Writers Get Animated

100 - 100! The Best Animated Shows of 2017

100! Chris and Mackenzie celebrate hitting 100 episodes by diving into the new shows of 2017! What shows were new? What crazy things did creators come up with? What do a laser ostrich, the ghost of Duke Ellington, and a robot mech butler voiced by Jude Law have in common? DuckTales, Vampirina, Puppy Pals, Castlevania, Ben 10, Buddy Thunderstruck, Bunsen is a Beast, OK KO!, Samurai Jack, Tangled: the Series, Imaginary Mary, Billy Dilley's Subterranean Summer, Spider-man, Mysticons, Danger & Eggs, The Jellies, The Magic Schoolbus Rides Again, Wacky Races, Big Mouth, Neo Yokio Previously on Writers Get Animated 099 - The Writers Get Animatrix http://bit.ly/2yNJGMU 093 - Choose Your Own “Adventure”http://bit.ly/2yNJH3q 090 - DuckTales: Woo-oo http://bit.ly/2yMyFvE 089 - Ready Player Dracula: Castlevania http://bit.ly/2yNJHjW 087 - Who Rule Cartoons? (Girls.) http://bit.ly/2hXtLRU 071 - There’s Something About Imaginary Mary http://bit.ly/2hXtNt0 070 - Samurai Jack is Back! http://bit.ly/2hXtNJw 069 - Once Upon a Time Again: Tangled: Before Ever After http://bit.ly/2hXtLBo Links Watch Vampirina http://bit.ly/2zsNDGm Watch Puppy Dog Pals http://bit.ly/2zsNEtU Watch OK KO! http://bit.ly/2hYRlNY Watch Aardboiled http://bit.ly/2zpQHmF Watch Ben 10 http://bit.ly/2hYRl0q Watch Marvel’s Spider-Man http://bit.ly/2hYRlxs Watch The Magic School Bus Rides Again http://nflx.it/2hXtP46 Watch Mysticons http://at.nick.com/2zpQKyR Watch Danger & Eggs http://amzn.to/2hYRnp4 Watch Big Mouth http://nflx.it/2zsNGC2 Watch The Jellies http://bit.ly/2zpQIHf Watch Neo Yokio http://nflx.it/2zsNHG6

099 - The Writers Get Animatrix

Chris and Mackenzie plug into animated prequels! Blade Runner gets a prequel to its sequel! Why is it always sci-fi or fantasy properties that get animated prequels? Why create an animated prequel? What does it add? How much do we love Edward James Olmos? How bad will it be when the robots take over? Spoilers: very.
Links
Watch Blade Runner 2022: Blackout http://bit.ly/2ypqrt7
More animated prequels http://bit.ly/2ypqsgF
About The Animatrix http://bit.ly/2yoMuQp
Her http://bit.ly/2yoMv6V

098 - Gar-Halloween-Special

Wow, how about that audio engineering at the start? This week, Chris and Mackenzie talk about the Garfield Halloween Special. What makes a good Halloween special? Is the lesson of Halloween really that it’s better to give candy than receive candy? Why did Bill Murray agree to voice Garfield? How gross is Mickey Mouse allowed to be? How many nephews is too many nephews? Links Episode 047: Good Grief! It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown turns 50! - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/047-good-grief-its-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown-turns-50/id1059055576?i=1000377483713&mt=2 Title of article - https://tv.avclub.com/jim-davis-wanted-garfield-s-halloween-adventure-to-at-1798273385 List of 90s animated Halloween specials that prove Mackenzie wrong - https://www.bustle.com/articles/190492-25-cartoon-halloween-specials-that-you-grew-up-with-can-still-watch-right-now Trick or Treatise (sadly already exists) - https://thenib.com/trick-or-treatise-24dea00f3a David S. Pumpkins preview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tML85kQfy0c Bill Murray Voiced ‘Garfield’ Because He Confusedly Thought The Screenwriter Was Someone Else - http://www.businessinsider.com/bill-murray-voiced-garfield-because-he-thought-director-was-joel-coen-2014-1 Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse - http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Morty_and_Ferdie_Fieldmouse Xanadu - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDxcfTm1QTc

