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Toddlers and Tiaras (2009)
Horrendous
I had watched this show a few months ago, and recently saw it resurface online due to how deservedly terrible of a reputation it has, so I felt compelled to make a review on this show.
I don't normally write such negative reviews, but this is genuinely very close to one of the worst television shows I have ever seen. And that's against some stiff competition.
The first problem I have with this 'show' is pretty glaring. These toddlers are blatantly being used for a beauty pageant by some mothers who are probably using their children to do something that they couldn't do. I wonder what shoving the camera in such a young toddler's face would do to their self esteem? I obviously haven't had that experience and is not something I would wish for anyone, but it must be incredibly detrimental.
I don't normally say these sorts of things about people, since I try my utmost to be polite, but it is VERY clear the mothers themselves are most likely desperate for attention and fame and will do anything for it, even if it means besmirching their own reputation by joining this absolutely horrendous show.
There's nothing of value to this show. It's completely inane and vapid. It's barely even a show to begin with. The show is problematic in even the most fundamental aspects and it's obvious seeing as this show is one of the lowest rated on all of IMDB. It's trash. Just absolute trash. I don't recommend that anyone else go through the torture of watching this.
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years (2021)
Lived up to the expectations.. which weren't very high
I'm a pretty big fan of Spongebob, I've been a pretty avid watcher of the show. However, this spin off is pretty pointless.
I think we should get to the elephant of the room. The animation is.. not very good. It's obvious they chose this style to make it different from the original TV show, but it's massively difficult to replicate CGI from a film into a TV show. It makes the show look cheap and lazy. The animation is much better in the original show, although if they used the original animation too there would be even less reason to watch it. Even if there are a few good scenes, it doesn't rescue the fact that the animation is bad.
All the show is, is effectively Spongebob in camp. That's it. When they were basically advertising this show in the 2020 film, they at least used different voice actors for the characters. That would make it even a little more interesting. The whole point of a spin off is that it's supposed to be different from the original show, while obviously keeping some semblance to the original. The only thing different about this from the original show is the animation. At least the Patrick Star Show was trying to do something different, even if that show is arguably worse than this one. This is almost an identical copy.
I understand the issue with the creator of Spongebob, Stephen Hillenburg requesting there not to be any spinoffs, and the fact that this was announced only a few months after his death is disgusting and disrespectful, and a blatant attack on his legacy. However, I prefer not to let personal gripes get into the way of reviewing TV shows, and I try not to let it affect my reviews. This show isn't directly responsible for it's own creation, if that makes sense.
Overall, the show is pretty bland and boring. There's hardly anything different from the original show, and the animation is pretty bad. You can tell even from the poster (look how stiff the models are.. eww) that it's bad. It's not outright garbage, but it's significantly below average. I'd personally skip this show.
Miraculous - Le film (2023)
Major improvement for the Miraculous franchise
This movie had been significantly hyped up, and I'm glad to say, for the most part, it has reached the expectations set by the Miraculous community. I don't see the problem with it deviating from the actual story, since Thomas Astruc does not have any involvement with the film, whereas in the show he has a lot of involvement, it's bound to change. Jeremy Zag already said it would be different from the original story. Honestly, I prefer most of the story deviations. Jeremy Zag is quite easily a better writer, although that's not a very high bar to clear.
The music, which is a pretty important part of the movie seeing as it's a musical, is pretty decent. Some are definitely a bit cheesy, but the ones that are obviously important are great.
The animation, seeing as quite a lot was spent on this movie since it has been a passion project of Jeremy Zag for quite a few years now, is excellent. I didn't notice any major faults in the animation. The costume designs could have been changed, since Ladybug's is very generic, but it's always been like that so I'm fine with it not being changed.
Unfortunately, the main issue I have with this movie that otherwise would have given it a 9, or maybe even a rare 10/10, is the plot. Writing has always been an issue in the Miraculous franchise - and this is no exception. Although it's definitely an improvement, it's still pretty lackluster. It's still never explained why Ladybug and Chat Noir don't know who each other are. It's pretty obvious, since they have the same voice and their civilian counterparts know each other. The reveal of Hawk Moth as Gabriel Agreste was handled decently, although there were a few problems I had with it.
The ending itself is pretty generic, which definitely spoils the movie for me. Everyone is saved, peace is brought.. which is a pretty boring way to conclude the film. It left a bad taste in my mouth. I did enjoy the reveal, which the animation massively helped however. The hinting at Nathalie as the successor to Gabriel is pretty expected. It doesn't really shake up the future for, what I am guessing is a sequel since this movie is likely to have performed well seeing how popular the Miraculous franchise is.
Overall, it was a great movie. A lot of the problems with the original series still linger, and really damage the quality of the movie, but it's still a major improvement for the Miraculous franchise. I'm excited for the sequel!