controversial business deal in the Middle East; Mic Drop.

Additional Matches/Results:

24/7 Champion R-Truth Defeats Drew Gulak

United States Champion Bobby Lashley Defeats SLAPJACK

In-depth Predictions/Other elements for WWE Clash Of Champions 2020 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2020/09/in-depth-predictionsother-elements-for_26.html

Friday 23 October 2020

Tomboy 2016/2017 [alternative name The Assignment] by AverageMansReviews

Tomboy 2016/2017 [alternative name The Assignment] by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: straight off the bat, I just want to say this to cover my back; if these things weren't in this film, I wouldn't be discussing them in the first place. So there may be some transgender people out there in Internet land that either may find this film difficult to watch or offensive.

There is a transgender component/psychiatric component/medical procedures/body parts/animal cruelty/flashing effects/colourful effects/drugs/shot in the head.

Storyline/Transgender/Characters/Performances: now in one way or another these six components [including the pacing and on-screen chemistry] are in one way or another linked I may as well put them all together here.

The storyline is good, but it gets left on a question-mark ending with a monologue from our lead character/performer Kitchen/Rodriguez "One thing is for sure change is going to come." [This is just an excerpt wrong] and a little bit of research there are no signs of a sequel [as of when this review was first dictated] which in turn makes this monologue absolutely a waste of time and the pacing is good.

Moving on; now if you have been following me for long enough you know I don't want to give too much of the film away, but in this case [because I have already tried to dictate this section and basically it was somewhat messy.] I will do it this way; so without giving too much away but enough so I can get my point out and not receive any backlash.

In short Rodriquez is performing as Frank Kitchin a man, which goes through this transgender procedure [not by choice.] My point here is; so we have men and women having sex including man Frank Kitchin/Rodriquez and woman Johnnie/Gerard as sleeping friends, but we don't get to see women Frank Kitchin/Rodriquez and her girlfriend Johnnie/Gerard have sex which I have to say this sticks out like a sore thumb, [I know Kitchin/Rodriguez; she replies to a medical professional question; that she is still a little bit sore, but this is after the scene I am discussing, I am sure this is true but at the same time in this situation she is giving him a lot of misinformation, because it wouldn't be wise to tell him the truth but what is much, much, much more important is the answers to her questions.] I was thinking I would just highlight this; just in case someone comes back to me in the future and had a dig at me [on a quick side note; if you ever wondered why I point things out sometimes it is just to prevent negative feedback of any description.]

I mean if you are going to use a sensitive component like transgender you have to avoid doing a poor error in judgment here; so basically treat every sex scene as the same or don't show them.

The character developments, performances and the on-screen chemistry is all good; with the names I have already mentioned we also have Dr. Galen/Shalhoub and Doctor Jane/Weaver, one is intelligent and the other is best described as 99% of the time the smartest one in the room and she doesn't mind showing it or telling you or basically she is completely aware that she functions and works on a different plane of existence to everyone else [when the viewers meet this character/performer; you will completely understand that I am not even exaggerating,] let's put it this way she and Dr. Lecter [from The Silence of the Lambs 1991 film,] could absolutely have some intellectual conversations. Slightly moving on to Kitchin/Rodriquez and Doctor Jane/Weaver; these two characters/performers make excellent adversaries and you can understand their motivation if extremely dark and twisted as it relates to Doctor Jane/Weaver [just for the record I don’t condone this in the slightest,] but in a film sense this is excellent and understandable motivation on both sides of these two adversaries.

Action/Art: these two components are either they are what they are or they are good. There are weapons being used and combat. The art; it comes to the audience in the style of anime black, white, gray shading with colour or we have these black-and-white with gray shading portraits of William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe [the viewers get to see one portrayed of each person, but it gets put across the screen three different times in total] and keep a lookout for the character known as Poncho, I don't know if this is his real name as well, I couldn't find it. But it looks to be a lovely dog.

This film receives: 7/10, this film is good; as I have already referenced to in this film review; this film may be difficult to watch or offensive to those of the transgender community, but for those that like dark films, give this film a look.


Thursday 22 October 2020

The Building of: WWE vs. All Elite Wrestling Volume 30 by AverageMansReview

The Building of: WWE vs. All Elite Wrestling Volume 30 by AverageMansReview

Just a heads up: I don't use adult language in my contents, but I have my ways around that, by just saying a softer version of what I mean.

WWE: now this blog is going to be covering mainly one massive thing WWE being named Corporation of the Year in the PRNEWS CSR [Corporate Social Responsibility] & Nonprofit Awards for 2019. First things first I just have to go and check the date just to make sure this isn't April 1 [April Fools' Day,] unfortunately it isn't. So what the hell?! No seriously what the hell?!

