DreamWorks/Universal The Bad Guys 2022 Movie Review Part Three

Sometimes? Even The True Villains Sometimes Regrets Their Own Masterplans!
So the Bad Guys have been captured. All according to Professor Marmalade’s plans. But you say isn’t he supposed to need them free? Yes. So that opening is provided by… Mr Wolf.

To be honest? I’m thinking Marmalade would have shown up at their bail hearing if Wolf hadnt done this, but he did push Wolf hard… Tempting him with being a good boy so… Yeah. I think his plan is right on track.

In order to avoid jail, Wolf seemingly talks Marmalade and Covington into giving the Bad Guys a chance. Except… We already know Marmalade anticipated all this. How about Foxington?

The Bad Guys are brought to Marmalade’s estate… Yup. A rich multi millionaire or billionaire philantropist. Then again I never heard of a common everyday street level philanthropist so… Yeah. Also we see he has the heart shaped meteor that devastated the city in his home. Don’t worry. It seems to be the key to Marmalade’s scheme.

So. All he needs to do is make the Bad Guys into the Good Guys. Doesn’t make sense? It will once we end today’s review. Anyway making a batch of Apex Predators into good furs/scales? Eh… Easier said than done.

Sharing? (Already foreshadowed earlier in the movie?), Fail. Helping an old lady cross the ro– seriously? This litterly should have set off alarms in Mr Wolf’s fuzzy skull! Sigh. Yeah.

Guess what. If it’s revealed later that the old lady Mr Wolf helped back at the award gala was Marmalade? He’s going to feel extra stupid not putting it together at this point.

Get a Basic Cat out of a tree? Fail… But hey. At least the car truly had something to be afraid of. Unlike all the Basic Cats who feared Komi Shoko back in my previous Komi review earlier this week.

So deciding on working on the Bad Guys ability to heist? He has them free a large group of imprisoned guinea pigs being studied by human scientists… Wait. What?!?

This is a world where Humans and Furs coexist, and where Furs can be in government! Why are there no for a set by the Fur leaders protecting Basic Fur freedoms?!? Come on people! Must all logic fall in the wayside to let the humor rule supreme?

Yes. I like the humor of the movie! But every time logical story elements is kicked to the curb because a joke or several jokes needs to happen? Well… Not a fan of that.

Covington scolds the Bad Guys, but then has a heart to heart with Wolf. And tells him… As wells as shows him… That there really isn’t much of a difference between a wolf (who honestly is more known to being an Apex Predator than a master thief) and a fox (the canine Fur who actually is better suited to be a thief than a wolf).

So… Mr. Wolf, after much deep thought, finally saves the Basic Cat up a palm tree… This is California yes? And Mr Marmalade posts it up on the Fur version of YouTube.

Why? That’s probably the reason why he did all this. Footage of the Bad Guys becoming Good Guys goes viral immediately, and the new Good Guys are instantly celebrities. Suddenly their appearance at the gala is going to bring everyone to the Gala.

Exactly as Marmalade wanted. Why? Because he is going to have the meteorite on display at the gala. Stationed at the highest point of the building.

So. It’s set. The meteorite is in position. Everyone is going to be there, with in proximity to the meteorite. And all Marmalade has to do is enact his plan. What could possibly go wrong? Well… Yeah. We already know the answer to that one. We continue tomorrow. See you.

Seven Seas OEL Manga Arkham Woods Review Finale Chapter Eight (Digital)

Worse. God. Of. The. Universe. Ever!
So they finally confront Cthulhu’s acolyte, their once friend. He’s going through the incantations to summon Cthulhu. But he has backup… Eventually.

Turns out all the Avatar of the Outer Gods leader Azathoth is good for is pandering encouragements and plot mcguffins. Well… What do you expect from the Avatar of the So called Blind Fool Azathoth, whose big gimmick is sitting in a large room while his useless Outer Gods dance about him to accursed flute music.

Also I got it wrong. The Elder Gods Are arch enemy rivals of Cthulhu and his Old Ones brotherhood. Go figure.

Some cops arrive… And despite seeing the large giant Nemesis acolyte of Cthulhu trying to summon him, his portal runes dug up and exposed? They try to arrest… The heroes. Because dumb as buck.

