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Animated Views: A Retrospective
…one I was happy with. The plan I was on included more data space and bandwidth than any of my sites needed. In April 2002, I contacted Olivier and told… |
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Il était une fois…Walt Disney – Artistic Sources Exhibition
…Exhibition, he did about 40 exhibitions here, and he came back two or three times, as a grandfather with his children, so it’s really unexpected, but I’m really happy. You… |
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Adventure Time: Islands
…revolution in a culture that is happy with the status quo. Alternatively, he’ll just be happy to go home. As is usual for Adventure Time, there is a dizzying mix… |
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Trolls: Party Edition
…to do so because they want to be happy. All of this may be why, at the end of the day, Trolls won me over. While no one is likely… |
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How director Steve Anderson met The Robinsons!
…“whatever makes you happy, do that. There is no reason why you can’t. There is no right or wrong. Just because the society might say it’s not normal, it doesn’t… |
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Cinderella III: A Twist In Time
…happy song of the kind that epitomizes these kind of productions, with sappy, all too formulaic music and workaday lyrics, which does little to give any depth to what is… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Two: Disney executive Doug Short, Giselle’s champion!
…don’t think about the day after the happy ending. This was such a great opportunity to examine that princess and embrace her for her honesty and her unspoiled values, but… |
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Disney Blu-ray 3D Reissues: Chicken Little / Meet The Robinsons / Bolt / G-Force
…later. But a moment with some big-band happy singing frogs still feels totally out of place for me in a world where other creatures retain their animalistic habits, and there… |
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Cinderella II: Dreams Come True: Special Edition
…seems happy to break convention too: the Fairy Godmother has given up her mythical status – here’s she’s walking around the palace and talking to the mice like an old… |
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Looney Tunes’ Mouse Chronicles
…Sometimes they end up coming off just as bad as their victims, including a guest-starring Porky Pig in the very amusing Trap Happy Porky (1945). Technically a Porky cartoon, Hubie… |
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Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir on the Rise and Fall of Disney’s Circle 7 Animation
…an odd show that was. But, I was happy to get the gig. A good friend of mine was writing on the show and asked to do an episode with… |
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The Best of 2019: And Then It Was Over
…which might have been second-to-none. And how else was such a series going to end? Game Of Thrones was never going to have an ending that made everyone happy, so… |
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The Art Of Tom And Jerry: Volume Two
…Happy Harmonies, five volumes of the pre-1948 Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, an entire set dedicated to the genius of Tex Avery and, of course, the celebrated team of Thomas,… |
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Bambi: Platinum Edition
…powerful moment, drawn and played with maximum impact, the scene fades out and we shoot rather quickly to the next year and the hap-hap-happy tunes of springtime. It’s a moment… |
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Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1980s: Volume 1
…short segment, Dino is used to test Dreamchip’s new washing machine. Needless to say, Dino is none too happy to cooperate with Dreamchip who keeps reminding Fred that he’s only… |
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DC Superhero Girls: Hero of the Year
…the “Saturday morning feel” is ultimately what gives Superhero Girls its charm. It’s light on its feet, fast-paced, and full of appealing characters. In a striking contrast to the more… |
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And even more Buckbeak!!
…if you look at the creature, we’ve figured out basically the right proportions were about 30 odd feet, 28 feet, for a wingspan of that size.’ There was only one… |
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The Little Mermaid II: Return To The Sea – Special Edition
…Melody’s realisation that she now has fins is marked by more banal lyrics: “Okay, get a grip, get the hang of this flipper / It’s like slipping two feet into… |
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Nemo sub coming to you
…of 43 feet, a height of nearly 13 feet, and a colorful design evoking the classic Disneyland submarine fleet, the Nemo Dream Mobile will bring news of an all-new submarine… |
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Peter & The Wolf: A Bird’s-Eye View (With A Balloon!)
…Shot on the largest animation set ever made, it included a forest set over 80 feet long containing 1,700 trees, each six feet high. A five-year adventure for Suzie Templeton,… |
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The Incredible Mr Limpet
…land. Poor Limpet is unhappy with his job, unhappy in his marriage and unhappy with the fact that he’s just been turned down for the US Navy again. One day,… |
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Monsters vs Aliens: Conrad Vernon vs Animated Views!
…was 50 feet tall would feel. AV: Did you develop much in pre-viz, like they did on Kung Fu Panda? CV: We did. Like Kung Fu Panda, our action scenes… |
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The Art of Princess and the Frog: Down in New Orleans with author Jeff Kurtti
…artists? JK: In many cases, it was a really happy reunion with people I have met, worked with, or known before. The atmosphere was welcoming and convivial, and everyone was… |
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Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1
…feet away. Calling up the concept behind Toy Story, which this film eventually inspired, is the idea of a marching band toy, Tinny, that comes to life when the adults… |
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2017: Animated Views’ Review Of The Year!
…2, certainly working better as a “sequel” to Cars while not quite being as crazy and light on its feet (wheels?) as the Mater-centric installment. As a longtime “Brony,” I… |
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Disneynature: Oceans / The Crimson Wing: Mystery Of The Flamingos
…here, taking in the creation of life, admirably not shying away from tackling the harsh facts of death, though being clear to reassure the audience with a happy ending rebirth,… |
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Dungeons & Dragons: The Complete Animated Series
…is an impulsive kid that yields a powerful magic club he uses to knock his enemies off their feet. Eric, the cavalier, is a spoiled rich kid that uses a… |
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Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
…which it seemed almost every other studio attempted to grab some of the animation market, didn’t get Universal jumping in with both feet, and it’s only really been the emergence… |
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Exclusive D23 Expo 2015 Recap
…currently set to open in 2017. The Finding Dory presentation was very good, allowing for Ellen DeGeneres to display how happy she was that she was finally getting to do… |
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Pinocchio: Platinum Edition
…many of the points the trio discuss. There’s a penchant as this kind of feature continues to find its feet to keep returning to a shot of the three guys… |