Can someone explain this to me, even someone with brain damage [me] and a mental health illness on top knows this is just wrong, considering they have released or fired so many people in different positions within this company be it wrestling talent or any other position, when they didn't have to so they chose to make so many more people's lives harder throughout this extremely difficult time, but somehow they found enough money to hire Nick Khan as President and Chief Revenue Officer which he doesn't come cheap his annual pay is $1.2M [yes in a nutshell there were other figures including somewhere in his contract if he leaves he has to pay some of it back I just wanted to be fair and balanced, but then again why would you want to leave? When you're getting a annual pay of $1.2M.]

But if that isn't enough for you; how about this company seeing their independent contractors as nothing but slaves now, taking over their Twitch and Cameo accounts which the WWE will give them a percentage to go towards their down-side guarantees which the WWE would have had to pay them anyway and once this figure is reached the WWE don't have to pay this individual anymore money, so basically what the WWE have done is taken this avenue away from their so-called "Independent Contractors" to make a little bit more extra money which if you have forgotten we are in a global pandemic, so they would have really needed this right about now; yes just for the record I am now completely comfortable with using the word "slave" or "slaves" based on the grounds of what I have just shown in evidence, but if you just want some more evidence to back up my opinion this company quite recently have tried to trademark some of their performers real names; yes this is not a miss spoken word or words they tried to trademark some performers real names like Drew Gulak, Pete Dunne and others so if this isn't the definition of slavery or slaves I don't know what is and the performer's I have just mentioned denied the WWE to trademark their name.

Moving on; how about their controversial dealings in the Middle East, or how about this company having a colossal hand in wrestling being deemed as an essential business when it so isn't [money talks - who said that?] How about this company's continuous failure to handle this global pandemic including outbreaks of this global pandemic in three hotspots [WWE Full Sail, WWE Performanc Center a.k.a. The Capitol Wrestling Center and WWE Amway Arena.] They haven't dealt with this global pandemic properly from day one, yes they may be taking it slightly a little bit more seriously now, but even now this is being brought into question with them possibly let's just say "Making numbers look better than what they are." By including only the personnel of any role in their figures and not the consequently relating infection figures; but just to cover my back there is a massive question-mark over this; you know what would be really useful right about now some Health Insurance Oh I have just remembered silly me this company doesn't give their "Independent Contractors" [I used that phrase very, very, very loosely] so once again I refer you back to slavery, because they are getting treated as such as world will.

How about the headcheese Mr. McMahon not caring about what they're fans think about bringing Bill Goldberg back again at the age of 53 [When  this blog was first dictated;] when more often than not he is at worst a liability in the ring [The Undertaker  vs. Goldberg  at WWE Super Showdown 2019, yes once again being fair and balanced both competitors were a liability in this match] and at best he can have these very short timed matches, I need to point out I haven't seen these short matches but I have seen the uncomfortable match between Goldberg vs. The Undertaker [I will leave the link down below.] Yes I know it was going to be Roman Reigns vs. the Universal Champion Goldberg at this years WrestleMania, but because Reigns pulled out it; it turned into Stroman becoming the Universal Champion and what a match that was; I have just taken the time to watch that match and I have two things to say about it; what the hell was that about? And really what did we expect? So they are just going to set up Goldberg vs. the Universal Champion Roman Reigns WrestleMania 37 which at this point I have no interest in seeing it; this year would have been okay to see Reigns become the Universal Champion at WrestleMania, but the problem is now Reigns has evolved of what I have heard and seen a little into the hottest thing in wrestling right now and as WrestleMania 37 has a Hollywood theme; Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson vs. the Universal Champion Roman Reigns, I mean that screams box office appeal,This would also play more in tune this family situation as well  considering they are related and Reigns is currently having this  family feud with Jey Uso so why not  continue this with other members of their family until we get to WrestleMania season then bring in  Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson for  a match on the biggest stage of them all in professional wrestling WrestleMania I mean for a cherry on the top they could even have Hulk Hogan as the special guest referee as one of his gimmicks with is Hollywood Hulk Hogan and not forgetting WrestleMania X8 The Rock vs. Hollywood Hulk Hogan, so there is already existing material to use here [for the younger generations yes this happened.] Just for the record I am fully aware that Hulk Hogan is a controversial figure, but to have him in this situation, just makes too much sense and we all know if this situation was to happen it would be a box office smash.

My point here being [if taking the long route around sorry about that,] or we know Mr. McMahon doesn't care, because he actively does things to annoying their fan base/Universe, as long as he is entertained by his product that is all what matters to him.

