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New Mickey Mouse cartoons by Paul Rudish (Dexter's Lab, PowerPuff Girls etc.)
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clay_ghost
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SO GOOD. =D
Sis Focaccia
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Real answer: this is what the ungrateful tween bullshit money should be going towards.
StylesTrip
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Perfect. It's about time they do something cool like this that reminds me of the old cartoons. I showed it to the wife, who is a giant Disney fan, and she loved it. Really can't wait for Donald.
Woohoo! I love Oswald.
Dr.Palutena
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Pretty cool .
Gordon Shumway
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That was surprisingly good.
The style is okay and I really like the colors. Other than that, I did not particularly like it. I'm with the poster who said everything was too bouncy.
Also, this is just a pet peeve because I'm French, but some of the actors were definitely not native speakers. Either that, or they don't know how to act in French, because Minnie and Daisy's acting and pronunciations sounded off.
Also, this is just a pet peeve because I'm French, but some of the actors were definitely not native speakers. Either that, or they don't know how to act in French, because Minnie and Daisy's acting and pronunciations sounded off.
Dragoon En Regalia
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Cool stuff here. It's nailed the spirit of the old cartoons, even without the old-style animation. This is something Disney should have been doing a long whiles ago, but better late than never!
That said, I'm not a fan of the Disney style anyway. The French baiting's a bit annoying and the animation could use off-model action too. But this is good and I'm looking forward to the rest, especially since at least one GAF guy's involved.
That said, I'm not a fan of the Disney style anyway. The French baiting's a bit annoying and the animation could use off-model action too. But this is good and I'm looking forward to the rest, especially since at least one GAF guy's involved.
Save 'N Quit
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All I needed was to see that single image in the OP to bring such a big smile to my face.
Duane Cunningham
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That was so awesome. Wow.
Interesting side note, even though the (limited) dialogue was French, I could tell those were the official current voice actors. I watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse with my toddler son pretty often, and that was definitely them. Tress MacNeille is Daisy, and the others were the same, too.
Mickey changed recently, though. The guy who had voiced him for decades (beginning with Mickey's Christmas Carol in the early 80's) sadly passed away recently. His successor is really similar, but just slightly different delivery and inflections.
It'll be fun to hear them all in the rest of these shorts. Especially since I usually just hear them solving preschool problems and stuff.
Interesting side note, even though the (limited) dialogue was French, I could tell those were the official current voice actors. I watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse with my toddler son pretty often, and that was definitely them. Tress MacNeille is Daisy, and the others were the same, too.
Mickey changed recently, though. The guy who had voiced him for decades (beginning with Mickey's Christmas Carol in the early 80's) sadly passed away recently. His successor is really similar, but just slightly different delivery and inflections.
It'll be fun to hear them all in the rest of these shorts. Especially since I usually just hear them solving preschool problems and stuff.
clearacell
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This is pretty much what I was thinking...I was trying to put my finger on why this didn't sit right with me.
SlipperyMoose
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Entered this thread expecting disappointment
Left astonished at how much I enjoyed that
Left astonished at how much I enjoyed that
The Broken Ska Record
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The short was awesome. I loved it.
ratcliffja
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Is there a mirror for the video anywhere? I'm in the US, but for some reason, when I try to load the video, I get an error message that says "We're sorry, this video cannot be viewed outside the United States."
Captain N. Tenneal
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Youtube mirror:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhjTlW10cUg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhjTlW10cUg
Vermillion
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Wow, this is really cool!
I hope the gamble pays off for them. They have been hiring talented animators and producing some great stuff as of late. I can't wait for McCracken's cartoon.
The Technomancer
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I do agree its a teensy bit too frantic.
Vampire On Titus
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Glad I'm not the only one who feels this way. The combo motion tween/skeletal rigging with frame-by-frame style is better than just straight up tweens. It still just doesn't look as good as the traditionally animated Disney shorts though.
Imagine if they were trying to animate it like The Big Band Concert or something. With modern techniques they could make the whole short look as good as the Gravity Falls Intro.
Still, I liked this and it's better than I probably could have realistically hoped for. But whenever I see one of the illustrations tween stretch instead of that good ol' cartooney rubbery motion I could only long for what was.
Texture work and backgrounds are incredible, though.
eddfromtheriver
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Heck yeah.
apocalidiot
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Mickey Mouse and friends = The Beatles
Looney Tunes = Rolling Stones
think about it
Looney Tunes = Rolling Stones
think about it
GhostWriter24
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Hanna-Barbara = The Beach Boys?
apocalidiot
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I think you're on to something here
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Thanks for this. So amazing and universally understandable even when it's in French. This is what I'm talking about!
Femmeworth
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Whaaaaaat
ryutaro's mama
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Fantastic.
