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noonborykedabory · 2 years

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The Turning Red 9/11 review is probably old news at this point but I’m really fucking angry tonight and need to blow off some steam, so I am finally breaking my silence on this matter, because there is so much I need to scream about.

This is not in any particular order because I just don’t fucking care, so bear with me as we sift through what is possibly the angriest post I will ever make on this hellsite.

“Boy bands were on the way out”

Bullshit. I was born in 2004, and let me tell you, boy bands were absolutely still in during the late 2000s and into the 2010s (Inside Out, another Pixar film released in 2015, directly states the main character likes boy bands at the end). Even ignoring the obvious example of One Direction, there were pop groups like Big Time Rush, punk groups like Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, and today, we have K-pop groups like BTS. In fact, there is literally a member of 4*Town directly based on a member of BTS.

See that? That’s a breathing reminder that boy bands are still popular and that your point is literally false.

“This strange adult trying to completely obscure their appearance, carrying a box”

1. The only thing different about Ming’s appearance in that scene is that she’s wearing sunglasses, which is something the Aunties do later in the film when they are doing the opposite of obscuring their appearances, 2. Ming has a child in the school (who’s in Grade 8, so she’s been there for three years), so they would absolutely recognize a child’s parent, especially one as overprotective as Ming, and 3. What box? It was hidden in her purse, out of sight of the security man. Even then, the box is very obviously a box of menstrual pads, and not something that would raise suspicion.

Gee, I sure do wonder who that is...

“I bring {9/11} up because it radically altered the culture of the time”

Then how come I didn’t learn about it until I was 12, in 2016, when the 2000s were over? By the way, I see you showing a Muslim character on screen when you start bringing up a terrorist attack that sparked a huge wave of Islamophobia that still hasn’t stopped today. Real classy there.

That poor woman. She didn’t deserve this shit.

“The dad has two words throughout the whole thing, then near the end he decides to become an actual character”

THE MOVIE IS NOT ABOUT JIN! THE POINT IS THAT THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE MOTHERS AND DAUGTHERS ARE STRAINED AND NEED TO BE FIXED! JIN IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A SMALL PRESENCE BECAUSE HE IS LARGELY UNINVOLVED IN THE PROBLEM!

You’re just mad that Jin didn’t have a larger role because he’s a man, aren’t you. This whole fucking video reeks of misogyny.

“Anime was a more niche thing”

More bullshit! Anime like Pokemon, Dragon Ball, and Sailor Moon (a major influence on the movie) became popular in North America during the 90s, and exploded in popularity in the 2000s! The early 2000s were also around the time that anime-style effects became more common in Western cartoons (see: Teen Titans 2003). Anime was more of a flavour of the decade than fucking 9/11!

See? Stacy understands the assignment. Why don’t you?

“(literally anything he says about Ming, take your pick)”

You clearly do not understand the point of the term “exaggeration for comedic effect”. The point of scenes like the school scene and the Daisy Mart is that Ming is overreacting, and it’s causing a rift between her and Mei that needs to be resolved before the movie’s conclusion.

Also, the way you word things makes it sound like Ming went to the Daisy Mart for Devon’s sake. She didn’t go because she wanted Devon to know that her daughter was drawing suggestive fanart of him, she went because she suspected someone she thought was a grown-ass adult was hitting on her 13 year old daughter. In what fucking world is Ming not justified to be pissed off at the idea that a 30 year old was trying to fuck around with her minor child? (Doesn’t mean it was right for her to shout at him, just saying I totally understand her mama bear rage)

“blah blah blah Disney selling your values back to you, yadda yadda rainbow capitalism, what the fuck ever, I don’t fucking care anymore”

This is where it becomes blatant that this review was written by a white man. Turning Red is important because it’s the first time a woman (a woman of colour too, no less) was able to direct a Pixar movie and not have that credit stripped from her and given to a man (ahem, Brave). It’s the first time a girl of colour has stepped into the spotlight in a Pixar movie. It’s the first time in God knows who long that I’ve watched a movie about a girl and really felt like it was truly about a girl. So many girls and women, of colour or not, felt seen by this movie, and it’s coming from Pixar, a company that previously had staggeringly poor treatment of women and POC. If this movie is not proof of how far Pixar has come, and isn’t a goddamn accomplishment, then I don’t know what is.

Braceface is irrelevant because that show has nothing at all to do with Turning Red besides the two shows both starring teenage girls in early 2000s Canada. Turning Red talking about periods is just as important as Braceface talking about periods, because in case you couldn’t tell from the backlash this movie got, periods (and female puberty in general) are still something that a lot of people feel shame about, and it absolutely must be normalized. By the way, a lot of episodes of Braceface (not the one mentioned in the review, but a lot of others and even the entire third season), as well as a few episodes of 6teen, which started airing a few years later, were banned in the US because they talked about heavier subjects (which included elements of female puberty, adolescence, and yes, periods), so your point about being “dArInG” is also irrelevant, because when cartoons in that time period tried to “be daring” (a.k.a be realistic to a teenager’s life), they were very quickly shut down, or at least received major controversy.

