Quick reconstructuring, as I don't want my personal accounts to be associated with the "Coders Animation" company brand!

So, my last post got deleted for "violation of terms". So, I'm just gonna repost this as a blog post.

We are proud to announce our new official Discord server! Come join! Invite your friends over!

Also, I'm currently holding auditions for Voice Actors for Quirkmate Madness!

If you would like to audition, it would help me a lot!

Go join the server and make an audition!

https://discord.gg/jSkJd6aNWA

Apparently, Quirkmate Madness episode 1 was taken off of Newgrounds for some reason.

But, don't worry! You can still watch it on YouTube and my website!

https://youtu.be/e0zy93ID-zs

https://quirkmatemadness.epizy.com/2023/04/30/pilot-quirkmate-madness-s1e1/

Hey, guys!

To start off, I would like to say that Alliance Power! will be taking a break. Why?

Well, since I started voice acting, I decided to go back to a project of mine that I left last year. Yes, it was that same project I held voice actor auditions in this video (https://youtu.be/hIsbkk3cTME) and canceled in this video (https://youtu.be/2IkpKkbD0AU).

The project calls for major voice acting, which at the time of its first days of development, I can't do because I was too shy to record myself at the time, to be included, but due to major stress after starting homeschooling, one of my hired voice actors quit, and my Creative Cloud subscription expired, I had to cancel it.

However, I decided to revive the project after I got used to voicing and got Flash MX 2004 for free (you can thank Adobe for bringing up the Macromedia MX 2004 serials for free.

So far, design, writing, storyboarding, audio, and animatics are 100% done. This show calls for 16 scenes, and so far, 4 out of the 16 were fully animated!

So, expect a sneak peek at my new project soon!

Anyway, after my project is complete and uploaded, I am going to take a huge break to relax after a lot of animating I have to encounter during production, so, no, I won't be making more Alliance Power! immediately after the project releases.

I hope this announcement will keep you company!

So, yesterday, I announced a new website! It was inspired by the old websites for hosting animations before Newgrounds launched. There are also games and downloads you can experience!

The website and web series are called Alliance Power! I will be uploading new content frequently, mostly animations!

You can visit the website here: http://alliancepower.unaux.com/

So, earlier this morning, I attended the Mitchells Family Road Trip, where they premiere the new movie, The Mitchells vs. The Machines, and I'm not gonna lie, I do not like it, I LOVE IT!!!!! But, before I get into some thoughts of this movie, I have to tell you how I got into this movie first.

It was probably in 2018, or 2019, I can't remember. Anyway, I was scrolling through Sony Pictures Animation's website until I found this upcoming movie on the "Upcoming Films" section of the "Films" page. What's included was the film called, "The Mitchells vs. The Machines". The synopsis for the movie explains a dysfunctional family called the Mitchells on a road trip when the trip was interrupted by a machine apocalypse. The synopsis doesn't go too far into specific details, like the names of the Mitchells family, and they don't show a lot of first-look images, they only show the logo. The logo happens to be in 2D, which might be a good sign to me, as I thought that the movie will probably be animated in 2D, but I waited for months to even a year for any updates.

Then, around February and March of 2020, I saw a trailer for Sony Pictures Animation's newest film, Connected. Judging by the wacky cartoon image on the thumbnail that caught my attention, I then considered watching, and I couldn't believe my luck! The animation is basically CGI, with 2D elements, as the backgrounds are like watercolor paintings, little 2D animations appear on top of the CGI, and the characters even have outlines, which is kinda neat, but I feel like something is familiar with the trailer. The main protagonist, Katie Mitchell, is making a home movie called, "Tricking Rick Mitchell into Kissing the Dog", with Rick referring to Katie's dad, meaning that the main characters are the Mitchells. Then, the trailer kicks in with a twist, the Mitchells are dealing with a robot apocalypse. Then, I realized that Connected is basically The Mitchells vs. The Machines. To make sure that what I was thinking is correct, I looked up Connected (2020 film) on Wikipedia, and I got surprised by what the article said, Connected WAS The Mitchells vs. The Machines, just under a different title.

