DreamMachine Dreamworks Episode 53: Dragons Riders of Berk Season 1A
In this episode of DreamMachine, Arun and Patricia are talking about one of the TV shows based on a DreamWorks movie franchise as voted by YOU. The winner was DreamWorks Dragons and the first season is called DreamWorks Dragons: Riders of Berk. Taking place after the first How to Train Your Dragon movie, the village of Berk are beginning to become accustomed to dragons roaming around. Some are accepting of it, others aren't. Hiccup and his friends Astrid, Fishlegs, Snoutlout, Ruffnut, and Tuffnut begin an academy training to ride their dragons to defend their village and defeat villains such as Alvin the Treacherous. How did the first season fare out? Listen and find out.
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DreamMachine Episode 52: Dog Man
In the first episode of DreamMachine of 2025, Arun and Patricia discuss about the 2025 DreamWorks animated film Dog Man, a spin-off of the 2017 animated film Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie. Based on the book series of the same name by Dav Pilkey, Dog Man is about an officer and his dog Greg stopping the evil plans of a cat named Petey who wishes to destroy Ohkay City. When trying and failing to diffuse a bomb, the doctors take the dog's head into the officer's body and Dog Man is born. Meanwhile, Petey buys a clone machine to make more of himself, but instead a little kitten named Lil' Petey is created and loves Petey as his father and wishes to spend time with him. Petey wants Lil' Petey to be evil like him, but Lil' Petey wishes to make his father happy and tries his best to do so, even finding his estranged grandfather. Petey even tries to revive Flippy the evil fish to help destroy Ohkay City. It's up to Dog Man to save the day.When the film premiered in theaters, it made $127 million dollars out of a $40 million budget getting mixed to positive reviews from critics and fans. What did Arun and Patricia think of the film? Listen and find out.
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Old School Lane Casual Chats: Cybersix
In this episode of Casual Chats, Patricia and special guest HamsterMagenta discuss about the 1991 Argentinan comic book series Cybersix created by Carlos Meglia and Carlos Trillo, its 1995 live action series, the 1999 Canadian animated series, and its legacy.Check out HamsterMagenta's Twitter account at https://x.com/HamsterMagenta.
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Old School Lane Casual Chats: The Disney Revival Era
In this episode of Casual Chats, Patricia and special guest Chris "RowdyC" Moore discuss about the animated Disney films from 2009 to 2019 consisting of The Princess and the Frog, Tangled, Winnie the Pooh, Wreck-it-Ralph, Frozen, Big Hero 6, Zootopia, Moana, Ralph Breaks the Internet, and Frozen 2. These slew of films are known as The Revival Era since they came out when Disney had made a massive comeback with releasing contemporary films that were praised by critics and fans deeming them as classics on par with the Disney films in the 1990s with their back-to-basic approach with telling classic stories, self aware humor, twist villains, and memorable characters, settings, and songs. What did Patricia and Chris think of the films? Listen and find out.
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Old School Lane Casual Chats: Wakko's Wish
In the first episode of Casual Chats of 2025, Patricia and Arun discuss about the 1999 TV movie Wakko's Wish based on the 1993 animated series Animaniacs. In a small town called Warnerstock, people were living in peace, happiness, and harmony. But then the kingdom of Ticktockia took over Warnerstock and the king is taxing the people to the point of living in disarray, despair, and poverty. Yakko, Wakko, and Dot are orphans who are struggling to survive in the cold weather in an abandoned orphanage. Dot is sick and needs an operation, so Wakko leaves for a year to make money for her needs. He comes back with a haypenny, but is taxed by the king's men and is left poor again. Wakko makes a wish on a star and is told by an angel that he needs to touch the star that fell hundreds of miles away to have his wish comes true. Now, everyone in the town knows about the star and rushes towards it to have their wish come true.
When it was released direct to video, it received positive reviews from critics and fans praising the music, animation, voice acting, and story. It would be the final Animaniacs project released until the 2020 revival on Hulu. How well does Wakko's Wish hold up 25 years later?
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