This entire video was a disaster. It’s truly broken me. Turning Red was not the most perfect movie ever, but god DAMN I feel sorry for Domee Shi and her crew for having to put up with all of the shit their work has been receiving.

Thank you and good night. I’ll be jamming to 4*Town in the corner, if you don’t mind.

#turning red #pixar turning red #turning red 9/11 #turning red mei #turning red ming #turning red jin #turning red 4town #4*town #turning red tae young #4*town tae young #pixar #rant #tw swearing #tw islamophobia #tw misogyny

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lauras-happy-place · 2 years

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Some of my fave Marshall toys

(numbers have the links and the rankings are just for laughs)

Squeeze light! It’s an adorable idea omg! I’d LOVE to own him ❤️ I’d keep him next to my bed. The design is also very pretty and his pose makes him easy to hold as a flashlight. Pawesome.

10/10 very useful at nighttime restroom walks

Gotta be an all time favourite. The prettiest Paw Patrol toys are the jumbos. There’s more space to design I guess. They’re very accurate, although I with the material they’re made of were those soft surface plastic that they used on My Little Pony toys in the early 2000s.

110/10 would let him marry my non existent daughter

I’m always up for blowing bubbles, but it really suits the water cannon pup to do that job :) Again, adorable design, puts the fun in its FUNction. I mostly rank my favourite toys based on looks (a lot of smaller ones or the plushies even look kind of ugly), but when it actually have a side function I can use it’s *chef’s kiss*

12/10 would bring him to parties

The Buld-a-Bear plushie. I love Build-a-Bears solely because you can dress them up ❤️ Also they don’t make their toys look horrendous. I get that it’s hard to accurately make a stuffed animal, plus it’s mass production, but I’ve yet to see a nice looking plush of any of my favourite cartoon characters (don’t get me started on MLP). So good job!

10/10 very huggable

EMT Marshall in all quantity. I chose the prettiest looking ones, but I, just simply in love with first aid pup.

100/10 best boy

Movie merch! The little figure have fur strokes and his face is all round and adorable. The cars are the uje, basic design, their function isn’t out of the ordinary, but again, I really like how they designed movie !arshall’s toys different.

10/10 I’d 100% hold him in my pocket at all time

The jungle toy! I find something so charming about this design! The colors, his boots, his face expression. Ah! Just simply adorable!

12/10 cute bean

I felt like I just had to include Ultimate Rescue Marshall in this list. I like the idea of stickers, but my clumsiness would make sure I’d mess up putting them up. Here I like the vehicle especially. The seats for the other pups, the mini extension car, the hose — very nice!

1000/10 would brag to 4th graders

Gotta be honest here. I want this for the sentiment of it all. I LOVED LOVED LOVED the Ready Race Rescue movie! I love that Marshall got his own movie ❤️

20/10 would watch the movie with this toy

10.

AAAAAAA! I was so excited to talk about this! I love radio control cars! I never got any when I was a kid, because my family said that’s not for young ladies. The design is absolutely incredible too! Although I wash Marshall was a playable figurine on his own. It can also do cool tricks! I’m so ordering one once it’s available again 🥰

1.000.000/10 the best thing in my life

Also @marshallpupfan I would so love to see your top favourites! (As many as you’d like) I really look up to your opinion ❤️ And I admire your collection!

#marshall is officially my comfort character #kidcore #sfw agere #paw patrol #marshall #toyblr #toys

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wonderfulworldofmichaelford · 7 years

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Michael After Midnight: The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy

Ah, October, a month where the internet becomes obsessed with ghosts and goblins in preparation for Halloween. And really, can I fault the people for that? The dark, macabre, and spooky make for great entertainment! Plenty of great scary movies out there for the adults to enjoy to get into the spirit, but what about kids? Well, there’s Goosebumps and all those other shows like it, but what about a dark, macabre cartoon filled with spooky shit?

Enter The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, one of the best Cartoon Network cartoons ever made. Released in August of 2001, it came just in time for that year’s Halloween, and lasted six years, with seven seasons under its belt. During that time, the show endeared itself to audiences with its combination of dark comedy, grossout humor, and just plain weird situations…though weirdness is par for the course when you’re pals with the Grim Reaper, I suppose.

So what is the plot of this cartoon? Well, one day a hamster owned by a stupid boy named Billy was about to die, and the Grim Reaper came to take him. Billy’s cunning, evil best friend Mandy decided to make a bet with the Grim Reaper; they have a game of limbo, and if he wins he gets the hamster… but if THEY win, he has too be their best friend forever. Of course, he loses, and then he becomes the put-upon pal of these two kids as they boss him around and force him to entertain them. Much hilarity (and chaos) ensues.

