Lower Decks had a pretty good S3.
Wendell and Wild was great, they could have been a more wild on Key-Peele, but I guess that was not the point of the story.
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Non-Disney animation thread
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First (VERY) short teast of Clone High "reboot" coming 2023 at HBO Max. https://twitter.com/chrizmillr/status/1587843376329592832
It seems they're really continuing from where the first series ended.
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Anybody remember Hullabaloo?
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hullabaloo-steampunk-animated-film?utm_source=cordial&utm_campaign=bck-11072022update&utm_term=#/For those who don't, it was an Indiegogo campaign started by James Lopez, a veteran Disney animator who needed funding for a project he and several other 2D animators were starting to help keep 2D animation from dying. A movie with a heroine with a Steampunk setting. I love hand-drawn animation, and I love Steampunk, so fuck yeah I donated. Tons of Disney and animation fans stepped up to the plate too, and the thing went from an $80,000 goal and made over $400,000. It's been over 5 years, but they finished sound mixing, the last big step, and are getting so fucking close.
To celebrate, they released a promotional clip. Or rather, a vid of several shots to show how it looks:
I don't know WHY they put the title over it, but what I can see looks fabulous, and I like the music. I'll be hopeful.
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Some good news, The Calamity Jane complete series Kickstarter succeed, That means the entire series is coming to dvd now. I never seen the show, mostly because the WB canceled it after 3 episodes and they didn't aired rest of the episodes. So it's nice to see an official release of the entire series.
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Only Guillermo del Toro could imagine a Blue Fairy like this:
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Still think it’s weird it was cancelled that soon and with episodes still in the Pipeline.
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Wow, i wish I had known about that Calamity Jane kickstarter, i would have gone in on that.
@Time-Control-Magician said in Non-Disney animation thread:
Still think it’s weird it was cancelled that soon and with episodes still in the Pipeline.
I believe it was a show made in France, that then got imported and brought over.
If Warners had actually paid for all the episodes from scratch they probably would have forced at least one airing out.
Best guess is that within that first three episodes, the ratings on it weren't great (weird art style and female lead) , and they had Men in Black lined up and wanted to put a stronger push on that as a show they got more of the $$$ for since it was home-made and they wanted the boys market more.
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Kevin conroy has passed away at 66. Yes really. Damn.
What to say but Good night to a great VA I guess. Damn.
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I didn't realize he had cancer. Fuck this.
Someone take Mark Hammil to the doctor right now.
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Finally watched Wendell and Wild. Highly enjoyed it. Henry Selick's best? No. It lacked the . . . "oomph" that Nightmare and Coraline had. Didn't quite have the attachment to the characters like those, either. However, it had all the visual glory that only Henry Selick can bring, the delight that is Key and Peele, and one bangin' soundtrack. And possibly the ugliest hag of a woman I've ever seen in a stop-motion feature (Mrs. Klaxon).
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Villainous english dub available
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96%. del Toro does it again, with one dark Pinocchio.
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……Logan?
WTF?
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Where can I stream it? I remember the trailer was quite alright and had huge influence of Into the Spider Verse
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@puffing-cinema said in Non-Disney animation thread:
Where can I stream it? I remember the trailer was quite alright and had huge influence of Into the Spider Verse
Official release is December 21th.
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Oh, so we'll be doing Del Toro's Pinocchio first.
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All the more reason to love Into the Spiderverse:
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After a lukewarm run of episodes I gotta say, this latest Christmas episode of Bob’s Burgers knocked it out of the park. Light on the laughs, but really heartwarming. If that was the final episode that would’ve been a good one to end on.
Originally Posted by Nightwing
Stay focused, cause right now you have a decision to make. Are you a man perpetually looking back at what he’s lost, or a man looking forward, to what he might become?
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New Avatar series planned for release in 2025
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@Gizmo said in Non-Disney animation thread:
After a lukewarm run of episodes I gotta say, this latest Christmas episode of Bob’s Burgers knocked it out of the park. Light on the laughs, but really heartwarming. If that was the final episode that would’ve been a good one to end on.
Yeah that was a really solid episode.
The story was by Kelvin Yu and the teleplay by Loren Bouchard, Loren is the show's creator so it makes sense they'd have the characters emotional cores down.