Kristi’s boyfriend is given a plot mcmuffin from the Avatar of Azathoth, and blows up his Old friend. Then they’re all arrested because… Yeah. Despite spending the last hour fighting bird humans from an alternate Earth, and watching a giant Cthulhu acolyte try to summon an Old One? These cops are still dumb.

Their attempt to arrest the teens, both cops and military, is stopped when the acolytes backup finally arrives. In the form of Kristi’s mom and one surviving bird creature from the house.

Apparently the second portal was meant to summon guardians to back up the acolytes in summoning Cthulhu. But at least the Good Old Boys killed most of them. They arrive immediately and stop the last bird creature and naked mom with a shot to the back. Don’t worry. She’ll survive.

The avatar of Azathoth? He’s still around. Not stopping the cops and military from being stupid, but he’s here. Why? Because the Acolyte succeeded after all. And Cthulhu behind riding from the portal. In front of everyone.

And yes. No amount of denial will excuse seeing the giant Old One ride from the Earth, and kill cops and military… Before Kristi’s boyfriend is urged by the Avatar to sacrifice himself to send Cthulhu back to the darkness.

So that’s it. I take it the two kadies wrre not arrested after all. Because our heroine decided to sell the cursed house and leave Arkham Woods.

Her mom? Funny thing. She got shot in the back by a high powered rifle by a Good Old Boy… Survived. She seems to have completely overcome her losing her eyesight. And all it took for this miracle is… For her mind to be swallowed while by Cthulhu. Oh well.

Kristi leaves her mom in the town mental ward, and drives off… Enfing this one shot story. Verdict? Well… It’s free. I think. I got it for free, you might be able to get it for free. You lose nothing trying it if it’s still free.

Not the best horror story I ran across but passable. Drawn well enough, a decent story with interesting characters and twists. A decent if middling 3 out of 5. Anyway might still be free in the Amazon Kindle store. Interested? Check it out.

Four Chapters remain of Komi Can’t Communicate Volume 6. I’ll tackle it all next week. Tomorrow? Still out on deciding what the next weekend review will be, so stay tuned.

Dreamworks/Universal The Bad Guys 2022 Movie Review Part Two

The Downfall Of The Bad Guys? It Was All Planned By… A Criminal Guinea Pig Aka… Evil McNugget.

Yeah yeah. The fix is on. From the moment Governor Fox Lady (2022s flavor of Callie Briggs) appears on the news? The fix is in. And Mr Wolf’s ego sets them in the road to failure.

Apparently the city is hosting an annual Good Samaritan Award, in which it’s prize is… A recycled gold dolphin statue from a pile of gold dolphin statues that once littered the town’s local Hyatt Recency Hotel. True story. My mom had one of those!

This year the winner of the award is a guinea pig named Professor Marmalade… Yeah. It’s Furry Moriarty. Sure to appear to vex Captain William F Rokker, I Am Wolf and… That Cat lady in Star Trip Poodlard Season 3.

Why? He’s getting the award because of the humanitarian work he did to help the city recover from an unexpected space rock impact that devastated the city center. Place your best here in whether the meteorite drive him evil, or he was always evil.

Because Mr Wolf is not happy with Governor Fox calling him out as a hasbeen… Dude! Remember your Back To The Future… Ironic since Mr Wolf is about to suffer the same shortcoming of famous Universal Studios character Marty McFly. The Downfall of ego.

Suddenly it’s Oceans Eleven as the team breaks into the high end posh event celebrating so called humanitarian Marmalade. Funny that Mother Teresa is brought up in regard to him… Yeah. Later reveals of her activities don’t pay a pretty picture of her. Sigh.

Maybe Mr Wolf should have paid attention when he met Governor Fox Lady, all to get an image of her eye to trick the retinal scan. She clearly lays out that she knew they would be coming for the dolphin, and in talking about a ingenious piece of recycled junk sculpture laid out her idea to reform the Bad Guys.

Because the Bad Guys need to be caught? Eventually the plan behind to fall apart. When? When Mr. Wolf tries to steal from a little old guinea pig disguised as a woman… Sigh… Professor Marmalade. He purposefully has Mr Wolf save him, all so he can plant in his head the desire to be a good boy… Huh.

