Writers Get Animated

090 - DuckTales! Woo-oo!

Chris and Mackenzie are live from Duckburg! Okay, not really… But they’re talking about the new revival of DuckTales! How well do you know the history of the Duck-iverse? How does the new DuckTales do so much right? How does the humor of DuckTales work? What does this first episode set up? Why is the 12th Doctor Chris’ favorite doctor? Previously on Writers Get Animated 033 - Who Wore It Better http://bit.ly/2vNYu87 025 - How to Suspend Your Disbelief Without Really Trying http://bit.ly/2eJbdU3 Links Watch DuckTales 01x01 “Woo-oo” on YouTube http://bit.ly/2eJ5UE2 Get DuckTales 01x01 “Woo-oo” on iTunes http://apple.co/2vO0IEj The new DuckTales theme on Apple Music! http://apple.co/2vO2MfP Watch Meet Launchpad http://bit.ly/2eJ5Wf8 The ‘DuckTales’ Reboot Is Solving A MAJOR Disney Mystery, Possibly Rewriting History https://decider.com/2017/08/16/ducktales-reboot-huey-dewey-louie-mother-della-duck/ About Donald Duck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Duck About Huey, Dewey, and Louie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey,_Dewey,_and_Louie About Scrooge McDuck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrooge_McDuck About Treasure of the Golden Suns http://bit.ly/2vOl5RM About Quack Pack http://bit.ly/2eJber5 About Tony Anselmo http://bit.ly/2eJ5Vb4 Doctor Who with the DuckTales theme https://youtu.be/ffX5iAG0GWI About the original DuckTales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckTales About Donald’s Snow Fight http://bit.ly/2vO3UzS

089 - Ready Player Dracula: Castlevania

Grab your garlic and whip and join Chris and Mackenzie as they venture into the realm of Dracula in Netflix’s Castlevania. How does the gameplay and storytelling of a video game translate to a piece of narrative fiction? How is Castlevania like Metroid? How much does Netflix love cliffhangers? Do boss fights translate to a show? What is most interesting about Dracula? Previously on Writers Get Animated Well, Excuuuse Us (Legend of Zelda, Sonic) http://bit.ly/2w9vZU6 Resolutions? What Resolutions? http://bit.ly/2w9tkK4 Links Watch Castlevania on Netflix http://nflx.it/2w99dMk About Castlevania http://bit.ly/2w9voSx About Dracula http://bit.ly/2vtHofF About Metroidvania http://bit.ly/2vutMAy Netflix's Castlevania Series Forgets What Makes the Games Work https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/08/netflixs-castlevania-series-forgets-what-makes-the.html Castlevania Breaks a Rotten Tomatoes Record http://bit.ly/2vbsnDM Dido and Aeneas from Mark Morris http://bit.ly/2vbx14O Braindead the film http://bit.ly/2vutObE About the film Breathless http://bit.ly/2vbuFCM

088 - All You Need Is Love

Love… Without words! Chris and Mackenzie get into three short films (Paperman, In a Heartbeat, and An Ode to Love) about love that all have no dialogue! Can you tell a story about love without using words? What is it like to fall in love? What is it like to fall out of love? What is it like to love a stick? Links Ode to Love http://bit.ly/2vNgRfa In a Heartbeat http://bit.ly/2vNmVUD Paperman http://apple.co/2vNViei Elders React to In a Heartbeat http://bit.ly/2vNr6QD Meander and Paperman http://bit.ly/2v77bdm The triplets from Brave http://bit.ly/2v6my5W Tom Hanks is Reunited with Wilson http://bit.ly/2uNvnpC

087 - Who Rule Cartoons? (Girls.)

