Update Blog - 6/15/19 (Patreon)

Wow, I didn't expect to be overwhelmed by all the media news this week. Not just with E3 and all the gaming news, but even the animation news exploded! I had to perform a crazy balancing act between managing all those for the podcasts and working on my videos and living my life! As if I don't have enough to do with my time XP

- Released my review of The Secret Life of Pets 2: I've seen a lot of different reactions in terms of how this movie is compared to the first one, either if it's better, worse or it's as good. For me, however, as someone who relatively enjoyed the first one, I feel this one is...almost as good as the first. It's weird because I mostly feel like it's an ...eh movie and the writing doesn't work for me as much as the first did, even if the first was Toy Story, but with Pets. I will give it that there is some substance to it and it gave me some good laughs, along with credit to the animators doing the best they can and still has a great voice cast. I wouldn't say it was a waste of time seeing this one, it's just I've seen better, even from Illumination. One unique thing that I can say from my personal experience from seeing this was that there was someone having the time of her life watching this. Even with the subtle pet humour, some mother wasn't laughing, she was howling in hysterics at the moment. Even when Chloe would just meow, I would hear from the back, "AAAAAAAAAAAH HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!" Out of all movies, it's Secret Life of Pets 2 that I got someone going crazy while watching it. Good on her for liking it, though.

- Released the 4th part of Animation Lookback: The Thief and the Cobbler: This one, I'll admit, was probably the most depressing part of the series. It's like if I extended the song form the end of Part 3 and took out most of the fun and give you the same feeling of sorrow as the animators did when they saw what happened to the project. Here's a fun little fact. Originally, I wanted to actually get that DVD I was talking about and physically hold it while I was talking about it. Also, I wanted to get and mention a special version of the DVD that came with a cover that also acts as a 3D pop-up. Only problem, they are VERY rare and VERY expensive! If you're lucky to find them on eBay, they would cost you upwards to $100 each. No way I'm gonna pay that much just for something I mention for a few seconds, especially when it contains the worst version of the movie! It sucks, but ultimately, I opted the ideas out. At least it still made for a strong part and chronicle the rarely-discussed downfall of the movie.

- Writing and Recording the New Editorial: You voted, so now it's time for me to get to work on it. I won't say what it is, but in case you don't know yet, just look up the post and then you'll understand a little more. Anyways, back on to the Editorial. This turned out to be a lot more complicated that I ever expected. This isn't just a little thinking piece or a regular behind-the-scenes story to tell. This requires me to push my researching skills to the next level and go deep into elements of not just filmmaking and animation, but a lot of factors regarding financing and even a bit of law. So far, I only took the time to just write the whole script and record myself in front of the green screen, so next week's big mission will be to edit all this together in one of my most shocking and epic Editorials I've created. I'm serious when I say you better be ready for this, because it's about to go truly crazy.

- Working on 2 Podcast Episodes: Normally, I wouldn't talk about prepping up for AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast here, but as I've stated on top, this week just exploded with all sorts of news with E3 announcing all the gaming news and with animation, mostly coming from this year's Annecy International Animation Film Festival. That's why a lot of my time was spent not just on the Editorial, but also to gather all the news and select which ones are worth talking about. It ended up giving me a whole lot more responsibilities than I anticipated in a matter of just a few days, but I know that I have to take it one day at a time to sort this out and, hopefully, they will come out as strong podcast episodes.

- REMINDER FOR PATRONS $50+/MONTH: This month's Patreon Chat will be happening on Sunday the 16th and both at 2pm EST. Let me know if you're not available for either so I'll organize a quick chat. ALSO, I sent you a message a couple of days ago that I will be switching servers for the Chats to Discord. Check your messages for the invite.

And that should cover what I've done with mixing work and setting up the podcast. Hopefully, things will get more quiet and I can have some room to breath with all these news soaked in and we can move on to our own stuff, so until next time...

See ya later, dudes!