Old School Lane Presents: What Nickelodeon Means to Patricia

Hey everyone, Patricia here. As you recall from last month, Kevin did a video on what Nickelodeon meant to him in honor of Nickelodeon's 35th anniversary. If you haven't seen it yet, you can click on the video down below.

Now it's my turn. Today is my 28th birthday and I think now is a good time to tell you what this network means to me. So, here we go!



Nickelodeon means a lot to me. Even though that they've made a lot of stupid decisions in recent years rejecting shows that had a lot of potential such as Constant Payne and The Modifyers, shows that turned out to be good to amazing such as The Proud Family, Phineas and Ferb, Dragons: Riders of Berk, and Adventure Time, relying on the Internet to create their shows such as Fred the Show, Awesomeness TV, and Breadwinners, and copying off the Disney Channel with their shows, all the things that Nickelodeon did right was amazing and became a huge part of my childhood. I first saw Nickelodeon back in 1989 when I was 3 years old seeing shows such as You Can't Do That on Television, Double Dare, David the Gnome, and Eureeka's Castle, but the show that cemented me as a huge Nickelodeon fan was The Ren & Stimpy Show with my absolute favorite episode of all time "Space Madness". I was 5 years old in 1991 when The Ren & Stimpy Show debuted. It was such an sugar rush of wacky animation and insanity in the scenes where Ren thinks that a bar of soap was an ice cream bar and where Stimpy was tempted to push The History Eraser Button. Those moments stuck on my head many years later and made me a huge fan of Nickelodeon. While I also loved Cartoon Network, Kids WB, Disney in the Afternoon, and PBS, I would choose Nickelodeon as my favorite.

Shows from Nickelodeon during the 90's were, for the most part, incredible and extremely memorable for me. Shows such as the 3 original Nicktoons, Clarissa Explains it All, All That, The Adventures of Pete & Pete, Rocko's Modern Life, Weinerville, Hey Arnold!, The Angry Beavers, Kenan & Kel, and more, were programs that shaped my sense of humor and my inspiration of becoming a writer. When rewatching this shows for the Nickelodeon tribute, I gained a bigger appreciation on these programs and how relatable the characters were, how much of the humor went over my head as a kid and understood when I got older, and how to tell a cohesive plot with great storylines. As a kid, I had little to no friends in school due to being socially awkward. But the characters from these TV shows sort of became the friends I never had growing up until I met Kevin at my 4th grade class. He also had a love for Nickelodeon and we would spend hours talking about our favorite shows after school. Of course, not every show in the 90's were flawless, you can read my article that I wrote last year on whether the 90's Nickelodeon shows are overrated right here.



Family Double Dare, Nick Arcade, Nickelodeon GUTS, and Legends of the Hidden Temple got me hooked into game shows and I wished that I could join in one of the game shows at Nickelodeon Studios in Orlando, Florida. The sets, games, hosts, and prizes looked so awesome and everyone I knew dreamed of being a contestant of one of those game shows. I did go to Nickelodeon Studios 3 times around the 00's and even saw the employees building the set for Double Dare 2000 and went in the Jimmy Neutron simulation ride. It was an amazing experience that I never forgot and the reason why I want other kids who either never went or were too young to remember to go through the same thing. Hopefully it'll happen someday.



As I grew older in the late 90's and early 00's, I didn't watch Nickelodeon as much and I gravitated towards other networks that were showing programs for teenagers. This was also when I went through the beginning of my anime faze watching programs such as Dragonball Z, Cowboy Bebop, and Pokemon. However, when programs such as Caitlin's Way and Invader Zim brought me back watching Nickelodeon and seeing what it had to offer for the new generation. By the first episode of Invader Zim, I was immediately hooked and hadn't gotten excited into watching a new show since The Ren & Stimpy Show. I remember back in high school that the goth/emo craze was big and I had a friend who was a part of that group. We would sit at the lunch table talking about Invader Zim as well as all the other graphic novels written by Jhonen Vasquez.

