DreamWorks' SHREK

Post by **James** » November 7th, 2006, 12:32 am

Check out our story for a publicity still!

BTW - Anyone want to point out the parent company of ABC?

Post by **Christian** » November 7th, 2006, 1:45 am

I heard of it about two months ago but wasn't allowed to post about it.

Post by **Ben** » November 7th, 2006, 9:59 am

James wrote:Anyone want to point out the parent company of ABC?

Well, everyone knows that it is...Viacom, who owns Paramount and now DreamWorks and with whom DW Animation will begin making cruddy, chep, made for TV offerings for the Nick suite of channels.

Post by **Daniel** » November 7th, 2006, 8:33 pm

Saw the update, so it is 3d yay! Hard to tell sometimes with these companies

But I'm glad they didn't decide to make it 2d though^^

The only bummer is, we have to wait one year! I wish it could've been this year, but alas it is not

Donkey sure looks cute dressed up as Santa, doesn't he?

Post by **ShyViolet** » November 7th, 2006, 9:33 pm

James wrote:BTW - Anyone want to point out the parent company of ABC?

Aren't they like, owned by Disney or something?

Plus, why not also do a Hanuka special? They had an awesome reference to that in the Madagascar short (loved the Jew-ified "Jingle Bells" music on the end credits!

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I hope STH has some sort of a Hanuka vibe to it too!

Especially with Mike Meyers' hilarious characters like Linda Richman!

("coffee talk" in Saturday Night Live, allegedly based on his Jewish mother-in-law. "I'm all verklempt!" )

I'm still REALLY hoping that DreamWorks goes the Disney route. Maybe this Shrek the Halls thing is a sign they will??

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cruddy, chep, made for TV offerings for the Nick suite of channels.

Please say it ain't so!!!

Paramount/Viacom s***s!

Especially Rugrats. I can't believe DW would associate themselves with Nick....

Daniel wrote:The only bummer is, we have to wait one year!

It's actually not that long....it's in May so that's about eight months, seven and a half if you don't count November....

It'll go by fast....

Oh, and Gary Trousdale is directing Shrek the Halls? Awesome! Remember, he also did A Christmas Caper....

Donkey sure looks cute dressed up as Santa, doesn't he?

He sure does Dan!

Post by **Ben** » November 8th, 2006, 6:44 am

ShyViolet wrote:Please say it ain't so!!!
I can't believe DW would associate themselves with Nick....

It is, of course, already happening, Vi:
http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00005649.html

"Nick Studios will handle the "day-to-day" duties for the series, with DreamWorks Animation having less involvement in the shows than in the films upon which they are based."

Post by **Dacey** » November 8th, 2006, 3:05 pm

Please say it ain't so!!!
Paramount/Viacom s***s!

Woah, woah, woah, that was just a little harsh, wasn't it?

Post by **Daniel** » November 8th, 2006, 5:53 pm

ShyViolet wrote: It's actually not that long....it's in May

It is in May? I just saw the big 2007 and thought a year..

So true though, it will go by fast. Just not fast enough

ShyViolet wrote:He sure does Dan!

Now if only a penguin could appear out of nowhere in a cute outfit, that would make it all the more better

Yes I'm aware they had their own christmas special, I just can't get enough of them

Post by **Meg** » November 8th, 2006, 9:09 pm

Eh, I'm not sure about this STH thing...I'm already a bit sick of Shrek, and I don't think this specail will help that.

Post by **Daniel** » November 8th, 2006, 9:23 pm

Sick of Shrek? Well I never

I'm sure STH will be great, so far it looks cute

Post by **ShyViolet** » November 9th, 2006, 2:29 am

Sick of Shrek? Well I never Wink

Here here DJ.

Also, you should have seen how excited the crowd in Cornell got when JK said he brought footage of Shrek The Third....

He was like: "If I see a cell phone go up, I'm gonna come out there and kill ya!" Ha ha.

I think it will be good too. I mean you could say Shrek 4d was just "milking" the franchise further but...it turned out to be very good from what I read.

