DC TV Podcasts - Multiverse of Color
Sep 28, 2026 · 49 min · 9 segments
When you think of family-friendly entertainment, most people would probably think of Disney and Pixar. The third studio, some might argue second, maybe third, is DreamWorks. DreamWorks has delivered…
If you are new to this podcast, you know how much I appreciate well-crafted and intentioned family-friendly films.
Now, that is mostly for the reasons that the term kids movie gets thrown around and used as an acceptable reasoning for why a film that mostly is aimed at children doesn't doesn't need to be well thought out or have intricate storylines because the expectation and the bar is lower.
I believe it's completely the opposite end of the spectrum, which is we should actually expect more from the media that we are exposing children to.
Featuring my own children where we discuss the kids films that they've seen and sometimes they really enjoy them and sometimes they don't.
And something that bothers me is when it's acceptable that some of this stuff just isn't up to expectations from earlier generations.
And Gen Xs and Millennials lived through what was the greatest period of children's entertainment.
Whether that be the Renaissance period of the Disney animated musical, the birth of DreamWorks animation because of Shrek and where that went, and the hybridization of getting so many different kinds of elements from different genres blended seamlessly, mostly, into animated films, and why so many of those movies stand the test of time.
One of the claims, and you know what? Pull quotes are always going to be controversial, depending on if you agree or disagree with the opinion of the film.
How did you feel about it? Did you think it warranted the description? And there was a very bold one for Forgotten Island, which said their best film of the decade, which is a very bold claim.
I thought Forgotten Island had a really great concept, and at the end of it, it comes down to the execution of the film, which is it's very, very good.
I have reviewed some of DreamWorks' other films of this decade, now only 2023 onward, but there have been some very great films that, unfortunately, I haven't been able to address on the podcast a ton.
one of those being The Wild Robot I got to talk about, as well as Kung Fu Panda 4, but I didn't get to talk about Puss in Boots The Last Wish, which I absolutely adored.
There's a Trolls Band Together episode you can check that out, as well as The Bad Guys 2 and How to Train Your Live Action.
All of those have been on the podcast, and if you're curious about those reviews, please check them out, and then maybe come back here or listen to this, and then go back there.
For a very long time, there was this idea of what was called the DreamWorks face, which is some snark with a lifted-up eyebrow and a smile.
And our leads sort of had to be in that realm of funny, wise-cracking, not really taking something that seriously.
If you are new to this podcast, you know how much I appreciate well-crafted and intentioned family-friendly films.
Now, that is mostly for the reasons that the term kids movie gets thrown around and used as an acceptable reasoning for why a film that mostly is aimed at children doesn't doesn't need to be well thought out or have intricate storylines because the expectation and the bar is lower.
I believe it's completely the opposite end of the spectrum, which is we should actually expect more from the media that we are exposing children to.
Featuring my own children where we discuss the kids films that they've seen and sometimes they really enjoy them and sometimes they don't.
And something that bothers me is when it's acceptable that some of this stuff just isn't up to expectations from earlier generations.
And Gen Xs and Millennials lived through what was the greatest period of children's entertainment.
Whether that be the Renaissance period of the Disney animated musical, the birth of DreamWorks animation because of Shrek and where that went, and the hybridization of getting so many different kinds of elements from different genres blended seamlessly, mostly, into animated films, and why so many of those movies stand the test of time.
One of the claims, and you know what? Pull quotes are always going to be controversial, depending on if you agree or disagree with the opinion of the film.
How did you feel about it? Did you think it warranted the description? And there was a very bold one for Forgotten Island, which said their best film of the decade, which is a very bold claim.
I thought Forgotten Island had a really great concept, and at the end of it, it comes down to the execution of the film, which is it's very, very good.
I have reviewed some of DreamWorks' other films of this decade, now only 2023 onward, but there have been some very great films that, unfortunately, I haven't been able to address on the podcast a ton.
one of those being The Wild Robot I got to talk about, as well as Kung Fu Panda 4, but I didn't get to talk about Puss in Boots The Last Wish, which I absolutely adored.
There's a Trolls Band Together episode you can check that out, as well as The Bad Guys 2 and How to Train Your Live Action.
All of those have been on the podcast, and if you're curious about those reviews, please check them out, and then maybe come back here or listen to this, and then go back there.
For a very long time, there was this idea of what was called the DreamWorks face, which is some snark with a lifted-up eyebrow and a smile.
And our leads sort of had to be in that realm of funny, wise-cracking, not really taking something that seriously.
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