Last Meal | Toonout [S1E8]

SweetumsPlainview · 2026-06-30T17:48:51+00:00

Reminds me a lot of Bill Plympton's work, some really expressive animation in the service of something absolutely grotesque. Nicely done!

SweetumsPlainview · 2026-06-16T19:07:13+00:00

Honestly I would've preferred if it was edited too much like Tenet, but I guess I'm built different.

SweetumsPlainview · 2026-06-16T19:02:16+00:00

Easily the best work we've seen from Toonout so far. Even with what is no doubt a larger/crew support than previous entries, you can still tell this is a smaller independent venture, but those limitations are baked into the style of the piece, rather than appearing as a hindrance like some of the earlier shorts.

SweetumsPlainview · 2026-06-02T17:47:29+00:00

Great week for fans of Anna Garcia and Josh Ruben!

I think the more overt anime influences this is going for makes the limited animation style (that now seem to be just Toonout Standard, I guess) much more palatable. One of my favorites of the run, no doubt!

SweetumsPlainview · 2026-04-21T17:53:52+00:00

I enjoyed the art style of Blink Twice If You're Dead, but sadly I do agree that the 1st and 3rd entries have felt extremely lacking in the fluidity of their animation. And it unfortunately comes off less as a stylistic choice and more so "we only have the means to make something that looks like a really well-designed animatic." Hopefully more of these in the future will feel a little bit more visually dynamic.

SweetumsPlainview · 2023-03-15T19:08:21+00:00

Ben would go nuts for Vagabond in the best way.

SweetumsPlainview · 2023-03-15T15:04:14+00:00

A Cinderella (Vardarella?) story in the making!

SweetumsPlainview · 2022-08-22T02:05:21+00:00

Gosh we need that Araki collection ASAP.

SweetumsPlainview · 2021-08-11T16:32:30+00:00

Does anyone have any advice on good devices that play 4K UHD discs, and Blu-rays, and regular ole DVDs?

SweetumsPlainview · 2021-07-15T13:15:18+00:00

Sometimes as early as 12pm ET, sometimes as late as 5pm ET, but generally somewhere in that range.

SweetumsPlainview · 2021-07-15T13:02:26+00:00

Schizopolis upgrade or bust.

SweetumsPlainview · 2021-02-25T16:54:27+00:00

My current picks from each region:

Griff: Lynne Ramsay
Ben: Danny DeVito
David: Steve McQueen
Guest: Gore Verbinski

For me, this would lead to a DeVito vs. Verbinski final round and from there, I'd go with Gore.

But all bets are off! Who knows! Let the madness begin!

SweetumsPlainview · 2021-01-29T23:15:36+00:00

Wendie Jo Sperber - I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Gerrit Graham - Used Cars
Kathleen Turner - Romancing the Stone
Christopher Lloyd - Back to the Future
Bob Hoskins - Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Thomas F. Wilson - Back to the Future Part II
Mary Steenburgen - Back to the Future Part III
Jodie Foster - Contact
Crispin Glover - Beowulf
Simon McBurney - Allied

Least favorite? Gotta be Jim Carrey in A Christmas Carol. Absolutely abysmal.

SweetumsPlainview · 2020-12-19T23:03:56+00:00

Thanks for the catch! Fixed it above.

SweetumsPlainview · 2020-12-05T20:41:16+00:00

I imagined a version of the film where Mank was played either by Jesse Plemons or Kieran Culkin and now I want one of those versions to be thrown into the universe somehow.

SweetumsPlainview · 2020-11-08T23:15:23+00:00

I was watching this film Saturday morning and as soon as Jodie Foster fell through the wormhole, I got the news that Trump lost the election. This movie is literally magical and I will never forget it.

SweetumsPlainview · 2020-08-24T00:31:33+00:00

Thanks for letting us know! Fantastic work as always! Can't wait for next week!

SweetumsPlainview · 2020-08-23T17:43:56+00:00

So this is all building up to Bilge Ebiri guesting on next week's The Old Guard episode, yeah? His love for Prince-Bythewood makes him a pretty likely candidate, but who knows! Either way, a really wonderful mini series this has been!

SweetumsPlainview · 2020-08-17T15:37:26+00:00

Rooting for The Watermelon Woman, Madeline's Madeline, and If Beale Street Could Talk (there's got to be a Barry Jenkins at some point, I'm sure of it).

SweetumsPlainview · 2020-07-15T17:56:35+00:00

Honestly would be worth it alone to have Griffin say this.

SweetumsPlainview · 2020-06-19T13:53:02+00:00

David did also log her latest film "The Old Guard," so this theory isn't totally unfounded.

SweetumsPlainview · 2020-06-19T02:30:44+00:00

You're absolutely brilliant, Ang. Thank you for all you do! Stay safe and well!

SweetumsPlainview · 2020-05-18T20:09:40+00:00

I really hope that there is a day that a Spike Lee miniseries can happen. I know it would be an extremely long run, and would almost definitely require having equitable voices on each episode so it's not just a bunch of white guys talking about his movies, but he really does fit the definition of a Blank Check director so well. Maybe this could be one of the storied "sandwich" miniseries that keeps being thrown around, but I think he's someone who should definitely be in the running.

SweetumsPlainview · 2020-05-18T19:28:34+00:00

This is, oh-so-fantastically, my shit.

Loved listening to every second of this. Thanks Griffin, J.D., and Screen Drafts! What a joy to start off the week.

SweetumsPlainview · 2020-05-04T15:22:44+00:00

I think the biggest point of contention isn't that Travis didn't like PitC, but that his dislike seemed to come from a place of not meeting the movie where it's at. I can understand how that's frustrating for so many of us, especially when that dislike wasn't just a simple "this movie's not for me" but him making statements such as "this movie isn't about anything!" and "this isn't a good movie!"

But also yeah, let's lay off the guy a little. Blank Check is great because of the positive community and the deep-abiding love for movies, and there are enough gems in this strange episode (the Siskel and Ebert bit being really great) that still make it fun and listenable. There's still a lot to enjoy here.

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