I got updates on Connected throughout the rest of 2020, including missing out on the movie's clip from the Annecy Festival 2020, holiday greetings from the official Connected movie Twitter account, release date updates such as being delayed from September to October and getting removed from the schedule entirely, as well as pictures of the movie being worked on from producer Phil Lord's Twitter account. There even was a website for Pal Labs, the movie's fictional technology company, where I can look up information on the new Pal Labs conference, Pal Max, encoding mysterious text, and even hacking the company and sneaking up on their files, which got me Gravity Falls vibes, judging by how director Mike Rianda used to work on Gravity Falls.

Then, sometime on January 2021, I read a new article on Connected. It said that Netflix purchased rights to distribute the film on its platform this year, but something shocked me. Connected was renamed back to "The Mitchells vs. The Machines"! At first, I thought that it was a bad idea because of the original title they brought back being basic, but I managed to get over it. After I saw the second trailer, which said it will be on Netflix on April 30, it got me more hype. The hype increased even more as producer Christopher Miller explained the animation style of this movie, the official Mitchells movie Twitter account released activity pages and an automated hotline about dinosaurs, as well as a new poster tweeted by producer Phil Lord.

The hype then reached its maximum level as Netflix announced the Mitchells Family Road Trip, where they are doing a world premiere of The Mitchells vs. The Machines. I decided to sign up for the premiere. I even set an alarm so I'll never be late, and I'm sharing my parent's Netflix account just in case. After the premiere, I felt very happy that I am able to watch the movie!

Now, here's my review. I will not go into the story at all, as this will probably spoil everything. The movie is so brilliant! From a visual perspective, the studio went far beyond to mimic the watercolor painted backgrounds in CGI, give the characters 2D elements, such as the squiggles and outlines, as well as add in small 2D animations as the cherry on top. They even managed to experiment with the color palletes. In Katie's side of the world, the pallete and art is so natural and loose at the same time, but in PAL's world, the pallete and art is much cleaner and is comparable to a Journey album cover, which makes sense since I took a look at those albums' cover art.

From a story perspective, it is well written with neat jokes, and it feels like I, as well as a lot of people, can get a lot of laughs from this movie! There are even heartwarming events that make me almost to really feeling emotional. I really like the concept of the movie about a dysfunctional family on a road trip and dealing with a robot apocalypse.

Out of five stars, I would give this a four and a half. I am only knocking out half of the total score because of the film's title. It felt basic, unlike "Connected", which relates to the connections of the Mitchells family, where they are trying to stay together as a family, as well as referencing it to technology, but like I said, I still managed to get over it. Title aside, the movie is still amazing, especially the story and the innovative visuals!

FINAL SCORE: 4.5/5 STARS

Hello, there!

First of all, I would like to say that since 2020 is over and that 2021 is just getting started, maybe it's time to try something new.

First of all, I am starting a new cartoon, to be exact, I just finished making my character reference sheets last night! However, I will not reveal the cartoon yet, as I want this to be somewhat a surprise reveal, but what I will say is that this cartoon features fourteen characters, which is a lot, considering it took me 3 days to get started. Also, the designs on the characters will be much different from my initial character design featured in my game, A Typical Platformer 2: The Fireworks Show, as I had practiced designing characters that look appealing to you. Also, I had been practicing to do traditional frame-by-frame animation, which is first used in the golden age of animation, but they might not turn out well, as I am still practicing that method. And, that is it for my new cartoon, so stay tuned for that!

Secondly, I would like to apologize for the lack of content on Newgrounds, YouTube, Scratch, and DeviantArt recently. I have mostly been active on Twitter and Tapas. That is because I have been taking a small break for most of my school's Winter Break, and I have also been busy with my final exams for this semester, but now that I am back, expect mostly blog posts and new games less frequently, as I am mostly into animation and that all of my games received mixed reviews.

Lastly, I would like to ask you this, what do you plan on doing this year, and what are you looking forward to? Is 2021 gonna be better than in 2020? I would like to hear from you!

Well, that is it for this update, I hope you have a wonderful 2021!

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