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Group: rec.arts.animation · Group Profile
Author: artyw2artyw2 Date: Jul 7, 2008 08:19
On Jul 7, 6:26 am, "Ken from Chicago" comcast.net>
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> WALL-E could have just as easily been EVE, about the fembot who meets a
> quirky bot and learns to change her directives, but no.
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> KUNG FU PANDA could have been about a female panda, but no, in fact, out of
> 10 major speaking roles, only one was female.
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> RATATOUIE, could have been about a female rat.
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> CARS, male lead.
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> SHREK, male lead.
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> ANTZ, male lead.
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> OVER THE HEDGE, OPEN SEASON, FINDING NEMO, TOY STORY, A BUG'S LIFE, BEE
> MOVIE, MADAGASCAR, etc. the lead character is male, if not the lead two
> buddy characters are male.
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> The closest one comes to a female lead major release cgi movie is THE
> INCREDIBLES, four years ago, and she was the co-lead, the wife of lead,
> altho technically, it was male lead (the group is named after the male
> lead). For a flat out clearly female lead cgi major movie, you gotta go back
> to 2001's FINAL FANTASY.
What about Tomb Raider (one of the sequels was in 2003)?
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