And he's only written 7 episodes out of the 250, I guess they're kept busy with other duties. (He was one of the writers on the movie.) And Kelvin has been there since season 1, and has written 25 episodes, basically two per season.
So yeah it makes sense that it'd be a stronger episode when you have two people that have been on the show since the start.
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As much as I liked Del Toro's Pinocchio (character design, voice acting, animation, story direction), I'm deeply perturbed by the geo-historic presentation.
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I can't really say anything about Puss in Boots: Las Wish that hasn't already been said. Yes, it is a delightful surprise of a movie that's a lot better than it has any right to be. See it if you haven't already.
Between this and Bad Guys, Dreamworks really killed it this year. Too bad I don't think anyone cares.
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The complete series for both Ed,Edd,n Eddy (including the 4 specials and The Big Picture Show series finale) and Dexter Lab (including Ego Trip) are up now up on Prime Video.
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Finished my rewatch, and, in some cases, first watch of all the Batman Beyond episodes. Still holds up pretty well, but yeah, it doesn't really compare to BTAS or Justice League.
Maybe I've just been spoiled by modern shows with their continuous shows, but I feel like it may have helped if we got more of a sense of progression and Terry's growth as Batman. That and the could have stood to have the rogues gallery return more often and not do so many one-off villains.
And seriously, what the hell happened to Blight after season 1? They were building him up as Terry's greatest adversary and he's just never seen again.
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@Nobodyman said in Non-Disney animation thread:
And seriously, what the hell happened to Blight after season 1? They were building him up as Terry's greatest adversary and he's just never seen again.
Well when your greatest adversary is a walking nuclear reactor with you having no consistent immunity to his radioactive powers. You kinda have to limit his appearances.
I’m also fine with some of Terry’s rogue’s gallery being one off villains. Not simply because of how redundant and absurd traditional supervillain continued presence can become but when you remember how some of Batman’s recurring villains appearances from TAS were less great than their preceding ones them limiting Terry’s is acceptable.
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Want more reason to like Guillermo del Toro? He's willing to keep fighting the battle to get animation recognized as real cinema:
https://movieweb.com/guillermo-del-toro-on-perception-of-animation/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=EchoBox&utm_medium=Social-Distribution&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3NECHJdtr2sgsjeAa2QWcQ_JqPaxBXBgbZbpW3Ygmx3t0d5HT3Jjvpu7o#Echobox=1673125945 -
@Nobodyman said in Non-Disney animation thread:
And seriously, what the hell happened to Blight after season 1? They were building him up as Terry's greatest adversary and he's just never seen again.
His secret became public. Then he died. We saw him die.
Yeah comic book shows we're used to that not meaning anything but... he had a final episode.
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@Time-Control-Magician said in Non-Disney animation thread:
I’m also fine with some of Terry’s rogue’s gallery being one off villains. Not simply because of how redundant and absurd traditional supervillain continued presence can become but when you remember how some of Batman’s recurring villains appearances from TAS were less great than their preceding ones them limiting Terry’s is acceptable.
Absolutely this. Clock King and Baby Doll should have only been one appearance villains. Probably Mad Hatter as well but he's an iconic part of the gallery but they never figured out what to do with him after the first time. At least they never used Maxie Zues a second time.
Even the really iconic villains like Two Face, Ivy, Mr. Freeze, Riddler... if you don't count cameos, Almost Got Em, or the Trial episode, only had 3 or 4 episodes focusing on them as the main villain.
Then there's Joker with 17,,,
EDIT: Just realized the wiki I was looking at was only TAS. It wasn't counting the "and Robin" season or Superman crossovers or Justice League or films so... add a few more where appropriate.
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@Nobodyman said in Non-Disney animation thread:
Finished my rewatch, and, in some cases, first watch of all the Batman Beyond episodes. Still holds up pretty well, but yeah, it doesn't really compare to BTAS or Justice League.
Maybe I've just been spoiled by modern shows with their continuous shows, but I feel like it may have helped if we got more of a sense of progression and Terry's growth as Batman. That and the could have stood to have the rogues gallery return more often and not do so many one-off villains.
And seriously, what the hell happened to Blight after season 1? They were building him up as Terry's greatest adversary and he's just never seen again.
I'm with you on Terry's journey to becoming Batman, it just kinda happens. He's a fairly athletic young man, he has the super-suit and Bruce probably trains him off-screen (And he's a clone, but I try and ignore that bit) but I feel he really should struggle more than he does.
