Of special note is that this project is being written by Ron Clements and John Musker, who brought us The Little Mermaid in 1989.
Posted by Zeugma (Member # 6636) on :
I need to get crackin' on some drawing classes! :-D
Actually, this is funny, cause just 5 minutes ago I was looking over Laika's job openings and realizing I'm at a disadvantage for not having strong stop-motion skills. Now this! Man, where was I 10 years ago when 3D was hip? ;-)
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Its interesting that Lasseter is not the 3D exclusivist that I thought he might be. I hope the 2d features are beautifully drawn as opposed to the cartoons that prevail today on nickolodeon and Cartoon Network that do a very piss poor job, and sacrifice art for stupid cheap gags. Who needs to draw well when we can draw a guy with poping zits, its SO FUNNY!
Posted by Zeugma (Member # 6636) on :
Lasseter was trained in and worked in 2D animation for many years before Pixar came a-knockin'. Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
Best of all (heh), the glut of sub-standard CGI flicks in recent years has me feeling the public will embrace a traditional Disney film. Especially if it's done well.
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Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
Awesome. I'm excited for this. It's about time we got back to the good stuff.
Posted by theamazeeaz (Member # 6970) on :
Horay!
Now I just have to convince my ex-roommate to work for Disney. She's the biggest Disney freak on the planet and the best artist I know. She got bored at work once (check out at the science library) and made a flip book out of post-it notes featuring our other roommate and her boyfriend. The couple danced around in a circle, and then the boyfriend got down on one knee and offered a box with a ring. The other roommate then jumped into his arms and he spun her around. There was a poofy dress too. The whole thing was a result of us thinking the our other roommate is joined at the hip with her boyfriend, and is out with him ALL the time, often dancing together. The couple looked at china at Macy's once. The flip book was classic, both for the quality of what she did, and for everyone who knows the couple involved.
Despite her eternal love for the company, I don't think she'd work there unless Disney had a satellite office in Pennsylvania. Shame. Still writing her to tell the good news
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
I hope they get back into the big musical productions of Aladdin, Mermaid, Lion King, Snow White etc.
Those seem to have fallen by the wayside, and were by far the most successful movies (and for many the most memorable). I don't even really care if they have to CGI it (since apparently EVERYTHING has to be CGI these days), just bring back the fun Disney music.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
According to most sources I've read, the animated musicals began to decline in box office returns after the apex of The Lion King. With only a couple of exceptions, each film did a bit less than the one before.
The musical format was blamed, so it was dropped.
Personally, I would say it was due to a drop in quality. So many of the post TLK films were increasingly mediocre.
Posted by docmagik (Member # 1131) on :
See, they made a bunch of those mistakes with those films.
First, they did the Hercules mistake of the film not taking itself seriously enough. Where Aladdin was able to limit the anachronistic elements to a genie, who at least in theory could have had some knowledge of the future, Herucles was so anachronistic as to taunt the viewer if they ever once tried to take the film seriously.
Compare this to the Lion King, where everything is serious, and the comedy is far more organic to the story.
So then they went the other way, and made movies with no music that took themselves way too seriously, like Atlantis.
And somewhere in there was that dark, gritty Hunchaback of Notre Dame, which managed to offend religious people and turn off parents looking for fun, light Disney fare for children with its dark tone and lack of any completely likeable characters.
Disney seems to completely misunderstand the appeal of its own successful films.
Aaah, I probably shouldn't get started.
But I have a lot of faith that Lasseter does understand, so that gives me hope.
Posted by theamazeeaz (Member # 6970) on :
Mulan was really the only decent Disney movie after Lion King.
Posted by docmagik (Member # 1131) on :
Yes. I can agree on that.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
Lilo & Stitch and The Emperor's New Groove were both good. Posted by Reticulum (Member # 8776) on :
I agree. It's a shame though, with Disney's bad films's recently. (Though Pixar is good.) Disney films are too silly these days; more seriousesque films like Lion King, or kinda like Hercules. I happened to like both of those films.
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