Update Blog - 4/13/19 (Patreon)

It's been quite a long time since I had to crank my critic mode to 11 and this week was the time I had to deliver and craft review after review. Not only releasing them, but to also make a batch of new ones. Some for later, some that you'll see very soon.

- Released my review of October Sky: Out of all the reviews I've done, this has got to be the most heartfelt. The one where this isn't about my opinion on some movie, but actually for the person who requested me to do so and I have to put my feelings aside to make something for him. I was very inspired by the times we would chat and when he would tell me some of his stories and then told me about this movie, that's when I had a spark of an idea to be direct with the review and to emphasis more its message about following your dreams, something of which I highly believe in. Sure, I didn't necessarily love this movie, but still appreciate what it tries to say and did get a little history lesson on Homer Hickman...well, I didn't come out as a Rocket Boys historian, but now I know who they are. Looking back, I'm really proud of what I did with this review and I'm happy that the patron who requested it enjoyed it too.

- Released my review of Toy Story 2: Well, this will save me some time for research on the upcoming Toy Story 4 :P it has admittedly been a while since I saw this movie, but it was still fantastic nonetheless. While the animation is a little dated (you'd have to expect that from a 20-year old computer animated film), it's really the story and the way it expanded its characters that really sells this movie. It's honestly even more amazing to think about considering that this was originally meant to be direct-to-video, but then Pixar had to redo everything from the ground up in a ridiculously short amount of time. One thing that I will confess here is that, I don't know why, but I keep watching this and I'm often bothered by the thought of "Why am I attracted to Jesse? Why are these feelings here"? It's hard to explain for myself, but anyways, great movie, glad I reviewed it, onto the next review! I'm not necessarily an expect on this subject, but looks like I'll be getting into The Transformers: The Movie. I'm no Transformers expert, but all I could ask is if it's better than the Michael Bay films.

- Worked on some AniMat's Classic Reviews: As I put out the ACR of Toy Story 2, it reminded me that I would have to make a restock on later ACRs and decided to immediately get to work while also sharpening my critic skill for what's to come. Admittedly, this ended up going much better than expected. I admit that it has been a while since I made one of these reviews, but I ended up finishing them a lot faster than expected and they turned out really good. Like, I can't wait to show you what I got with these and they are on animated films that people are familiar with. Now that I have them all set, I should be comfortable with what's ahead and keep my focus back onto some of the bigger projects to come.

- Currently working on my review of Missing Link: There aren't a lot of animated films in 2019 that I am all that excited for (except for How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, but that was already released early). This one, however, is one that I am more optimistic about. I've had great experiences with Laika movies before and their last movie really blew me away. I've heard that they're going in a more comedic route with this movie, so I'm just hoping that we don't end up with another BoxTrolls. Not to say that movie wasted, but it did leave me a bit disappointed knowing that they are capable of better than that (except for the villain. He's the best thing about that movie). Will Missing Link be worth it? Well, that's what I'm figuring out now...

- REMINDER FOR PATRONS $50+/MONTH: This month's Google Hangouts Chat will be happening on Sunday the 14th and both at 2pm EST. Let me know if you're not available for either so I'll organize a quick chat.

That should cover my critic-centric week. Am I done with working on reviews for now after Missing Link?...Not really, but I am excited to work on some other projects I have in mind. I got some crazy ideas for them and I can't wait to bring them to life, so until next time...

See ya later, dudes!