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Posted 15 years agoANIMATION MEME
- X what you saw
- O what you haven't finished or saw sizable portions
- Bold what you loved
- Italize what you disliked/hated
- Leave unchanged if neutral
CLASSIC DISNEY
[x] 101 Dalmatians (1961) - Haven't seen it in ages. Same goes for a lot of the Disney stuff, actually.
[x] Alice in Wonderland (1951)
[x] Bambi (1942)
[x] Cinderella (1950)
[x] Dumbo (1941)
[o] Fantasia (1940)
[x] Lady and the Tramp (1955)
[o] Mary Poppins (1964)
[x] Peter Pan (1953)
[x] Pinocchio (1940)
[x] Sleeping Beauty (1959)
[x] Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
[ ] Song of the South (1946)
DISNEY'S DARK AGE
[o] The Aristocats (1970) - Can't quite believe I've never seen this one all the way through...
[ ] The Black Cauldron (1985)
[o] The Fox and the Hound (1981)
[ ] The Great Mouse Detective (1986) Really, really want to see this one.
[x] The Jungle Book (1967)
[ ] The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
[x] Oliver and Company (1986)
[ ] Pete's Dragon (1977)
[x] The Rescuers (1977) Fun fact: Bianca is the reason I became stangely fascinated by Eastern Europe.
[o] Robin Hood (1973) I'm not sure if I've watched this in its entirety or not. If it was, it was a loooooong time ago.
[o] The Sword In The Stone (1963)
THE DISNEY RENAISSANCE
[x] Aladdin (1992)
[x] Beauty and the Beast (1991)
[o] A Goofy Movie (1995)
[x] Hercules (1997)
[o] The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
[x] The Lion King (1994) If you don't like this, you don't like cinema.
[x] The Little Mermaid (1989)
[x] Mulan (1998) SOMEHOW I'LL MAKE A MAAAAN OUT OF YOOOOOOOOU
[x] Pocahontas (1995) Underwhelming. Put a dampener on my 10th birthday.
[x] The Rescuers Down Under (1990) One of my earliest childhood memories of animated film on the big screen. Still visually stunning with a great, if simple story to boot.
[o] Tarzan (1999)
Thinking about it, between these films and the Spielberg stint at Warner Bros Animation... I grew up at exactly the right time.
DISNEY'S MODERN AGE
[ ] Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) Saw a teeny bit: definitely want to see it in full.
[ ] Bolt (2008)
[ ] Brother Bear (2003) Fabi insists this (...and the sequel) are amazing. I think he has a secret PHIL COLLINS FETISH.
[ ] Chicken Little (2005)
[x] Dinosaur (2000) I saw it once on a bus... I have completely forgotten it, however.
[ ] The Emperor's New Groove (2000) I keep hearing it's brilliant, but I've never gotten around to sitting down with it.
[ ] Fantasia 2000 (2000)
[o] Home on the Range (2004)
[ ] Lilo & Stitch (2002)
[ ] Meet the Robinsons (2007)
[ ] Treasure Planet (2002) I also hear this one is great...
PIXAR
[x] A Bug's Life (1998)
[x] Cars (2006)
[x] Finding Nemo (2003) Ubiquitous, but still a classic.
[x] The Incredibles (2004) My least favourite Pixar film, probably. Something about it was... charmless. Maybe you needed to be a Silver Age nut to really get it...
[x] Monsters Inc. (2001)
[x] Ratatouille (2007) The quality of the script makes this one of Pixar's best. It's so high-brow I can barely believe they tried to market it to children at all.
[x] Toy Story (1995)
[x] Toy Story 2 (1999)
[ ] Toy Story 3 (2010) Still haven't seen it, shamefully.
[x] Wall-E (2008) Profoundly brilliant.
[x] Up (2009) I may have cried a bit.
The genius of Pixar is that 3D isn't a 'gimmick' that defines them. Their films could be scribbled on the back of a series of beer-mats and they'd still be amazing to watch, because they rarely, if ever compromise their writing, or their creative vision. They've sort of earned the right not to have to, which is incredibly rare in this day and age.
DON BLUTH
[ ] All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
[x] An American Tail (1986)
[x] An American Tail: Fieval Goes West (1991)
[ ] Anastasia (1997)
[ ] The Land Before Time (1988)
[ ] The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)
[ ] Rock-a-Doodle (1991)
[o] The Secret of NIMH (1982)
[ ] Thumbelina (1994)
[x] Titan AE (2000) I enjoyed this one. A bit rough-looking, but the story was quite well-paced.
[ ] A Troll in Central Park (1994)
...I've never understood the reverance Don Bluth is given. He's an okay animator - better than, say, me. But that's all he is.
CLAYMATION
[ ] The Adventures of Mark Twain (1986)
[x] Chicken Run (2000)
[x] Corpse Bride (2005) I'm not overly keen on Burton's work, but this was a big slice of alright.
[o] James and the Giant Peach (1996)
[ ] The Nightmare Before Christmas
[x] Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) The best W&G of them all. A minor miracle.
[ ] Coraline (2009)
CGI GLUT
[o] Antz (1998)
[ ] Happy Feet (2006)
[x] Kung Fu Panda (2008) Far, far better than it had any right to be. So good, in fact, that I forgot Jack Black was in it. High praise indeed!
[x] Madagascar (2005)
[ ] Monster House (2006)
[x] Over the Hedge (2006) Wasn't overly charmed. I rarely am by Dreamworks' fare, though.
