5th Annual August Animation Challenge - Discussion Thread
08-08-14 | 11:40 PM
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08-09-14 | 01:16 AM
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I love all the songs, but you're right. It is a sad movie. I do feel like it's kind of fast paced, happy songs mainly, but it's such a sad subject matter... so they make you sad, then happy 2 minutes later with the next song.
08-10-14 | 06:25 PM
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While most of my viewing has been Disney (my goal this month was to focus on their animation), I've branched out a little to complete the checklist. Last night I watched "Waltz with Bashir." I had tried to watch that a couple years ago but just couldn't get into it but managed to fully watch it this year. I did enjoy it but it is such a sad topic. I think it was well done, though the animation style was different than what I'm used it-it actually worked well with the topic.
08-10-14 | 07:59 PM
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I think if I was pressed to give an example of the potential power of animation, I would pull out that film. Like Art Spiegelman's Maus, there's something about handling such horrific real-life events through the prism of animation that somehow makes it hit differently than real life footage. Not harder, necessarily, just differently.
08-10-14 | 08:50 PM
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08-11-14 | 01:44 PM
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As I'm watching movies with puppets, models, stop motion, etc., I'm having fun watching how their scenes are edited. You also start noticing errors, such as the Tunneler from Puppet Master drilling into a guy, then he pulls him out but Tunneler has not blood on his drill. There's also the issue with a guy that either bleeds blood or green chemicals, depending on the scene but that's a different story.
08-11-14 | 03:05 PM
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How To Train Your Dragon 2 was another perfectly acceptable film. My wife and son who saw it felt it was better than the first one. I can't say I agree with that, necessarily, but it definitely was another good entry in the series.
08-11-14 | 03:07 PM
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How to Train Your Dragon is such an excellent film, one of my favorite recent cartoons. I won't say anything about the sequel, but I would love to hear what you think about it after you see it.
I was pleasantly surprised by Megamind which looked like a tired concept with Will Ferrell at his most over-the-top. But I really loved it and thought it was very funny and unexpectedly moving.
I was pleasantly surprised by Megamind which looked like a tired concept with Will Ferrell at his most over-the-top. But I really loved it and thought it was very funny and unexpectedly moving.
As I'm watching movies with puppets, models, stop motion, etc., I'm having fun watching how their scenes are edited. You also start noticing errors, such as the Tunneler from Puppet Master drilling into a guy, then he pulls him out but Tunneler has not blood on his drill. There's also the issue with a guy that either bleeds blood or green chemicals, depending on the scene but that's a different story.
08-11-14 | 05:05 PM
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I watched a random episode of Pokemon: Indigo League and Batman TAS this past Friday.
On Saturday, I re-watched Kung-Fu Panda and it was as enjoyable as before. I love that movie and I usually don't like Dreamworks animation but it's absolutely beautiful on Blu-ray.
Now the double bill was Cars 2, a movie that I haven't watched before. I'm a fan of the first movie. I like it but I'm also aware that it does not compare to the other Pixar greats but it has it charms. However, the sequel on the other hand...
The good thing is the animation. The PQ and AQ of the Blu-ray is phenomenal. The movie itself however, I didn't like. First of all, there was too much Mater (way too much), something that kids probably liked but man, as an adult, that was painful. Second of all, I thought the shooting and killing of "cars" was inappropriate for a movie that's marketed to younger kids. I know for a fact that parents show the movie to kids ages 4 and up. Also, I felt that Michael Caine was replaying his role of Nigel Powers in this movie along with the bathroom humour. This may be the worst Pixar movie IMHO! I hope is not just me becoming a grumpy old man...
On Saturday, I re-watched Kung-Fu Panda and it was as enjoyable as before. I love that movie and I usually don't like Dreamworks animation but it's absolutely beautiful on Blu-ray.
Now the double bill was Cars 2, a movie that I haven't watched before. I'm a fan of the first movie. I like it but I'm also aware that it does not compare to the other Pixar greats but it has it charms. However, the sequel on the other hand...
The good thing is the animation. The PQ and AQ of the Blu-ray is phenomenal. The movie itself however, I didn't like. First of all, there was too much Mater (way too much), something that kids probably liked but man, as an adult, that was painful. Second of all, I thought the shooting and killing of "cars" was inappropriate for a movie that's marketed to younger kids. I know for a fact that parents show the movie to kids ages 4 and up. Also, I felt that Michael Caine was replaying his role of Nigel Powers in this movie along with the bathroom humour. This may be the worst Pixar movie IMHO! I hope is not just me becoming a grumpy old man...
08-11-14 | 05:19 PM
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watched The Snowman the other night on my new DLP projector - oh the bluray looked absolutely lovely, albeit some cropping of the image from it's original 4:3 AR to 1.78
08-11-14 | 07:41 PM
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RIP Robin Williams. One of my favorite comedians. 
I watched Robots to start out this challenge. His voice was always so expressive and you always knew who he was. I was going to watch Ponyo tonight, but I think I' going to watch Aladdin instead.
There's also Happy, Happy Feet 2, Aladdin King of Thieves, Fern Gully, A Wish for Wings that Work, and an episode of Faerie Tale Theatre if you're looking for something that'd qualify to watch.
