The really sad part is that I would put that date a little earlier, actually. "Disney" stated dying between the acquisitions of Pixar and Marvel, and LucasFilm, arguably at *least* at the buying of LucasFilm, and then the 20th Century assets. Once D+ launched, it was all only about sequels, superhe...

It's such a pity that Paul Reubens died. I hope Pee-Wee will enjoy entertaining the souls in heaven for eternity.

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Spirited Away came out in 2001.

Then why doesn't the Academy nominate any foreign animated films then?

When I always browse Cartoon Brew, I find it repetitive and annoying how so many of the commentors have a bias against mainstream American animation. They always want a foreign independent animated film to be nominated, and get upset when one doesn't.

That's an idea!

A thing that makes it hard for me to watch certain movies is the Wilhelm Scream. I know it's a one-second sound effect often used as an inside joke, and is almost always only used once in movies that do use it, but I always freeze up when I hear it. I find it hard to enjoy movies that use that sound...

Okay, a week later, I am ready to get real about the new Indy film. Yes, we loved it in the moment, but... yeah, it has serious plot issues. First, though, to address a couple of criticisms we're hearing: "Indy is barely in his own film. They have a woman taking over all the action." Phooey!!! Indy...

Animated Views works fine on my phone and laptop.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea? The Incredible Mr. Limpet? I'm probably way off.

The Incredible Mr. Limpet isn't a Disney movie.

It's amusing with how troubled Foodfight's production was, and the mysterious circumstances with the disappearance of the original files. It's the complete opposite of the whole Toy Story 2 incident.

Looks like Ruby Gillman is going to play more like Spirit Untamed than The Bad Guys.

Is there any hope for independent animation?

Is there some conspiracy that Pixar controls the American animation industry? Did Pixar sabotage Foodfight! and Alpha and Omega because they knew they were going to be huge successes? Also, did Disney refuse to market the Studio Ghibli films out of fear of them breaking out in the United States?

After all, FNAF is a horror game. This looks like a co-pro made in heaven!