Update Blog - 2/23/19 (Patreon)

I think I've done quite enough of work in these first 2 months of 2019. Don't want to exhaust myself too much, so I think it's time to give myself a good break. But before I do that, I'll give you the scoop of this week.

- Released the Top 12 Garflied TV Specials: While a little more straightforward than my usual Top 10s, I decided to try my hands on something that not many people talk about, the Garfield TV Specials. Sure, there could be discussions of Garfield and Friends, but not many have the ability to see all the original specials made throughout the 1980s and the early 1990s. I grew up with both Garfield and the DVDs that had those special, so why not get creative and do a little list to honour them all. The list did lead me to some interesting discoveries like getting the original Garfield: His 9 Lives book and learning about the legend of Garfield's Judgment Day. Fun fact: The book of GJD was ordered at the beginning of the year, but I only received it a few weeks ago. Bad service, for sure, but at least I got my money back from it and with time to make the footage in the video, so YAY! FREE BOOK! But I had fun with this list and going back to my childhood with this one and hope this would serve as fascinating discoveries in the world of Garfield animation.

- Released the new Q&A with AniMat: I got a social media presence, so why not make the most of it? I decided to be less dependent on just the YouTube comments and go beyond with Facebook and Twitter and people have brought up some good and interesting questions. I guess this episode would be more to learn about me, especially with the headlines question of the favourite bad movies, but I feel like it does result in a more sincere episode. A bit of a surprising turn since I mostly present myself as this wacky living cartoon, but taking the time to just chill and reflect on myself does feel pretty nice. But that's not to say that I didn't have fun with this one too with a few questions that I was able to play around with, so this Q&A turned out quite well.

- Writing on Animation Lookback: The Thief and the Cobbler: While I had less time than before to devote working on the script, I did continue to write on the next AL. I think I can say right now that I am getting close to the conclusion of the story and soon prepared to jump to the next step of bringing this one to life. I want to tell the full history of The Thief, so now I'm going beyond some of my research material by getting into the events after its initial release. I've got some crazy ideas planned to present the insanity of this production and some firsts for AL too. I should be done pretty soon with the script, so after that and a few revisions, I'll be ready to get the mic and camera ready.

- Currently working on the review of How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World: A big reason to why I didn't have as much time for AL: T&C was because I had to prepare myself for one of my most anticipated movies of the year, HTTYD: THW. I even had a day where I watched both previous films (In case you're interested, I also wrote a mini re-review of the first HTTYD on facebook). After being blown away from the 2nd film, I'm hyped up to see what this whole grand finale is about, since they did advertise this as the one to end the entire franchise (Sure, that's what Pixar said about Toy Story 3). I'll be sure to take my time to craft this review well and to have it be by the standards of the franchise, so expect that to come next week. Remember this feeling well, because we might not get this hyped for a DreamWorks movie again.

- Important message about next week: I might as well be straightforward with this one. Next Week, I'm going on vacation to Mexico. I'm leaving on Tuesday and coming back the Tuesday after that (so I'm out for just one week). What this will mean for you guys is that you will get your preview of HTTYD: THW as scheduled on Wednesday (February 27) and have it be publicly released on Friday (March 1), but next Saturday, there will be no Update Blog and no AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast. They are both delayed until the Saturday after that (March 9). Thought I'd let you know now so that you don't get confused when those days come.

Well, I think that should cover everything. Now that I'm done packing this blog, I gotta go pack my bags. After all this snow and workload to maintain my business, it's about time I can just relax and enjoy the sun, so until next time...

¡Hasta luego, amigos!