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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(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

Whew, we're about to end another year already? Man time really is just an illusion these days... So 2025. What a year am I right? And when I say that, I don't necessarily mean it in a good way. While 2025 wasn't as bad as 2024, it still had a lot of bad things about it, especially considering certain people in power that I won't mention here. I want to keep things fun as we finish off 2025, so no need to delve into that stuff. This blog is about media, so let's talk about it.

I love animated films. When it comes to cinema, animation is my favourite form of art. Live-action films are cool in their own right, don't get me wrong, but animated films are always the best for me. Not only do they have no limits to what you can do, but they always tend to leave a more memorable impression for me and half the time, I feel animated films are better than most live-action films. Sometimes it feels as if animated films are more mature than live-action films to

Written by The Wandering Fox Freddy and Teddy were getting themself well cosy under the Christmas tree, both fox and cat smiling as they had their warm drinks by their sides. There was no presents yet which meant they could have the tree to themselves. They watched the Wandering Fox come in with a few DVDs in hand. Freddy: Hey mate! What DVDs you got there? Teddy: Any of them Christmassy? Yes they are, in fact they’re all my favourite Christmas films that I love to watch jus

Written by The Wandering Fox Freddy and Teddy were snoozing away in bed, too tired to get up after spending the night getting a bit tipsy with the drinks. The Wandering Fox smiled as he closed the door on them. I think we’ll let them be. Good day everybody. With the title you can see it’s about two of DC’s Titans. You know them, you love them, you know of their relationship with each other, it’s Beast Boy and Raven. Yes, I ship them, so what? I ain’t the only one XD But still

Who doesn't love a good Christmas film? It just never really feels like Christmas until you've put on a good holiday classic, eh? Whether it's a movie that makes you feel festive or takes you on an emotional roller-coaster ride, Christmas films are as much a holiday staple as putting up Christmas trees, wrapping up presents and eating Christmas dinner. Many Christmas films are timeless holiday classics, and many are corny festive guilty pleasures. Sadly, there's not a lot of

I know, seems rather soon, doesn't it? Pokémon Legends Z-A has only just come out in October, and already we've got DLC to play for it? That's just nuts! As is, here we are with the Mega Dimension DLC expansion for Legends Z-A . Some may criticize GameFreak for announcing a DLC before the main game even released, but some also think this might be because Legends Z-A got pushed back a year and that the DLC was always meant to release this year while the main game was meant t

Flippin' heck, time is just a blur these days. Seriously, how are we in a situation where I, the Media Man, am now here, on the blog, talking about a Zootropolis sequel?! I remember seeing the first movie back in 2016 when it came out! Unless you've been living in a cave all your life, you'll no doubt be very familiar with Zootropolis , or Zootopia as it's called everywhere else. Here in the UK, we called it Zootropolis due to some copyright thing in Europe regarding the n