There are films that have twist villains (Frozen, Big Hero 6, Zootopia), and there are films with villains that have a twist to them (Moana, Lightyear).
But Wreck-it Ralph has a twist villain with a twist.
I really, REALLY hope this was just a really bad coincidence and that the writers of this movie weren't aware of the upsetting story of Pan's voice actor.
If they did know, then that's a major YIKES
I discovered something very fascinating in the Variety article about Lightyear’s same-sex kiss being restored.
Apparently, Giulia from Pixar’s Luca was going to be a queer character, but they couldn’t find a way to show it without creating a girlfriend for her.
One of the funniest things about some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies and games (like Mutant Mayhem) is that the Turtles live in New York, which is supposed to be the capital of amazing mom and pop pizza restaurants, and they instead go with a big chain like Pizza Hut.
What’s been happening at Netflix Animation is very upsetting.
At the beginning, it was seen as a great place for the kind of creative freedom that other cartoon studios wouldn’t give, but now Netflix wants to focus on animated kids shows that make Boss Baby numbers.
I seriously hope that if James (Schaffrillas) recovers from the crash, people don't bug him about upcoming videos. Losing two people who were both big parts of his life and his channel is major and it will be hard to easily go back to normal.
In my opinion, celebrity voices in animation isn’t bad in itself. It works very well if either:
A: The characters were created for that celebrity like Charlie Barkin and the Genie from Aladdin
B: They change their voice like Steve Carell for Gru and Mike Myers for Shrek
I want to say this after that Netflix tweet blew up:
DO NOT go after the teams behind the Boss Baby show and Big Mouth and blame them for other animated Netflix shows getting scrapped. They did nothing wrong.
It’s the fault of the execs for not giving the other shows a chance.
I know some debate if he is a twist villain, but I think so because when we first see him, he can be seen as just a king who didn't want Vanellope (a glitch) to hurt the game and its people.
The code scene hinted him being evil, then Sour Bill confirms it to Ralph.
I know people love hating on Buck Cluck from Chicken Little, but can we talk about great of a father Herb Copperbottom is? This scene alone shows that.
The movie Strays includes a 2D animated bit done by Titmouse during the drug trip scene that actually looked neat.
You wanna know what sucks though? They didn’t even credit any names of the people that worked on it. It just said “2D animation by Titmouse”.
I never forgot that one Nick Animation podcast where Rob Paulsen compared the B.O. of Jimmy Neutron and Ant Bully. The former had almost no celebrities and was a hit while the latter, which had a bunch of them, tanked.
This shows that celebs won’t always make your movie a hit.
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The only character that can’t be used is Tigger, since he didn’t make his book debut until 2 years after the first Pooh book.
So sadly, we won’t get to see a creepy version of the bouncing tiger.
I really love how the human designs in Pixar’s recent films feel really unique and distinctive in their own way. It doesn’t feel like they live in the same universe.
A fascinating thing I learned about Don Bluth’s Thumbelina is that a test screening held by Warner Bros got low scores. So you know what they did? They added the Walt Disney logo to the unchanged footage, and it actually got high scores.
I only recently found out about this thing in cartoons where characters have a shine on their eyelids.
It actually looks visually pleasing in my opinion.
Today, Barry Humphries has unfortunately passed away at age 89. He was an Australian actor and comedian, and one of his biggest known roles is voicing Bruce in Finding Nemo.
As someone who really enjoyed the character, this is upsetting news. May he rest in peace. ❤️
Now's a perfect time to show a non-Mario role that I know Charles Martinet the most for, which is when he played a Barney parody in the movie Nine Months!
It's also sad that this is in the movie because the movie is actually really good and funny. This part alone will be a major turnoff for those who haven't seen the movie.
There’s a really nice student animation called “Forget Me Not”, which is about a classic cartoon otter named Ollie Otter who goes face to face with a rebooted version of her. It has a great mix of CGI and 2D animation. You should watch it.
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I get that the writers were going for a similar type of villain as the one from Despicable Me 3 where a famous child actor gets too old for his role and then becomes a villain, but picking Peter Pan was a poor choice for that villain role.
@thecartooncrave
Yeah, I think I'll pass on this and wait for the new animated projects from Avatar Studios (which actually involve the show creators).
This scene from Horton Hears a Who is an amazing work of art. Both the highly imaginative animation done by Blue Sky combined with John Powell's powerful score really shows how this film brought the work of Dr. Seuss into 3D animation with a bang!
It’s absolutely incredible how almost 5 years ago, the internet went from dreading the news of Illumination making a Mario movie to being in love with the two trailers that were released!
This is an absolute win indeed! 😄
@MichelsTristan
I wish more mainstream animated movies were like Jimmy Neutron, where almost all of the characters were voiced by professional voice actors, and the two celebrities weren’t even used as a selling point.
That shows a big amount of confidence in your movie.
Tomorrow, The Bad Guys will officially release in theaters. It will be the first wide-release movie of 2022 that was made using the medium of animation.
It's. About. Time!
Interestingly, Hugh Jackman's character Red was going to use the word "damn" at the main character Perry, meaning Larrikins would have been one of the few recent DreamWorks films to use a swear word (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish used "hell" and "crap" plus the bleeped words).
Call out the heads of Comcast and NBC Universal for funding the bill.
Just don't do it to the DreamWorks/Illumination animators, of course. They are likely very unhappy about it like Pixar is with Disney.
Full disclosure: This is my second time watching the movie in theaters (and it was empty unlike before). I was alone at home, and I just thought, “why not spend $6 to see Paws of Fury again?”
Plus, it’s cool to see Nate Wright on the big screen.
@TrashMambo
Not just that, but he played TWO Vanguard Animation characters.
One is The Prince in Happily N’Ever After (the third picture) and the other is Titan in the Space Chimps movies.
He complains in the video that the Mario movie is nothing more than references that were mostly shown in the trailers, and he straight up compares the movie to Friedberg and Seltzer. I wish I was making that up.
Kinda unrelated but I have to give massive props to Disney Television Animation for producing their 2000s cartoons in widescreen HD. They were MILES ahead of Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network on that front.
That's also why I'm sad this isn't on Disney+.
To me, Curious George is like Klaus before Klaus.
It mixes 2D characters with 3D backgrounds, and the characters have tons of shading and lighting to make them look as three-dimensional as possible, making the whole film look gorgeous.
Klaus then pushed it further years later.
I wanna pitch a short to Paramount and Sega about what Ozzy was doing offscreen in Sonic 2.
My idea would be Ozzy finding a ring and going to Sonic’s home planet messing around with the Flickies. He goes back home since he swallowed another ring in his dog food and spit it out.
To date, these 3 are the only PBS Kids shows that were produced and are currently owned by major studios.
Disney owns Bill Nye, Sony owns Dragon Tales, and Universal owns Curious George.