#Harvey Birdman Attorney General

[clyde49]

Okie dokie time for a pinned post

Sky/25/(She/They Lesbian)

This is a cartoon network/adult swim fanblog

Current hyperfixation:

Space Ghost and Spinoffs (Original Series, Space Stars, Cost to Coast, Cartoon Planet, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Toonami, Checkered Past?)

The Moxy Show

Jellystone

General Cartoon Network

Currently Watching:

Invincible Fight Girl

Gumball

The Looney Tunes Show

Checkerd Past

Old CN tapes

I'm Currently Looking forward to:

-Jellystone Season 3B (TBA)

-Smiling Friends Seasons 3 (TBA)

Watchlist under read more (I need to reorganize my watchlist)

What shows I've watched in full:

Dexter's Lab

Powerpuff Girls (original only)

Johnny Bravo

Cow and Chicken

Courage The Cowardly Dog

Ed Edd and Eddy

Sheep in the Big City

Time Squad

Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

Evil Con Carne

Camp Lazlo

My Gym Partners a Monkey

Chowder

Jellystone

Moxy show

Mega XLR

Over the Garden Wall

The Fungies

Samurai Jack

Class of 3000

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Space Ghost c2c

Brack Show

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

12oz Mouse

Home Movies

Venture Bros

Smiling Friends

Metalocalypse

Tom Goes To The Mayor

What shows I've mostly watched (either I missed a few episodes or seasons):

Adventure Time

Regular Show

Steven Universe

Codename KND

Misadventures of Flapjack

Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends

Original Ben 10

Secret Saturdays

Original Teen Titans

Batman Brave and the Bold

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Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law

Sealab 2021

[magicalgirlagency]

Since adults are the topic of the hour, I want to know which adult animations are your favourite. I know, not in topic with your blog, but I'm really curious!

Well, to maintain this blog's tradition, in the Magical Girl department, there are only three adult series that I liked:

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (basically, Japan making fun of the US and its gross western animation, with its own unique twist. Was supposed to have a second season, but the folks at Gainax couldn't keep their promise);

Bee & PuppyCat (if you ignore the lack of plot coherence and handle Toast's annoying antics, it should be fine for you to watch, I guess);

Super Drags (this one's brazilian! Yeah, it's rather crude and generic as an adult show, but it has some interesting queer topics to check out!)

Now, for the non-Magical Girl ones:

Inside Job (if you're depressed after seeing Velma's rendition of Fred Jones, Brett Hand will serve as a great palate cleanser for you);

Bojack Horseman (it starts off weird, but it solidifies as the time goes on and it gets quite philosophical, too);

Aggretsuko (yes, the one from Sanrio. Y'know, the kawaii empire behind Hello Kitty? Yeah, that's the one);

Tuca & Bertie (from the folks that have brought you Bojack Horseman);

The fifth and final season of Samurai Jack (the finale sucked, but the video game, Battle Through Time, has acted as damage control);

Harley Quinn (Velma tried to imitate this one, and failed so hard at it);

The earliest seasons of Rick & Morty (Seasons 1-3, imo. There's something about this show that tickles my wanderlust);

(Dis)Enchantment (haven't seen the later seasons just yet, but I loved it so far);

Daria (you'd be surprised at how relatable it has become in modern days. And people used to shame me for being cynical back then);

Futurama (haven't seen the new episodes, though. I'll stick to the classics);

Scoobynatural (ignore the fact that it's a Supernatural crossover. Seeing the Mystery, Inc. Gang have an existential crisis is always a treat);

Rob Zombie's The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (this one's a movie. Described as an "X-Rated Scooby-Doo", and you get to see nazi zombies being exterminated, predating South Park's The Stick of Truth);

Venture Bros. (again, this could act as a great palate cleanser if you've watched Velma);

Bob's Burgers (it's a better Nuclear Family-type of show than The Simpsons and Family Guy. 'Nuff said.);

I also remember watching Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, Home Movies, The Critic and John Callahan's Quads as a teen, and they were quite solid from what I remember.

