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NapoleonDeCheese Since: Oct, 2010
#101: Nov 25th 2015 at 5:40:21 PM

Some people are also poor.

There is a cure for that, but it's still not that easy to apply.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#104: Dec 1st 2015 at 4:14:53 PM

Hey, can any of you guys picture any of the streaming services jumping on this?

For some reason, I can't help but picture Netflix having this as "A Netflix Original Movie".

Anthony_H Since: Jan, 2001
#105: Dec 1st 2015 at 4:23:33 PM

I'm actually kind of surprised how well is this new campaign is doing: it's almost a complete contrast to the last one.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#106: Dec 1st 2015 at 5:21:10 PM

Still not something I would invest in. Perhaps they asked the guys from Hullaballoo how to design such a campaign better. But there is something which makes me wonder. Hullabaloo asked for 80.000 Euro for one short, and they already showed off a number of clips to convince people that it was worth it. Dragon Lair wants 250.000 for four minutes of animation, and only one minute will be in full colour. So basically Don Bluth's asks us to raise four times the money for what is basically an advertising, even though that he doesn't even to have recreate everything from the scratch, since designs aso already exist.

KlarkKentThe3rd Since: May, 2010
#107: Dec 1st 2015 at 7:06:36 PM

[up]I have a feeling you will be proven wrong in your pessimism.

For the record, Don and Gary will be hiring a screenwriter. Half the money will go to that. James Lopez is writing the thing himself, if I'm correct.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#110: Dec 2nd 2015 at 12:42:39 AM

[up][up][up]I am not pessimistic. They set the goal around the same sum they reached last time. The fans will get their trailer for sure. But will they get more? It all depends on people investing into the project.

I am simply pointing out that the Hullabaloo project felt "saver" because it promised something of more substance from the get go.

Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#111: Dec 2nd 2015 at 10:18:12 AM

Should've pitched for a Space Ace movie instead. tongue

Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#113: Dec 2nd 2015 at 3:18:20 PM

They get 45 days to raise the money over Kickstarter's 30? Yeah, they definitely have a better chance here.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
Playedforkeeps Since: Oct, 2010
#115: Dec 3rd 2015 at 8:16:18 PM

Tumblr's having a field day with encouraging people who already funded indivisble to help fund Dragon's Lair.

KlarkKentThe3rd Since: May, 2010
#116: Dec 5th 2015 at 5:48:33 PM

There was a quiet period for a while when I thought this attempt would fail also, but now it picked up its steam again, 2% a day.

71% done.

edited 5th Dec '15 5:48:44 PM by KlarkKentThe3rd

KlarkKentThe3rd Since: May, 2010
#117: Dec 6th 2015 at 12:13:17 AM

3 minutes of video dedicated to Walt Disney's birthday.

He sure was a controversial figure, and he sure made some terrible decisions. But he also led many others to create things that left a profound positive impact on millions of people, and established animation as an industry deserving of respect.

And he called innocent people "communists", but that's more negative than positive.

He also built Disneyland.

edited 6th Dec '15 12:14:01 AM by KlarkKentThe3rd

Sijo from Puerto Rico Since: Jan, 2001
#118: Dec 6th 2015 at 5:52:49 AM

a controversial figure, and he sure made some terrible decisions. But he also led many others to create things that left a profound positive impact

In other words, he was human.

Austin Since: Jan, 2001
#119: Dec 6th 2015 at 5:56:37 AM

Some of Walt Disney's personal views were...unfortunate, but I feel he deserves to be remembered for being a pioneer of animation, not for that other stuff. It's easy see which aspect of him had more impact.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#120: Dec 6th 2015 at 6:40:20 AM

Most of his personal views were understandable. His actions back then were directly connected to the strikes which disrupted his studio in the 1940s and changed the atmosphere forever. And he either changed his mind later on or it was a personal vendetta in the first place because supposedly someone tried to discredit a director during the filming of 20000 miles under the sea by claiming that he was a communist. Didn't work (though it is possible that Disney simply knew that someone tried to manipulate him).

A lot of the negative stuff which is said about him is also simply not true. Supposedly he was an anti-Semitist, but the Sherman brothers not only said that he always treated them well, he also fired a lawyer who didn't treat him right. He also got an award from the Jewish community. Supposedly he as racist and sexist, and I don't doubt that he was pretty much a guy of his time in this regard, but he also encouraged Mary Blair to utilize her talent, the Disney company had woman in leading positions very early on, and as far as the story goes, Disney really didn't care about gender or race if someone displayed talent. (the first black animator was btw Floyd Norman back in the 1950s, and according to him the main reason why there wasn't one before him and not that many more was because there simply weren't many who tried).

I think we just tend to get more angry whenever we discover that he wasn't perfect because the Disney company used to go out of its way to portray him as wholesome fairy tale uncle.

edited 6th Dec '15 9:37:50 AM by Swanpride

NapoleonDeCheese Since: Oct, 2010
#121: Dec 6th 2015 at 7:49:44 AM

Diana Santos, long time voice of Minnie, Belle and Mowgli and daughter of Edmundo Santos, Latin America's first important director of Disney dubbing and the man who shaped Disney dubs for the region until today, says Disney was quite avuncular and familiar towards her father, and never treated him badly.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#122: Dec 6th 2015 at 9:35:22 AM

[up]He also took care of the family of the actor of Uncle Remus (he died fairly shortly after receiving the honorary academy awards....Walt Disney really campaigned hard for this one. It was certainly also self-advertising, but I doubt that everything he did was purely self-serving).

kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#123: Dec 8th 2015 at 4:43:46 PM

Well, we have ONE certain guy who appears to disagree with everything Don Bluth is doing. .... to be fair, that article is poorly-written, doesn't even mention the $35 cap for those who will actually get to see the finished pitch, and the fact that he waited until December 8th to express his "knee-jerk" reactions to this just screams of attention instead of honest goals. The replies say it all. >:

Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#124: Dec 8th 2015 at 4:48:09 PM

It's pretty amusing that the article has a long screed about "None of the fans would've gotten to see the completed short- UPDATE: Nevermind, fans would have."

kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#125: Dec 8th 2015 at 4:53:42 PM

Headdesk.

Yeah, you still need to pledge at least $35 to see the short when it's finished. But for those who do trust them to make SOMETHING at the end of they're funded should have the right and the decision to do it!

Don Bluth can get all the money he wants from studios!? Has he just ignored what's been going on in the past decade?! Him, an animation historian, forgets that the last animated feature film Don Bluth released was a flop that is over 10 years old, and ignores how so many producers fail to get funding from studios the old way because of the shift in media behavior!? Does he know that so many Japanese animators and producers have to go to a crowdfund to do this exact same thing!?!?

The season of giving evidently has no stronghold on Amid.

edited 8th Dec '15 4:55:03 PM by kyun


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