I guess I'm still in denial about the whole Nick/DW thing (UGHHHH!)

but I'll try not to think about it too much as maybe it will generate some revenue for DW while they marshel their efforts into theatrical films.

Maybe this IS Shrek overkill, but still, I think that as long as DW/JK is handling it, it WILL at least turn out decent.

I LOVED Over the Hedge, and even though I liked the films before that too I thought it was a pleasant break from a lot of the other stuff they were doing. And IMO it was VERY DIFFERENT from the other "animal" films made this year.

I can't wait to see Flushed Away, and I'm so jazzed about Bee Movie, Kung-Fu Panda, Route 66 and all the other stuff. It seems like a lot of unique films and ideas, proof positive that DW does NOT "have no original ideas except Shrek." (which I've heard ad infinitum on our great information superhighway.)

The only thing I wish is that DW would ACKNOWLEDGE its 2d efforts on its web site.

Yes I'm aware they had their own christmas special, I just can't get enough of them Very Happy

Same here Dan!

I love Private and Rico. My favorite feature on the Mad DVD is that "Penguin Chat."

Woah, woah, woah, that was just a little harsh, wasn't it? Wink

Sorry WJ, I just never caught on to Rugrats. Maybe I was too old for it when it got popular...I just never liked the designs, or the voices, which grate on me no end! All that Nick stuff is icky-poo cutey-pie nauseating in my eyes....

IMO it's a total rip off of Muppet Babies, Angelica's like a carbon copy of Baby Piggy, if you ever watched that show.

Post by **Ben** » November 9th, 2006, 4:31 am

ShyViolet wrote:proof positive that DW does NOT "have no original ideas except Shrek."

Which, of course, was based on a book...

Post by **ShyViolet** » November 9th, 2006, 9:02 am

So was Prince of Egypt.

Which had strains of Ben-Hur thrown in for good measure and was partially inspired by that old Charlton Heston movie, what's it called again.....

Also, I don't know if anyone realizes this but Monsters Inc, a very good film, was quite reminiscent of Where the Wild Things Are, E.T, The Wizard of Oz and other children's books/films. Not that it made it any better or worse. But there's nothing totally original nowadays.

Anyway, the Shrek book itself was like 20 pages and had only the barest bones of the animated Shrek story. No Fiona is really an Ogre, no Duloc, no Faarquad, no Dragon either if memory serves....

Anyway, maybe DW films were often "inspired" by other sources like Bambi (Spirit) or The Man Who Would Be King (Road to El Dorado) or the 1940 film The Thief of Baghdad (Sinbad). That 1940 film is, by the way, extremely similar to Disney's 1992 Aladdin--the villain is named Jafar, the Sultan loves toys, the Thief wants to marry the princess and fakes being a prince with the Genie's help. I'm totally serious. So between Cobbler and Baghdad, Disney's Aladdin was a total rip-off. But so what? It was still very original in its own way and had lots of its own magic. Nothing is ever totally original.

And yeah...Over the Hedge...TOTAL rip-off....RJ is clearly a Meeko clone....and Kung-Fu Panda....oh great, another martial arts Panda movie, will they ever stop??? And Prince of Egypt? Oh man, I can't tell you how sick I was of animated Bible flicks when that film was released....

Post by **Dacey** » November 9th, 2006, 11:01 am

Sorry WJ, I just never caught on to Rugrats. Maybe I was too old for it when it got popular...I just never liked the designs, or the voices, which grate on me no end! All that Nick stuff is icky-poo cutey-pie nauseating in my eyes.... IMO it's a total rip off of Muppet Babies, Angelica's like a carbon copy of Baby Piggy, if you ever watched that show.

I wasn't talking about "Rugrats" or "Spongebob" or "Wild Thronberrys" or whatever. Truth be told, I don't really watch Nick that much (I've seen many of their movies, though).

I guess I thought that your "Language" was a bit much there.

Post by **Meg** » November 9th, 2006, 4:59 pm

I mean you could say Shrek 4d was just "milking" the franchise further but...it turned out to be very good from what I read.

Oh, ew, no, it was horrible. I saw it at Universal Studios and it was...terrible. The 3d effects were pretty lame, and they just recycled jokes from the first movie.