Update Blog - 9/5/20 (Patreon)

I’m not gonna lie. This was a terrible week for me, mainly because I got sick and I felt like it sets me back at the worst time when I got a bunch of projects that need to be done soon. What happened was that allergies went straight to my throat, making it sore for a few days, then turning it into an ear infection, which resulted in general pain and several nights of restless sleep. Luckily, I’m getting a lot better since I got my pills from the pharmacist, but it was still Hell to go through and I’m gonna have to play catch-up in the next few days to feel comfortable ahead again.

-  Released Part 10 of AL: Walt Disney Animation Studios +: For both me and Logan, we wanted to make sure we wanted to top ourselves with this part and who knew that Disney’s animated movies of the year 2000 helped us achieved that. What made this one surprisingly big was because these 3 movies provided tons of research material for me to inspect, plus the fact that Fantasia 2000 turned out to be a massive segment just like its predecessor, taking almost half of the part alone! The other two were also very insightful as well with Dinosaur having tons of Making Of TV specials and a lot of DVD bonus features you could find and The Emperor’s New Groove having the documentary The Sweatbox (which honestly was a bit better than I remembered because I thought it focused way too much on Sting). But the true highlight of it all is Logan’s animation he made for the original Pump & Circumstances segment for Fantasia 2000. Inspired by the crazy story told in the book DisneyWar, there was a lot that made this one of his most memorable animations in the show! His own original animations, me helping out with the voice of Roy E. Disney and even bringing in Elsie Lovelock to be the main voice of the bit! I thought that the parts with Renaissance movies would be a true highlight of the series, but this turned out to so far be one of the best!

-  Released AniMat Watches The Secret of Mulan: I remember making this at the same time as my AniMat Watches of Trolland. Honestly, if I had the choice to re-watch this or Trolland, I’d honestly go back with the trolls. Sounds crazy, I know, but the reason is because Trolland is memorably bad and it can still be enjoyed for its horribly crafted stupidity (with a bit of random Dick Van Dyke charm). The Secret of Mulan, on the other hand, is mainly boringly bad and the kind of cringe that may not be the worst on film, but still very unpleasant to sit through like the musical numbers. It’s short, like less than an hour, yes, but this was just dumb and a hard sit all the way, making no sense, having clear no understanding of the source material and having the enthusiasm and effort of an uninterested high school student in high school. I always planned to have this be like a tie-in to the Mulan remake (even originally scheduling it for mid-August), but it was tough to find a good spot to put it out when Disney took it out of the big screen and put it on Disney+, so I figured why not just put it up the day before and include a plug of The Ridge to hit two targets with one shot. Apparently, this “The Secret of…” thing is actually a whole animated franchise in itself. But I don’t think I’ll plan to revisit those anytime soon!

-  Writing the next part of AL: Walt Disney Animation Studios +: This is one of the biggest reasons why I wish I didn’t get that stupid infection this week (other than the fact that it sucks in general to have it). The good news though is that I did manage to write a good amount of the script and got time to do all the proper research needed for these films. Funny enough, after going through Part 10, I was surprised to find that there isn’t a whole lot to discuss about the making of these movies. In fact, while I was writing, I was contemplating if I could add in one more movie in this part to talk about. However, I knew that if I never got sick this week, I could’ve been more ahead in production on this with the script complete and maybe even have done the recordings of them too. I know my time will be limited in the next few days and I’m just hoping that I could not only give myself some time, but to give Logan some time as well to develop some great animations. I know that once I’m fully healthy again and get some things out of the way like the Mulan review, I’ll be sure to get up to speed with Part 11 and get that ready so it can be as great as the other parts.

-  Currently working on my review of Mulan (2020): I’m gonna be honest with you, although I say that I am currently working on it now, it won’t be at a fast pace just to rush it and have it be out by next week. With what happened to me with my infection biting a lot of my time, I’ll say right now that I am considering to delay the review by a week, just so it gives me more time to have all my energy back and create a great review instead of a rushed mediocre review with my throat still a little messed up. If that’s the case, I still do have an idea of what to do for next week, but before even really getting into this review, I must first consider will I have the time and the energy to have it be ready soon.

So that’s been my challenging week. I still put in some effort done to create some good content, but having this infection is just not fun and I do hope I can get back to my happy self again soon. So this is to say for you all, please stay safe. Rather it be an infection or COVID, you must protect yourself so you don’t get sick at all because they are never fun to go through. Love you all and until next time…

See ya later, dudes!