| Re: Who is the Most Hated Person in the History of the Animation Industry? |
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Group: rec.arts.animation · Group Profile
Author: Derek JanssenDerek Janssen Date: May 21, 2008 19:26
Anim8rFSK wrote:
>>And who, twelve years later went on to take credit for half of Disney's
>>hits, and stealing most of the others for another studio--whose
>>animation job he'd gotten on the strength of claiming credit for "Lion
>>King"--before making the (albeit misquoted) sweeping pronouncements that
>>instrumentally CAUSED Eisner to singlehandedly destroy Disney animation.
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>>There is no Eisner history without Jeffrey Katzenberg. No cel studio
>>would have been destroyed in 2002 without Shrek or Sinbad.
>>The two execs will be forever linked in historical destiny.
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> You like Katz a *lot* more than I do.
Checked out his recent interviews on "Kung Fu Panda"?
Where a opening flashback scene was reportedly done in 2-D animation
(partly for obvious movie parody, and partly to save time)...
And how does Mr. "Tra-Digital"/"2-D is dead" play it, with the new Frog
Princess/Enchanted revival mania sweeping across the rest of the industry?:
"We saw it as our 'handwritten love letter' to the earlier style...")
(Let's face it: Mr. Hamlet-Excuse will say ANYTHING, if it covers his
rear.)
Derek Janssen (do we have our winner, yet?)
ejanss1@ verizon.net
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