Story Announcement #11

Hi, everybody! I am so sorry I haven’t posted anything new in over three weeks. I was going to review the 1998 film Waking Ned Devine for St. Patrick’s Day on March 18th, but I felt that it wasn’t really family friendly. I was also going to post my review of the live-action Mulan on April 2nd, but because of the Corona Virus outbreak, the movie will be delayed to a later date. I thought this was the right opportunity to announce a story that I’m writing: This time, it will focus on Nickelodeon characters.

The story, The Retro Nicktoons Talent Show, will focus on the 90s and 2000s Nicktoons (excluding SpongeBob and The Fairly OddParents) putting on a talent show to prove that they still have some tricks up their sleeves. It will include characters from The Rugrats, Hey Arnold, Rocko’s Modern Life, CatDog, and many more. However, Cat and Dog will have separate bodies in this story.

As I am writing this, no date is set for the first chapter of this story, yet. Hopefully, it will arrive between May and July.

PS. I promise that I will review Mulan and Scoob (which has also been delayed because of the Corona Virus) as soon as they come out.

Movie Reivew: Onward

Movie Review: Onward                                                                                                               3-7-20

Onward is set in a world populated by a menagerie of mythical creatures like centaurs, gnomes, mermaids, fairies, and elves. Magic was abandoned in favor of safer alternatives like electricity, automobiles, and television. Two elf brothers, Ian and Barley Lightfoot, discover an old wizard's staff with a message from their dad, who died when they were too young to remember him. In this note are instructions for a magical spell that could resurrect their father for 24 hours. However, the spell doesn't fully work at first, and destroys the staff’s gem, so Ian and Barely go on the quest to find a new gem for the staff.

Well, Onward may not be as good as Inside Out or Coco, but is better than Brave and The Good Dinosaur. Onward’s strengths come from its stunning animation, a story that siblings will get along with, fantastic world-building, and likable new characters that sit comfortably alongside Woody and Buzz Lightyear, Mike Wazowski and Sulley, Marlin and Dory, and Riley’s emotions.

Ian (Tom Holland) and Barely (Chris Pratt) encountering the Manticore, Cori (Octavia Spencer).

Director Dan Scanlon admitted in an interview that this movie is based on a personal experience he had when he was a kid: Scanlon’s father died when he was very young, so he devoted the movie to spending the day with the one you lost. This is something I can relate to because last year, both my grandparents died, so I can fit myself in Ian's shoes.

In conclusion, Onward is not Pixar’s best, but is a nice departure from the recent sequel fatigue that has been infecting the movie industry in the last couple of years.

Rating: 3.8 out of 5 stars.