Category Archives: Cartoons
Disney: The Last Wish
Disney Animation has revealed their first look at their next movie, Wish, which I think is about the magic of Disney making a wish upon a star. Just like how Puss in Boots made a wish upon a star?! I kid. But so far, this teaser looks pretty generic. Heroin, villain, animal sidekick.
They even included the little star dude from the Mario movie!
Still kidding. Anyway, I’m a big fan of Disney animation in recent years. Encanto was great! I don’t remember what they did after Encanto…oh right, Strange World! Yeah, Strange World was fine. So we’re just gonna have to hope — rightfully so — that Wish will also be fine. That’s my hope, at least. Or perhaps it’s my…wish?
Anyway, Wish comes to theaters on Nov. 22.
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Our First Teaser for The Venture Bros. Finale Movie
I’m a big fan of The Venture Bros. At least I was, back when it was a show. It was really good, but I was also frequently annoyed at how long it took for those new, short seasons to come out. They were good, but never meaty enough to justify the wait. The Venture Bros. was one of those shows that, instead of delivering big, cool story things, just kept adding more small story things.
Then it got cancelled. But the movie is coming later this year! Here’s a sneak peek.
Looks fine to me! And I can even remember how the last season ended, so this short scene makes sense. One hopes this movie finally does the thing and puts this universe to rest. Though it probably won’t. Not settling all the big, ongoing stories is probably the point at this point. And that’s fine. Just getting this movie will be enough of a hoot.
The Venture Bros.: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart is coming out sometime later this year.
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Tell It Animated is Doing Top 10 Lists Now
Top Ten is no Top Six, I just wanna say. But I’ll share anything the genius animator over at Tell It Animated posts online. The dude’s work is sublime and I’m happy to share. They’re fun videos with which to start a good Monday. For this first Top 10 list, he’s done killer dolls.
Fun video, as always. Though I do find it kind of funny that, in order to fit his style, the animator introduces the dolls looking one way and then alters them to match their actual movie appearance. Like, so he just comes up with a generic-looking doll design for each of them and then alters them? That seems like a lot of extra steps. And I suppose he needs something to animate, otherwise he’d just be listing killer dolls.
A Top Ten animated list I’d like to see would be…coolest Transformers? Funniest G.I. Joes?
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Two Great Bug-Themed Superhero Movie Trailers!
There have been a whole bunch of new trailers released over the past few days, possibly to get out in front of the upcoming Super Mario Bros. Movie. That’s great news for me, because I love trailers! And here come two great ones!
First up is the new trailer for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. We get a bigger look at the worlds, we get our first look at the Spot, and we get some good looking conflict.
Looks great to me! There seems to be a lot going on, perhaps too much, based on this trailer. But I’m confident they’ll put it all together. Looks like Miles wants to save his father at the cost of saving the multiverse, and Miguel doesn’t want that to happen. Makes sense. But the animation looks beautiful. The Spot looks fun. The kajillion Spider characters are a hoot. We get our first look at Scarlet Spider!
This movie doesn’t need trailers. It’s going to be fire no matter what. Can’t wait! Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse comes to theaters on June 2.
Next up is the first trailer for Blue Beetle, our first look at this movie, and I think it looks good. We get a lot of flavor and character in this Blue Beetle trailer, and I like what I see.
I’ll admit, this trailer does seem to hit all the familiar beats of a superhero origin story. But the charm outweighs the tropes for me. Xolo Maridueña looks like he’s having fun as Jaime Reyes, and I love the family feel. George Lopez looks especially fun. And I think the Blue Beetle effects look really good. Blue Beetle looks like a fun movie. Can it overcome the DC curse that killed Black Adam and Shazam 2? We’ll find out. I think it looks good.
Blue Beetle comes to theaters on Aug. 18.
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Pixar’s Elemental Looks Pretty Bland
The next Pixar film is called Elemental, and we got the first full trailer today. It clearly looks like a movie where someone said “what if elements had feelings”. And then they whipped together a pretty bland and basic script about love interests from different families getting together, despite being told that their kinds don’t mix.
Elemental looks really, really bland. The two main characters look bland. Their families look bland. Their conflict looks bland. Their world looks bland. Why make a joke about chain link fences not mattering to elements? Why not make a world so amazing that it doesn’t need chain link fences? Why not do something that actually involves elements instead of just using them as unnecessary metaphors?
I dunno. I’m not a Pixar filmmaker. But Elemental is what they’re sending to theaters on June 16.
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