Update Blog - 7/3/21 (Patreon)

I'll be honest, this was a pretty crappy week for me. Nothing bad happened to me or anything and it definitely could've been worse, it's just having to work on reviewing not one, but TWO new bad animated features is not really a fun experience and let that frustrating experience simmer until the reviews are done. So, with that said, here's my crapathon of a work week.

- Released my review of The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea: I already wasn't much of a fan of the prequel when I reviewed that a while back, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that I really did not like this one. It's just a watered-down (no pun intended) version of the original, but now with more annoying characters, a rushed story and songs that can never get to Howard Ashman's level. I understand that there is still a fanbase for this one and a lot of love is given to Melody, but I don't think I'll be joining that crowd and I think I'll just stick to the original thank you very much. But I will say that this review did get me to really go deeper than ever before with my analysis (especially on the characters) and I did get some good mileage on the "Ursula's Krazee Seestur" bit. So while it wasn't fun experiencing the movie itself, I think it did turn out to be a strong review that I'm happy with. But what I'm even more happy is that I'll be looking into something much better for next time, as I'll be reviewing the beloved Pixar flick, Ratatouille. Been a while since I've reviewed what some consider as an animated masterpiece, eh?

- Writing and Recording my review of America: The Motion Picture: Normally, I save my opinions for animated films I've seen until it is time that I release the review. However, I think I'll make an exception with this one because I did not expect that this would be so bad. Like, this actually proved me wrong that either Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, The Addams Family 2 or The Boss Baby: Family Business could end up as the worst animated film of the year because this is now a serious contender that will be hard to beat. Considering the other work I had to do this week, I didn't complete the entire review as of yet, since I only got time to do the writing and the voiceover. The editing will come later. I'll save the details to why I hated this for the review itself, but I'll say right now that I'm still considering when to release the review. I'll say now either next week or the week after that, but it will be sometime this month and I will not hold bad on calling out the stupidity of America.

- Currently working on my review of The Boss Baby: Family Business: Speaking of reviewing some crap, here's another one with a big diaper load of it! For real though, this is not to immediately say that I hate this one too, but considering that I did not like the first movie and consider that as one of DreamWorks' worst, I can safely say that my expectations are pretty low right on this one, especially when the trailers are presenting something insane. However, worst case, I already walker through one dumpster fire, so maybe this one won't burn as much.

- REMINDER FOR PATRONS $25+/MONTH: I will have my first episode of the Super Secret Patreon Exclusive Q&A Show ready and released for Monday the 12th. If you have a question you'd like me to answer for the show, message me and mention that it's for the Secret Q&A Show.

- REMINDER FOR PATRONS $50+/MONTH: This month's Discord Chat will be happening on Thursday the 8th, and Sunday the 11th and both at 2pm EST. Let me know if you're not available for either so I'll organize a quick chat.

So that was my week of reviewing some of this year's worst in animation. I'm so glad that I'm free from all that and that I can return to the other big projects I have on the side. It was a crazy way to mark the halfway point of 2021, so let's hope it can go up from here...at least in terms of what I have to work on. So, until next time...

See ya later, dudes!