This was also the time in which forums complaining about Nickelodeon in the 00's started to form. Even back in 2000, many teenagers who grew up in the 90's bashed these new programs and stated that they were inferior to the old programs that we saw as kids. For a while, I agreed with them. But then, I saw the shows that were coming out at the time and slowly I no longer listened to them. There were so many programs such as SpongeBob SquarePants, The Fairly Oddparents, Invader Zim, My Life as a Teenage Robot, ChalkZone, Drake & Josh, Ned's Declassified, and Danny Phantom that I wished were around when I was a kid since animation, writing, and character development was gradually improving. This was the first time I learned about people being narrow minded and being blinded by nostalgia hating the programs that were new and only liking the programs that they grew up with. This experience would come into fruition a few years later when I co-founded Old School Lane.



However, in 2004, when I graduated from high school and entered into college, I slowly got away from Nickelodeon once again. However, 1 year later, one show brought me and my college friends back to this network: Avatar: The Last Airbender. That show was such a marvel to see when it first came out with its stunning animation, memorable characters, and amazing storyline. It was the best show I've ever seen for Nickelodeon and it was one of the most talked about topics that my friends and family brought up. A few years later, I went to my first sci-fi/anime convention in Orlando and I saw many people dress up as Nickelodeon characters such as teams from Legends of the Hidden Temple, Quail-Man from Doug, and numerous characters from Avatar: The Last Airbender. I even dressed up as a Blue Barracuda at Megacon 2008. It showed me that the love of Nickelodeon, both classic and new, is still going strong.

Then when 2011 came, Kevin and I started our blog Old School Lane and the first tribute we wanted to dedicate to was Nickelodeon. We rewatched all the old shows we grew up and gave our opinions on them. Some of them are still classics that still hold up. Others are awful trainwrecks that should be forgotten in the sands of time. A lot of our reviews and opinions on these shows and topics has brought us our fans and our haters, but we still stand by them and not worry about the negative feedback we get. We focus on the wonderful people who have been on our side for these 3 years reading our articles and listening to our podcasts. Eventually, we became associates of Manic Expression were we shared our love for all things Nickelodeon to the members. Some of our favorite episodes of Casual Chats are the ones that we've talked about Nickelodeon with the people from Manic Expression such the Rocko's Modern Life, Legends of the Hidden Temple, The Adventures of Pete & Pete, and Danny Phantom. 

Then I became an admin for The Re-Open Nickelodeon Studios page and founded the Nickelodeon Slimecast Podcast. It's amazing that I've been an admin for this page for over a year and I've gotten to know so many people who have a huge passion for Nickelodeon as I did when I was young. Talking about the Nickelodeon topics is always a lot of fun and I'm glad that we have a dedicated fanbase who also enjoys listening to us discussing about them. That means more to me than you will ever know.

The Nickelodeon tribute has also giving me the courage to interview all the wonderful people who had worked on these shows that I grew up with. When Kevin first brought up the idea of trying to get a hold of people such as Marc Summers, I thought he was crazy. "There's no way we can get a hold of these people. They accept journalists or reporters to interview them, not regular fans like us", I thought. Boy, was I wrong and I'm glad I was wrong. In total, we interviewed about 30 people including Marc Summers, Cheryl Blaylock, Noel MacNeal, D.J. McHale, Moira Quirk, Craig Bartlett, Marc Weiner, Bill Burnett, Ross Hull, and more.

We even met these people face to face at the Slimed book event in NYC hosted by Mathew Klickstein (whom we also interviewed). All the work that Kevin and I put in had been worth it meeting wonderful people such as Marc Summers, John Harvey, Phil Moore, Vanessa Coffey, Jim Jinkens, and more. Meeting up with various people who also shared the same love of these shows and people was also incredible. It was probably one of the best moments that I've ever experienced in my life and a wonderful opportunity to meet up with the people that shaped my childhood.



If you haven't been to the Slimed book event, it was recorded live and has been uploaded to YouTube. Here's the video to check out. If you see the audience, Kevin and I are the ones in the first row in the middle.

So, as you can see, Nickelodeon still means a lot to me today. Sure, Nickelodeon has made a lot of mistakes over the past few years and it isn't the same network that I grew up with, but the huge impact that it made to me shaped me into a better person. I hope that Nickelodeon continues and shapes many children's lives for years to come.

-Patricia

Turtle Talk Episode 11: Interview with Chris "RowdyC" Moore

In this episode of Turtle Talk, Patricia and Kevin interview RowdyC Productions founder and Reviewers Unknown member Chris Moore. In it, they discuss questions about his recent TMNT retrospective, his opinions on the franchise, the upcoming TMNT movie, and much more.

