“Where the hell are they?” “The appropriate question is, when the hell are they?” -Marty & Doc, Back to the Future If you’ve read many of my articles here on EarnThis, there’s a good chance you already knew that Brian Likes this one. Of the hundred entries in my Film Favorites Countdown, fully 10% include…
What is the most pervasive, systematic flaw in mainstream movies and television? What’s the common thread? Everyone bemoans Hollywood’s over-reliance on existing source material. We criticize the general soullessness of many movies, the predictably sophomoric humor of many sitcoms, the disaster porn in action movies. I think the biggest problem is none of those, and it…
Download link (you may have to right click and “Save As”) Brian and I got together sat down to discuss “things we haven’t seen yet.” This includes two topics: First, famous shows or movies we haven’t seen, and why we haven’t yet seen them. (Though neither of us have seen all of Seinfeld, we marvel at…
When I was a kid, precious few things made me as happy as stumbling upon Mrs. Doubtfire on TV. No matter what I was doing or where it was, I would always plop down and watch it til the end; I’ve probably seen the first act twice and the ending 12 or 13 times. And…
Download link (you may have to right click and “Save As”) Grant and I love a lot of things, but there are two in particular we focused on in today’s podcast: Tom Hanks movies and ridiculous fantasy drafts. In a competitive draft format, each of us select eight Tom Hanks movies, then justify our picks. Like…
Toy Story (1995) Kevin: Whenever one great civilization falls, another one rises up in its place. It’s no different in cinema history. The Disney studio released their 33rd animated feature, Pocahontas, in 1995. Pixar released their 1st. Toy Story was heralded at the time for innovation and novelty. It is remembered today for giving us…
Hello all — it’s a couple weeks overdue, but here is a podcast review of How to Train Your Dragon 2 featuring me (Dan) and the ever-enlightening Kevin from Taestful Reviews. Kevin and I have been slowly working on a series called Animation Evaluation in which we go through the recent works of the major…
This is an entry in the Pokemon Movies Retrospective Movie #14: White/Black – Victini and Zekrom/Reshiram “So cold…at this rate, I won’t be able to breathe. My body won’t do what I tell it. Sorry, Victini. Even though I promised to take you to the sea…Sorry.” – Satoshi (Japanese dub) White – Victini and Zekrom…
Dan: While I was searching for images for a post I was writing for this site, I stumbled upon a blog called Taestful Reviews. I read through several of the reviews on the site, which focuses on animation, and really liked the voice of the writer, Kevin Tae. I reached out to him to see…
The Little Mermaid (1989) Kevin: Frozen is largely credited for creatively twisting Disney princess tropes, but for me, The Little Mermaid did it better. Although it returned to the animation Disney was known for in the golden days, The Little Mermaid should be known for innovating the Disney fairytale formula. Eric and Ariel fall in…