REVUE REVIEWS: A Chipmunk Reunion

 

This is a weird little special to even bother taking a look at but here we are. This is one of the few times cartoon orphans get to meet their parent(s) and it be a decent episode, and I'll give them credit with this one I like idea in this one unlike Adventure Time.


So on day the boys all argue about which day is their birthday (it seems pretty late for this to be an issue but) and come up with the idea to look for their mom. They head out in the night and off screen tell their Female counterparts to look after Dave while they're gone.

The Boys wander the woods while Dave and the Chipettes try to track them down. While our "Heroes" are dead set on finding their Mother when they get ambushed by a wild boar and tumble down a hill. With the stars being in perfect alignment this week, Alvin and crew get rescued by Aily who is house-sitting for *shock* *gasp* Vinny's house...Vinny is the Chipmunks long lost mother...just the boys though. I feel like this needed a lot more of a run time to flesh out the concept of the boys meeting their Mom, I mean every other asshole they meet gets a movie release. 

YOU DUMB BITCH!!

 Back with Dave and the girls, Britney almost kills herself being a idiot and we see the boys get put to bed and eat breakfast in the morning (Look I'm going over the highlights but the order may vary). It doesn't take long to see that city life is sorely missed by the boys and Alvin still has questions for Mommy dearest.

Alvin, get over yourself!

Vinny explains that a little bit after they were born the Winter got harsh and to keep them from dying she left them with Dave. Not long after Vinny tried to come back for them but couldn't bring herself to separate them from Dave. Okay while a little rushed it does make sense and at least it's not a terrible non explanation other stories like this.

I like how Dave didn't even try

They try to convince Vinny to come back with them in to the City but Alvin runs off forgetting that Wild Boar is still in the area. One thing leads to another and Vinny takes a tumble (She's fine...) and later luck killing the Boar by tricking it off the Cliff.

Mama has those "Dark Souls" Skills

Dave sees his Boys partying it up and Starts to leave when (So how) Alvin and co. stop him and invite him in for the festivities. They head home and get their birthday presents and the "Episode" ends. Like I said this needed more of a runtime to play around with the idea of "Characters meet long lost parent" but oh well. There is a follow up episode...Unfortunately this franchise has a case of "We didn't Archive Our Show" and every site that has the follow up is in poor condition. I would like to look over Vinny's Visit since like the final episode of Rainbow Brite addresses the events of the Movie or in this case the Special by at least following up on lore like this. Well this sucks.

Stop dancing you Assholes, this isn't a GOOD thing!

REVUE REVIEWS: Squirrel And Hedgehog (BRAVE SOLDIERS)

Back by Popular demand or just to use my old Blog. But Yes I am reviewing a North Korean Propaganda Cartoon. This is a strange one that takes a while to get through and more confusing throughout.

The Story is about the Lotus Hill Alliance (North Korea), their "Struggles" against the Weasel Army (Japan and South Korea) and the adventures of Gino who is a Double Agent from Lotus Hill. It's easy to just simply call this show crap because it's Propaganda but to be fair...We did this too. The show could be compared to G.I. JOE if all the characters were animals.

Oh yeah this show plays for keeps.

 Its real funny that the show looked like a wonky old-school Disney cartoon until the Military elements to center stage. And unlike G.I. JOE which used the Military aspects to sell vehicles and toys , this show does the same thing but the approach is not nearly as memorable.


One of my main problems with this show is the odd characterization, oh there are characters but strangely it's the Villains that appear the most interesting. The Main guy Gino is alright but because of the one note nature of the show's premise all he is a good undercover officer. This Guy HAS NO LIFE OUTSIDE OF HIS JOB.

Now the characters in G.I. JOE don't get as much screen time to flesh out their off time but they do other things. Another thing I noticed is that the Lotus Hill Alliance doesn't really do much and rarely gets into battles that cost them anything. Interesting Warfare has stakes but these guys never any suffer massive losses. In all honesty MOST of the conflict is from infighting of the Weasel Army and it doesn't help that Gino and his brother (WHO HAS THE SAME POSITION AND ROLE IN THE STORY) outfight most of their enemies with ease.

The animation even for it's time is impressive, their are Animation errors and overly sped up scenes but to this Shows credit it works. I do like some of the setups they use for some of the battles but like I pointed out earlier the Militaristic nature of this show is cranked to the max and you won't see the Weasels coming up with Hypnosis Rock Bands.