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This is the real 2025 animated streaming release i want to see in the collection. I made two posts related to it but never made a real cover.

I feel like I'm the only one in this fandom who enjoys things other than kids cartoons so I just wanted to share these films with y'all.

Also, I also recommend you guys to check out all of the works of Michel Gondry, Win Or Lose really reminded me of his music videos.

I just find the irony of this funny, even if they fit to the overall tone. These are just instances of artists looking for more realistic elements in, otherwise, fantastical stories and settings.

Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse: In this scene, Peter is seen electrocuted but his nervous system is illuminated instead of his skeleton like in other cartoons, which is more realistic. (despite the fact that the story features people gaining power from a spider bite and a whole multiverse)

Cats (2019): It has been said that the cast has studied the behaviour and mannerisms of regular house cats to better fit their roles, even if this is, you know, a musical about dancing and singing humanoid-looking cats.

Smiling Friends: In this specific scene, from what I've heard, Bill Nye's death from electric shock is apparently realistic to how these types of death occur in real life. There's also been jokes about Zach seeing real gore online because of that. It's really funny considering when of all time this happens and everything that happened in the series.

Never thought I'd talk about people getting electrocuted this many times here lol

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People are severely overlooking this show.

I think what makes Win Or Lose so good is the fact that it unapologetically embraces its cartoony-ness. It leaves any aspect of realism that Pixar usually has with their feature films, which avoids any kind of uncanniness (with how it avoids adding too many skin details) and creates its own expressive universe.

On top of the cast being incredibly diverse (with Rochelle being Latina or Yuwen being asian), the characters get to be fully expressive with the animation style and end up never feeling bland or boring, which brings this freedom into this artstyle that a studio like Disney never really gets to have. From the way their pupils shrink to a single dot or bent their parts of their bodies like 2d characters. I also think that the designs are adorable and mesh well with the down-to-earth tone of the story.

The way the style looks so simple also presents a contrast with how complex their emotions are and creates a sort of magical realist-tone with how much the magical elements in the series blend with the art style and feel natural to the overall atmosphere, reflecting the characters' emotions very well. This is proper experimentation coming from Pixar, kinda makes me wish there was a second season.

i just need it for a cover edit.

i know people hate dramatic remixes of popular songs in trailers but it works really well for Beau Is Afraid's trailer. The rendition of Goodbye Stranger adds to surreal feeling of the movie and its tone really brings the idea that he's goimg to live one hell of an adventure. I just love this trailer, it shows alot without actually spoling anything.

I find it interesting when creators uses phones to advance the plot in their works rather than just use them for communication.

Eddington: In this film, phones are used to communicate the film's themes, about how social media and conspiracy theories drive people into this echo chamber and drives them to act selfishly for what they believe in. And this shot is what perfectly communicates it.

No Other Choice: The scenes with the usage of phones shows how much ingrained they are in our lives, which sometimes add more tension to some of them like in this frame.

Cats Don't Dance: The film features plenty of homages to the golden age of cinema, with Laurel and Hardy and Mae West making appearances.

Minions and Monsters: Also an homage to Hollywood that features cameos of Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Charlie Chaplin

I see alot of posts like that but i thought it's be fun to look at those that are completely different from each other. Both A Hidden Life and Cats Don't Dance take place in 1938/39

Speaking as a latino person (with origins from both Chile and El Salvador) I think Latin American cinema in general deserves to be recognized outside of Mexico and these are the best choices for future entries for their commentaries on the historical contexts they represent and what they say about those.

And before you ask, Danny (from Cats Don't Dance) enbodies alot of the characteristics of positive masculinity, such as an empathetic worldview, he fights with his intelligence over his fists, he stays respectful to the people he meets (especially Sawyer), stays resilient and his ambitions comes off as healthier than alot of MC's from alot of other films. I don't really see alot of characters like that and that's why i love Danny sm and would to see more examples like him.

The molecule model in The Big Bang Theory: The model was always in the background but never really acknowledged if I recall correctly. The only time was in The Change Constant in season 12 when Leonard tried to move it against Sheldon's will for once.

The second door in the screening room in Jessie: Not that it ever mattered, but knowing what was behind the door after all that time basically was Bertram's storyline in Identity Thieves in season 4. It was revealed to be >!Jessie's secret relaxing room, a room where she can take a break from the kids and Bertram once in a while.!<

Fanart by SenorFrank06 on Instagram

F.Y.I. The Holy Mountain one was a work for college, that explains why the other half is there.

I feel like I need a consistent style though.