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Saw Merry Little Batman on the Amazon Movies FAST channel this morning.
It was cute and pretty fun. Definitely earned all the Emmys it won last year.
God, Cartoon Network was stupid to drop a film like that for no reason, especially since they have stuff like...
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Hmm.
It was cute and pretty fun. Definitely earned all the Emmys it won last year.
God, Cartoon Network was stupid to drop a film like that for no reason, especially since they have stuff like...
Like...
Like...
...um.
Hmm.
a cartoon of a child dressed as batman with the caption wait a minute
Alt: Damian Wayne, a small kid dressed like the Batman, is looking confused and saying "Wait a minute."
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December 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Saw Merry Little Batman on the Amazon Movies FAST channel this morning.
It was cute and pretty fun. Definitely earned all the Emmys it won last year.
God, Cartoon Network was stupid to drop a film like that for no reason, especially since they have stuff like...
Like...
Like...
...um.
Hmm.
It was cute and pretty fun. Definitely earned all the Emmys it won last year.
God, Cartoon Network was stupid to drop a film like that for no reason, especially since they have stuff like...
Like...
Like...
...um.
Hmm.
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The perennial (wasteful, inefficient, less good, environmentally catastrophic) solution looking for a problem
Sega says it will start implementing efficient development methods, including the use of AI.
However, because it knows AI use "faces strong resistance in creative areas", it pledges to only use it in "appropriate use cases".
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sega-sa...
However, because it knows AI use "faces strong resistance in creative areas", it pledges to only use it in "appropriate use cases".
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sega-sa...
Sega says it will use AI in game development, but only in ‘appropriate use cases’ | VGC
The company is aware that AI can “face strong resistance in creative areas”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The perennial (wasteful, inefficient, less good, environmentally catastrophic) solution looking for a problem
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I think this is the middle ground we're going to start seeing over time, as developers start to realise using genAI for game art is never going to pass muster with players. I think the general consensus will become "efficiency is fine, creativity is not"
Sega says it will start implementing efficient development methods, including the use of AI.
However, because it knows AI use "faces strong resistance in creative areas", it pledges to only use it in "appropriate use cases".
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sega-sa...
However, because it knows AI use "faces strong resistance in creative areas", it pledges to only use it in "appropriate use cases".
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sega-sa...
Sega says it will use AI in game development, but only in ‘appropriate use cases’ | VGC
The company is aware that AI can “face strong resistance in creative areas”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I think this is the middle ground we're going to start seeing over time, as developers start to realise using genAI for game art is never going to pass muster with players. I think the general consensus will become "efficiency is fine, creativity is not"
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Not a fucking surprise. If you're surprised by this you don't know SEGA intimately enough to understand their inner workings.
Sega says it will start implementing efficient development methods, including the use of AI.
However, because it knows AI use "faces strong resistance in creative areas", it pledges to only use it in "appropriate use cases".
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sega-sa...
However, because it knows AI use "faces strong resistance in creative areas", it pledges to only use it in "appropriate use cases".
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sega-sa...
Sega says it will use AI in game development, but only in ‘appropriate use cases’ | VGC
The company is aware that AI can “face strong resistance in creative areas”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Not a fucking surprise. If you're surprised by this you don't know SEGA intimately enough to understand their inner workings.
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I think the biggest problem with live-action Disney remakes is that: It feels like they’re all ashamed of being based on cartoons, and feel like they need to “improve” the source material!
I miss when these kind of movies were just straight up cartoons and not ashamed of the source material!
I miss when these kind of movies were just straight up cartoons and not ashamed of the source material!
December 4, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I think the biggest problem with live-action Disney remakes is that: It feels like they’re all ashamed of being based on cartoons, and feel like they need to “improve” the source material!
I miss when these kind of movies were just straight up cartoons and not ashamed of the source material!
I miss when these kind of movies were just straight up cartoons and not ashamed of the source material!
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However it will never beat the original book or the 1966 animated TV special that always will cherish my heart.
December 4, 2025 at 6:06 AM
However it will never beat the original book or the 1966 animated TV special that always will cherish my heart.
I know there's people who hate the Ron Howard/Jim Carrey's Grinch but I actually found it actually distinctive and charming in a way even with its flaws. Jim Carrey can put on a performance as the Grinch and I'm more forgiving than most. However I'm not forgiveful about the Illumination Grinch. Ugh.
December 4, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I know there's people who hate the Ron Howard/Jim Carrey's Grinch but I actually found it actually distinctive and charming in a way even with its flaws. Jim Carrey can put on a performance as the Grinch and I'm more forgiving than most. However I'm not forgiveful about the Illumination Grinch. Ugh.
