tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651933.post4113915634543954907..comments2023-09-12T01:10:08.841-07:00Comments on The Business of Animation: A Commentary: Disney and PixarStalorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14183710208542251484noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651933.post-21406034552431908742008-04-10T18:15:00.000-07:002008-04-10T18:15:00.000-07:00It's so close to his heart, that he gave someone e...It's so close to his heart, that he gave someone else the directing job on it.<BR/><BR/>The point I was trying to make is that Pixar is going down the same road DreamWorks and Disney are. Sequels. Despite previous claims made by Lasseter himself. <BR/><BR/>I just don't buy that there was so much story ready to go it deserved a sequel on its own merits. It's all because of the merchandising. Stalorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14183710208542251484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651933.post-60446845207958585572008-04-10T18:08:00.000-07:002008-04-10T18:08:00.000-07:00let me know when Doug directs a feature. :)let me know when Doug directs a feature. :)Stalorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14183710208542251484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651933.post-84753694333199288482008-04-10T10:00:00.000-07:002008-04-10T10:00:00.000-07:00Apparently the imported-not-groomed idea is taking...Apparently the imported-not-groomed idea is taking another hit: Doug Sweetland is directing the new short that will show in front of Wall*E. <BR/>http://www.cartoonbrew.com/cgi/pixars-presto- Tim Sormin -https://www.blogger.com/profile/01977214028436184462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651933.post-91636252635247812432008-04-09T21:54:00.000-07:002008-04-09T21:54:00.000-07:00Cars may not be everyone's cup of tea, but more ki...Cars may not be everyone's cup of tea, but more kids know more of those characters than just about any animated film in recent memory. It's pretty damned popular, whatever you think of it (and it looks incredible on blu ray). I believe it was the second highest grossing film the year it was released.<BR/><BR/>But the really annoying co-producer guy on the Ratatouille dvd is directing Cars 2? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651933.post-88093880362600484722008-04-09T20:37:00.000-07:002008-04-09T20:37:00.000-07:00Perhaps a less cynical reason to make a Cars 2 mov...Perhaps a less cynical reason to make a Cars 2 movie is to make a better one and erase the relatively (for Pixar) disappointing reception of the first one. The success of the merchandising makes this retry possible.<BR/><BR/>No matter what you and many others may think of Cars, that movie was very close to Lasseter's heart. Perhaps, like him, you have to have the heart of a young, car-loving boy Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com