Uh why is Mr Wolf so attracted to the idea of being a good boy? Dunno. I bet the movie will explain it all eventually. Anyway the manage to steal the dolphin, but Professor Marmalade, having already out his plan into motion stops Mr Wolf in his tracks by pleading for… Him to be a good boy? Something?

Anyway the thought of being a good boy is firmly stuck in Mr Wolf’s head, and the Bad Guys are captured. Now it’s time for the collision of udeals. Governor Lady Fox Foxington vs Professor Marmalade.

What is their reasons behind wanting the Bad Guys reformed? What is Marmalade’s ultimate evil plan? And does Foxington look hot in the right black leather… Yes. Down Rule34, down. See you tomorrow.

VIZ Komi Can’t Communicate Volume 6 Review Chapter Eighty-One (Digital)

Damn You Basic Cats, Your Breaking The Fur Vow Of Cuddles… Whattya Mean That’s Puppy Stuff?!? RUDE!!

So as you know either by being a manga and/or anime Komi fan, Komi loves furs. Especially Basic Cats. So, when the news reports on a Cat Cafe in the area? Komi wants to go!

Komi. Dedicated viewer of Plot Convenience News. Anyway in this Chapter we find out that troublemaker Najimi… Had cat allergies. So I guess that nixes in the blank any Komi Can’t Communicate SWAT Kats crossover.

Tadano, trying to help Komi grow in her friend quest. Opts out so that she can spend time with the school’s official Older Sister, Onemine. Not surpridingly, Onemine’s Ernie, Otaki, shows up.

Suddenly Komi is isolated. In the middle of a Cat Cafe full of Basic Furs. Why? Apparently the same Basics that thought an eternal Dragon aka Elms was disappointing? They’re freaked by Komi.

They go running to the So called boss car of the Cafe, a female cat named Chocolat. Not impressed by the other cars fears, she soon has a different opinion when she spots Komi.

Chocolat, like any main or secondary character in this book, has her own mental issues. She hates humans, and thinks poorly of the cars who kids up to them. At first she wants to mock Komi… But stops.

Realizing Komi is alone, we maybe get a glimpse into why Chocolat hates humans. Without coming out and saying it, Chocolat’s reaction to Komi’s sadness says perhaps alot. Maybe Chocolat was abandoned, and thus can emphasize with Komi’s loneliness.

Chocolat goes to Komi, and the two instantly bond. It’s a happy ending as Komi makes a Basic Fur friend that day at the Cat Cafe. Seriously. In the Volume epilogue Komi goes and has Chocolat sign her friendship book. Well… Cat-sign.

Will you be surprised when Komi’s friend count is given at the end of the volume? Maybe… Eh. Anyway tomorrow is just a light nonsense story of Komi suffering minor technical issues during Final Exams. Coming up tomorrow. See you.

Seven Seas OEL Manga Arkham Woods Review Chapter Seven (Digital)

Wasn’t There Already A Seven? Oh Well… Almost Over!
After long meandering chapters, this is brief. So there isn’t much to say. Anyway whatever is happening back at the creepy Addams Family house isn’t a concern no more. The school gymnasium is.

A single cop reports to the disturbance reported by neighbors and finds the school once basketball star, now a Nemesis, digging up the gym flooring with a heavy construction vehicle.

Instead of bringing this to the attention of the cops, military and Good Old Boys shooting up the neighbor back at the bird creature incursion, he tries to arrest Nemesis alone.

He’s grabbed and slammed into a wall… And that’s it. He might have survived that, not that Nemesis cares. The lower chamber containing the alternative portal for the Elder Gods has been revealed.

As for Kristi and her pals? Once again it’s time to play Nesting Boxes with an overtly meticulous 19th Century occult whacko. The music signifies this box connects to Azethoth, the so called God Of The Universe.

Looking it up… Azathoth. From HP Lovecraft mythos. A deity of the Cthulhu mythos, he is the Ruler Of The Outer Gods, and may be seen as a symbol of primordial chaos.

First mentioned in The Dunwich Horror. In a note made by Lovecraft concerning an Azathoth story in 2019, it’s “A terrible pilgrimage to seek the nighter throne of the far daemon sultan Azathoth.”

