James K Gunn
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Aussie Animator and Animation Fan. (He/Him). Likes: Movies, TV Shows, Comic Books, Physical Media, and Animals. Dislikes: Donald Trump. I would say I joined Blue Sky 'cause Elon ruined Twitter... but that would imply Twitter was any good to begin with
Happy (belated) 134th Birthday to Otto Messmer - the REAL creator of Felix the Cat. Here's a really good documentary by John Canemaker where he speaks on camera about his experiences. He deserved so much better. If there's a hell somewhere I hope to God Pat Sullivan is burning in it.
Otto Messmer And Felix The Cat (1977) by John Canemaker (off-air recording)
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First Daveigh Chase (Lilo in Lilo and Stitch), now Hayden Panettiere (Dot in A Bug's Life)... two former child stars dying at criminally young ages. RIP
US star Hayden Panettiere dies aged 36
Hayden Panettiere, star of popular television series including Heroes and Nashville, has died. She was 36.
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I’ve been watching @matbrunetvo.com’s videos on the toxicity in the cartoon community… and yeah I feel as though I’ve contributed to that. Especially in regards to going on rants about a certain controversial YouTube critic. And I’m genuinely sorry for…
I’ve Had Enough of the Cartoon Community [and Fandoms] (2/4): Gatekeeping
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my whole solidarity with Yesterworld at this very difficult time
James K Gunn@jameskgunn.bsky.social · 4d agoHey guys, YesterWorld is in trouble. Apparently Google fucked him over and accidentally turned off monetization on all the videos he’s ever made, and won’t let him log back into his account. He makes awesome videos. Tell @googlesupportp.bsky.social and @youtubesupport.bsky.social to fix this shit.
Hey guys, YesterWorld is in trouble. Apparently Google fucked him over and accidentally turned off monetization on all the videos he’s ever made, and won’t let him log back into his account. He makes awesome videos. Tell @googlesupportp.bsky.social and @youtubesupport.bsky.social to fix this shit.
Hey Everyone… I need your help.
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Hey just in case you guys don’t know, I’ve created an alt-account called “Golden Age Cartoon Fan” just so I can specifically talk about one of my interests. I’ll still be using this account, but might use this one a bit more… so feel free to follow me there as well: bsky.app/profile/gold...
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As someone whose Grandma died of Alzheimer's... I know what you're going through. I'm sorry.
The Autistic Diabetic😺💙@autisticdiabetic.bsky.social · 7d agoUpdate: My mom’s back home after having to spend the night with my grandma. Neither one of us got any sleep, and her caregiver will be there later in the morning, but if she does this again and continues to act like an immature child, we’ll have no choice but to put her in a retirement home.
Bottom line: David Ellison is an idiot. He's literally turned into one of the cartoon characters he owns:
...(which would BTW make this already very expensive move cost TWICE as much)... Moving all of Paramount to another state... WOULD DO LITERALLY NOTHING! The lawsuit would still be in affect.
Like even if you were to successfully move Paramount out of California (and all other states involved in this lawsuit)… WB would still remain largely in CA and under Bonta's derestriction. Unless you're also planning to somehow convince WB to move all of it's multi-state operations with you...
Doing all of that would cost 100s OF BILLIONS of dollars, even more than you're currently paying for WB. And one final thing: David...you do realise you only own Paramount at the moment right?
That would basically be like when the Fleischer's moved to Miami in late-30s-early-40s (and we all know how that ended for them).
Plus, by moving your operations to the middle of nowhere, you'd basically be cutting off most of your contacts and resources that have long been established in LA and New York, and would make the 30-films a year you keep promising EVEN more expensive.
Plus, you know Paramount and WB aren't just in CA right? They're multi-national corporations - with offices and divisions in MULTIPLE states. So in order to completely avoid this lawsuit, you'd have move ALL YOUR OPERATIONS out of ALL 12 STATES that are suing you.
… because unless you're going to be like Walt Disney in the '60s and use dummy-corporations to buy up useless land (which you've kind of already blown by announcing these plans publicly), once realters find out a major company like Paramount is moving in, THEY'RE GONNA JACK UP THE PRICE!
Like, most of the major Hollywood studio backlots were built over 100 years ago, when Los Angeles was mostly just a no-name Podunk farming town out west and land there was dirt cheap. GOOD LUCK trying to re-establish that nowadays without plunging even FURTHER into debt...
Firstly, both Paramount and WB are over 100 year old movie studios with HUGE backlots, soundstages, equipped with vital filmmaking faculties. They're not carnivals, you can't just pack them up and move to another state. You'd have to sell off the lot, and re-build a brand new one from scratch.
HOW? Like I know this is just an empty threat to try and get Rob Bonta to drop his anti-trust suit (which won't work BTW). But the logistics of this are so MIND NUMBINGLY STUPID! I need to make an entire thread just to break down all the reasons this a terrible, stupid idea.
ToonHive@toonhive.bsky.social · last wk.Like I'm still a bit sceptical of this movie... but this is promising.
WOW! Considering how much Chuck Jones HATED the OG Space Jam back in the day... this is REALLY HIGH FUCKING praise!
Ultra-Shounen-Kai-Z@mvlakai.bsky.social · last wk.Chuck Jones' family loved Coyote vs. Acme. #CoyotevsAcme #LooneyTunes
Yeah I was pretty much the same as a kid. I was a kid in the 2000s during the hight of Potter-mania… but for whatever reason it just never appealed to me as a kid (I only saw the first movie once) Boy, did I bet on the right horse there.
Mathew Buck@filmbrainbmb.bsky.social · last wk.Again, I would like to reiterate that I stopped reading the first book when I was 8 or 9 very early on, and didn't like it. I never saw any of the main films. As you can imagine, this made me very unpopular at the time given this was the 2000s. But it has turned out to be exceptionally well-founded.
Right, because this is TOTALLY something that they can afford at this stage of things... Seriously, it is like Ellison is actively TRYING to sabotage his own company to get his way! Sweet Jesus, learn to take an L for once in your life, you pathetic little man child! #BlockTheMerger
Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) - You Get Nothing!
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ToonHive@toonhive.bsky.social · last wk.Paramount CEO David Ellison is threatening to pull the company out of California starting October 1. Paramount will stay if AG Rob Bonta agrees to settlement talks over the lawsuit seeking to block the Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
In case your having a bad day here's a clip of Clarence "Ducky" Nash entertaining children at the hospital. He died about a year after this aired:
Just a reminder that Tom and Jerry is comedy genius:
You know... there's A LOT of problems with Gone with the Wind (1939) - and POC have criticized it since Day 1... and for valid reasons. BUT the opening to Atun-She Films' latest video on the film PERFECTLY sums up WHY it resonated with so many people (particularly women) back in the day.
Bob Hopkins should have been nominated for Best Actor for playing Eddie Valiant.
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This is the best possible news we could've gotten. This merger would've been a disaster and I'm glad it got thrown the biggest hurdle possible. Let's hope it keeps getting thrown pit traps so that way it never gets through and dies. Either way, massive sigh of relief.
DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 4w agoThe Paramount and Warner Bros merger is officially on hold. The merger will not move forward until June 1, 2027 OR until the courts provide a ruling on the lawsuits facing the merger.