I haven't seen these ones, but I'm surely interested in Primal, Superjail!, Del Toro's Pinocchio, Solar Opposites, Peepoodo and the SuperFuck Friends and The Boondocks. I also wanna see Mortal Kombat's newest animated movies, they look so amazing!

Despite having S-tier animations, I absolutely hated Devilman Crybaby and Castlevania. Major buzzkill, those shows.

And I'm sure, positive and certain that Sam & Max: Freelance Police could've made a really neat adult show if Steve Purcell and crew weren't stuck dealing with censorship sensitivities (they were held back by Fox Kids censors back then).

[adultswim2021]

Squidbillies #33: “Armageddon It On!” | April 21, 2008 - 12:15AM | S03E13

Do I respect it when a comedy program is exceptionally episodic? Do I ever. I wrote this introduction before the episode ended, so it doesn’t hold up that well. Squidbillies very much is the type of show that will end with a cataclysmic event or main characters dying and it’s not meant to be explained how they manage to come back in the next episode. So when an episode of Squidbillies has to do with Armageddon, followed by the biblical rapture, you might assume that the episode will end with the world having ended and that next week things will be back to normal. Or close to it! Haha! These squid guys are very weird!

That’s this one: Armageddon starts happening right away. First there’s a chigger infestation, as granny calls it. It’s actually a swarm of locusts. The squids embrace this, because to them locusts with human faces on them are just a practical source of protein. No idea who the human face is on the one locust they show. I can tell you that the weird-lookin’ guy with the guitar floating up to heaven is Unknown Hinson. Unfortunately he will not get into heaven in real life what with the disrespectful things he said about Dolly Parton and her support of Black Dudes Matter. 

Early and Rusty almost get into heaven, but decide to reject G-D and embrace Satan so they can go mudding one more time. Dan Halen gets in using a jetpack, the absolute bastard. The Reverend doesn’t get in, but the “DANCE” sign does. This one’s a pretty funny one. Above average for sure. Hell, it’s just gonna be me listing jokes if I don’t stop. I think I’ll stop. 

Oh! The voice of God is Larry Munson, an Atlanta sportscaster. In case you were wondering. I was.

MAIL BAG

What you think about the havery birdman attorney general special they did. Personally I think it kinda sucks and lacks any of the charm of the original series but that’s just me lol

Unfortunately I didn't watch that! I actually didn't watch most of Harvey Birdman until I covered it for this blog. And I probably won't see it until I get to whatever year that was. Hopefully it supplies valuable Birdgirl context, because I haven't watched that either.

[firstaidspray]

So, don't ask how, but I came across this interview with Erik Richter, the creator of Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law as well as Birdgirl. In it he talks about this original concept for the Birdgirl series; here's a screenshot and an image ID of said screenshot.

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DS: And how did the current come about? Were you looking around for an idea for a new series or did Birdgirl just call out to you?

ER: Both. We did the Harvey Birdman: Attorney General special [in 2018], in which Birdgirl features prominently. And, while we were doing that, my partner Christina Miller said, "Why is there not a Birdgirl special, or a Birdgirl series?" And I thought, well, who knew better to run a series called "Birdgirl" than me? Once again, Mike Lazzo was involved, and Keith Crofford, who was an executive producer on Harvey Birdman. Our first idea was that Harvey and Judy have thrown up a shingle in Pensacola and they're still practicing law and maybe tending bar at night. And that would've been a funny show, but it became far more interesting when we thought about approaching it the same way we approached Harvey Birdman- taking into account that imaginary period of time since we last saw Birdgirl. END ID.]

Reading this, I just can't get this idea out of my head!! As much as I love the current Birdgirl series, the absence of Harvey makes me really sad (and NOT just bc of Gary Cole). Maybe they'll eventually do a reunion or something, but I like the original concept so much better. I'm a person who adores the relationship between Harvey and Judy, and for them to continue to be working closely as the original concept describes, would've been a perfect Birdgirl series for me.

