didn't care for yonebayashi's part in modest heroes but the other two are great.
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Pixeltendo posted:The movie is awkward but Bowler hat guy is the best. I took an animation class with the guy who was lead animator on Bowler Hat Guy and who was super proud of the animation they did on it, but apparently Jeffery Katzenberg hated the character. He was reduced to a smaller part in the movie because Katzenberg hated him so much, and every time footage of that character came up in reviews that Katzenberg was in, he would call for that character to appear less and was just totally disgusted that he was necessary in the movie.
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# ? May 25, 2020 16:54 |
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Which is crazy because he was awesome. "Let's see... take responsibility for my own life, or blame you? DINGDINGDING! 'BLAME YOU' WINS HANDS DOWN!"
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# ? May 25, 2020 17:14 |
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Ccs posted:I took an animation class with the guy who was lead animator on Bowler Hat Guy and who was super proud of the animation they did on it, but apparently Jeffery Katzenberg hated the character. He was reduced to a smaller part in the movie because Katzenberg hated him so much, and every time footage of that character came up in reviews that Katzenberg was in, he would call for that character to appear less and was just totally disgusted that he was necessary in the movie. I'm astonished that every time I hear a Katzenberg story it's always about him making a bad decision.
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# ? May 25, 2020 17:16 |
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Robindaybird posted:Rock-a-Doodle is basically the start of Bluth's downward streak that only stopped with Anastasia. Wait wait wait. Wait. I think this got overlooked a bit. Pebble and the Penguin is horny? loving Troll in Central Park is horny?!? What? I've never watched any of those movies but from what bits and pieces I've seen around, they don't... LOOK horny. (I've seen a review of Thumbelina by Lindsay Ellis back when she called herself the Nostalgia Chick, and yeah, that movie is horny, no objections there)
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# ? May 25, 2020 17:26 |
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Detective No. 27 posted:I'm astonished that every time I hear a Katzenberg story it's always about him making a bad decision. Not that I'm going to whiteknight Michael Eisner but I feel like everything people make fun of him for could much more easily apply to Katzenberg.
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# ? May 25, 2020 17:34 |
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paradoxGentleman posted:Wait wait wait. The titular Troll was really into the four year old Rosie in a way that is really weird and kind of inappropriate for her age.
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# ? May 25, 2020 17:46 |
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Robindaybird posted:The titular Troll was really into the four year old Rosie in a way that is really weird and kind of inappropriate for her age. oh lord no
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# ? May 25, 2020 18:07 |
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tell me that you are exaggerating for comedic effect
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# ? May 25, 2020 18:09 |
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paradoxGentleman posted:tell me that you are exaggerating for comedic effect That's... no, that's a pretty cold take on that movie. It's got hardcore pedo vibes.
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# ? May 25, 2020 18:25 |
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Don Bluth is horny for teeth
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# ? May 25, 2020 18:39 |
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paradoxGentleman posted:Wait wait wait. Pebble is all about penguin A trying to woo another (weirdly shapely) penguin B. Meanwhile penguin C kidnaps penguin B to force her to be his mate Like that's the entire film. Well that and bad music except the opening song, I kinda like it World Famous W fucked around with this message at 18:51 on May 25, 2020 |
# ? May 25, 2020 18:49 |
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P sure every Don Bluth movie is uncomfortably horny in retrospect
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# ? May 25, 2020 18:53 |
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Ghost Leviathan posted:P sure every Don Bluth movie is uncomfortably horny in retrospect Except for The Land Before Time.
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# ? May 25, 2020 18:58 |
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Phylodox posted:Except for The Land Before Time. There's horns on so many dinosaurs
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# ? May 25, 2020 19:00 |
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World Famous W posted:Pebble is all about penguin A trying to woo another (weirdly shapely) penguin B. Meanwhile penguin C kidnaps penguin B to force her to be his mate Thumbelina is about how the only true husband is the white dude. The antagonists seek to sexually exploit her in some way. Pebble and the Penguin specifically states that hetero marriage is mandatory.
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# ? May 25, 2020 19:02 |
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Ccs posted:I took an animation class with the guy who was lead animator on Bowler Hat Guy and who was super proud of the animation they did on it, but apparently Jeffery Katzenberg hated the character. He was reduced to a smaller part in the movie because Katzenberg hated him so much, and every time footage of that character came up in reviews that Katzenberg was in, he would call for that character to appear less and was just totally disgusted that he was necessary in the movie. Jeeze, how long was that thing in production? Do you mean Lasseter? He was the 'no more traditional Disney villains' guy. (Instead he liked the affable types who were friendly to the hero until it turns out they were assholes the whole time. Hmmm)
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# ? May 25, 2020 20:01 |
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Bowler Hat Guy is in no way a traditional Disney villain, though.
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# ? May 25, 2020 20:13 |
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Pick posted:Bowler Hat Guy is in no way a traditional Disney villain, though. He was very traditionally camp though. (though yes, he did have awesome backstory)
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# ? May 25, 2020 20:15 |
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Ednamamame posted:He was very traditionally camp though. (though yes, he did have awesome backstory) Oh, for sure. I just think he might have been the first Disney villain where you find out that even though he didn't cope very well with adversity, he had been wronged by the protagonist and the protagonist's disrespect for others/dismissal of legitimate needs (and outright requests) of others. And that righting is is, in large part, acknowledging that.
