My written and pictoral coverage of the "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" 70th Anniversary Event is now online at LaughingPlace.com. The event took place this past Friday night and included, among other things, a panel discussion with John Lasseter, Leonard Maltin, Roy E. Disney and other names animation nerds would immediately know.
Ready or not, Roger Zemeckis is bringing his "Performance Capture" technique to the Walt Disney Studios, but there is still a lot of uneasiness about the results. Is it animation? Will it ever be able to cross that last gap of the uncanny valley? Judging by this weekend’s box office, the public doesn’t necessarily care.… Read More »Performance Capture
Don’t even ask me why I’m linking to this. Except it amuses me to no end to think that someone out there thought to mashup Lilo & Stitch and The Chicken Dance. Yeah fans!
I admit that I’m a little bit of a geek when it comes to new technology, especially internet technologies. Plus, I think it helps me keep a good handle on opportunities for The Disney Blog. Today, I’m finding the writings of three uber-geeks, who also write Tech blogs and/or run tech companies, to be very… Read More »Three Tech Blogs Look at the Writer’s Strike
Populuxe is a voice I trust on many issues. So when he says Dreamwork’s Bee Movie is at best an F-movie, AKA ‘wait till DVD’ experience, I listen. What was wrong with it? In short, the story. First there was the bee/human zoophilia sub-plot. Then there was the 30 minute court drama – yes, people,… Read More »Populuxe says skip Seinfeld’s Bee Movie
I first saw Twice Upon a Time when a 2nd generation video tape was pulled from the secret vault of a Disney animator. I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it at the time. Disney had just released The Lion King, and the two films were about as different in form as I could… Read More »Twice Upon A Time – The greatest animated film you’ve never heard of
I spent the day at Comic-Con in beautiful downtown San Diego. It was an overwhelming experience. I walked by the likes of Lou Feragno and Stan Lee, and just missed Neil Gaiman, Kevin Smith and the cast of Heroes. In the geek world it doesn’t get any better. The one thing that I did take… Read More »Pixar News from Comic-Con
You may have noticed that the Pirate thing is doing okay for Disney. In fact, Mickey News is reporting that the merchandise from the movie based on a ride is such a hit, that a television series my be the natural next step. You follow? What they’re saying is that everyone’s favorite swashbuckling pirate may… Read More »Pirates on TV?