Three topics!

[skye_writer]

universalme was handing out three topics on her journal, so I decided to take part. :)

Animation

I have loved the medium of animation since I was a child, and I've stayed fascinated with it well into adulthood. I grew up during the Disney Renaissance, which definitely had an effect on me. Mostly I like animation because it's a freeing medium--you can do just about anything you want, without having to worry if it's dangerous for the actors or anything like that. I would say hand-drawn animation is even more freeing, but unfortunately it's out of vogue for some reason in American film. More's the pity.

Hyperbole and a Half

HaaH is a webcomic-type thing by Allie Brosh that also spawned a book. They are both hilarious. You can check out the site here at this link. I don't have a lot to say about this.

Science Fiction

I like science fiction? Not... well. Certainly I like it soft, not hard (so Star Wars more than Star Trek). I like the potential of things like starships and time travel. I love Doctor Who. I feel like we need more science fiction in animation (I LOVE Treasure Planet and Atlantis from Disney, for example), especially sf that falls more on the side of drama than comedy. I don't know.

My brain isn't working right today. Sorry if these are a little spare.

Comments

[maplemood]

Treasure Planet and Atlantis were (and still are) two of my absolute favorite Disney movies--Treasure Planet especially is just beautifully animated, and the story gets me every time.

[skye_writer]

Yes! I feel like Disney-the-company thinks of them as the awkward stepchildren of their animated canon, which is a shame, because they're excellent. They eschewed the typical Disney "look" for something different (I mean, Mike Mignola worked on Atlantis' visual dev!), and they're really delightful forays into science fiction that the company hadn't done before. I wish they'd be brave enough to try something like those again.

[imps]

I like your point about the limits you get rid of with animation! I also agree that the disappearance of hand-drawn animation in American film is a total shame.

Could I maybe ask for three topics from you? This meme seems pretty cool!

[skye_writer]

It really is a shame. I don't think Disney did Princess and the Frog or the Winnie the Pooh film (their last hand-drawn film) any favors by "counter-programming" them against Cameron's Avatar and then the last Harry Potter film. It honestly felt like they were setting them up to fail. And of course, nowadays CGI is seen as cheaper and less labor intensive than hand-drawn, so I don't think it's ever going to make a comeback in the US. Which is, as I said, a shame.

Three topics for you!: Pokemon, Steven Universe, and Broadway musicals! (I just pulled these from your interests on your profile; if you want something a bit more random, lmk. :D )

[imps]

Yeah, I agree about the studio not exactly helping either movie, and you're not the first person who's pointed out that they kind of set themselves up for failure. Unfortunately, I agree that CGI is the new standard, and yeah, it's a shame.

And thank you for the topics! I can work with these, for sure!