[ ] The Polar Express (2004)
[x] Shrek (2001)
[o] Shrek 2 (2004)
[ ] Shrek The Third (2007)
[ ] Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) I want to see it because Hugh Laurie's in it. That is all.
---
[x] Surf's Up (2006) Added this one in because, surprisingly, it's absolutely amazing. Well, barring some of the soundtrack, anyway.
IMPORTS
[ ] Arabian Knight (aka The Thief and the Cobbler) (1995)
[ ] The Last Unicorn (1982)
[ ] Light Years (1988)
[x] The Triplets of Belleville (2003) Maturely-paced, delightfully cynical. A quiet riot with some stunning scenes.
[x] Persepolis (2007) A harsh, but brilliant tale about a walk of life you're likely not familiar with. Broadens the mind!
[ ] Waltz With Bashir (2008) I have this lying around, somewhere. Really want to see it.
[ ] Watership Down (1978) A little shameful, but: I am British and I haven't seen Watership Down. That's why I'm in Germany: I was deported as punishment.
[ ] When the Wind Blows (1988)
[ ] Yellow Submarine (1968) ACIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID.
[o] The Plague Dogs (1982) Not for the faint of heart... I must get around to watching it in full. It's British, so I'm sort of obliged.
---
[x]Peter No-Tail/Pelle Svanslös (1981) Oddly political Swedish film about a cat with no tail. Curiously beguiling: my grandmother had a copy on VHS when I was a kid, for some reason.
STUDIO GHIBLI/MIYAZAKI
[x] Grave of the Fireflies (1988) I cried. You will too.
[x] Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
[x] Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
[x] Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986)
[ ] Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
[x] My Neighbors The Yamadas (1999) It's entertaining, but you can't help but feel the humour is largely lost in translation.
[x] My Neighbor Totoro (1993)
[x] Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
[ ] Only Yesterday (1991)
[x] Pom Poko (1994) Indescribably brilliant.
[x] Porco Rosso (1992)
[x] Princess Mononoke (1999) At least as important to animation as The Lion King, I can't stress enough how much you need this in your life. It's astonishing, and overall it's probably Ghibli's greatest achievement.
[x] Spirited Away (2002) Fabi hates this film because he has to think about it, bless him. I adore it, on the other hand.
[x] Whisper of the Heart (1995) There's a deeply personal resonance, here. It's not an extravaganza: Whisper of The Heart is an intimate sort of film that really gets to the heart of the human condition. I'm not being a twat: it really is that profound.
[x] Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea (2009) Childishly beguiling.
---
[x] The Cat Returns (2002) This? Missing? On a furry survey? Unpossible! Love this film: it's a real charmer, if a little too short.
Japan has the dubious honour of making the very best, and the very worst animation in the world. Studio Ghibli is the sole reason for the former accolade, in my humble opinion.
SATOSHI KON
[ ] Millennium Actress (2001)
[ ] Paprika (2006) File under 'do want'.
[ ] Perfect Blue (1999)
[ ] Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
[ ] Memories - "Magnetic Rose" part (1995)
SHINKAI MAKOTO
[ ] She and Her Cat (1999)
[ ] Voices of a Distant Star (2001)
[ ] The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)
[ ] 5 Centimeters per Second (2007)
No idea who these two are. But then, I'm just ignorant. I'll do my reading and watch a few of these, I daresay.
OTHER ANIME FILMS
[x] Akira (1989) I fucking hated Akira. The art-style, the nonsensical plot... I have no idea why this is held in the regard it is.
[ ] Appleseed (2004)
[ ] Appleseed: Ex Machina (2007)
[ ] Arcadia of My Youth (U.S. Title - Vengeance of the Space Pirate) (1982)
[ ] Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2003) I hear it's great. I'll see it eventually.
[ ] The Dagger of Kamui (U.S. Title - Revenge of the Ninja Warrior) (1985)
[ ] Dirty Pair: Project Eden (1987)
[ ] End of Evangelion (1997)
[ ] Fist of the North Star (1986)
[ ] Galaxy Express 999 (1979)
[o] Ghost in the Shell (1996)
[ ] The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) I just got a hold of this, in HD no less! It looks a lot like The Cat Returns, actually...
[ ] Lensman (1984)
[ ] Macross: Do You Remember Love (U.S. Title - Clash of the Bionoids) (1984)
[x] Metropolis (2001) Stone-cold genius, and the reason I love Ray Charles. Watch it.
[ ] Neo-Tokyo (1986)
[ ] Ninja Scroll (1993)
[ ] Patlabor the Movie (1989)
[ ] The Professional: Golgo 13 (1983)
[ ] Project A-ko (1986)
[ ] Robot Carnival (1987)
[ ] Robotech: The Shadow Chronicle (2006)
[ ] Silent Möbius (1991)
[ ] Space Adventure Cobra (1982)
[x] Steamboy (2004) ...meh. Visually interesting, zero plot. But then, it's by the Akira director, right? I expected as much...
[ ] Sword of the Stranger (2007)
[ ] Unico and the Island of Magic (1983)
[ ] Urotsukidoji: The Movie (1987)
[ ] Vampire Hunter D (1985)
[ ] Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust (2000)
[ ] Wings of Honneamise: Royal Space Force (1987)
CARTOONS FOR GROWN-UPS
[ ] American Pop (1981)
[ ] The Animatrix (2003)
[ ] Beavis & Butthead Do America (1996)
[ ] Cool World (1992) I'll pass, thanks.
[ ] Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) This actually looks like a decent film...
[ ] Final Fantasy: Advent Children (2005) I lack sufficient ovaries to withstand this cynical piece of cinema.
[ ] Fire & Ice (1983)
[ ] Fritz the Cat (1972)
[ ] Heavy Metal (1981)
[ ] Heavy Metal 2000 (2000)
[ ] Hey Good Lookin' (1982)
[ ] Lady Death (2004)
[ ] A Scanner Darkly (2006) Looks intriguing...
[x] South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
[ ] Street Fight (Coonskin) (1975)
[ ] Waking Life (2001)
OTHER ANIMATED MOVIES
[ ] Animal Farm (1954)
[ ] Animalympics (1980) lol furries
[ ] Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon The Movie (2007)
[ ] Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
[x] The Brave Little Toaster (1988) Does it count if I watched it in German and didn't fully understand?
[ ] Bravestarr: The Movie (1988)
[ ] Cats Don't Dance (1997) I don't care if it's bad: I want to see it. It's got cats in it!
[ ] Care Bears: The Movie (1985)
[ ] Charlotte's Web (1973)
[ ] Fern Gully (1992)
[ ] G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987)
[ ] Gobots: Battle of the Rock Lords (1986)
[ ] He-Man & She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword (1985)
[ ] The Hobbit (1977)
[o] The Iron Giant (1999) Criminally, I haven't seen it to the end. I'll rectify that in due course, mind.
[x] Ice Age (2002) Feh. Cheap, nasty, charmless.
[ ] Justice League: The New Frontier (2008)
[ ] Lord of the Rings (1978)
[ ] Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1992)
through the whole thing
[ ] My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)
[ ] Pink Floyd's The Wall (1982)
[ ] The Prince of Egypt (1998)
[ ] Powerpuff Girls: The Movie (2002)
[ ] Quest For Camelot (1999)
[ ] Ringing Bell (1978)
[ ] The Road to El Dorado (2000)
[x] Space Jam (1996) I'm not proud of it, but Lola Bunny sort of... yeah. Film was crap, though.
[ ] Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985)
[ ] Superman: Doomsday (2007)
[ ] The Swan Princess (1994)
[ ] Transformers: The Movie (1986)
[ ] Wizards (1977)
[x] Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) I'd actually kill for a sequel to this film, so long as it wasn't CGI... or if the CGI was used 'ironically'.
[ ] Wonder Woman (2009)
[ ] Balto (1995) lol furries
[ ] Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
[ ] The Seventh Brother (1995)
[ ] Willy the Sparrow (1988)
[ ] Scamper the Penguin (1988)
WOO FILMS.
- X what you saw
- O what you haven't finished or saw sizable portions
- Bold what you loved
- Italize what you disliked/hated
- Leave unchanged if neutral
CLASSIC DISNEY
[x] 101 Dalmatians (1961) - Haven't seen it in ages. Same goes for a lot of the Disney stuff, actually.
[x] Alice in Wonderland (1951)
[x] Bambi (1942)
[x] Cinderella (1950)
[x] Dumbo (1941)
[o] Fantasia (1940)
[x] Lady and the Tramp (1955)
[o] Mary Poppins (1964)
[x] Peter Pan (1953)
[x] Pinocchio (1940)
[x] Sleeping Beauty (1959)
[x] Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
[ ] Song of the South (1946)
DISNEY'S DARK AGE
[o] The Aristocats (1970) - Can't quite believe I've never seen this one all the way through...
[ ] The Black Cauldron (1985)
[o] The Fox and the Hound (1981)
[ ] The Great Mouse Detective (1986) Really, really want to see this one.
[x] The Jungle Book (1967)
[ ] The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
[x] Oliver and Company (1986)
[ ] Pete's Dragon (1977)
[x] The Rescuers (1977) Fun fact: Bianca is the reason I became stangely fascinated by Eastern Europe.
[o] Robin Hood (1973) I'm not sure if I've watched this in its entirety or not. If it was, it was a loooooong time ago.
[o] The Sword In The Stone (1963)
THE DISNEY RENAISSANCE
[x] Aladdin (1992)
[x] Beauty and the Beast (1991)
[o] A Goofy Movie (1995)
[x] Hercules (1997)
[o] The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
[x] The Lion King (1994) If you don't like this, you don't like cinema.
[x] The Little Mermaid (1989)
[x] Mulan (1998) SOMEHOW I'LL MAKE A MAAAAN OUT OF YOOOOOOOOU
[x] Pocahontas (1995) Underwhelming. Put a dampener on my 10th birthday.
[x] The Rescuers Down Under (1990) One of my earliest childhood memories of animated film on the big screen. Still visually stunning with a great, if simple story to boot.
[o] Tarzan (1999)
Thinking about it, between these films and the Spielberg stint at Warner Bros Animation... I grew up at exactly the right time.
DISNEY'S MODERN AGE
[ ] Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) Saw a teeny bit: definitely want to see it in full.
[ ] Bolt (2008)
[ ] Brother Bear (2003) Fabi insists this (...and the sequel) are amazing. I think he has a secret PHIL COLLINS FETISH.
[ ] Chicken Little (2005)
[x] Dinosaur (2000) I saw it once on a bus... I have completely forgotten it, however.
