A conversation on a KH movie got me thinking on this, and then one of wyna_hiros's posts made me contemplate it more. The concept of the animated action movie is dead in America - that is, if it was ever alive to begin with. I'm trying to figure out why that is.

The examples we have of strictly "action" in American animation are rare to begin with. They seem to come and go in spurts, the most recent of which included some of Disney's feeble attempts: Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Treasure Planet, as well as Fox's brief foray into animation: Titan A.E. and to a much lesser extent, Anastasia. Surprisingly, action's been pursued even less in 3D animation (Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is the only thing jumping to my mind.) All of these movies, while some have created loyal fanbases, have generally floundered at the box office and been sneered at by critics. As a result, action has been dropped like a hot potato by all the major animation studios, as it seems an animated action flick is doomed to failure. But why have animated action films done so poorly in the first place?


( Here's my suggestions on that )


Operator status: Very very busy, as NSO's just a day or two away. Schnikes! I suppose this means I'll have to actually start caring about going back to school now...maybe. :P

Drawing: YAY, finished drawing that Axel/Larxene pic of DOOM, and got it out of my brain! XO (mostly...) Need to color a KH b-day present for Rebmakash, and my weekly avatar for the Pseudome forums. Also, one of the producers at Porchlight had a good conversation with me on job-searching and building a portfolio, so I decided to try doing some sample cleanups for portfolios. I'm working on some backgrounds, characters (and maybe props) from the 'Artifactory' story. I figure that'll kill two birds with one stone, and be a productive way to spend my time until work for RSOM 6 and the other small comic project catch up with me. ;P

Writing: Not too much at the moment; I sort of hit a roadblack with that fic (and only four pages in, heh...)