I watched Robots to start out this challenge. His voice was always so expressive and you always knew who he was. I was going to watch Ponyo tonight, but I think I' going to watch Aladdin instead.There's also Happy, Happy Feet 2, Aladdin King of Thieves, Fern Gully, A Wish for Wings that Work, and an episode of Faerie Tale Theatre if you're looking for something that'd qualify to watch.
08-12-14 | 09:26 AM
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RIP Robin Williams. One of my favorite comedians. I watched Robots to start out this challenge. His voice was always so expressive and you always knew who he was. I was going to watch Ponyo tonight, but I think I' going to watch Aladdin instead.
There's also Happy, Happy Feet 2, Aladdin King of Thieves, Fern Gully, A Wish for Wings that Work, and an episode of Faerie Tale Theatre if you're looking for something that'd qualify to watch.
I watched Robots to start out this challenge. His voice was always so expressive and you always knew who he was. I was going to watch Ponyo tonight, but I think I' going to watch Aladdin instead.There's also Happy, Happy Feet 2, Aladdin King of Thieves, Fern Gully, A Wish for Wings that Work, and an episode of Faerie Tale Theatre if you're looking for something that'd qualify to watch.
08-12-14 | 09:37 AM
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Until late July, I had no idea that the Cartoon Network was running "Attack on Titan." So I started recording with the 12th episode. (How do you find out about these things? How do you get alerts when new anime series suddenly show up on TV?)
So I watched episode #12 last night, the first one I've seen from this series, which I've been hearing raves about for the past year. It's about a squad of young soldiers protecting their walled city from attacks by "titans," infantile giants who come in different sizes and ages and can swallow people whole (which doesn't necessarily kill the one who's swallowed) and get killed or neutralized pretty easily. It's a bit bizarre for my tastes, set in a somewhat abstract universe, and I'm not sure I want to explore it more just yet, especially when I have so many classic series I'm very enthusiastic about that I haven't finished yet, e.g. "Rose of Versailles" and "Armored Trooper Votoms."
So I watched episode #12 last night, the first one I've seen from this series, which I've been hearing raves about for the past year. It's about a squad of young soldiers protecting their walled city from attacks by "titans," infantile giants who come in different sizes and ages and can swallow people whole (which doesn't necessarily kill the one who's swallowed) and get killed or neutralized pretty easily. It's a bit bizarre for my tastes, set in a somewhat abstract universe, and I'm not sure I want to explore it more just yet, especially when I have so many classic series I'm very enthusiastic about that I haven't finished yet, e.g. "Rose of Versailles" and "Armored Trooper Votoms."
08-12-14 | 11:47 AM
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Streamed some of the original Transformers late last night. The action is pretty rote, but the humor at times is sharp. I still dig the Dinobots. For instance:
I could have an entire thread about the differences between the original cartoon and the Marvel Comics, especially their respective portrayals of Grimlock.
"Slag, Sludge, go away! Me, Grimlock, demonstrating finesse. Whatever that mean."
—Grimlock, "Dinobot Island, Part 1"
—Grimlock, "Dinobot Island, Part 1"
08-12-14 | 12:13 PM
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Streamed some of the original Transformers late last night. The action is pretty rote, but the humor at times is sharp. I still dig the Dinobots. For instance:
I could have an entire thread about the differences between the original cartoon and the Marvel Comics, especially their respective portrayals of Grimlock.
I could have an entire thread about the differences between the original cartoon and the Marvel Comics, especially their respective portrayals of Grimlock.
08-12-14 | 12:16 PM
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08-12-14 | 10:04 PM
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Watching Frozen right now. I enjoy the movie, love the music. I like the twist at the end-I admit the first time I saw it, Disney did get me with the twist. I was expecting something but not that. The rest in spoilers just in case someone hasn't watched it yet.
Spoiler:
08-13-14 | 12:28 AM
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I see there is at least one person focusing on puppets and stop motion. Do those count? Or do they fall under wild card? I have The 7th Voyage of Sinbad that I meant to watch last month.
08-13-14 | 02:21 AM
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Well, I'm going by what is in the rules since this is my first time hosting-I know that puppets and stop motion are allowed (rules mention Harryhausen by name). So I would think that the "7th Voyage of Sinbad" would definitely count if it's the one I'm thinking of. I do hope that while watching these, the viewer is keeping in mind that this is an animation challenge so make sure the movies qualify. Also, people do have one wildcard.
08-13-14 | 09:00 AM
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Well, I'm going by what is in the rules since this is my first time hosting-I know that puppets and stop motion are allowed (rules mention Harryhausen by name). So I would think that the "7th Voyage of Sinbad" would definitely count if it's the one I'm thinking of. I do hope that while watching these, the viewer is keeping in mind that this is an animation challenge so make sure the movies qualify. Also, people do have one wildcard.
08-13-14 | 10:45 AM
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I took all my stuff off the list in case it wasn't in the "spirit of the challenge" anymore. Doesn't mean I'm still not watching that stuff.
08-13-14 | 03:29 PM
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Second,
Spoiler:
08-13-14 | 03:30 PM
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08-13-14 | 03:31 PM
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