glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:

Yes, I've always thought that alternate returns should be
allowed to be in functions. Some Fortrans allow it as
an extension. Whatever feature the language has to
support exception handling should be equally applicable
to functions and subroutines. Alternate returns even
have some advantages in that role (though you must
use them carefully). They are the *only* thing Fortran
presently has that provides some form of exception
handling.

...

Ken from Chicago wrote:

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Good. When I read that Disney had closed-down its ~60 year tradition
of hand-drawn feature-length movies, I knew it was a terrible, terrible
mistake. I love the hand-drawn movies. They have a "soul" that is
missing from later adult-oriented CGI stuff.

.

Don't confuse the medium with the message.

The same tired romantic leads, villian and comedy relief sidekicks does NOT
become April fresh merely because it's hand drawn. Three words:

DISNEY ANIMATED 80's.

Don't make me name names.

-- Ken from Chicago

Troy.Heagy@gmail.com wrote:

One swallow does not a summer make. Also, Disney probably never lost
its *appreciation* for the art... hence its sumptuous contractual
accomodation of Miyazaki (HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE)...

--

Ken from Chicago wrote:

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You call it "tired," but I liked that Disney "broadway musical" in
cartoon format. I have never tired of that style.

.

It's about time!!! I have not enjoyed an animated feature from Disney
since "Hunchback" and it has always been a mystery to me why they
stopped when they're are soooo many untapped fairy tales to make a
animated musical from (Snow Queen being one of my favorites). They have
always been popular and financially successful, I don't know why they
ever stopped.

Marvin

mmorley85@gmail.com wrote:

Great news! I still think 2D films can attract audiences, if they have
the right story.

There's a children's book I liked called 'The King with Six Friends'
that I always thought would make a super animated film, even though I'm
sure nobody else has ever heard of it...

In article comcast.com>,
"Ken from Chicago" comcast.net> wrote:

"Today's Hollywood Reporter questioned the strategy behind Disney's
return to hand-drawn animation, noting in its report about the planned
film that "traditional animation no longer draws the crowd.""

uh

okay

when was the last time a well written and traditionally animated movie
flopped?

Hell, when was the last time a well written and traditionally animated
movie was MADE?

Ken from Chicago wrote:

mmorley85@gmail.com wrote:

Just for the historical record, Jeffrey Katzenberg is now trying to
clear his blackened name and say that he didn't ACTUALLY proclaim "2-D
is Dead!" back in 2002, after he had to publicly save face for "Sinbad"
making less money than "Finding Nemo"--
What he said, he now claims, is that he wished he had done Sinbad with
newer technology since 2-D "didn't quite work" with the movie, and "that
might have turned off the audience".

That possibly might have been the true quote, and certainly the "Every
animated movie is the same, that's why they make money!" industry
analysts were ready to grab their own wishful decision-making and club
both the quote and the movies to death with it...
But whatever, Jeff--You've still carved that immortal place in infamy.