Get your cape on and feel the Force! Chris and Mackenzie team up with special guest, Rebecca Myers to look at Star Wars: Forces of Destiny and DC Super Hero Girls! What happens when a show is created for vs a show about girls? Is marketing to blame? Do girls buy toys? Do girls need their separate shows? What does real representation mean? Links Watch Star Wars: Forces of Destiny http://bit.ly/2wNsMc8 DC Super Hero Girls http://play.dcsuperherogirls.com/en-us 'Forces of Destiny' YouTube series explores untold 'Star Wars' tales http://bit.ly/2uuWKAZ Ahsoka Tano Is Late For A Very Important Date In A New ‘Star Wars’ Short https://flipboard.com/@flipboard/-ahsoka-tano-is-late-for-a-very-importan/f-3f819e4928%2Fuproxx.com Wonder Woman the movie http://bit.ly/2vohGwl WB and DC Entertainment in Partnership with Mattel Launch 'DC Super Hero Girls' http://bit.ly/2vU96Xy Paul Dini: Superhero cartoon execs don't want largely female audiences http://bit.ly/2vUk4eR Wonder Woman shield toy http://amzn.to/2wNvRbQ About Sabrina: The Animated Series http://bit.ly/2wzl322 About a Mary Sue http://bit.ly/2hPRMwx Watch Justice League Action http://bit.ly/2wzz4Ng Star vs the Forces of Evil http://bit.ly/2fxdAw6 Steven Universe http://bit.ly/2wzaego

086 - An Inconvenient Animation - FernGully: The Last Rainforest

In celebration of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Sequel, Chris and Mackenzie flitter to FernGully: The Last Rainforest! Does it hold up? Does the message hold up? What would FernGully look like if it were made now? What is the real magic of the environment? How does Tim Curry give pollution sex appeal? Links About FernGully: The Last Rainforest http://bit.ly/2vuNZKw Watch FernGully on Netflix http://nflx.it/2hsVkVh Tim Curry sings Toxic Love http://bit.ly/2u8Xb7z An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power http://bit.ly/2fdzKDD The Bataan Death March of Whimsy Case File #1: Elizabethtown (Origin of Manic Pixie Dream Girl) http://bit.ly/2u5C2r2 About the Manic Pixie Dream Girl http://bit.ly/2v23fxu Disney Buys Anastasia Rights, Announces Live-Action Remake http://bit.ly/2hsVOL5 Avatar vs FernGully http://bit.ly/2wbNhiV About Michael Clayton http://bit.ly/2vuFZsZ

085 - Pure "Imagination" - Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Grab your golden tickets and join Chris and Mackenzie for a tour of Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory! Avert your eyes, but not your ears! What’s wrong with adding Tom and Jerry into a classic, beloved film? Lots. How do you put together two properties that don’t fit? Is there a way to save this film? Whose side is the dog on? Previously on Writers Get Animated Nobody Said No (Leo the Lion) http://bit.ly/wga-037 Oompa Loompa Parody-dee http://bit.ly/wga-084 Links Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory http://bit.ly/2v4pkMv About Jeni’s ice cream http://bit.ly/2v4w78P The Tom and Jerry Story http://bit.ly/2v4hv9G Tom & Jerry’s Willy Wonka Crossover Movie Has a Chocolate Problem http://bit.ly/2uHmFpU My Mad Descent Into The Hellish Void That Is Tom And Jerry: Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory http://bit.ly/2uHrTSh ‘Tom And Jerry: Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory’ Is Perhaps The Laziest Movie Ever Created http://bit.ly/2v4vhsJ Tom and Jerry the Movie http://amzn.to/2uHbWM5 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead http://bit.ly/2uHrU8N Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood http://bit.ly/2v4piEk

