Whatsoever Critic's Top 7 Theme Songs

Hi, I'm the Whatsoever Critic. I review just about anything.

What is one of the things that I look forward to whenever I watch a show or movie? The theme song, because I love music. Whenever I hear a theme song, it describes the tone and nature of the show/movie that it's mashed with. So, today I'm gonna give you my Top 7 greatest theme songs!

7. Theme from Liv and Maddie

Now, I don't really watch this show; but I was flipping through channels one day, and I came across this show. I watched the beginning of that one episode, and then came the theme song.
I have to admit that the song was upbeat and outgoing. In fact, that's what theme songs are supposed to do: get people's attention.

However, this show wasn't able to keep me interested. After the theme song, I flipped the channel to something else.
-Good try, though, show.

6. "Now and Forever" from The Pebble and the Penguin

Some of you may or may not remember this movie, because it was one of Don Bluth's box office failures.
Anyway, this song was sung at the beginning of the movie, where the male penguins sing about how they'll use a pebble to propose to their love interest. In turn, the females sing about how they want to be married to a suitable male.

-If only that was the case in real life... Pick one: the suitable-ness of the male or getting married the right way (no shot-gun wedding or wedlock)...
The theme song even gives us time to give us the focal point of the movie, which is our hero Hubie wanting to marry his love interest Marina.
-Aww...
Despite the fact that this was one of Don Bluth's not-so-great movies, I think the movie is okay.

5. "I See You" from Avatar

When I first heard this song, I fell in love with it.
This song was from Avatar, one of the record-breaking highest-grossing films so far in motion picture history. This song was sung by Leona Lewis, which was a very good choice, because she's in tune; she's into the song; and above all, it fits with the movie's story.

In fact, the tune of this song can be heard throughout the movie, if you listen hard enough. It's actually pretty awesome.

If you haven't checked this song, go ahead and decide for yourself.

4. Theme from Revenge

Now, technically I don't watch this show anymore.
-I stopped watching at season 2, because... IDK. Lost interest, I guess...
Anyway, this song was pretty bad ass. The tune that was mashed up for the show kicked ass, because it describes how the main character Emily Thorne is going after the people that gave her hell in the past, although her revenge schemes will be challenging, and they'll have consequences to them.
-But seriously, can't she just forgive and forget? Can't we all just get along?

3. "He's Dr. Blowhole" from "The Penguin Who Loved Me" (Penguins of Madagascar)

Okay, why does this song keep showing up in my blog, you ask? Because it's Dr. Blowhole, that's why!
Sure, this theme song may have lasted about thirty seconds, but this song kicked ass, anyway. Even the visuals to go with this song all phenomenal. The dark blues and reds suggest how evil Dr. Blowhole is, as well as subtle he can be when it comes to being in the water.

However, another downside to this song is the episode of Penguins of Madagascar that it's in: "The Penguin Who Loved Me." Like I said in the review for this episode, it didn't seem like a legit Dr. Blowhole story; it turns out that despite the catchy and engaging theme song... there's very little Dr. Blowhole in it...
-Well, if you count the scenes of Dr. Blowhole having no memory of his evil self as being legitimate to being part of the Dr. Blowhole story, good for you. But that wasn't the case for me: As I watched this episode, I remember saying over and over "Okay, movie. Can we get the evil and bad ass Dr. Blowhole back?" In fact, this song would've fit much better with The Return of the Revenge of Dr. Blowhole TV movie; now that would've been a hell of a lot better, because there was so much Dr. Blowhole in it; there was no Ty Burrell; there was no stupid-as-hell writing (except for some plot holes); and come to think of it, the song would be mashed perfectly with the special's atmosphere. The thing with Dr. Blowhole being bad-ass in only one or two scenes... not gonna cut it!

Anyway, I enjoy watching and listening to this song. If you're interested, you can Google it or find it on Youtube.

2. "The Review Must Go On" from Nostalgia Critic

God, I love this guy! I especially like his theme song.
Nostalgia Critic is my all-time favorite person to watch on Youtube. He reviews movies, and even does editorials.
Now back to the song, it's fantastic! The guitar in the song is awesome, as well as the visuals for this song. Whoever wrote this song is downright genius.

Now the original theme song for this Internet show used to have the lyrics, "Hello, hello. I'm the Nostalgia Critic... Do you have some change?..." I don't know what happened with the original song after a few seasons. We'll just assume that the original wasn't gimmicky enough, so they decided to update it by adding visuals of random clips from the show and playing a really cool tune on electric guitar.

1. "Rock on, LarryBoy" from LarryBoy and the Bad Apple

I don't care what people say, but this theme song is awesome! And, as a die-hard LarryBoy fan, that makes me more than happy to make this song number one on my list.
The song is featured near the end of LarryBoy and the Bad Apple. The visuals that go with this song are phenomenal.

You see LarryBoy showing off his greatness, while the song sings about his greatness. You get everything in this theme song: the premise; the tall-building-scenic backdrop; the shadows; the colors; the lighting; the smoke coming from out of nowhere... it's that awesome!
-I just don't get why the singers had to be a bunch of corn. How was that ever established?

