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Tales From Earthsea
…could have been. There are still some neat ideas and designs, and I wasn’t actually bored with the film. I don’t mind having this on my shelf in order to… |
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Cars 2 screenwriter Ben Queen on the race for his “Art Of” book!
From the early pencil sketches and conceptual artwork to the storyboards, color scripts and character designs, the gorgeous Art Of Cars 2 volume celebrates the artistry and imagination behind Lightning… |
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The Jetsons Meet The Flintstones
…don’t necessarily need much else other than being moderately entertained. To be more specific about the plot, there are two storylines— one past, one future— that converge. In the Space… |
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The Looney Tunes Treasury
…I think you should at least go all the way. If it starts to sound dopey, don’t blame Elmer’s lisp; blame the idea to write it that way in the… |
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Au clair de La Luna with director Enrico Casarosa
…in. That gave us a starting point of saying: “hey, why don’t we try and maintain some of the textural aspect to it?” The first idea that I had was… |
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M.A.S.K.: Volume One
…group has one thing going for it— its acronym actually makes sense, standing for Vicious Evil Network Of Mayhem. With a name like that, you don’t even need a mission… |
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Cars 2’s Victor Navone takes the wheel!
…so much time animating Mater that I feel I know him well and I am comfortable animating him in just about any situation. I don’t necessarily identify with him, but… |
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2003: ’Tis The Season To Buy Presents!
…Released this past October, Disney’s biggest-selling 2D animated feature makes its disc debut. The title is due to be “retired” come the new year, so don’t miss out! A collectors… |
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2003: ’Tis The Season To Buy Presents!
…feature makes its disc debut. The title is due to be “retired” come the new year, so don’t miss out! A collectors gift set is also available, while we review… |
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Flintstones celebrate original premiere with day-long marathon!
…improve his game and earn a perfect score. “I don’t think anyone would argue that THE FLINTSTONES stand as a true milestone in the development of animation for television,” said… |
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Mad: Season One, Part One
…(“If you don’t turn in your Science Fair project, you will not pass!”), as well as asking the questions no-one dared ask before (“What was the best thing before sliced… |
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Tangled
…— their theory being Disney thought boys don’t want to see a film about a princess. But the directors insist is was purely driven by the story, which in the… |
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First look at \\The Incredibles\\
…you don’t want to know! I will summarize below with no spoilers. An AICN reader got to attend a general audience test screening of \\The Incredibles\\. It was very, very… |
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Firebreather
…ensure that his abilities don’t garner attention. The plot progresses with Duncan and Troy forced to clean up the remains of their fight, when Isabel tells her new friend about… |
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Superman/Shazam!: The Return Of Black Adam
…you don’t have them already, or don’t have the wonderful TV episodes that are also on the disc, then this is a fine package of superhero fun. Animated Classic or… |
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Legends Of The Superheroes
…Hanna-Barbera, back in the days when they were making cool-for-kids (but really kind of lousy) Super Friends cartoons. I don’t know how on earth this live action version came to… |
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Puss In Boots: composer Henry Jackman’s Spanish Hour
…only need one or two guitars to have a very personal sound. You know, you don’t write for twenty guitars like you write for twenty violins. And then what happens… |
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Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
…the artwork for the Supergirl storyline in the Superman/Batman comic. Now this is a case where I don’t mind seeing the comic’s influence. Turner seemed to have as many detractors… |
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The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol : maxi-director Troy Quane on Sony’s mini-movie!
…plot; Scrooge, the three ghosts, etc. You have the same benefit with the Smurfs: the audience is already familiar with these characters so you don’t have the same pressure to… |
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Arthur Christmas supervising animator Seamus Malone: from Bristol to the North Pole!
…puppets, they live on a real set, a stop-frame set is like a live action stage, just in miniature. You don’t have to re-draw the character each time like in… |
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Shark Tale: more changes
…known {{link http://www.sharktale.com/character2.html simply as Lino}}. Peter Falk’s character, although he also recently underwent a change in name, remains a Don – it could be short for “Donald”, couldn’t it?… |
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Ice Age: Continental Drift
…note: there is a musical number in the film… If you need a bathroom break take it then. If you don’t need a break find some other excuse to leave… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #70: Tarzan – Attack of the Disney Theories
…(unlike the magical leaves from Pocahontas.) • Clayton is a weak villain. What’s his motivation? Just greed? • Two lessons for kids: don’t run away from home and don’t swing… |
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Marine Boy: The Complete First Season
…running around down there with fleets of robots and nasty death machines. That’s not to say that the adults don’t get involved, as the Ocean Patrol has many agents and… |
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Lilo And Stitch: 2-Movie Collection
…with all her hang-ups and troubles, that Lilo was real person, with real emotions. Her line to Stitch when he’s about to leave (“I know you don’t want to stay…. |
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Horton Hears A Who!: Deluxe Edition
…extra. Here, Horton is the star of the show, and the low compression allows the special maximum breathing space. Colors have been corrected and don’t feel as oversaturated or boosted… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #41: Monsters University – We’re OK!
…urchin confusion and lighting. • Other frats, lack of real-life frat experiences, are letterman jackets a thing in college anymore? • More scare games: why don’t teenagers get scared?, in… |
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Senior Technical Director Michael Muir mixes art and science in Smurfs 2
…real, except they don’t exist in reality. So, we have a little bit more room in terms of compositing, performance and lighting. With Azrael, we had the opposite problem. We… |
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The Sword In The Stone: 50th Anniversary Edition
…or less have complete collections). But it also means that these BD updates don’t always get the full attention they should, the in-house producers of these discs – if, indeed,… |
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Robotech 2-Movie Collection
…as sub-par. CGI cel-shaded spaceships that don’t entirely mesh with the rest of the action form another fault. The result is an overall uneven experience, in some ways far superior… |
