Category Archives: Cartoons

Hopefully More Futurama is a Good Thing

Look, I like Futurama as much as the next guy. Classic Futurama. Much like The Simpsons, the latter seasons/episodes of Futurama were not as good as the originals. But I still watched, I was still mildly entertained, if I remember correctly. Welp, they’re bringing it back for more episodes for some reason.

None of that looks individually exciting, just that more Futurama will be neat. Notice how they use a lot of Bender dialogue, to make sure we know that John DiMaggio is for sure coming back. Ah well, I’m sure it’ll be a fine watch.

New Futurama is coming to Hulu on July 24.

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First Look at Wingnut and the Mutants in new Ninja Turtles Movie

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is shaping up to be a pretty awesome flick. I’ve been a Ninja Turtles fan since I watched the cartoon and collected the toys in the 1980s. So you best believe I am tickled pink that so many of my favorite guys are gonna show up as a mutant gang in this film, from Mondo Gecko to Ray Fillet to my favorite character, Wingnut! And finally, at long last, we’ve got a clear look at Wingnut and the other mutants courtesy of some dope character posters.

She looks like she has a screw loose

Personally, I would have liked a more humanoid Wingnut, but considering he’s been changed to a she, and she’ll be voiced by Natasia Demetriou, it probably would have been too easy to make her like Rouge the Bat from Sonic the Hedgehog.

I have faith in this fuzzy little critter they’ve created. I like that, instead of Wingnut’s traditional mechanical wings, they’ve given her mechanical arms instead. That makes a lot of sense with the character now being a mutant instead of an alien. I never liked that alien origin anyway. Also, I hope we get some kind of Screwloose Easter Egg.

So yeah, there’s a whole bunch of character posters to check out here. I think everybody looks great in that weird, wild way. Again, I prefer my TMNT mutants to be more humanoid, like the Turtles themselves. But I can definitely wrap my head around these oblong and weirdly shaped mutants. It fits the film, after all.

Also, in case you needed to hear it, I love what they’ve done with April O’Neal. She looks great.

Seth Rogen delivered a quickie behind-these-scenes look at the voice cast, so you can check that out as well.

Mutant Mayhem looks like it’s gonna be great! Comes out in August and I can’t wait!

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Metalocalypse is Coming Back!

Much like The Venture Bros., the great animated show Metalocalypse is finally coming back with a straight-to-DVD movie to tie everything off. This was a great show on Adult Swim, about a death metal band that actually caused deaths and was building to some type of apocalypse. But then the series was cancelled without ever reaching that apocalypse or any actual ending. And the last episodes aired in…holy crap! 2013?! Are you kidding me?! It’s been an entire decade?!

Anyway, wow, uh, so someone was willing to give Metalocalypse the ending it deserved and we’ll be getting it straight-to-DVD with Army of the Doomstar.

Looks good to me. Looks like classic Metalocalypse of old, and it will hopefully be a fitting finale to all the greatness that came before. Jeez louise. Time passes at lightning speed, people.

This new movie will be available digitally and on Blu-ray on Aug. 22.

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I Like the Look of Elio

I went and saw Elemental this weekend and I liked it. The film is cute and it won me over in the end. I don’t think it’s a great film or anything that’s going to fix Pixar’s recent losing streak, but it was a fine watch. It was also as predictable as I feared it would be based on the trailers, and a lot of the logistics of its world really annoyed me.

Why do you have chain link fences? Because the animators put them in the movie, that’s why. Jeez.

Anyway, Pixar’s next film is Elio, which is a bad title for what looks like a fun film.

I think this looks neat. It’s not as predictable, I don’t think. Lotta weird and funny stuff could happen out in space to this kid. That “Uh, Earth” joke is stale as hell and has been done a bajillion times, but that’s fine. Surely that’s not going to be indicative of a bad script overall. This looks cute.

Also, what’s up with Pixar/Disney animated films and these one-word titles? There are so many interesting titles that could come from this wild, sci-fi alien premise, but they just go with the kid’s name? Heck, “Uh, Earth” would have been a better title.

Anyway, we can expect Elio in March, 2024.

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Nimona Looks Pretty Great

There’s a new animated movie coming to Netflix called Nimona, based on a comic by N.D. Stevenson. I never read the comic, but Stevenson was the genius behind She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, so I trust everything they do from now on. Nimona looks pretty great!

Looks fun, looks pretty silly, but it also looks touching and cool. Nimona is being hailed as an LGBTQ+ story, which is great for Pride Month. I’m definitely looking forward to watching this one.

Nimona comes to Netflix on June 30.

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