Old School Lane's Nickelodeon Tribute: My Family's Got GUTS

At this point in time, game shows for Nickelodeon were dead. Just plain dead. After Nickelodeon Studios shut down its doors in 2005, people's interest for kids' game shows waned down fast, especially when Nickelodeon GAS was done in 2007. However, Nickelodeon decided to bring back kids' game shows with another revival. The first two attempts of game show revivals such as Double Dare 2000 and the 2002 Wild & Crazy Kids were such colossal failures that they didn't last longer than a year and people still look back to the original with fondness. Third time would be the supposed charm with the revival of the 1992 game show Nickelodeon GUTS with My Family's Got GUTS debuting on September 15, 2008.



The game show starts with a group of two families competing each other in a tournament filled with extreme games and concluding it at the Aggro Crag. The families with the highest points will move on to the next round, receive a piece of the Aggro Crag and the next family competes. It continues on until the final two families compete in the Aggro Bowl and the winner receives a full Aggro Crag trophy and a family trip. The host of My Family's Got GUTS is film critic/actor Ben Lyons and his co-host is Australian celebrity Asha Keurten.



What makes My Family's Got GUTS interesting is the fact that it was filmed in Sound Stages 23 and 24 of Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, which is something to behold since as previously mentioned, Nickelodeon Studios had shut down 3 years prior and every show that was being filmed were taking place at Nick on Sunset in California. Similar to the original Nickelodeon GUTS being a kid version of American Gladiators coming out around the same time, My Family's Got GUTS came out a few months after the American Gladiators revival back in January 2008. However, My Family's Got GUTS lasted for 2 seasons ending its run on October 10, 2009 despite the fact that Season 2 was never shown in North America due to most likely low ratings. There are a lot of reasons that My Family's Got GUTS frustrates me.

First off, this would've been a great opportunity to not only to revive the Nickelodeon game show genre that had been dead for 3 years, but it could've been the thing to bring back Nickelodeon Studios. If the show would've been a big hit, maybe more game shows or live action shows could've been filmed at the different Sound Stages at Universal Studios. Unfortunately, there was no mention of My Family's Got GUTS being filmed at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida similar to most of the game shows during the 80's and 90's during the ending credits. Parents could've taken their kids there and Universal Studios could've made a lot of money, but it was wasted potential.



Secondly, the hosts of Ben Lyons and Asha Keurten are very forgettable. It seems that the people who created this revival wanted them to be the next Mike O' Malley and Moira Quirk, with Lyons being kooky and wild and Keurten having a exotic language, but didn't understand what made O'Malley and Quirk work in the first place. Mike O'Malley was very goofy and silly, which would have normally been out of place for an "extreme" game show like Nickelodeon GUTS, but he was likable. Moira Quirk was the steady, down-to-earth referee who explained the rules to the kids and had a cheerful personality that was a much needed balance for O'Malley. They worked great together and no other Nickelodeon game shows accomplished this feat ever since. Lyons and Keurten were rehashes of what O'Malley and Quirk did 15 years prior as oppose to their own true personalities with no chemistry or likability.

Double Dare 2000 was a revival that played itself way too safe with little to no changes. Wild & Crazy Kids back in 2002 had too many changes that didn't make it unrecognizable from the original. My Family's Got GUTS was a mixture of both. While it retained the extreme games, the Aggro Crag, the theme song, and the criteria of the hosts' personalities, there were a lot of changes that were made that were mostly unnecessary. For example, the addition of the families being the contestants didn't mesh very well and made the pacing slower. The scoring system is very different from the original and can be confusing at times. Plus, the Aggro Crag was very confusing with the different gameplay, having a few seconds start with the teams with the highest score, and it being 5 feet smaller than the original Aggro Crag, it became a letdown since every Crag in each season became taller with more challenges with the Mega Crag being 28 feet tall and the Super Aggro Crag being 30 feet.



Overall, I have mixed opinions of My Family's Got GUTS. On one hand, it was the best revived game show that Nickelodeon had at that point and it felt like Nickelodeon GUTS. However, due to a mixture of keeping things way too safe with things that needed to be changed and having unnecessary changes that shouldn't have been made makes it a game show makes this a very frustrating experience to sit through. I think the game show would've done better if it wasn't based on Nickelodeon GUTS and was an original idea. It's an okay game show by itself, but it's nowhere near as good when compared to the original.

