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If I could go back and change my Latin Songs rankings, I would've pushed the remix to "Te Bote" all the way to the bottom. I'd legitimately rather listen to the instrumentation on "Mi Gente" on loop than listen to six artists flex about being single and kicking out their past lovers from their relationships over a non-changing downtempo reggaeton beat for seven minutes.
(And given that it has a good chance to make the year-end, consider it as one of my biggest contenders for the worst hit song of 2018 alongside a lot of other selects.)
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(Long) Hot take: Looking back at Mr. Enter's indiegogo campaign for Growing Around, I feel kinda bad for its failure, primarily because of the general response that it got. While I can agree that it felt too ambitious, I've seen some people criticizing it for being mismanaged and because of Mr. Enter's little to no experience in the entertainment industry field.
Enter was completely honest and clear about the project that he was pitching, and he was also mature about answering some questions people had about the campaign. In no way did Enter make his campaign look like a scam nor did he antagonize those who didn't support it nor saw the failure of his campaign as a flat-out failure.
He was passionate about trying to reach out to his viewers to help realize his vision, and yet some people still called him out for how he presented his campaign because...he's Mr. Enter. He over-analyzes cartoons so therefore we just can't take him seriously.
I was turned off by Butch's OAXIS campaign because I thought it felt insincere, and it really showed once the truth came out. He had also expressed that people who haven't done anything of their own aren't worth his time. Most of us called him out for this and yet Mr. Enter still gets shunned despite that he's developing something of his own and wants to at least earn enough for his campaign so he could realize part of his vision by completing a pilot episode.
I'm speaking as someone who has made crappy animated episode reviews ages ago on TV.com, while still getting around and talking about my acquired knowledge of animation and its industry as well as, of course, analyzing cartoons. I'm also speaking as someone who is still on his way of getting his Associate's in art so he can eventually study abroad in animation although while not being very skilled in drawing - or at least that's how he feels.
If you think that I shouldn't feel bad about not having enough experience in the art/animation field, then that's the point I'm making about why I respect Mr. Enter for making a campaign so he could perhaps then be able to share his passion project, despite having little to no experience in art or working in entertainment.
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Agreed. While I don't like Mr. Enter, and thought that his campaign didn't make much sense, I wish (and still kinda hope) that he would be able to make the series. I understand that many didn't like his premise for the series, and I thought it was kinda meh, it was still something he was passionate about, and everyone's gotta start somewhere. Also, I feel bad, because he got borderline harassed for it like all over Youtube, and he didn't deserve that.
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We talked about this on Discord yesterday and it's quite easy to see why this project of his didn't take off. The fact that he requested $350,000 is incredibly asinine. I'm not against people living their dreams. Everyone should follow them, including Mr. Enter. But there is no way in hell he should be requesting THAT much money from his fans. Not only because he doesn't have the following he once did, his peak popularity has long since passed. But even if he was still in his prime popularity phase, no chance in hell would he even have the following to raise that amount of money.
Yeah we can rag on Butch Hartman all we want for being a piece of shit and his true colors coming out the way it did during his OAXIS fundraising, but name recognition played a huge part in him reaching his goal amount. He, at least used to, have millions and millions of fans. Enter, even at his peak, would be lucky to have even a tenth of that. Also, after watching the trailer for said campaign, he had sketches of what things would look like. Actual animation at one point in that trailer would have gone a long way in showing what he had planned for the long scheme of things.
Like I said, he should follow his dream. But he should have aimed for more realistic goals.
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I'll admit that i took my thoughts on the campaign first-hand before realizing if I missed something. The fact that Mr. Enter did ask for too much for his campaign's goal was its pitfall, but it still doesn't change my view on how I felt Mr. Enter presented it in contrast to how OAXIS was presented. Butch was met with some controversy AFTER his project managed to reach its goal and it took until an apology letter to address concerns people had with it and to tell his audience what the platform is really going to be about.