097 - Over The Garden Wall

To celebrate the arrival of Fall, Chris and Mackenzie join forces with guest Phil Fine to leap Over the Garden Wall! When is the best time to watch Over the Garden Wall? What is the best part of a coming of age story? How do you make a fairytale both modern and classic? How do you make references to 1920’s animation and make it feel modern? How do you create time and place and build a world? Links Watch Over the Garden Wall http://bit.ly/2xa4cmn About Over the Garden Wall http://bit.ly/2xa4zgL Watch Tome of the Unknown http://bit.ly/2xa4fi3 About Over the Garden Wall Comic http://amzn.to/2x9konG The Hero with a Thousand Faces http://bit.ly/2yARkZq About the Talking Cricket http://bit.ly/2xSyw4o Move aside, pumpkin spice latte. The maple pecan latte is here to steal the Starbucks spotlight. http://wapo.st/2xRAZfu

096 - Canon In D(isney) Part III: The New Classics

Chris and Mackenzie continue their journey through the magic of the Disney canon with Cinderella and 101 Dalmatians! What did Cinderella give the world of film? Why does 101 Dalmatians look so different? How many times was the Walt Disney studios been in danger of going bankrupt? (A lot.) Previously on Writers Get Animated 083 - Canon In D(isney) Part 1: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs https://overcast.fm/+FkrW2B0SU 092 - Canon In D(isney) Part II: No-So-Golden Age https://overcast.fm/+FkrW3PV0I 032 - Once Upon A Time Again (Cinderella III: A Twist in Time) https://overcast.fm/+FkrX2seiw Links How 101 Dalmatians Saved Disney Animation http://collider.com/how-101-dalmatians-saved-disney-animation/ Why Does 101 Dalmatians Look Like That? https://ohmy.disney.com/insider/2016/01/11/why-does-101-dalmatians-look-like-that/ Xerox by Andreas Deja http://andreasdeja.blogspot.com/2014/05/xerox.html The Shock of the New by Andreas Deja http://andreasdeja.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-shock-of-new.html Laugh-O-Gram Cinderella: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn5YWSP1O5M How they created Cruella’s car https://youtu.be/h_7zBsJ96FE?t=3m18s

095 - It Still Writes Itself, Apparently

Chris and Mackenzie bring out the Wheel of Crossovers once again! The rules are simple: two shows enter, one show leaves! We spin the wheel of crossovers to get two shows. Then, we spin the Wheel of Tropes. Then, we have seven minutes to come up with a viable pilot episode for a show or movie concept pulling it all together! Previously on Writers Get Animated 050 - It Still Writes Itself https://overcast.fm/+FkrWyX6PI 018 - It Writes Itself https://overcast.fm/+FkrWlUknI

094 - Let's Dance

This week on Writers Get Animated: We talk Leap! More specifically, our many qualified guest stars talk Leap! We’re just along for the ride. Our resident dance cohort talks about authenticity, ballet, and also FlashBeagle. Why retitle a movie that’s already localized in English? What does elated child-like joy sound like? What is floorwork? What color was the Statue of Liberty originally? What was “this crazy thing that happened in ballet”? Was Parisian ballet actually good? Can ballerinas get stuck in splits? What ARE bigger problems than dance class? Previously on Writers Get Animated Episode 015: The Breakdown: What’s Opera, Doc? - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/015-the-breakdown-whats-opera-doc/id1059055576?i=1000364633245&mt=2 Episode 083: Canon in D(isney) Part 1: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/083-canon-in-d-isney-part-1-snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs/id1059055576?i=1000389877212&mt=2 Links It’s Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Flashbeagle,_Charlie_Brown Leap! / Ballerina - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballerina_(2016_film) Production Process - Rotoscoping! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyjuxSMK228 Flashdance (1983) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085549/ The Layout - http://www.dancespirit.com/the-layout-2326244166.html Floorwork - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floorwork Mocap / Motion capture - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_capture Key frame - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_frame William Forsythe - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Forsythe_(choreographer) ‘Leap!’ And ‘Ballerina’ Are The Same Film, But Their Reviews Tell A Different Story - http://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/leap-ballerina-film-reviews-tell-different-story-153080.html A sight that welcomed millions of people to New York in the 1880s... the shiny COPPER Statue of Liberty as it first appeared - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2037582/The-copper-Statue-Liberty-appeared-New-York-1880s.html The Nutcracker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nutcracker Your First Pointe Shoe Fitting - http://www.dancespirit.com/your-first-pointe-shoe-fitting-2326643588.html Mr. Miyagi - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensuke_Miyagi

