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Post by Dacey » October 26th, 2006, 5:54 pm

Here we go again...

Of course, I really like Angie.
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Post by James » October 26th, 2006, 7:30 pm

As I've said before if ANY of those are considered "strong female lead characters" then Pixar has just as many!

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Post by Dacey » October 26th, 2006, 7:35 pm

Um, let's see.

Pixar: Seven movies so far.

Dreamworks: 12 films so far, with another on the way in less than two weeks.

Now, I know that wasn't fair. But, hey, DreamWorks has "More" if we look at it that way. ;)
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Post by James » October 26th, 2006, 8:56 pm

Are we counting films or strong female leads?

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Post by Macaluso » October 26th, 2006, 8:59 pm

Wendy's Jane wrote:Um, let's see.

Pixar: Seven movies so far.

Dreamworks: 12 films so far, with another on the way in less than two weeks.

Now, I know that wasn't fair. But, hey, DreamWorks has "More" if we look at it that way. ;)
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Post by ShyViolet » October 26th, 2006, 9:14 pm

"Eh", I guess it's all subjective anyway. :)


I will say that I really liked Atta in A Bug's Life. Also Dot.

Also, I guess you can say that Edna Mode was a "career woman"! :wink:
You can’t just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!

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Post by James » October 26th, 2006, 10:48 pm

Anyone who doesn't think a woman can be a strong character as a house wife without a "real career" has obviously never had kids!

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Post by Kinoo » October 27th, 2006, 4:32 am

ShyViolet wrote:
Actually I think MOST CG films in general lack strong female characters...In fact, the only 3D movie I can think of that stars a female is Hoodwinked!

Pixar, DW, Bluesky, etc. better get crackin'. I wanna see some girl power, darn it! (Elastigirl rocks, though.)
What about princess Fiona, Gloria the Hippo, Stella the Skunk, or Angie from Shark Tale? :wink:
Apart from Fiona, the others are only supporting characters, I'm much more impressed by a Jesse, Atta, Boo or Elastigirl than any of those critters...
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Post by Dacey » October 27th, 2006, 10:21 am

Boo?!?!

C'mon, now, Boo's only two or three years old!
Are we counting films or strong female leads?
You pick. ;)

My point was that DreamWorks has more films than Pixar, so, of course, they have more female leads than they do. Whether or not they're "Strong" is a matter of opinion.

And, as I said earlier, my point wasn't fairly made at all. ;)
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Post by Kinoo » October 27th, 2006, 11:10 am

She's only 3 years old yet she convey WAY MORE feelings and reactions than a lame Dreamworks female sidekicks. The only female characters in Dreamworks that can be called strong characters would be the 3 girls from the traditionnal features: Prince of Egypt, ElDorado and Sinbad.
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Post by Meg » October 27th, 2006, 2:48 pm

Just to clear things up, I wasn't talking about strong females in general in CGI movies - I was talking about strong female leads. Again, the only 3D flick I can remember that has a female main character is Hoodwinked.

And please, please, people, let's not turn this into ANOTHER Pixar vs DW thread? :wink:

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Post by Daniel » October 27th, 2006, 3:12 pm

Meg wrote:Just to clear things up, I wasn't talking about strong females in general in CGI movies - I was talking about strong female leads. Again, the only 3D flick I can remember that has a female main character is Hoodwinked.
Oh, thanks for clearing that up Meg :wink: I agree, Hoodwinked showcased Riding Hood as a great female lead :)
Meg wrote: And please, please, people, let's not turn this into ANOTHER Pixar vs DW thread? :wink:
Eh.....every forum I'm on there's always a vs + vs thread. I've gottan rather immune to them :?

To me, they both have their redeeming qualities, but Disney will always be my favorite :D

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Post by Meg » October 27th, 2006, 5:22 pm

There are apparently no girls in Ratatouille.
Well, at least that means we won't have do deal with some cheesy Pixar romance... :wink:

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Post by Kaszubas » October 28th, 2006, 10:25 am

Meg wrote:
There are apparently no girls in Ratatouille.
Well, at least that means we won't have do deal with some cheesy Pixar romance... :wink:
Well... I don't want to ruin Your blissful unconsciousness Meg but according to imdb.com there ARE some girls... ;)

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Post by Meg » October 28th, 2006, 1:26 pm

Well, at least that means we won't have do deal with some cheesy Pixar romance...
Ha. I made a funny.

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