That's all for now. Hope to see you around Old School Lane soon. Thanks for reading.

-Patricia

Manic Expression Digression Session Episode 49: A Dimension of Sight and Sound

In this episode of Manic Expression Digression Session, Manic Expression members Kevin, Patricia, TheOtherDude92, and Jim Bevan discuss about one of the greatest TV shows of all time, The Twilight Zone. They also touch upon the movie and its two revivals.

Turtle Talk Episode 10: TMNT Memories

In this special episode of Turtle Talk, Patricia and Kevin celebrate the 30th anniversary of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles alongside Manic Expression members Alexthed, Decker Shado, and TheMimic1013 with their fondest TMNT memories. Also, Patricia and Kevin discuss about the newest 2 episodes of TMNT and the upcoming toys.

Old School Lane Casual Chats Episode 29: Interview with Clint from The Rise and Fall of Nickelodeon

To continue the celebration of Nickelodeon's 35th anniversary, Patricia interviews the founder of one of the fastest growing and popular Nickelodeon fanpages, Clint Bracey from The Rise and Fall of Nickelodeon.

Check out The Rise and Fall of Nickelodeon at https://www.facebook.com/TheRiseAndFallOfNickelodeon?ref=br_tf

Movie Review: The Spiderwick Chronicles

The year is 2008. Kung Fu Panda, The Dark Knight, Iron Man, and WALL-E debuted in theaters. Breaking Bad, The Spectacular Spider-Man, True Blood, and Batman: The Brave and the Bold featured on TV. Nickelodeon was still going through its low point with releasing mediocre movies and shows lasting just as long as they came out. Not only that, but all the other networks were starting to lose their luster. Cartoon Network lost their general manager after the Boston bomb scare incident and most of the Disney Channel programs that were popular had ended their run and mostly relied on their live action programs to ride on the popularity of Hannah Montana. With that said, Nickelodeon decided to release another movie to cash in on the fantasy genre. As I mentioned previously at the Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events review, it was suppose to be the start of a franchise similar to the Lord of the Rings and the Harry Potter movies. However, due to many delays caused by corporate shakeups and the main actors growing too old for their roles, it was eventually cancelled. So, they decided to adapt another book into a movie. This time, it's The Spiderwick Chronicles. 



The book series is about three children consisting of twin brothers and their older sister moving into a new estate with their mother only to discover a fantasy world consisting of faeries. It began in 2003 and ended its run in 2009 with a total of 8 books having positive reviews reviews from critics and readers alike. On February 14, 2008, The Spiderwick Chronicles was released on theaters. Is the movie a good representation of the book or is it another cash grab on the fantasy craze? This is The Spiderwick Chronicles.



The movie opens up with a man named Arthur Spiderwick (played by David Strathairn) writing a book telling of a world full of creatures that he has been discovering throughout his life. Most of the creatures are good, some are bad. The worst creature of all is a shape shifting ogre named Mulgarath (voiced by Nick Nolte), the ruler of a group of goblins. Pretty soon, his book is completed discussing about all the secrets behind the fantasy world and its creatures. We jump into 80 years later where a woman named Helen Grace (played by Mary-Louise Parker), her twin sons Jared and Simon (both played by Freddie Highmore), and her daughter Mallory (played by Sarah Bolger) moves into the Spiderwick house that was giving to her by her great-aunt Lucina Spiderwick, Arthur's daughter, after she moved to a psychiatric hospital. Jared is upset about having to move due to wanting his old life back and staying with his father instead. Mallory tells him to get out of the car to help, but Jared refuses. She hits Jared in the arm and grabs a stick to hit her. Mallory pulls out her fencing sword and starts fighting him. When she tells him to help unpacking, she heads over to the house. Jared asks Simon on why he didn't help him out, he replies that he's a pacifist and doesn't like confrontation. While Jared is smashing the back of the car due to anger, something is crawling from the bushes watching him. Jared walks back into the house and hears someone watching him. All of a sudden, things start disappearing in the house such as Helen's car keys and Mallory's medals for fencing. It was found in a dumb waiter that was recently rediscovered. Mallory blames Jared for stealing, but Jared claims he had nothing to do with it.



