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New "Movie Memoirs" going live tonight. Which headlining movie are you most excited for us to talk about?

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Our hearts go out to the friends and family of Adam the Woo. This one hurts, it hurts a lot. Adam was a true trailblazer of the theme park vlogging community and had the same level of passion for travel that I aspire to. This is a shock to the system in so many ways. On a lot of levels I considered Adam a peer of mine though our paths never crossed beyond a momentary in person sighting. I just can't, man. It's going to take a while for reality to set in with this.
-Tiki

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Our hearts go out to the late Jonathan Joss. Right at the start of Pride month, it makes me sick to see such a senseless and horrible act of violence committed in the name of an anti-gay agenda. I truly hope this is a turning point in raising awareness at just how dangerous the current political climate is. Such a senseless, tragic loss on every conceivable level. - Tiki

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Get your skis ready, it's Black History Heroes time! This year we'll be taking a look at some of the most memorable selections from the canon of contemporary black cinema, starting tonight with last year's seething police revenge thriller "Rebel Ridge". See you on the slopes!

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Big thanks to everyone for participating in the Golden Tikis voting. Should be a fun results show!

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Here is the official list of locked in Golden Tiki nominations as well as the wildcard picks you'll be voting on over the next couple weeks. Each wild card poll winner will become the fourth official nominee of their respective category.

Best Picture locks: Dune Part Two, Hundreds of Beavers, Nosferatu
Best Picture Wildcards: A Complete Unknown, Anora, Challengers, The Substance

Best Actor locks: Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain), Mike Faist and Josh O'Connor (Challengers), Timothee Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)
Best Actor Wildcards:David Dastmalchian (Late Night with the Devil), Hugh Grant (Heretic), Timothee Chalamet (Dune Part Two), Sebastian Stan (A Different Man)

Best Actress locks: Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Lily-Rose Depp (Nosferatu), Mikey Madison (Anora)
Best Actress Wildcards: Demi Moore (The Substance), June Squibb (Thelma), Naomi Scott (Smile 2), Zendaya (Challengers)

Best Supporting Actor locks: Doug Mancheski (Hundreds of Beavers), Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown), Javier Bardem (Dune: Part Two)
Best Supporting Actor Wildcards: David Jonson (Alien: Romulus), Jesse Plemons (Civil War), Scoot McNairy (A Complete Unknown), Willem Dafoe (Nosferatu)

Best Supporting Actress locks: Aubrey Plaza (My Old Ass), Danielle Deadwyler (The Piano Lesson), Joan Chen (Didi)
Best Supporting Actress Wildcards: Elle Fanning (A Complete Unknown), Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown), Rebecca Ferguson (Dune: Part Two), Katy O'Brian (Love Lies Bleeding)

Best Director locks: Denis Villeneuve (Dune: Part Two), Mike Cheslik (Hundreds of Beavers), Robert Eggers (Nosferatu)
Best Director Wildcards: Coralie Fargeat (The Substance), Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the TV Glow), Luca Guadagnino (Challengers), Sean Baker (Anora)

Best Screenplay locks: My Old Cass, Conclave, Didi
Best screenplay Wildcards: A Different Man, Flow, Challengers, Heretic

Best Voice Performance locks: Bill Skarsgard (Nosferatu), Maya Hawke (Inside Out 2), Sarah Snook (Memoir of a Snail)
Best Voice Performance Wildcards: Brian Tyree Henry (Transformers One), Kevin Durand (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes), Pete Macon (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes), Pedro Pascal (The Wild Robot)

Best Needle Drop locks: Daft Punk - Get Lucky (Piece by Piece), Madonna - Like a Prayer (Deadpool and Wolverine), Timothee Chalamet - The Times They Are A-Changin' (A Complete Unknown)
Best Needle Drop Wildcards: Timothee Chalamet - Blowin' in the Wind (A Complete Unknown), The Hollies - The Air That I Breathe (Heretic), Donna Summer - MacArthur Park (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) Maroon 5 - Memories (Venom: The Last Dance)

Best Score locks: Hans Zimmer (Dune: Part Two), Kris Bowers (The Wild Robot), Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (Challengers)
Best Score Wildcards: Alex G (I Saw the TV Glow), Chris Ryan (Hundreds of Beavers), Gints Zibalodis and Richard Zalupe (Flow), Volker Bertelmann (Conclave)

Best Ending locks: Anora, Challengers, I Saw the TV Glow
Best Ending Wildcards: Heretic, Memoir of a Snail, My Old Ass, Nosferatu

Best Villain locks: Count Orlok (Nosferatu), Dr. Dementus (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga), Proximus Caesar (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes)
Best Villain Wildcards: Feyd Rautha Harkonnen (Dune: Part Two), Pete Seeger (A Complete Unknown), Ruth (Memoir of a Snail), Sherlock and Watson Beavers (Hundreds of Beavers)

Best Production Design locks: Memoir of a Snail, Nosferatu, Hundreds of Beavers
Best Production Design Wildcards: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Lisa Frankenstein, Wicked, Dune: Part Two

Best Visual Effects locks: Dune Part Two, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Nosferatu
Best Visual Effects Wildcards: Hundreds of Beavers, Memoir of a Snail, Terrifier 3, The Substance

