Miguel
@thatdaffyduck.bsky.social
'Just another black man caught up in the mix"
Fledgling artist and lover of (most!) things animated.
Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/1P0Td
Fledgling artist and lover of (most!) things animated.
Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/1P0Td
If WB had it their way, The Animated Series would've served as an extension of the Tim Burton films (they wanted Burton to EP the show, even!) and NOTHING else. Bruce Timm, Eric Radomski, Paul Dini, Alan Burnett & the rest of the crew ended up giving us something far more substantial than that.
Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.
January 1, 2026 at 2:24 AM
If WB had it their way, The Animated Series would've served as an extension of the Tim Burton films (they wanted Burton to EP the show, even!) and NOTHING else. Bruce Timm, Eric Radomski, Paul Dini, Alan Burnett & the rest of the crew ended up giving us something far more substantial than that.
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Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.
January 1, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.
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Oh this video's going places.
December 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Oh this video's going places.
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I swear, Ellison and the way he speaks is THE core argument as to why anti-trust enforcement has to be pushed far back from the current status quo.
Like, just saying the quiet part out loud like this (and y'know, getting the Saudis involved) should get you kicked out the room right then and there.
Like, just saying the quiet part out loud like this (and y'know, getting the Saudis involved) should get you kicked out the room right then and there.
The snakes at Paramount are just bluntly talking about eliminating "duplicative operations" here:
deadline.com/2025/12/para...
deadline.com/2025/12/para...
December 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I swear, Ellison and the way he speaks is THE core argument as to why anti-trust enforcement has to be pushed far back from the current status quo.
Like, just saying the quiet part out loud like this (and y'know, getting the Saudis involved) should get you kicked out the room right then and there.
Like, just saying the quiet part out loud like this (and y'know, getting the Saudis involved) should get you kicked out the room right then and there.
Maybe it doesn't play as well today, but after watching a camrip of Space Jam, I can confirm this gag got one of the biggest laughs.
This is still without a doubt the most out-of-pocket reference in any movie I’ve ever seen lol.
December 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Maybe it doesn't play as well today, but after watching a camrip of Space Jam, I can confirm this gag got one of the biggest laughs.
Thanks, man! I'll try to alternate between Twitter and BlueSky more often.
November 16, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Thanks, man! I'll try to alternate between Twitter and BlueSky more often.
and then, the pig did a fucking BACKFLIP you guys—
October 27, 2025 at 5:10 AM
and then, the pig did a fucking BACKFLIP you guys—
Bless whoever conceived the photo mode.
September 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Bless whoever conceived the photo mode.
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The nature of gif making sadly compressed this, so PLEEEASE do yer peepers a favor and look at it proper!
September 30, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The nature of gif making sadly compressed this, so PLEEEASE do yer peepers a favor and look at it proper!
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AHHHHHHHHH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-HAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
August 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
AHHHHHHHHH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-HAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
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I went as often as I could to watch the orchestra and I happened to film this part while it was still just a board. Before I wasn't sure what direction to take this shot's animation cause the temp music was bare, then I heard those 3 brass stings and it was done. (used my phone's audio!)
#TDTEBU
#TDTEBU
June 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I went as often as I could to watch the orchestra and I happened to film this part while it was still just a board. Before I wasn't sure what direction to take this shot's animation cause the temp music was bare, then I heard those 3 brass stings and it was done. (used my phone's audio!)
#TDTEBU
#TDTEBU
Checked her IMDB to see which film she was referring to, and it's Lego Ninjago lol. NGL, I regularly forget that film exists.......and you probably do too.
This puts so much of KPop Demon Hunters into perspective and I am glad Kang got to see her vision through variety.com/2025/film/ne...
![“That was one of first ingredients of the concept. I really wanted to see women act stupid,” Kang says, adding that she’d faced pushback when attempting to create comedic women on a past project.
“I have an experience of working on a different movie where we had one [female] character among five or six main characters, and she was also a twin,” Kang says. “She was played by a phenomenally talented, funny comedian. We were watching all these screenings, and we were like, ‘Why isn’t she funny? We need to have her pop.’ I was like, ‘Well, her brother is the funniest one. Why don’t we just swap it and make her the funniest thing?’ And it was just silence in the room. There was this fear of portraying female characters in a fun light, or making them the funniest one in the room, or making them look ugly and unattractive.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rsmvofjgye637n75ie7uxtvs/bafkreiajzccvxhfhwfbswnqudjhxf6fokvjchvydbcfm5xnhwhq6akn5be@jpeg)
July 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Checked her IMDB to see which film she was referring to, and it's Lego Ninjago lol. NGL, I regularly forget that film exists.......and you probably do too.
maybe Jameson will give me a raise after I show him these.....
