Lexi Hanson

(Edited a little later) I rate this a 1 / 10. Note, I'm an adult male with multiple interests, I watch "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic"; "Alvinnn! and the Chipmunks"; and "Littlest Pet Shop: A World of Our Own", and I think "Unikitty" is pretty ok, has moments to be enjoyed. So I decided to give this a shot. . Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty is about a cat named Felicity living in a magical land filled with anthros and creatures and beings of typical legend like dragons and leprechauns. The show is mostly summarized in fast-paced, blinding colors clearly intended to just keep kids distracted. Its a mashup of "SpongeBob", "Amazing World of Gumball", "My Little Pony", "Unikitty", and (shivers, bleh) "Teen Titans Go!", with stolen elements from all of those. . I never actually thought I would see a Mary Sue main character on a show on national television trying to make money on a major network. In the first episode I saw, Felicity is trying to come up with an act for a talent show. She flies, unzips into different dimensions, warps reality, produces cartoon physics, can create a light show spectacle out of her paws, conjure magical items, is overwhelmingly positive, beloved by almost all the residents of this universe, easily protects the world without effort, she can make music, improvise, and more. Meanwhile, her blue dog Chihuahua companion named Miguel, is having writer's block on trying to sing a song. He's very clearly struggling and stressed while the cat Felicity is performing multiple stunts and her only problem is basically indecisiveness because SHE'S TOO TALENTED! Another episode featured a leprechaun who, after Felicity controlled the weather to blow the clouds away and created a rainbow, shows up to find no pot of gold to guard. So Felicity take him all over the city trying to find a job he can do. Turns out SHE CAN FIX EVERYTHING and clean up after his mess with impossible homing abilities and conjuration. The animators seemed to have tossed in a lot of older cartoon concepts with newer ones in a chaotic mess of a chase scene that made little sense, and an ending that made even less sense. It's not a good thing when you guest character's main problem is being grossly overshadowed by the abilities of your main character who seems to have fixes and solutions to every episode. Walking through a land of food temptations sprung up by a magical forest, she was the only character who not only resisted easily, but was able to take a piece in her mouth to trick an enemy while all the other characters succumbed to their flaws. She also seems to somehow taken over the brainy expert of the group with no problem, completely neutralizing the necessity for any teamwork. With Felicity having such an abundance of powers and abilities, it opens the episodes to a lot of plot holes. On the surface, it seems that "Unikitty" would also have some of these problems, but Unikitty's abilities are balanced by her bubbly attitude creating more problems than solving. . It still has some potential. The world and supporting cast is actually kind of interesting, even if a little simple. If the title character were more like "Earthworm Jim" and "The Tick", having overwhelming powers but enough character flaws and social issues that can balance it out, or at least "Kim Possible" where her abilities are toned down and she struggles against her problems, or she applies them incorrectly for humorous effect, the show could work really well. Originally I rated this a 3/10 for it's potential and artwork, but the show never capitalized on it's worldbuilding.

I remember this movie very fondly as a kid. I don't think it deserves as bed a rep or review as the critics give it, but it's not a great hit of a movie either. It contains a lot of cliches of the time; a young teen / adolescent is bullied by kids in a high school or college gang and transported to some fantasy world where they're the magical chosen one. Instrumental to saving said fantasy world, the other heroes press the kid into constant, mortal danger. They go back home where everything is the same, but they learn some life lesson to deal with it better. That said, at least the kid didn't learn a whole bunch of Kung Fu to use in the ultimate battle. Overall though, the fantasy world was decent and several of the characters memorable enough. The villain was highly entertaining, and there were a couple of interesting, dark twists and turns.