So yes they may do these positive things be it for another charity or something other or for their own charity thing, but this side of the coin is just a smokescreen for the darker side of the coin being the complete opposite as I have already illustrated in this blog; so that as far as I'm concerned they can shine up this award really nicely and turn it sidewards and shove it right up Mr. McMahon's posterior! That is how much I respect the people awarding this award and this company receiving it; it is a complete and utter joke [on a quick side note I have never heard of this award until this situation.]

All Elite Wrestling: this wrestling promotion on the other hand is completely different for me; they are inclusive to everyone wrestlers to fans and everyone else, yes they have had a few problems and if you have been with me long enough; you know I have criticized them as well, I just don't have too much to say about this wrestling promotion here; yes I am aware that they have used the wrestling being deemed an essential business which was created by the WWE, but the big difference is they have been on top of this global pandemic from day one and they continue to be so. [I was just thinking I would bring that up straight away before someone else did it for me,] but moving on it makes a big difference when you focus on wrestling, try to engage and work with your fans than against them every step of the way which in turn creates credibility which in turn creates patience, which in turn creates leniency [depending on the situation and how often,] so hypothetically for a small something not exactly going to plan or anything really, I will acknowledge it, but go in with the attitude of "never mind" and just to finish off I really need to point this out: this is not favouritism here; it is just based on fact that the WWE could really work on rebuilding credibility and so on with their apparent fan base/Universe which they have abused for a long time now for a quick example off the top of my head they have systematically taught us to see the worst coming from their Main Brands or whenever they have a good opportunity to make someone have a big impact it is not the case of if they will screw it up; it is more case of when they screw it up; case in point now I knew Keith Lee was making all the right sounds in NXT, even though I don't have access to NXT his reputation was bigger than what he is and we all know he is no small man.

But what happened when he went to the Main Brand of RAW they had no idea of how to use him and present him, so on this previous Raw Monday 19/10/2020 [I have seen a abbreviated version of this match, but this is absolutely garbage booking] where he is dealt his first loss on the Main Brands to Stroman, They have tried to protect Lee with lots loss here with using a dusty finish, I really don't like it; it is lazy and I know nothing to may be salt crystals about Lee, but what I do know is he should be treated as a big deal, he is the present and future of this company and this should interest Mr. McMahon he is big, big money. But I just wanted to point out I am not showing favouritism towards AEW. But if they continue in the same atmosphere and togetherness people/organizations or other should be looking at this company to give awards to, we need more of what this wrestling promotion represents in the world today.

The Undertaker vs. Goldberg at WWE Super Showdown 2019 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2019/06/wasted-undertaker-vs-goldberg-at-wwe.html

Wednesday 21 October 2020

Half Past Dead 2002 by AverageMansReviews

Half Past Dead 2002 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/medical procedures/capital punishment elements/suicide

Storyline: it is good; it does follow a simple yet reliable storyline formula and the pacing is good

Action/Comedy/Art/Blooper: in one way or another these components go hand-in-hand [action/comedy] because there are some situations where these two components go hand-in-hand I will just give you one; basically Twitch/Kurupt wants to fire this rocket launcher inside this Prison [San Quentin,] so Petrosevitch/Seagal instructs him but he forgot to tell him about the potential kickback; on firing this rocket launcher the rocket went one way and he went in the opposite direction flying backwards.

Action/Art; so likewise I will just give you one example, this criminal task force coming down through this broken glass window in the ceiling at different points in this sequence on these wires; either landing on a prison guard shoulders and shooting around or coming in upside down on their wires shooting or coming down firing.

Action individually there is weapons being used and combat

Comedy/Blooper; these two components go hand-in-hand in the first section of the closing credits we have Twitch/Kurupt and Twitch's Girlfriend/Nique arguing about things over this telephone conversation during visiting time at San Quentin Prison. But here is the blooper on the cast list [it says the following Twitch's Girlfriend, but in this scene she is wearing a ring and it gets brought up in the dialogue exchanges the ring and not the meaning behind the ring, so I am thinking she isn't a Girlfriend but a Fiancée instead [I asked for a second opinion and the person I had asked she said basically yes it is the wedding ring finger] and individually there is comedy in the dialogue exchanges.

 

Art individually we have beautiful scenery for one example this computer slide scenery [this will make better sense when you watch this film,] because when you see it; it will capture your attention.

Characters/Performances: including the on-screen chemistry; it is good I mean they do follow a simple yet reliable formula like the storyline.

This film receives: 6/10, this film is good; as you may have guessed by now, this film is something solidly good [I mean solidly from the perspective of using reliable components to make a solidly good film, basically this film knows from beginning to end what it is doing and it sticks to that plan. [On a quick side note if there are any fans of the musician/performer Ja Rulehe out there in Internet land; he is also in this film as Nicolas 'Nick' Frazier.