Chatterbox - Western Animation

Is Apple airing it? Don't they have the rights to the Peanuts specials?

Yes, Apple has the specials, along with their originally produced ones.

I believe, for two years now, they've allowed Great Pumpkin to be viewed for free within three days of Halloween (Oct 28-31).

Does anyone remember The Legend of Calamity Jane? Well, apparently it's having a Kickstarter to finally release a DVD collection of all 13 episodes, plus a brand-new comic if it's funded. I only found out about it a week before the deadline, so woops.

Sausage Party is getting a television series for Prime Video, according to Animation Magazine.

As of today, the goal for the Legend of Calamity Jane Kickstarter has met its goal with less than a week left until the campaign's end. It'll be interesting to see how much the money raised will ultimately exceed the $15,000 goal. As for me, I'm glad to see that the DVD box set for the series and comic will exist.

I can't tell if he's kidding or not when he says that TV is now superior to film.

I doubt it'll reach the $25,000 stretch goal, but I'm happy it's getting funded at all.

Oh thank god. I was kinda on the edge because of how really close it was getting. Like, this had been up since earlier in the month and I only knew about it the other day, so it's hard not to feel like a dummy for not knowing until the end.

Well. Can't say I saw this coming. I guess The Boys and its animated anthology must have been so good to Amazon that it gave Seth Rogen and Point Grey enough clout to pitch a new Sausage Party project. Good for them! (I think?) And hey, no sign of James Franco's name! Rogen wasn't kidding when he said he wouldn't work with Franco anymore! Cool!

Maybe it's a little of both? I read it as Rogen saying something, then pausing, and then metaphorically slapping us with a hot take.

Besides, have movie theaters completely healed from COVID yet?

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Oct 26th 2022 at 9:27:38 AM

Currently watching Tales of the Jedi.

...Wasn't expecting Yaddle to sound like that.

Illumination is producing an upcoming 10-minute 2D theatrical short, narrated by Scarlett Johansson, directed by Momo Wang.

Edited by XMenMutant22 on Dec 5th 2022 at 7:02:38 AM

It's getting a theatrical release... does that mean it'll be shown in front of Mario?

Between this and Mario, it seems Illumination is really improving their animation quality, or at least associating with good animators in this case.

Edited by Kaiseror on Dec 5th 2022 at 7:25:50 AM

They've made enough money off the success of Minions that they can probably afford to make something like the Mario movie

They have a reputation for making very standardized films just to turn a profit but Mario actually does look somewhat good. Did they have any kind due of changes in leadership recently?

Its got nothing to do with a change of leadershoip,it's more like the success of minions franchise convinced Ninetendo they could make a decent family friendly movie based off their IP

I think we're downplaying just how important it is that Illumination films are relatively cheap. Illumination films, at the time the deal was being put into place, had the right level of cost-consciousness ($70 million projects compared to the $100 million projects being put out by Disney and Dreamworks, and the latter was barely making any money back) and box-office success. Hell, being able to keep costs low while still making a good-looking feature film was probably the big concern right next to creative control, hence why Sony Animation was a realistic possibility in the early 2010s if the email leaks didn't happen. Remember, you aren't necessarily stuck with an in-house creative team: the directors of the Super Mario Bros. Movie primarily work out of Warner Bros. Animation, and the writer has worked at both WBA and Illumination.

Illumination being very successful while also being very budget-conscious, and also just plain being a Universal-owned studio (Miyamoto said that working with the theme park division is how talks with Chris Meledandri started to begin with) are probably the big reasons why Nintendo went with them.

The other day, I bought a bunch of Dinosaur Train episodes on YouTube Movies & Shows... only to realise it was the British dub, which is incredibly cursed. The voice actors have so little energy that they sound like they're reading the news. Netflix only has season 1 in the UK, but it's the American dub.

So... I've been considering tracking down some American DVDs, but I have no idea how to check if a DVD player is region-locked or not.

Edited by NitroIndigo on Jan 18th 2023 at 7:19:31 PM

They generally are unless otherwise indicated. If it doesn't say otherwise, then it's region-locked.

Same rules usually apply.

Edited by Robbery on Jan 19th 2023 at 7:40:59 AM

Are computers' DVD players usually region-locked?

I know some blu rays are definately region locked requiring a separate program to run them

They do that? I just thought they play anything. IDK It's been a while since I've seen a DVD.

Biker Mice From Mars is coming back

It's Oscar season, and we've got the nominations:

• Animated Feature Film
  • Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
  • Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021)
  • Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
  • The Sea Beast
  • Turning Red

• Animated Short Film
  • The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse
  • The Flying Sailor
  • Ice Merchants
  • My Year of Dicks
  • An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe It

Overall, fairly good selection in my opinion! I wouldn't be mad at any of the winners in Best Feature, and still shocked The Sea Beast managed to be an eligible pick.

Oh dear god

anyone else here like space goofs