I’ve already seen Hoppers during the early access last week, but I wanted to see it again on its first official weekend!

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

Not only that, but as one of my mutuals @albst3r.bsky.social mentioned, both films just so happen to feature Eduardo Franco, aka Argyle from Stranger Things. In fact, he's the one that plays Loaf (pictured right on the quoted post)!

The female penguins from the 1993 PC game Lenny’s Music Toons did not need to look this beautiful.

Rango could’ve been in 3D, but it would’ve added $22M to the $135M cost, and Gore Verbinski didn’t want a cheap conversion. It got released in 2D only, unlike other 2011 CG films. ILM did 3 scenes in 3D at Paramount’s request in January 2010, which Verbinski called “beautiful.”

Of all the scenes in Rango that were in the extended cut on Blu-ray but not the theatrical version, I wish this little funeral scene were in the theatrical one. It's funny, and it further highlights Rango's awkwardness.

David Shannon, the children's book author behind "No, David!" and "A Bad Case of Stripes", worked on Rango as a character designer, co-creator of the concept, and a co-producer. Here are some of his illustrations for Rango:

Argyle from Stranger Things

What stood out to me while watching the credits of Hoppers was seeing Josh Cooley’s name in the credits as an additional voice actor. He definitely still has a good relationship with Pixar even while developing projects at Paramount right now following Transformers One.

#Hoppers is Pixar’s zaniest movie yet! The art style’s distinct, the characters are lovable (Jon Hamm kills it as Jerry), and the themes of teamwork and nature are done in a fresh way. The last act was INSANE. Absolutely wonderful. Stay for the mid- and post-credits scenes!

Now seated for Hoppers!

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Give it a year or two. That 108 billion debt Paramount is now in over Warner Bros among the amount they already have over Skydance will bite them in the ass so hard

the-raging-hornet.blogspot.com/2025/11/skyd... A mutual of mine sent this article containing anonymous reports from Skydance over to me, it's worth a read in light of recent news

Be grateful with what you have. Especially in life.

I’ve gotten over 500 followers on Letterboxd yesterday! Thank you guys!

I've only really seen the first episode of Kappa Mikey (and the MTV pilot), but I feel like this concept would work super well in the modern era given how anime has grown in Western popularity since this show aired. Theme song's a banger too.

I've got a ticket for Hoppers at an AMC Dolby Cinema screening on Saturday. Heard good things about this one, so I'm excited!

I still think this is a lovely and touching tribute to Stephen Hillenburg.

Share a TV show that raised you.

I like to think Modo has the neck collar for the same reason Shadow the Hedgehog has his inhibitor rings. It keeps them from getting TOO powerful. If he took that off during a roarball game, then HOO boy would the other team not stand a CHANCE.

According to a recent Deadline article, Disney won’t renew its deal with New Regency (carried over from 20th Century Fox following the 2019 merger) after Psycho Killer tanked. It’s unclear how this affects Regency’s library that aren’t Fox co-productions, or Disney’s stake.

According to a recent Deadline article, Disney won’t renew its deal with New Regency (carried over from 20th Century Fox following the 2019 merger) after Psycho Killer tanked. It’s unclear how this affects Regency’s library that aren’t Fox co-productions, or Disney’s stake.

I usually don’t like being close to lizards, but I make a special exception for chameleons. They are cool.

It’s cool how Hannah is straight-up bi like her voice actress Sherry Cola because 1) She licks her lips when talking about Mane Attraction’s abs 2) She blushes when she sees Jett Fillmore in person

From what I know, studios contractually require theaters to run 1-2 trailers (can be 3-4 if it’s Disney) for their own upcoming movies right before movies they distribute. Sony’s GOAT doesn’t have a Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer (missed opportunity), but these two instead:

Saw GOAT again

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Yeah… haven’t seen anything since my 2nd viewing of GOAT last Saturday lol

Checked an 11:05 PM showing of GOAT at a Regal theater out of curiosity, and WHY TF ARE THERE 13 PPL AT THE SHOWING??!!

Looking back at this post a year later, Porsha is actually like Pawbert Lynxley if he was smart enough to leave his rich evil family rather than trying and failing to win their approval.

What’s worth noting is that James Cameron has a new movie from Paramount in May with the Billie Eilish concert movie Hit Me Hard and Soft, and Paramount has owned his Terminator IP since the Skydance merger, so it seems like he’s buds with David Ellison. Of course he’d back them.

Toy Story: Not born yet Toy Story 2: Still not born yet Toy Story 3: 9 Toy Story 4: 18 Lightyear: 21 Toy Story 5: 25

AI-Gen is dying, repost to make it die faster :)

Toy Story 5 having this painted CGI bit in the trailer representing Bonnie’s imagination is great because it actually continues the tradition of Toy Story movies showcasing the evolution of CGI since the original in 1995, while also giving a hint at what Gatto could look like!

There's a huge wave of demonetization happening to animation channels on YouTube. It's only a matter of time until I am hit too. If this happens, it's over for me. I don't do this for money, but I need money to live. Now's a great time to become a patron on Patreon www.patreon.com/c/BalenaProd... ❤️

Interesting Bebe’s Kids fact: Paramount required Bruce W. Smith to make it PG. When the MPAA hit it with a PG-13, the reason was “tone”. Smith thinks in 1992, they weren’t ready for an in-your-face family-friendly African American animated film, and feels it’d be PG today.

I was expecting Anna Kendrick to be the celebrity voice for Amy, but I’m totally down with Princess Anna voicing her!

Dragon Posting!

Really hoping it’s success will lead to Sony releasing more of their non-Spider-Verse animated movies in theaters instead of giving them to Netflix. I already know Buds is going to theaters next year.

Universal giving Felix the Cat some love

If you want a good laugh, look at how the Ellison family’s “empire” looks like without all the Warner Bros Discovery assets:

To celebrate #IndieAnimationDay, here’s an animated short I made in high school back in 2018 that was entered into competitions, The Sugar Raccoon! Link below :)

The writer of both song numbers from Smurfs 2025 (“Anyone” and “Always on the Outside”), Sam Roman, wasn’t compensated, and the promise that Rihanna’s song would be advertised and in the soundtrack wasn’t fulfilled. What does Paramount do? Blame Rihanna. www.complex.com/music/a/alex...

2026 is probably gonna be the second year in a row where my most liked Letterboxd review is for a Sony Pictures Animation movie.

In a Reddit AMA Gore Verbinski hosted to promote Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die, he gave an update on Cattywumpus, his animated sci-fi musical about cats, which was dumped by Netflix in 2022. He not only revealed the entire main cast, but the whole soundtrack has been recorded!

Still need financial help, especially to pay for internet this month. Urgent. And to keep the momentum up next month to pay for electricity and internet. Help me if you can please. #MutualAidHelp #MutualAidBoost #HelpSky #EmergencySky

I did not know anything about Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die outside of “Gore Verbinski anti-AI film that stars Sam Rockwell” and I haven’t seen any trailers (not on purpose). I ended up with Everything Everywhere All at Once meets Weapons. Also funnier than I anticipated.

Goat looks FANTASTIC on a Cinemark XD screen. AND it’s a THX-certified theater too :)