Now, respectively, this song replaces the original song that was sung by Nicole Mullen, which was the theme song for both The Fib from Outer Space and Rumor Weed, and let me tell you: "Rock on, LarryBoy is far more awesome than its original theme.

If you haven't heard this song or saw the music video that goes with it, it's definitely worth checking out.

And that was my Top 7 Theme Songs. I hoped you enjoyed seeing this list.

Whatsoever Critic
Sources:
Liv and Maddie
The Pebble and the Penguin
Avatar
Revenge
Penguins of Madagascar
Nostalgia Critic
Veggietales: LarryBoy and the Bad Apple

All rights go to Disney, Don Bluth, 20th Century Fox, ABC, DreamWorks Animation, Channel Awesome, and Big Idea Entertainment.

Whatsoever Critic's Top 6 Worst Villain Songs

Hi, I'm the Whatsoever Critic. I review just about anything.

You know, I can't help but pay close attention to whenever the bad guy has their own musical number. I mean, what's to look forward to but the bad guy revealing their evil deeds to the hero and/or audience. However, there are some villain songs that either don't impress, just weird, or both. So, today I will give you my Top 10 Worst Villain Songs.
So good luck trying to explain your evil deeds to me, you rap scallions!

6. "The Rumor Weed Song" from LarryBoy and the Rumor Weed

(I'm talking about the version sung by the Rumor Weed herself, not sung by the guys at the end credits.) Might as well put "Can't sing" to the resume, because this weed sounds like she's rapping this song more than singing it. The song would've been a hell of a lot more convincing and threatening if it were sung by Cynthia West, the chick that played the Bad Apple in LarryBoy and the Bad Apple.
-It's like listening to a party girl drunk or drugged off her ass... which is rarely a good sign.
I would give this song credit, though, for explaining its evil deeds, because that's very important when it comes to villain songs. Despite the bad quality it has when it comes to vocal delivery, you can totally understand the lyrics that it's trying to carry out.

5. "Who Needs You" from Land Before Time 4: Journey Through the Mists

This is a duet sung by the main antagonists Dil (alligator) and Ichy (scavenger). These two sing this crazy song about how they don't get along, and they criticize each other the whole skit. What they say in this song is unbelievably obvious: they don't get along with each other- as proven by... in all of the scenes that they're in.
-Why couldn't they just say 5 words: "Who needs you? Piss off."?

Now, you might be thinking why I didn't score this one high. Well, it should've been, because the song missed the signal on explaining the evil deeds part. However, I scored this one pretty low, because it was catchy; it was engaging; and I was surprised to sit through this musical number without closing my eyes in disgust. Plus, it really spoke to me- learn from the bad guys' selfishness and un-cooperation, and do the opposite.

4. "Cedric the Great" from Sofia the First

God, I hate this guy. This villain is basically the pregnancy that Disney should've aborted or should never have to begin with! This guy already seems like a pervert to Princess Sofia.
-Why doesn't he find another hobby?
Anyway, I dreaded this song when I first heard it. He may be explaining his evil deeds with such clarity, but I don't think even that would save this song.

-He's so into himself in this musical number, like he wants to make out with himself, eat himself up, throw himself back up, and then make out with himself again! Yeah! Very disturbing!
Thank God, Cedric didn't sing this song in that Sofia the First special, "The Floating Palace," where he was this sea monster for a day... That would've been a Little Mermaid-Armageddon!
-Seriously, the sea monster part could've looked more convincing. He looked like a testicle-wielding abomination...

3. "Happy Little Land of Hoboken" from "The Hoboken Surprise" (Penguins of Madagascar)

This one was... interesting... By "interesting," I mean "odd." Unbelievably odd. So odd that you be asking yourself after the skit: Why?!
Imagine walking into a party... and seeing a bunch of people that you hate suddenly welcome you with open arms and sing obnoxious songs to you over and over... only for them to succeed in making your life miserable for the rest of your days. That's this song.
I don't know what drug-induced trance that these bad guys were in (or what drug-induced trance that the writers were in), but acting nice towards a group of heroic penguins in the Penguins of Madagascar's version of Batman Arkham... is creepy.
Plus, is it weird to say that during this musical number, all I'm thinking about is why they had to have Savio the snake in on this. I don't know, do you think the writers would find it cute and hilarious to add one of this show's most socially-weird bad guys in this song? Second, why would Lulu, the only good guy in the zoo, end up in a place like Hoboken?
-Maybe she was a spy.
Oh yeah, and guess what the candle on this cake is: this fuckin' crazy-lady zookeeper Frances rapping up the song, and making the penguins nearly hurl from her spinning and (obviously fake) singing voice.

-That's right; if you thought the villains in this musical number were obnoxious singers, Frances is the worst of them all!

2. "We're Despicable (Plunderer's March)" from Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol & "No Batteries" from Rock-A-Doodle
I decided to put these two together, because they shared some similarities. First, I'll evaluate them individually.
The "We're Despicable" song from Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol was... just bad. Not just bad, but mostly odd. We're talking about a group of thieves going to a professional pickpocket to get money by stealing Scrooge's things. This song committed the biggest crime ever: they broke the rule of "Show and Don't Tell."

