Why reinvent the wheel? (Disney Movies)

[Willie Boy]

One thing you are all forgetting about, is the length of time it takes artists to draw and color each cell involved in the creation of a (non CG) animated movie or tv show. If they didn't recycle, it would be measured in decades instead of years. And they probably wouldn't get made (the artists wanting much larger paychecks, making production costs per movie equivalent to 20 or even 30 times the amount of money Bush spent in, one year, on his continuing Iraq War. So speak ill of it if you want, but remember, as was already said, Walt was a businessman.

 

[gsdx]

Everything changed when Michael Eisner took over.

At one time, 'Disney' meant 'family'. It was entertainment for 'children of all ages'.

That's not the case anymore.

(Not to hijack this thread, but I have a question. Why doesn't Disney send the families on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition on Disney vacations anymore?)

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

At least they didn't blatantly cut and paste from one movie to the next. A lot of cartoons do that within the same episode.

The logistics of making a 52 episode cartoonseries versus a 120 minute movie are very different.

And yes, Hannah Montana and the Jonas Brothers are the modern day Mickey Mouse Club.

Leave Britney alone!

 

[gdude30]

I got nothing specifically from pixar, but this somewhat shows how dreamworks is reusing their 3D facial expressions models

LOL

SO TRUE

 

[gdude30]

Mickey mouse in South Park



LOL

 

[gsdx]

You've all probably unknowningly watched this sort of thing in "Family Guy", "The Simpsons"

Precisely. Does anyone actually believe that the scene of Bart writing on the chalkboard (except for the 'lines', of course) is redrawn for each episode?

Even Star Trek borrowed from previous episodes.

A dollar saved here. A dollar saved there. It all adds up in the end.

Besides, how many of you reading this thread recognised the tree from Jungle Book and Winnie the Pooh being the same until you saw them both together above?

My guess would be 'zero'.

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

There is nothing wrong with using the same techniques and frames a few times, but don't you think that seventy years after Snowwhite Disney should at least try to make a different movie?

 

[TygreBryte]

Ohh! I saw that while I was at work yesterday, and I meant to post it here, but I forgot!

I thought it was fun to watch. I'm not the hugest of disney fans to begin with, so most of the "disillusionment" factor is lost on me.

 

[Corny]

It's funny how everybody is defending Disney here.
When nobody attacked them for re-using that stuff

 

[Kirbster66]

Why should they be attacked for this? Wise reuse of very expensive and time-consuming cels makes perfect sense.

And Walt would use CG and any technology he could to advance the art of animation. He used every bit of technology of the day and he'd do the same today.

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

It's funny how everybody is defending Disney here.
When nobody attacked them for re-using that stuff

What are you accusing me of? Why shouldn't I attack the business that started off the feature length animation industry?

 

[Corny]

err you got that wrong.
there is no need to defend someone when nobody is attacking him. i am not asking you to attack disney

 

[TygreBryte]

Why should they be attacked for this? Wise reuse of very expensive and time-consuming cels makes perfect sense.

And Walt would use CG and any technology he could to advance the art of animation. He used every bit of technology of the day and he'd do the same today.

I noticed the same thing.

It's hard to tell from this mash-up, but it seems like several entire, long, sequences are re-cycled VERBATIM over and over again. Honestly, you'd think they'd throw in a couple of new ingredients every once in a while.