Time for adventure!

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Hey guys, Jasper here from ISYS100 Trio to do another television show review for our blog. Today I will be reviewing an episode from the television show Adventure Time.

Show Background Information

Adventure Time is an animated television series which follows the many adventures of a human called Finn, and a dog with a flexible body called Jake. The episodes vary from great adventures across the magical land of Ooo, or just daily activities that Finn and Jake take part in but with certain twists. Throughout the episodes they interact with several other characters such as BMO (bee-mo), Princess Bubblegum, Ice King, Marceline and many more.

Episode Summary

The episode, A glitch is a glitch, starts out with Jake and Finn doing some art on a computer when a brick with a floppy disk taped to it is thrown through their window. Playing the floppy disk they are disgusted by a video of a woman gagging herself with her own hair. Being disgusted, they try to close the video but instead crash the program and a glitch is released out of the computer.

Scared for their lives, Finn and Jake run towards the Candy Kingdom and find that everything around them is being deleted. When they finally get to Princess Bubblegum, they find that the Ice King is behind the glitch. Ice King explains that the glitch will delete everything in the land until he and Princess Bubblegum are left because Princess Bubblegum 'promised' that she would marry him if he was the last person on earth.

Mr. Cupcake getting deleted. Notice the different art style compared to the first image.
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As Finn and Jake usually do, they decide to solve this problem and save the day. Hearing from Ice King that the glitch is found in the universal source code, they decide to travel there.

Entering the universal source code, they find hexagons with images on them that represent the building blocks of the universe. Jake, out of curiosity, attaches a hexagon of a snake and a spider. Doing this, a snake and a spider in the land of Ooo then get transformed into a spider with snakes as different parts of its body. They eventually find the glitch, shown as a giant head devouring various hexagons.

While all this is happening Ice King tries many attempts to get Princess Bubblegum to date him, however they are not successful and Princess Bubblegum doesn't give in.

With Finn and Jake, they try to think of ways to defeat the glitch as more hexagons are being devoured. Their attempts to physically destroy the glitch is useless as their body parts disappear as the glitch ate the hexagons. In one final attempt, they remember the video on the floppy disk and recreate the video with Finn eating his own hair. The glitch seeing this, is disgusted by what the duo is doing and spews all the hexagons out that were eaten.

With everything deleted, Finn and Jake see that the world is back to normal and find Princess Bubblegum in Ice King's castle smashing his computer. When they ask where Ice King is, we are shown that Ice King is stuck in the wall of a house and being bitten by the Spider-snake as everything was being returned.

TL;DR

Ice king decides to create a computer virus that will delete everyone in Ooo except him and Princess Bubblegum. Finn and Jake hack into the universal source code and attempt to destroy the virus before they themselves are deleted.

My Thoughts

Although this episode wasn't as action packed or as funny as other Adventure Time episodes I've watched, I really loved that the art style was different to the regular episodes. The art style in this episode was more of a rough 3D animation, a bit like clay animation. I suppose that they decided to change the art style in this episode to make it fit in with the plot of the glitch and with everything being deleted. I also really loved that in this episode some scenes, especially when Finn and Jake were trying to defeat the glitch, they implemented some white noise effects where parts of the scene would have a fuzzy effect. When these effects occurred, I actually thought that it was the television that made those effects but later realised that is was actually part of the scene. I found that these effects were such a genius idea to implement into the show being able to stick with the glitchy theme of the show.

Much like Regular Show, Adventure Time mainly revolves around the adventures of the two main characters and so I would recommend watching Adventure Time if you also like watching Regular Show (they both have action and humour). With Regular show and Adventure Time, the episodes are often themed around problems that we may face with the exception that Regular Show has more supernatural events whilst Adventure Time is fantasy based.

You can go adventuring from weekdays 6:30 pm on channel 93/99 Go!

Here's an extra GIF of Finn and Jake fist bumping
from the opening sequence of "A Glitch is a Glitch".
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Jamie's 15 Minute Meals

Jamie teaches us how to prepare delicious meals in just 15 minutes!
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Introduction
What is up everybody! Ao here again with another review! As you can probably tell by now, I'm a big fan of cooking shows! And a big fan of Jamie Oliver. Today, I will be reviewing a more recent television series by Jamie, 'Jamie's 15 Minute Meals.'

Synopsis
In this series, Jamie teaches people how to prepare delicious meals in 15 minutes. The premise is that the audience are busy people, after a long day of work, and this show teaches them how to cook a quick, delicious meal in just 15 minutes. Every episode features Jamie demonstrating how to create various dishes, from curries and roasts, to deserts and smoothies. All in just 15 minutes!

