Drakoloid Review: July 29th High Schooled "Derek For President" & Three In A Modern State "Pilot"

Hey guys Retrograv returning for a review. Sorry I have been so busy lately with work and personal life I needed a break from reviewing but I am back because I really wanted to review these two shows been watching Drakoloid a lot during the summer.

Today we are reviewing the 2-parts of the summer special "Derek For President" and Three In A Modern State premiere episode. This year Drakoloid decided to make High Schooled the show of the year where they host new years and are the biggest hyped event in the summer. Last year it was all about the 5 year anniversary and Viral Jenneration.

So lets get into it...

First up High Schooled "Derek For President" so this is a 2 part episode where Derek runs for student body president of the school. This episode arc will be expanding into 3 parts which will be in the season finale "The Traitor" which I will review next week.

Part One Derek and Ryan set up a campaign against Victor, portrayed by Jacob Beiser. I don't know if its the actor or character but I was getting homosexual vibes off Victor and that he has a crush on Ryan, found it very interesting and surprising. I am guessing by the scarf it could be true too. Great to see equality in a Drakoloid show if this fact is proven true. Another thing that surprised me in part one is they used a lot of PG rated language "hell" and "bastard" where used in this episode. For a kids show this is shocking even though they are tame, is the world ready for this yet? In the first part Derek's campaign poster gets stolen from Victor after Ryan shows Victor the idea.

Then heading into Part two of the episode it starts in Derek and Ryan are in Principal Pearson's office which Principal Pearson has a great quote I have seen before "Good artists copy, Great artists steal" I just found this hilarious. Derek and Ryan go to Sean for an idea in a campaign which doesn't go out as planned because Sean had different visions. Victor and Ryan face off in debate when Victor framed Derek's video as an attack ad. Which Derek and Ryan assume Sean did it and it ends their.

For part one I will rate it 8.5/10 It has a great build up and it is the start of this 3-part story arc. The characters were all used for good use. Derek De Jong, Nicholas Merchant and Jacob Beiser shined and their acting was spot on. Then for part two I will rate it 9.5/10 the build up got better and the end result of that really wanted to draw the viewer in to see more. Derek De Jong, Nicholas Merchant, Jacob Beiser and Paul Ingersoll again all great work here and used well.

Nicholas Merchant seems to be directing the show on a topic of voting and campaigning. I think he was inspired from the U.S. presidential campaign last year with Donald Trump vs. Hilary Clinton where those references come in. There was more risk in this episode than any other High Schooled episode.  I am excited to see how the episode ends with "The Traitor" season finale and I am even more excited that it is a Sean centred episode by the looks of it.

Now onto Three In A Modern State premiere this show is about three roommates living together in upstate Network, one is a republican conservative Colton, one is a gay liberal Tyler and the other is a stoner Melanie. Together they have to get along with their different viewpoint ideas.

The premiere episode is about when Tyler is putting on make up to watch his same-sex hook up show and Colton comes in believing that males should not wear make up. Tyler and Colton are at each others throats and waits until Melanie comes home to decide. However they all have to come to a mutual agreement to get along which they decide to get along without getting along.

I will give this show a 9.5/10 because of the ideas behind this show of making it the first ever same-sex based show and what better way then to bring those ideas with conservative based characters. Toby McCulskey, Benny Roark and Nancy Bellany do an excellent job at playing these types of characters they are the most solid cast I have ever seen in a Drakoloid or internet show in general. This show really hits home in a lot of ways where I had similar situations like this since i am LGBTQ+. I am curious to see what other topics are going to be exposed in this season of Three In A Modern State. I hope we see more episodes very soon. Overall great premiere of a great show that I honestly believe will be a new hit.

Drakoloid Review: April 15th ARTic "The Longest Couple"

Hey so here is another review,

This time it is for the ARTic episode "The Longest Couple" which is a very different episode than from other episodes especially recently it is kind of polarized from the others so lets start the review.

The Longest Couple is an episode where Jennifer and Bradley look through Blake's old high school senior yearbook from a few years ago and Jennifer and Bradley not only find out that Blake and Samantha went to the same school together but they were also labelled "The Longest Couple" for senior year. Which leads to Jennifer and Bradley trying to find out the truth.