WordAssassin
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For what it's worth, that article is alarmist bullshit. Maybe there's nothing hand-drawn in development at this very moment but there are two upcoming Disney films that will be 2D - one with the Paperman tech and one that's actually a 2D traditionally animated film. Fittingly enough for this thread, the later will be a Mickey Mouse film.
Also of note, the guy who wrote "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" just submitted a pitch to Disney called "The Stooge" that pairs Mickey with Roger Rabbit on a sort of buddy-cop type comedy adventure. If it gets green lit, that will be 2D as well.
Oh, last I heard from internet sources such as the TAG blog, that project was proposed but has been shelved. The Paperman tech is also technically CG.
Well, DuckTales is based on Barks's works. I understand that some purists dislike it, though.
I'm one of those purists and I pretend it doesn't even exist.
WordAssassin
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Yeah I know that the Paperman tech is technically CG but the movie it would be used on would LOOK 2D, that's what I meant. That's why I added the bit about the Mickey movie, since that would would be "real" 2D.
I don't know how recent TAG's info is but as of just a few months ago when I was asking my friends about it, it was still in planning. AFTER the Paperman movie is when they want to do the Mickey movie, so maybe that's what they mean by shelved? It's not in active development (making Iger's statement "true") but they're still planning to do it. From what I've been told by Disney animators themselves, weather or not a movie is done in 2D or CG is up to the director, not the board. 2D will return to Disney Feature Animation eventually. The next time I see my Disney friends I can ask them if they've heard of any updates on it!
Maybe if the Mickey shorts do really well it'll help boost interest in one if the two proposed Mickey movies? All I know is that 50+ theatrical features and not a single one of them starring their mascot is a damn crime.
Well, that is interesting and encouraging. How high up are your friends, though?
Technically Mickey was in a feature film before, in the Mickey and the Beanstalk segment of Fun and Fancy Free. Doesn't really count, I admit.
Just to clarify, my info dated back to October 18 2012.
http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/search.html
Previous article on the subject:
http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/mickey-full-length.html
peanutbutterlatte
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Oh Disney, you DO care!
Why the hell should it look like Gravity Falls? Nope.
Why the hell should it look like Gravity Falls? Nope.
Just saw this thanks to heads up on tumblr, holy shit Im in love. I love France so the backgrounds and overall atmoshphere really did it for me in this short. The art style is impeccable, I am in LOVE with the backgrounds (Divvy please send my compliments to the people that did those oh my lord). The gags are really fun, and the animation is as well (I think we're at a point where tween-based animation is really starting to look good. Its not crummy 2001 flash cartoons anymore!!) I was reading in an article that there are other world locations in future shorts, Im really excited! I remember watching the 2d cutscenes in Epic Mickey 2 and thinking "Man if they made a show like this, it'd be rad as hell" and this seems like it fits the bill and then some!
Once again I just want to say you guys did an amazing job. Fantastic short, can't wait to see the rest of them!! My only question is will Os-
I feel like I've died and gone to Disney heaven. Can't wait
I've been seeing a lot of merch with retro inspired Mickey designs since Christmas. Mostly cards and things. They look really appealing!
Oh my god I forgot how bad this was. "Breakfast? MORE LIKE BLAM FEST"
I really hope this gets greenlit because the idea of a Roger Rabbit/Mickey Mouse buddy cop picture sounds AMAZING
Holy shit I'm laughing my ass off.
It really comes off like a parody... like something you'd see on SNL or something. The faux "cool" voice of the narrator and sound of the rock music that's featured in pretty much everything directed towards 10 year old boys, the fact that it just keeps going on and on and gets worse every second. Seriously, this would be a work of genius if it was intentional. Unfortunately, it's just sad.
WordAssassin
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It reads like those are two separate projects, Burny's and someone else's. It looks like Burny's was the one I've heard the most about, the trio going on an adventure together. I wonder which project my friends were referring to? Maybe the second one from the unnamed director got further into development, or perhaps since October of last year Burny's has been given another look? I'll have to find out the next time I talk to them.
As for how high up my friends are, different levels. I personally know a few animators and boarders at Disney TV and Feature Animation, a couple editors that work on Disney shows for Titmouse, as well as Alex Hirsch (Gravity Falls). I have one very, very well connected friend that has buddies in all kinds of places, though. He's seen development art of Disney features FAR in the future, some stuff that may never get out of pre-production, etc. He's seen some of the other Mickey shorts too, that's how I know about the Oswald episodes (when I saw the production art, there was nothing about Oswald, just pictures of the typical gang and things like Mickey wearing a serape while riding a horse through the desert.) He's also how I found out about why Brave went through story changes and had so much slapstick comedy added to it, and how Wreck-It Ralph was being changed and worked on up to almost the 11th hour.
I should be seeing a bunch of them in the next week or two so I'll ask if they've heard anything new on the Mickey feature projects, now that there are apparently three in various stages of development.
Thanks! Will watch it when I get home!
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