Really cool interview with Disney Afternoon's Tad Stones!

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Really cool interview with Disney Afternoon's Tad Stones!

Post by ShyViolet » September 23rd, 2006, 2:57 am

http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=sear ... 157&page=1

It particularly has some very interesting tidbits on the "early Disney" of the new regime and what it was like to work with a very different Michael Eisner. :)
You can’t just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!

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Post by Ben » September 23rd, 2006, 3:10 pm

I remember reading that from a while ago. It's a GREAT interview and well worth reading every page of. :)

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Post by Code Horror » September 23rd, 2006, 4:25 pm

Wait, isn't Tad Stones working in the Hellboy animated films?

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Post by Ben » September 23rd, 2006, 6:27 pm

It's something he mentions could be happening.

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Post by Code Horror » September 23rd, 2006, 7:01 pm

Actually, it's already happening, Hellboy is entering animation city.

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Post by Meg » September 23rd, 2006, 8:15 pm

The images I've seen of it are really cool lookin' so far.

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Post by Ben » September 23rd, 2006, 9:54 pm

Is Tad involved in this? He says he'd like to be if you read the interview, but not that he's actively doing this (yet).

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Post by Code Horror » September 23rd, 2006, 10:00 pm

Ben wrote:Is Tad involved in this? He says he'd like to be if you read the interview, but not that he's actively doing this (yet).
He really is, look at this IMDB page, it's already in Post-Production

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0810895/

And so's this installment

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0817910/

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Post by Ben » September 23rd, 2006, 10:17 pm

Cool! Good for him.

And impressive that they got the main cast back from the movie to provide their character voices.

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Post by Code Horror » September 24th, 2006, 1:19 am

If you think that's impressive, take a look at this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yruwSmF33jI

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Post by Ben » September 24th, 2006, 1:31 pm

Looks okay. Starts well and kinda trails off into TV level animation. Would have been cool if they kept it DTV level. Still, I think fans will lap it up.

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Post by Code Horror » September 24th, 2006, 2:31 pm

Ben wrote:Looks okay. Starts well and kinda trails off into TV level animation. Would have been cool if they kept it DTV level. Still, I think fans will lap it up.
It is going to get a DVD release you know.

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Post by Ben » September 24th, 2006, 7:11 pm

Yes, but so does a lot of stuff.

I was saying that the quality would have been better if they had stuck to DTV level. It's really good TV animation they've done here. Nothing bad in that, but knowing it was going to DVD as well they should and could've put a little more time and money into it since it has two bites.

As it is, it's good TV level that will see a DVD release, not a DTV level that will also get shown on TV, if you get ma drift...

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Post by Code Horror » September 24th, 2006, 7:13 pm

Ben wrote:Yes, but so does a lot of stuff.

I was saying that the quality would have been better if they had stuck to DTV level. It's really good TV animation they've done here. Nothing bad in that, but knowing it was going to DVD as well they should and could've put a little more time and money into it since it has two bites.

As it is, it's good TV level that will see a DVD release, not a DTV level that will also get shown on TV, if you get ma drift...
Well at least Guillermo del Toro and Mike Mignola are somehwhat involved.

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Post by ShyViolet » September 24th, 2006, 9:37 pm

I remember reading that from a while ago. It's a GREAT interview and well worth reading every page of.
I like the part about Eisner pitching the Gummi Bears cartoon: "My kid loves Gummi Bears...." (the candy)


To the artists it first sounded like making a show called "Pepperoni People." :lol:


(Or kinda like that Bannanas in Pajamas show? :wink: :roll: )
You can’t just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!

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