Disney/Pixar In General

So if I were to make a Disney Theme Parks thread, where would it go?

We have this one in It Just Awes Me!, but it's quite old.

I guess...Yack Fest? It's a pity we don't have an "Other" folder in the Media column.

I once found an article (can't find it now) about the casting and naming of the infamous Gargoyle trio. It was quite interesting. The Gargoyles were originally named after actors who previously played Quasimodo in other film adaptations (Disney's Hunchback is more of an adaptation of previous adaptations), but Disney feared lawsuit. (Anthony Quinn in particular is very lawsuit-happy.)

edited 7th Apr '14 3:49:55 PM by Smasher

You know at first I thought you meant the Gargoyles TV show and I was like, they were infamous? I thought everyone loved that show.

I still really don't like The Hunchback Of Notre Dame. However, it isn't just because of the gargoyles.

During the previews for Captain America: The Winter Solider, I started wondering if they might wait to show the trailer for Big Hero 6 until Guardians of the Galaxy, which comes out in August. It would be smart to advertise the Marvel superhero movie during the Marvel superhero movie.

The gargoyles in the titular Disney Afternoon series were named after popular places in New York.

The Gargoyle trio also had different VA's, and Laverrne was going to be younger.

Also, originally, Quasimodo was going to talk to the bells, since he gave the bells names in the book. Birds were also considered, but were axed because they already did that with Cinderella.

So were the bells going to have faces and voices? That sounds very... odd, even with talking statues being the alternative.

I'd imagine it would have merely been him talking to the inanimate objects which would remain normal, non-sentient inanimate objects.

Why not, though? There were a ton of talking objects in Bat B after all. So why not bells?

Those were explicitly enchanted objects that were once people. Bells are also much harder to anthropomorphize than gargoyles, which already look humanoid.

But if he talked to non-sentinient inatimate objects, there'd be no comic relief, which the Gargoyle trio function as.

And before anyone says that the Gargoyals aren't really alive, I'm pretty sure the cheapquel and the ending battle confirm that they are alive.

edited 5th Apr '14 1:57:56 PM by Smasher

The bells of Notre Dame having faces sounds very... Pee Wee Herman-ish to me. Even to provide silly comic relief, the idea just sound too surreal to throw in without explanation. Granted, what they actually ended up doing with the gargoyles is almost as stupid, but at least the gargoyles already look like living beings.

Again, Quasi needed some friends to keep him company, and the film is too dark for kids so we need comic relief.

By the way: Chaney, Laughton, and Quinn (the original names)might have worked as names for the trio, if they kept Quinn as young.

tl;dr Frozen beats Toy Story 3 as the highest grossing animated film ever.

Flat "What".

I'm not even that motivated to see Frozen.

Agreed. I love Frozen. It's one of my favorite films ever.

Didn't need to have two films preceding it overseas to build the emotional connection, so I would assume that to be the reason why.

I don't think a threequel even deserves that, no matter how good.

even so, Toy Story 3 was a wholly enjoyable film in its own right, regardless of whether or not the audience saw the first two movies. Also, considering how massively popular the film's were as well as how future much of an impact the series whole held for animation (there wouldn't even be a Frozen without the advancements by TS), it's essentially the Star Wars of animated movies.

Frozen isn't a bad movie either, my only real objections being the CGI over hand drawn and the needless villain, and I'm glad it's paving the road for more Princess films. But I'm not sure if I see anything historic about it, unlike TS 3 which seemed like the conclusion of a legacy.

So because a film a threequel it doesn't deserve highest grossing film? And no, before anyone call the bias card this doesn't pertain to Toy Story 3, I mean in general.

edited 12th Apr '14 8:51:24 PM by AfroWarrior27

This. Also don't forget that Return of The King was one of the highest grossing films of all time, at least until it was beat by Deathly Hallows 2 as well as an academy award sweeper.

Y'know, as much as I hate The Jungle Book 2, I gotta admit that this scene (and Khan in general) is pretty awesome.

edited 21st Apr '14 11:46:06 AM by KnownUnknown

Keep in mind, boxoffice wise, Price Inflation plays a big factor. Toy Story 3's reign at the top was only going to last so long because the price of tickets increase every year.

Looking back, I changed my mind about Toy Story. I don't think it's a bad movie, it's that I just don't like it very much. No offense to Toy Story fans.