[ ] The Emperor's New Groove (2000) I keep hearing it's brilliant, but I've never gotten around to sitting down with it.
[ ] Fantasia 2000 (2000)
[o] Home on the Range (2004)
[ ] Lilo & Stitch (2002)
[ ] Meet the Robinsons (2007)
[ ] Treasure Planet (2002) I also hear this one is great...
PIXAR
[x] A Bug's Life (1998)
[x] Cars (2006)
[x] Finding Nemo (2003) Ubiquitous, but still a classic.
[x] The Incredibles (2004) My least favourite Pixar film, probably. Something about it was... charmless. Maybe you needed to be a Silver Age nut to really get it...
[x] Monsters Inc. (2001)
[x] Ratatouille (2007) The quality of the script makes this one of Pixar's best. It's so high-brow I can barely believe they tried to market it to children at all.
[x] Toy Story (1995)
[x] Toy Story 2 (1999)
[ ] Toy Story 3 (2010) Still haven't seen it, shamefully.
[x] Wall-E (2008) Profoundly brilliant.
[x] Up (2009) I may have cried a bit.
The genius of Pixar is that 3D isn't a 'gimmick' that defines them. Their films could be scribbled on the back of a series of beer-mats and they'd still be amazing to watch, because they rarely, if ever compromise their writing, or their creative vision. They've sort of earned the right not to have to, which is incredibly rare in this day and age.
DON BLUTH
[ ] All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
[x] An American Tail (1986)
[x] An American Tail: Fieval Goes West (1991)
[ ] Anastasia (1997)
[ ] The Land Before Time (1988)
[ ] The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)
[ ] Rock-a-Doodle (1991)
[o] The Secret of NIMH (1982)
[ ] Thumbelina (1994)
[x] Titan AE (2000) I enjoyed this one. A bit rough-looking, but the story was quite well-paced.
[ ] A Troll in Central Park (1994)
...I've never understood the reverance Don Bluth is given. He's an okay animator - better than, say, me. But that's all he is.
CLAYMATION
[ ] The Adventures of Mark Twain (1986)
[x] Chicken Run (2000)
[x] Corpse Bride (2005) I'm not overly keen on Burton's work, but this was a big slice of alright.
[o] James and the Giant Peach (1996)
[ ] The Nightmare Before Christmas
[x] Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) The best W&G of them all. A minor miracle.
[ ] Coraline (2009)
CGI GLUT
[o] Antz (1998)
[ ] Happy Feet (2006)
[x] Kung Fu Panda (2008) Far, far better than it had any right to be. So good, in fact, that I forgot Jack Black was in it. High praise indeed!
[x] Madagascar (2005)
[ ] Monster House (2006)
[x] Over the Hedge (2006) Wasn't overly charmed. I rarely am by Dreamworks' fare, though.
[ ] The Polar Express (2004)
[x] Shrek (2001)
[o] Shrek 2 (2004)
[ ] Shrek The Third (2007)
[ ] Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) I want to see it because Hugh Laurie's in it. That is all.
---
[x] Surf's Up (2006) Added this one in because, surprisingly, it's absolutely amazing. Well, barring some of the soundtrack, anyway.
IMPORTS
[ ] Arabian Knight (aka The Thief and the Cobbler) (1995)
[ ] The Last Unicorn (1982)
[ ] Light Years (1988)
[x] The Triplets of Belleville (2003) Maturely-paced, delightfully cynical. A quiet riot with some stunning scenes.
[x] Persepolis (2007) A harsh, but brilliant tale about a walk of life you're likely not familiar with. Broadens the mind!
[ ] Waltz With Bashir (2008) I have this lying around, somewhere. Really want to see it.
[ ] Watership Down (1978) A little shameful, but: I am British and I haven't seen Watership Down. That's why I'm in Germany: I was deported as punishment.
[ ] When the Wind Blows (1988)
[ ] Yellow Submarine (1968) ACIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID.
[o] The Plague Dogs (1982) Not for the faint of heart... I must get around to watching it in full. It's British, so I'm sort of obliged.
---
[x]Peter No-Tail/Pelle Svanslös (1981) Oddly political Swedish film about a cat with no tail. Curiously beguiling: my grandmother had a copy on VHS when I was a kid, for some reason.
STUDIO GHIBLI/MIYAZAKI
[x] Grave of the Fireflies (1988) I cried. You will too.
[x] Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
[x] Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
[x] Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986)
[ ] Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
[x] My Neighbors The Yamadas (1999) It's entertaining, but you can't help but feel the humour is largely lost in translation.
[x] My Neighbor Totoro (1993)
[x] Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
[ ] Only Yesterday (1991)
[x] Pom Poko (1994) Indescribably brilliant.
[x] Porco Rosso (1992)
[x] Princess Mononoke (1999) At least as important to animation as The Lion King, I can't stress enough how much you need this in your life. It's astonishing, and overall it's probably Ghibli's greatest achievement.
[x] Spirited Away (2002) Fabi hates this film because he has to think about it, bless him. I adore it, on the other hand.
[x] Whisper of the Heart (1995) There's a deeply personal resonance, here. It's not an extravaganza: Whisper of The Heart is an intimate sort of film that really gets to the heart of the human condition. I'm not being a twat: it really is that profound.
[x] Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea (2009) Childishly beguiling.
---
[x] The Cat Returns (2002) This? Missing? On a furry survey? Unpossible! Love this film: it's a real charmer, if a little too short.