This episode had great acting performances by Andrew Bouchahine, Alejandra Deleon and Sarah Kellysen but the main objective is Andrew and Alejandra  were the center as far as plot developing goes. I do notice that Rhys Clarke's parts in this were recycled clips and just didn't combine well in this episode which brings down the episode quality a bit. I don't know if Rhys didn't have time to film and they just wanted to release this episode.

Now the episode is about Jennifer (and Bradley) finding out if they were a couple which the confrontation scene is well executed. Alejandra and Andrew played it out really well to be subtle but then switch their attitude when Jennifer leaves. It turns out the plot twist was they were a couple but their both embarrassed by it which makes sense why they hate on each other now since the beginning of the series. This storyline was probably one of the most interesting from the third season.

I will have to give this episode an 8/10 mainly for its storyline and well executed scenes with Alejandra and Andrew in this episode. This would be a 7.5 if it didn't have those aspects. We also are missing several main characters in this episode too so it felt like a shorter cast. But overall well done!

Drakoloid Review: April 8th ARTic "Jennifer In The Middle"

Hey everybody,

Retrograv here for another review on Drakoloid's ARTic. Sorry for being so late been a busy week this week but I am here finally writing the review for "Jennifer In The Middle" so lets start.

So Jennifer In The Middle is about when Jennifer knocks down the new Coffee Shop sign and then has to work as a coffee waitress with guess who? Kyle Willy who returns but not as Remy Esposi but as Jack Ripoff. Remy has once again disappeared from the internet and youtube unexpectedly and he may have quit ARTic again (last time was in November 2014). So Jack Ripoff fits the bill and I have to say he fits the part pretty well. After watching this episode I feel the current cast of ARTic with Kim Lawrence included that the actors are solid and hopefully not too many changes happen throughout season 4 and 5.

This episodes strongest point is on Jennifer's outfit where it revolves around that which Blake thinks its too much. Blake isn't necessarily being shallow but he is realizing Jennifer is trying to be someone she's not. I understand the direction being made in this episode.

We then have the subplot which is a race judged by Samantha to see if Amy or Bradley will get their way on the font project they are working on to get it done while Jennifer is working. Amy and Bradley have a race another high point but its funny how we only see Amy doing work while Bradley sits around which Bradley wins. It was a nice turn of events for a change.

Overall this episode deserves a rating of 8/10 the plot reminded me of something from season one and the acting was a strong point in this episode especially from Kim Lawrence and Jack Ripoff the new comers really shined in this episode.

Drakoloid Reviews: Teenhood Season Finale + Weekend

Hello Internet,

Retrograv here with a new review that I have been meaning to do for a while which was for "Teenhood Weekend" from March 17-19th on Drakoloid. This weekend had non-stop Teenhood which had all the previous episodes re-running multiple times and then the two part season finale "Too Late To Apologize" and "Most Unexpected Turns".  So lets start.

Lets recap for a minute here of what I think about the first 13 episodes of Teenhood. I think the season starts off with just very shocking revelations in the beginning with Carly being pregnant and then it builds as we go through the season with her revealing she had sex with Cameron at a party when she was drunk behind her boyfriend Alex's back. Then we find out Alex is a smoker (which doesn't get shown) I think Elias Ellis departures from the show after the first part of season one. Then we have another plot with Miranda and Simon's mother has cancer and she is hospitalized throughout this season, again we don't see her mother in the hospital. Then we have Cameron and Simon wanting to start a band and we see them practicing throughout the season. And then we have our villain Britney who has been taking advantage of her best friend Taylor and the new student Stacey. So what does this all dial down too? Well heres what I think.

In "Too Late To Apologize" Carly finally talks to Cameron and tells him the truth about whats been going on. This scene it seemed Cameron was in a state of shock which for his type of personality seems logical and seems over whelming where he doesn't know what to say. I hope in the second season we see his later reaction. Britney then hands in her final project that Stacey created which this leads on to Britney getting sent to the principals office. Its also interesting when Simon stands up to Britney as well as Stacey where there at the point that they have all had enough of Britney. Then we have Stacey and Carly making up which was nice to see since Hazel Woodley's next episode is the last one of the series.

