The state and future of animation

[Ben]

Because most of them are..oh, wait…different answer.

Indian movies just don’t resonate internationally for same reason that not much from the phenomenally successful Bollywood genre has ever broken through: cultural differences.

[GeffreyDrogon]

But Indian animation studios have been trying to make films that appeal to foreign audiences in the last two decades, like Crest Animation's Alpha and Omega, which was coproduced with Lionsgate, an American studio.

[Randall]

I think you answered your own question there. No one cares about Alpha and Omega. It was not a high quality product, and deserved to be forgotten.

[GeffreyDrogon]

Young children, furries, and young wolf fans do.

[GeffreyDrogon]

It's more like the current state of the Indian animation industry is to receive work from overseas thinking that the world will praise them for their efforts (only to not care in the end), or be like those delusional "moguls" who think throwing garbage for the world to see will get them noticed.

A. K. Madhavan, the founder of Crest Animation and Assemblage Entertainment, likes to think that people are craving for Indian animation when his highest-grossing film (Alpha and Omega) made only $25 million in the United States.

You aren't guaranteed to win an Oscar just because your film got submitted, and you're also not guaranteed to get recognized when your film isn't great, not even good. India has yet to make an animated film that resonates with anyone and everyone.

[Ben]

And so you have again answered your own question. See, it wasn’t that hard, was it?

[GeffreyDrogon]

If The Boss Baby got nominated for an Oscar, will that mean that either The Boss Baby 2 or Spirit Untamed get nominated too?

[Farerb]

No.

[GeffreyDrogon]

The Academy doesn't care about quality anymore. The Boss Baby was only nominated because audiences like crude humor, adult jokes, and Trump caricatures. If it was released nowadays, Alpha and Omega would've gotten nominated. The Academy is more about popularity than quality.

[Dacey]

The Boss Baby is leaps and bounds better than A&O, and actually quite imaginative, clever and funny. There’s a reason I gave it a shout out on my 2017 “best of” list.

[Ben]

If it was released nowadays, Alpha and Omega would've gotten nominated.

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(Sigh) Thanks, I needed that!

[GeffreyDrogon]

I don't care about that AAO anymore. I haven't cared about it for years. I just don't understand why people keep liking that film. I looked at an article online that said that people were giving the film a "second chance" on HBO Max, and I don't understand why people would pick that film over many others.

What are some other reasons Alpha and Omega is considered a bad movie?

What are some reasons The Boss Baby is considered decent? I haven't watched much of it, but I do like some of the ideas, especially the creative sequences.

Do you think I should give TBB a second chance?

[Ben]

And the merry-go-round broke down…

[EricJ]

"The BBC would like to apologize for the constant repetition in this show..."

[Ben]

But what about that last item? Doesn’t *that* get an apology…?