kinda sad to me that this guy has not directed a movie in almost two decades.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 12 August 2017 08:01 (six years ago) link
I've been buying that fantastic They Drew How They Pleased book series which features preparatory artwork by major Disney animators. It'll be interesting to see if they include Bluth once they get to his era, given that he apparently gutted the animator pool when he left to form his own thing.
― Say, I Heard You Had a Quarrel With Your Best Girl (Old Lunch), Saturday, 12 August 2017 12:46 (six years ago) link
All Dogs Go to Heaven was surprisingly dark for a kid's movie
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 12 August 2017 13:12 (six years ago) link
"The Small One" has good animation but is super slow and has a groaner of an ending -- the donkey ends up being bought by mary and joseph.
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Saturday, 12 August 2017 13:53 (six years ago) link
Jesus
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 12 August 2017 14:04 (six years ago) link
Secret of Nimh was great, and by far the most memorable to me, so I chose that. I know it was based on a book (Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh) but it's still quite an outlier in terms of children's entertainment in that it is an adventure told from the pov of an "average" mother. And she does not break mom form to become a more typical hero either. She has to be brave and courageous, but does not use might, she's scared at times, and is gentle and nurturing, even to a stranger (Jeremy the bird). I suppose the argument could be made that a naive, suddenly widowed wife is not such a different plot device from the typical Disney orphaned child thrust into adversity, still, it seems different and good.
― Manitobiloba (Kim), Saturday, 12 August 2017 14:32 (six years ago) link
― Manitobiloba (Kim), Saturday, 12 August 2017 14:33 (six years ago) link
love this guy, even though nothing he did was really 100% classic.
― Nhex, Saturday, 12 August 2017 17:29 (six years ago) link
Nimh was the only one of the films that I saw as a kid, and I loved it.
Dragon's Lair completely blew my mind when it came out. Had no idea of the Blyth connection before now.
― Moodles, Saturday, 12 August 2017 17:52 (six years ago) link
*Bluth
I co-designed a series of Don Bluth art books back in 2002 - 2005 at Dark Horse Comics:
https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/12-662/Don-Bluths-The-Art-of-Animation-Drawinghttps://www.darkhorse.com/Books/12-664/Don-Bluths-The-Art-of-Storyboard
Anyway, as much as I love these movies, I voted for Dragon's Lair which totally ruled my world in 1983.
― Darin, Sunday, 13 August 2017 03:25 (six years ago) link
American Tale, NIMH, All Dogs, and Land Before Time (which I can't disassociate with Pizza Hut, they had a promotion) were in heavy VHS rotation as a kid. Haven't seen any in years, but NIMH is the one that has stuck with me the most.
― circa1916, Sunday, 13 August 2017 03:36 (six years ago) link
I spent a dollar on the Dragon's Lair game once in an arcade and died immediately because I didn't know how the hell it worked and it ruined my day.
― circa1916, Sunday, 13 August 2017 03:38 (six years ago) link
as much as i 'should' vote for space ace because it occupies the most of my brain, fuck that game forever for the nightmares it gave me
― flippy bard (Will M.), Monday, 14 August 2017 04:14 (six years ago) link
haha wait waht
ah BORF IS HERE!
― Οὖτις, Monday, 14 August 2017 16:11 (six years ago) link
"I'll save you Kimmmmeeeeeeeeee"
I remember only the line "There's Borf's ship! AHHHHHHHH" which I heard about a dozen times trying to play a PC or CD-i port of it at a store in the 90s. Whatever thing you had to do right after that, I couldn't do, so it was back to that line, ad infinitum.
― yellow is the color of some raisins (Doctor Casino), Monday, 14 August 2017 17:23 (six years ago) link
haha I can get a little farther than that but I generally die when the green warthog things start chasing you
― Οὖτις, Monday, 14 August 2017 17:25 (six years ago) link
Some bits not included in these movies.
Jawbreakerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6uUMPoynRcA short piece he did to try to get funding for a TV series. http://dragonslairthemovie.com/jawbreaker-story/
Don't Walk Awayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQUIF-3hl84Animation added to Xanadu in post-production. Bluth felt like he got away with murder on this one, since it had nothing to do with the movie. http://dragonslairthemovie.com/xanadu-dont-walk-away/
Maryhttps://vimeo.com/15509751Scissor Sisters liked his bit in Xanadu and got him to do this. Animation starts around 2:05.
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Monday, 14 August 2017 17:43 (six years ago) link
Write-in vote for "Mary."
― the general theme of STUFF (cryptosicko), Monday, 14 August 2017 17:44 (six years ago) link
saw a trailer for ROCK-A-DOODLE before a screening of WIZARDS last night. that movie still looks pretty awful
― Nhex, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 19:29 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Friday, 29 September 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Saturday, 30 September 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) 0
otm
― passé aggresif (darraghmac), Saturday, 30 September 2017 00:08 (six years ago) link
I don't think yr trying very hard. Off the top of my head: A Serious Man, Kissing Jessica Stein, the majority of Woody Allen's films, Bugsy, Sex in the City, the Hebrew Hammer, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Then She Found Me, Funny People, the Big Lebowski (lol convert), The Passion of the Christ (more lolz), Casino, Pi, American Pie, Drive, Liberty Heights etc etc
Doesn't Levenson's Avalon count?
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 30 September 2017 01:12 (six years ago) link
See mordy's post
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 30 September 2017 01:54 (six years ago) link
I feel like Titan AE could have been a lot better if the main human characters were animated with different aesthetics - something is just off.
― Manitobiloba (Kim), Saturday, 30 September 2017 03:25 (six years ago) link
An American Tail was robbed
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Saturday, 30 September 2017 22:23 (six years ago) link
Wow, Rock A Doodle sounds really fucking weird.
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 02:29 (six years ago) link
Rock-a-Doodle is really fucking bad, iirc. Like, when I was fourteen and took my four-year-old sister to see it and neither one of us had well-developed critical faculties, we were both kinda like 'this sucks, yo'.
― Oiled Launch (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 11:25 (six years ago) link