I have to give this episode a 8/10 I mean there could have been more to it but I have to say its a great lead up to whats to come in the following episode which is the season finale. Its also nice to see Miranda making peace with Cameron too so theres resolution here and you can tell this is getting close to the end of the season.

Now the season finale "Most Unexpected Turns" the show takes a 360 here in many aspects Carly confronts Alex and they seem to have a bad break up.  Carly had enough of him and is going to raise the baby himself. That may change the dynamic since Carly and Alex once were the happy couple in the beginning and now there complete enemies. Another drastic change is Stacey gets accepted to a cheerleading school (foreshadowing Viral Jenneration) which was great closure on Hazel Woodley's character especially with her jamming out with Cameron and Simon in the end. Then we have a dramatic change with Miranda and Simon's mother who died from cancer Miranda gets a call from the hospital so we will see who the after math of this erupts in the next season. And then the turn that I am excited about because of personal taste is Britney gets suspended but she is determined to get Taylor back. Britney and Taylor's friendship is over by this episode so I wonder how things will go in the next season. That last scene was fire.

This season finale deserves a 9.5/10 Everything here was spot on the acting, writing, story and even the filming of it was pretty good compared to other episodes. This really ties the whole season together in a bow and I think more people would enjoy the series if they binge watched the whole season and then watch this final episode.

This overall season I would rate it out of ten, 8/10 its classic Teenhood and it will soon be classic Drakoloid in the future. It pushed the idea of virtual collab shows even further after ARTic and Long Lost. Best Drakoloid drama show to date. I hope in the future more Drakoloid drama shows are created. As for the second season I am looking forward for whats to come. Michaela Chandler, Elias Ellis, Meldi SN, Aidan Brown, Kyle Warden, Darragh O' Maonaigh, Madison Desiato, Rachel Jones, Keyara Stamps and Hazel Woodley. You all did great! What a great ensemble cast.

Drakoloid Reviews March 12th: ARTic "Western Week" Teenhood "Hooked On The Fire", Kevin & Alec "The Kevin's" & Uniquely Normal "Broke"

Hello reads of the internet,

Retrograv here with a new review for Drakoloid shows that premiered on March 12, 2017. This is the first time ARTic and Teenhood have been on the same night with the same line up since 2016 on Earth Day (I believe). We are talking about four shows today that will be reviewed from this interesting line up.

First we have ARTic "Western Week", this episode follows Jennifer and Amy trying to come up with a Western Week project because its Western Week at the ARTic. They end up dreaming and heading back to 1855 which they end up having to help Fredrick Remington who is played by Andrew Bouchachine who is also Blake Columbus to save a bar from being taken over by Sheriff Willy. 

This episode has a pretty solid storyline as it all flows through smoothly from beginning to end. Drake Vegas executed the writing of the famous bar/coffee shop fight scene well and will probably be remembered in best ARTic moments for the third season. The costumes for this episode were magnificent and they were styled differently for everybody. The country/western accents especially in Andrew and Paul's voices were noticeable and just adds an extra touch to the western theme.

If I was to rate this episode it would be a solid 9/10 The only thing I wish there was more of was Bradley Berkowitz (Rhys Clarke) he only had two lines which is okay because the rest of the cast was funny but its always nice to see Bradley's bubbly eccentric personality added to the show. But that fight scene between Andrew and Paul was a winner. 

Just want to Congratulate ARTic on a two season renewal it deserves it and I am glad you guys decided to continue your show is the first of many that came for its time. It deserves to keep going until everyone knows and loves it. 

 Now onto the continuing Drakoloid High School Soap Opera Drama Show "TeenHood" Hooked On The Fire. This episode follows Carly trying to confront Alex in her room which is played dramatically well by Michaela Chandler once again. The other plot being Cameron wants to ask Britney out but Britney rejects him.

The acting in this episode was on point with everyone even the more weaker actors in the show. The way Meldi SN films herself in this episode I think is the way she should film every episode that way we can see whats around at least and not just facial closes up, Major improvement on her half. I think if Aidan Brown did the same thing it would definitely benefit the show. Although with his on point acting that isn't as noticeable. As for Madison Desiato, Kay Stamps, Hazel Woodley, Darragh, etc. All well done again with what has been executed here leading us onto the last two episodes next week.

