I'm so happy that Stephanie Hsu got her Supporting Actress nomination, especially considering how baffling it was that A24 were pushing that spot for Jamie Lee Curtis throughout the awards circuit, despite the fact that her character didn't really factor all that much in EEAAO, whereas Stephanie Hsu's Joy is literally the 2nd most important character in the whole movie.
While I'd love to see Hsu get the award, I still think Angela Bassett is winning this one.
This Kevin Conroy news has hit me really hard.
Kevin was one of the first guests I had the privilege to meet at my first Dublin convention in 2014 and I got to meet him again at Dublin Comic Con in 2017. Both times, he was so lovely and kind from the few moments we got to chat and take pictures together.
To say this is a monumental loss would be a HUGE understatement. This is a man who was basically the voice of a generation of kids growing up in the 90's when he voiced the caped crusader who, much like what Peter Cullan's Optimus Prime in Transformers did for kids in the 80's, had made a huge, lasting impact on a generation of kids who looked up to him through his vocal performance alone.
The voice acting community have lost an absolute legend of the industry and his impact will be felt for generations to come.
Rest In Peace, Kevin Conroy, you really were the perfect Batman.
Jerry Lee Lewis, who sang "Great Balls of Fire", has passed away at the age of 87.
https://consequence.net/2022/10/jerry-lee-lewis-great-balls-of-fire-dead/
Batgirl Director Tried to Salvage Cancelled Movie With His Smartphone
...I...wha...
...th...they just...straight up...deleted the footage...after they cancelled the film.
...I'm fucking speechless right now...
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/spider-man-across-spider-verse-deleays-release-to-2023-1235133150/ Welp, Across The Spider-Verse Part 1 has been delayed until June 2nd 2023, with Part 2 being rescheduled to March 29th 2024.
Super Eyepatch Wolf's "Why you should watch/read" series are some of the most deep and informative videos I've seen on the web, and he just released his newest episode on Berserk.
And HOO BOY, is it a beast of an episode!
They actually deliberately changed the nomination rules for the Animation category a few years ago because too many lower profile art films were getting nominated. Sure, they weren't winning because the entire Academy votes in the actual categories but the previous system did mean that several spots were reserved for non-Disney/non-Dreamworks films. Since then it's basically one "art film" slot, maybe two, with everything else being big studio films.
For instance, the first year under the new system had the following nominated films:
Coco
Loving Vincent
The Breadwinner
Ferdinand
The Boss BabyThe Big Bad Fox and Other Tales, Mary and the Witch's Flower, The Night is Short, Walk on Girl, and a few other films were also released that year.
A Silent Voice also came out that same year. I'm still bitter how THAT didn't get nominated, but fucking Ferdinand and The Boss Baby did.
It's gone to Disney or Pixar 15 times out of 21…. and while they definitely deserve a lot of those, particularly the Ratatouille/WallE/Up/Toy Story 3 streak of superb films... they don't deserve to be winning basically by default.
I saw a report that Disney/Pixar have now won the Best Animated Feature in 9 of the last 10 years since 2012, with the exception being Into The Spider-Verse, and quite frankly? They really didn't deserve to win the majority of them.
For me, ParaNorman, The Wind Rises, Kubo and the Two Strings, Klaus, Wolfwalkers and Mitchells vs. The Machines were more deserving of winning in those respective years. Also Big Hero 6 only won because that was the year where The Lego Movie got infamously snubbed out of a nomination.
It really feels like they should rename the category to the "Disney/Pixar Award" because, with the aforementioned Spider-Verse exception, it really feels like if your movie isn't made by Disney or Pixar, you don't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning.
And I guarantee we'll be going through this same song and dance next year when Lightyear inevitably wins over Across The Spider-Verse (Part 1).
Moving away from THAT moment for a bit:
Was anybody else really pissed off at the Best Animated Feature segment that basically treated animated films as being for children that adults had to endure? In a category where Flee was one of the nominees?
I know the Academy has historically never given a shit about animation, but fucking hell, that whole segment was just open contempt towards the animators who basically kept the entire industry afloat when COVID shut down every live action set.
Memo to Academy members: animation is an art form and a medium of film, not a genre.
Go fuck yourselves, you out of touch dinosaurs!
Taylor Hawkins, drummer of Foo Fighters, has passed away at the age of 50. His death was only just announced not even 15 minutes ago.
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