So, I think I'm going to start creating content that takes place in the original concept's setting and story. I do like the new characters in Birdgirl so of course they'd be included as well, but like most of my pre-Birdgirl content I've made for the franchise, the focus would be on Harvey and Judy.

I feel like I'm probably the only person on earth creating fan content for this franchise at all, especially enough to write this whole "almost existed as canon" AU. But now that this is in my head, Judy and Harvey and the old and current Bird Team are in Pensacola.

Oh, and there's a lot of potential for cute warm weather outfits for Judy and Harvey, too.

[ptbf2002]

My Top 10 Adult Swim Shows

Attention Swimmers, Hm, Swimmers, Got Some Announcement To Tell You, Every Night On Cartoon Network, It's All Kids, Out of the pool, for Adult Swim, So, Here's My List Of Top 10 Shows On Adult Swim

#10 The Brak Show

#9 Robot Chicken

#8 King Of The Hill

#7 The Boondocks

#6 Samurai Jack

#5 Rick And Morty

#4 Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal

#3 Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law

#2 Futurama

And #1 American Dad

Honorable Mentions: Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Family Guy, My Adventures with Superman, Metalocalypse, Unicorn: Warriors Eternal, Bob's Burgers, And Squidbillies

original template: https://www.deviantart.com/edogg8181804/art/Top-10-Adult-Swim-Shows-Meme-852140153

The Brak Show Belongs To Jim Fortier, Andy Merrill, Pete Smith, Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. Wild Hare Studios, Turner Entertainment Company, Williams Street Productions, LLC, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Robot Chicken Belongs To Seth Green, Matthew Senreich, Mike Fasolo, ShadowMachine, Stoop!d Monkey, Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, LLC. Sony Pictures Digital Productions Inc. Sony Pictures Television Studios, Sony Pictures Television Inc. Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Sony Entertainment, Inc. Sony Corporation of America, Sony Group Corporation, Williams Street Productions, LLC, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

King of the Hill Belongs To Mike Judge, Greg Daniels, Plus One Entertainment Co., Ltd. Toon Boom Animation Inc. Rough Draft Korea Co, Ltd. Toonzone Entertainment, Wild Horse Animation Group, Y.R. Studio, Yeson Entertainment, Bandera Entertainment, Deedle-Dee Productions Judgemental Films, 3 Arts Entertainment, 20th Television Animation, 20th Television, Hulu, Disney Streaming, Disney Television Studios, Disney General Entertainment Content, Disney Entertainment, FOX Broadcasting Company, FOX Entertainment, FOX Corporation, And The Walt Disney Company

The Boondocks (2005 TV series) Belongs To Aaron McGruder, Madhouse, Inc. Lotto Animation, Inc. DongWoo Animation Co. Ltd. MOI Animation Co., Ltd. JM Animation Co., Ltd. Studio Mir Co., Ltd. Adelaide Productions, Rebel Base Productions, Sony Pictures Television Inc. Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Sony Entertainment, Inc. Sony Corporation of America, Sony Group Corporation, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Samurai Jack Belongs To Genndy Tartakovsky, Digital eMation, Inc. Rough Draft Korea Co, Ltd. Cartoon Network Studios, Williams Street Productions, LLC, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Rick And Morty Belongs To Justin Roiland, Dan Harmon, Justin Roiland's Solo Vanity Card Productions Harmonious Claptrap, Starburns Industries, Bardel Entertainment, Inc. Rick and Morty, LLC, Green Portal Productions, Williams Street Productions, LLC, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Primal (TV series) Belongs To Genndy Tartakovsky, Studio La Cachette, Cartoon Network Studios, Williams Street Productions, LLC, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law Belongs To Michael Ouweleen, Erik Richter, Bardel Entertainment, Inc. Rough Draft Korea Co, Ltd. Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. J. J. Sedelmaier Productions, Inc. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Cartoon Network Studios, Williams Street Productions, LLC, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Futurama Belongs To Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, Digital eMation, Inc. K Production Sdn. Bhd. Rough Draft Studios, Inc. Rough Draft Korea Co, Ltd. The Curiosity Company, The ULULU Company, 20th Television Animation, 20th Television, Hulu, Disney Streaming, Disney Television Studios, Disney General Entertainment Content, Disney Entertainment, FOX Broadcasting Company, FOX Entertainment, FOX Corporation, The Walt Disney Company, Comedy Central, Comedy Partners, MTV Entertainment Group, Paramount International Networks, Paramount Domestic Media Networks, Paramount Media Networks, Inc. And Paramount Global

