What a terrible violent weekend this was, my god.

We are heartbroken by the attack at Bondi Beach that targeted the Jewish community during a Hanukkah celebration, as families gathered to mark a sacred holiday. Now and always, we condemn this act of antisemitic violence, and violence in all its forms.

Honey, please. You lost. Just take your loss, go away, and don't come back under these circumstances.

Either Ted Sarandos opens up more to theatrical windows that can maximize their presence and physical media releases for more revenue streams at Netflix pending their acquisition of Warner Bros. or he might face even more scrutiny as the merger process could likely be blocked altogether.

So Netflix bought Warner Bros. Discovery? Considering the fact that Netflix doesn't have its own studios and is just a streaming company, it's a much better fate for WBD.

It’s official Netflix is buying WB. Sigh… okay TO BE FAIR this is BETTER (or at the very least, less bad) than either Paramount or Universal buying WB...

Doomposting about Netflix ruining WB will not be tolerated. We can be excited, frustrated and jaded about it. But can we not act in nihilism and know what’s actually happening. They are just in talks for a deal. The deal could fall flat if this ends up in court or under public scrutiny.

The latest episode of The Extras podcast was on the Tom and Jerry Golden Era Anthology set with Jerry Beck and George F. TO THEIR CREDIT, they do address the elephant in the room when it comes to this set: i.e. Why are 7 of these cartoons still sourced from the crappy 1960s MetroColor prints?

Umm... considering that L. Frank Baum wrote two articles in 1890 advocating for the genocide of Native Americans. I'm going say... no.

i honestly love how no matter how many copyright limitations there are, every single piece of media about oz somehow incorporates details of the 1939 movie. it really did put the image of what oz looks like into the collective conscious and i think that's beautiful

Wait, wait. Netflix is going to take on massive debt to purchase Warner Bros? Like did you not see AOL, AT&T and Discovery all step on that exact same rake or were you just not paying attention?

So Thad Komorowski has released Part 1 of his review of Tom and Jerry: The Golden Era Anthology, and… there’s GOOD NEWS and there’s BAD NEWS: cartoonresearch.com/index.php/th...

Chuck Jones perfected not one but two Dr. Seuss adaptations for TV.

By the looks of it, this set is shaping up to be the DEFINATIVE collection of the original Tom and Jerry cartoons. As far as I can tell, ALMOST EVERYTHING from the previous Spotlight, Golden and CinemaScope Collections are getting carried over to this release.

It's obvious "A Tale of Two Kitties" isn't a Tweety short and isn't supposed to be a Tweety short; it was just an excuse for Bob Clampett to do an Abbot and Costello routine with a couple cats and the bratty bird was meant at a foil. But the bird stole the show and became a star in the end!

The 🇺🇸 American pre-Code  musical black comedy film "DUCK SOUP" directed by Leo McCarey and starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo in his final film appearance) was released in the U.S. #OnThisDay in 1933 🎬 Paramount Pictures

I don't know which company I would want to buy Warner Bros, but I would rather it not be one that already owns a major legacy studio or one uninterested in the theatrical business. Maybe an electronics company akin to when Sony bought Columbia Pictures.

Fun-Fact: A few years ago I wrote into Stu's Show and asked Jerry Beck about the Whoopi Goldberg intros on the Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry DVDs and he had a pretty interesting story of how they came about: (Note: I edited this down and sped it up by 5% so it would fit in a BlueSky post)

When Fantasia was first released on November 13, 1940, the film was a total flop due to the extremely limited amount of screenings, and a very mixed reception from critics. 85 years later, it's now considered one of the greatest movies in cinema that highlights the magic of Disney and animation.

FUUUUCKKK!

If Disney wants short form content on their platform, why not put more of the classic Disney cartoons on the platform instead… not this A.I. garbage.

Fun-Fact: Shortly after this cartoon won the Oscar in 1950 - Walt Disney sent Chuck Jones a letter congratulating him:

Apple is more likely to keep the entire company separate under them, specifically their studios and streaming business. Apple TV and HBO Max might work in a way that Prime Video and MGM+ operate for streaming. Amazon could keep WB’s library alone if they get their legacy MGM catalog back.

