I do think that they knew that the original version would at least be a better product than what we got but pressure forced them to abandon that in favor of a non-sexually attractive mascot so as to not portray heterosexual relationships. In their heart of hearts they knew that that would make the product worse but saw no other choice. Would it have been a masterpiece? No, but it would have been better.
It's not that they don't want to be "seen", they just want a handicapped character who actually works and makes accomplishments in spite of it. That's why Hiccup and Edward Elric are beloved characters, they have admirable traits and flaws that are very human and could do remarkable things even though they have prosthetics. Even a blind girl in Arthur was shown to still be living relatively normal despite her disability (though I dunno what blind kids thought of her lol). And that reminds me, there's also Toph from A:TLA even though I haven't seen the show.
Toph is a really good example of a well handled character with some form of a handicap.
but the staff is so diverse!
It was a rumor I heard not long after Wish's release, I tried searching it up but all mentions of activist interference go back to two videos by Film Threat (1, 2). The fags at Film Threat ramble a lot yet say very little of substance so here's my TL;DW:
They haven't really succeeded at it, you can still it's 3D with a 2D shader thrown on top, and it doesn't look good, it's looks kinda cheap.
Don’t forget that certain anime styles have have a difficult time being translated into 3D without looking weird, it’s part of the reason why Studio Ghibli’s Earwig and the Witch is still the only 3D CGI film.
You’re thinking of Paperman, IIRC part of the reason why its animation style wasn’t used in theatrical films was due to it being very intensive in terms of labor and time spent.
They also claimed the whole movie was animated in three to four months, which didn't help the look at all. Would also explain the camera shortcuts which they also claimed was because no one can animate horses anymore, which sounds hilarious until you remember that Adam of YMS made an odd comment about how the leopard/jaguar(?) in Encanto was animated really weird, in that it doesn't move like a jungle cat. He's not an animator at all, just a weirdo furry YouTuber, and yet he noticed something was off. (I think the clip was posted here a year ago, or is in his thread.)
I do think it is worth mentioning that there are few times when some woke media gets made by a single person. For proper bland and inoffensive wokeness, you need a village of activists to chip away any character or appeal until there is nothing but "The Message" is left. No one starts out wanting to do something boring.
Holy shit that is absolutely retarded if true. It's so outlandish that I can believe it, but there is no fucking way they were able to get away with that.
This isn't a super amazing song, but I want to give it credit for being a Mirror of "Friend like me" which shows that the people who made it watched the first movie and were attempting to do something interesting.
Wish wanted references and DEI more than it wanted a good story.
"oh... gosh. I think we might be able to make this work with your trademarks, sure will need to check that since we haven't already been doing that hahaha"
It may be shaders. I don't know but I was extremely impressed how Gundam managed to recreate late 70s early 80s animation.
Animated original: Jafar launches the palace tower Aladdin is in like a rocket