American Dad! Belongs To Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman, Yearim Productions Co., Ltd. Underdog Productions, Fuzzy Door Productions, 20th Television Animation, 20th Television, Disney Television Studios, Disney General Entertainment Content, Disney Entertainment, FOX Broadcasting Company, FOX Entertainment, FOX Corporation, The Walt Disney Company, TBS, Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

[bolly--quinn]

that Spiderman meme but it's Judy Ken Sebben

[doafhat]

[moonlight-monster]

[adultswim]

Harvey Birdman, Attorney General is coming! Half hour special and Colbert is comin back! 

[theadultswimpage]

Harvey Birdman, Attorney General half hour special. Who ever saw this happening.

[kazokuhouou]

It is completely unsurprising that there’s a Harvey Birdman special in 2018 when you remember Phil Ken Sebben is voiced by Stephen Colbert.

[los-angeles-toon-patrol]

This day in toon history

11/19/1985: You ever have one of those dreams where you wake up and realize that you're dreaming? And you can't do anything about it? Well like the European dancing curse of 1518, some residents in town experienced a shared, lucid dream. They all just kinda hopped into a large, seemingly innocent dream cloud (you can do that here. It's like that one episode of SpongeBob SquarePants) only to discover that they were not only aware that they were dreaming once they entered it, but they could control what happened! They eventually got bored, there was some fighting about who gets to do what....kinda Lord of the Flies...and they found out they were trapped!! They were stuck in the dream cloud of Mentok the Mind Taker from "Birdman and the Galaxy Trio"/"Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law" who accidentally locked his dream cloud from the inside after taking some Valium to fall asleep. He was dead to the world, so they did the obvious; they dreamed that they were all awake! So they all woke up. A few still aren't fully sure if they actually made it out yet. -Psycho

[yanderefoeyay]

Someone, anyone, PLEASE make a gif of Zardo staring at X’s ass in Harvey Birdman attorney general!!

[televisor-reviews]

Top 10 BEST Films Of 2018

Taking this extra year to look at the film market of 2018 has given me the space to really look at the year as a whole as, what I’d describe as, really extreme. It wasn’t great, but it wasn’t awful, and I wouldn’t really say it was mediocre either. There were lots of movies I loved but just as many I hated with surprisingly few I thought were just okay. Both the best and worst lists were pretty hard to put together because there were so many movies I really wanted to put on them. Cutting Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom from my worst list was a serious heartbreaker for me. But that only means that I’m particularly quite happy with how both turned out, there’s some seriously game changing films on this list. And keep in mind that, despite how much I tried, I still couldn’t watch every movie from the year: so as amazing as I’m sure A Star Is Born and Best F(r)iends are, I just didn’t get around to them. If you’d like a list of every movie from 2018 I have seen (in order from best to worst), it can be found on my Letterboxd here: https://letterboxd.com/animatorreviewa/list/every-2018-movie-ive-seen/

