New Looney Toons Short!

[Rman]

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/cgi/looney-tunes-exclusive-clip-coyote-falls.html

CG, though

Three of these shorts will be released theatrically.  This is one is a clip of Coyote Falls, which will be attached to Cats and Dogs 2

[Diunx]

CG? no thanks.

[TakingBackSunday]

I actually think that looks pretty faithful to the hand-drawn originals.  Could me much worse; they could make a real-people/CG hybrid.

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I know they basically already have

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[Rman]

I was skeptical, but it looks decent.  Let's face it, 2d hand drawn animation is dead in America.

[Great Rumbler]

America's obsession with 3D animation is disappointing.

[Himu]

3d bits look like shit, but the 2d bits I've seen look excellent. Despite being flash, they animate and look like authentic cel animation.

[EmCeeGrammar]

Chuck Jones rolling in his grave.
...
Chuck Jones is dead, right?

[Diunx]

Who?

[EmCeeGrammar]

Chuck Jones is like, legendary man. Do you not get tom and jerry in ... uh... was it El Salvador?

[Sho Nuff]

MAKE IT IN 2D YOU LAZY SHITS

CLOSE THE FUCKING MAYA WINDOW AND PICK UP A PENCIL

RRRRRRRRRRRRGH

[Cormacaroni]

I was skeptical, but it looks decent.  Let's face it, 2d hand drawn animation is dead in America.

Isn't John Lasseter spearheading a revival of this at Disney now? Hence The Princess and the Frog?

[ManaByte]

I was skeptical, but it looks decent.  Let's face it, 2d hand drawn animation is dead in America.

That's why there are at least three hand drawn movies in the pipeline?

[TEEEPO]

stfu

[ManaByte]

I was skeptical, but it looks decent.  Let's face it, 2d hand drawn animation is dead in America.

Isn't John Lasseter spearheading a revival of this at Disney now? Hence The Princess and the Frog?

Yup the next is Further Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

After that is King of the Elves. That one was dead, but Lasseter has a new protege in Chris Williams so he put him on it and it's the hand drawn movie after Pooh.

Following that is a new one from the directors of Princess and the Frog and one other.

[Himu]

Who?

[youtube=560,345]kEKsaZNiRsE[/youtube]

[Rman]

I was skeptical, but it looks decent.  Let's face it, 2d hand drawn animation is dead in America.

That's why there are at least three hand drawn movies in the pipeline?

That's only one studio.  Hey, I love hand drawn animation.  I would love a full on revival.  But movie executives just look at the bottom line.  And the Princess and the Frog's BO take wasn't up to expectations. 

[ManaByte]

I was skeptical, but it looks decent.  Let's face it, 2d hand drawn animation is dead in America.

That's why there are at least three hand drawn movies in the pipeline?

That's only one studio.  Hey, I love hand drawn animation.  I would love a full on revival.  But movie executives just look at the bottom line.  And the Princess and the Frog's BO take wasn't up to expectations. 

Except this is Warner and they release two hand-drawn movies a year.

[Cormacaroni]

I was skeptical, but it looks decent.  Let's face it, 2d hand drawn animation is dead in America.

That's why there are at least three hand drawn movies in the pipeline?

That's only one studio.  Hey, I love hand drawn animation.  I would love a full on revival.  But movie executives just look at the bottom line.  And the Princess and the Frog's BO take wasn't up to expectations. 

The truth is obviously somewhere between 'dead in America' and 'full-on revival' though, right? Lasseter is one of the most important people in animation right now, and I presume his love of it is not going away. If they need to do it with a lower budget, I'm sure they can work around that. He has no real reason to be involved with Disney itself if he doesn't want to do hand-drawn stuff once in a while.

omg i just realized what a huge Manabyte signal i just sent up there

[ManaByte]

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

[Fresh Prince]

Wait another 5 years and then there'll be a hand drawn revival.

[Great Rumbler]

My main thing about 3D animation, aside from the fact that it's basically become a replacement for 2D animation, is that it seems like 3D animation lacks a lot of the quirks and tricks that you used to see a lot of 2D animation [especially in the old Looney Toons, Tex Avery, Chuck Jones cartoons].

[Diunx]

Who?

[youtube=560,345]kEKsaZNiRsE[/youtube]

So he made the voices or some shit?

[TakingBackSunday]

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

I love Lasseter, but, um, dude, Avatar? lol

[Great Rumbler]

Who?

[youtube=560,345]kEKsaZNiRsE[/youtube]

So he made the voices or some shit?

Good grief, man.

[chronovore]

My main thing about 3D animation, aside from the fact that it's basically become a replacement for 2D animation, is that it seems like 3D animation lacks a lot of the quirks and tricks that you used to see a lot of 2D animation [especially in the old Looney Toons, Tex Avery, Chuck Jones cartoons].

The trouble is not the rendering medium, but the effort and time that go into it. I'm consistently stunned by how crappy the Disney TV shows using CG tend to be. But no-one in their right mind complains about the quality of Pixar movies. It's not CG, it's what they're doing with it that's crappy. Not like there's a shortage of crappy cel animation, anyway.