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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

Written by R.M. Walls, aka The Wandering Fox and edited by Scott Tatt, aka The Media Man Characters created by Scott Tatt and R.M. Walls (This story takes place before The Silverlock Sisters: Alien Hostage ) It was that time of the year again, mused Alice Daniels as she looked at the date on her Cyber Scroll. It was December. A once marvellous time of the year for her, once full of colour and lights, with music to sing to and a time to rest. But for many years, since that unf

Written by Captain Conroy Suffice to say, 2025 has been a crazy year for us Thomas fans as we have celebrated the 80 th  anniversary. We got to see the pilot which we thought was lost to time, all new merchandise, new lore has been revealed and the plethora of YouTubers making their own videos to celebrate, the list goes on. We even had some old scripts from Thomas’s fifth season amongst many other things like screen-used props and models go on auction and be purchased by fan

ft. The Wandering Fox IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: This post is NOT an attack against Vivienne Medrano or her fans. This is NOT a hate post. This is an essay meant solely to cover Vivienne's writing issues and talk about her work from the perspective of a creator and writer, not about her as a person. Do NOT take this post as slander or a means to attack her. That is NOT the intention behind this post whatsoever! Hazbin Hotel Season 2 has come and gone, and opinions are very split

Written by The Wandering Fox Freddy: Should we get the Cynical Crown out for this one? Eh not for long Freddy, I have busier things to do. Freddy: Yeah? Teddy: He does! He’s got a bit of writing to get out there! Freddy: Oh yes he does! But still, mind telling our readers what this is about? Yes of course. Hey guys, it’s me the Wandering Fox again and I’m here to talk to you about my Hazbin Hotel rewrite. You see, I watched Season Two and thought it was nowhere near as good

Written by KivatheDCWizard Hello everyone, I’m the Passing-through Kamen Rider, and if it is cheesy I love it. As you know I’m a Pokémon fan, and I love the games. Now, the Paldea Region in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet allow us to face important opponents in a way that every type is countered. Between the Titan Pokémon, the Gym Leaders and the Star Bosses every type was represented. So I thought, why not a similar system for another region? What if aside from the Gym Leader

Written by The Wandering Fox Freddy and Teddy were busy writing out a few Christmas cards. The fox beamed over at Teddy. Freddy: Gonna sneak in a little love confession? Teddy: I d-don’t know, maybe. I gotta think of it. Freddy: I say you should, you gotta give her something other than Merry Christmas. Teddy: Yeah, but would she be interested? Freddy: You don’t know until you try. That you don’t guys. You don’t know until you try. It’s like watching a film or series or play