On Fri, 23 May 2008 18:37:35 GMT, Derek Janssen
nospam.verizon.net> wrote:
>Antonio E. Gonzalez wrote:
>>>
>>>When "Meet the Robinsons" turned all Lasseter-gushy at the end and
>>>decided we'd rather see a Pixar movie instead, THAT was our graveside
>>>jig on three years of "new directions" for Disney--
>>>Cue the Riverdance music, and bring on them frog princesses...
>>
>> Anyone wanna translate?
>
>(Anyone wanna move out of Mexico and learn English?
>Seriously--Every other Yanqui is getting it, right now.) ;)
>
Janssenese is a tough toungue to master, apparently . . .
>> Seriously, what the hell's he talking
>> about? Maybe these are terms only ultra-industry-insiders are
>> suppossed to know? Funny how he cut the part where I point out Pixar
>> being the only reason Disney's had any success the last few years . .
>> . well, Studio Ghibli too . . .
>>
>> As pointed out, they learned their lesson with Enchanted, and are
>> finally following the "Shrek Route"; I guess sucking on the Dreamworks
>> tailpipe is one way to learn . . .
>
>Actually (and here's where some of the translation comes in),
>"Enchanted" was GOING to go "the Shrek Route"
Which it did!
under Eisner's watch, as
>Eisner's overdefensive kissup to what he thought was going to be the New
>Way, a la Katzenberg--Gladly slicing Snow White's own throat as cynical
>ram-sacrifice, so long as we Wouldn't Hit.
>
Nah, she'd just get bitch-splapped at worst . . .
>Than Bob Iger and John Lasseter took over, and they discovered a rather
>odd thing: Nobody out there *wanted* to see a "Shrek-style" fairytale
>dogpile.
Actually, that's what people have wanted since that fist taste in
2001!
>Except, ironically, for the animation geeks, who were trumpeting the
>opening twenty minutes as "the Return of Old-Fashioned 2-D Animation".
>The operative word was "Awkward": Lots...and LOTS...about two or three
>*years*' worth...of studio rewrites turned a lame Shrek 2 clone into a
>"harmless" feel-good Pretty Woman clone,
. . . and still staying away from the outdated "traditional Disney"
form!
and when fans and reviews
>gushed over "A wonderful, cuddly feel-good satirical love-letter to
>everything Disney did right", the new studio's reaction was your basic
>"Uh, yeah....we MEANT to do that! ^_^''' "
>
One way or the other, Shrek-style lives!
>But anyway, in answer to your question, um...No. Looks like they
>aren't. :)
>
Hmmm, since that doesn't answer any of my questions coherently,
let's just say you don't know what you're talking about and leave it
at that!
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