084 - Oompa Loompa Parody-Dee

Oompa loompa doompety doo. We’ve got a perfect podcast for you! Chris and Mackenzie sip some fizzy lifting drinks and enter the realm of shows that do parodies of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory! Futurama and Dexter’s Lab have done it. What makes this particular film ripe for parody? What makes a good parody? Links Fry and the Slurm Factory http://bit.ly/2ufXPNL Golden Diskette http://bit.ly/2ufKMf6 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory http://bit.ly/2ug18nK Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Broadway Musical http://bit.ly/2tuUDAA The Treachery of Images (this is not a pipe) http://bit.ly/2tvei36 Spuds MacKenzie http://bit.ly/2ufopGG Rude Dog http://bit.ly/2tvlLPM About Mike Daisey http://bit.ly/2tvdbke This American Life: Retracted http://bit.ly/2ufedhj The Simpsons Cape Feare http://bit.ly/2tvmOQ0

083 - Canon In D(isney) Part 1: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the looniest of them all? Chris and Mackenzie shout, “Heigh Ho” and begin to mine the depths of the Disney Canon. Starting from the very beginning: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs! What was it like to see a full-length animated feature film for the first time? What would’ve blown people’s minds in 1937? What can we still learn? Also that Huntsman, tho. Previously on Writers Get Animated The Breakdown: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice http://bit.ly/wga-043 Make Animation Great Again http://bit.ly/wga-077 Links About Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs http://bit.ly/2uXMQIL Witch Hunt from Andreas Deja http://bit.ly/2uXZTtI Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs http://bit.ly/2uoOXYO The One That Started It All… The Making Of Snow White http://bit.ly/2up55cZ About Silly Symphonies http://bit.ly/2up4urJ She’s the Boss http://bit.ly/2upaArU

082 - Along Came A Spider-Man

Spider-Man! Spider-Man! Does whatever a spider can! Chris and Mackenzie web up a Spider-Panel to discuss the webhead himself. Join guests Adam Caudill (writer/director) and Megan Patrick (writer/artist) as they look at what makes the webslinger so special. What’s different about Peter Parker? Is Venom a good villain? Do NYC subways normally go by military bases? Who is the ultimate Spider-Man villain? Links About Adam Caudill http://imdb.to/2tNUPKE Spectacular Spider-Man http://bit.ly/2svsyEE Watch Spectacular Spider-Man on Crackle http://bit.ly/2svAhCJ Spider-Man: The Animated Series http://bit.ly/2tNQuaa About Venom http://bit.ly/2tOnUFP About the Symbiote http://bit.ly/2sv5je1 About Bathos http://bit.ly/2svgMdx What Writers Should Learn from Wonder Woman (Bathos) http://bit.ly/2svaDhd 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' Performances to Go On Despite Thursday's Accident http://bit.ly/2suTR1P Listen to Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark on Apple Music http://bit.ly/2tO6ZDa Spider-Man Animated Movie Is the Miles Morales Story http://bit.ly/2tO71uM Superior Spider-Man http://bit.ly/2tOaTvP About Spider-Ham http://bit.ly/2svpPLt Bruce the Gargoyle http://bit.ly/2tS3TxG The Infinity War http://bit.ly/2tOdkyv About Spider-Woman http://bit.ly/2uwaUlo Off topic: We Finally Know Why Harry Potter’s Family is So Rich http://read.bi/2tvUppu

081 - Let's Time Travel (Again) (Again?)

Marty! Dipper! Mabel! Doc! Great Scott! Chris and Mackenzie are putting the entire space-time continuum out of whack! Hop in the DeLorean, pull the tape measure, get in the TARDIS, or soak in the hot tub (time machines are weird) because they’re venturing into the past! And the future! And then the past again! What are the rules of time travel? What can you ruin with time travel? It’s Gravity Falls and Back to the Future: The Animated Series! Links About Gravity Falls http://bit.ly/2trUqNb About The Time Traveler’s Pig http://bit.ly/2trtcX6 About Back to the Future The Animated Series http://bit.ly/2trMmfr TV Tropes: Time Travel http://bit.ly/2trWhBC About Felicity http://bit.ly/2upHxQZ Star Trek Time Travel episodes http://bit.ly/2trHWW5 About dramaturgy http://bit.ly/2upck0q About Blendin Blandin http://bit.ly/2trsGrY