"You know what? One of these days I’m going to write something about a good Grand Vizier who’s just genuinely trying to do what’s best for the kingdom."
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Yup, I'm a fan. Have been since...oh, August, when a friend introduced me to it.
Hmm. Figure this is worth starting a trope page for?
And who wants to help me catalogue all the running gags?
edited 25th Jan '15 10:32:04 PM by SabresEdge
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Mmm...let's see what I remember off the top of my mind:
The Brothers sheeeeerman
Baja
Comerad Crow
Nitpicky
countries discussing with each other
The hornet king (or the lurking evil)
Jodie Foster staring fascinating at animation
Alice Face palm
I am sure I am forgetting some, but those are the ones which make me smile the most. But the great thing is that the blog posts are not just funny, they are also very well researched and often have some interesting thoughts in them.
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Simpsons references—"well, duh!" and the old spit-take, since replaced with Edgar. Also, we seem to have new references to roommate Christine, Child Mouse, and that good old-timey Disney terror.
Seriously, it's amazing how much nightmare fuel there is in the Disney films alone, and that's before you get to Neil Gaiman's "I will never trust buttons ever again" Coraline.
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Still think that Pinocchio is the most nightmare inducing animated movie. Coraline is kids stuff compared to that.
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That reminds me, I still need to actually see the Tar and Sugar films.
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Yes, this needs to have a tv tropes page. Makes me smile every time I read his blog
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The Mouse's latest review: The Prince of Egypt.
Also, the most topical, most hilariously brilliant, and darkest joke yet, especially considering what was in the news today.
This picture
◊, and the following caption.
"On the other hand, how else are they going to get this stadium ready for the World Cup?
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And it's officially official, boys and girls.
Here's the page. Rubber Lotus, wherever you are, a great big thanks.
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"They burn when you touch them."
Christ, Sweden, what the fu—
Oh. This film was Finnish? And was originally written by a Finn, you say?
Well, that explains everything. Carry on.
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This month, on Unshaved Mouse: Ranking the Taoiseach of Ireland from Worst to Best.
Also, Big Hero 6 tomorrow.
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Big Hero 6
Also, next time: "If It's Doomsday, It Must Be Belfast"
Which you can watch here in glorious 240p.
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So, the Second Deathmatch has begun, and a while back the Mouse announced what the Kickstarter will be funding.
Remember Joanna? That play that he kickstarted? Well, the Mouse is working with Ireland's foremost expert in Virtual Reality to turn it into one of the first feature-length films made especially for virtual reality headsets.
The Kickstarter is here.
As for the Deathmatch, it's here. Donate $5 for a single vote, $10 for two votes, $25 to buy a review outright, and $40 to buy two reviews outright.
As for the contestants, the field was narrowed down from 123 suggestions to 12. They are:
Animated TV Series (Single Episode/Two-Part Episode of):
In other news, The Secret of NIMH
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They do have medals for almost, and they're called silver!
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So guys, a thought has occurred to me: the possibility of some collective bribery action. (Thanks, Citizens United!)
Basically, if there's anything that a few of us threadgoers especially want to see, and each person is willing to pony up for part of the $25 cost, we might be able to buy a review.
How do we coordinate this? I only have some very rough ideas (Kickstarter for a Kickstarter? Sounds ridiculous), but I know that thread efforts at places like Spacebattles have gotten SF Debris to do reviews that they wanted, so it shouldn't be impossible.
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Hi guys, Mouse here. First of all, thanks for all the support you guys are awesome. Secondly,if you do decide to pool donations to buy a review that'd be amazing. In fact, if you could each donate individually (even just a tiny ammount each and keep a tally of who's contributed that'd be great, as that way the Kickstarter will show that more people have donated and it'll look much better. I'll also give you two reviews for the price of one.
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I am unfortunately a poor, jobless student, and cannot donate.
I also don't know if that's a troll or the actual Unshaved Mouse, but if so, hi. I'm sad Pacific Rim is out of the deathmatch.
I can be both.
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is a Review Blog written by Neil Sharpson, a playwright hailing from Dublin.
, or check out the latest review, The Thief and The Cobbler.
They do have medals for almost, and they're called silver!He originally set out with a noble mission: to review every film of the Disney Animated Canon in chronological order. Along the way, he crowdfunded one of his plays, one of the rewards being the ability to submit a request. Although he's now finished the Disney Animated Canon, he's working through his request list up until June 2015, where he'll be taking on most of Marvel's output.
Reviews are uploaded every second Thursday, off-weeks usually having a chapter of his novel The Hangman's Daughter uploaded instead.
Start from the start with Snow White