After lunch I traipsed around the sun-drenched Glendale campus, where animators in the Lakeside building griped about prescription drug coverage (I straightened out some misunderstandings, but yeah, prescription drugs cost more than they used to) and got updated on DWA's next two movies ...
"The last bits of How To Train Your Dragon's animation will be done in early January. But that's from the stragglers. Almost all of Shrek IV's animation will be done by the end of January. These two pictures were sort of hop-scotching and racing each other the last year, but their animation is close to being done at almost the same time. Dragon comes out first, in March, so it's gotta be finished."
And I talked to different folks who've worked for both DreamWorks Animation and Disney Features (aka "Walt Disney Animation Studio") over the last few years, and the consensus is in: Morale is higher at DWA than the House of Mouse.
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"Morale is higher at DWA than the House of Mouse."
That's an understatement.
Of course, there's the energy level as well.
Things seem to be hopping at DreamWorks, while the mouse house has the vibe of a convalescent home.
What's up with that?
Life outside of Disney Animation is amazing!
Its true. Its always so damn quiet at Disney. And you're constantly worrying about who's going to overhear your conversations and head on a warpath for your termination because you arent a "company" person. God forbid you provide any constructive criticism.
Its frustrating.
still dont like the dragon design. It looks like a cat with bat wings...
The moon looks like a halo, which is weird.
With so many of us unemployed and uncovered, whining about the drug co-pay is beyond childish. How is the air conditioning? The lighting? Is your seat comfortable? Are you close enough to the Men's room? How is the food in the canteen? Are you happy? Comfy? Really, I need to know.
I don't get "whining" about inanities being equated with being pissed off about the copay for rxs at all.
Here's the deal: it's the thin edge of the wedge. That's why it's worth "whining" about. I'm sorry you don't have a job, anon-I've been there-and on COBRA, and w/out ANY insurance myself.
But that doesn't mean that less insurance or MORE copay is anything to cheer about. If any argument is a waste of time it's the old "at least YOU have---" one.
Taking an individual gripe on its own merits(eg. WHY is the prescription copay going up?)is what's called for. Not sour grapes. If/when my unemployed brehtren get a job I'd like them to not have their copays go up, too. get it?
FWIW btw I wasn't the one who was griping to Hulett. I just get so tired of the "aw, shaddup" shite.
That said I do hope things look up for you.
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