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shera-dnd · 3 years

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So as part of my grand and elaborate plan (not really) to recover from frying my brain for 6 weeks straight, I have decided to do two things.

1-Uninstall Twitter

2-Watch more stuff I know I can just enjoy

The first one isn't worth reporting on, BUT I did watch Star Wars Visions last night and I think it is time FOR A SPOILERIFIC RAMBLE:

Under the cut, because it got LONG

Okay for starters can we talk about how pretty everyone in these shorts is? Like from that lady darth from The Duel, to Lop the jedi bunny girl. I'm a simple lesbian and I know what I'm about.

Speaking of The Duel, I fucking loved that reveal of the red lightsaber for our ronin protagonist, fucking fantastic. Also the umbrella saber is so fucking stupid, but like in the most incredible and beautiful way possible

Still on the topic of reveals and cool sabers, The Ninth Jedi was so fucking good! The little gimmick of the saber that changes colors based on your connection to the force was really good and it made for some fantastic moments. From Kara's saber turning green mid fight, to all the "jedi" revealing red sabers. Just some fantastic shit.

Moving on to other unusually colored sabers (let's see how long I can keep this segway chain going) The Twins is exactly what I wanted out of a Studio Trigger short. They say all Trigger anime go to space eventually, but this one started in space and just went more batshit from there. Ending on a hilarious scene in which a dude with a giant rainbow light saber flying on top of an X Wing at faster than light speeds, hits his sister in a moment that I can only describe as "I hope this saber blows your tits clean off".

Oh and while we're talking about sibling rivalries. LOP AND OCHO IS MY FAVORITE! Look it already had me with the cute bunny protagonist, but then it revealed it was a star wars-y version of what the US and Britain did to Japan, and it had that whole message of family has nothing to do with blood, and by the end I was fucking crying because the cute bunny girl jedi had to sword fight her sith sister (sithster? there are a lot of those in this huh).

Also Lop had a katana light saber, much like the protagonist of The Village Bride, who is a very pretty jedi lady for whom all my frinds who were watching with me simp severely (especially @sananaryon). She is also a badass who can stop blaster fire with the force. Also there is a bunch of stuff about living in harmony with nature...which would also be a good segway from the previous topic...and kinda kills my segway train now, DAMN IT!

Anyways the 4 episodes that are left are the ones I enjoyed the least. I'm sure I would have appreciated Tatooine Rhapsody and The Elder more if I had watched it in japanese, but for some reason those two just didn't hit as well as I'd expect tbh. Tho I liked the whole thing about the protagonist of Rhapsody being a musician more than he is a jedi.

T0-B1 was cute, but not particularly memorable, and Akakiri was a really weird note to end on. Though it did have Shadow Weaver's voice actress voicing the main bad guy which was neat. I guess she really has her niche in voice acting now, huh?

Other than that I find it hilarious that every single short managed to use the line "I have a bad feeling about this". I also find it weird just how many shorts are about kyber crystals, like I really think this might be some Disney mandated shit at this point.

ANYWAYS! THIS WAS A GOOD ANTHOLOGY AND WE NEED MORE SHIT LIKE THIS! THIS IS THE MOST I HAVE ENJOYED ANYTHING STAR WARS RELATED IN YEARS!

#star wars #star wars visions #star wars visions spoilers

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dyketectivecomics · 5 years

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WHEN will dc/wb do something interesting with their animated content !! like marvel/song is out here, giving us itsv, whilst the most fun ive had with dc animation in a while was bvtmnt so like. cmon yall. do something cool.

I haven’t seen the TMNT crossover yet but it’s looked p good from what I have seen! ESP the creature redesigns for the rogues? I’m hype. I need something just Fun like that in my life.

Just watched ITSV yesterday and I’m!!!!!! STILL R E E L I N G. It’s been SO LONG since every single second of an animated feature was just??? So fresh & delightful to see??? EVERY frame could be lifted straight from a comic. And the fact that they still MIXED Opposing Styles and MADE it work like!!! That film is just Art. It’s not a movie. It’s Art.

(But boy oh boy, tee u just triggered another Rant from me dude. I’m so sorry everyone. More below the cut)

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Even taking into account the fact that it took so much time for them to animate it, from beginning to end it was, what? 3-4 years in production iirc? It’s WELL WORTH that effort and that wait! But considering that the last Artfully Done animation that WB did that gave me that Similar Feeling, that I can Distinctly remember, was a box office failure at the time of its release. (I’m referring to Iron Giant, of course. It’s one of my all time favs, it’s one of my Formative Movies tbh. But it FAILED in the box office when it was first released! It’s a GOOD movie, but is it any wonder that WB is afraid to Try things afterwards?)

The only Cinematic Animated Superhero movies by WB that I can remember getting a wide release in theaters were Lego Batman (which obvsly did Good and did Bruce better than any other Batman movie in recent memory and we Stan) TTG! to the Movies (no comment) and The Powerpuff Girls (which I’ll count even tho it’s not a DC property but it IS WB’s and since it bombed, ironically enough, because most people found it too Violent compared to the series itself, it might explain why WB might be hesitant to pick up Superhero Animation. But I’ll wax poetic abt it some more some other time)

Edit: actually, PPG was CN studios & Distributed by WB. If we want to get Technical. But I’m still counting it since CN is under the WB umbrella anyways.

they all have their faults and their charms, but considering that WB hasn’t been a big player in theaters much at all, and continues to Play Things Safe with loads of direct-to-video & TV specials. It’s just... disheartening. We SHOULD be getting these wonderful, incredible, Cinamatically Worthy stories and yet??? Every year the WB/DC team decides to treat us to one DTV Batman movie and Oh Hey Here’s Something Not Batman.

Other productions like Incredibles, Megamind, Big Hero 6, & ITSV. They’ve had varying success! And they’re still only a handful of all of the animated Superhero movies out there!

Whether it’s because public perception towards Animated movies is still so skewed that it’s a genre “Only For Children”, or the idea that Superhero movies should be sweeping “Realistic” epics. It’s anyone’s guess. In this way, we might actually be grateful towards WB for at least Providing us with consistent content. I mean, when was the last type anyone tried hyping up a Marvel Cartoon? I’m not gonna knock on marvel too much here, but compared to the DC fan base & esp the Timmverse fan base, does Marvel have anything that even comes close? I’m genuinely curious.

Marvel may have the public’s attention 100% with the MCU and with the box office. But DC’s very much cornered the market with animation and TV series. As much as the CW/Arrowverse shows might be a mixed bag for me personally, they’ve done Very Well for themselves. And there’s something to be said about that. But circling back to Animation here one last time:

Animation is a medium that’s supposed to allow you to do things that simply CANT be done in live action. And the WB/DC team HAS done some pretty cool stuff even with the DTV movies! But when they COULD be doing something More Original and pushing more styles and stories. When they could stop adapting Popular Comics bc thats what ‘fans’ keep Demanding, and instead provide something 100% new and unique? When they provide something just Different from the expected and Take a Chance on something new? That’s when I think we’ll ALL be better off for it.

#asked and answered #prxttybird #tee tag #randywrites #long post #JL gods & monsters was probably one of my FAVS bc it was so DIFFERENT from what they had been doing!!!#the constantine movie??? SO GREAT!!! bc magic NEEDS to be animated!!! its High Fantasy stuff there!!!#who the FUCK was asking for all of these movies with damian that completely erased jay n tim n cass n EVERYONE #ok but thats another fuckin rant for another fuckin time big oof #oh man im just. theres SO MANY directions i can go but im having trouble staying on One Thread too long on this #its a Pretty Big Topic to cover honestly

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