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# ? May 25, 2020 20:19 |
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I loved the scene where he swaps his juice box with the orphanage manager's coffee as a child. That was great. (Spoilered because it reveals something about the villain that's kind of well hidden)
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# ? May 25, 2020 20:33 |
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Really, how hard it would've been for the genius protagonist to build him a pair of earplugs?
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# ? May 25, 2020 20:59 |
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How hard would it have been for them to make a better movie?
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# ? May 25, 2020 22:58 |
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Ccs posted:I took an animation class with the guy who was lead animator on Bowler Hat Guy and who was super proud of the animation they did on it, but apparently Jeffery Katzenberg hated the character. He was reduced to a smaller part in the movie because Katzenberg hated him so much, and every time footage of that character came up in reviews that Katzenberg was in, he would call for that character to appear less and was just totally disgusted that he was necessary in the movie. Didn't Katzenberg leave Disney and join Dreamworks in the mid to late 90s or was Meet the Robinsons just in development hell for a long time?
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# ? May 25, 2020 23:05 |
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Phylodox posted:Except for The Land Before Time. That's instead uncomfortably hungry.
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# ? May 26, 2020 07:11 |
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paradoxGentleman posted:tell me that you are exaggerating for comedic effect The whole movie's on youtube if you want to see for yourself.
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# ? May 26, 2020 10:43 |
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Ghost Leviathan posted:P sure every Don Bluth movie is uncomfortably horny in retrospect
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# ? May 26, 2020 12:47 |
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Ghost Leviathan posted:That's instead uncomfortably hungry. Wanna eat that fuckin' leaf.
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# ? May 26, 2020 13:39 |
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Roth posted:Didn't Katzenberg leave Disney and join Dreamworks in the mid to late 90s or was Meet the Robinsons just in development hell for a long time? Hmm I thought it was Katzenberg but it might've been Lasseter. The guy who got to make decisions anyway, haha.
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# ? May 26, 2020 15:53 |
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man, I don't know if I have it in me. I know the design of Troll in Central Park. I don't know if I can handle seeing him get horny off a preteen.
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# ? May 26, 2020 19:53 |
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paradoxGentleman posted:man, I don't know if I have it in me. I know the design of Troll in Central Park. I don't know if I can handle seeing him get horny off a preteen. I saw it out of boredom. She's not a preteen, she's like 4. Also, I miss Dom Deluise so much.
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# ? May 26, 2020 23:53 |
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Oh no I've already committed to watching every Bluth movie in order D:
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# ? May 27, 2020 00:00 |
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From what I've heard Troll in Central Park was heavily executive meddled (which seems to apply to a lot of 90s Don Bluth films) and was meant to be darker
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# ? May 27, 2020 00:04 |
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Anybody watching the new Looney Tunes shorts? Seems pretty alright so far. Really good looking animation.
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# ? May 27, 2020 19:13 |
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Roth posted:Didn't Katzenberg leave Disney and join Dreamworks in the mid to late 90s or was Meet the Robinsons just in development hell for a long time? Yes. Following Frank Wells' death in 1994, Katzenberg believed that his contract entitled him to Wells' position as president of the company. Eisner, however, simply assumed the president's responsibilities in addition to his role as CEO, and he and Roy Disney froze Katzenberg out. Eventually Katzenberg quit, sued the poo poo out of the company (I think he got something like $250 million) and co-founded Dreamworks with Spielberg and David Geffen.
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# ? May 27, 2020 19:23 |
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Roth posted:Anybody watching the new Looney Tunes shorts? I'm less happy with the selection of classic shorts on Max. There's only about 200 on there out of the 1000+ produced. I know the content of some shorts means they'll likely never see the light of day and anything earlier than 1937 or so is fairly unwatchable, but it'd be nice to have something approaching a complete collection.
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# ? May 28, 2020 01:07 |
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So, can someone convince me that Atlantis is a hidden gem? We watched it last night and unlike a lot of its contemporaries, I can't really say I feel like it deserved better. It's just sort of...there. I feel like the big wow moments didn't land for me the same way they did for, say, Treasure Planet, another movie with a lot of spectacle. And there definitely isn't anything as noteworthy as the relationship between Silver and Jim that anchored that movie. The character designs also felt a little all over the place. Like, Mole and Sweet standing next to each other was super weird. Obviously Vinnie has truly spectacular jokes, and Michael J. Fox turns in a great performance. But it just never grabbed me. Very special shout outs to what has to be the highest body count in a Disney movie (that entire sub, just full of redshirts), and the weird rear end way the villain died, which had the distinct feeling of two people arguing for their versions in the writers room until someone else side "gently caress IT WE'LL DO THEM BOTH"
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# ? May 28, 2020 23:20 |
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Honestly? I watched Atlantis maybe a couple of weeks ago and it did absolutely nothing for me. Especially after Tarzan, which was at least gorgeous. The pacing in Atlantis is absolute dogshit, and it has way more characters than it has any idea what to do with.
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# ? May 28, 2020 23:37 |
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Atlantis is missing like a 20 minute chunk of adventures on the submarine that would have made it one of the best animated adventure films. Without a middle act it feels so rushed.
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# ? May 28, 2020 23:39 |
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Hedrigall posted:Atlantis is missing like a 20 minute chunk of adventures on the submarine that would have made it one of the best animated adventure films. This beautiful submarine is introduced with gorgeous swooping shots, and with a bridge I’d love to explore. Then it’s all destroyed 5 minutes later. Come on!
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