Japan has the dubious honour of making the very best, and the very worst animation in the world. Studio Ghibli is the sole reason for the former accolade, in my humble opinion.
SATOSHI KON
[ ] Millennium Actress (2001)
[ ] Paprika (2006) File under 'do want'.
[ ] Perfect Blue (1999)
[ ] Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
[ ] Memories - "Magnetic Rose" part (1995)
SHINKAI MAKOTO
[ ] She and Her Cat (1999)
[ ] Voices of a Distant Star (2001)
[ ] The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)
[ ] 5 Centimeters per Second (2007)
No idea who these two are. But then, I'm just ignorant. I'll do my reading and watch a few of these, I daresay.
OTHER ANIME FILMS
[x] Akira (1989) I fucking hated Akira. The art-style, the nonsensical plot... I have no idea why this is held in the regard it is.
[ ] Appleseed (2004)
[ ] Appleseed: Ex Machina (2007)
[ ] Arcadia of My Youth (U.S. Title - Vengeance of the Space Pirate) (1982)
[ ] Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2003) I hear it's great. I'll see it eventually.
[ ] The Dagger of Kamui (U.S. Title - Revenge of the Ninja Warrior) (1985)
[ ] Dirty Pair: Project Eden (1987)
[ ] End of Evangelion (1997)
[ ] Fist of the North Star (1986)
[ ] Galaxy Express 999 (1979)
[o] Ghost in the Shell (1996)
[ ] The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) I just got a hold of this, in HD no less! It looks a lot like The Cat Returns, actually...
[ ] Lensman (1984)
[ ] Macross: Do You Remember Love (U.S. Title - Clash of the Bionoids) (1984)
[x] Metropolis (2001) Stone-cold genius, and the reason I love Ray Charles. Watch it.
[ ] Neo-Tokyo (1986)
[ ] Ninja Scroll (1993)
[ ] Patlabor the Movie (1989)
[ ] The Professional: Golgo 13 (1983)
[ ] Project A-ko (1986)
[ ] Robot Carnival (1987)
[ ] Robotech: The Shadow Chronicle (2006)
[ ] Silent Möbius (1991)
[ ] Space Adventure Cobra (1982)
[x] Steamboy (2004) ...meh. Visually interesting, zero plot. But then, it's by the Akira director, right? I expected as much...
[ ] Sword of the Stranger (2007)
[ ] Unico and the Island of Magic (1983)
[ ] Urotsukidoji: The Movie (1987)
[ ] Vampire Hunter D (1985)
[ ] Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust (2000)
[ ] Wings of Honneamise: Royal Space Force (1987)
CARTOONS FOR GROWN-UPS
[ ] American Pop (1981)
[ ] The Animatrix (2003)
[ ] Beavis & Butthead Do America (1996)
[ ] Cool World (1992) I'll pass, thanks.
[ ] Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) This actually looks like a decent film...
[ ] Final Fantasy: Advent Children (2005) I lack sufficient ovaries to withstand this cynical piece of cinema.
[ ] Fire & Ice (1983)
[ ] Fritz the Cat (1972)
[ ] Heavy Metal (1981)
[ ] Heavy Metal 2000 (2000)
[ ] Hey Good Lookin' (1982)
[ ] Lady Death (2004)
[ ] A Scanner Darkly (2006) Looks intriguing...
[x] South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
[ ] Street Fight (Coonskin) (1975)
[ ] Waking Life (2001)
OTHER ANIMATED MOVIES
[ ] Animal Farm (1954)
[ ] Animalympics (1980) lol furries
[ ] Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon The Movie (2007)
[ ] Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
[x] The Brave Little Toaster (1988) Does it count if I watched it in German and didn't fully understand?
[ ] Bravestarr: The Movie (1988)
[ ] Cats Don't Dance (1997) I don't care if it's bad: I want to see it. It's got cats in it!
[ ] Care Bears: The Movie (1985)
[ ] Charlotte's Web (1973)
[ ] Fern Gully (1992)
[ ] G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987)
[ ] Gobots: Battle of the Rock Lords (1986)
[ ] He-Man & She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword (1985)
[ ] The Hobbit (1977)
[o] The Iron Giant (1999) Criminally, I haven't seen it to the end. I'll rectify that in due course, mind.
[x] Ice Age (2002) Feh. Cheap, nasty, charmless.
[ ] Justice League: The New Frontier (2008)
[ ] Lord of the Rings (1978)
[ ] Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1992)
through the whole thing
[ ] My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)
[ ] Pink Floyd's The Wall (1982)
[ ] The Prince of Egypt (1998)
[ ] Powerpuff Girls: The Movie (2002)
[ ] Quest For Camelot (1999)
[ ] Ringing Bell (1978)
[ ] The Road to El Dorado (2000)
[x] Space Jam (1996) I'm not proud of it, but Lola Bunny sort of... yeah. Film was crap, though.
[ ] Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985)
[ ] Superman: Doomsday (2007)
[ ] The Swan Princess (1994)
[ ] Transformers: The Movie (1986)
[ ] Wizards (1977)
[x] Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) I'd actually kill for a sequel to this film, so long as it wasn't CGI... or if the CGI was used 'ironically'.
[ ] Wonder Woman (2009)
[ ] Balto (1995) lol furries
[ ] Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
[ ] The Seventh Brother (1995)
[ ] Willy the Sparrow (1988)
[ ] Scamper the Penguin (1988)
WOO FILMS.
