Comic-Con Discussion

Post by **Dan** » July 9th, 2009, 3:23 am

From Buisness Wire

BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Animation greats Hayao Miyazaki and John Lasseter and directors Robert Zemeckis and Tim Burton will take part in their first ever Comic-Con at the San Diego Convention Center July 23-24. The filmmakers will be on hand to help Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures showcase a wide-ranging roster of upcoming films, including 3D juggernauts ALICE IN WONDERLAND, TRON and DISNEY’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL, and animated gems THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, PONYO and the TOY STORY trilogy.

Zemeckis, Burton, Miyazaki and Lasseter will take part in industry panels.

* COMIC-CON’S FIRST EVER 3D PANEL — Veteran directors Robert Zemeckis and Tim Burton join TRON producers Sean Bailey and Steve Lisberger on Thurs., July 23 at 11 a.m. for an unprecedented presentation featuring behind-the-scenes filmmaker insights about the highly anticipated 3D adventures DISNEY’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL, ALICE IN WONDERLAND and TRON. In addition to Q&A opportunities with each of the filmmakers, the 90-minute panel will feature never-before-seen concept art, trailers, actual 3D film footage and other Comic-Con-only footage debuts. In a groundbreaking technical feat, this is the first time ever that 3D footage will be shown at Comic-Con. Patton Oswalt will moderate.

* ANIMATION PANEL — Animation legends Hayao Miyazaki and John Lasseter join veteran animation directors Lee Unkrich, Kirk Wise, Ron Clements and John Musker on Fri., July 24 at 12:45 p.m. for an animation panel which will highlight upcoming animated films, including Disney•Pixar’s TOY STORY/TOY STORY 2 double feature, Disney•Pixar’s TOY STORY 3, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ half-hour holiday TV special PREP & LANDING, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG and Miyazaki’s PONYO. John Lasseter will host the panel and Patton Oswalt will moderate a group Q&A following the presentation, which will include filmmaker insights, trailers and select film sequences.

Post by **Ben** » July 9th, 2009, 5:13 am

Arrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

Me wanna go, me wanna go!

Post by **Ben** » July 9th, 2009, 5:15 am

And Burton, and Zemeckis, and Tron footage!!

Darn, darn, <I>double darn</I>!

Post by **dr.hong** » July 12th, 2009, 10:12 pm

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to let you know about a special auction we're doing for a copy of What is Torch Tiger?

check it out here - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0347543501

Here are some new preview images:

See you at Comic Con!

Post by **EricJ** » July 13th, 2009, 2:06 am

Uh....I'm gonna take a wild psychic guess and say "Second from the bottom's Chris Sanders"?

Post by **droosan** » July 13th, 2009, 2:52 am

Your 'wild psychic guess' is incorrect, EricJ .. that piece is by Byron Howard (the director of Bolt, and currently the director on Rapunzel). :idea:

Post by **Dan** » July 13th, 2009, 3:18 am

This is the animated-related programs and panels announced for this year's San Diego Comic Con.

Post by **estefan** » July 13th, 2009, 9:21 am

I also thought it was Chris Sanders'. It has a very Lilo & Stitch look to it.

Post by **droosan** » July 13th, 2009, 9:35 am

That's because Byron Howard was a character designer on Lilo & Stitch. He was also the lead animator of Cobra Bubbles.

Howard's and Sanders' personal drawing styles are pretty similar. Though, that's partly because -- in addition to their considerable innate talents -- each of them derives inspiration from the likes of Bill Watterson, Walt Kelly, and T.S. Sullivant (to name just a few).

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On topic: Torch Tiger looks amazing. Congrats to you, dr.hong, and everyone involved!

I'll definitely buy a copy at Comic Con. It's hard to believe that it's happening next weekend

.. so near -- and yet, so far away.

Post by **Dan** » July 13th, 2009, 5:39 pm

Will there be any more copies of Rocket Johnson on sale at the booth? I missed it the first time last year and would like to pick that up along with Torch Tiger.

Post by **Randall** » July 14th, 2009, 2:10 am

I was so excited to have the opportunity to purchase Rocket Johnson last year, and very bummed out that this year I will miss Torch Tiger. It looks wonderful.

Post by **Ben** » July 14th, 2009, 5:51 am

Can't believe it's been a whole year since we went to this.

Actually, with the exception of a handful of "must-go" events that I would give anything to get into, I'm not really that bummed out at missing a great deal of this.

And, is it me, or is all the Star Wars hype starting to feel more than a little stale?

GeorgeC · Post by **GeorgeC** » July 14th, 2009, 7:43 am

Nah,

It's not you.

Star Wars has just been going non-stop since 1997 with no breaks and most of it has NOT been good.

Clone Wars has very good production values for a TV CG-animated series but is so juvenilely-written and ultimately boring for most adults. The characters are flat representations of flat representations. In other words, some other people are writing the Prequel Wars characters even worse than Lucas did in the live-action films.

Kids don't know any better and it goes on...

As for the rest of the panels, there's little I'm interested in besides the voice acting panels. Most of it I could live without. This is stuff I can read online or watch video of on YouTube. I seriously see little there that's worth jetting across half a continent for.

It has been kind of a down year for films in general. I guess we'll really see the impact the economy will have on films in a big way next year. Some of what I've been reading about California and the situation in LA in particular is pretty heart-breaking... This is not a nice time for the people on the Coast so I'm going to try to be nicer online and not make as much fun. Who'd have thought I'd be happy to be in the Midwest now?

Post by **Randall** » July 15th, 2009, 1:23 am

There are just a couple of panels that I'd love to see (well, three, actually); hardly enough to justify the trip. I do love reading the reports, however--- on sites like Newsarama.

GeorgeC · Post by **GeorgeC** » July 15th, 2009, 1:44 am

I'll definitely be checking those sites out, too. Not that I don't skim them at least briefly every day!

I have to admit I liked Newarama a bit better before it became so corporate... It just isn't the same after the site got sold. Always happens when the management changes!

ComicsContinuum should have some good stuff, too.

ComicBookResources generally doesn't do as well on the animated stuff, though.

I'd be surprised if there weren't at least a few reports coming from guys going to SDCC on ToonZone, too.

YouTube might be a good place to check out some things, too, but it might be a good idea to keep parental filters in place. Everything I've ever read about SDCC pretty much indicates some of the cosplay is a bit TOO free exposure for the kiddies.

I think I mentioned this before but Mark Hamill's "Comic Book: The Movie" has some good stuff from a past SDCC (2002?) included as extras on the second disc of that DVD set. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361462/

It's really some insightful material and it at least puts faces to a bunch of the people who've done television cartoon voices for Disney, Warner Bros., and Nickelodeon. The voice actor panel highlighted on Disc 2 was hilarious and informative!

Also worth of note (or maybe I'm just too hormonal) --- why is it so many of the women in voice acting are so good-looking? They don't look anywhere near as strung-out, tired, or generally crinkly-looking as most famous "in front of the camera" personalities!

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