bananagirlworld16:

okay but why don’t more people talk about Night at the Museum like

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poc characters and people being portrayed by poc people

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this movie is so good

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and it has one of the funniest, best, most ridiculous friendships in movie history

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and you have Robin Williams as Teddy Roosevelt I mean

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and if all that didn’t convince you there’s also a t-Rex skeleton that plays fetch with one of its own ribs

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THIS MOVIE

lovewinlife:

rubitrightintomyeyes:

skunkandburningtires:

James Lopez is a veteran Disney animator (The Lion King, Pocahontas, Paperman) who is trying to raise funding for his primarily hand-drawn short film, Hullabaloo, with hopes of eventually finding a studio to fund a full-length version.

From the film’s IndieGo page:

Hullabaloo is the story of Veronica Daring, a brilliant young scientist who returns home from an elite finishing school to find her father—the eccentric inventor Jonathan Daring—missing without a trace! The only clue left behind points Veronica toward Daring Adventures, an abandoned amusement park used by her father to test his fantastical steam-powered inventions. There she discovers a strange girl named Jules, a fellow inventor who agrees to help Veronica in locating her missing father and discovering the secrets of his work.

In addition to helping save 2D animation, Hullabaloo aims to encourage girls to explore science and adventure. The film’s two protagonists are both young women and both scientists who use their intellect, wits, and courage to fight greed and corruption. We hope that Veronica Daring and her friend Jules will serve as positive role models for girls of all ages and encourage them to get excited about science, engineering, and sci-fi.

To see some footage and a short video pitch from Lopez, click here.

This looks really cool, and I love that one of the kickstarter rewards is an animation class!

This looks pretty great

congenitalprogramming:

nativenews:

Peru Legalizes Murder of Indigenous, Environmental Protestors and Activists

Some of the recent media coverage about the fact that more than 50 people in Peru – the vast majority of them indigenous – are on trial following protests and fatal conflict in the Amazon over five years ago missed a crucial point.

Yes, the hearings are finally going ahead and the charges are widely held to be trumped-up, but what about the government functionaries who apparently gave the riot police the order to attack the protestors, the police themselves, and – following Wikileaks’ revelations of cables in which the US ambassador in Lima criticized the Peruvian government’s ‘reluctance to use force’ and wrote there could be ‘implications for the recently implemented Peru-US FTA’ if the protests continued – the role of the US government?

That law, no. 30151, was promulgated in January this year and is, according to the IDL’s Juan José Quispe, a modification of existing legislation passed by the previous government. The modification consists of replacing three words – “en forma reglamentaria” – with another five – “u otro medio de defensa” – which Quispe says means that any soldier or police officer can now kill or injure a civilian without needing to use his or her weapon ‘according to regulations’, or by using something other than his or her weapon.

“We continue considering this law as one that grants the armed forces as well as the national police a licence to kill,” Quispe told the Guardian. “It permits a high degree of impunity. During the repression of social protests, police officers and soldiers who cause injuries or deaths will now be exempt from criminal responsibility.”

The world is infected, I swear.

pinknovapolitan:

If the Creatures do end up going to PAX, and you are planning on going to PAX too. Please, just go up to them and hug them. Do not mention anything that happened today. Just hug them and thank them for everything they’ve done for us. Tell them they’re amazing and awesome. 

hella rad – soundtrack for an excellent adventure through ’80s pop culture

video killed the radio star – the buggles | cars – gary numan | whip it – devo | call me – blondie | don’t you want me – human league | working for the weekend – loverboy | hungry like the wolf – duran duran | billie jean – michael jackson | come on eileen – dexy’s midnight runners | safety dance – men without hats | i melt with you – modern english | eye of the tiger – survivor | let’s dance – david bowie | love is a battlefield – pat benatar | mr. roboto – styx | maniac – michael sembello | 99 luftballons – nena | sweet dreams (are made of this) – eurythmics | footloose – kenny loggins | wake me up before you go go – wham! | take on me – a-ha | manic monday – the bangles | the final countdown – europe | (i just) died in your arms – cutting crew | just like heaven – the cure | don’t you (forget about me) – simple minds | heaven is a place on earth – belinda carlisle | we didn’t start the fire – billy joel

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