I had to make this rambling where I compare the two projects because I found it discerning how wide the dislike-like ratio was for Mr. Enter's pitch video in comparison to the dislike-like ratio to Butch's announcement video for OAXIS before controversy hit. I mean, it was just so easy to rag on Mr. Enter, but when he's sincere and vocal about his project, I couldn't see myself being against his campaign.
Point taken though that he should shoot for more realistic goals for Growing Around. It's like what I said when I pointed out that Mr. Enter does have little experience in entertainment from an industry-like standpoint. I can see why Mr. Enter presented it in a fashion where he doesn't want it to be in corporate hands because he, like just about anyone else, finds the entertainment industry too dodgy to believe that whatever network he works for will allow him to have complete creative control.
In short, while I do agree that Mr. Enter did manage his campaign a little more idealistically, it at least wasn't handled in a worse way.
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Sora, you're lucky.
Looks like my summer vacation is....
...over.
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tfw your signature SBC avatar comes from the same episode with a joke that shares ties to the signature username of You-Know-Who.
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However, I joined SBC months before You-Know-Who did so I think it might be safe to say that 'Chemist Bob' was never really cursed, but alas 'Mr. Doctor Professor Patrick' is still a false prophet.
Also, because I didn't feel like making another status update just to post this, I've just recently riffed chapter 2 of SpongeBob's Host. I think I've a;ready found not only a worthy contender for one of the worst spin-offs/lits, but also the contender for the worst spin-off/lit...of all time.
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Of course, as I was warming up to "Thought Contagion," this song happened:
Also, the music video feels as if the studio editing it was sent the wrong audio.
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My 2017 list for animation will be out in August, and this time, I'm guaranteeing that. I only have a few shows left in my queue from that year that I need to finish watching.
All I can say of it is, based on what it looks like, expect my choices to actually be diverse but expect it a little less as if it were a list arranged by Pitchfork (or Cartoon Brew if we're going with a more practical exemplification).
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When Danny says "going ghost" he turns into a ghost. When he says "going cheese," does he turn into cheese?
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Which one of you flatfoots is the real Loafy?
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Just a reminder that I might not be able to do a best of animation list for 2018 because I can no longer afford to go to a movie theater with my family unless I were to go by myself (something I have yet to consider doing). And even when the animated films of 2018 get released to DVD this year, I wouldn't also afford to the pay the market price for them.
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@Steel Sponge i’m fr tho
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For those who are interested to see me on there, I now have an account on RateYourMusic:
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Just seeing Gorillaz have a song on the Hot 100 after 12 years is enough to make my day.
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solid reminder for all to expect a huge rant from me centering on the criticism for Truth or Square later today. Be warned, I'll be really going hard.
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yup @Harold Claude is right
rip me
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spoiler for my best of animation 2017 list: gravity falls is #1.
and if you think gf didn't release any new material that year, we got this, so it counts:
that also technically means that I have a disney property as my #1 for the third year in a row. sorry guys, i guess i can't be diverse or fair when it comes to these lists.
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Hot take: "Santeria" by Sublime has aged quite poorly.
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Looking back on it since the last few times that I thought it was a great song, I've only realized how risque some of the lyrics are...:
If I could find that jaina, and that Sancho that she's found.
Well, I'd pop a cap in Sancho and I'd slap her down.And I won't think twice to stick that barrel straight down Sancho's throat.
Believe me when I say that I got somethin' for his punk ass.That's also not limited to the subject matter. I can see that the band has a particular ska punk archetype that they're going for. A part of me feels like I shouldn't make a big deal out of the songwriting, but regardless, the rest of me does as I don't see the archetype working on "Santeria."
The guitar melody for "Santeria" is still great though, which prevents me from loathing it, but I can't adore it as much as I used to do because of the subject matter of a jealous ex-boyfriend trying to win his 'jaina' back by trying to force the 'Sancho' out of the relatioship, even if brutal force is put into question, OR finding another 'jaina' of his own, if it would mean making his old one jealous. So currently, "Santeria" only strikes me as a good-sounding song (so I guess 'poorly' was too strong of me to say) with visible problems underneath those ska punk grooves.