This show’s greatest asset was its variety. With Grim onboard, any sort of plot could be possible, from sci-fi stories where the gang fought aliens or mutant chickens to more horrifying stores where they fought demons, monsters, and other denizens of the underworld. And sometimes they would do something really weird, like the episode-long dream sequence in which Billy imagines he’s in the Wild West confronting the cowboy Tooth Fairy. This helps most of the episodes feel fresh, because going in you don’t know if you’re gonna get a story about a killer tricycle or an episode-long reference to Suspiria. Speaking of which, the show is pretty clever in its references, slipping in TONS of content for adult fans, from numerous dirty jokes that will fly over kid’s heads to references to movies no kid would see, such as the aforementioned Suspiria or Hellraiser. As there’s not much continuity here, this show is super easy to jump into at any episode and just watch and have a good experience, which is another plus; sometimes it’s nice to have a simple show driven only by its desire to tell jokes rather than tell an overarching story. And thankfully, the jokes here are mostly good, and have as much variety as the episodes themselves. One memorable episode is just an episode-long series of fart jokes, while another episode gets its laughs from giant mutant chickens and cannibalism. It’s THAT kind of show.

Now, none of these situations would be quite as good if the protagonists weren’t entertaining, so how are they? Let’s start with the guy whose name comes first in the title (technically speaking): Grim. Grim, the personification of Death with an inexplicable Jamaican accent, is bizarrely the straight man in this show… well, usually. When he has to deal with Billy, he plays the role with ease, but with Mandy, Grim can sometimes get a bit silly, though rarely to Billy’s level. As he is typically what allows the strange and supernatural hijinks of the show to occur, be it on purpose or inadvertently, he’s easily the coolest main character, and due to his put-upon nature and how sympathetic he ends up being due to the shit Billy and Mandy put him through, he’s also the most likable.

Billy is up next, and he is the stereotypical idiot comic relief character cranked up to 11. He’s stupid to the point it is stated by his principal in one episode that a shovel and two candy bracelets actually scored higher on an IQ test than he did (they got a positive 17; he got -5). Think Ed from fellow Cartoon Network cartoon Ed, Edd n Eddy, only with a bigger nose and voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz of Invader Zim and Psychonauts fame. Unlike Ed, though, the dangerous and supernatural experiences they faced combined with an occasional lack of empathy and his tendency to be a jerk can make Billy a bit of a divisive character; I tend to enjoy him quite a bit, but there are a few episodes where even he tried my patience. Still, overall he’s an enjoyable dope.

Then we have… Mandy. I’m just gonna say it: by the time the show came to an end, Mandy was easily the worst main character, maybe even the worst character on the show period. She’s typically portrayed as the Ultimate Evil, this epic child chess master who always comes out on top and never faces any sort of consequence for what she does. It’s a rare episode that sees her punished for her actions. However, in episodes where she’s not trying to pull off some evil scheme and is just reacting to the madness around her, she’s a solid character. The fact she’s voiced by Grey DeLisle does help things a bit.

As I said, there is very little continuity between episodes, but there is some, mostly in the form of reoccurring characters. In a show like this, the ensemble cast as well as one-shot characters really need to be on point, and boy oh boy are they ever in this show! This show may have one of the best and most enjoyable ensemble casts in a cartoon ever. The big standouts are Hoss Delgado, the buff monster hunter who is basically a combination of Ash Williams and Snake Plissken, with all that badassery that implies; Eris, the sexy and tricky goddess of chaos; Jeff, a gigantic spider (voiced by Maxwell Atoms, the show’s creator) who is Billy’s ‘son’ and just wants his spider-hating father’s love; General Skarr, a character from Evil Con Carne who is a cunning evil man who wants to usurp power and rule the world… or he used to be, now he just wants to tend his garden in peace; and, last but definitely not least, motherfuckin’ Dracula, voiced by Phil LaMarr and based visually on Blackula, who is basically a nonstop fountain of hilarity. Each of these characters is fantastic, funny, and able to fit into a variety of weird situations the show pops out. And this brilliance and hilarity extends to one-shot characters as well, such as the much-loved singing evil meteor and Jack O’Lantern, characters who had one appearance each but easily endeared themselves with fans. If there’s a weak link in any of the ensemble cast, it would probably be Fred Fredburger; while he’s not devoid of funny moments, his schtick was really overplayed and he ended up becoming an unofficial mascot for the series in the ads, which led to overexposure. It leads people to think he had a bigger part in the show than he did, when he had a few episodes and then appeared in a few of the specials.

Interestingly, Billy & Mandy is probably one of the few shows that really benefited from getting wackier as the show went on. The first season, when the show was Grim & Evil, is, for lack of a better word, a bit grim. The episodes still have comedy, but a lot of them just aren’t as funny as later episodes, and not many of the series mainstays pop up here, aside from Nergal, Eris, and Hoss. That’s not to say there’s nothing memorable here – “Little Rock of Horrors” is in the first season, after all – but the first season just doesn’t stack up quite as well to later ones. Season 2 introduces Jeff and Nigel Planter and has the legendary Halloween special, while season 3 has classics like “Here Thar Be Dwarves” and brings in Grim’s school bully Boogie. They only get better from here, save for season 7, which is easily the least memorable season of them all (though it does have its exceptions, particularly “Wrath of the Spider Queen").