#10. Searching Back in 2014, the world was introduced to a new form of filmmaking that told a story via the screen of the main protagonist’s computer in Blumhouse’s Unfriended. Kind of like a modern day found footage film. And while I was one of five people who really liked Unfriended and its 2018 followup Unfriended: Dark Web, I think Searching is the penultimate of what this newfound sub-genre is able to accomplish. Similar to what Cloverfield was able to do for found footage, Searching was able to use the computer screen film style to heighten the tension and breaks down a part of the audience’s suspension of disbelief to create a horrific experience for anyone who witnesses it. Which also puts a ton of pressure on the lead, John Cho, as even a moment of bad acting can break this fragile fourth wall. Pressure that Cho overcomes like it was nothing. All of this combines into an incredible experience that keeps its audience on the edge of their seats and constantly on the brink of a heart attack. I’m almost certain that Searching will be considered an important piece of 2010′s film history. #9. Bad Times At The El Royale In 2011, Drew Goddard set himself apart as a director with a very unique and interesting vision with his landmark piece A Cabin In The Woods. In 2018, he did it again with, in my opinion, an even better film, Bad Times At The El Royale with a fascinatingly put together and complicated story featuring some of the best acting from such a star studded cast I’ve seen in years. From Jeff Bridges playing against the Big Lebowski type most are familiar with to Jon Hamm definitely playing towards his Richard Jewell typecast to Dakota Johnson making up for all three Fifty Shades Of Grey movies with quite possibly her best performance. Bad Times At The El Royale is one of the most uniquely made mainstream movies I’ve seen in a while with several scenes told several times from different perspectives and each character breathed life into them with such interesting backstories. My only real problem is that the whole thing with half the place is in Nevada and the other half is in California doesn’t really go anywhere but it’s made up for as soon as Chris Hemsworth shows up to ham the hotel up. Incredibly entertaining and amazingly fascinating, this is a movie that threatens you with a good time. #8. The Favourite I appreciate that powdered wig period pieces are coming back into style with shit such as Beauty And The Beast (2017), The Age Of Adaline, and Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. But among the failures of this once well respected sub-genre are good stuff too, for instance, The Favourite, a movie that actually remembers that British people spell some words with a “u”. One of my personal Favourite cliches of films nowadays is having a cast in which literally everybody is an asshole, see #9 and #1. And what I really like particularly with this is that old time-y movies about royalty can be really intimidating to hurdle, even now I have to hype myself up to watch something like Downton Abbey. But this overcomes it by being really entertaining with some great performances from the entire cast, especially Emma Stone showing once again why she deserves an Oscar! And the directing from Yorgos Lanthimos is so good, it actually makes me want to check out The Killing Of A Sacred Deer. The Favourite is a magnificently smartly fun picture that can satisfy both the most bored audience member and the most pretentious film critic. #7. Love, Simon Look, we all have biases. Some lead people to rave about how BlacKkKlansman is the best movie of the year because of how well it portrays black culture and their relationship with the police and evangelical racists. Some lead people raving about Crazy Rich Asians because it had the balls to fill its cast with Asians and Asian Americans. For me, an (at the time) openly bisexual 18 year old who masks most of my anxiety and fears with a very thin facade of comedy, Love, Simon really spoke to me while also entertaining the hell out of me. The script knew exactly when to be funny and when to be serious, when it should have a heartfelt scene and when it should go on a random tangent, and even when it’s trying to be funny or go on a tangent, it gives incredible insight into the main protagonist’s psyche. And for those moments, the context is everything. I remember cringing pretty hard at the whole “coming out as straight” bit in the trailer, but laughing my ass off when it showed up in the film. And Nick Robinson, who plays the titular character, kills it and I think he’s going to go places very soon. All of this culminates at the end, when the emotion is high and I (along with the rest of the theater) are on the edge of our seats, and Love, Simon got me to shed some tears. #6. Ralph Breaks The Internet Of the two million Disney movies released in 2018, this sequel is the highest one ranking on my list. And of the one million animated films released in 2018, this is actually the lowest one ranking on my list. Which kind of surprises me because you wouldn’t think so on the surface. On one hand, it’s just a sequel to a video game movie that lost Best Animated Picture to Brave, how is Wreck It Ralph 2 doing better than the emotional rollercoaster that was Christopher Robin or the long awaited and ton of fun that was The Incredibles 2. But then again, anyone who knows me knows that Wreck It Ralph is one of my favorite Disney cartoons, so how does it barely creep above the smart while not being funny at all Smallfoot or the only surface level hilarity that is Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation? Well, in some sense it’s much better than the original: with superior animation, a cooler concept, and finally realizing that the focus should be entirely on the real star, Princess Vanellope Von Schweetz. On the other hand, it doesn’t even come close to matching up: the humor is a tad sub par, too much is really going on, and considering the very cool concept, it should’ve done more with it. But did I still watch it a ton as soon as I could: absolutely. So who really won here: me for being a little disappointed or Disney who made a very entertaining film? The sixth spot feels about right