With constant consolidation and acquisitions, creative ideas can be lost in limbo, other times, they just lack the commercial viability to be available for eternity. The era of streaming has rectified this somewhat, with catalogues of content available at a click of a button. Yet … Continue reading Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
With the perpetually upbeat personalities, in the face of inter-dimensional peril and other curiosities man was not meant to know. Bill and Ted rose to become beloved household names, earning much adoration for both Keanu Reeves and Alex Winters, who would go on to find … Continue reading Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures (1990)
While the field of children’s construction toys has always been competitive, some names go on to have an unfortunate negative connotation. One notable example is Playmobil, while not as universally beloved as Lego, with its perceived lack of action, and famous faces. They still maintain … Continue reading Playmobil The Movie (2019)
With characters as animated as some larger-than-life personalities, it can be easy to translate those behaviours to the drawn world. Sure, you may have to sacrifice some material, especially if you want to tap into the oh-so lucrative Children’s market, but Hanna-Barbera managed to do … Continue reading Dumb and Dumber: The Animated Series (1995)
It is a difficult task to be the President, no decision is ever going to be good enough, even for your most ardent defenders. As the favorability polls drop with time, the legacy of your actions will be the subject of spoofing/ridicule for some time. … Continue reading Lil’ Bush (2007-08)
Before modern titles showed the artistic capabilities of the medium, Video games were typically seen as mindless blood soaking time killers, where armed grunts dispatch carnivorous aliens, mutants, or other grunts. So, an unarmed, snarky reluctant suburbanite, might be an odd choice to join their … Continue reading Daria’s Inferno (2000)
Few franchises spoke to a generation like the show Daria, with its wry observations still finding truth and resonance in the youth of the time, and today. Merchandising opportunities prove to be lucrative and the rise of cyberspace showed people a new way to make … Continue reading Daria’s Sick, Sad Life Planner (1999)
Kids have always been fascinated with dinosaurs, enormous killing lizards that only left fossils and secrets, ones that are bound to provoke curiosity. Pop culture certainly helps in turn the lizards into friendly mascots for children everywhere. In 1993, around the same time audiences were … Continue reading We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story (1993)
The mid-90s gave the subsequent years a plethora of things that are still reeking with freshness, like the Super Nintendo or R. L. Stein. As some things rise, others fall, and although entertaining countless viewers for decades, the animated antics of the Looney Tunes were … Continue reading Space Jam (1996)
There is a tightrope that successful adult animation must navigate; be insightful, be shocking, but not overtly vulgar or childish. Some succeed and become staples of our culture, other teeter and become embraced by some, despised by others. In 2011, one notable example pushed the … Continue reading Allen Gregory (2011)
The Real Mr. Positive 