Now, normally this is where I would wrap up, but first, I want to do something a little different. I’m going to list the 25 episodes I think are essential viewing for the best Billy & Mandy experience. I’m not going to review each episode or even detail them, because it would basically be me explaining jokes and how they’re funny. These are just the episodes I think anyone getting in should see. So without further ado…

25. Attack of the Clowns

24. One Crazy Summoner

23. The Loser from the Earth’s Core

22. Toadblatt’s School of Sorcery

21. Wrath of the Spider Queen

20. Home of the Ancients

19. Nursery Crimes

18. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

17. Giant Billy and Mandy All-Out Attack

16. Nigel Planter and the Chamber Pot of Secrets

15. Modern Primitives

14. Prank Call of Cthulhu

13. Duck!

12. The Secret Snake Club

11. Jeffy’s Web

10. Fear and Loathing in Endsville

9. Here Thar Be Dwarves

8. Goodbling and the Hip-hop-opotamus

7. Billy and Mandy Moon the Moon

6. My Fair Mandy

5. Keeper of the Reaper

4. Little Rock of Horrors

3. Wishbones

2. Billy and Mandy’s Jacked-Up Halloween

1. Billy and Mandy Save Christmas

Now this is by no means a definitive list (though I certainly believe the Halloween and Christmas episode are the two best episodes of the show), but I do certainly think that these are some of the funniest, most memorable, and most enjoyable episodes the series produced.

This show is unarguably a classic. Funny, dark, witty, and filled with jokes for people of any ages to enjoy, this is the sort of cartoon that helped Cartoon Network be truly great in the early to mid-2000s, prior to their descent into madness with live action shows. It actually spawned a pretty solid TV movie, an incredibly bizarre crossover with Codename: Kids Next Door, and a failed spinoff movie called Underfist; I’d go into more detail, but honestly, that stuff is worthy of their own reviews, so I’ll save it.

Needless to say though, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy is one of the best cartoons of the 2000s, a real gem and definitely worth watching, especially its holiday specials which are among the best holiday specials, if not THE best (that Christmas episode is a strong contender). I kinda wish this show would get a revival of some kind, because even with the glut of comedy shows we have these days, as long as Maxwell Atoms is at the helm, I can’t see this show failing to stand out in the crowd… no show with such ballsy dark comedy and radar-dodging innuendos could ever be unwelcome.

#Michael After Midnight #Review #TV show review #the grim adventures of billy and mandy #Billy & Mandy #Grim #Grim Reaper #Maxwell Atoms #Cartoon Network #comedy #dark comedy #animation #animated show

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dovelikewar · 7 years

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Top 6 Favorite Movies Of All Time

Hello friends! I am back this week with a new blog. This week I will be counting down my favorite movies of all time AKA movies that I’ve seen a million times and am still not sick of. I’ll talk a little bit about them and what makes them all so great. I shall start with number 6:

6. Disney Descendants 1&2 (2015 & 2017)

I feel like it should be obvious by now that I love Descendants with all my heart. For those who don’t know, the Descendants franchise focuses on the children of classic Disney characters. More specifically, the main characters are Mal, the daughter of Maleficent, Evie, the daughter of the Evil Queen, Jay, the son of Jafar, and Carlos, the son of Cruella De Vil. Both films center around the characters finding who they are as people outside of their parent’s shadows. They also happen to be musicals. Both of these films and the people in them mean a whole lot to me. Whenever I am not feeling well I can watch them or listen to the music from them and smile. The story line and the characters are so well written and complex, especially for a Disney movie. Although they are last on the list, that does not undermine how trash I am for this franchise. I don’t think I’ll ever get sick of either film or supporting Descendants as a franchise.

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5. The Karate Kid (1984)

From this point on, I feel like it should be pretty obvious what my favorite movie era is. The Karate Kid was a pretty big success after its release. So much so that it earned two sequels, an attempted reboot with a female protagonist, a 2010 remake, and even a short lived cartoon series. I love the two sequels, but the original is my favorite which is why it earns its place as my fifth favorite movie of all time. I was introduced to the movies when I was very young and fell in love with them. The original specifically caught my attention because of all of the jokes my dad connected with. I also personally connected a lot with Daniel’s character and how much he grew throughout the film. As I watched it many more times, the jokes caught on with me too. I’ve never gotten less excited to watch The Karate Kid trilogy, and I don’t imagine I ever will.

4. School Of Rock (2003)

This is the stand out 2000s film among my top 5. I was first shown scenes from this movie in my fifth grade music class. It was one of my teacher’s favorite movies at the time, and he thought we could benefit from seeing the musical scenes, but purposely kept us from seeing the rest of the movie because of the adult language. He also claimed that people told him that he looks like Jack Black (to be honest, I didn’t see it). I remember that music class to this day, because without it, I may have never found this masterpiece of a film, or at least not as early as I did. I asked my dad to get me the DVD by telling him that I had watched it in class which automatically made him believe that it was appropriate for me to be watching. Of course, I didn’t gain as big an appreciation for the humor until I was a bit older. Still though, the story and music has stuck with me this long to the point that I can still watch it and get the same joy that I did when I first watched it as a rebellious 10 year old. School of Rock has given me such an appreciation for rock music and the community surrounding it. It’s such an important film, that I feel like everyone should see at least once.

