BTW I can't believe Borat didn't score ANYHTING! :shock: :? :roll: Some people said it was because Cohen was "improvising" not writing/actiing but that's not true because he DID write it all out before, he took it very seriously and pretty much knew what a lot of the "subjects" were going to say an...

BTW - wasn't Shrek nothing less than Katz snubbing his nose at Disney? The whole film is one big jibe-fest of the Mouse House. That wasn't very nice was it?

First of all, you've leapt way off topic now. Turning this into yet another Pixar bash somehow is a stretch! Second of all, he is right - there is a lot of crap out there!

Here's some commentary by Jerry Beck about that "award"
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/archives/2006_02.html#001641

Ah, the kiss of death seal! The award for the desperate film marketer. No it doesn't count for much, and in fact if you see it on a film - beware!

Yeah but James, the film bombed....not just that, but it was actually ridiculed (indirectly) for being 2d... Maybe it seems like they were abandoning the art form but what would you do if you were in their position? ... Why doesn't anyone ever cut DW any slack But that shouldn't matter. For the sak...

If it's true that the Weinstein Co. didn't submit Doogal - which would have put us over the top for five nominations - they should be ashamed. There just is no good reason not to submit them all, especially from a company that looks like they're trying to be a serious animation distributor. With 5 n...

I will be in the chat room on and off tonight if any one wants to discuss the Oscar nominations. I should be in after 8 pm (once the kids are in bed) but may pop in before then occasionally as I can. Forum members click here (or the link at the top of every page) to chat: http://www.animated-news.co...

Sorry Vi! But you can't fault Pixar just because they are Pixar. They made what is without any doubt one of the top films of the year. Happy Feet is in because Hollywood loves politically correct movies. After that there were several films all grouped together. I think any one of them could have got...

Just found this cool little program for the Mac that lets you recreate the opening of the Star Wars films with your own text - from the 20th Century Fox production logo to the yellow text crawl! It has options to create a small web version, DVD quality, or full HD resolution. http://alienryderflex.c...

I just can't imagine them singing "A Girl With Fighting For" on stage, or "Trashin' the Camp" or "Go the Distance" either. Those songs kind of rely heavily on the visuals and action, the songs just feel more peripheral. Even "Reflection" which is the best song from the Hercules-Tarzan era, doesn't ...

Feel free to use the chat room anytime guys. It's a very cool feature. You can set up times in advance in the forums or just pop in. Or if you want take an animated topic you enjoy and set up your own unofficial chat for people to meet and talk with you about. Obviously keep things PG - there are ki...

I've told you to have that looked at.

You know who Besson's ex-wife is don't you? Milla Jovovich!

There is absolutely nothing wrong with plain old DVDs - especially if you don't have a HDTV. But if you do have an HDTV, DVD resolution is much less than HDTV resolution so there is some scaling involved - very basically speaking the picture has to be stretched. While scalers can be very good at the...