FACT CHECK: Weta Did Not Invent Motion Capture
No one turns to the Wall Street Journal for insightful animation coverage, but that’s still no excuse for this egregious error in an …
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“Space Jam” Producer Says Mo-Cap Isn’t Animation and Why He’s Wrong
Last July we posted the amended Oscar rules that stated motion capture would no longer be eligible for the best animated feature Oscar. …
First Look: “The Adventures of Tintin”
Our first glimpse of Spielberg’s (and Jackson’s) mo-cap Tintin movie. They are still afraid to show us their faces – and I’m still not …
“El Clasico” by Richard Swarbrick
Despite my distain for Robert Zemeckis’ mo-cap monstrosities – I believe live action can be effectively used to create great animated …
Zemeckis’ “Yellow Submarine” is Dead – We Hope!
Our long national nightmare is over. Whatever your opinion of Mars Needs Moms it has accomplished a major goal of all right-thinking …
“Mars Needs Moms” talkback
Disney’s Mars Needs Moms opened today. It got no love from The New York Times where reviewer Mike Hale began his critique this way:”It …
Shannon Tindle Explains Why Characters Today Look Awful
Salon, of all places, published an excellent piece about animation character design. They interviewed designer Shannon Tindle (Coraline, …
New Tintin shots NOT very encouraging…
It’s lookin’ worse…. …to me, at least. I never liked the idea of a mo-cap Tintin movie (and of course I’m referring to the …
Florida Jail Inmates Tortured with Zemeckis Animation
Talk about cruel and unusual punishment! Inmates in a Florida jail are being forced to watch Robert Zemeckis’s mo-cap trainwreck …
Will nothing STOP Robert Zemeckis?
Disney’s second animated release of 2011 (following Gnomeo and Juliet) will be the latest Robert Zemeckis/Imagemovers film, Mars Needs …
New Academy Rules for Animated Features
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has tweaked their rules concerning what qualifies as an animated feature in regards to …
The Disappearing Cartoon
Director and animator Will Finn made a thought-provoking observation on his blog a few days ago. He began the discussion by surmising …
James Cameron: “I’m not interested in being an animator”
In last week’s LA Times, James Cameron continued to assert his position that Avatar isn’t animation, though at least he’s acknowledging …
Cameron Bitter Because Oscars Snubbed Animated Characters
(Pocatar image by Chad Regan) An article from today’s Hollywood Reporter says that Avatar producer Jon Landau labeled the Oscars “a …
Two Animated Films Nominated for Best Picture Oscar
News media stories about the Oscars are cropping up all over and all of them are parroting the same factoid: Up is only the second time …
Performance Capture Technology circa 1966: AnimaScope
Mo-Cap, Shmoe-Cap! Move over Robert Zemeckis – your ideas are old hat. Max Fleischer invented the rotoscope in 1917 and, thanks to …
James Cameron: It’s Not Animation Because I Say So
A video in which Jim explains that, “the thing that people need to keep very strongly in mind is that this is not an animated film.” So …
Gene Deitch: Quo Vadis Animation?
Veteran animation director Gene Deitch and his wife Zdenka were invited to the Xiamen International Animation Festival (Oct. 30th-Nov. …
Zemeckis to ruin “Yellow Submarine”
We interrupt our bashing of Cartoon Network to get upset about something else: Variety is reporting that Robert Zemeckis is about to …
Michael Eisner Career Update
Now that Michael Eisner has purchased the ailing Topps baseball card company, he’s finally in charge of a company that has to use all of …
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