I know I promised the LarryBoy and the Rumor Weed movie review to you all last week, but I'm still working on it. But here's another editorial that I had come up with while I was working on the Rumor Weed review.
Big Idea Entertainment isn't just all Veggietales... it has another show: 3-2-1 Penguins. The show is about these 2 kids that spend the summer at Grandma's, and... get ready for this part: their 4 toy penguins and toy rocket ship comes to live, and the kids go on crazy adventures with Rockhopper penguins.
What to say about this...? Well, the morals can be learned from the show, but the stories are weird and childish. The show has great setups, but disappointing payoffs. So what makes this show awkward? Let's take a look.
Before analyzing the show itself. Let's look first at the characters.
The two kids are 8-year-old twins. First, there's Jason, a boy with glasses (like his sister) who's the most nerdy sibling out of the two. And then there's Michelle, Jason's sister who's 5-minutes older than him (that was revealed in one episode), and she wears pigtails the entire show.
As for the penguins, we have Zidgel the spaceship's captain with a big hair-do, and he's clearly a James T. Kirk knock-off of Chanticleer from Rock-A-Doodle.
Then there's Midgel, the spaceship's engineer and pilot and has an Australian-accent (Okay).
Then there's Fidgel (man, these characters' names sure rhyme), the team's doctor/scientist who invents weird stuff and... resembles a lot like the kids' deceased grandpa.
And last but not least, there's Kevin, the fourth penguin who's... the fourth one.
So, with all of our characters together, what do they do? Go on adventures and take on villains.
Their main villain is named Baron von Cavitus, who's a knock-off of Zurg from the show Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, but is really a hamster who has anger issues and wants revenge on Fidgel from back in their school days.
(So that's it? A revenge over what happened back when you were still in school? Grow up!)
One of the most obnoxious villains that I remember seeing was the Lizard King from "The Cheating Scales of Bullamanka" episode. God, I hated this guy. This guy uses cheating to win competitions; and plus, he's supposed to be king? He doesn't seem so kingly.
In fact, he's looks more like the kangaroo mouse from The Rescuers Down Under... except in lizard form.
Another obnoxious villains that I saw watching this show is Uncle Blobb from "The Amazing Carnival of Complaining" episode.
How much you want to bet that this guy is just a failed attempt of a reincarnation of the Fib from Outer Space from the LarryBoy franchise? But in the end, he just power-hungry for real estate and wanting people to complain to oblivion. (But seriously, you can make this guy less obnoxious.)
So why do those things make me tick with this show?
Everything about this show flawed. The characters are rip-offs; the show doesn't meet up to the Veggietales standards; and what's up with the obnoxious villains? I'd rather see the Fib from Outer Space be the main villain, because... well, he's from friggin' outer space! That'd be a great idea! In fact, I can learn about space and planets by either watching NOVA on PBS or by going to a science museum.
Plus, there's nothing creative about this series, except for some of the characters dishing out one-liners. But why make another show that wants to be like Veggietales, but is actually trying too hard to be a cheap copy of Veggietales? In Veggietales, the creativity worked to Big Idea's advantage; but with 3-2-1 Penguins, it just didn't work.
If you liked this show, good for you. But don't expect that show to be as great as Veggietales.
Amateur Critic
Sources Used:
-3-2-1 Penguins
-Rock-A-Doodle
-Toy Story franchise
-Rescuers Down Under
-LarryBoy and the Fib from Outer Space
All rights for the show mentioned in today's editorial go to Big Idea, including a photo from LarryBoy and the Fib from Outer Space.
Rock-A-Doodle photo courtesy of Don Bluth.
Toy Story franchise and Rescuers Down Under courtesy of Disney.
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