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AdiTanasa @aditanasa.bsky.social · 2h

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Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game on Steam

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game is a fast-paced 1v1 fighter where you battle as your favorite characters from the Avatar franchise. Featuring hand-drawn 2D animation true to the series’ roots, propr...

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AdiTanasa @aditanasa.bsky.social · 8h

Reportably, WB put it in production for as early as late 2000s after they saw the success of the live-action Alvin and the Chipmunks movies, only to languish for over a decade, intended to be live-action hybrid with photorealistic CG, then fully animated, then live-action hybrid with cel-shaded CG.

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AdiTanasa @aditanasa.bsky.social · 1d

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A ★★½ review of HIM (2025)

I have to give credit to the cast for really trying with his material (especially Marlon Wayans) and for some decently edited scenes, which make the movie somewhat memorable. It does have some interes...

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SJWJamesBond @mvbrat10.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, again, what part of "You can't do what a cartoon did in real life" do these people not understand? You do not have the strength of Huntr/x. Just accept it. Wait for the ramen to cool a bit, man. youtu.be/Z_4NE3mJAHw?...

Doctors Issue Warning About Burn Injury Rise After Ramen Challenge

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KatieBug @katiebug0524.bsky.social · 3d

Spyder-Cat crossed onto the rainbow bridge today. Thank you Spyder-Cat for letting me be your human mom and loving me. I loved this cat so much. Two years ago, I was at my darkest in my mental health. She is what saved me.🤍

Katie with a gray and white cat named Spyder-Cat

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NathanL75 @nathanl75.bsky.social · 1d

Pac Man kind of brought video games into the mainstream. Sort of the Mario of its day.

It was the first one that was a big deal in general.

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AdiTanasa @aditanasa.bsky.social · 2d

#NowWatching: HIM

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AdiTanasa @aditanasa.bsky.social · 2d

And how a Smile 3 would unfold as 75-80% of Smile 2 was hallucinations on top of hallucinations on top on hallucinations?

Focus on a new Smile Entity chain? I know that the inmate from the first movie mentioned one already discovered beforehand, thus hinting at more chains.

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FemShepLiara96 @femshepliara96.bsky.social · 2d

I do not understand what critics and audiences see in these films. The fact we will be getting a Smile horror trilogy is a travesty

Spectre799 @spectre799.bsky.social · 3d

Welp. One down. Needless to say, I wasn’t pleased lol. On to Smile 2

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AdiTanasa @aditanasa.bsky.social · 2d

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Okay, Tron Legacy didn't impressed us, and the reception is similar for Tron Ares. Maybe animation is the best place to move the franchise forward alongside video games.

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A Forgotten Disney Cult Classic - TRON: Uprising

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AdiTanasa @aditanasa.bsky.social · 2d

-Radical Entertainment (The Simpsons: Hit and Run, The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, Prototype series)
-Vicarious Visions (the Crash Bandicoot trilogy remake and the Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 and 2 remake) before being moved to Blizzard

AdiTanasa @aditanasa.bsky.social · 2d

And that's not to mention the studios that got closed or folded:

-Bizzare Creations (Project Gotham Racing series, Geometry Wars series, 007 Blood Stone)
-Neversoft (Spider-Man 2000, Gun, Guitar Hero 3-5, the original Tony Hawk games)

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AdiTanasa @aditanasa.bsky.social · 2d

Raven Software with Heretic/Hexen, the Star Wars Jedi Knight games, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1 and 2, and the X-Men Legends games
Treyarch with the Spider-Man movie games, Web of Shadows, and Ultimate Spider-Man
Beenox with Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions and the Crash Team Racing remake

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AdiTanasa @aditanasa.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, every studio from the Activision side of Activision Blizzard used to make great games before being pushed to the COD machine:

High Moon Studios with the Transformers: War for Cybertron games and the 2013 Deadpool game
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AdiTanasa @aditanasa.bsky.social · 2d

And Microsoft is paying the price for aiming to shift from consoles to subscriptions, and they're on the verge of pulling a Sega, likely to leave the console market.

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AdiTanasa @aditanasa.bsky.social · 2d

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Polygon @polygon.com · 2d

Gillian Anderson and Evan Peters lay out their pitch for a reunion sequel.

Tron: Ares credits sequence links back to the 1982 Tron, and gave the stars hope for Tron 4.

Gillian Anderson and Evan Peters lay out their pitch for a reunion sequel.

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AdiTanasa @aditanasa.bsky.social · 3d

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If what Microsoft said about said about staying in the console buisness was true and not just PR speak, then how will be handled as first-party games are now on competing consoles and retailers have stopped selling hardware or utterly dropped prices?

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AdiTanasa @aditanasa.bsky.social · 3d

Animation could prove to be same as I know people love the Tron Uprising animated series. Besides that, I know that people also love the Tron Lightcycle Power Run attraction at Disneyland Shanghai and Walt Disney World.

So to boot, the movies are an anchor on the franchise's neck.

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AdiTanasa @aditanasa.bsky.social · 3d

@dljadow.bsky.social

In the imminent case of Tron Ares flopping, should this franchise just dwell in video games, animation, theme park attractions, and crossover projects?

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AdiTanasa @aditanasa.bsky.social · 3d

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A ★★ review of TRON: Legacy (2010)

There are things that I liked about this movie, the Daft Punk score still holds up, so are the action sequences: The Disc War, Lightcycle Arena, and Lightplane dogfight are still entertaining. In spit...

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AdiTanasa @aditanasa.bsky.social · 3d

#NowWatching: Tron: Legacy

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AdiTanasa @aditanasa.bsky.social · 3d

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A ★★★½ review of Tron (1982)

Tron is a movie about man's relationship with technology, and of what if the programms were beings that saw people as gods, and one if those gods who went into their world turned out to be a doofus. A...

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AdiTanasa @aditanasa.bsky.social · 4d

#NowWatching: Tron

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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 4d

May you find a moment of stillness today—a deep breath, a ray of light, the warmth of a kind thought. Even in uncertain times, love endures, kindness counts, and hope quietly takes root. I send you warmth and peace today.

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