It's been a while since i've posted anything so I wanted to try and put something out there since we just launched our Desolation of Smaug HISHE. But I should warn you, I'm going on very little sleep because preparing this latest short was a massive undertaking and I'm a liiiiiiiiittle wiped out. Caffeine and sugar can only sustain one for so long.

So thanks for watching the latest! I hope you guys like it. I want to thank Tina and Otis especially on this one. They both worked very hard and I think they deserve a round of applause. I'd also like to thank the cold/sickness I caught during making this short because without it my Smaug voice would not have been possible. Probably the only time I'd ever thank getting sick. And last I want to thank TVOOVIES. They were really nice and I'm glad we got to work together, even if it was for very brief lines. They were really cool and you guys should subscribe and support them also.

Well, that's all i can think to share right now… I'm running on fumes… so I think i'll just call it a day. If you are wondering where Star Wars Episode 1 HISHE is, the answer is it IS next. We had to bump SW because of scheduling conflicts with all the previous videos and now we're caught up so. On to Phantom Menace! hooray!

Oh, last. I need to address this. If you are a regular on this site and you are noticing that the forum isn't working like it used to… it's because the winds of change are a brewing. The forum has been closed to silence the spam and also because it is being used less and less. It's been a slow halt, but it's just the way it goes with all the options of social networks now. So, if this news makes you sad, I am very sorry. We appreciate your dedication, and we will always remember those who have been with us since the beginning. It's just time to close it. We still love you.

Okay. That's all I got. I really need to get off the computer… I feel like a zombie :) Hope everyone likes the Smaug HISHE!

So as a newborn to Doctor Who I was completely not prepared for the concept of regenerations, so season one finale was a enormous shock to me. And like most peoples reactions to the "next doctor" I did not like David Tennant. He felt like an imposter to the show I had finally learned to understand, and now the show had flipped on its side. But then... Tennant's episodes started to get even better than Eccleston's. So many great stories! I even started telling people, If you want a sample of the show, start at "The Girl in the Fireplace". That way you get a taste of the old and scifi mixture, the writing is super sharp, you already know the Doctor will be different, AND Madame de Pompadour is an absolute fox... Looking back I think she might have been a huge reason I liked that ep so much, but I still say it's an amazing stand alone episode. Do NOT try the show out with Blink! I hate when people suggest that. Blink is one of the best episodes! Why would you tell someone to watch something at it's peak? "Hey if you're gonna try game of thrones, just skip to the red wedding" That's what you sound like... ANYWAY.. girl in the fireplace.

So Why all this back story? I'm getting to the finale of Season 2. Doomsday. Since I had completely fallen in love with this show by now, I had no idea NO IDEA that it was about to smash my expectations/heart all over again. Doomsday hit me like a train (as I know it did many others) And it was always the finale that stood out above all things Doctor Who to me. Don't get me wrong "The End of Time" ending was equally heartbreaking, but that was after such a long great run of amazing episodes, Tennant's exit felt more poetic and perfect than Season 2.

Which brings me to The HISHE cartoon. As fans of the show now, we had always wanted to make a Doctor Who episode. We had a little sample in our Looper HISHE. But we never officially took the plunge until now. BBC America wanted to dedicate an entire week to Doctor Who to celebrate their 50th Anniversary, and when we heard the opportunity was there to participate we decided to drop everything and go with the Doctor. Because like any whovian knows, if the Doctor invites you to go somewhere, you take his hand and never look back right? :)

So what better doctor who episode to HISHE than Doomsday? None in our minds, so that's why we chose it. I'm so happy to see the positive response from the fans as well. Believe me, this was an episode that felt very "risky"and I wasn't entirely sure people would appreciate us invading their cherished scene. To see the landslide of approval comments just hits me in the feels. So thank you for watching. I hope you enjoyed it. A lot of work by some pretty awesome chaps (not including myself) went into this one. Stephanie had to simulate crying Rose, that's not easy. Otis had to paint two Tardis's that look incredible. Tina had to put up with my triple checking every little step of the episode. And YOU had to listen to my American attempt at a David Tennant impression :) So... asking a lot from everyone! In the end, this is one of my favorite shorts to have put together.

-Later Friends

When MoS hit theaters, I knew there would be a wave of requests for us to parody it, but I did not think it would be as many requests as we actually received. Not only were people demanding it, they were getting mad for having to wait. Even when the movie wasn't even 2 weeks old. People were acting like why have you not made this cartoon yet?!? and they were serious. 3 weeks in theaters, WHERE IS MAN OF STEEL?!?! I'm gonna unsub if you don't hurry up! As if our cartoons are ever made that fast, and never mind we were already making fast and the furious while prepping man of steel during that time. It was clear what our fans wanted. So it has been with great care that we took on this title and now, one month later, the Man of Steel HISHE is completed and as always I hope you enjoy it.

I personally love this short.  And not like a oh pat myself on the back kind of thing, I'm just excited at how many people got to be involved in this one. There are lots of names, old and new, attached to it and I always love the shorts that have multiple people involved.  Always feels like a bigger accomplishment for some reason.  This is our first short to feature 3 new guest voices. The Fine Bros, who play the Kryptonian soldiers, and who also made a Teens React episode of HISHE a while back. And Scott Stoked, who plays Jor-El and Jonathan Kent (which is a bonus clip for later) It's always great to have multiple voice actors rather than just my goofy voice for everything.  So I'm always a fan of new voices, and I thought they all did a great job.

Otis Frampton painted some beautiful backgrounds, as he always does.  Everything from his genesis chamber to the Kent living room just feels perfect to me.  And Bryan English always makes a great soundtrack when we get to use him.  So I'm a little sentimental on this one.  It was an important cartoon, and I'm really happy with what we put together.  As for story, if you hate what we've made, or you thought we should have gone in a different direction, or maybe you are just interested in our thought process, the writing process went like this:

I saw the movie 4 times, Tina watched twice I believe.  Tina and I have talked about Man of Steel seriously all month long.  So much so that we are pretty exhausted about it :) What is it about MoS that some found annoying but others find awesome?  What is it that are leaving some unsatisfied?  Is it the complexity of the mixed signals Kal-El's two dads give him?  Is it the neck snapping?  Is it the lack of light hardheartedness?  Yes.  So where could the movie have changed that?  At the fourth viewing it hit me, It's pretty silly that Kal-El doesn't even go talk to his hologram dad when Zod shows up and threatens the earth.  Not even to just say "Hey I'm gonna go fight Zod, you got any pointers?"  He already knows his dad knows about him.  Why wouldn't you just go ask him about it?  But he doesn't do that.  He goes and thinks about it alone in a random church so we can have the symbolic stain-glass window scene, and then immediately turns himself over to the army/humanity

No.  Kal-El/Clark Kent would not do this.  He would immediately go back and talk to space dad. (which is already in itself the same symbolism of the stain-glass window if you ask me) And then space dad would say "Just go throw your phantom drive into theirs" just as he tells Lois when she miraculously thinks to plug Clark's control key into the first triangle shaped hole she finds on board Zod's ship.  We don't even have to go into the why didn't Jor-El just disable Zod's ship completely while he was there... because if Clark had gone to dad in the first place, he wouldn't have to.  And even more importantly if Clark had gone to dad in the first place, absolutely none of the destruction would have ever taken place during the Zod battle.  Game over.  The world is saved along with all the people inside the would be demolished buildings.

So that's what we ran with.  Supe saves the day.... again.  :)

Thanks for watching!  Hope you guys enjoyed it.