This episodes gets a 9/10 really well way to hype us up for the finale and what could happen. Especially with that whole Taylor and Stacey plot where something bad may happen to Britney hopefully we see it in the finale. The show's plot has become interesting and has been developed enough to bring the audience in.

I will be reviewing "Teenhood Weekend" I am going to even record the bumpers and commercials just to archive if Drakoloid doesn't upload them to youtube, I will.

Now onto "Uniquely Normal" School Project episode which was about Arthur and Charles having to make a project about "What makes America great?". Mind you this episode was made in 2013, Its so funny they say that only a few years before we hear "Make America Great Again" gets thrown around by President Trump. Charles gets his project done at the end of just building monuments in America.

What else is really funny about this episode is the intelligence level of how divided Americans are currently now and this foreshadows it bit in some ways to our reality. Arthur wants to know what Charles thinks makes America great. Charles doesn't have an answer maybe he is a Trump supporter? Arthur however knows whats going on in America. Two sided polarizations shown here.

I have to give this episode a 9/10 mainly because the topic is a relevant question to today's world. The show seems to gradually improve this week as for last week. You could tell Nicholas Merchant was still experimenting and learning about filmography during this time. Well done.

Then the other Uniquely Normal "Broke" which was even shorter it was about what Arthur and Charles could do when they don't have money.

This one I like that it got to the point but it was kind of too short to really get into enjoying but I did enjoy the bleeped obvious F-Bomb put in here. Shows Drakoloid's risqué side is still there in other shows other than ARTic. This episode I would have to give a 6/10 and probably is my least favourite episode so far from this series.

And finally we have "Kevin and Alec's Adventures!" with the episode "The Kevin's".  This episode is about when Alec comes over to Kevin's house and hangs out with Kevin Jr. during a Tornado siren.

This episode was just well scripted from what we saw with the comedic timing, acting and just the fun vibe off it of things you would do at that age. I adored just the fort making because I remember myself doing that with my bed and turning everything upside down. I only wish this episode could have been much longer.

This episode in my opinion I would rate it 8.5/10 overall with the acting and the script writing young Nicholas Merchant was really gaining experience at this point with filming. Especially that whole fort making scene.

Since I am releasing this on March 14th which is "Pi Day". This throwback to "Pi Day" Song done by High Schooled star Derek De Jong shall be reviewed. This song is really well constructed and just something I would declare as the National Pi Day anthem. I think Derek De Jong should go into music but maybe as a comedy album. This song reminds me of songs that Leila Stroud (who played Amy in Season 1  & 2 of ARTic) has made such as Peace, Love, Kittens, Holiday Song, Math Song. This song gets a 4.5/5 for comedy and lyrically well constructed don't know if Nick or Derek wrote it but its flawless.

Next week stay tuned for my review on "Teenhood Weekend".

Drakoloid Reviews: March 4th 2017 TeenHood "Runaway From The Smoke", Uniquely Normal & Kevin & Alec's Adventures!

Hey fellow people of the internet,

Retrograv here for another great review again on Drakoloid. Going to try to diversify my blog sometime soon with new reviews but for now I am going to stick with Drakoloid shows.

Tonight I am going to review March 4th episode content on Drakoloid which is TeenHood "Runaway From The Smoke" and the Drakoloid premiere of Comedy Cubed's productions Uniquely Normal and Kevin & Alec's Adventures!


So the new Teenhood "Runaway From The Smoke" tonight had a lot of revamping, plot twisting and character development throughout. Lets start with talking about the revamp of the show. In the opening credits it is now changed to just clips of upcoming episodes in the show of characters walking around with emotions, anger, happiness, silliness instead of as a traditional opening with the cast listed. I think this is a much stronger opening especially because the cast could get changed again so this is better for the show.

The episode is about when Carly finds out Alex her boyfriend is smoking and she has to figure a way to confront him to stop before she has the baby. The first thing i'd like to say is Michaela Chandler who plays Mikayla Wild and Natalie Sanchez on Viral Jenneration. She is now the replacement and I have to say this was the best decision none of the other Carly's brought the emotion that was needed for this soap opera. This is a soap opera drama show and some people in this show are able to show the emotion but some can't at all where their acting is laughable. Michaela Chandler presents a wonderful dramatic Carly in distress here and it may be because of her drama/theatrical background. That really captures this and that solo scene at the end was brilliant of her trying to tell Alex whats going on.

