Category Archives: Cartoons

Strong Guy Watch: Didn’t See This Coming!

There was a super surprise Strong Guy appearance this week and I need to tell somebody! I’ve been following random Strong Guy appearances for years now, just because it’s fun. He’s a great character and doesn’t appear very often. And now he’s had one of his greatest appearances of all time.

Some awesome fan artwork

But I won’t spoil it here. You’re going to have to join me after the jump for the big Strong Guy reveal! I warn you, only click this link if your love of Strong Guy outweighs your concerns about spoilers, and if you’re fully up to speed on X-Men projects.

There will only be light spoilers.

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There Have Been Far More Mechagodzilla Than I Ever Knew

It’s Tell It Animated time! And this time around he’s doing Mechagodzilla. Everybody loves a good kaiju. And I had no idea Mechagodzilla made so many appearances out there in this wide pop culture world.

That is one detailed, fancy-looking giant robot. The animator really went to extremes to get this guy done for this video! Kudos all around! And next video is the 50th! I doubt he’ll take my suggestion to do Robin. But who would be worthy for a 50th video? Maybe an update on every video he’s done so far? Or an update on his first video, whoever that was. My legit guess would be…Link! But we’ll see.

Also today is supposed to see the release of a new Deadpool & Wolverine trailer, so check back later! I’ll get that up as soon as I see it posted.

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Animated Transfomers Origin Movie Incoming

So, huh. I have been vaguely aware of Transformers One for some time now, but I had no idea it was going to be this: an animated origin story that leans into every possible trope imaginable, while trying to tap into the same magic of TMNT: Mutant Mayhem. See for yourself.

The tropes are unending. Enemies started out as best friends in lowly jobs. They’ve got the comic relief character and the girl character to round out the squad. A-list actors brought in to do voice actor work. Man, this trailer has it all! The humor is maybe funny. The action and animation look fine. The exploration of Transformers lore feels forced. And it doesn’t help that the big screen Transformers franchise is all over the place these days. So I’m just not sure what this movie is trying to accomplish.

But I guess we’ll find out when Transformers One comes to theaters on Sept. 20.

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Tales of the Empire Trailer!

Honestly, I forgot that Tales of the Jedi existed, even though I really enjoyed it. Tales of the Jedi came out a year and a half ago, and told parallel stories about Ahsoka Tano and a young Count Dooku. It had some great chapters and some very interesting character and lore moments.

Welp, apparently it wasn’t a one-off, because now we’re getting Tales of the Empire! It’s going to come out in May and tell parallel stories about Barriss Offee and a young Morgan Elsbeth.

Looks great! I’m confident both of those characters have some good and interesting stories in them. Barriss becoming an Inquisitor should be a neat story. And perhaps Morgan Elsbeth was interesting once upon a time. This could be some good, animated Star Wars content. And I’m content with that.

All of the six shorts of Tales of the Empire will come to Disney+ on May the Fourth.

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Tell It Animated Looks at Frankenstein

Tell It Animated is a great YouTube channel. Just a dude having a blast, and he’s accrued more than 1 million subscribers. Good for him! I’ve been a fan since the very beginning and will always gladly share his content. This time, he’s doing cinematic Frankensteins, possibly in connection to Lisa Frankenstein or maybe Poor Things.

Also, I am too sick still to care about the difference between Frankenstein and Frankenstein’s monster, so don’t come at me, bro. I just wanna share a fun video on this Monday so that there’s something we can enjoy. Stupid cold…

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