Hm. The claim that Disney going back to 2D is not "embracing technology" and putting the company in a "time warp" rubs me the wrong way. Just because it's hand-drawn makes it technologically backwards? It means we're trying to pretend computer animation doesn't exist?
I understand your points, YCougar. I think returning WDFA to 2d--at least in some capacity--
is a recipe for success. Eventually. But it shouldn't be too "rushed" in that, right now, technologically, the most successful animated films on the market (let's face it) have been 3d--
Cars, Incredibles, Shrek 2, Over the Hedge, Ice Age, Happy Feet, etc....
The reason Pixar does 3d films is
partly due to artistic reasons and ALSO because they know it has been successful financially and will probably continue to be for quite some time. Yes, it's story, story, story--but medium does have a part to play in a film's success. That's why Pixar does 3d. That's why they started doing it in the 1980s. They constantly stress it's unimportant and that they would just as easily do 2d if the right story came along--c'mon, at this point, how many people still believe that?
If 2d is so great, why are they suddenly foisting it on WDFA while they get to do the cutting-edge money/maker CGI and WDFA goes back to the relatively outdated (if beautiful, classical art form) traditional animation, which, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, has lost money in recent flicks. Yes, most of us agree that traditional animation is irreplaceable and should continue no matter what, but (most of us) don't work for and/or run animation studios, or have to worry about those studios losing money which would potentially affect our livelihood/employment.
Unfortunately the entertainment business is a business--and forcing a studio to go back to the risky art form which has lost money while your studio continues with the art form that brings in the bucks......well....
I mean, I seriously doubt King Lasseter the Terrible Rolling Eyes is saying "THOU SHALT NOT USE COMPUTERS ANYMORE"
It's true, very few of us know for sure exactly how much WDFA is being "forced" to go back to 2d rather than make more 3d....(just like we didn't know how much the directors of
Meet the Robinsons were "encouraged" to re-do their film...
) but we do know that John and Ed have made their wishes known, and that what they wish is, barring the CGI flicks already in production like AD, MTR and Rupunzal, Disney--2d. Pixar--3d.
(Pixar, when they first became animation superstars, were known as "those computer animation geniuses." Now, even with their superior film making skills, they're not the only game in town anymore. Naturally, they feel threatened.)
You can’t just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!
)