Supersonic Jazz Hands
Posted 15 years agoWell then! Seen as none of you bozos came to watch me streaming last night, I took the liberty of making a nice little condensed video of the process.
Gotta be honest: this was pretty therapeutic. I'll be making more of these, I can tell.
All being well, I'm planning on streaming again sometime tomorrow evening (that's the 9th November, in Western European time). I'd be delighted if you came along to watch.
Again: I'll announce it on my Twitter page when it all kicks off. I'll be drawing barely-covered breasts! Three sets thereof! And I may even take a quick request or two, if you're very good. Yes.
Bring biscuits.
Gotta be honest: this was pretty therapeutic. I'll be making more of these, I can tell.
All being well, I'm planning on streaming again sometime tomorrow evening (that's the 9th November, in Western European time). I'd be delighted if you came along to watch.
Again: I'll announce it on my Twitter page when it all kicks off. I'll be drawing barely-covered breasts! Three sets thereof! And I may even take a quick request or two, if you're very good. Yes.
Bring biscuits.
Streampunk
Posted 15 years agoAh, finally: a new journal entry. All that talk of paedophilia was beginning to stink up the joint.
First and foremost: I'm going to be attempting a Livestream very shortly: probably around 9:30pm German Time (GMT +1).
The delivery will probably be a little different to the norm in that I'm currently without a tablet - so I'll be pointing a webcam at a piece of card instead. Having done a bit of testing, I think I've made a setup that works nicely enough... but please excuse any technical hitches I may comically stumble over while I'm cutting my teeth.
I'll announce it on my Twitter page the moment I kick things off, or you could just lurk in the Livestream channel linked above and wait - entirely up to you.
There'll be eclectic music, possibly my dulcet, slurred British tones and if you're very good I might take a request or two from the livechat. No promises, mind. I'm slow enough when I'm not being watched.
I probably won't be announcing many future streams here, unless I coincidentally want to waffle on about something else - not a big fan of making and deleting little one-liners that cease to be relevant after an hour or two. So if you want to know when I'm broadcasting, your best bet is following my Twitter feed: if you're not on the service and don't want to be, just bookmark my page or RSS that shit. It's all gravy, baby. Eww. I never did understand the logic behind that turn of phrase...
Part of the reason for this uncharacteristic extroversion is that I'm trying to work up some new, finished examples of what I'm capable of producing, so that I may finally, realistically flaunt myself in the name of commissions. I'm a few degrees worse than flat broke right now, so it's kind of in my interest to start churning out some quick-sharp pieces for reasonable prices. And hey - I can't say I'm not in need of a little routine and self-discipline, either.
Finding, and more importantly keeping a serviceable job here in Germany hasn't been as simple as I'd have hoped - I've ditched one and been ditched by another with worrying speed over the last couple of months. I'm hoping things work out and my fortunes will change soon... but just in case, I'll keep the commission ball in my court. Or, I will soon anyway.
I have a few experiments I'd like to try out - it turns out you can pick up canvas pretty cheap here, so I might attack some with my Prisma markers soon and see what happens. And my flatmate, who is doing pretty well for himself, has dropped a hint or two about replacing my tablet for my birthday... so hopefully, I'll have a few more strings to pluck soon enough.
I am enjoying Germany in spite of my own ineptitude and destitution... there's a lot to like here. I speak enough of the language to get by, though it frustrates me sometimes when I can't convey what I'm thinking properly. Those long, awkward silences while I try to remember vocabulary - or wildly paraphrase - are quite painful.
But the people are nice, the food is great and, cashflow permitting, there's plenty to do and see - so the effort is well worth it. Well... you can get away with speaking English, but really, where's the point in that? I can't stand it when British tourists stubbornly refuse to use any of the local tongue, and I refuse to adhere to that sadly-largely-true stereotype.
Anyway: that'll do for now. Hopefully I'll see you in the stream. Tell your friends! I'd dig a lively audience to chat to while I probably fail to do any work.
First and foremost: I'm going to be attempting a Livestream very shortly: probably around 9:30pm German Time (GMT +1).
The delivery will probably be a little different to the norm in that I'm currently without a tablet - so I'll be pointing a webcam at a piece of card instead. Having done a bit of testing, I think I've made a setup that works nicely enough... but please excuse any technical hitches I may comically stumble over while I'm cutting my teeth.
I'll announce it on my Twitter page the moment I kick things off, or you could just lurk in the Livestream channel linked above and wait - entirely up to you.
There'll be eclectic music, possibly my dulcet, slurred British tones and if you're very good I might take a request or two from the livechat. No promises, mind. I'm slow enough when I'm not being watched.
I probably won't be announcing many future streams here, unless I coincidentally want to waffle on about something else - not a big fan of making and deleting little one-liners that cease to be relevant after an hour or two. So if you want to know when I'm broadcasting, your best bet is following my Twitter feed: if you're not on the service and don't want to be, just bookmark my page or RSS that shit. It's all gravy, baby. Eww. I never did understand the logic behind that turn of phrase...
Part of the reason for this uncharacteristic extroversion is that I'm trying to work up some new, finished examples of what I'm capable of producing, so that I may finally, realistically flaunt myself in the name of commissions. I'm a few degrees worse than flat broke right now, so it's kind of in my interest to start churning out some quick-sharp pieces for reasonable prices. And hey - I can't say I'm not in need of a little routine and self-discipline, either.
