Category Archives: animation

Monsters vs. Aliens: DreamWorks Hits a Home Run

March 30th, 2009 | Posted in animation, science fiction

Yesterday my family forced me to take a much-needed half-day off, and a part of my relaxation involved taking in a showing of Monster vs. Aliens. I must admit that when I saw the commercials for the film they looked promising but I had my doubts about the ability of the film to live up to […]

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DEAD SPACE: DOWNFALL Animated Exploration of Sci Fi/Horror and Gaming

January 27th, 2009 | Posted in animation, science fiction, video games

Last weekend a new title on the shelves of the DVD section at Target caught my eye and quickly became a part of my animation collection. The film is titled DEAD SPACE: DOWNFALL, and it is a feature-length prequel to the EA Game DEAD SPACE. The subject matter, violence, and gore of this film make […]

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Van Norris: Surrealism in American Animation

November 10th, 2008 | Posted in animation, Surrealism

  A number of research sources have provided a variety of things to think about in my exploration of deeper levels to the fantastic. One thought provoking source was David Skal’s book The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror (Faber & Faber, 2001) where, among other things, he argued for a connection between horror […]

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WALL-E: Moving Visual Storytelling, Laughs, and Subtle Social Commentary

July 3rd, 2008 | Posted in animation, science fiction, WALL-E

It had been some time since my family and I took in a movie at the theater. Normally we keep our eye out for advertisements of upcoming films, and then once a movie is released to DVD we make a trip to the nearest Redbox DVD rental location and for $1 we have a good […]

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Feast for Animation Fans

June 20th, 2008 | Posted in animation, anime, Batman

A number of items came to my attention this week that provided sustenance to my animation tastes. The Ovation TV Channel has been running a week-long series of programs devoted to the theme of animation. This has included Chuck Amuk: The Movie, a look at animator Chuck Jones known for his legendary work on Looney […]

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Celebrating Creativity: Ub Iwerks and the Hand Behind the Mouse

July 17th, 2007 | Posted in animation, Disney, Ub Iwerks

This blog is devoted not only to an analysis of various facets of the fantastic, the imagination, and creativity in popular culture, but also to the sheer enjoyment and celebration of these things. With this in mind I highly recommend a documentary that has aired a couple of times now on the Ovation channel titled […]

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