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one of my favorite interactions I've ever had is when a Japanese guy in like his 40s, asked me, with a slightly bewildered tone "where do you even hear about this shit? even Japanese people don't know this" in regards to me talking about some old untranslated game
the world is vast! many games!
the world is vast! many games!
there’s no possible way there can exist as many PS1 hidden gems as are being discovered
the only explanation is that people are producing brand-new PS1 deep cuts and backdating them to 1998
the only explanation is that people are producing brand-new PS1 deep cuts and backdating them to 1998
December 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
one of my favorite interactions I've ever had is when a Japanese guy in like his 40s, asked me, with a slightly bewildered tone "where do you even hear about this shit? even Japanese people don't know this" in regards to me talking about some old untranslated game
the world is vast! many games!
the world is vast! many games!
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there’s no possible way there can exist as many PS1 hidden gems as are being discovered
the only explanation is that people are producing brand-new PS1 deep cuts and backdating them to 1998
the only explanation is that people are producing brand-new PS1 deep cuts and backdating them to 1998
December 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
there’s no possible way there can exist as many PS1 hidden gems as are being discovered
the only explanation is that people are producing brand-new PS1 deep cuts and backdating them to 1998
the only explanation is that people are producing brand-new PS1 deep cuts and backdating them to 1998
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THE MAN CALLED FLINTSTONE (1966) is on TCM tonight at 9:45pm ET.
It's part of a two-night salute to Hanna-Barbera, continuing Wed Dec 10.
All 6 films are TCM premieres. Animation historian Greg Ehrbar is the guest. #FilmSky #TCMParty #Animation
It's part of a two-night salute to Hanna-Barbera, continuing Wed Dec 10.
All 6 films are TCM premieres. Animation historian Greg Ehrbar is the guest. #FilmSky #TCMParty #Animation
December 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
THE MAN CALLED FLINTSTONE (1966) is on TCM tonight at 9:45pm ET.
It's part of a two-night salute to Hanna-Barbera, continuing Wed Dec 10.
All 6 films are TCM premieres. Animation historian Greg Ehrbar is the guest. #FilmSky #TCMParty #Animation
It's part of a two-night salute to Hanna-Barbera, continuing Wed Dec 10.
All 6 films are TCM premieres. Animation historian Greg Ehrbar is the guest. #FilmSky #TCMParty #Animation
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Spotify Wrapped?
Nah I still have "Youtube to MP3's" from Princess and the Frog in 2009 transferred from computer to computer
Nah I still have "Youtube to MP3's" from Princess and the Frog in 2009 transferred from computer to computer
December 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Spotify Wrapped?
Nah I still have "Youtube to MP3's" from Princess and the Frog in 2009 transferred from computer to computer
Nah I still have "Youtube to MP3's" from Princess and the Frog in 2009 transferred from computer to computer
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It was the BLURST of times?! — you stupid monkey!
December 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
It was the BLURST of times?! — you stupid monkey!
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Scott Wills paints a background for the first run of Samurai Jack (2001–2004), created by Genndy Tartakovsky, Cartoon Network Studios
December 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Scott Wills paints a background for the first run of Samurai Jack (2001–2004), created by Genndy Tartakovsky, Cartoon Network Studios
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12 Tiny Christmas Tales is a rare venue into general audiences animation from the legendary and bold animator Bill Plympton, but this obsure Cartoon Network original Christmas special, that reaird on Boomerang intro the 2010s, is a hidden gem
youtu.be/reVrzoyzsKs?...
youtu.be/reVrzoyzsKs?...
12 Tiny Christmas Tales (Boomerang Recording 2011)
YouTube video by Alex Durante
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December 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
12 Tiny Christmas Tales is a rare venue into general audiences animation from the legendary and bold animator Bill Plympton, but this obsure Cartoon Network original Christmas special, that reaird on Boomerang intro the 2010s, is a hidden gem
youtu.be/reVrzoyzsKs?...
youtu.be/reVrzoyzsKs?...
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Some of the thumbnails on these negative Pokemon videos are unintentionally hilarious
December 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Some of the thumbnails on these negative Pokemon videos are unintentionally hilarious
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December 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Random devil girl
December 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Random devil girl
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like telling someone to start with the AFI top 100 and then they'll be ready to watch Jurassic World Rebirth
December 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM
like telling someone to start with the AFI top 100 and then they'll be ready to watch Jurassic World Rebirth
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also I like how it often gets framed as "start with Ghibli and then you can work your way up to the degenerate seasonal stuff." yeah once you've seen good accessible stuff everyone likes you'll be more receptive to the latest fetish/ isekai garbage, which is of course when you are a True Anime Fan
December 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM
also I like how it often gets framed as "start with Ghibli and then you can work your way up to the degenerate seasonal stuff." yeah once you've seen good accessible stuff everyone likes you'll be more receptive to the latest fetish/ isekai garbage, which is of course when you are a True Anime Fan
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so funny to still see people discussing the concept of what's a good "entry/ beginner anime" as if everyone under 40 didn't grow up in a world where anime was totally normalized and still needed to be eased into the medium. beginner anime for who, your grandparents?
December 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM
so funny to still see people discussing the concept of what's a good "entry/ beginner anime" as if everyone under 40 didn't grow up in a world where anime was totally normalized and still needed to be eased into the medium. beginner anime for who, your grandparents?