Jared then decides to go into the dumb waiter and finds out it leads to a secret room where Arthur Spiderwick did his research. While looking around, he finds a key to a chest and discovers Spiderwick's book. While looking, Jared sees Spiderwick's desk with a message written in dust saying for him to leave now. Jared left immediately and brought the book with him. A message giving him a warning of not to read the book otherwise he will be in real danger. Despite that warning, Jared ignored the warning and starts reading it. As soon as he opens it, something starts sneaking into the room and watches over Jared. Jared looks around to see if he can find it, but doesn't. 2 hours later, Mallory begins screaming loudly. Jared, Simon, and Helen rush over to find out that Mallory's hair has been tied to the metal back end of the bed. She blames Jared for doing it, but Jared tells her that he didn't do it. No one believes in him.



The next day, Jared continues to read the book and learns of a creature named the brownie that can disappear and reappear anytime they desire and has an obsession with honey. Jared brings out a cage with honey, crackers, and little knick knacks to lure the brownie in. A while later, the brownie is eating the honey and crackers and Jared asks him questions about who he is and more details about the book. The brownie, whose name is Thimbletack (voiced by Martin Short), is shocked that Jared read the book and turns into a more angrier creature. Jared calms him down with honey and Thimbletack explains that he shouldn't have read the book due to Mulgarath and the goblins wanting it for a evil purpose. However, Spiderwick kept the house safe with a circle of toadstools that prevents them from entering the house. As long as no one leaves outside them, they'll be safe. It turns out that the goblins begin to kidnap Simon when he's outside the safety of the toadstools and drag him into the forest, but Jared doesn't see them until Thimbletack gives him a stone with a hole in it. Jared rushes over to save his brother. Jared attempts to save Simon who is locked in a cage until he hears someone behind him. He asks him to slowly lift his foot and when he did, a bird came towards the cage and suddenly disappears. When Jared puts the stone in his eye, he sees a hobgoblin named Hogsqueal (played by Seth Rogen) eating the bird and telling him to set him free since Mulgarath killed his family and wants revenge. Jared just wants to save his brother, but frees Hogsqueal from his cage and starts planning on taking down the goblins. To have Jared see the goblins without the stone, Hogsqueal spit in his eyes so that he can use two hands to kill Mulgarath. However, Hogsqueal sees another bird and chases him away. Simon is lowered down and confronted by Mulgarath and tells him on where the book was. Simon tells him and doesn't know where it is, but promises that he'll get the book for him. Mulgarath lets him go and warns him that if he doesn't, he'll go after his family. Jared approaches Simon and tells him that they have to head to the house otherwise they'll be in danger.



Jared and Simon rush back into the house and see that Mallory was outside the toadstools and the goblins start to attack her. Jared throws the stone towards her and Mallory starts fighting them with her fencing sword and rushes back towards the house. When Jared and Simon explained on what's happening, Mallory blames Jared for getting them into trouble. Jared decides that the only way they can find out what to do is to talk to Lucinda at the hospital. The plan is for Jared to carry a fake book while the real one is safe in the chest and Simon distracts the goblins from seeing Jared and Mallory for entering the shed where a secret passage was that leads towards the town. However, that only lasted for a few seconds until they chase after them and send out a troll to get the book. It turns out that Jared had the real book all along to show it to Lucinda. They finally escape and make into the hospital to visit Lucinda (played by Joan Plowright) interacting with flower fairies. She finds out that Jared discovered the book and tells them that the book has done nothing than ruin her family. She was attacked by the goblins after walking away from the toadstools and her father were taking by creatures called Sylphs to protect him after saving Lucinda. She tells them to find Arthur and find a way to destroy the book before Mulgarath gets a hold of it to kill both humans and creatures and become the most powerful creature on Earth. The goblins break into the window and steals a few pages from the book before Lucinda sprinkles salt on their hands and disintegrated them. The nurses and Helen see the children there and takes them home. Jared is upset that Helen won't listen to him about the goblins and ogre attacking them wishing that his dad will take him instead.