The Honorary Bob Barker Award for Best Cameo locks: Channing Tatum (Deadpool and Wolverine), Kendrick Lamar (Piece By Piece), Snoop Dogg (Piece By Piece)
The Honorary Bob Barker Award for Best Cameo Wildcards: Danny DeVito (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice), Idina Minzel and Kristen Chenoweth (Wicked), June Squibb (Inside Out 2), Rob "Gronk" Gronkowski (The Instigators)

The Barry Keoghan Honorary Weirdest Little Creep Award locks: A24, Nicolas Cage (Longlegs), Shia LaBeouf (Megalopolis)
The Barry Keoghan Honorary Weirdest Little Creep Award Wildcards: The cast of Kinds of Kindness, Dennis Quaid (The Substance), SpongeBob SquarePants (Wicked), Haley Joel Osment (Blink Twice)

Best Cinematography locks: Challengers, Flow, Nosferatu
Best Cinematography Wildcards: Longlegs, I Saw the TV Glow, Dune: Part Two, A Complete Unknown

The Honorary Florence Pugh Best Year Award locks: Dan Stevens, NEON, Pedro Pascal
Dan Stevens- Abigail, Cuckoo, & Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
The Honorary Florence Pugh Best Year Award Wildcards: Margaret Qualley, Nicholas Hoult, Willem Dafoe, Zendaya

The Gran Turismo Honorary Most Annoying Trailer Award Locks: Argylle, Speak No Evil, Thunderbolts Asterisks
The Gran Turismo Honorary Most Annoying Trailer Award Wildcards: A Minecraft Movie, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, The Fall Guy, Wolfs

Best Sound locks: A Complete Unknown, The Substance, Twisters
Best Sound Wildcards: Alien: Romulus, Dune: Part Two, Flow, Nosferatu

Best Animated Feature locks: Flow, Memoir of a Snail, The Wild Robot
Best Animated Feature Wildcards: Inside Out 2, Mars Express, Piece By Piece, Transformers One

Best Ensemble Cast locks: A Complete Unknown, Anora, Wicked
Best Ensemble Cast Wildcards: Dune: Part Two, Inside Out 2, Juror #2, Nosfera2

The Dark Knight Rises Honorary Most Disappointing Award locks: Emilia Perez, Joker: Folie a Deux, Saturday Night
The Dark Knight Rises Honorary Most Disappointing Award Wildcards: Moana 2, Queer, The American Society of Magical Negroes, The Front Room

The Sing Sing Award for Absolute Dogshit Distribution of a Film
A24- Sing Sing

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Get ready for some WILDCARDS, BITCHES!! Following tonight's Golden Tikis Nomination Ceremony we will be putting two polls up per day where two of Tiki and PerGron's wild card picks for each category will go head to head against each other to secure the fourth and final nomination slot of any given category. I think this will be a really fun and engaging way to give the audience a voice when it comes to the nominations. The polls will only be up for about 24 hours so if you see one pop up be sure to vote!

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Which Walt-era Christmas short would you like us to cover on Seasonal Shenanigans?

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Due to a storm, were going to have to cancel tonight's recap of this week's Skeleton Crew episode. Join us tomorrow for a double dose of recaps, Skeleton Crew at 9PM Eastern followed by Creature Commandos at 10PM Eastern.

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In case anyone missed this detail, Moana 2 is NOT a proper Walt Disney Animation Studios movie despite being released under that banner. It's essentially the modern day equivalent of a DisneyToons sequel and what is in the movie wasn't even intended on being a movie. The "film" is a literal cobbled together hodge podge of footage created for the shelved Moana TV series.

Folks, the fact that THIS literally doubled Wicked's opening weekend gross and will likely be the biggest financial hit of the year is genuinely SCARY and sets a very dangerous precedent for the future of the company. If Moana 2 continues to be a runaway hit, I'm truly concerned the message audiences are sending and that the company will pick up on is that it's literally not worth putting any creative effort into their projects. Imagine the quality of the DisneyToons sequels being the status quo for theatrically released Disney movies going forward. That's the timeline we're currently faced with.

In over a decade of running this channel (WAAAAY longer than that if you count my entire run as "Tiki" on various Disney fan sites) I've never been so compelled to speak out and take a stand. I know I'm a small voice, I know this will be a literal drop in the bucket, but I have to TRY. I very much believe the future of Disney as a CREATIVE enterprise hangs in the balance and the only thing I can think to do is spread the word and straight up boycott Moana 2. My ultimate goal with this is for the movie to have a dramatic week two drop at the box office and for Wicked to reclaim the top spot. If this movie goes on a run as big as Inside Out 2, I absolutely think the effect such a success will have on the future of the company's creative output will be DEVESTATING.

Join me tonight at 10PM Eastern/7PM Pacific for an impromptu stream where I lay out my thoughts and make the pledge to avoid giving this movie a cent of my own money.

-Tiki

DISCLAIMER: The views expressed here ONLY represent Tiki's thoughts and are not necessarily endorsed by other channel contributors like BlueDragonFive or Jacob Wile.

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