While I am divisive towards "Santeria", "What I Got," from the same band, is still at least a solid 90s ska punk song in my eyes. I could also name other songs from that genre and time period that hold up well for me including "My Best Friends Are Metalheads, "The Impression That I Get," "Walkin' on the Sun," and "Sunday Morning." Yep, this is by far one of my hottest takes and I'll accept any criticism against my stance (and I was expecting one of my takes for my upcoming year-end 2012-2013 reviews to be one of the hottest).
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It looks like we might be facing a dog, huh? I wonder how much ransom you get for a dog? I wonder how much dog you get for a ram? I want a dog. Why don't I have a dog?
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When I see Youtube comments along the lines of "Nickelodeon's biggest mistake was not picking up Adventure TIme," I feel like asking them if they'd really want to live in an alternate universe where they did. If Nick had AT, it would've gone towards a different direction, it would've only lasted 2-3 seasons, and Nick Animation would've had more creative control over it. Greenlighting Fanboy and Chum Chum was a mistake, but does anyone else ever think that Nick has been starting to straighten up after living and learning through critical failures such as FB&CC?
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Here's a strange question I have for any other music fan on here. I've been thinking about making a supercut at some later point, so I'd like to know if anyone knows of a song or songs with a chorus that ends at "tonight."
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I should've also mentioned that I'm also counting songs that have lines containing a similar dialect to examples like "Hey Soul Sister" despite not exactly taking place at the end of the chorus. "We Are Young" has the one part that takes a short pause before it leads to the "tonight" long note and the very last word from the song is, of course, "tonight." (Working title for the supercut is the "...tonight/tonight. Supercut")
Asking for examples for songs that have a chorus that end at "tonight" is my way of getting things started. For those who are wondering how many examples I've got/found so far, I have 31 including "Hey Soul Sister" and the "We Are Young" near-example, holding on for around 10-20 more. Unless you folks want to be surprised by the final result, I'll be willing to share what I've got for when you guys end at a roadblock.
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For those who are wondering how much progress I'm making towards my 2017 list for the year in animation, that is going to wait long until the same month I got my 2015 lists out, preferably by the time my summer break starts. Right now I'm hoping I can get that out before midyear list season.
For those who are wondering how much progress I'm making towards my 2014 list for the year in animation, I have most of my shortlist crossed out. There's a couple more foreign animated films I need to watch, one more series I need to catch up on, and one more series I need to start watching. I should definitely get my list out by the summer.
For those are waiting for my next FOP season review, I should get that out by the end of this month. It's going to take some time because Abra-Catastrophe! had given me so much ground to cover.
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R.I.P. "Sherlock Gnomes: In theaters March 23rd" memes. ca. 2017-March 23rd 2018.
Welcome to the world, "Teen Titans Go! To the Movies: In theaters July 27th" memes.
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I discovered this through my suggestions feed and goodness, it's no wonder I feel the term rip-off is losing its meaning.
If you're trying to prove that two things are alike in many ways, do your research before you end up making it sound like you're comparing apples to oranges.
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So I just realized that AJR have a number one song on the Alternative chart.
Why are alt stations putting "Sober Up" in heavy rotation? ...Just why?
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Watching Caddicarus' review on the George of the Jungle PS2 game makes me realize how much of an enigma that the Canadian animated cartoon show's underdog success is. Like, the show was given a second chance 8-9 years after it ended its run and yet [insert dormant, beloved animated series here] is still waiting around? The show even got its own video game for a handheld and a console when some other big name Canadian animated properties like the Total Drama series didn't?
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After finishing up S10 of Fairly OddParents, I'm currently torn on whether Chloe or Mr. Turner was the worst character of the season because my thoughts are lingering towards the latter.
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