It's funny, as I agree that obviously the technical side of animation has improved and makes it easier for the animators intentions to come through, since their line drawings are scanned in and "painted" directly.
BUT...it's like I said when comparing The Jungle Book to Jungle Book 2 - there's a world of difference in the "acting".
Whereas Bambi may express more nowadays, it doesn't have the subtely that the old-school guys, who had to fight against cel painters "interpreting" their animation.
And that's where the paradox lies!
Of course, today's film is going to be a bit more loud and broader to keep the kids' attention spans from wandering, but while the technique of capturing the animators lines has become much better and allowed for many more technical tricks (of course CAPS light and shading is going to beat the smudged on effects of 1942), what the characters are actually doing is far more akin to pantomime and big theatricalities.
I'm not knocking the Australian crew - I think they've done a smashing job and Bambi looks their best yet (under Andreas Deja, of course), but there is that difference.
Now, the REALLY interesting one will be the Fox And The Hound, where the obvious differences between the Xerox'd original and the CAPS repro...
I don't think I'm going to preorder it because once it's out it takes like a couple of days for them to ship it over to your house. So what I think I'm going to do is buy it at Walmart exactly at mid-night.