093 - Choose Your Own Adventure

Interactive shows are the wave of the future! Well, that’s what Netflix says anyway. Chris and Mackenzie willingly to choose to interact with Puss in Books: Trapped in an Epic Tale and Buddy Thunderstruck: The Maybe Pile! What happens when a viewer has free will? Does a viewer actually have free will? What makes a satisfying choice? Is there a better choice? What are we missing out on?! Previously on Writers Get Animated 055 - Shrek-trospective https://overcast.fm/+FkrWy34Js Links Watch Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale https://www.netflix.com/title/80151644 Watch Buddy Thunderstruck: The Maybe Pile https://www.netflix.com/title/80149064 Interactive Content on Netflix https://help.netflix.com/en/node/62526 Kids control the story in Netflix’s new interactive shows https://www.engadget.com/2017/06/20/netflix-interactive-shows/ About the Choose Your Own Adventure Books https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choose_Your_Own_Adventure Catch The Hypotheticast! http://hypotheticast.club The Hypotheticast: Choose Your Own Adventure http://hypotheticast.club/microtheticast003-choose-your-own-adventure The Hypotheticast: Your Very Own Robot http://hypotheticast.club/microtheticast006-your-very-own-robot

092 - Canon In D(isney) Part II: No-So-Golden Age

Jump on board as Chris and Mackenzie venture through the Disney Animated Canon! Part 2 takes them into the 1940’s and the Not-So-Golden Age of Disney animation! We go into The Three Caballeros and the anthology series of films from through the 40’s. Donald gets some friends! What is problematic about an animated duck being attracted to women? What does experimentation and storytelling look like during this period? What happens when a whale sings opera? Previously on Writers Get Animated 083 - Canon In D(isney) Part 1: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs https://overcast.fm/+FkrW2B0SU 087 - Who Rule Cartoons? (Girls.) https://overcast.fm/+FkrXwR7CI 071 - There’s Something About Imaginary Mary https://overcast.fm/+FkrUY_xhQ Links About The Three Caballeros https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Caballeros About Melody Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody_Time About Make Mine Music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Mine_Music About Walt and El Grupo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_&_El_Grupo Walt and El Grupo http://movies.disney.com/walt-and-el-grupo An Aggressive Escape from Reality: The Three Caballeros https://www.tor.com/2016/08/11/an-aggressive-escape-from-reality-the-three-caballeros/ The Three Caballeros on Mickey and the Roadster Racers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoWvBRGB1E4 Disney 1949 from Andreas Deja’s blog http://andreasdeja.blogspot.com/2017/08/disney-1949.html Flag of Mexico https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Mexico

091 - Chris and Rick and Morty

Oh jeez! What, what, what’s going on? Chris and Mackenzie zap themselves into one of the infinite universes in which Chris has watched episodes of Rick and Morty! When are bodily functions okay in animation? How much violence is too much? Do we need B-stories? How is Rick and Morty like Futurama? What is the best structure to tell a story? Links Watch Rick and Morty on Adult Swim http://bit.ly/2jaVJwL Pickle Rick POP Funko http://bit.ly/2jaVOR5 Dan Harmon Story Circle: http://bit.ly/2ePmi9d About Second City http://bit.ly/2gLjOWa