I hope Neon actually does a good job of handling Ally and not repeat what they did with Robot Dreams and Arco. That's all I hope for.

The only thing I will say about the current film criticism discourse is I don't like the increase in buzzwords being used in professional reviews. Why am I seeing terms like "slop" and "jingling keys" in IndieWire reviews? Did they hire Harry Knowles?

Curiosity got the better of me. May be this the only time I will ever see an Angel film on the big screen. I did not give them a single cent.

Never forget that Anya Taylor-Joy was working on Dune: Part Three and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie simultaneously. What a talented as heck actress.

I still hope the deal will be blocked.

Coyote vs. ACME already looks so darn funny. Still surreal that it will be finally seeing the light of day.

Even with the production problems it had and the baggage it was going through, I was hoping that Michael would pull through quality wise. Guess not with the reviews it has been getting... ...yikes. They have been bad.

What a crazy week. And I also have nothing to say about what happened after Hexed's casting announcements were out. With this and what happened with The Legend of Aang, animators really deserve so much better. Almost all of Marvel's visual development team being let go is also sad, too.

I'm also still not fully on board with the angle that Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory is going with, but with the talent it has... ...I can honestly see it working IF it has the right execution. Although anything better than The Twits is already a good sign.

When you put Hailee Steinfeld in any animated project... ...it's always a good sign. The Spider-Verse films and Arcane were BIG signs of proof. I still remember when Hexed was going to have a mother/son angle, but I don't mind the mother/daughter angle it's going with. It has TONS to prove...

I can see why DreamWorks literally decided to screen an early cut of Forgotten Island almost half a year before it comes out. The reactions I have been seeing have shown why. They clearly have something fantastic here.

Also, you need a LOT of justification for that Aunt Gladys film to be any good. One of the reasons why Gladys worked as a character was because we didn't know where on Earth she came from. She was just this magical person who randomly showed up in a typical suburban area.

My hype levels are high. I like me some more Snoopy. Even if he got unleashed.

We still need someone like Hobie Brown, someone who takes down facists everywhere. 14 months until Beyond comes out!!!!

I will just wait until it comes to VOD...

I will happily take more Paddingtons. I will take a hundred more Paddingtons. And a fully animated Mr. Men film. Plus, at the very least, with the family films he made and Alita, Rodriguez does at least seem like someone who can work well with animation.

Another day, another film from Nickelodeon getting leaked. Paramount needs better security, dang.

The ironic thing about Mario Galaxy and especially it's infamous "worse than AI" review... ...is that it does end with the anti AI training message that all of Universal's films starting with M3GAN 2.0, Jurassic World: Rebirth, and Bad Guys 2 have used. That's just going very backwards...

I could maybe believe Paramount or Warner Bros deciding not to make an animated film, because of being a "girl power" movie. But Disney? The company that makes billions off Frozen and Moana and princess merchandise? I'm a tad skeptical they would do that.

From a show that people watched on YouTube to one that people will happily see on the big screen and is already selling out many theatres. The Amazing Digital Circus has come a long way.

Slop, this feels like it was made by A.I./ChatGPT, Soulless, Pretentious and Jingling Keys are among the top words and phrases you will never see me use in a review. Because I actually try to engage with the movie or show as best as I can.

At this point I cant check out the Letterboxd reviews for anything without seeing a few top reviews calling something "slop," regardless of the quality of the thing. The word has definitely lost meaning 😂

I will be working as a volunteer at Cinema Arts for a month! Always a lifelong goal of mine to work at a movie theater.

Tomorrow is going to be a fun one. I just might be doing a tiny job that I have always wanted to do for a while...

Skydance REALLY wants a piece of that Spider-Verse/Arcane/Demon Hunters money. Will give them this, visually wise, Ray Gunn looks great. But I am worried about... ...everything else.

Same animator.

You have to do an incredibly... ...abysmal job leading your company if you are only able to last 9 months at said company. Good riddance.

We got some heartbreaking news. Gary Goldman, known for being Don Bluth's animation partner, is suffering from dementia. His wife Cathy needs all the financial help she can get to take care of him. If you'd like to help out, there's a GoFundMe where you can donate. www.gofundme.com/f/support-ga...

So, uh...

Sonic Racing Crossworlds is a lot of fun... ...if you can get used to it's learning curve. Still surreal to see characters like Mega Man and SpongeBob and Hatsune Miku in the same game.

If "Sing 2" is any indication, I predict "Sing 3" will be about Buster Moon being falsely accused of using AI in his productions and thus, sets out to prove that he and his friends are using their genuine human talents. Annoying tech bros will be the villains.

Bunny Rosalina x Pauline 🐰🩵❤️ #rosalina #pauline #yuri #bunnies

One day, I hope Illumination makes another Migration. Or at least, something like Migration. Letting a director take full reign and have their fingerprints, a sweet story, and a good one and done film.

Happy day of the Easter Beagles.

If you asked me which media aimed at children cause actual harm and have a negative effect on them, my answers would be: - Elsagate videos on YouTube and others of that ilk - AI-Generated Videos - The Pokemon episode that caused seizures in Japan

Mario Galaxy game: Mario meets Rosalina only a few minutes in the game, after Peach gets kidnapped. She helps guide Mario(and Luigi after he ends up being unlocked) throughout the game. Mario Galaxy Movie: Mario only meets Rosalina in the final scene of the film.

Happy World Autism Day

I also really want to watch Ally too...

Like and Retweet if you actually fucking HATE OpenAI

Why is it that the characters from Illumination's more recent sequels that I enjoy the most are the ones that sadly get shafted off and don't appear in it much? What's the matter with me...

No comment.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has a LOT of awesome stuff and is fun. But MAN, it really needs more time to breathe.

Without naming names, there's a critic who seems to say any film he doesn't like is probably AI-generated. If you frequently use some variation of the phrase "this feels like it was made by AI" to say "I don't like this", then maybe you're the one who's an AI.

Happy Trans Day of Visability. Transgender people will always be welcomed... ...and will forever be welcomed.

Kids deserve better movies BUT and hear me out on this… Kids also deserve to be happy. So if every now and then they enjoy something that’s not good… that is okay. It’s not some travesty I’m sorry.

“DreamWorks is actively embarrassing Disney now!” You better have that same attitude when DreamWorks releases the upcoming Cocomelon’s Movie lol

Things may play out very differently, but seeing some of the reactions that Mario Galaxy is getting did show that at least Horvath, Jelenic, and the Illumination team were aware of the issues that people had with Mario Bros. I gotta give them respect for that.

About that recent WB/Paramount animated films article: Until The Cat in the Hat, which will be out this November, WB has not had a very significant feature animation presence on their own for 4 years. League of Super Pets did do very respectably, but it being released close to Black Adam did...

Daniel Pemberton's score for Project Hail Mary is also quite calming. Learning to Communicate wouldn't even be out of place in a Nintendo game.

I have also seen a teeny, tiny bit of the leaked Dino Movie trailer. There's a LOT of things aimed at the youngest of target audiences worse than Paw Patrol. You can really do a lot worse. I do want to see it in English, though, what I did see was dubbed in French.