Jamie cooks another delicious meal!
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Review and Ratings
Overall, I quite enjoyed this show. Jamie's charisma, passion and energy, as always, shines through. Unlike a lot of cooking shows, Jamie's shows feel a lot more casual. As I've said in previous posts, it feels like you're just hanging out and having fun, while learning how to cook. However, I do have a criticism of the show. The meals aren't really prepared from scratch in 15 minutes. It assumes a lot of prep work beforehand.That means all the vegetables are washed, meat defrosted, all utensils, pots and pans are ready to be used, and everything is ready to go. This may mean a 15 minute meal, in reality, takes around 30 minutes to finish. But this isn't a big deal, on what is, a rather entertaining show.

Plot: 5/10. It's just a cooking show, but with a 15 minute twist!
Music: 5/10. The usual stock music, nothing terrible, nothing special.
Overall: 7/10. A rather good show overall.
Recommend? Only if you enjoy watching cooking shows, or Jamie Oliver. This is very much just a cooking show, unlike Oliver's Twist, which featured some other scenarios.

The Runaway Dinosaur

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This will be my short review of The Flash Season 2 episode 21 "The Runaway Dinosaur" directed by Silent Bob himself, Kevin Smith.

The suspense of finding out Barry Allen is not dead gives us peace of mind. We find out that he has integrated with the speed force. While his episode doesn't have any stand out moments (save for Barry's heart whelming conversation with the speed force apparition of his mother Nora.), it prepares us for the final two episodes and the final fight of the season with Zoom. Within the speed force Barry overcomes the loss of his mother and the understanding of how if he doesn't get his speed back he will lose everything he loves. The season-long dead Girder has arisen as a zombie due to the contained particle accelerator explosion at the end of the last episode. This lead to a lot of humour from Cisco as zombies is just another day at S.T.A.R Labs.

Oliver's Twist

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Synopsis 
Hello everyone! Ao here with another review. This time, I'm reviewing an old, but classic show, Oliver's Twist. The show features a young and charismatic Jamie Oliver. The premise of the show is that Jamie Oliver is presented with different scenarios where he has to cook for different people with varying tastes. Each episode has a unique theme to suit the cuisine. For example, seafood, Japanese food, or Italian food. You get the idea. The sequence of events in each episode is pretty much the same. Jamie is presented with a scenario where he has to cook up various dishes that match the theme of the episode, Jamie goes outside to buy ingredients and interact with shopkeepers, Jamie starts cooking, the guests arrive, Jamie chats with the guests, finishes cooking, and finally it ends with Jamie and co sitting down to eat together. There may be variations here and there, but the bulk of the episodes follow this sequence.

My Thoughts and Review
This show is no doubt entertaining, and it's all thanks to the host Jamie Oliver. Jamie is so charismatic, articulate, passionate, and brings such a energy to the show. I love how Jamie talks to the audience while cooking, as if he's having a casual chat with us. The interactions between Jamie and the others, such as shopkeepers and the guests are also interesting, and turns the show into something more than just another cooking show.

Jamie Oliver cooking up a feast for his guests.
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Word of warning, don't watch this show late at night when you're super hungry! You'll no doubt get some serious hunger pangs and cravings! All jokes aside, Jamie makes delicious food. The food he makes appear homemade, with a rustic feel. It doesn't feel pretentious, or restaurant like at all. It really feels like watching your mate cook a meal for you. Overall, I highly recommend Oliver's Twist to everyone, whether you're a fan of cooking shows, a fan of Jamie Oliver, or just a causal fan. This show is about food, but Jamie is no doubt the star of the show.

The charasmatic Jamie Oliver is no doubt the star of the show.
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Overall rating: 8/10. Jamie Oliver's passion and charisma really shine through in this show.
Plot: 5/10. The plot is too predictable, the same sequence of events always happens.
Entertainment: 9/10. Once again, Jamie Oliver.
Sound: 3/10. Music used in this show is very repetitive, always the same guitar riff.
Recommend?: Absolutely.

Plumbus: How They Do It

Plumbus, how they do it...
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This short clip is about how to make a Plumbus. It goes over the various processes and agents involved in its manufacture. What is a Plumbus? Nobody really knows. But, everybody has a Plumbus. It’s as common as a computer these days. But have you ever wondered how they’re made? Look no further than the latest installment of How They Do It.

This episode is really informative. The process of making the Plumbus is explained exceptionally well even a baby could understand. It’s nice to see how common things are made instead of big fancy machines that nobody cares about. 

Jared Has Aides

Jared and his "aides".
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Introduction
Hello everyone! Ao here again with another post. Hope you've been enjoying this blog so far. In this installment, I review another classic South Park episode. This episode is titled 'Jared Has Aides', from season six of South Park.