to me. #5. Annihilation Between J.J. Abrams’s batshit crazy Nazi-zombie experiment Overlord, Steven Spielberg bringing his amazing talent to Ready Player One, Netflix throwing their hat into the “ripping off Big Hero 6″ ring with Next Gen, and do I even need to mention Marvel, 2018 was a damn good year for sci-fi in the middle of a decade that was, as a whole, great for the genre. And while Annihilation isn’t the last we’ll see from science fiction on the list, it is the one that’s here largely because of that. Flatly, I love how the science in this movie works; in general, I tend to prefer my sci-fi very grounded and that is how Annihilation works. I could kind of see how something like this bubble can exist and everything inside it really working this way. But what I really love about this film’s science is that it is a borderline horror flick. Once Natalie Portman walks through into the anti-Wizard Of Oz, the shit that goes down is horrifying. All of a sudden: up is down, left is right, and nobody knows what time it is and I loved it! This kind of gaslighting horror that I don’t see a whole lot of lately really throws the audience through a loop because for once, we don’t know what’s going on either. And for a film to really go so far just to confuse people, I have to at least respect. And to do it so well with some amazing acting on just about everybody’s part, I must love! Annihilation is a serious experience that I wished I was able to catch on the big screen. #4. Sorry To Bother You In 2018, Donald “Childish “Lando Calrissian” Gambino” Glover released his major #1 single, This Is America. Whether you love it or you hate it, you have to admit that it was saying a lot in such a unique way. The world that music video took place in was a nonsensical cartoon to somehow represent the plight of African Americans in the United States. I’m not gonna pretend like I totally understand because I definitely don’t; the point is that the portrayal struck a nerve with a lot of people and, personally, it did feel like a proper way of showing it. And Sorry To Bother You does something very similar, portraying the African American plight in a humorous, cartoonish, and unrealistic way to counteract the very serious, down to earth, and realistic parts. Do black people need to completely show themselves as white to get anything done; maybe not but we all know that people in general are much friendlier and nicer to those who sound like their ideals, usually meaning white. Are we, as a nation, (spoilers) turning poor (and considering how blacks are predisposed to being lower middle class because of reasons relating to how capitalism works, most of the blacks of the world) people into horses; I sure hope not but big companies and better off citizens do tend to think of the working class as just objects to do shit for them. Sorry To Bother You brings up a lot of the problems prevalent in modern society, especially those that directly relate to African Americans, in a palpable and entertaining way is ingenious and amazingly well done thanks to the overwhelming talent of Boots Riley and I cannot wait for his next big project. It’s definitely the best racial relations film of the year, beating out other great films like Monsters And Men, If Beale Street Could Talk, and The Oath. #3. Isle Of Dogs 2018 is a year that really threw me through a loop as far as films went. When I went to see Isle Of Dogs, I was certain that it’ll be the best movie of the year, absolutely no competition. Then, later on, when the #1 film came out, I was certain that would be it. Then the #2 spot came out and made me question everything all over again. Anyway, Isle Of Dogs is Wes Anderson being very Wes Anderson-y while combining it with the same kind of claymation he used in the fantastic Fantastic Mr. Fox and the traditional culture of Japan that’s oh so lovable. And as much as I love the Anderson style, the animation used here, and how Japanese culture is portrayed, involving my favorite animal brings my appreciation over the top. I am so down to get a million more films in which the theme of the picture is that dogs rule. This really is the kind of film that I love just about every aspect of, and though it might mostly be on a surface level way, I really don’t have anything bad to say about this film. It’s almost boring how much I enjoy this, I don’t have much to say except please watch it. It’s so good! #2. Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse Back in 2012, the world as a whole was introduced to a pair of directors mostly known for animation named Phil Lord and Chris Miller when they directed the surprise hit 21 Jump Street and its followup 22 Jump Street. The world then got to know them a little bit better when they seemingly single-handedly jumpstarted the beloved The Lego Movie franchise. Then in 2018, everyone learned that no matter how crazy, Lord and Miller know what they’re doing when their firing spelled doom for the financial flop that was Solo: A Star Wars Story. So when the pair brought their producing and writing talent to a Sony Animation made Spider-Man movie just a year after The Emoji Movie, I think most people were expecting to enjoy it if only because that snippet at the end of Venom was really well animated. But I don’t think anyone was expecting an Academy Award winning film. Whenever I went onto my Twitter for a solid month, all I saw were people exclaiming how Into The Spider-Verse was their favorite movie of the year and then again for another month after the Oscars took place. All of a sudden, Disney Marvel, Warner Bros. DC, and Fox X-Men (rest in peace), have a brand new and major competitor... and for good reason, this movie is incredible. I immediately accepted it as easily the best Spider-Man movie ever, but took a few watchings for me to accept it as the second best film of the year and a few more to accept it as my Phil Lord and savior. It is so much fun, so entertaining, so enjoyable with such great characters, amazing writing, and hilarious comedy all wrapped with a brilliantly animated bow. Another film I really have nothing bad to say about, this is just a fantastic film through and through. Before we get to #1, here’s some Runners Up:

Black Panther This was the year I got a little spent on superhero movies. Considering how I still put Into The Spider-Verse as my #2, clearly not that much, but I just wasn't super amazed by what Marvel, DC, or X-Men had to offer. But I don’t think I even disliked any: Avengers: Infinity War was fun but incredibly unfocused, Teen Titans Go! To The Movies was hilarious but was still just a poor child’s version of Teen Titans, and Deadpool 2 had some great action but not nearly as entertaining as its predecessor. Black Panther was the only one that really left a real mark on me, but even still, it’s not the best film of the year to handle black culture. Even as far as Ryan Coogler films go, I think I’d rather watch Creed or its sequel Creed 2. It’s good but I don’t think it deserved a best picture nomination. Instant Family Hear me out, the movie in which Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne adopt Dora The Explorer and her two bratty siblings directed and written by the same guys behind Daddy’s Home 2 and Horrible Bosses 2 is the feel good movie of the year, is incredibly hilarious and underrated, and even got me to shed a tear by the end. There is no excuse to let Daddy’s Home flourish and this beauty and die, I implore you to please watch it. You will not regret it, let it get big on home media, get more of these made! Vice I get that not everybody gets the Adan McKay style of making a dramedy like in The Big Short or Bombshell, but I do and I love both Christian Bale and Amy Adams so Vice was really up my alley! I just thought of it as a really enjoyable movie with a message I was predisposed to agree with. What really throws this into being a great movie to me is that Christian Bale really is that good in this, maybe one of the best performances in his career. I don’t know, I thought it was funny so I enjoyed it well enough. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? I think most people agree that this was easily the best documentary of the year. As much love as I have for Fahrenheit 11/9 for being my first theatrical documentary and Behind The Curve for being one of few docs that are incredibly entertaining, I had to eventually break down and admit that Won’t You Be My Neighbor (once again) made me cry because I grew up loving Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood that much. Especially now that we’re past A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood leaving not nearly as big of a mark as people were expecting and we’re still watching and talking about this documentary, I think this actually has the lasting impact it earned. Green Book It won best picture, I guess I’ll talk about it. As a movie, Green Book is fine. It’s well made with some good acting, I’ll allow it being considered good. Is it racist? I’d say probably not but it does definitely feel racist. Kinda like that scene from The Office where Michael Scott does his Chris Rock impression; you know he’s not racist and he doesn’t mean for it to come across as it but it still absolutely does. Considering the message of the story is “don’t be racist/homophobic,” I’m pretty sure that it’s not racist/homophobic, it just doesn’t know how to say it without coming across as such. My real big issue is with it winning the same year that had Roma and Can You Ever Forgive Me?, it had no business even being nominated. But outside of all of that, Green Book is an okay movie. Mid90s The 2010s owes a ton to Jonah Hill and I don’t think most people realized that. He told studios how to translate old properties to a modern audience with 21 Jump Street, showed how comedians can combine their sense of humor with the serious setting around them in The Wolf Of Wall Street, and most importantly to this entry, showed how coming of age stories should be told in this day and age with Superbad. Ever since, for better or worse, coming of age films have been trying to recreate that magic. The closest to get it right, in my opinion, is The Edge Of Seventeen but still goes wrong