June 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
maybe Jameson will give me a raise after I show him these.....
Spielberg came a long way from his "I want a new background for EVERY shot!" suggestions back in the Tiny Toons days. Glad to see his input leaned more and more toward his specialty, the storytelling, as he got involved with more animated productions.
One scene that I love in How to Train Your Dragon is when Hiccup wakes up and realizes Toothless is in his house. The moment was actually Steven Spielberg's idea and I'm glad he suggested it cause it helped enforce the bond, especially when Hiccup realizes he lost his foot.
June 17, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Spielberg came a long way from his "I want a new background for EVERY shot!" suggestions back in the Tiny Toons days. Glad to see his input leaned more and more toward his specialty, the storytelling, as he got involved with more animated productions.
Arkham Knight's photo mode is still absolutely incredible. One of the best looking games from 8th gen.
June 9, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Arkham Knight's photo mode is still absolutely incredible. One of the best looking games from 8th gen.
Incompetence, thy name is Warner Bros.
(With a different spelling, of course.)
(With a different spelling, of course.)
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Streaming & Studios: WB Television, WB Pictures, WB Games, DC Studios, HBO, HBO Max & their film & TV libraries.
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Streaming & Studios: WB Television, WB Pictures, WB Games, DC Studios, HBO, HBO Max & their film & TV libraries.
Global Networks: CNN, TNT Sports, Discovery, Discovery+ & other TV networks.
June 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Incompetence, thy name is Warner Bros.
(With a different spelling, of course.)
(With a different spelling, of course.)
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If I went back to my childhood self and told him I would one day be credited on a movie alongside these absolute titans of animation he would beat me up and call the cops.
I’n beyond grateful, immensely honored,
and serving time in 1999.
I’n beyond grateful, immensely honored,
and serving time in 1999.
March 16, 2025 at 5:28 AM
If I went back to my childhood self and told him I would one day be credited on a movie alongside these absolute titans of animation he would beat me up and call the cops.
I’n beyond grateful, immensely honored,
and serving time in 1999.
I’n beyond grateful, immensely honored,
and serving time in 1999.
If you're like me and love the Duck Dodgers TV show, you'll be happy to discover that DC was doing tie-in stories for it on a semi-regular basis as the show was airing! Art was primarily handled by Dave Alvarez and my pal @neals.bsky.social. Great cartooning in these!
April 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
If you're like me and love the Duck Dodgers TV show, you'll be happy to discover that DC was doing tie-in stories for it on a semi-regular basis as the show was airing! Art was primarily handled by Dave Alvarez and my pal @neals.bsky.social. Great cartooning in these!
Cat's Don't Dance is better than nearly every WB animated film that came after, and it was the one WB had the absolute least to do with.
A moment to appreciate the animated movies that are rarely talked about.
March 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Cat's Don't Dance is better than nearly every WB animated film that came after, and it was the one WB had the absolute least to do with.
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ONE WEEK UNTIL THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP RELEASES IN THEATERS! That means tickets are on sale RIGHT NOW! Please support The Little Film That Could, it’s the first completely animated Looney Tunes movie in the series’ 95 year history! It’s history in the making! I’ve got my tickets booked! Have you?
March 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
ONE WEEK UNTIL THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP RELEASES IN THEATERS! That means tickets are on sale RIGHT NOW! Please support The Little Film That Could, it’s the first completely animated Looney Tunes movie in the series’ 95 year history! It’s history in the making! I’ve got my tickets booked! Have you?
Animaniacs, a show Paul Rugg wrote for during its entire run, was edutainment in every sense of the word. The idea that childrens TV *can't* educate is at best an extremely flawed one (I do agree that it shouldn't be a necessity however).
February 13, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Animaniacs, a show Paul Rugg wrote for during its entire run, was edutainment in every sense of the word. The idea that childrens TV *can't* educate is at best an extremely flawed one (I do agree that it shouldn't be a necessity however).