Gotta disagree about the villains though, every superhero show (At least the ones I've seen) seems to have a problem with diminishing returns on re-occurring villains, it seems very rare to get more than a couple of good stories out of them.
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So the interesting thing about Puss in Boots 2 is that Wolf happens to be dubbed by a well-know brazilian actor, but only in the english version.
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@Nobodyman said in Non-Disney animation thread:
That and the could have stood to have the rogues gallery return more often and not do so many one-off villains.
Kraven, Mysterio, Shocker, Doc Ock, and Sandman all made multiple appearances though.
And seriously, what the hell happened to Blight after season 1? They were building him up as Terry's greatest adversary and he's just never seen again.
Feels like an executive mandate there since they clearly set up a path for him to return and seemed to have more plans for Paxton overall as well though he only ever really appeared in a couple of episodes after the first season.
@Robby said in Non-Disney animation thread:
Absolutely this. Clock King and Baby Doll should have only been one appearance villains.
Clock King could have been interesting as a recurring figure in more or less the same role he had in JLU; not an active villain but a facilitator/crooked lawyer for other people. Have him work for Rupert Thorne for instance.
Baby Doll was definitely best left alone though since bringing her back undermined the perfect ending of that episode to me even without the creepy aspects of her relationship with Killer Croc. I think bringing her sidekick back as a professional henchwoman for hire would have been the more interesting move.
Complicating things since 2009.
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Puss in Boots 2 is REALLY good. Oh the fight choreography, the visuals, the voice acting.
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And apparently Netflix cancelled Inside Job
https://popculture.com/streaming/news/netflix-cancels-inside-job-season-2-show-unclear/And it's official
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Feels like an executive mandate there since they clearly set up a path for him to return and seemed to have more plans for Paxton overall as well though he only ever really appeared in a couple of episodes after the first season.
"Less continuity, more one offs" is absolutely a mandate I can see coming down, especially given the mandate given to Justice League a little later of "no more two parters." No more ongoing plot with a main villain, just stand alones. Only use a given villain once per season to make sure there's minimal chance of having missed the previous outing.
Even continuity heavy Gargoyles end up having a tentpole rule where they could only change the status of a character once every 13 episodes (inbetween the big multiparters) because they got screwed in season one when they had direct continuity between Elisa being shot in one episode then in crutches the next when the animation came out bad.
Even the 80's Ninja Tutles had that rule. Technodrome could only move at the start of a season, and characters like Baxter or Slash could only appear once a season to make sure the audience had lots of chances to see the change in status before the next appearance.
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@Robby said in Non-Disney animation thread:
At least they never used Maxie Zues a second time.
God I did not like Fire From Olympus. I think that’s the only episode of the series that I eventually would skip on rewatch.
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Roiland is facing domestic violence charges
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I wonder how long until we get that devil may cry anime for Netflix or the sequel to Castlevania
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Well hey, I loved Biker Mice From Mars.
. . . . the first one. Then they revamped it and took out Plutarch and changed the look and . . . yeah, didn't care for it after that.
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@Satsuki said in Non-Disney animation thread:
Well hey, I loved Biker Mice From Mars.
. . . . the first one. Then they revamped it and took out Plutarch and changed the look and . . . yeah, didn't care for it after that.
I kinda sorta remember the show….along with Street Sharks, Mighty Max, & some other shit from the 90s but it never left much of a lasting impression on me.
Do remember getting a couple of the toys for Christmas (also got Gargoyles toys for Christmas despite not being into the show at the time).
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Invincible Season 2 teaser trailer is out.
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Eh, we already got the perfect live action adaptation.
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Still waiting on Johnny Quest
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@Time-Control-Magician said in Non-Disney animation thread:
Ummmmm okay?
https://www.cbr.com/biker-mice-from-mars-animated-series-reboot-toy-line/
Biker Mice from Mars was INCREDIBLY good at exactly what it wanted to be... a blatant 80's TMNT ripoff. And it did that very, very well.
It was dumb, but it was a lot of fun. I never saw the sequel series but I'm not opposed to getting more of t.
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I was always a Street Sharks kid myself.
...Well, the toys and first three pilot episodes at least.
I think I only ever caught maybe one episode of Biker Mice from Mars.