by being much much better, but Mid90s does some really great stuff as well. I appreciate any theatrical film that’s willing to be filmed in a way that doesn’t look theatrical at all. And I also appreciate the likable but very flawed characters portrayed. Mid90s really left a mark in my mind and is a great start to Jonah Hills directorial career. Aggretsuko: We Wish You A Metal Christmas And for my pick of short film of the year, let’s talk about what might be my favorite Netflix series, Aggretsuko! As a cradle between season one to season two, this does a great job at portraying these super relatable characters in a very entertaining scenario all set during Christmas! Maybe it’d make more sense to give this honor to something more impactful like A Sister or clever like I’m Poppy: The Film or even a nice surprise like Harvey Birdman, Attorney General, but no. I refuse. I enjoyed A Very Merry Aggretsuko Christmas much more. Book Club Considering how I’ve spent literally every Worst Of list talking about how awful Fifty Shades Of Grey is, even that year it took off I ended up watching and bitching about Fifty Shades Of Black, I’d like to talk about what is easily the best film to come out of this franchise. Book Club is basically a bunch of old lady celebrities getting together, reading the Fifty Shades books, and talking about their sex lives. It’s like a feature length Gilmore Girls movie and I loved not only the idea, but the film itself was hilarious. I enjoyed the hell out of it. Black Mirror: Bandersnatch As a die hard Black Mirror fanatic, of course I was excited for a full Black Mirror movie with, from what I’ve heard, five hours worth of footage. Especially since its story was told in such a fascinating and unique way, I was interested as hell into this and I loved it! I’ve loved select your own adventure books and games for a long time now, from Detroit: Become Human to Gravity Falls: Dipper and Mabel and the Curse of the Time Pirates' Treasure!: A "Select Your Own Choose-Venture!". So one set in the well established and amazingly well put together world of Netflix’s British Twilight Zone, sounds incredible and it was! It’s just so cool! Bumblebee Laika didn’t have a movie in 2018, but I feel like we still did with Bumblebee. Getting Travis Knight, the director of Kubo And The Two Strings, objectively their best picture, to do a Transformers entry is ingenious! If anyone should know how a creature like this would move and how to differentiate any one robot from another robot, it’s an acclaimed director from Laika. Now that we’ve finally pried this franchise from Michael Bay’s claws and Paramount playing it smart with their directors, maybe we’ll finally get a series of good Transformers films... or maybe Transformers 7 is cancelled and all hope is lost. #1. Hereditary I think the 2010s get a bad wrap when it comes to horror. All too often I hear Gen X-ers proclaiming how, “there’s no good scary movies anymore!” Completely forgetting hits like The Cloverfield Paradox, A Quiet Place, and The First Purge. Every new trend of a certain genre can usually be traced back to one major film: 1930s had Frankenstein, 1980s had Halloween (BTW, the 2018 one is also great), 2000s had The Blair Witch Project, etc. I think this new trend of mixing slow and suspenseful with big jump scares and everything is dark can be thanks largely to The Conjuring. While that franchise might have started the trend, I feel pretty certain that Hereditary perfected it. Every scare is at least mildly horrifying, the loops it throws you through is abundant, at no point are you sure what’s going on, and by the end, you find yourself breathing much heavier than you remember doing. Hereditary is a trip and a half that I loved going through again and again. I think when people think back to what was the best horror film of each decade: 1930s Dracula, 1980s The Shining, 2000s The Ring, 2010s Hereditary. I loved this movie in all its horrific glory.

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