Overall, this isn't up there with super stunning Disney set of masterpieces, but it's not a bad film. The annoying, silly characterizations really only take up 10-15% of the movie. And when they do show up, it's recognized by the other characters or works against them. It's not like SpongeBob or Teen Titans Go where the stupid antics are praised as enjoyable. The grim, dark, and serious parts of the movie push them aside when the time comes. And look at it from the perspective of Koda, the little bear, being an antagonist. That's what he is; he's the character that puts obstacles in the way of character goals. It's shameful that critics treat this to being equal, or worse, than fart jokes everywhere. You can't tell me Koda is as bad as Jar-Jar Binks. The other thing is it seems people just hate Phil Collins as some kind of attachment to poor Disney executions. The movies he sang for seem to be criminally underrated for some reason which I personally don't understand. The animation is really good, the backgrounds and artistic expression itself rivals The Lion King and other praised classics... but it does lack the same atmosphere. You can see how this is attempted with where the eagle is positioned; the use of color; and dead, snowy winter for sad and harsh; but it doesn't envelope. A great example was when the main character steps from shadow into light and sees the tribal painting of a human fighting a bear and how he's meant to be "brought to light". But it's so subtle by scenery that the meaning is lost and it comes across half-hearted to those of us who recognize it. But at least it tried. I'm sorry it's not a huge, smashing hit, but that doesn't make it awful nor subpar. I mean compared to garbage like Home on the Range, Jungle Book 2, Chicken Little, and Meet the Robertsons, this is an appealing masterpiece. I honestly believe if this movie came from anyone else not Disney it'd be rated by others more fairly.

6.5 out of 10 for me; it was decently good enough. Pretty much jam Disney's "Wreck-It Ralph" and "Zootopia" with a "Lupin the III" flavor heist film and you get this movie. GOOD THINGS - The animation was spot-on for the vibes. A mix of cell-shading with the 3D animation reduced the need for tediously smooth animation and came off on the screen really well, helping to break up the scenes and give focus to characters and objects of import over background. The characters were plenty likeable enough (mostly). The story worked out pretty well. NOT SO GOOD THINGS - My biggest complaint is in the fart jokes, which were thankfully limited to one character and actually played up with relevance in the story, but still unnecessary. The world being inhabited by humans was the most off-putting. It made the disguises really strange and rather dumb. Near the end I can kinda see why they went with it, but didn't justify it. I think it also hurt the characteristics from the background characters. On that note, while I'm ok with the "police are useless" trope if the characters involved are played up to be clearly over what they can handle, but being all humans as a backdrop for the characters just made everyone seem too unnecessarily dumb. But the story was very predictable (except a few minor details); it was a familiar story just done well. The tropes were overused, but the story didn't lean on them like clichés. If you've seen just a handful of 3D animated family films, you know where this was going.

8 / 10 [ I am a brony (adult fan of My Little Pony, current generation), and I enjoy watching and studying cartoons. I like "Archer", "Rick and Morty", and loved "Kim Possible" and the original "Teen Titans", and growing up in the 90's, shows like "Darkwing Duck", and "Tailspin". But I don't like everything; I despise "Teen Titans: Go!" and "RBUK". So I do have some taste and standards. ] "A World of Our Own" doesn't get as much love and attention as it deserves. This is a somewhat unique universe in which pets from our world of earth get to take a break from life into a dimension where animals are roughly the same size. They talk, interact, and have minor adventures around Paw-Tucket. It's a very slice of life and I think it has fandom potential. With so many animals, interests, clubs, and walks of life, it's begging for OC inserts. Just going over some of these characters can give you an idea about the show. . QUINCY: The voice of Thorax from MLP:FiM, he is the cutest little goat who is afraid of almost everything, easily startled and frequently freezes up. . JADE: The voice of Maud from MLP:FiM, a monotone black cat who enjoys napping and poetry about death and misery, and enjoys watching her friends in chaos and peril. . ROXIE: An easily-distracted, hyperactive dog. I don't like dogs, I don't even like puppies, but this rambunctious character is so adorable, she's an over-expressive dog in every way. . EDIE: A dramatic, theater-loving parakeet actress with refined taste, with aspiration, dreams, and easily jealous. . BEV: A creative and adventurous turtle who doesn't care what she is, encouraging and dragging the others outside their comfort zones. . TRIP: A rapping, daredevil hamster, he's Quincy's best friend, protective, with wild ideas, but not the best finesse. . The humor is consistent and very clever. Hasbro's production team continues its ability to draw in a whole-family experience that doesn't vomit life lessons of courtesy in your face, but still teaches good morals in hindsight. It stays away from the gross humor and flashing colors of "SpongeBob" and "Teen Titans Go!". . . It could afford some improvements. Better marketing strategies for one. It's also very calm and slice-of-life focused, so the boat doesn't rock too far. There's no fighting and nothing to really risk, and no overbearing villains and I love the fact there's not really a lot of senseless bullying. While all these can be a good thing, it makes the world a little too comfortable. Kinda like how "Dinosaurs" or "Lloyd in Space" basically picked up the American sitcom life and planted it into a fantasy world. But I would really like to see more people giving this a chance, especially my fellow bronies.