Update Blog - 12/21/19 (Patreon)

The Holidays are upon us! It is time for all the last-minute shoppings and setting up for the big moment to celebrate, get presents and spend time with family and friends. That and social media bursting with people who can't stop talking about Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker or how bad Cats is. But before we get ourselves into all that, here's my quick recap my week with my videos.

- Released my Top 10 Best Animated Films of the 2010 Decade: Oh dear, it's like the Top 5 Best & Worst Animated Films of 2018 all over again! Many people raging that I didn't say Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is among the best animated films ever and a handful triggered of me calling out the terrors of nationalism. Haha, but in all seriousness, this was a list I knew that everyone's will be different, which was why I put that statement of how there are more than 10 great animated films in this decade as a safety precaution. It was definitely a lot more fun looking back at the best ones than the worst, especially that I can provide a variety of films using different mediums and highlight some that I'm sure can often be overlooked like The Wind Rises and Anomalisa. What makes me more happy that I've made this list more so than the Top 10 Worst one is that most of the comments I see are the kind that I wanted to see the most coming from this. For the most part, people are sharing their own top 10 animated films of the decade and talking about their favourite movies. That is what makes me feel like I've done my job well with this video. If I can help inspire people to reflect on some of their favourite animated films in recent years with this video, then that tells me that I'm doing a great job to spread the love for animation.

- Released the 1st Episode of the Super Secret Q&A Show: I started out small, but it is a nice pilot where the point is to give you a good idea of what it is. They were actually pretty good for the couple of questions  had regarding the singing talents of the Disney Princesses and what I think is the best YEAR for animated films of this decade. Unlike Q&A with AniMat on YouTube, I plan this to be more straightforward and unedited to help deliver the most straightforward and simple answer I can give that can also help me not babble on forever when I would get questions. So far, I think this is off to a nice start and I hope this can be a good new thing on Patreon that people will enjoy. If you want to see the 1st episode and you're a patron that's $25/month or over, check it out right here! 

- Writing on the next part of AL: Walt Disney Animation Studios +: I've done a lot of projects to prepare for 2020 and I've given myself a break to refuel myself, but now I got the time to get back into producing more parts of ALWDAS+.  I know it may seem weird to get into a big project like this in the middle of the holidays, but at least it'll help me focus on doing something when I'm not prepping up for Christmas. This is also a good help to remember the whole process again to know what I need to do with these parts and make them the best they can be and the one I'm working on will be something I know I have to make it a memorable one. What I've done so far is write the script along with all the research I have to do, especially when these are some big ones from the days of Walt like Sleeping Beauty and the 1960s films. I know the key won't be just to tell the stories of these productions, but I'll have to make sure I hit the right emotional chords on this one too. Next up will be to turn my words into a video and I can't wait!

- REMINDER FOR PATRONS $50+/MONTH: This month's Discord Chat will be happening on Sunday the 22th at 2pm EST. Let me know if you're not available for either so I'll organize a quick chat.

And that should conclude this update blog and the reports of this week. I'd like to take a little moment to wish you all Happy Holidays, Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas and may your holidays this year be filled with a lot of love and a lot of fun. So until next time...

See ya later, dudes!