Plot Summary
In this episode, Jared, the guy from the Subway commercials that lost a tremendous amount of weight apparently eating Subway sandwiches (remember those ads on TV in the early 2000s?), goes to South Park to promote Subway. The boys, Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman, decide to follow in Jared's footsteps. Their plan is to force feed their whipping boy, Butters, so that he gains a lot of weight, and then make him lose the weight. They plan to approach the local Chinese restaurant, City Wok, and get them to pay them for saying Butters lost weight eating their food. The City Wok owner agrees, and so begins Butter's force feeding.

The boys, and a rather overweight Butters, propose their deal to City Wok
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Meanwhile, Jared proclaims he got thin using aides or assistants, and proclaims he will give everyone in South Park aides. This is misinterpreted as AIDs instead. The town goes on a riot and plan to hurt Jared. The boys manage to get Butters fat, but he is unable to lose the weight. The boys end up giving Butters home-style liposuction. In the end, Jared corrects the misunderstanding, and tells everyone he wanted to give them aides, as in assistants, not AIDS. However, the boys are bitterly disappointed as City Wok is only willing to offer them a few dollars for their troubles, and not big money like they had thought.

Thoughts and Review
This episode was pretty funny overall. It was also a bit grotesque at times. The part where Butters gets liposuction at home by the boys seemed a bit over the top, but this is South Park, so that should be expected. I thought the Jared has 'aides' part was a witty play on words. The ending was justified, the boys treated Butters terribly! But in the end, they didn't profit from their schemes. While this episode was funny, it wasn't anything special, nothing too memorable. I would recommend this episode to South Park fans only, as I think there are better episodes that casual fans could watch, such as this episode I've already reviewed: https://isystrio.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/good-times-with-weapons.html.

Overall: 6/10
Comedy factor: 5/10. Not the funniest, but still funny.
Plot: 5/10. A witty plot, if not a bit absurd.

GG

The Good Game logo
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Hey guys, Jasper here from ISYS100 Trio to do another television show review for our blog. The television program I will be reviewing today is Good Game.

Show Description

Good Game is an Australian television gaming program, which reviews some of the latest and upcoming games released. The program is aimed at a more mature audience of gamers. Throughout the years, Good Game has had many different segments shown which cover various areas of the gaming world, but the main format of the show would always include ‘Name the game’ and two game reviews in each episode. The program begins with a segment called ‘Name the game’ where a short footage of a game is shown. Viewers then can guess the name of the game (as the title of the segment implies) and have until the end of the show when the game is revealed. The current hosts, Steven “Bajo” O’Donnell and Stephanie “Hex” Bendixsen, both review two games each episode, giving their views and thoughts about the game and then give the games a rating out of five stars. Apart from the regular episodes, they often have special episodes themed around a genre of a game or special events. Usually at the end of each year, the two hosts would reflect on the year and discuss some of their favourite games and games or designs they would like to see in the future.

Current hosts of Good Game and other Good Game spin-off shows (from left to right):
Steven "Bajo" O'Donnell, Gus "Goose" Ronald, Michael "Hingers" Hing,
Nich "NichBoy" Richardson, Stephanie "Hex" Bendixsen
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Good Game also has other spin-off programs such as Good Game: Spawn Point (aimed at younger audiences), Good Game: Pocket Edition (a short episode summarising gaming news), Good Game Pocket (a online show where games are first looked at and game news discussed) and Good Game Well Played (a online show focusing on the e-sports side of gaming).

My Thoughts

I love watching Good Game as I am a gamer myself and like to keep up to date with the newest games being released. The episodes are informative and the hosts always make the program entertaining as they always joke about the negatives of each game. From watching Good Game you get to know the hosts over time as they share personal experiences and hobbies. For example "Bajo" drools over high resolution graphics, is a big fan of Sonic and both he and "Hex" love their cats. They also have skits from time to time which make the program even more hilarious.  I would highly recommend watching Good Game if you are a gamer as they have various shows suitable for a wide range of audiences, discussing different game types. Good Game also has a great connection with their audience as they have grown their community over the years through the use of social media. If you don’t have time to watch the television show (or their other spin-off shows) you can always watch the episodes and reviews either on their official website or on their YouTube channel. They also stream during the evenings through the Twitch streaming service, often playing a game and responding to user questions and suggestions brought up in the chat.

You can catch episodes of Good Game every week on Tuesdays, 8:30 pm on ABC2.

Links

Official website: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/goodgame/

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSWJTP7X8ytO_xhA6x5v21Q

Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/goodgameabctv/profile