 Umm… Our hero? From The Dream quest of Unknown Kadath, Azathoth is mentioned thusly… “[O]utside the ordered universe [is] that amorphous blight of nethermost confusion which blasphemies and bubbles at the center of all infinity – the boundless daemon sultan Azathoth, whose name no lips dare speak aloud, and who gnaws hungrily in inconceivable, unlighted chambers beyond time and space amidst the muffled, maddening beating of vile drums and the thin monotonous whine of accursed flutes.”

 Spoilers. What has the three been hearing since they got this box? Flutes. And what does the Greek God man who comes out of the final box calls himself. Basically the Herald or servant of Azathoth.

And thus, folloeers, this is why you NEVER EVER EVER believe the hooey written in demonic literature probably scrawled in human blood! Idiot should have done his homework! Now we are supposed to trust the dark God Azathoth will save the world from the Elder Gods… Oh joy.

He, like the Flash, leads the trio in their car to the school. Where the Elder Gods portal has been uncivered. So… Regardless of who wins? Is humanity screwed? Find out tomorrow.

Dreamworks/Universal The Bad Guys 2022 Movie Review Part One

Let’s Start Off Light… Then Freak Over Things NOT Related To The Review!
The Bad Guys. DreamWorks big animated movie of 2022. Comparably speaking? DreamWorks had a better 2022 than Disney/Pixar.

The movies that did well for the mouse? Relegated to Disney+. Their theatrical movies? Lightyear and Strange World? (Not to be confused with Captain Christopher Pike’s Strange New Worlds?) Not so much. Yeah. Compared to the mouse Dreamworks had a good year.

And yes. The Bad Guys played a big role in it having the best year compared to the mouse. An overall well received movie that, even as I begin the review, feels fun and enjoyable. A little over the top but fun.

The movie begins with best friends Mr Wolf and Mr Snake. Part of the dangerous predator set of furs and scales. Lethal, deadly… Doing their own take on the finer scene from Pulp Fiction. Cute.

But this Also brings up my first complaint about this setup. Yes. They’re the Bad Guys. We get it… But they’re not the flipping mob! They’re supposed to be thieves! Thieves! At some point the word SUBTLETY should come into play because, well, thieves!

They’re supposed to blend in, Rob their targets blind, and get out. Thing is? None of these characters seem capable of SPELLING the word Subtle, let alone being subtle. How is it again the police cannot arrest them? They can’t even eat at a diner without panicking everyone in the place!

Even before they walk across the street to rob the bank they’ve caused so much of a panic the cops should have arrived halfway through the two discussing the joys of eating furry rodents! Also probable foreshadowing of the possible fate of the movie’s antagonist?

On an unrelated side note? DreamWorks finally announced when the MegaMind streaming series is coming. 2024. Looking forward to that. Anyway the entire opening sequence has the big chase scene, and introduces all the predators of this gang.

Besides Mr Wolf and Mr Snake, we have Miss Tarantula, Mr Shark… How again is a King Shark sized character a master of disguise?!?… And Mr Piranha. Lots of attitude, lots of sharp teeth, small body. Great cast. But only one lady? Well the movie’s second lady is coming in Mayor Fox, but not yet.

So let’s see. This is a mixed world where humans and furs like side by side. The most obvious criminals in this area… San Franscisco?!?… Can’t be caught despite the fact they can’t even legitimately go to a cafe or grocery store without causing a panic just by being alive.

Yeah. The logic of this movie seems to have been taken out back and Old Yeller-ed in order to justify the humor and fun factor. Don’t get me wrong, I’m enjoying the movie! And I am sure it will score well at review end… But yeah. The set up kinda doesn’t make sense.

They do have a secret lair they operate out of. Yes. But they need to be arrested in order to get the movie’s inflict going (when Mr Wolf decides they should pull an OG Thunderbolts and pretend to be reformed… Until Mr Wolf starts to like the idea of being reformed.

Anyway it’s not like good guys can’t be bad. There are a ton of series based on the premise that it takes a bad bunch of characters to stop the Bad guys… So yeah. Overused plot but still fun. Anyway I think next review the conflict will start proper like. When the Bad Guys are arrested. Coming up.