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3. The Goonies (1985)

Because do you really have a list of movies without at least one of them having something to do with Steven Spielberg? Of course not. This movie is about as “classic coming of age film” as it gets. I don’t have a complex backstory as to how I began loving this movie besides the fact that Corey Feldman is in it. It just kinda happened. It’s the kind of movie that gets slight chuckles mostly, but warms your heart nonetheless. I love this movie with all my heart. The Goonies is the one movie aside from The Nightmare Before Christmas that my family automatically associates with me. Any time it is on TV, they tell me or put it on if I’m in the room. I couldn’t ask for a better movie to be associated with. A true classic that deserves its spot in the film history books and in the third spot on this list.

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2. Stand By Me (1986)

Another coming of age film with Corey Feldman that I love. Are you sensing the theme? I stumbled upon this movie while channel surfing and stopping when I saw Corey Feldman. I watched a bit of it and enjoyed it before I realized it was nearly halfway over and it wouldn’t make sense to watch it from that point. That’s why I asked my dad to get it for me, and he agreed. Funnily enough, Stand By Me has even more adult jokes than School Of Rock, and my dad was immediately yelled at by my step mom when she realized he had let me watch it. Still, I watched it and fell in love with it. It was my first and most impactful experience with Stephen King’s work. There are just so many iconic, humorous and beautiful lines in the movie that make it so easy to come back to. There are few characters in film that I love more than Gordie, Chris, Teddy, and Vern, and I suspect that that will always be the case.

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Before I move on to my number 1, here are some honorable mentions:

-The Sandlot (1993) -The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) -The Outsiders (1983) -Little Shop Of Horrors (1986) -Titanic (1997)

And finally my number one favorite movie of all time is...

1. The Lost Boys (1987)

Yes, my all time favorite movie is the all around masterpiece of a film, The Lost Boys. It also had sequels, but unlike the Karate Kid sequels, we don’t talk about them. The Lost Boys was first introduced to me by my dad when I was 12. He told me it was one of his favorite movies growing up, so I was automatically speculating how could it could possibly be. Of course, 12 year old me automatically thought it would be lame. Little did I know that that day I would be introduced to a movie that would become my all time favorite (and Corey Feldman). It has remained as my number one favorite for all 8 of the years since then. I’ve seen it at least two hundred times in my life, and I’m still in love with it. At this point, I kind of just watch it to feel normal. I also bond over it a lot with my dad. The funny part is that as a more intense fan person than my dad, I know more about the movie than he does at this point. Still, whenever I am feeling reminiscent or feel like talking about vampires, my dad understands the love I have for this film. If I haven’t started hating this movie even after my 200th time watching it, I’d dare say I’m stuck with it.

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Welp, that is it for this post, friends. If you also like any of my favorite movies or if you want to tell me about some of your own, feel free! I love geeking out about movies. Thank you for reading if you did. Until next week. 🤗

- 🕊️ ❤️ 🏹

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ANIMATION DOCUMENTARIES - a Compilation (1/2)

I’ve been meaning to remake my masterpost on animation documentaries for a while. (Especially since amazon no longer allows us to edit our older listmanias.) I love watching stuff like this, so I figure others would as well! I direct linked as many titles as I could to streams, free or otherwise. Feel free to add to this! (Also, quick prelude since you’re gonna hear it a lot: Any time a Disney documentary says Snow White was the first ever animated feature film is a dirty filthy lie.)

Animation Industry

Anime: Drawing a Revolution (2007)

Between Frames: The Art of Brazilian Animation (2013; website)

The CalArts Story (1964)

[NHK Close-up Gendai] No.3620 逆襲なるか　日本アニメ　～海外輸出・新戦略の行方～ (”The Counterattack of Japanese Anime ~Overseas Export - New Strategy~”) (2015; website)

[NHK Close-up Gendai] No.3171 アニメを旅する若者たち　“聖地巡礼”の舞台裏 (”Young People Traveling for Anime ‘Pilgrimage to the Sacred Place’”) (2012; website)

[NHK Close-up Gendai Plus] ２兆円↑アニメ産業　加速する“ブラック労働” (”2 Trillion Yen ↑ Accelerating Animation Industry ‘Black Labor’”) (2017; website; NHK on how shitty overworked animator wages are.)

Computer Dreams (1988; this is more a showcase of early cgi than a documentary, but it’s interesting to see anyway.)

Creature Designers - The Frankenstein Complex (2016; DVD)

Drawn for Glory: Animation's Triumph at the Oscars (2008; DVD)

Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920 (2007; DVD)

Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930

Hollywood’s Greatest Trick (2016; website; about the terrible VFX business model.)

I Know That Voice (2013; DVD, website)

Imagine Series 2 Episode 5, “From Pencils to Pixels” (2003; BBC One)

Magia Russica (2004; website; on Soviet Russian animation)

New-generation animators (2016; website)

Weightless Life - Dialogue With Disney (2006; on Russian animation)

Studios

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman (2015)

Fleischer Studios -

The Evolution of Animation: The History of the Fleischer Studios (2007; DVD)

First Flight: The Fleischer Superman Series (2009; DVD)

Max Fleischer and the New York Style (2007)

Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story (2008)

Hanna-Barbera’s 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration (1989)

Life After Pi (2014; website; about the collapse of VFX studio Rhythm & Hues.)

Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the impossible (2010)

The Magic of Filmation

Pixar -

Pixar: 25 Magic Moments (2011; by BBC Three)

The Pixar Story (2007, DVD; website)

Walt Disney Studios

Dream On Silly Dreamer (2005; DVD)

From Fantasia to Fantasyland (1978)

The Illusion of Life (1981)

Walt Disney Treasures - Behind the Scenes at the Walt Disney Studio (DVD; A collection of old behind-the-scenes docs and telecasts.)

Walt Disney Treasures - Your Host, Walt Disney (DVD; collection of Walt Disney Presents/The Wonderful World of Color)

Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009; DVD; website)

Warner Bros. -

[Camera Three] The Boys Termite Terrace (1975; DVD)

Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes (2003; DVD)

Unsung Maestros: A Directors Tribute (2007; DVD)

Anime Studios

Behind The Scenes! Kyoto Animation Making of Kanon

Ghibli: The Miyazaki Temple (2005)

Inside Toei Animation (2008)

Kingdom of Dreams & Madness (2013; DVD; on Studio Ghibli.)

The Story Behind Banjo (2009; DVD; on creating Don Bluth Productions.)

Animators/Artists/Voice Actors Included a few comic artists who’s works are also widely known through animation.

Al Hirschfeld - The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story (1996; DVD; website)

Ami Ankilewitz - 39 Pounds of Love (2005; DVD)

Art Babbit - Animating Art (1988)

Art Chokey - Gumby Dharma (2006)

Bill Pylmpton - Adventures in Plymptoons! (2011; DVD)

Blinky Bill - Blinky and Me (2011; DVD; website)

Bob Clampett - The Man from Wackyland: The Art of Bob Clampett (2004; DVD)

Bob Godfrey - The Craftsmen - Bob Godfrey (1971)

Bruce Bickford - Monster Road (2004; DVD; website)

Charles Schulz -

A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1963; DVD)

[Biography] Charles Schulz: A Charlie Brown Life

Good Grief, Charlie Brown: A Tribute to Charles Schulz (2000)

[American Masters] Good Ol’ Charles Schulz (2007; website)

Chuck Jones -

Chuck Amuck: The Movie (1991; DVD)

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation (2000; DVD)

Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood (2009)

Heart and Soul: The Timeless Art of Chuck Jones (2007; DVD)

Eyvind Earle - My Life Eyvind Earle (DVD; autobiographical doc.)

Floyd Norman - Floyd Norman: An Animated Life (2016; website)

Frank Tashlin - Tish Tash: The Animated World of Frank Tashlin (2005; DVD)

Frank Thomas & Ollie Johnston - Frank and Ollie (1995; DVD)

Frank Thomas - Growing Up with Nine Old Men (2013; DVD)

Friz Freleng -

Freleng: Frame by Frame (1994; DVD)

Friz on Film (2006; DVD)

Fujiko Fujio - [NHK The Professionals] Episode 214, “プロフェッショナルザ・レジェンド僕は、のび太そのものだった” (”The Legend I Was Nobita Itself”) (2013)

Genndy Tartakovsky - Genndy's Scrapbook: The Story of Genndy Tartakovsky (2005; DVD)

George Pal - Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1985; DVD)

Gerry & Sylvia Anderson - Filmed in Supermarionation (2014; DVD; website)

Hayao Miyazaki -

Journey of the Heart (1998)

[NHK Documentary] Owaranai Hito: Miyazaki Hayao (“Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki”) (EN) (2016; website)

[NHK The Professionals] Special, “「風立ちぬ」1000日の記録” (“Windless” A Record of 1000 Days) (2013)

[NHK The Professionals] Special, “引退宣言知られざる物語” (Retirement Announcement Unknown Story) (2013)

John Lasseter - A Day In The Life of John Lasseter (2011)

LeSean Thomas - Seoul Sessions (2012)

Lotte Reiniger -

John Isaacs The Art of Lotte Reiniger (1970)

Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film (1999)

Lou Scheimer - Animation Maverick: The Lou Scheimer Story (2008)

Mary Blair - The Art of Mary Blair (2005)

Mel Blanc - Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices (2008; DVD)

Naoki Urasawa - [NHK The Professionals] Episode 38, “心のままに、荒野を行け” (Go To the Wilderness With Your Heart) (2007)

Norman McLean - McLaren’s Negatives (2006)

Osamu Tezuka -

The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga (2009; DVD)

Osamu Tezuka Documentary: The Godfather Of Manga

Pablo Ferro - Pablo (2012; DVD)

Peter Ellenshaw - Ellenshaw Under Glass

Quirino Cristiani - The Mystery of the First Animated Movies (2007; website)

Ralph Bakshi -

Forging Through the Darkness (2001; DVD)

Wizards: Ralph Bakshi - The Wizard of Animation (2004)

Ray Harryhausen -

The Harryhausen Chronicles (1998; DVD)

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2011; DVD)

Richard Williams -

Richard WIlliams & The Thief Who Never Gave Up (1982)

I Drew Roger Rabbit (1988)

Persistence of Vision (2012; DVD; website)

Robert McKimson - Drawn to Life: The Art of Robert McKimson (2007; DVD)

Ryan Larkin - Ryan (2004; DVD)

