DinoDiva blog

  Hi everyone! Hi, kids!  So, it's been quite a while since I last published anything on here. I know, that's a rather big shame, and darn, I feel like I need to finally get some new works out! But anyhow, I've got some very good news for all of you - my blog should be fully back the coming February. :) This was Yours Truly, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and that children enjoyed the gifts they got. See you all in February. Love,  your Diva 🎄

  Hi everyone, I know I've promised you all to branch out and do something different later last month, which bottom-line, didn't happen and I sincerely apologise for it. I might have to post-pone it for a while longer.  Why? Well, I'm putting my blog on hold until further notice for personal reasons. But don't worry, I'll be back, maybe in November, maybe in December or some time next year.  For now, thanks for reading my posts, even if they're a little boring, to be fair. You've been amazing people and kids, and I'm glad to see it. See you in a few months.                                   your Diva

BASIC INFO Created by: Laurence Trouvé,                        Romain Villemaine Country: France Year: 2008 Language: (no dialogue)  Number of episodes: 30 Suitable for ages: 3+ REVIEWER'S SCORE Animation: 9/10 Sound design: 10/10 Writing: 10/10 Characters: 9/10 OVERALL: 9/10 Before we start...  I'd just like to say sorry for not uploading anything here last month. I hope this wasn't too big of an inconvenience.  FINAL THOUGHTS: Back in January, I reviewed a South African kids' cartoon titled Jungle Beat . While it didn't stink like rotten cheese, it didn't blow me away, either. Now, you might be wondering: how about a French cartoon with essentially the same premise called Gazoon ? Well, turns out my childhood memories were not wrong, at all. Here's why I remember this cartoon so fondly from my younger years and why children today would still (likeky) find this show entertaining.  As I mentioned before, Gaz...

  Hello everyone,  today, I decided to do something a little different from my usual post and instead of a mini-review, I'm presenting to you my top 5 choices for Disney films I consider to be underappreciated. If you have thoughts of your own, that's great! I always appreciate your ability to think of what I say critically. :)    Before we start... I'd just like to lay off some rules for this list: 1. Only feature-length  films. That means no shorts or TV specials.  2. No sequels or remakes, since  these could be a list of their own (which I might be making soon, but I WON'T promise it just yet).  3. No Pixar films. For same reasons as above.  4. This is meant to be a fun list and it's all MY OPINION! So, take it with a grain a salt.  With that on mind, let's start!  Honourable mentions  Here are some films which, in order to avoid making this list too predictable, didn't make the cut. That obviously DOESN'T mean these are bad...

BASIC INFO  Year(s): 2007-2009 Country - the US, Japan Language - English Studio - Cartoon Network Studios Developed by: Marty Isenberg Written by: various writers  Suitable for ages: 5+ REVIEWER'S RATING  Writing: 9/10 Sound design: 10/10 Characters: 8/10 Animation: 6/10  OVERALL: 8/10  Before we start... I'd just like to wish a dear friend of mine, O., a happy birthday. This review is sort of a gift from me to him. Again, happy birthday, my friend, I hope this special is filled with joy for you, even if your mood isn't the greatest. :)  FINAL THOUGHTS:  Transformers: Animated ,   to me, is one of the best Transformers shows to be made to date, rivaled only by the likes of Prime (that's not to say I don't enjoy some of the other  Transformers shows, like Rescue Bots ,  EarthSpark  or  Cyberverse , quite the opposite!). Okay, let's get down to actually explaining what makes this show so good.  Surorisingly enough, what mak...

BASIC INFO Country: the USA Year(s): 2005-2006 Network: Smile of a Child Runtime: 11 minutes Number of episodes: 63 (2 seasons) Directed by: Handen Jetmall & several others  Suitable for ages: 5+  REVIEWER'S RATING  Animation: 6/10  Sound design: 8/10 Characters: 7/10  Writing: 7/10 OVERALL: 7/10 FINAL THOUGHTS: The world of animation is no stranger to films and TV series featuring antropomorphic (showing human traits) automobiles or other vehicles, with Pixar's Cars , Hasbro's The Adventures of Chuck & Friends and even the British stop-motion cartoon, Roary the Racing Car , being just some examples I remember from my childhood.  With that said, how does Auto-B-Good , a cartoon created for the TV network Smile (formerly known as Smile of a Child) fare in comparison to these creations? Well... There's actually a lot to enjoy here. The stories, while pretty simple, are excuted in an interesting and cute way children and parents alike can understand an...

  BASIC INFO  Year - 1994  Country - the U.S  Language - English, Zulu, Swahili, Xhosa Company - Walt Disney Studios Directed by - Rob Minkoff, Roger Allers Runtime - 88 minutes Based on - "Hamlet" (by William Shakespeare) Age rating - U (the UK) REVIEWER'S SCORE  Animation - 10/10 Story - 9/10 Characters - 9/10 Sound design - 8/10 OVERALL - 9/10 Before we start... I just wanted to say: thank you to a friend of mine who gave me constructive criticism regarding my previous mini-reviews. It means a lot to me. You're one of the best friends I could have asked for. :) Even if my life isn't always that colourful. FINAL THOUGHTS:  I can't say I blame myself for being so engrossed in this film, whether as a young girl or a fully-grown woman. I also don't care what others think about it, I will never forget how good The Lion King trilogy is as a whole. But I'm going to focus on the first movie in particular for purposes of this review.  With an array of catchy...