Western Animation - Discuss American, Canadian, and European cartoons here (or just bitch about wokeshit, I guess)
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From the description:
The Wild Robot - In Theaters September 20
From DreamWorks Animation comes a new adaptation of a literary sensation, Peter Brown’s beloved, award-winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, The Wild Robot.
The epic adventure follows the journey of a robot—ROZZUM unit 7134, “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.
The Wild Robot stars Academy Award® winner Lupita Nyong’o (Us, The Black Panther franchise) as robot Roz; Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us, The Mandalorian) as fox Fink; Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek, Best in Show) as opossum Pinktail; Oscar® nominee Bill Nighy (Living, Love Actually) as goose Longneck; Kit Connor (Heartstopper, Rocketman) as gosling Brightbill and Oscar® nominee Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once, this summer’s The Fall Guy) as Vontra, a robot that will intersect with Roz’s life on the island.
The film also features the voice talents of Emmy winning pop-culture icon Mark Hamill (Star Wars franchise, The Boy and the Heron), Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows, The SpongeBob Movie franchise) and Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee Ving Rhames (Mission: Impossible films, Pulp Fiction).
A powerful story about the discovery of self, a thrilling examination of the bridge between technology and nature and a moving exploration of what it means to be alive and connected to all living things, The Wild Robot is written and directed by three-time Oscar® nominee Chris Sanders—the writer-director of DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon, The Croods, and Disney’s Lilo & Stitch—and is produced by Jeff Hermann (DreamWorks Animation’s The Boss Baby 2: Family Business; co-producer, Kung Fu Panda franchise).
Peter Brown’s The Wild Robot, an illustrated middle-grade novel first published in 2016, became a phenomenon, rocketing to #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. The book has since inspired a trilogy that now includes The Wild Robot Escapes and The Wild Robot Protects. Brown’s work on the Wild Robot series and his other bestselling books have earned him a Caldecott Honor, a Horn Book Award, two E.B. White Awards, two E.B. White Honors, a Children’s Choice Award for Illustrator of the Year, two Irma Black Honors, a Golden Kite Award and a New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award.
From DreamWorks Animation comes a new adaptation of a literary sensation, Peter Brown’s beloved, award-winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, The Wild Robot.
The epic adventure follows the journey of a robot—ROZZUM unit 7134, “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.
The Wild Robot stars Academy Award® winner Lupita Nyong’o (Us, The Black Panther franchise) as robot Roz; Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us, The Mandalorian) as fox Fink; Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek, Best in Show) as opossum Pinktail; Oscar® nominee Bill Nighy (Living, Love Actually) as goose Longneck; Kit Connor (Heartstopper, Rocketman) as gosling Brightbill and Oscar® nominee Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once, this summer’s The Fall Guy) as Vontra, a robot that will intersect with Roz’s life on the island.
The film also features the voice talents of Emmy winning pop-culture icon Mark Hamill (Star Wars franchise, The Boy and the Heron), Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows, The SpongeBob Movie franchise) and Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee Ving Rhames (Mission: Impossible films, Pulp Fiction).
A powerful story about the discovery of self, a thrilling examination of the bridge between technology and nature and a moving exploration of what it means to be alive and connected to all living things, The Wild Robot is written and directed by three-time Oscar® nominee Chris Sanders—the writer-director of DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon, The Croods, and Disney’s Lilo & Stitch—and is produced by Jeff Hermann (DreamWorks Animation’s The Boss Baby 2: Family Business; co-producer, Kung Fu Panda franchise).
Peter Brown’s The Wild Robot, an illustrated middle-grade novel first published in 2016, became a phenomenon, rocketing to #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. The book has since inspired a trilogy that now includes The Wild Robot Escapes and The Wild Robot Protects. Brown’s work on the Wild Robot series and his other bestselling books have earned him a Caldecott Honor, a Horn Book Award, two E.B. White Awards, two E.B. White Honors, a Children’s Choice Award for Illustrator of the Year, two Irma Black Honors, a Golden Kite Award and a New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award.
Personally the premise is giving me some early/middle pixar in a good way. Unsure how I feel about the cast but I think Lupita at least is a pretty good actress.
