tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post458072420971216617..comments2024-03-26T22:42:06.412-07:00Comments on TAG Blog: The End-of-Week LinkageSteve Huletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-14534066404576605372010-08-02T14:39:42.018-07:002010-08-02T14:39:42.018-07:00Let's see..."Meet the Robinsons", &q...Let's see..."Meet the Robinsons", "Bolt", that black princess movie...I think I'll pass.A rabbi and a priest go to a bar andnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-27292688561477906632010-08-01T22:46:58.917-07:002010-08-01T22:46:58.917-07:00Ive seen it. You'll love it.Ive seen it. You'll love it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-38296851493209252882010-08-01T08:48:30.931-07:002010-08-01T08:48:30.931-07:00**Go back and watch Beauty and the Beast or Snow W...**Go back and watch Beauty and the Beast or Snow White again. They arent as good or well animated as you remember.**<br /><br />The animators of Snow White were still struggling with animating realistic humans, and yes, it shows. But the strength of the story, and especially the characters, easily overcome that.<br /><br />As for Beauty, yes, there are some shaky moments (Disney had a habit back then of hiring young artists who could draw the human figure rather well but couldn't draw facial expressions worth a damn) and the same drawing weaknesses plague Aladdin as well. But again - STORY and CHARACTERS win the day.<br /><br />Tangled had better have similar story/character strengths, or I won't give a damn about its technical virtuosity. Just sayin'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-42151655682584935632010-07-31T15:08:56.662-07:002010-07-31T15:08:56.662-07:00Go back and watch Beauty and the Beast or Snow Whi...Go back and watch Beauty and the Beast or Snow White again. They arent as good or well animated as you remember.<br /><br />Im not saying Tangled is necessarily better, but I suspect you respond more to the nostalgia of those movies, not the movies themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-13906875326981937432010-07-31T13:24:36.945-07:002010-07-31T13:24:36.945-07:00"Tangled" is pretty much a pass for me. ..."Tangled" is pretty much a pass for me. The harder Diz tries to sell it, the more it turns me off. Still looks like the same old schtick, only it's not as good as the same old schtick (Snow White, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, or even Aladdin...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-73448979054966620742010-07-31T10:15:50.821-07:002010-07-31T10:15:50.821-07:00Eventually, some group of creatives shall click an...Eventually, some group of creatives shall click and do the characters unique and fresh, if not authentic to what they originally were. Till then, jobs will be created in all the series where they dont do so good, and all will be assets of history that we can throw tomatoes at if we dare watch them on our big screen TVs. Chances are, we wont watch them, but be willing to plop our kids in front of when we dont want to give them any attention.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-17989313880550363332010-07-31T10:03:38.180-07:002010-07-31T10:03:38.180-07:00Me, I want to see them resurrected. Why the hell ...Me, I want to see them resurrected. Why the hell not? You want to see Scooby Doo go on forever?Steve Huletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-38468661688267900362010-07-31T08:57:28.706-07:002010-07-31T08:57:28.706-07:00How many times does Warner Bros. try to resurrect ...How many times does Warner Bros. try to resurrect the rotting corpse of its Golden Age cartoon characters? <br /><br />Let them die. Sorry, but seeing Coyote slam into a canyon wall got old 45 years ago. Let them die. Let them all die.<br /><br />Good god, what if the only animation Disney created today was Donald Duck doing the exact same gags over and over again, for the last 70 years?<br /><br />Let them die.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-54863379845040978842010-07-31T08:49:16.061-07:002010-07-31T08:49:16.061-07:00'what sane person in the outside world accuses...'what sane person in the outside world accuses the Looneys of "sliding into obscurity'<br />A ridiculous statement, as it is most obvious at this day and age, any and all icons in our society are celebrated with some note of recognition. For example, Carvagio this last week...dead 400 years. Big celebration in Italy. Mickey Mouse: every 10 years without fail. Bugs: Today? nothing. <br />Why come down on the reporter who has his finger on the pulse of our community unlike any others? The spotlight should remain on the company that treats their commodity like some bastard blacksheep stepchild who nobody talks about.....<br />And as for their occasional retries in reviving the character in new product, the character may someday be blessed by a group of artists and management that creates new cartoons as effective as the original ones. Perhaps not in our lifetime, but as long as copyright ownership lasts and is extended, the company is as good as any other to accidently put together such a team of talent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-24965177610904133712010-07-31T08:29:56.538-07:002010-07-31T08:29:56.538-07:00All the footage in that video is very early tests....All the footage in that video is very early tests. None of it is production. The trailer is a bit more representative, but compared to the breadth of shots in the film, it doesnt show anything yet, really.<br /><br />Rapunzel might just very well be the best looking CG human ever. But feel free to prove me wrong with examples.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-9063922790911035752010-07-31T07:23:41.465-07:002010-07-31T07:23:41.465-07:00Rapunzel looks like a little plastic Barbie doll. ...Rapunzel looks like a little plastic Barbie doll. Ecchhh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-21947389058056091292010-07-31T01:40:04.556-07:002010-07-31T01:40:04.556-07:00The lack of a celebration is a shame, but not star...<i>The lack of a celebration is a shame, but not startling given Bug’s slide down the rabbit hole of obscurity in recent years. ...</i><br /><br />A), it's "Bugs", and B), what sane person in the outside world accuses the Looneys of "sliding into obscurity", apart from spin-doctoring Warner execs hoping to remake them, and trying to find scapegoats when the new versions don't take?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-10054723144687595182010-07-30T23:01:17.178-07:002010-07-30T23:01:17.178-07:00Boy, Tangled looks really, REALLY nice.Boy, Tangled looks really, REALLY nice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-56182287705538177032010-07-30T20:32:35.318-07:002010-07-30T20:32:35.318-07:00Nice Collection of news...Nice Collection of news...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com