August 13, 2026

BW’s Daily Video> Disney Admitted The Truth

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August 12, 2026

We Don’t Need Another Tennant Doctor

I have nothing against David Tennant personally, outside of that whole “right side of history” nonsense we won’t get into because it doesn’t matter. I’m just stating that this has nothing to do with the actor himself. Any issues I have with the “God Doctor” as I call him due to how he was treated comes from Russell T. Davies and the various writers of BBC Wales and Bad Wolf Productions. So let’s be clear on that; I don’t hate Tennant or his Doctors…and therein is the problem. Doctors. Plural.

At issue is the rumor examined in the following video from YouTube channel WhoCulture, part of the WhatCulture network of channels and website. It may be a rumor that Dean Devlin, the movie director, wants to take over the Doctor Who series. And of course he put out the possibility of bringing back David Tennant. Arguably the most popular Doctor of the New Who era, it makes sense that the belief is bringing back Tennant means bring back audiences. At one point that might have been true. Now? I’m not so sure. I think that Tennant’s “brand” may be a bit weaker than it was, not from his political statements but due to oversaturation as he may be overused by this series.

I feel sorry for Elle Littlechild. This is the second time something like this came up while she was on break. As a commentator myself it is annoying when something cool happens that you want to discuss, but the whole point of taking a vacation is to NOT work, whether you’re getting paid or not. She is, I’m not, but Sean Ferrick of TrekCulture steps in to discuss this news, a possible Devlin-produced TARDIS trip, and a slight sidebar about AI videos. Trust me, it all matters.

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August 12, 2026

BW’s Daily Video> Breaking The FIFTH Wall?

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The people behind my fifth wall must be bored stiff.

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August 11, 2026

They Still Don’t Get The Jon Kent Problem

This crap is why I have a Death Of DC category.

Remember when I heard about young Jon Kent being brought back aside old Jon Kent? Remember how excited I was? Sasha at Casually Comics made me so happy. Of course it was a bait and switch. Of course they weren’t going to stick with it. It’s the way they did it that makes it worse for me.

Look, I haven’t had a chance to read a lot of young Jon, but unlike certain parties who insist on something and don’t read the end product I have no money coming in and no place to put a lot of new comics. I WANT to read young Jon Kent, but I can’t. I can’t afford them digitally, either, and the only time I use…those sites is for research. Sadly my top choice just went down and it appears to be permanent. I know most people used them to pirate, not research articles, so I understand going after it. It still means I lost a valuable tool.

So I didn’t get to follow the “Reign Of The Superboys” story arc in Superman Unlimited, and nobody was really talking about it. Or maybe I don’t have the right news sources in my feed (when I have a chance to read or watch). However, we still have them aging up Jon Kent, then making him “bisexually gay” (they’ll never let him date a girl to avoid the wrath of those people who don’t support changes by spending money to read the comic because they don’t actually care) to protect themselves from having to de-age because Dan DiDio and Brian Michael Bendis didn’t want to write a kid. (Explain how he pulled off the only good Ultimate universe title with teen Spider-Man then.) That was a mistake. There is so much story potential with the young son of Superman learning from his father versus the traumatized adult we have now.

And it appears just as Sasha made me happy, she had to break my heart. It’s not her fault. Discussing comics is her job and she just reports on events. However, and spoilers for the “Reign Of The Superboys” arc, the following video shows us that once again hope has gone to die. What could have become a happy moment for Jon Kent fans who wanted young Jon back and those who like older Jon to both get what they want could have been a good story. I’m not going to go so far as to say what they sucks on concept. This plot had potential and might have lived up to it. On the other hand, desire again gets tossed in the trash as a result. The video is titled “Is It Time To Forget About Young Jon Kent Superboy?” and the answer in these here parts is “no”. Watch the video and I’ll explain.

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August 11, 2026

BW’s Daily Video> Framing, Agency, and AAA Female Protagonists

NOTE: Contains swearing 

Catch more of Yahtzee Croshaw’s Semi and Fully Ramblomatic on the Second Wind YouTube channel

 

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August 10, 2026

Chapter By Chapter> Star Trek: The IDIC Epidemic chapter 8

Chapter By Chapter (usually) features me reading one chapter of the selected book at a time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as a read-along book club.

Last time we set up some more of the personal conflict that’s going to be attached to this story. Is Satat going to try to ruin a marital bond again or is he a man of his word, putting the colony first?

We’re going back to the colony this chapter. Korsal is that rare TOS era Klingon we can root for, like Konom in the DC movie period comics. I wonder if Jean Lorrah was imagining him as the original and animated series depicted him, with just the tanned skin and heavy hair, or the movie version onward that added those unnecessary ridged foreheads? Over time I’ve come to accept them, and it beats whatever the hell Discovery was doing with them, but I would have been willing to accept them as they were. Maybe someone thought they looked too “Fu Manchuish” with those goatees? I don’t know, but someday I should look up the reason for the change.

By the TNG era the Klingons and Federation got along as pals, but this is when that wasn’t the case. I wonder if that’s going to matter? We already saw an Orion thought this would be good money for them as a bioweapon…until he became infected, I’d wager. This would also be before Kirk started hating Klingons after a group of them killed his son. It’s wrong to blame ALL Klingons for that, but that’s the kind of thing were racism starts. We shouldn’t see that from him here if this is set in the TOS period, as suggested by the shirt collars on the front cover. We’ll see. I’m just padding out the intro for the homepage. Interestingly, chapter eight is eight pages long…well, seven and three fourths but that’s nitpicking. Let’s get to it.

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August 10, 2026

BW’s Daily Video> YouTube Versus Animation…Again!

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YouTube short version: “You make cartoons, cartoons are for kids, so you make kids content and we’re demonetizing you for content.”

In the video’s comments, KelseyAnimated posted

“ITS INSANE! i posted my own video THIS MORNING and within a few hours my monetization was magically brought back. I’m so grateful, but its so frustrating! AND ITS STILL HAPPENING! thank you so much for sharing and bringing more attention to it, YouTube desperately NEEDS to fix their system and putting more pressure on them seems to be the only way to get through to them!

I fully support kids animation and wish there were more good examples being made, especially on YouTube but they don’t let you monetize actual kids content even though (correct me if I’m wrong) the YouTube Kids app still uses them. They don’t know how to handle kids content and misunderstand every time the government or some parent group went after them.

Posted by on August 10, 2026 in Animation Spotlight, Internet Spotlight, web series and tagged , .

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