So… This October I’m reviewing the Busan Trilogy. Only… If Warner Brothers didn’t pull out in exchange for backing their Evil Dead remake sequel, Evil Dead Rise? We would be seeing a Train To Busan western reimagining (The Last Train To New York) be released. Will it ever come out? Who knows. I’ll do a piece on it come October and let you know where it stands then.

So… Anything else? Let’s see… Read my list of scheduled reviews for The Month Of Horror. Reviewing South Korea’s Busan Trilogy. Reviewing Australia’s Wyrmwood movies. Reviewing Rob Zombie’s The Munsters 2022. Discussing the status of The Last Train To New York. Thinking about re– viewing Resident Ev… Wait… What??

WHATTYA MEAN THEY LET ROB ZOMBIE MAKE THE MUNSTERS?!? WHY!!! DO… Oh no… I’m reviewing it?!? I’M REVIEWING IT!!! Oh buck me… Sigh… Yeah. Rob Zombie’s The Munsters. Sans the wolf kid or the human lady. October as part of the month of Horrors… I mean ROB ZOMBIE!! Horror!! Sigh. Stay tuned.

Yeah. Id like to THANK The Bad Guys 2022 trailer intros in informing me this movie exists… You shouldn’t have. Litterly, you shouldn’t have. I was just fine being ignorant to its existence. Thanks for nothing Universal.

VIZ Komi Can’t Communicate Volume 6 Review Chapter Eighty (Digital)

Mistaken Beliefs That Cringe With Time, Komi’s Emotions Are Out Of Control Oh Why!… I Regret All This!
Also I Regret using Beauty And The Beast as the inspiration for today’s intro. Even though that is exactly it.

Yeah yeah. Katai’s whole issue is that he’s an introvert that is mistaken for a delinquent because… He looks like a character from that all male school parody about delinquents. Whatever it was called.

Thing is EVERY TIME he shows up they have to beat that same day into our skulls over and over again! Which is even more painful… Then that cop dying in Arkham Woods when one of those bird creatures shoved its bone beak through his head.

Komi is beautiful, lovely, etc… And today she forgot to eat breakfast so she’s hungry. This isn’t about Komi though. Katai is still at the start of his quest to make friends… He has lunch with Tadano.

Basically Katai makes friends with Tadano. After beating us over the head endlessly about how it’s so easy to mistake Katai’s introversion as him being a scary delinquent. Ok. We get it. Move on.

Komi? She’s spying on the two, and ends up experiencing a ton of our if control emotions as Tadano makes a new friend in Katai. And yes. Even at the end of this Chapter Komi is seemingly no more aware of the similarities she has with Katai…

She joins then. And they’ll eat lunch together. Tadano tries to tell Komi, because I think it finally dawned on him what’s going on with Katai. But Najimi, who also joins then for lunch, stops him.

Hah hah hah… NO! BAD NAJIMI! BAD!! This joke is dead! Let it for in this Chapter already! Sigh… Guess the sad confusion over Katai will continue. Sigh.

Tomorrow? It’s time for Komi to indulge in her love of Basic Cats by going to a Cat Cafe… With Big Sister To All Onemine! Uh oh. They’re going to get shipped aren’t they.

The last time a main characte went to a Cat Cafe in a review, Elma, the cats were not impressed. Strange. They meet an ageless dragon? Not impressed. They meet Komi… Suddenly you think they were about to be killed and used in Chinese Vuisine! Why!!

Komi Shoko. Apparently the fabled Basic Feline Elder Goddess of Furkind. Or something. Tomorrow review is rated H for… Huh? See you.

Seven Seas OEL Manga Arkham Woods Review Chapter Seven (Digital)

Thanks But Your Elder Gods Are Coming Through Another Portal!
Yeah. Turns out Kristi’s mom and Bible Boy? They were used as pawns. But surprise I inow. But apparently opening the creepy goth house portal? A distrsction.

Sure enough we find out all the cops, the good old boys, and now the military? They’re fighting… Nobody. The demons are safe inside the house, the ones they’re shooting at? Kristi & boyfriend.

They work their way down to the basement. Where the other girl is. She says one of the creatures came down and… Vanished? Well make your bets. Either the one who noped out earlier killed this girl, and took her place? Or it genuinely wanted out and portalled back.

