Michael Eisner’s most long-lasting impact on Disney was not his editions to parks nor his revival of Disney animation. Rides wear out, and Disney appears to be institutionally incapable of making anything approaching the kind of animated masterpieces they used to. No, Eisner’s biggest long-term impact was the acquisition of ABC. That came with a […]
RE:Animation – My Happy Marriage
The story of the My Happy Marriage anime started life on the Japanese version of Wattpad and then got published as a light novel. A light novel is an illustrated novella meant for the young adult market. It got turned into a very successful manga and then anime. There’s even a live-action version of it […]
The Dark Herald Does Not Recommend – Disney Marvel’s Echo Review
Disney knew they had a bomb on their hands with Marvel’s Echo. They tried to find a way to take the tax write-down and just make it vanish. Sadly, for Marvel, pre-sales had been made, and they couldn’t get out of it. Consequently, they dumped it on Disney+ all at once rather than draw it […]
The Death of Disney Animation (Part One)
There is nothing Disney World hates more than the words “half-day park.” Guests aren’t going to have more than one meal. They are likely to save their money for the “real parks.” It creates problems with the flow of people at night. Worst of all, guests cut their stay short by a day because they […]
Disney to Buy Cocomelon From Candlemedia?
Rumors are swirling that Disney is in the market to buy yet another media property, this time in the kid’s show, Cocomelon. Candle Media, who owns Cocomelon, is run by two executives who were at one time or another odds-on favorite to succeed Iger on the Golden Mouse Throne. Tom Staggs and Kevin Meyer were […]
Nelson Peltz Blocked From the Disney Board of Directors?
Bad news, if you are looking for hope for the Walt Disney Company. Bob Iger has probably blocked Nelson Peltz and James Rasulu from getting on the Disney Board of Directors, at least for this year. When ValueAct threw its hat in the ring, I had said at the time that Mason Morfit was going to […]
Cheap Video Game Thrills, Steam Recommendation: Zortch Maxinum: Against the Alien Brainsuckers
We at Fandompulse get it. Times are tight. A dollar doesn’t buy as much as it did five minutes ago. And when you do splurge on AAA video games like Red Fall, Gollum, or Starfield you end up with a buggy, unfinished, unplayable mess with 45GB day-one patch. You just want something simple, fun, and […]
The Top 5 Forgotten Urban Fantasy Shows of the 1990s
When the Nineties arrived the cable TV rules changed. There were now sixty channels, and they were hungry for new content. This allowed for some great urban fantasy TV shows which were never possible before. Here, I present the Top 5 which you may not remember. The baseline rule for these new shows was that they had […]
Top Ten Worst Films of 2023
2023 featured a lot of bad films, and the box office results showed it in a lot of cases. Disney’s failure was just part of the problem of some of these top ten worst films of 2023. I have never had trouble finding material for a list like this before, but this year, the term […]
The Dark Herald: Exploring 1980s Eclipse Comics Through Chuck Dixon’s Airboy And More
Generation X is the last real comic book generation, as comic shops were prevalent for independent start-ups like Eclipse Comics to publish great books, including Chuck Dixon’s Airboy and others. Don’t get me wrong, storytelling by sequential art will be a thing so long as humans are humans, but an adolescent boy sitting on […]
Prime Video’s Lord Of The Rings: Rings Of Power Rumored To Race Replace Sauron
IMDB.com is now crediting Gavi Singh Chera as Sauron on Season 2 of Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, making it appear as if Prime Video is either trolling fans intentionally for engagement or pushing an agenda like they never had before. The first announcement came from One Ring, and they are deep […]
Yukon Cornelius’ Sketchy Past In Stop-Motion Animation
This weekend I saw that Yukon Cornelius was trending on Twitter. I had no idea why and still don’t. It was something to do with photoshopping his weapons out but they still seem to be in the TV show… As well as his ice ax-licking. I don’t get ax-licking. I never have. Not since I […]