Scott T. Petersen - Scott Petersen: Drawn To Animate (2013)

Takehiko Inoue - [NHK The Professionals] Episode 126, “ 闘いの螺旋、いまだ終わらず” (The Battle Spiral, It Has Not Ended Yet) (2009)

Takashi Yanase -

[NHK Close-up Gendai] No.3423 アンパンマンに託した夢　～人間・やなせたかし～ (”The Dream I Entrusted to Anpanman ~Human Takashi Yanase~) (2013; website)

[NHK 知るを楽しむ] 人生の歩き方” - 「正義の味方はカッコ悪い！」やなせたかし (”How to Walk Life” - “The Ally of Justice is Uncool!” Takashi Yanase)

Tex Avery -

Tex Avery, the King of Cartoons (1988)

King Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Toons Revolution (2012)

Toshio Suzuki - [NHK The Professionals] Episode 10, 自分は信じない人を信じる (”I Trust People Who Do Not Trust Me”) (2006)

Ub Iwerks - The Hand Behind The Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story (1999; DVD)

Tyrus Wong - Tyrus Wong, Brushstrokes in Hollywood (website)

Walt Disney -

[American Experience] Walt Disney (2015; DVD; website; take with a pinch of salt and maybe check out this post.)

Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow: The Futurism of Walt Disney (2016)

Secret Lives Walt Disney (1995; It’s suuper fucked up, but it’s interesting to compare other docs on Walt.)

Walt & El Grupo (2008; DVD; website)

Walt - The Man Behind the Myth (2011; DVD)

Walt Disney (2016; by BBC Two)

Winsor McCay - Remembering Winsor McCay (1974; DVD)

Yoji Kuri - Here We Go with Yoji Kuri! (2008)

Disney Family Album (1984-1986) Doc series on various Disney animators, actors, etc.

No. 1 Clarence "Ducky" Nash

No. 2 Ward Kimball

No. 3 Sherman Brothers

No. 4 Jim Macdonald

No. 5 Milt Kahl

No. 6 Ken Anderson

No. 7 Disneyland Designers

No. 8 Eric Larson

No. 9 Peter and Harrison Ellenshaw

No. 10 Woolie Reitherman

No. 11 Frank Thomas

No. 12 Voice Actors

No. 13 WED Imagineers

No. 14 Golden Horseshoe Revue

No. 15 Ollie Johnston

No. 16 Annette Funicello

No. 17 Marc Davis

No. 18 The Milottes and the Beebes

No. 19 Fess Parker/Buddy Ebsen

No. 20 The Storymen

JUMP Ryu! (ジャンプ流！) (2016; website) A DVD/magazine series that interviews Shonen Jump mangakas and shows their drawing process.

Vol. 1 Akira Toriyama (DVD; Dragon Ball)

Vol. 2 Masashi Kishimoto (DVD; Naruto)

Vol. 3. Eiichiro Oda (DVD; One Piece)

Vol. 4 Tite Kubo (DVD; Bleach)

Vol. 5 Tadatoshi Fujimaki (DVD; Kuroko no Basuke)

Vol. 6 Yusei Matsui (DVD; Assassination Classroom)

Vol. 7 Kōhei Horikoshi (DVD; My Hero Academia)

Vol. 8 Kazuki Takahashi (DVD; Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Vol. 9 Haruichi Furudate (DVD; Haikyu!!)

Vol. 10 Shun Saeki (DVD; Shokugeki no Soma)

Vol. 11 Kentaro Yabuki (DVD; Black Cat, To Love-Ru)

Vol. 12 Nobuhiro Watsuki (Rurouni Kenshin)

Vol. 13 Naoshi Komi (DVD; Nisekoi)

Vol. 14 Masanori Morita (DVD; Rokudenashi Blues)

Vol. 15 Yusuke Murata (DVD; aka ONE artist of One-Punch Man)

Vol. 16 Shimabukuro Years (Toriko)

Vol. 17 Masakazu Katsura (DVD; Video Girl Ai)

Vol. 18 Osamu Akimoto (Kochikame)

Vol. 19 Takeshi Obata (DVD; Death Note)

Vol. 20 Kyosuke Usuta (DVD; Pyu to Fuku! Jaguar)

Vol. 21 Yoshihiro Togashi (Hunter X Hunter)

Vol. 22 Hiroyuki Asada (DVD; Tegami Bachi)

Vol. 23 Sorachi Hideaki (Gintama)

Vol. 24 Kazue Kato (Ao no Exorcist)

Vol. 25 Hirohiko Araki (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure)

Musicians

Raymond Scott - Deconstructing Dad (2010; DVD; website)

Robert & Richard Sherman - The Boys: The Sherman Brothers’ Story (2009; DVD; website)

Saori Yuki - [NHK Close-up Gendai] No.3162 世界を魅了する日本の歌謡曲　～由紀さおり　ヒットの秘密～ (”Popular Japanese Songs That Fascinate the World ~Saori Yuki’s Hit Secret~”) (2012; website)

Treg Brown - Crash! Bang! Boom!: The Wild Sounds of Treg Brown (2004; DVD)

(Continue to Part 2)

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REVIEW: Ragstock (Belmont & Halsted)

★★★

Take a journey through Forever 21 for grimy queer teens

Ah, Ragstock! This two-floored store, which sandwiches the Hollywood Mirror on Belmont like a shoddy mercantile reuben, is one of those weird joints that toes the line between thrift, vintage, and those half-empty stores on Lawrence that sell itchy, trendy clothes with anti-thievery tags from, like, Mexican K-Mart.

