Oh wow Ben....that's such a shame that it didn't get made....that's so awesome how you met Don Hahn and he said that! I bet it would have made tons of money. I still hope it gets produced some day and we get to hear the songs!That's the way it works Chris!
I went to Disney's in 1998 and presented them with an animated version of The Emperor's New Clothe. Don Hahn said it was the best version of that story he'd seen adapted for animation, loved our songs, which he said had "witty lyrics and wonderful melodies".
But...Disney were heading into "darker, more epic" films such as Atlantis and they were gearing up to start on their CG films starring with Dinosaur.
Flash forward and now classic Disney aniamated musicals are making a comeback...but Don Hahn has left...
Well, we had "types", so it would have been down to whatever voices they thought fit. We had some suggestions. The feeling was that if they were still making fairytale musicals it could have gotten through to a bit of development at least. I still hope something will happen with it some day, and would love to share the song demos down the line.ShyViolet wrote:(Just wondering, would you have wanted any specific "big names", or would you have preferred unknown actors?)
No prob, at least you tried.Vi from another thread wrote:Sorry about that, I did a search but couldn't find the specific thread, so I stuck it onto this one.Thanks Dan!
Took me a while to find it, so I know your not fibbing.Fangirl, huh?Silly Vi again wrote:But hey, at least the article had Ron Miller!
Anyway, the short is sounding really great thus far. Hope we get more info soon, or better yet, a new pic!
J/K I actually really like reading about those "old days" with him in the early 80s. I still think it's a shame way he was "dispatched" so to speak. 
No confirmation yet, though. Lucky, Jerry!Cartoon Brew wrote:How To Hook Up Your Home Theater - They nailed it. Unlike other recent tries at reviving Disney classic characters via new shorts (think The Prince and the Pauper or Runaway Brain), the goal of this new film was not to reivent Goofy but to recapture the spirit of the Disney shorts of the late 40s, particularly the Jack Kinney classics like Hockey Homicide or a Goofy Gymnastics. They did it. It all felt right to me.
Though the film boasts the cream of the crop of current Disney animators (Deja, Henn, Baer, Goldberg, etc.), this isn't an animators film - it's a director's picture. Just as Tex Avery's cartoons are masterfully skewed through his twisted vision, here directors Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers-Skelton (the first woman to direct a Disney cartoon!) take control, weaving numerous contempory gag situations into a refreshingly old school cartoon structure.
The red burlap opening titles are back. Michael Giacchino provides a perfect Oliver Wallace-styled musical score, and Corey Burton narrates with intonations falling somewhere between John McLeish and Frank Graham. Certain layouts are direct lifts from Motor Mania (Goofy's home) and How To Play Football (the football field). And there are literally dozens of gags - truly funny ones and several visual in-jokes for those looking extra hard - packed into the six and a half minute running time.
The bottom line: How To Hook Up Your Home Theater feels exactly like a contemporary 1949 Goofy cartoon - and I can't pay it any higher compliment than that. It's the perfect film to start the new shorts program with. A nod to the past as the studio looks to the future. I just hope the studio will promote it properly when it decides to release it later this fall.
Actually, was thinking more along the lines of those poseur TV-animation "House of Mouse" shorts they tried releasing into theaters back in the 90's, and which also had a preoccupation with imitating Goofy How-To's--Cartoon Brew wrote:How To Hook Up Your Home Theater - They nailed it. Unlike other recent tries at reviving Disney classic characters via new shorts (think The Prince and the Pauper or Runaway Brain)
(Oh, please tell me we're not going to get blind symbolic Enchanted-worship on this site, too!Good to know the Goofy short doesn't dissapoint. And its being released this fall? Yup, it gotta be attached to Enchanted!
Actually, was thinking more along the lines of those poseur TV-animation "House of Mouse" shorts they tried releasing into theaters back in the 90's, and which also had a preoccupation with imitating Goofy How-To's--
Enchanted is a Disney film. As fans of Disney, we naturally are excited about it. I haven't seen the film itself, so I can't say how good or bad it is, but from the trailers it looks like it has at least some merit and that it's worth watching, that it's a throwback to the Golden Age Disney that all of us here miss so much.(Oh, please tell me we're not going to get blind symbolic Enchanted-worship on this site, too!
Have you even seen the trailer?
Oh, but it's got 2-D animated segments in it!--
Which...Disney didn't produce.)
(Sorry--My fanhood tends to get a bit "lively", but I'm in with everyone together.Ben wrote: Eric...play nice, respect others, and collect your info accordingly before you go accusing.
Can you calm down, respect other, longer involved members on this forum, and get your facts straight?
Or else you will be banned. I don't like your tone, sir, and am requesting friendlier discussion.