Since all these animals have voice actors but we havent seen any of it in the trailer, I wonder what its gonna sound and look like. Hopefully not anything cringey. In the original novel she slowly leanrs the animal language by observing a lot i think.
The books themselves are apparantly also quite popular with elementary age children with over 2 million copies sold. Book came out around the same time as those the bad guys books too
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We are getting a Twilight animated series soon:
Tumblr is going to explode.
Tumblr is going to explode.
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I remember someone on /lit/ reading the official genderswapped retelling of the first book and it blew some minds.
They'd never be keyed enough to animate that though.
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True, all those gems from Brad we could've missed.
episode 1: edward get ipad
Yes, but in a perfect world, we would've had a proper Incredibles sequel than what we've gotten instead
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I don't know if legend of Korra got mentioned here yet but it was one of the better western animations that came out.
The show was mentioned a lot in this thread. But no I disagree, Legend of Korra was hot garbo
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Lore wise it does fuckery sure but it is standalone good in it's own right.
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Having DreamWorks release this and the Garfield animated movie in the same year is surreal.
Who has nostalgia for Twilight? Some of the core audience probably has moved on and I doubt the zoomers will be watching it.
You do realize a lot of zoomers actually do know about the series, right? Specifically early-to-mid zoomers from 1997 to 2004. Not to get MATI or anything, but please specify the phrase "zoomers" before posting
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DreamWorks isn't doing the Garfield movie - it's DNEG in collaboration with Sony and Alcon Entertainment
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It was a slog going through that alleged synopsis of Coyote Vs. Acme but the more I read the more I was convinced it was real because it's the sort of banal hackery you've come to expect from projects where the animators got notes that included things like "Make sure Foghorn Leghorn doesn't upstage John Cena."
"Tweety secretly watches remorsefully" jfc. It all comes off as lazy yet overthought at the same time, the half-baked unearned attempts at pathos (cartoons aren't JUST for kids, you see) oh the Coyote and the Road Runner are actually friends, "cartoon antics" i.e. the stalest half-remembered jokes about anvils and jaws hitting the floor from sources like Animaniacs, and what hacks who write cartoons and these sort of post-Roger Rabbit live-action/animation hybrids (while having no real interest in the medium of animation) always fall back on, jokes about how hey now, these cartoons aren't very realistic, isn't pointing that out itself hilarious?!?
"Tweety secretly watches remorsefully" jfc. It all comes off as lazy yet overthought at the same time, the half-baked unearned attempts at pathos (cartoons aren't JUST for kids, you see) oh the Coyote and the Road Runner are actually friends, "cartoon antics" i.e. the stalest half-remembered jokes about anvils and jaws hitting the floor from sources like Animaniacs, and what hacks who write cartoons and these sort of post-Roger Rabbit live-action/animation hybrids (while having no real interest in the medium of animation) always fall back on, jokes about how hey now, these cartoons aren't very realistic, isn't pointing that out itself hilarious?!?
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people who have nostalgia for twilight, clearly
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Unquestionable rainbows for two things alone.
Firstly there is something ever so slightly off about the animated with the fox on the log. It's seconds only and I can't nail it but there's something.
Second from the looks of things the true villain will be MAN! Which at this point is so banal and even worse will invite Iron Giant comparisons.
With that said looks damn pretty.
For that you'd need to have someone involved have never got anything more than the lowest budget Disney/Dreamworks stuff before this. While Lilo and Stitch counts it's not all of resume.
Also needs a silly hat.
(the image source had an amusing quote so you get that and the link too)
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I know this isn't breaking news, but sometimes, I binge watch Teen Titans clips, then I see a thumbnail for some Teen Titans Go! thing, and I get a twinge of a lump in my throat.
Oh, yeah, I have this to say, too: Terry McGinnis is the best Batman. Batman Beyond (or Batman of the Future in most countries outside the US) rocked.
Oh, yeah, I have this to say, too: Terry McGinnis is the best Batman. Batman Beyond (or Batman of the Future in most countries outside the US) rocked.
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Ik that premise summary is probably a shit post but damn if it doesn't sound like something Myers would do to capture a new modern audience...by modern I mean. Lonesome incells obsessed with roasrio vampire desperate for their "cute goth/vampire girlfriend. "
But yeah who has nostalgia for twilight now?