They seemingly restore the barrier by placing the stones in a new order, but it in turn reveals a box. There are still creatures in the house and one tries to stop them from escaping. They do, box in hands.

So it seems this only accesses the bird faced minions, and portals them over. This they’re Canon fodder keeping people away from the true portal sight.

That guy who was turned into a Nemesis? He stole a construction vehicle, drive it to the school gymnasium, and is now using it to tunnel into the basketball court flooring. Why? Well… Either the demons of Lovecraft hate basketball…

Or the true portal to the Elder Gods lies beneath the gymnasium, and he’s uncovering the path to free the Elder Gods.

So it’s coming down to the wire. Can they stop him from uncovering the portal, and setting the Elder Gods free? Well this story is nearly done so I guess we are about to find out… Tomorrow.

Where Is Star Trek Heading From 2025 On?

I couldn’t figure out what to review today so I’ll leave it for a day so I can get today’s Facebook posts up to work on growing my groups. Chaos(ium) At The Table(top) and The Animation Station. Still working to set up my Star Trek group.

I should do it soon. With news that the downshifting from 5 to 4 Trek series a year is just the start of Star Trek contributing to the efforts to trim costs at CBS/Paramount. My suspicion is that going forward after 2024, they will run 3 series in ongoing capacities ( new series replacing outgoing ones) with 1-2 slots open per year for their just announced short term releases.

I think, and this is my opinion, that they will probably use these shorter formats (either stand alone streaming movies of 90 to 120 minutes, 2 to 4 45 minutes episodes or 4 to 6 30 minute episodes) to field test potential long term series. And probably fill fan desires for more attention to be given to certain characters or stories without spending an entire season (or making a new series) to accommodate the fans.

But as I see it? Odds are we won’t see this come to pass until 2025 once they need to fill the spot left open by Discovery. Both it and Picard being ended to reduce Star Trek’s production costs in favor of quicker easier to launch content filling the fourth slot. I wouldn’t be surprised if the once mostly continuous release schedule isn’t trimmed to one series out every 3 months byb2025. Presently that’s my opinion but it makes sense if only to me.

That and CBS Paramount can still make hand over fist selling the DVD Bluray and Digital releases of each smaller release in turn. So that is fine with me.

At least it’s in a better place than the off the radar 14th Star Trek movie, supposedly coming out December 22nd 2023 but it’s present status is unknown. Eh. Oh well. Stay tuned.

VIZ Komi Can’t Communicate Volume 6 Review Chapter Seventy-Nine (Digital)

The Eternal Struggle Between FF Girl & Yandere Girl For The Affections Of Komi Shoko… RUN KOMI!!
So it’s winter, and in her never ending quest to NOT better herself, Najimi invited herself (Komi and Tadano) to Nakanaka’s home… Castle… Dive bar… Depending on which Final Fantasy your playing.

So I posted the first three pages with no cuts. It’s to emphasis that at no point up until they enter Nakanaka’s domain is Yamai there.

Also Nakanaka tries to cast a barrier keeping Najimi out, but fails. Najimi, upon entering the realm of Nakanaka… Crawls into her bed and falls asleep.

That’s fine. This is all going to focus on Nakanaka and Yamai anyway. Though to be fair even Yamai is shocked by Najimi pulling a Goldilocks and falling asleep in Nakanaka’s bed. Spoiler… No Ursian bears arrive to throw her out. Or involve her in a plot for a magical wish.

So basically the battle lines are drawn between Gamer Girl Nakanaka and crazy Yandere female stereotype of the 60s Yamai. And they go at it for a few pages.

Komi writes to them that they’re both important friends to her, when they try to make her pick between them. Failing to recruit Komi they go back at it.

When a video game challenge is made, Najimi revived from her hibernation and joins in… Because that’s why she’s here. For the video games. There’s no visualization of Princess Komi Peach in Super Smash Bros here, with her faithful Tadano Yoshi. Instead we are just told that Najimi wins… If course.

Next time is… A bento lunch story. Good news? Komi and bento lunch. Bad news? Katai aka Make Komi is in this one… Well… Awkward. Anyway bento lunches, why introverts mistaken for delinquents, and so on. Tomorrow. See you.