Tag: Animation
REVIEW: Gurren Lagann (2007)
“Who the hell do you think I am?!” is a phrase often heard in Gurren Lagann. Whenever the characters run into a villain trying to take them down, they shout it out as an act of defiance. When I watch Gurren Lagann, it feels as if that phrase is not just for those villains in front of ...
Read MoreTop 5 Disney Villains
“Now, shall you deal with ME, O Prince – and all the powers of HELL!” Throughout Disney animation’s long history, their villains have become just as iconic as their heroes. Some even prefer the villains and consider them more relatable and nuanced. Personally, I don’t feel that way, bu...
Read MoreREVIEW: Star Wars: Resistance – Season 1, Episodes 1-4 “The Recruit,” “The Triple Dark” and “Fuel for the “Fire”
*Spoilers* “The Recruit” opens with three pilots trying to deliver Intel to the Resistance. One pilot tells the others to turn back and he’ll do it. Soon, First Order vessels catch up to him and damage his ship, but Poe Dameron arrives and saves him. The young pilot introduces himself as K...
Read MoreREVIEW: Big Hero 6: The Series – Season 1, Episodes 23, 24 and 25 “Countdown to Catastrophe”
“Do you know why Icarus plunged to his doom?” “Because he flew too high.” “Because he needed better wings.” *Spoilers* “Countdown to Catastrophe” begins with Hiro and Baymax fighting Globby; their fight is interrupted when Baymax tells Hiro he has a meeting with Granville he has to g...
Read MoreYou Should Be Watching: Paranorman (2012)
“I didn’t ask to be born this way.” “Funny, neither did we.” Welcome back to You Should Be Watching, where I recommend movies and TV shows that deserve more attention than they’ve gotten. In keeping with the Halloween theme I’ve adopted for the season, this week we’ll be comm...
Read MoreREVIEW: Big Hero 6: The Series – Season 1, Episodes 21 and 22 “The Bot-Fighter” and “Obake Yashiki”
“All I’m saying is if you like something and you’re good at it, why deny yourself?” *Spoilers* “The Bot-Fighter” opens with Fred, Hiro and Baymax battling a tiny three-headed robot in a diner. Hiro dispatches it, but another robot managed to steal the register during the scuffle....
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