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Post by Daniel » October 29th, 2007, 6:22 pm

I don't even remember those teasers, to be honest.

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Post by K3vin » October 30th, 2007, 8:25 am

Daniel wrote:I don't even remember those teasers, to be honest.
On the dvd of Shrek 2, there's a little featurette where Ben Stiller talks about Madagascar.

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Post by Ben » October 30th, 2007, 3:19 pm

Kevin speaketh the truth! Welcome to our boards! :)

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Post by Dacey » October 31st, 2007, 4:48 pm

Just watched the trailer.

It's short, but the animation looks great so far.
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Post by YCougar » October 31st, 2007, 4:50 pm

I love the tiger, in design and movement. Some sweet motion in general going on in that trailer. I still think it has potential, so long as the pop culture stuff and body humor is kept to a minimum. Might be a tall order for a Dreamworks CGI film, but I'll still hope. ;)
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Post by Dacey » October 31st, 2007, 4:52 pm

I like that they're doing it in CinemaScope, something that the studio hasn't done since "Spirit".
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Post by Ben » October 31st, 2007, 5:11 pm

Is it me, or does the animation look really <I>cheap</I>?

The characters aren't bad, but I hate watching this stuff on the lo-res clips we have on the net sometimes because you can't see the detail and without the detail, it looks el-cheapo.

Where did you get the CinemaScope specs from WJ, I didn't notice anything approaching those dimensions though it would indeed be cool if they went that wide for a kung-fu movie...something fitting in that.

Quite obvious to use Kung-Fu Fighting as a music choice, though it seems to fit this, probably because it's mainstream commercial animation.

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Post by Dacey » October 31st, 2007, 5:29 pm

Well, it at least looks like its CinemaScope when I watch it in the standard format (not HD) on my computer. But it could just be the way it plays on my screen.
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Post by Ben » October 31st, 2007, 7:16 pm

Looks like standard 1.78:1 to me. I'd be very surprised if it was 2.35:1. It would be very cool, but I'd be very surprised.

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Post by Meg » October 31st, 2007, 9:24 pm

About the new trailer - didn't they do the 'flying through the air and screaming in slo-mo' gag in Bee Movie?

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Post by Dacey » November 1st, 2007, 10:27 am

Wait a sec, are there actually *two* trailers for this thing going around now?
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Post by wendy » November 2nd, 2007, 9:54 am

There are two at the moment indeed. This one is the (official) trailer. http://movies.aol.com/movie/kung-fu-panda/24474/main
I think the movie looks better than in the first one.

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Post by Meg » November 2nd, 2007, 4:01 pm

As do I...And I wasn't even too hot on the first one!

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Post by Remy » November 3rd, 2007, 9:35 pm

It looks so stupid!

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Post by Daniel » November 4th, 2007, 2:22 am

Because... :?:

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