Finding, and more importantly keeping a serviceable job here in Germany hasn't been as simple as I'd have hoped - I've ditched one and been ditched by another with worrying speed over the last couple of months. I'm hoping things work out and my fortunes will change soon... but just in case, I'll keep the commission ball in my court. Or, I will soon anyway.
I have a few experiments I'd like to try out - it turns out you can pick up canvas pretty cheap here, so I might attack some with my Prisma markers soon and see what happens. And my flatmate, who is doing pretty well for himself, has dropped a hint or two about replacing my tablet for my birthday... so hopefully, I'll have a few more strings to pluck soon enough.
I am enjoying Germany in spite of my own ineptitude and destitution... there's a lot to like here. I speak enough of the language to get by, though it frustrates me sometimes when I can't convey what I'm thinking properly. Those long, awkward silences while I try to remember vocabulary - or wildly paraphrase - are quite painful.
But the people are nice, the food is great and, cashflow permitting, there's plenty to do and see - so the effort is well worth it. Well... you can get away with speaking English, but really, where's the point in that? I can't stand it when British tourists stubbornly refuse to use any of the local tongue, and I refuse to adhere to that sadly-largely-true stereotype.
Anyway: that'll do for now. Hopefully I'll see you in the stream. Tell your friends! I'd dig a lively audience to chat to while I probably fail to do any work.
This Product No Longer Contains E-Numbers
Posted 15 years agoEvening, all.
I had a yardstick, once. I'd know that I'd 'arrived' as a furry, that my wayward pursuit of art was actually worth a damn, when one of my tawdry slices of fap-fodder made its way to e621's gargantuan wankbank for mass-consumption. Somewhat worthwhile, anyway.
So you can imagine my lack of mirth when I find this morning that the site has imploded under the weight of its own paedophilia. Which I suppose is kinda fair enough... sort of. Why they didn't see fit to moderate the weird Japanese kiddy porn out is beyond me, but then I don't have a vested interest in seeing fictional children get diddled, so what would I know, right?
e621 was a genuinely excellent repository, though. The site's design made it wonderfully elegant at both hunting down exisiting favourites and discovering the wares of some new and enticing hotshots. I've lost count of the number of talented folks I found through that site, and its loss is just that: a genuine loss. Right now there's nothing out there that really compares.
All this leaves me wondering, though: FurAffinity has neatly sidestepped this loli nonsense by, well, outlawing it. And that's great, really it is! Or rather, I should say it's a great start.
As many have waxed lyrical about before, there is a proliferation of so-called 'cub' art on this site which, well...
Allow me to give to a little detailed insight, which I know you neither asked for nor really wanted, as to how my mind operates on a sexual level, particularly with regards to our beloved anthropornmorphics [sic].
Many have said that furry porn is tantamount to bestiality, and yet in the case of the sort of stuff I'm into - namely bipedal anthropomophic females - I can clearly argue that this is not the case. The key word here is 'anthropomorphic', which to paraphrase the dictionary definition, is to imbue a subject with human characteristics. Human, people. That there's the crux of it: that essence of humanity is what seperates harmlessly titillating furry porn from ghastly outright dogfuckery. Most animals are adorable - I've been around them in various forms for most of my life, and their companionship is a valuable thing to have. Yet I, and hopefully you, would never consider putting on some Marvin Gaye and taking the term 'doggystyle' that bit too literally.
Likewise, I'm not into depictions of children in sexual encounters. I don't really get how anyone could be: children are fucking horrible (and, I've heard it argued, horrible at fucking) - but humanity is nothing if not strange and myriad and strangely myriad.
Both of these physical activities are, in most developed countries, quite illegal - the latter may generally carry a heavier penalty than the former, but the point remains that they're a heaping helping of wrong. The argument can be, and frequently is made that artificial depictions of these acts are purely in the realm of fantasy, that the consumers of said material would never dream of acting it out for real. Well, actually I suppose they do dream of it, but... you get the idea. My riposte is simple and sharp: I don't want to see that shit. Quite apart from my moral objections in the UK (where I used to live) and Germany (where I currently live), it's pretty damned illegal. Go specialise someplace else.
TO RECAP: Here's some moral mathematics. Please note this down in your copybooks, as you'll be expected to know this for your GCSEs next summer:
Actually, it might be 2WRONG. It's been a long time since I did serious maths.
Now, I'm guilty of perusing the darker corners of the interwebs - e621, FurAffinity, 4chan and their ilk - and quietly ignoring the seediest of aspects that abhor me. I'm not from the internet police, and frankly I'm too lazy to start filling out complaint tickets for every little thing that doesn't fall within my sphere of morality. I suspect I am not alone in having this outlook on the Interporns.
Thus, while you can argue that e621's demise is a product of its own moderation, you have to wonder why FurAffinity isn't under similar scrutiny. And before I get the 'cub art is not paedophilia' schtick: stop. Scroll a few lines upward. We've done the maths, people. Cub art is either double-wrong or wrong squared, depending on your outlook on sums.
THUS - and this is the point I've been trying to make all along, so bloody well pay attention: should it not be that a site like FurAffinity is held to the same moral standards as a site like e621? People (by which I mean Americans) like to bang on about freedom of expression, usually at the expense of taste and decency, and while it's not a sentiment I entirely agree with, I do believe that if it is to be applied, it should be applied unilaterally.
