Update Blog - 12/1/18 (Patreon)

Well this was an emotionally draining week. As a SpongeBob fan, it broke my heart to hear the passing of Stephen Hillenburg. I still carried on with my work, but it was still tough to keep my spirits up with someone who has influenced me so much is gone. But with that said, I still did good with the stuff I did this week.

- Released The History of Disney Sequels: I've always thought of doing something like this as a spiritual tie-in with the release of the new Disney sequel, Ralph Breaks The Internet. It was definitely an interesting look and something that I've always been curious about, considering that those direct-to-video sequels really dominated the industry back when I was a kid. However, I knew I couldn't just talk about those movies (then it would just be about DisneyToon Studios), so I decided to go with ALL Disney sequels so I could answer numerous of questions at once like, "Why wasn't there much sequels in Walt's age?", "What happened during the transition when John & Ed came to power in terms of those sequels?" and also "Why are more official sequels more prominent now?". It was definitely a lot of fun to create and do research on and I'm really glad to got a lot of praise from viewers :) These are the kind of videos I do hope I can make more of in the future.

- Editing the Top 5 Best & Worst Animated Films of 2018: Just to clarify, I am not entirely complete with making this video. I am done with it...for now. This week, I spent the time editing everything together and it so far looks great! I did get a little more creative with some of the editing and pointing out the pros/cons, so hopefully it can still feel fresh when this gets release and satisfy some people's expectations with this one. What I've done for now is that I did create several versions the video in my editing bay with one slot open on different places. That would leave room for the final animated feature of the year, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (and yes, I am aware of it's getting great early reviews, but admittedly, it is overwhelming when people are overhyping it saying that it's the greatest thing to happen in animation since Snow White. I'm sure it'll be an awesome movie, but don't freak out about it). So we'll have to wait and see where Spidey could end up under the list, but hopefully he can be a good welcome with the Bests!

- Working on a new AniMat's Classic Reviews: Speaking of Into the Spider-Verse, I would have to start getting back into being a critic if I want to prepare myself to give an unforgettable review of that film. So after I did my work with the T5B&W2018, I decided to do a new ACR as a bit of a palate cleanser. A way to get my mind out of all the 2018 films that I've been working on for a while and to go in a fresh direction with something that I've yet to explore. I'm still working on this one for now, but I will say I got a great one coming up that's worth talking about.

I think that should be all to talk about with me. Now that I got my mournings out of the way, I hope that we'll have a more optimistic future ahead and now that we're in December, maybe the holiday cheers can make me better, so until next time...

See ya later, dudes!