Then the subplot is Britney trying to get Miranda to see her and Cameron together in his basement which it worked she did which leds to interesting continuation for the next episode of what will happen? And then we have the third plot developed with Stacey and Taylor where Taylor tells Stacey that she has a plan to destroy Britney once and for all. She convinces Stacey to be part of this which shall lead to some juicy things happening with Britney in the next few episodes.

We are left in our seats because this plot is reaching the climax of the season where "all hell is going to break loose" and it shall be interesting to see what it unleashs. You can tell this was still during Season 1 Production when these episodes were filmed and written. Three more of these "Season 1 Produced" episodes left to go. This episode was a solid episode it definitely is one of the best by far from the series and it deserves a solid 9/10.

Now for our next two shows on the list we have the Drakoloid premiere of the two Comedy Cubed acquired series "Uniquely Normal" and "Kevin & Alec's Adventures!".

Lets start with Uniquely Normal, this show is a show about a kid named "Arthur" played by Merchant himself who does video documentation on his life at a middle school that is a boarding school with his friend and neighbour Charles played by Anthony Devera.

This show is very short but makes it very unique, the reason being it short is because this was made back in 2013. In 2013 Youtube Shows weren't really around in a full length of what Drakoloid presents. Uniquely Normal presents a typical youtube series that usually have a short length of 1 or 2 minute episodes. We got three different ones, "Arthur", "Roller Coaster Day" and "The Robbery". My favourite would probably be Roller Coaster Day because it was nice to see Arthur and Charles just having a fun time outside and playing Tag as a simple solution to have fun.

And then after was the premiere of Kevin & Alec's Adventures with the episode "Accidental Success". Shows Kevin and Alec as project partners creating a website of "Everything Awesome" really funny because in the end they can't use computers but the website gets a bunch of buzz.

Again this really short like Uniquely Normal but was made in the later part of 2013. The episode Accidental Success gets I would say about a 8.5/10. While Uniquely Normal gets 7/10 for its three shorts. Well done work and it was also pretty cool seeing Nicholas Merchant in other acting projects other than Ryan Brahamer on High Schooled.

Drakoloid Reviews: February 25th Teenhood "Almost Asked" & High Schooled "The Guinea Pig Funeral"

Hello fellow readers,

Retrograv here with another review on Drakoloid shows we are reviewing the triumph return of Teenhood "Almost Asked" and High Schooled "The Guinea Pig Funeral". So here  we go..

TeenHood Almost Asked is the first episode in 10 months since we had this show people are saying this is season 2 but this was filmed with season 1 episodes. This episode was about Brittney confronting Taylor on her negative attitude. In this episode we see Taylor starting to become irritated with Brittney which I predict sometime in the future Taylor will dump Brittney as a friend maybe in the next episode or the episode after? We will see what happens. But then we have Miranda and Stacey both confronting each other for the first time in a while. Miranda explains that she wasn't talking about Stacey behind her back and they sweetly make up. A nice wrap up on Stacey right there.  :)

I have to say this episode felt very short and we were missing a few characters Carly, Alex, Cameron, Simon but I did enjoy it. This episode gets a rating of 7.5/10 not the best but not the worst just in the middle.

Now over onto High Schooled The Guinea Pig Funeral is about when its Derek birthday and Amanda  makes Derek and Ryan stay with her for the funeral of "Muffin", Amanda's Guinea Pig. I have to say this episode was quite surprising and was perfectly executed in writing and acting. The plot flowed all together smoothly. Nicholas Merchant writing and directing shines well with this episode. Its almost as strong as what was written in older Drakoloid shows such as Diaries Of Alice's Bedroom, Are You Ready To Scream, Carter The Cat and early episodes of ARTic, it can even be placed in the same league as Junglematic & Imperfect Patrick Season 1 & 2 episodes category that had similar yet original plots. There is also the joy of the iconic "Oh Muffin" song 😀. The heart warming yet comedic end with Amanda and Derek making up by Amanda ripping up his laser tag tickets was purely great.

This episode was the strongest of the series so far and makes me look forward to the next episode. This episode gets a rating of 9.5/10 or even a 10/10 in some ways when looked at it.

Thank you all for reading this review!