When they finally made it to the house, they read the book and learned that Arthur had a pet griffin that can be called with an elfin language. They read the summon and the griffin takes them to the fantasy world where the creatures live and see Arthur interacting with the Sylphs. Jared approaches him asking him for help, but is unaware that 80 years have passed since his disappearance. Since he was clueless on how much time has passed, he couldn't help them at all. It didn't help much since Thimbletack switched the real book with the fake book. Jared calls the griffin to take them home after Arthur distracts the Sylphs from keeping the kids at the world forever. Meanwhile, Mulgarath is punishing the goblins for bringing in a few pages but not the full book. However, the general Redcap brings him a page that talks about how the toadstools go away at the full moon and having the chance to enter the house. That night, Simon, Jared, and Mallory prepare the house for the attack and see Helen's car almost attacked by the goblins. They rush over and lead her to safety and convince her of what's happening thanks to Thimbletack explaining about the goblins coming to the house to find the book. When the goblins attack the house, they use tomato sauce and salt to kill them until Mulgarath is left. Jared finds the book and tries to get rid of it, but Mulgarath follows him and leads him towards the roof. He throws the book away and Mulgarath grabs it while transforming into a crow. Mulgarath is defeated by Hogsqueal eating him. The movie concludes with bringing Lucinda home from the hospital, Arthur coming to see her before he leaves to go back to the world, and Lucinda going with him turning into a little girl again. With that done, everything is back to normal.



When the movie came out, it received mixed to positive reviews at the box office making over $162 million dollars. In my opinion, this movie is...something. First off, the story is simple. Very simple. The same can be said for the characters. They are all either underdeveloped or pointless. Hogsqueak should've been more in the film since there's a reason why he wanted to kill Mulgarath. His family was murdered by Mulgarath and he wanted revenge. Unfortunately, he was barely in the film and when he was, he barely did anything. A good opportunity wasted. Plus, Simon was useless in most of the movie. I'm not going to give him the excuse that he's a pacifist and couldn't fight his own battles until the end of the movie where the plot needed him to fight, he should have been that way in the first place. Take a good example of a pacifist from a Nickelodeon show: Aang from Avatar: The Last Airbender. He's a pacifist because the monks taught him that violence isn't the answer and to find a more reasonable way to solve your problems. While at the same time, they fought anyone who would ever hurt them or if someone was in danger for self defense. Simon came across as a wimpy, useless coward more than a pacifist 2/3rds into the movie.

Another problem I have with the movie is that the fantasy world and its creatures weren't anything unique or interesting. Again, the problem being that they're not giving any development. We don't enter into the main fantasy world until an hour into the movie and it's small with maybe one or two creatures and that's it. Plus, the whole plot of Mulgarath wanting the book just to kill everyone and become powerful is so boring and cliched and it took over 40 minutes just to learn that plot point when the average audience knew about it instantly. Mulgarath was evil just for the sake of being evil. Nothing else. But the biggest problem I have with this film are some of the moments in the film either being resolved too quickly, being pointless, or anticlimactic. So, it turns out that the toadstools go away at night when the moon comes up and the goblins never figured this out? They never tried to attack the house at night when they would be the most vulnerable? That doesn't make any sense. What about the scene to call in the griffin to find Arthur? Resolved real quick Also, the scene in which they met up with Arthur to destroy the book? Pointless. The final confrontation with Jared and Mulgarath? Extremely anticlimactic. There are many little moments like that that weigh this movie down a lot. Even the soundtrack is extremely forgettable and sounds a lot like the soundtrack from Casper. But then, they were both done by James Horner and seeing his reputation lately, I'm not surprised on why.

However, there are some good things about this movie. It's well acted for the most part, the effects are nice, and it can be entertaining at times. However, it came out at the wrong place at the wrong time. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian would come out two months after The Spiderwick Chronicles, Iron Man and The Dark Knight would come out and start the boom of superhero movies, and the first Twilight film came out a few months later and fantasy movies pretty much lost their luster. It was no longer trying to be the next Harry Potter or fantasy series, it was trying to be the next Twilight or young adult romantic movie. The Spiderwick Chronicles didn't stand a chance to be a new series telling the rest of the books in movie form. It was too late.

But to conclude it, it's a very barebones fantasy movie that tries itself to be the next Harry Potter or Chronicles of Narnia, but fails due to a lackluster world with underdeveloped, stereotypical characters and uninteresting magical elements. I can recommend this film for someone who is starting out on fantasy movies, but there are so much better choices for you to choose from.

That's all for now. Tune in next time as we do a double header review for another game show revival and a Nicktoon with My Family's Got GUTS and The Mighty B.



Hope to see you around Old School Lane soon. Thanks for reading.

-Patricia