The Great Northern Film Podcast

When people talk about animation, the common stigma is that animation is for kids, but in the 70s and 80s, there was one man who changed that notion and made animated film for adults, and his name is Ralph Bakshi

Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock once said "it takes two to make a thing go right" and with animation there's no better dynamic duo than Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera

The movie making process is a long a tedious task, but who would think that it would take one guy nearly three decades to make it, come hell or high water, he made this project even if it took forever

When you think of early video games, Atari is the first one that comes to mind, and although they did rule the roost in the 70s, afterwards, they fell of in a dramatic way

The video game industry has moments of stagnation, but the most infamous moment was the infamous crash of 1983

A tale of a toon and a grouchy private eye is nothing new, but what is, it's production history of how it was made and we'll crack the case on that

In honor of the Super Mario Galaxy Movie, today we'll be looking at another Mario movie that needed more than brothers who's plumbing was their game to stop it from being this much of a mess

How can a game so simple yet addictive like Tetris have a story? Well when your story involves Soviet Russia, there's always a tale to tell

In the 90s, there were two companies that were the talk of the town in video games, Nintendo and Sega, but while Nintendo is one the most popular gaming manufacturers out there to this day, Sega has a different story and is a cautionary reminder that once you hit the top, the only way you can go is down

The 80s were a dark age for animation, but in that dark era, came a light, a person who wanted to change the image of animation in the 80's and bring them back into the mainstream, and although it didn't last long, he still made one hell of an impact, and his name is Don Bluth

The Thomas And Friends franchise has been around for a long time, and in that time, there's been a lot of ups and downs, but probably the biggest derailment of the franchise is their very own theatrical movie

I never hope we lose sight of one thing, that it was all started by a rabbit, that's right, not a mouse but a very lucky rabbit

In the 90s, Rare was the talk of the town when it came to 3rd party Nintendo developers, but after Microsoft bought them, it would change them and shape their future in ways they would never expect

Mario Kart Wii is a great game, but it is also broken, how broken, you can do massive skips and still get a lap to count, we call these ultra shortcuts

In this episode of Down The Animated Rabbit Hole, we'll be looking at the history of the Looney Tunes from 1930-1949, Stay tuned for part 2

In today's episode we'll be looking at toys that are more dangerous than fun

In this episode of the great northern film podcast, we'll be looking at shows that had the dishonor of only lasting one episode

In this special version of the Great Northern Film Podcast, we go to a sister show called Down The Animated Rabbit Hole as we look at the properties based off of toys

On our first episode of The Great Northern Film Podcast, we're going to have a look at five characters who tried to steal Sonic's thunder and see how they did