Tag: Animation
REVIEW: Frozen (2013)
“What power do you have to stop this winter? To stop me?” Frozen has an interesting history. A loose adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen, it was originally intended to stay closer to the original story. It was in and out of production from Walt’s time until it was ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Spice and Wolf (2008)
One criticism I have for anime as a whole is that it seems like there is a lack of variation in their stories. If you’re exposed to enough anime, it’s easy to identify that certain shows are blatant ripoffs of others. This is why I get excited when I find a series that isn’t like &...
Read MoreREVIEW: Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure – Season 2, Episode 8 “King Pascal”
*Spoilers* “King Pascal” begins with the group on a makeshift boat, trying to remain calm as a storm comes. Rapunzel gives everyone tasks except for Pascal, who she urges to hide below deck. The chameleon sees that the jib of the mast is loose and tries to re-tie it, but ends up falling and ...
Read MoreYou Should Be Watching: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
“Can’t be too careful with all those weirdos around.” Welcome back to You Should Be Watching, where I recommend movies and TV series that I think deserve more attention. This week we’ll be moonlighting with the Caped Crusader himself, in the animated series spin-off Batman: Mask of the P...
Read MoreREVIEW: Big Hero 6: The Series – Season 1, Episode 16 “Fan Friction”
“Does my club sound fun?” “I’m in.” *Spoilers* In “Fan Friction,” Karmi writes a story about the heroes in which Hiro is her boyfriend and the team have names like Chop-Chop and Tall Girl. She posts it on a fan fiction site, where Fred finds it, reading it to a horrified Hiro. ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
“I’m bad, and that’s good! I will never be good, and that’s not bad! There’s no-one I’d rather be… than me.” In 2012, Walt Disney Animation ventured into the uncharted territory they’d had their hearts set on for years: video games. The concept that would be...
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