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Aardman Animation Lost to Fire
Posted on 10.10.05 by Widge @ 9:17 pm
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Wow, could we have some more bad news, please? I'm just itching for some more tragedy in the world, aren't you? Let's see, thousands upon thousands dead in Asia, America's First Amendment getting beaten like a red-headed stepchild, and now in Britain, word that Aardman Animation's building is gone.

That's right. Gone. Everything from Creature Comforts, from the first three Wallace and Gromit shorts, Chicken Run all of it. Burned up and gone. And if the one picture I've seen from the CNN site is any indicator, it's a complete wash.

The timing is way too convenient for this: right after opening weekend of their second feature film in the U.S.? Who's responsible? Joss Whedon? Because Serenity is getting great reviews but outperformed by clay miniatures? I don't know. I'm way too goddamn depressed now.

Found via Slashdot.

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Futurama, Vol. 2 (2000) - DVD Review
Posted on 10.06.05 by ScottC @ 10:03 am
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Film:
DVD:

Series Created by Matt Groening
Starring the Voices of Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche

Features:

  • All nineteen second season episodes
  • Running audio commentary on all episodes
  • Deleted scenes
  • Concept art gallery
  • Storyboards for "A Bicyclops Built For Two"
  • Alien alphabet
  • International clips
  • Alien advertisements
  • Animatics for "Why Must I Be a Crustacean In Love?"

Released by: Fox Home Video.
Rating: NR
Region: 1
Anamorphic: N/A; appears in its original 1.33:1 format.

My Advice: Own it.

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Categorized as: Animation and Reviews
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His Name is Not Katow-Jo
Posted on 10.03.05 by Widge @ 3:47 pm
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Manege-Frei is a charming and melancholy flash short in which a chicken-juggling circus bear faces his own lack of freedom.

Found via Screenhead.

Categorized as: Animation
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A Freezerburnt Christmas (1997) - DVD Review
Posted on 09.26.05 by HTQ4 @ 7:11 pm
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Film:
DVD:

Written and Directed by Michael Bannon
Starring the Voices of Chris Parnell, Horatio Sanz, Darrell Hammond

Features:

  • Making-of Featurette
  • Trivia Game

Released by: MGM Kids
Rating: NR (suitable for all ages)
Region: 1
Anamorphic: Nope; full frame only.

My Advice: Skip it.

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Categorized as: Animation and Reviews
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Miyazaki Rocks: Reason #87,193
Posted on 09.18.05 by Dindrane @ 3:54 am
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Hayao Miyazaki

As posted on Cartoon Brew, Hayao Miyazaki has come up with the perfect way to deal with those pesky, soulless Hollywood execs:

Miyazaki taps a cigarette from a silver case. The Disney deal suits him, he explains, because he has stuck to his guns. His refusal to grant merchandising rights means that there is no chance of any Nausicaa happy meals or Spirited Away video games. Furthermore, Disney wields no creative control. There is a rumour that when Harvey Weinstein was charged with handling the US release of Princess Mononoke, Miyazaki sent him a samurai sword in the post. Attached to the blade was a stark message: "No cuts."

The director chortles. "Actually, my producer did that. Although I did go to New York to meet this man, this Harvey Weinstein, and I was bombarded with this aggressive attack, all these demands for cuts." He smiles. "I defeated him."

Of course you did, sir. You're a freaking genius.

And here's the original source in the Guardian, an article appropriately titled "A God Among Animators."

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