Update Blog - 6/6/20 (Patreon)

As we begin a another new month, the world is getting even crazier now with the protests against white supremacy and police brutality. But I am happy though that so many are speaking out and not afraid to call out racism as a serious global problem (I know I've done a good amount of my part in helping out in any way I can). But at the same time, I still had time to do some work on my videos. 

- Released my review of The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginnings: I think we can all agree that this one is not good, but funny enough, a lot seem to be surprised of the fact that I deemed it "AniMat's Seal of Garbage" bad. I think it's safe to say that I really did not enjoy my time with this one. Throughout the whole time, not only I was bored, but was unpleasant that the film has this melancholy tone where it takes little to make the drama in the kingdom heat up so quickly, especially when the big goal is to "bring back music to the kingdom".  Other than its nice animation, it's one of those films I have to resort to finding one girl attractive in order to find ANYTHING positive to say. In fact, I like how Ariel's sisters got an upgrade in this film and the movie has some good potential, but as your typical Disney direct-to-video sequel, it's all wasted just for the sake of making a quick buck off of the Little Mermaid brand. Guess I'll stay with the original on this one, but next up might change things in terms of my reviews of this year. So far, at best, I've seen some decent movies, but now that A Silent Voice will be coming up next month, this can finally give me something to really enjoy...or at least, I hope.

- Created a NEW Editorial: Throughout this week, after finishing the special review, I got to work on creating a new editorial on a subject I've had in mind for a while. Unlike last time with Cats (2019), I'm going back to talking about something animated. As much as I'd like to say what it is, I'll only say that it was just a few months ago that this story in particular had its conclusion, but seeing its history should serve as a cautionary tale for studios because it was technically not long ago that it started and made a big impact. As you're reading this, I should be close to finished with editing this and have it be ready in the next few weeks. It's a truly fascinating history that I'm looking at and I'm sure it'll result in an awesome video ;)

- Patreon will now include Sales Tax: I've heard about this before with Patreon announcing it, but this week, they told me to really prepare myself and my patrons to know that this is happening. In case you haven't heard, Patreon will be implementing Sales Tax to their system. This will most likely not affect those who pledged on the lower end, but those who did pledge more like $25+/month should take a look and get informed on how this will affect their pledge.  I highly recommend looking at this article so you can fully inform yourself and what you should do to prepare yourself if it affects you.

So that's been my week to tell you about. I'll cap this one off by saying that if you would like to support the #BlackLivesMatter movement and help out to fight white supremacy, then click on this link that will point you to the right direction of what you can do. Remember everyone to stay safe, keep washing your hands (because we're still in a pandemic after all), and until next time...

See ya later, dudes!