Disney/Pixar Lineup

[lynxgriffin]

I'm really curious to know what people think about the lineup of new Disney and Pixar films through 2012. Man, there's a bunch of them! (A few of these I hadn't even heard of.) And I don't really care about the Tinker Bell direct to DVD stuff; obvious marketing ploy is obvious.
- I'm dying to see "WALL*E." It just looks unique and amazing. The fact that some people are saying that audiences might be turned off by some of the ideas and themes it presents (that in the future, humans have left earth a wasteland and have evolved to become so large that they can't move on their own) just makes me want to see it even more.
- Well, nobody was expecting "Toy Story 2" to be any good, and then it was, so I'll hold out on my opinion for "Toy Story 3." But...why a "Cars" sequel? Aside from the obvious tie-in with the land that's opening in California Adventure, AKA PIXARLAND If a Pixar movie was gonna get a sequel, I would've felt "Monsters Inc." deserved it. :/
- "UP" and "newt" both look ridiculously fun. It'll be interesting to see how they pull off "The Bear and the Bow," since it's the least 'unique' of the Pixar ones. Still, set in Scotland, can't go wrong there.
- What happened to the "John Carter of Mars" series? Is it because that'll likely be live action?
- Why isn't "King of the Elves" going to be in 2D? It looks like "Princess and the Frog" is the only one on that roster that's 2D, even after just visiting the studio and them saying WE'RE DOING MOAR 2D YAY. Maybe they just won't be completed until 2013 and onward? That said, I think I actually saw concept art for "King of the Elves" there a year or two ago...or something like it.

So yeah...what do dudes think? :O

P.S. Is it just me, or has wtf_nature been kind of sucking hardcore lately?

Drawing: Lots more today, too. Digital painting and character design homework, plus that independent storyboard/layout project. ;_;

Writing: Just RPing. Ohgod, I love Wolf.

Comments

[princealia.livejournal.com]

Or even the Incredibles getting a sequel, but CARS? wtf D:

Hahaha, Pixarland. Hollywood Studios is our Pixarland. It's also High School Musical land :P

And I don't see why people would be turned off by Wall-E. I mean...it's true, and the truth hurts XD

[lynxgriffin.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, an Incredibles sequel would be awesome. I could get behind that.

Yup, CA is our Pixarland. XD We're getting a Toy Story section put in to go with the Cars section...don't have a HSM section for it aside from merch, thankfully.

[princealia.livejournal.com]

ME TOO...but apparently Cars is first :P

You guys don't have the HSM pep rally thing? It drives me nuts :P

"WHAT TIME IS IT?"
"Time for me to get the hell out the park :D"

[lynxgriffin.livejournal.com]

Maybe we did...but if we do, I've been fortunate enough to never see it.

[lalapin.livejournal.com]

squeee I got all giddy this morning reading the news *o* I'm really excited and agree with most of your points, seriously wtf, Cars *2*? Not too excited about Pixar resorting to sequels. But then again comes my next point, hey if they make a good movie, I'd like to see it. And even though I'd LOVE to see more traditional animation, again, if it's a good movie, the medium used, IMO, should be the 2nd concern... (although I'd really, really love for them to stick to 2D @_@ lol)

[lynxgriffin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think people are afraid of sequels because generally no one puts the same amount of time and effort into them, and they've been burned by Disney sequels. Ultimately, here's hoping they come up with good stories for them, because when it starts being sequels for the sake of sequels, it does the characters a disservice!

Holycrap your icon is adorable

[loveotter.livejournal.com]

I really like the sound of "The Bear and the Bow". :O

[lynxgriffin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I wish there was more info on it rather than 'Scottish princess flick'. :O

[sexpress.livejournal.com]

SCOTLAND YEAH.

Dick Cook was on the news yesterday talking about all of these. It seems like waaaay more than they can handle.

[lynxgriffin.livejournal.com]

It does sound like a ton to produce. Maybe this means they'll go through a big hiring period? >_> Grunt inbetweening work, woooooo

[sexpress.livejournal.com]

Hey, you gotta start somewhere.

[yuukihikari]

BAH

I thought initial reports stated both The Princess And The Frog & Rapunzel were going to be 2D *severely disapointed at the latter*

[lynxgriffin.livejournal.com]

Nope, Rapunzel is definitely 3D. :O *saw some of the hair tests for that movie last week* But if they can give it a kind of painterly look, it can probably look stunning even in 3D.

[thanatoast.livejournal.com]

'm really very psyched about the 2D movie. It looks like it's gonna be awesome. *_*

Also, Wall*E is probably going to be SO cute.

[lynxgriffin.livejournal.com]

I know, I'm so pumped!

And pretty much all off the footage I've seen for Wall*E has the characters being absolutely adorable, even without dialogue.

[ecojak.livejournal.com]

Actually, I don't think Toy Story, Cars, or Monsters Inc. should ever have sequels because they usually wind up being less interesting than the first. I wasn't that big of a fan of Toy Story 2 as I was the original, for example. Then there's the matter of casting voice actors that're 'popular', which makes it worse.

But the other Pixar movies do look promising; especially WALL*E. ^^

[lynxgriffin.livejournal.com]

I think a sequel can work if there's a real good story to be told there, and there's rare occasions where sequels can be better than their originals...Rescuers Down Under, for example, I think was better than the original Rescuers. It just happens that often that isn't the case...I guess we'll see!

[angelsbaby0910.livejournal.com]

Ok, I'm usually fairly up to date on my disney. I have 2 nieces and a nephew, ranging from 7 years to 2 months, so I see a lot of disney, and the only thing that was familiar to me was Toy Story... I'm interested to see what happens with these ideas... Oh, and hi evil twin! :) *GLOMP*

[lynxgriffin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've been following Wall*E and some of the other Disney ones for awhile, but a lot of these are new.

OMG EVIL TWIN *is glomped?!*

[angelsbaby0910.livejournal.com]

I haven't talked to you in forever! How is everything!?

[lynxgriffin.livejournal.com]

Things have been BUSY! @_@ School is keeping me pretty occupied between the commute, classes, extra stuff and homework in between. Only two and a half terms left now, so it's a little freaky, too.

Otherwise, pretty good! In case you didn't know, I've also moved back in with my parents.

[angelsbaby0910.livejournal.com]

Schools almost over, huh? I'd be thrilled! Yeah, Em told me you moved back home! I'm going to try to get down to LA in may, so you HAVE to come visit so I can see you!!!!! :)

[lynxgriffin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it'll be over in December. O_O And sweet, would love to come and see you, since I haven't in awhile!

[angelsbaby0910.livejournal.com]

Yay! Goddess, thinking about it now, I don't think I've seen you since the premier of pirates 2!!!!!!!! Way way way to long! I will let you know as soon as I know when I'm coming down!!
*glomp*