GusCanterbury

Suppose that you find in the attic of your parents (or grandparents) a bell-bottom trouser. It's a kind of pant very popular in the 60's and 70's, and generally associated with the disco days: just by picking it up, you start hearing Stayin' Alive in your head. They're in quite pristine state - maybe the smell of naphthalene is a bit noticeable, but it's nothing too bad or off-putting. It was such an iconic piece of clothing back in its day, but it has fallen out of fashion, apparently as soon as the clock hit midnight on December 31, 1979. There were some moments here and there when they reappeared, when some britpop bands wanted to turn some heads towards them in the 90's. But such moments were more like faint returns, only for it to be forgotten again. But you don't care about that: you find those trousers cool, and indeed, if something was as popular as it was, this must mean there was some reason for that. That people wouldn't deliberately make themselves look ugly while walking

Butch Hartman was once one of the most innovative animators in the United States. Working closely with Nickelodeon, he became known for having a very distinctive visual style, today known as the "Butch Hartman style", and for creating fast-paced, visually hysterical cartoons filled with sometimes vulgar puns and loads of action. This made him one of the most identifiable figures in American animation, and one of the most notorious auteurs in his craft, amassing fans across the world. But at some point, Butch started to change: he published a video on his YouTube channel announcing that he was quitting Nickelodeon, and that he had a "new project" going on. Maybe that was a good thing; maybe he had become too big for Nickelodeon and was starting his new thing... right? But right from the announcement, something was fishy: he talked about biblical passages, about how blessed he was for his career, which was strangely unusual for him. Then one day, he revealed that his new project was a

Before I dip my toes in the conflicted relationship between Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher and Netflix, I would like to talk for a bit about a seemly completely unrelated movie. I know that this may seem out of place and inappropriate, but I promise it is something relevant to the theme I want to bring here. And how it's been an issue in the U.S. entertainment business for the longest time. The Garbage Pail Kids Movie is a 1987 film by Rod Amateau, and released by the Atlantic Releasing Corporation. The film was an adaptation of the collectable cards of the same name, which were a mean spirited parody of the much more wholesome Cabbage Patch Kids toys. It told the story of the titular kids arriving on Earth (because they're aliens now) and raising all kinds of hell, all while helping a pubescent boy to overcome bullying and gain confidence. The film however was savaged by critics, and largely ignored by audiences, grossing little over its budget of a million dollars. What saved it