tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post9209568234947837214..comments2024-03-26T22:42:06.412-07:00Comments on TAG Blog: Splashing Around the SPASteve Huletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-60990558538999943392011-01-20T14:53:14.611-08:002011-01-20T14:53:14.611-08:00This just in from the SPA front - Hotel Transylvan...This just in from the SPA front - Hotel Transylvania co-director Chris Jenkins has been shown the door by good old Bob-O' <br /><br />Me thinks its time to downgrade "Hotel T" to "Hotel TBD"...<br /><br />Check please!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-69751454124470663482011-01-17T09:46:47.394-08:002011-01-17T09:46:47.394-08:00Wrong. Producers and production people don't ...Wrong. Producers and production people don't stay within the union or non-union network of studios. They hopscotch from studio to studio, regardless of union standing, and regardless of location. They move up and down the California coast, or to Vancouver, or to London, or to New York, as the job requires. And they frequently get inside information from new hires who came from competing companies. And the same small group of people do viz-dev and design work across a range of studios. It's the nature of our business.<br /><br />It's funny, the one example that someone above gave was 'Antz' and 'A Bug's Life.' Like a blog was going to give up info that wasn't in Jeffrey K's head when he went from Disney to forming DreamWorks. Hulett and the TAG blog just makes a convenient scapegoat for business as usual.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-54120608812720171932011-01-17T06:22:42.048-08:002011-01-17T06:22:42.048-08:00I think that mostly applies to southern Cal union ...I think that mostly applies to southern Cal union shopsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-41752628987701917482011-01-17T00:25:27.603-08:002011-01-17T00:25:27.603-08:00A "scoop" on your blog could mean creati...<b>A "scoop" on your blog could mean creative heartbreak for hundreds of artists on a show. </b><br /><br />The naivete of this statement is staggering. Producers jump from company to company, and those who don't are hanging out with producers from competing companies regularly (sometimes even dating/sleeping with/married to). I've been at two different animation studios where I saw lists of what their competitors had in development, and those lists extended forward into projects that didn't even have artists assigned to them yet. In retrospect, both lists turned out to be accurate (of course there were projects that got dumped or back-burnered, but there was nothing that was released that was a surprise). There's nothing Steve Hulett ever sees that other animation studios haven't long known about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-22334703772812429892011-01-16T16:40:14.853-08:002011-01-16T16:40:14.853-08:00Very little on this blog is earth-shattering in a ...<i>Very little on this blog is earth-shattering in a newsie kind of way.</i><br /><br />WHA-AT?? B-but my entire life revolves around this site!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-78290403799081384372011-01-16T15:41:11.481-08:002011-01-16T15:41:11.481-08:00Nobody should reveal proprietary information that ...Nobody should reveal proprietary information that would damage a studio.<br /><br />That being said, I would submit that the screen shape of "The Simpsons Movie" or a new character model sheet for a well-loved cartoon character or the title of a Disney video sequel that is the same except for a number after it, is not "proprietary" in any meaningful sense. <br /><br />And when the information is out on the internets for MONTHS and then gets mentioned here (But ... but ... that earlier stuff ... it wasn't OFFICIAL!"), any churlish, pseudo-legalistic reaction is -- what's the word I'm looking for? -- mega-moronic.<br /><br />Stuff gets read here by maybe twenty thousand people a month. Occasionally something gets linked. Blue Sky Disney and Jim Hill break news all the time. We don't. I think it's important that everybody go spend time with their families, go out and play some touch football, get a LIFE.<br /><br />Very little on this blog is earth-shattering in a newsie kind of way.Steve Huletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-31607452786257188232011-01-15T22:56:38.687-08:002011-01-15T22:56:38.687-08:00Looks like floyd read all the same Disney bio'...Looks like floyd read all the same Disney bio's as everyone elseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-16712390865635961672011-01-15T22:27:36.422-08:002011-01-15T22:27:36.422-08:00(delivered as sarcastically as possible)----------...(delivered as sarcastically as possible)-------------------Oh this is silly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-70957338957908766592011-01-15T20:44:10.696-08:002011-01-15T20:44:10.696-08:00oh snap!oh snap!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-39212759272408756712011-01-15T15:41:47.900-08:002011-01-15T15:41:47.900-08:00Walt didn't have competition, Floyd. Did you e...Walt didn't have competition, Floyd. Did you ever think that maybe the reason why studios crack down on leaks is because they don't want another studio to steal their idea? Look at Antz vs. Bug's Life, for example. I'd hate it if another studio put into production a project that's similar to the project I've been working on for years - and worse, released before us. A "scoop" on your blog could mean creative heartbreak for hundreds of artists on a show. <br /><br />And, really, you'd consider it an honor to be fired? I have friends who are out of work and would love to working at one of the studios you'd consider an honor to be fired from.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-61162095084019741832011-01-15T11:03:53.773-08:002011-01-15T11:03:53.773-08:00Hey, they can fire me any day. I'd consider it...Hey, they can fire me any day. I'd consider it a badge of honor. Of course, they'd have to hire me first.<br /><br />Dumb executives. Walt never cared about such nonsense.Floyd Normanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08635960964922892254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-37750687709592984422011-01-15T10:35:36.569-08:002011-01-15T10:35:36.569-08:00This is silly.This is silly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-28892705180054646902011-01-15T07:57:05.926-08:002011-01-15T07:57:05.926-08:00See? I told ja.
They're watching.......they...See? I told ja.<br />They're watching.......they're watching ALL of you.<br /><br />Heh heh heh heeeeh.<br /><br />Hey you suits out there.......want an easy excuse to get rid of the dead wood taking in money that could otherwise be YOURS?<br /><br />Next time someone pipes up about something on this blog.....have them FIRED for wasting time on the Internet!<br /><br />THAT'LL show 'em!<br /><br />Do it! <br />It's FUN! <br />It's POWER!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-52249887880899057202011-01-15T03:59:43.550-08:002011-01-15T03:59:43.550-08:00Steve Hulett: The Julian Assange of animation, app...Steve Hulett: The Julian Assange of animation, apparently. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-45495322504229063212011-01-15T02:57:38.708-08:002011-01-15T02:57:38.708-08:00Oh, my god. You had basically done nothing and sti...Oh, my god. You had basically done nothing and still got reprimanded. And all for ridiculous reasons. <br /><br />Don't let them get you down, man.<br /><br />Keep on fighting. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com