Animation: Character Edition! 

Okay guys, this is the last Knockout vote game I have for the month. @johan has an awesome idea of a dark animation vote and I can't wait to see what he comes up with. This one will be all characters from animated movies and shows. Kids and Adult animation. Hope y'all have fun! I used a randomizer to create the pairs. If you have any questions just ask.


1.) Genie(Aladdin) Vs. Stan Smith(American Dad)

2.)Bugs Bunny Vs Fritz the Cat

3.)Taz vs. Sebastian(The Little Mermaid)

4.) Goofy vs. Daffy Duck

5.) Flik(A bug's life) vs. WALL-E

6.) Hank Hill Vs. Tweety

7.) Homer Simpson vs.Roger Rabbit

8.) Eric Cartman Vs. Wile E.Coyote

9.) Sylvester vs. Dory(Finding Nemo)

10.)Woody vs. Peter Griffin

11.)Rick Sanchez vs. Tow Mater

12.)Donald Duck Vs. Jack Skellington

13.)Timon Vs. James P. Sullivan (Sulley)

14.)Jack-Jack Parr Vs. Mickey Mouse

15.)Bender Vs. Remy(Ratatouille)

16.)Elmer Fudd Vs. Road Runner

V-Wars

Has anyone on here watched V-Wars on Netflix? I just finished the first season, and I actually thought it was really good. I loved the story, and loved how it was a different take on Vampires. Now I knew going into this that I was going to be biased because 1.) I used be, and still am I guess, obsessed with Vampires. And 2.) I love the actor who portrays the main character. Anyway, I don't want to give too much away, in case you all decide to watch it. But I hope there is a season 2, because I was left wanting more after the finale!

Send in your dark animated movies

Well everyone gets a chance to send in a list of dark animated movies so we can have a KO later on. Hopefully we can compile a list of 32.


1) The Black Cauldron (1985)
2) The Secret of NIMH (1982)
3) The Last Unicorn (1982)
4) The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
5) Fire and Ice (1983)
6) Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
7) Coraline (2009)
8) Watership Down (1978)
9) Perfect Blue (1997)
10) 9 (2009)
11) Waking Life (2001)
12) Fantastic Planet (1973)
13) Ghost in the Shell (1995)
14) Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
15) A Scanner Darkly (2006)
16) Rock and Rule (1983)
17) Heavy Metal (1981)
18) Vampire Hunter D (1985)
19) The Plague Dogs (1982)
20) When the Wind Blows (1986)
21) Ringing Bell (1978)
22) Seoul Station (2016)
23) Anastasia (1997)
24) Vampires in Havana (1985)
25) The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009)
26) Barefoot Gen (1983)
27) Barefoot Gen 2 (1986)
28) ParaNorman (2012)
29) Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend (1989)
30) One Night in A City (2007)
31) American Pop (1981)
32) Fritz the Cat (1972)
33) The Nine Lives Of Fritz The Cat (1974)
34) Coonskin (1975)
35) Wizards (1977)
36) Terror Toons (2002)
37) Where The Dead Go To Die (2012)
38) Felidae (1994)
39) When Black Birds Fly (2015)
40) City of Rott (2006)
41) The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (1979)
42) Animal Farm (1954)
43) Extraordinary Tales (2013)
44) Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)
45) Wicked City (1987)
46) Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)
47) Cool World (1992)
48) Corpse Bride (2005)
49) The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
50) Monster House (2006)
51) The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1978)
52) The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
53) Frankenweenie (2012)



https://letterboxd.com/johan_wow/list/dark-animated-movies-ko/

Joker

I wanted to see this in theaters, but I had no window for it. I was never too keen on the casting of Joaquin Phoenix from the start, but I found it promising when they announced that Robert De Niro would be in it and that Scorsese would be producing. Apparently, Scorsese was more of a consultant as he isn't listed in the credits, but damn if he isn't an inspiration. This film was heavily inspired by Taxi Driver, so it makes sense.

This movie will make you wonder about its continuity a lot, but that's part of the game. Here, we watch a man with a bad string of luck and he is definitely unraveling. It's a very well thought out effort and it provides a few ideas that I surprisingly never thought about before. Weird shit that plays with your mind about the entire mythology of Joker and why he does what he does, and why he likes to toy with Batman so much.

As it's own stand alone movie, it's an experience. I feel it would be a disservice to talk more in depth about the plot, but Joaquin really pulled it off. His life is hilarious.

Animation Draft. 

Hey guys! I thought maybe an animation draft would be fun. We would be doing animation characters. I thought it would just be fun this month. The horror draft was fun, and I thought maybe we could have a couple fun ones throughout the year. Comment if you want to sign up and we can go from there.

All forms of animated characters would count.

Animation: Pixar vs. Disney Final Round!! 

Somehow, it's actually managed to be a Pixar vs. Disney Final! But it was close that last round! Without further ado, here is the last round!

Monsters Inc vs. Aladdin(1992)

Next Month's Challenge 

Hey Trash Epians. Just wanted to update you all on the challenge for next month. We are going to be doing something a bit different next month. Instead of a movie challenge, we will be having a TV challenge. Basically, watch as much tv as you want. Watch a full series or two. There will be a different point system as we want to test something out. Rules to follow later this month, but it will be fun. And who doesn't love a chance to just binge some shows lol!

Animation: Pixar vs. Disney round three 

Toy Story vs. Aladdin(1992)
Monsters inc vs. Ratatouille

David Bowie

Died 4 years ago today. It's still hard to believe it, but his bizarre entity transcends life and death. In a way, I refuse to accept that he's "dead" because he'll never be dead as long as I keep hearing his music.

I think his last single "Lazarus" is pretty great, and the context of it makes it haunting. Bowie knew he was done for when he made that song and it's sad as fuck. I feel like a lot of that album was like that.



Don't know where I'm going with this, but I go through my musical moods. Lately, it's Bowie. He's just one of those guys that you thought would be around forever. It's still weird to me.

Animation: Pixar vs. Disney Round 2

Alright guys. Here is the next round! Some Pixar movies are going against Pixar, because most Disney movies were eliminated.

1.) Toy Story vs. The Lion King(1994)

2.) Monsters Inc vs. Finding Nemo.

3.) Ratatouille vs. Up

4.) The Incredibles vs. Aladdin(1992)