In its heyday, when the southern end of Boystown was still kind of skeezy, this store was a major player in the thrift/vintage scene that you could always count on for cool finds. Ragstock’s nasty glory has faded in recent years, but it still fills some very specific thrifty niches better than any other place in the city.

Ahead: high school musicals, Tears of a Coconut, and the violent & sprawling machine of capitalism -->

MAJOR STRENGTHS:

First, let me just say, kimonos. In the juicier days of the mid-2000s, a good half of Ragstock was devoted to vintage wear and a good quarter of that half was just straight kimonos. Today, there’s a rack or two of ‘em, but they’re not quite as magical.

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My high school did The Mikado in 2008 and my mom costumed the entire show with kimonos and obis from both Ragstock locales (there’s another in Wicker Park). In this production, I played Apparently A Japanese Person #12. Evidently not a single person in the entirety of Chicago Public Schools who signed off on this production stopped for a moment to think, “it might be kind of weird for a bunch of kids who aren’t Japanese to just like, pretend to be Japanese.” Please know that I feel weird about it today as an adult woman.

But my kimono was sick.

I’m the one in orange with a blue obi. Going back thru Facebook to find this photograph ruined my whole day.

Ragstock sells a vast collection of cotton basics - fitted shirts, leggings, skirts - in a dizzying array of colors. They are like $5 apiece and will be completely shredded by the third time you put them through the washing machine. Also, if you wear these shirts in combination with the retired Secret deodorant flavours “Tears of A Coconut” or “Pubescent Vanilla Sunrise”, it will coat the whole sleeve area in a waxy, highly scented toxic soup that no detergent can remove.

This is also a decent place to find sundresses, short-alls, and joggers, a mix of vintage and sketchy-but-new, all of questionable quality, in the $8 to $20 range. Is this kind of a lot of money? The answer is yes.

For if your Lolla look this summer is “toddler with expensive taste”

All of this is on the upper floor. Deep below the Hollywood Mirror, in the mens’ section, there’s a good selection of union suit pajamas for very large people (I desperately want one of these in my size) and military surplus pants.

Apparently, having a phase where you go to every monthly midnight showing of Rocky Horror and then wallow in teenage malaise while drinking a milkshake at a 24-hour diner shaped like a boxcar at like 3am isn’t as common a thing among people who came up in the early 2010s as I thought, but if you’re someone for whom that phase is currently happening, I have good news: $8 lamè booty shorts. Also, IT GETS BETTER.

MAJOR WEAKNESSES:

The prices in this joint are a pretty spicy meatball considering the very mediocre quality of the clothes. The character of Ragstock has always kind of been “Forever 21 for grimy queer teens” so I’m not even that mad about it - the store has always embraced its own questionable quality.

I am a little irked by the truly nonsensical merchandise Ragstock has taken to stocking these days. I’m not sure if the store thinks I’m a complete dunderhead who would wear this merchandise earnestly, or if I’m supposed to be purchasing it ironically, as if buying things as a joke doesn’t perpetuate the sprawling & violent machine of capitalism to the same hideous degree as buying them normally.

I’m furious

There’s also a decent amount of stuff that looks like this.

the cartoon rabbit boy is my favourite character from popular culture

You can also buy, like, a foam Sriracha costume. Just know that if you wear it to your man Braden’s Wrigleyville Halloween party this October, you will actually be going as an Awful Causcasian Shitshow.

CLEANLINESS:

Ragstock tends to be a pretty clean establishment. The lack of housewares and toys means way less childsnot and accumulated layers of ancient saliva, and almost all the used merchandise appears to have been washed before it is displayed, unless washing it would cause to it to completely dissolve.

PRICING:

Smaller items and gee-gaws might be $5, nicer stuff might be more like $15 to $20, really vintage stuff like the old prom dresses in the back corner might be like $30. None of it will last super long. If money is a sticking point, Ragstock is probably not your best option.

WILDCARD FACTOR:

Since its boujee renaissance, Ragstock has had lost some of its wildcard cred. However, there’s still fun to be had, especially if you tie in Hollywood Mirror, which is located on the street-level space of the Ragstock building. Most of your finds will be largely useless, but entertaining/terrifying.

Five Nights At Fraggles

This week, I was delighted to find a stash of vintage Japanese baseball jerseys in the mens’ section downstairs.

SALES & SPECIAL BARGAINS:

As far as I know, Ragstock has no regular tag-based sale system but I believe there are seasonal sales events. There are also clearance racks in both the womens’ and mens’ sections.

MY BEST FINDS:

Let’s look at that kimono again:

Yup, still offensive.

#three stars #ragstock #chicago thrift #chicago #okayama #fraggles #adventure time #the mikado #pokemon arcade games #thrifting #thrift store #secret deodorant #boystown #lakeview

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