It seems like whenever we start to become desensitized to the mix-and-match mash-up nature of popular culture, something new comes along to shock us out of our doldrums. Whether it's Phineas And Ferb crossing over with Star Wars, Hello Kitty teaming with KISS, Archie's hometown of Riverdale getting devoured by zombies, or Minions advertising in the produce aisle of your local supermarket, mainstream society has adopted a comic-con mentality where all things coexist and cross-promote at all times, whether or not the combinations make any logical sense.
But even so, I don't think any of us foresaw a world where the stars of Toy Story would be reimagined as giant mecha-warriors, joining together to save earth from the kaiju threat of a mutated Trixie The Triceratops.
We’re halfway through a summer of cinematic animation domination: Finding Dory is Pixar’s highest-grossing film, The Secret Life of Pets now holds the record for biggest opening weekend for an original film ever, and a fifth Ice Age film opens later this week. So now is the perfect time to unveil a list of the 20 best vocal performances in feature animation ever. (One caveat: Though some of the films mentioned here may boast more than one great performance, we restricted ourselves to just one performer from any given film.) With that in mind, let the countdown begin with...
Pixar Animation Studios' fifteenth feature film, Inside Out, opens in theaters across North America this weekend, and it's already receiving rave reviews from critics --- with an aggregate score at this writing of 99% positive on Rotten Tomatoes.
It's with Inside Out’s release and the twentieth anniversary of Toy Story in mind that we take you through a visual celebration of Pixar’s history, including behind the scenes production art, promotional pieces, and fan creations.
Well, that was unexpected. I mean, we knew Pixar and ABC were working on a followup to last year's exceptionally great Toy Story Of Terror! Halloween special, this one called Toy Story That Time Forgot, but we really didn't anticipate Mike Mignola to be the one selected to make it official in an inescapably cool Comic-Con exclusive poster.
Video: Disney XD's trailer for the January 21 season two premiere of Ultimate Spider-Man gives fans a look at some sinister foes and some avenging allies.
	Video: Iron Man man's modder created Grand Theft Auto IV adventures are arguably better than any of his solo 3D video game appearances...
The third Toy Story movie went to some dark places, but it didn't go all the way to the alcoholic murder hotel. Artist Kyle Lambert rectifies that obvious oversight with his digital paintings, which cast Pixar's talking toys as characters from Stanley Kubrick's horror classic The Shining...
Threads: The Adidas Star Wars Campus 80s shoes look nice and fluffy, but if you try to match them with a furry jacket, be sure to cut one sleeve off. You'll look like that dude from LMFAO, but it's the only way to be authentic.
Anime: Japanese model Hikari Kamikawa has named her child Portgas D...
Movies: The Avengers kicked it in Central Park over the weekend, giving fans a solid look at Black Widow and Hawkeye's new movie costumes.
Creators: PvP's Scott Kurtz shares some thoughts on digital and the direct market.
Manga: Dark Horse has a FLCL omnibus planned for 2012, collecting both volumes of Hajime Ueda's Gainax anime adaptation...
TV: Fans will have to wait until at least 2013 to find out for sure, but HBO's plans for adapting Neil Gaiman's American Gods sound pretty legit -- like a $3-4 million budget per episode under Tom Hanks, legit.
Sci-Fi: Not every spinoff is sound, but there's at least 10 Star Trek shows that might have been awesome...