But mostly, I'm annoyed because I'll never get to read the immortal line "TITTIES MAKE ME ANGRYYYY" in its natural habitat, ever again.
Also, why do you Americans insist on spelling it 'pedophilia'? You do realise that's an obsession with walking, right? A pedometer is not going to help you cruise for underage boys. Just sayin', yo.
tl;dr - Either bring back e621 or ban cub porn from FurAffinity. Or close FurAffinity, if you're a 'going down with the ship' kind of person.
A post about my moving to Germany (and possible eventual commissions, if I ever get off my arse) will follow at some point soon. Can't all be about the cub-fuckin', after all. WHAT ABOUT ME?
I had a yardstick, once. I'd know that I'd 'arrived' as a furry, that my wayward pursuit of art was actually worth a damn, when one of my tawdry slices of fap-fodder made its way to e621's gargantuan wankbank for mass-consumption. Somewhat worthwhile, anyway.
So you can imagine my lack of mirth when I find this morning that the site has imploded under the weight of its own paedophilia. Which I suppose is kinda fair enough... sort of. Why they didn't see fit to moderate the weird Japanese kiddy porn out is beyond me, but then I don't have a vested interest in seeing fictional children get diddled, so what would I know, right?
e621 was a genuinely excellent repository, though. The site's design made it wonderfully elegant at both hunting down exisiting favourites and discovering the wares of some new and enticing hotshots. I've lost count of the number of talented folks I found through that site, and its loss is just that: a genuine loss. Right now there's nothing out there that really compares.
All this leaves me wondering, though: FurAffinity has neatly sidestepped this loli nonsense by, well, outlawing it. And that's great, really it is! Or rather, I should say it's a great start.
As many have waxed lyrical about before, there is a proliferation of so-called 'cub' art on this site which, well...
Allow me to give to a little detailed insight, which I know you neither asked for nor really wanted, as to how my mind operates on a sexual level, particularly with regards to our beloved anthropornmorphics [sic].
Many have said that furry porn is tantamount to bestiality, and yet in the case of the sort of stuff I'm into - namely bipedal anthropomophic females - I can clearly argue that this is not the case. The key word here is 'anthropomorphic', which to paraphrase the dictionary definition, is to imbue a subject with human characteristics. Human, people. That there's the crux of it: that essence of humanity is what seperates harmlessly titillating furry porn from ghastly outright dogfuckery. Most animals are adorable - I've been around them in various forms for most of my life, and their companionship is a valuable thing to have. Yet I, and hopefully you, would never consider putting on some Marvin Gaye and taking the term 'doggystyle' that bit too literally.
Likewise, I'm not into depictions of children in sexual encounters. I don't really get how anyone could be: children are fucking horrible (and, I've heard it argued, horrible at fucking) - but humanity is nothing if not strange and myriad and strangely myriad.
Both of these physical activities are, in most developed countries, quite illegal - the latter may generally carry a heavier penalty than the former, but the point remains that they're a heaping helping of wrong. The argument can be, and frequently is made that artificial depictions of these acts are purely in the realm of fantasy, that the consumers of said material would never dream of acting it out for real. Well, actually I suppose they do dream of it, but... you get the idea. My riposte is simple and sharp: I don't want to see that shit. Quite apart from my moral objections in the UK (where I used to live) and Germany (where I currently live), it's pretty damned illegal. Go specialise someplace else.
TO RECAP: Here's some moral mathematics. Please note this down in your copybooks, as you'll be expected to know this for your GCSEs next summer:
sex + children = WRONG
sex + animals = WRONG
∴ sex + (children × animals) = WRONG²Actually, it might be 2WRONG. It's been a long time since I did serious maths.
Now, I'm guilty of perusing the darker corners of the interwebs - e621, FurAffinity, 4chan and their ilk - and quietly ignoring the seediest of aspects that abhor me. I'm not from the internet police, and frankly I'm too lazy to start filling out complaint tickets for every little thing that doesn't fall within my sphere of morality. I suspect I am not alone in having this outlook on the Interporns.
Thus, while you can argue that e621's demise is a product of its own moderation, you have to wonder why FurAffinity isn't under similar scrutiny. And before I get the 'cub art is not paedophilia' schtick: stop. Scroll a few lines upward. We've done the maths, people. Cub art is either double-wrong or wrong squared, depending on your outlook on sums.
THUS - and this is the point I've been trying to make all along, so bloody well pay attention: should it not be that a site like FurAffinity is held to the same moral standards as a site like e621? People (by which I mean Americans) like to bang on about freedom of expression, usually at the expense of taste and decency, and while it's not a sentiment I entirely agree with, I do believe that if it is to be applied, it should be applied unilaterally.
But mostly, I'm annoyed because I'll never get to read the immortal line "TITTIES MAKE ME ANGRYYYY" in its natural habitat, ever again.
Also, why do you Americans insist on spelling it 'pedophilia'? You do realise that's an obsession with walking, right? A pedometer is not going to help you cruise for underage boys. Just sayin', yo.
tl;dr - Either bring back e621 or ban cub porn from FurAffinity. Or close FurAffinity, if you're a 'going down with the ship' kind of person.
A post about my moving to Germany (and possible eventual commissions, if I ever get off my arse) will follow at some point soon. Can't all be about the cub-fuckin', after all. WHAT ABOUT ME?
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