Comcast might work if this means keeping WB operated as a separate entity. Still, either go with Apple or Amazon because no one wants to see any of WB’s legacy erased or any of their brands going away forever.

If Warner Bros. actually does get purchased by Amazon, then there’s a serious chance MGM will end up becoming part of WB - thus reuniting the studio with their non-United Artists pre-1986 film library bought by Turner way back when at last.

There's a difference between simply liking the movies and being overly defensive of them. There's also a difference between reasonable criticism of the movies and bigotry from alt-right grifters, the latter being something that shouldn't even be considered in any critical discussions*

See, I’m not really astounded at people liking these movies… I’m more astounded at the level of vitriolic hate they get that leads people to harass the cast and crew online and rage about the existence of Women/POC/LGBTQ people in these films.

Trump voters don't need SNAP benefits. They can always do what all MAGAs do whenever they need money - film themselves shouting a buncha racial slurs in public and then start crowdfunding campaigns where they claim they're being punished for it. Ca-ching!

So much fucking bullshit could've been completely avoided and I will NEVER forgive those of you who fully knew the risks and STILL wouldn't just fill in the goddamn circle on the stupid ballot like adults. If your "conscience" wouldn't let you, your conscience sucks at its job.

Yeah yeah, I know, Biden shouldn't have appointed Garland and Garland shouldn't have slow-walked it. No argument there. But ultimately, that wouldn't have mattered if more people had JUST VOTED FOR KAMALA.

It will never fail to astound me just how fucking CLOSE they were to finally throwing his ass in jail. All they needed was a little bit of help from the voters. They just needed us to give it a little nudge and tip it over into the goal. And way too many of you motherfuckers just wouldn't do it.

According to Tubi's head of acquisitions, "LOONEY TUNES" has become one of their "top-ten best-performing series," and is popular with viewers across generations. He says they are in "active negotiations" to ensure that Tubi can be the home of Looney Tunes for "quite a while — likely years."

I have to be honest with you guys I am nervous about the future of WB being bought by another studio. Honestly out of all the potential buyers: NBCUniversal, Paramount, Amazon, Apple and Netflix… Amazon is probably their best option.

Yesterday I saw a video where a guy said that Disney should absolutely NOT buy WB because monopolies are bad. But was totally on-board NBCUniversal buying WB because of the theme park possibilities. Apparently to this man monopolies are only bad when Disney does it.

It's rare to discover that the characters a comedian played were actually somehow smarter than the actor himself was. And this was the guy who was in The Animal.

Helped by the fact they had Bela Lugosi do live-action reference for this scene. Some of Bill Tytla’s greatest work.

Everyone in Hollywood needs to fight back against this administration because WGA already taking the first stand of doing so...They don't want the Ellisons/Skydance buying WBD like the rest of us. We all need to take a stand really just remember we did boycott Disney over Jimmy Kimmel...Game On.

if disney does a theatrical release of the original star wars films for the 50th anniversary and offers them on physical media i will forgive them for every terrible decision they've made with star wars

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Cool. Does Gen Z wanna hear how the animation industry has condensed down to about 40% of what it was in the last 5 years?

Its.... beautiful. I never thought I'd see the day. I hope these one day come to Physical Media - because the non-Special Editions of Star Wars are my second most wanted thing from Disney Home Video (the first being the Walt Disney Treasures on Blu-Ray... which probably will never happen).

Always have a backup plan.

I know it's like the lowest priority of things to be disappointed about, but I still remember the times when it could be feasible that the government was covering up extraterrestrial life. Theres no aliens in The US, guys. No way THIS govt could keep it under wraps 😥

Still waiting for this one to be restored on DVD and Blu-Ray

Spielberg came a long way from his "I want a new background for EVERY shot!" suggestions back in the Tiny Toons days. Glad to see his input leaned more and more toward his specialty, the storytelling, as he got involved with more animated productions.

Fuck Harry Potter, read AND play Discworld instead.

Fuck Harry Potter, watch SpongeBob instead.

Fuck Harry Potter, watch Tom and Jerry instead.

Fuck Harry Potter, watch Looney Tunes instead.