Half-hour episodes: the bedrock of just about every television success story. Efficient, profitable, and rapidly becoming outdated. The Simpsons owes a large chunk of its success to the format, but it blunts the show’s formerly raw edge.
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Four Reasons Why The Simpsons Should Ditch The Half-Hour EpisodeRead More »
Four Reasons Why The Simpsons Should Ditch The Half-Hour Episode Read More »
Disney’s latest addition to the princess lineup ticks all the right representation boxes, yet still isn’t pleasing everyone. What’s going on?
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Is Disney’s Princess Pandering Going Too Far? Read More »
Animation used to serve up tons of satire in years gone past. Where has it gone and what have we lost as a result?
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We’ve Lost the Fine Art of Satire in Animation Read More »
People have been clamouring for a Disney princess that embodies LGBT traits for some time, but the latest #GiveElsaAGirlfriend campaign is misdirected, misguided and will ultimately fail to accomplish the very outcome it desires. Why is this so, and why do fans tend to believe otherwise? The answer is troubling and undermines all efforts aimed at increasing representation in the media.
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Don’t Rely on Disney if You’re Looking For a Gay PrincessRead More »
Don’t Rely on Disney if You’re Looking For a Gay Princess Read More »
There was a time I was genuinely excited for each new release from major studios and TV networks. Not any more.
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The Downside of the Evolution of Artistic Taste Read More »
It’s that fabled time of the year, when the entertainment industry gets itself into a tizzy about shiny objects handed out to people for their efforts over the past year. It’s an exciting period to be sure, and the rumour mill is rife with who will win what, and who got snubbed this time, etc. etc. For all the season’s entertainment value on its own though, I’m giving awards season a miss this year, and the reasons aren’t as straightforward as you might expect.
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Why I’m Skipping Awards Season This Year Read More »
This week saw the announcement of not one, but three reboots to popular old shows. The Powerpuff Girls are being trotted out again, ReBoot gets well, rebooted, and even the Three Stooges refuse to die with a new animated show in the works. It’s all too much for me to bear!
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Enough With The Reboots! Read More »
Art is always held in high cultural esteem, yet only the best and most widely acclaimed retain any kind of longevity. The rest is quite literally disposable as any dumpster behind a library will happily attest to. Animation is no different than any other art, and just like them, the internet has brought about an even greater degree of disposable animation and produced a real struggle to create cartoons with any sense of quality, and timelessness.
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Disposable Animation: More Prevalent Than Ever? Read More »
As I prepare to produce a series of very short, er, shorts, I find my viewpoint of animation as an art and industry being forcibly changed. Not necessarily in a bad way mind you, but rather that it’s breadth and scope have changed as the reality of production becomes my greater focus. Here’s a few thoughts in no particular order.
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Some Thoughts on Producing Animation Read More »
The rise in popularity in using technology for animation has brought about a subsequent explosion in creative output. For decades, animation was the preserve of a few who had the right resources and location to do it. That’s all changed though, and while today anyone can create, produce, and distribute animated content, many offer only excuses as to why they’re efforts do not produce results.
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Why do People Continue to Offer Up Excuses? Read More »
Although the company hasn’t got as far as MTV when they chopped-off the ‘Music Television’ part of their identity, YouTube is nonetheless following them down the same beaten path. Anyone can still post content for free of course, but it is everything that surrounds that tenant of the service that has changed, and not necessarily for the better.
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The ‘You’ in YouTube is Following the ‘M’ from MTV into IrrelevanceRead More »
The ‘You’ in YouTube is Following the ‘M’ from MTV into Irrelevance Read More »