-I mean, we see them stealing and getting paid for their mischief... but why break into song to emphasize it?!
Now, for the "No Batteries" song from Rock-A-Doodle, this was too short of a song, unless it was followed up by a later song... IDK. Anyway, the song was about how the farm animals are running out of batteries for a flashlight, in order to scare away the owls with its light, because owls don't like being in the light.

However, the song started with the lyric: "Twiddle-le-dee," which was a dead giveaway that that song was going to suck. I mean, what sinister bad guy starts his villain song with the phrase: "Twiddle-le-dee"?
-Doesn't the Grand Duke of Owls have any balls at all in this movie? Or did he drink as a fetus?!
Anyway, both songs shared the following:
a.) the obnoxious laughter
b.) the fact that they were sung by a group of 4 or more
c.) they're hell-bent on doing bad things (obviously)
What more can you say?

1. "The Bunny Song" from Rack, Shack, and Benny (Veggietales)

Some of you may remember that I scored this song the lowest on my Top 12 Villain Songs list. And of course, I said that this song was controversial.
This song was about how Mr. Nezzer wanted his employees to bow to a giant bunny and sing this song to show their "appreciation" towards the bunny.
Now, where do I start with this one?

First of all, of all the Veggietales song, this one was the most controversial. In an interview on the DVD in the bonus features, Veggietales creator Phil Vischer said that the original lyrics: "I don't love my mom or my dad" "I won't go to church, and I won't go to school..." stirred up some controversy. Parents wrote the studio saying that their kids are singing the lyrics, which was a really bad sign. So, the writers had to revise and edit the song, and make new copies of the videos and DVD with the "revised" version; however, the only downside to this, is that some of consumers have the video with the original song. Episodes later, the show decided to make a sing-along compilation; they even added this song, except they had to revise and edit it again, making it the "new and improved" Bunny Song... with the exception of the lady asparagus back-singers still singing some of the old lyrics, in which Mr. Nezzer tries to stop them from singing the old lyrics...
-Does that make any sense at all?
Second of all, I put this song on top of the list, because it didn't seem like a legit villain song, because the main antagonist Mr. Nezzer ends up learning his lesson in the end.
-Don't believe me? Check out the Biblical story that Rack, Shack, and Benny was based on.
So, okay, Nezzer. Here's your appreciation. Now do us a favor: try not to be the bad guy in anymore of the Veggietales videos...

And that was my Top 6 Worst Villain Songs. I hoped you had fun!

Whatsoever Critic
Sources:
Veggietales
Land Before Time 4: Journey Through the Mists
Sofia the First
Penguins of Madagascar
Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol
Rock-A-Doodle

All rights go to Big Idea Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Video, Disney, DreamWorks Animation, Rankin/Bass, and Don Bluth.

Coming Soon This Year in 2014...

Hi, I'm the Whatsoever Critic. I review just about anything.

Now, you guys may be wondering what I look forward to doing this new year. Well, I got news for y'all! Here are some of the reviews that I plan on working on some time this year: (the list is out of order, but just to give you an idea...)
-Veggietales: It's a Meaningful Life

-Veggietales: The League of Incredible Vegetables

-Barney's Imagination Island

-Barney's Great Adventure

-Fireproof

-Beastly

-The Hollow

-The Great Mouse Detective

-A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)

-Lamb Chop In The Haunted Studio

and many more reviews and editorials!!!

So be sure to subscribe, like, favorite... That would be greatly appreciated!

Whatsoever Critic
Sources:
Veggietales
Barney and Friends
Fireproof
Beastly
The Hollow
The Great Mouse Detective
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)
Lamb Chop In The Haunted Studio

All rights go to Big Idea Entertainment, Lyrick Studios, Samuel Goldwyn Films and Affirm Films, CBS Films and Alliance Films, Platform Entertainment Seed Productions, Disney, New Line Cinema, and Shari Lewis.

Amateur Critic Will Now Be "Whatsoever Critic"

Hi, I'm the Amateur Critic. 

As the post's title has just announced, yes. I will be changing my critic persona. Why? 'Cuz I wanted to have some originality.

So, as the title suggests, I will be changing my name to Whatsoever Critic. It'll be the same blog posts and reviews and editorial, but with a new name. 

Plus, I will go even farther than that. In fact, I'm also planning on going joining the Youtube world. So, if you really like this blog, then come and support me. When I enter the Youtube world, I'll keep you posted.

Also, you'll notice that the first 40-something blog posts will have the old name "Amateur Critic," and that's okay, because it's still me! The 40-something posts will still be on my blog, so no worries! As for the website address, it'll be the same address as always, ama-critic32.blogspot.com, so no worries on that too.

The name change will take affect either today or tomorrow... Well, hopefully tonight... If my twin sister isn't hogging up my laptop computer anymore. I'm still waiting...

Anyway...

I'm now the Whatsoever Critic. And I hope to start reviewing more things. Why? Because I review just about anything.