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40 Facts About Pixar (21-30)
See Parts 1 and 2 here. And here we are, Week 3 of Facts About Pixar. Next week is the actual anniversary, but for this week I still have some interesting facts to share. Do enjoy! 21: A Bug's Life was Hayden Panettiere's first major acting role This one's short, sweet and simple, not much else to say here. If you're familiar with actress Hayden Panettiere, then you may recognize her from some of the recent Scream movies, some of her television roles and for games especial
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Jan 3011 min read


Media Essays: What If Sonic Characters Played Duel Monsters? (ft. Overkill-0526)
Crossovers are those kinds of things that have limitless potential. Just look at ANY fanfiction or fan art and you'll find all kinds of wacky ideas for crossovers. You even get official media that gives us wacky crossovers such as Batman/TMNT or Justice League/Power Rangers or RWBY/Justice League and many, many more. This essay is about one such crossover idea today, and that's "What if characters from Sonic the Hedgehog played Duel Monsters?" Yu-Gi-Oh! is the kind of pre
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Jan 2918 min read


Captain Conroy's Pixar 40th Anniversary Marathon (Week 4)
Written by Captain Conroy Week 1 , Week 2 and Week 3 here. Now this review will be an interesting one. I learned recently that the former Disney CEO Michael Eisner thought this movie would bomb. Well, he was wrong, ever so wrong. This movie was a success and a big one at that. Let alone a sequel was justified which of course we’ll look at next, but first things first: Finding Nemo . The story speaks for itself with a title like that. It’s the story of Marlin, a single fath
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Jan 2810 min read


40 Facts About Pixar (11-20)
See Part 1 here. Welcome to the second week of "Facts About Pixar"! As we draw closer to Pixar's anniversary day, let's cover ten more facts about the studio and its movies... 11: Peter Sohn's work at Pixar This is a name I'm sure many Pixar fans will be familiar with, especially the really die-hard ones. Peter Sohn has worked at Pixar since 2003, his first job being working in the art and story department of Finding Nemo . Talk about humble beginnings, eh? But that's just to
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Jan 239 min read


The Wandering Fox Reviews: Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Written by The Wandering Fox Freddy: Well this is quite the essay. Teddy: Yeah, didn’t the Media Man say it’s redundant because he reviewed it. Yeah he did, but I explained to him that Doctor Who TV, the website, lets it’s members do reviews of episodes to give their own opinions. I thought it’d be nice to give my own opinion on the movie we watched, cos I know Sonic 3 is liked by a lot of people and is a big talking point in our group of friends. Teddy: I see. Will you be
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Jan 2212 min read


Captain Conroy's Pixar 40th Anniversary Marathon (Week 3)
Written by Captain Conroy Week 1 and Week 2 here. So, after Toy Story , Pixar had the ultimate question to face – now what? A movie about insects, that’s what. A Bug’s Life really was Pixar’s chance to make lightning strike twice and in my humble opinion, I would certainly say they did. Let’s look into it. The story revolves around a colony of ants who gather food for a group of grasshoppers every summer and then collect food for themselves for the rainy season. But after
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Jan 2113 min read


40 Facts About Pixar (1-10)
How's that for something media fans? Pixar Animation Studios officially turns 40 this year! Yeah, hard to believe that the studio behind Toy Story , Inside Out , The Incredibles , Cars , WALL.E and many, many more will be 40 years old. I bet for many people, it still feels like Pixar's relatively new as it's not as old as the really big studios like Disney or Warner Bros. But that's where we are now. Pixar has officially been around for four decades and I'm here to celebrate
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Jan 1610 min read


Media Essays: The Effect of Jubilee
Written by The Wandering Fox Freddy and Teddy looked at the drawing Wandering Fox made of Tom Baker getting his knighthood. Teddy: Whoa, he looks so good wearing that coat again! Freddy: Age doesn’t stop Tom Baker from looking great in his old clothes. It’s nice we got something Doctor Who related to be happy about. Teddy: Yeah, it’d be nice if they did something to celebrate the Eighth Doctor this year since it’ll be thirty years since he became the Doctor. I quite agree o
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Jan 158 min read


Captain Conroy's Pixar 40th Anniversary Marathon: Week 2
Written by Captain Conroy Read Week 1 here. One does have to wonder so, for how great Toy Story 2 was, how on Earth could the guys at Pixar possibly top that? Well, how about a prison break story featuring toys? No seriously. Come on guys, don’t look at me like that. Guys I’m serious! Ah for Pete’s sake, let’s get going shall we?! Toy Story 3 features a main plot point which was teased previously in the second film, what does happen when Andy grows up? Well – in this movie h
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Jan 148 min read


Robot Wars: Masterpost
Nothing much to say here other than here's all my "The Career of" Robot Wars essays all gathered together on one page for you. Should make it easier finding which one to read if you're interested in Robot Wars . Media Essays: The Career of Behemoth Media Essays: The Career of Thermidor II Media Essays: The Career of X-Terminator Media Essays: The Career of Apollo Media Essays: The Career of Tornado Media Essays: The Career of Carbide Media Essays: The Career of Pussycat Media
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Jan 111 min read


Media Essays: The Career of Díotóir
Now this one's a machine I know everybody's going to be happy to see me talk about. There are many recognizable machines in Robot Wars , and they're all easily identifiable for a variety of reasons. Some have a unique design, some have a cool colour scheme, some have a cool looking weapon, some have unique design traits that you won't find anywhere else. This machine is easily the best example of that last part. No other machine sports a look as iconic and as easily recogniza
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Jan 919 min read


Captain Conroy's Pixar 40th Anniversary Marathon: Week 1
Written by Captain Conroy Hello everyone and at the time of writing this, Happy New Year 2026! I know I said my next review would be of The Archie Show , but a great circumstance has warranted holding that review back for the moment. For those who know me well, or even if you don’t know me well – I am a massive fan of the Pixar side of Disney and I have loved all of their movies to date. Yes – Cars 2 included which is an incredibly hot take and I know. LOL. However, as of th
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Jan 78 min read


Should Old Grievances Be Forgot (A Silverlock Sisters Short Story)
(This story takes place after The Silverlock Sisters: Alien Hostage ) It was nearly the end of another year for Ruby Silverlock. And what a year it had been! The silver-haired teenager pondered over everything that she'd been through as she walked through the quiet forest her family lived close to. The air was chilly and the ground was covered in frost. Ruby was well prepared for the weather, wrapped up warm and snug in her thick black winter coat, red gloves and black walkin
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Jan 117 min read
