Topic: Disney/Pixar Discussion

Still super underwhelmed for Inside Out. The new trailer just strengthened my expectations that this movie will be one of Pixar's more kiddie films. A lot of goofy voices and slapstick gags, a generic adventure plot reminiscent of Sharkboy and Lavagirl, all the makings of something I don't really want. I really hope Peter Sohn has been taking notes from Brad Bird over the past 15 years, because Good Dinosaur is my big animation hope this year.

I just found out there's a live action Dumbo movie coming out.Do they just want to ruin my childhood?And Tim Burton is directing it as well,oh it's going to be worse then the live action Alice in wonderland movie he directed!

I'm glad I'm not the only one who didn't like that movie. I went to see it with a group of people when it came out and I felt like I was the only one who didn't have a positive thing to say about it.

Can't say this is a surprise. Idina Menzel hinted at it last year but later retracted her comments (they probably told her to be quiet lol). It's their billion-dollar baby, they'd be crazy not to. Bring back Lopez and Anderson-Lopez too and they have a winner.

I completely agree that Wreck-It Ralph needs a sequel, and I think we will see it someday. I think the fact that they're doing Frozen 2 shows that Walt Disney Animation Studios is open to doing sequels in-house again (last one they did was Rescuers Down Under, all the direct to video sequels were handled by DisneyToon Studios or whatever).
I remember reading about how Tangled 2 was once being openly discussed, but they decided against it and did the short film instead. So I think as long as it's profitable and it makes sense, they'll do it. Wreck-It Ralph and Frozen were both left open for expansion, whereas Tangled wasn't (her hair was gone, after all).

Do you guys think they'll turn Frozen into a franchise (as if they haven't already)?

Tim Burton is working on a live Dumbo?? I'm not really liking the thought of that. I'm afraid he'll try to make it more dark and weird than it was ever meant to me.

I'm more bothered about him casting either Johnny Depp or Helena Bonham Carter as Dumbo.

Lol.

Wreck-it Ralph has so much franchise potential it's baffling that Disney has done so little with it. They could grow it into a Toy Story-esque movie universe with a complimentary video game universe.

Well...Pixar's future is starting to look more and more disappointing with each new movie/announcement. Really quite sad.

Pixar has been disappointing for years now. Disney was on a roll, but Frozen 2 sounds awful. The movie did not need a sequel.

Surprised that no one brought up a Big Hero 6 sequel, I know it's still really early but hell if Frozen 2 and Finding Dory are in the works, then I want me some Big Hero 7

Too many licensing hoops to go through with those video game characters.

I'd rather see a new retelling of Aladdin. Honestly, Lion King is closer to Hamlet than Disney's Aladdin is to the original Arabian Nights tale.

That's not to say it's bad, it ranks among my favorite animated movies of all time, but they might as well have called Aladdin "Man who finds a Genie"

http://deadline.com/2015/04/winnie-the-pooh-disney-live-actio...

Yes, April Fools' Day was yesterday. Before anyone types anything down here, I'll just post this:

My friends were talking about how they are afraid they will cast non-asians in this movie when this movie obviously takes place in china.

I saw Rob Walker say that on his Facebook yesterday. I honestly thought he was being sarcastic. Why am I surprised?

In b4 "Snookums & Meat Funny Cartoon Show" live action reboot,

If you thought Alice in Wonderland, Once Upon a Time. Maleficent, and Cinderella were bad, get a gander at this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4UUQqefajc

I think they will not cast solely Chinese-Americans...but they will grab some Asian-Amercians of all backgrounds (because directors still think we can't tell the difference)...I hope. Speaking of which the recent Mulan live action movie was pretty awesome. I think it came out in 2012?

I would like to see them redo Pocahontas just to see if they actually grab Native-American actors.

I got a question. Is Disney really an evil corporation? Like my bro told me that Disney bought all the rights of fairy tales and stories so that no one else could adapt them but only Disney.

I guess I hate Disney now because of the chance of them buying Nintendo is a possibility and I hate Nintendo being owned by someone else because they would otherwise lose creative freedom.

Corporations aren't good or evil. They only do what makes money. Now, some companies, like Disney and Nintendo, are industry veterans that understand how to keep sight of long term profits. So they can seem "less evil" on the surface.

But let's look a little deeper:
-Disney watered down Spider-man into a slapstick comedy for 8 year olds designed only to sell toys.
-Disney has damaged the lives of kids who were signed on by Disney. Read the story of why Dylan and Cole sprouse left Disney, it doesn't paint a pretty picture
-Disney has been a major force in lobbying for expansion of copyright, to the point that it goes beyond the life of the creator. This defeats the original purpose of copyright

So yes, Disney is just as money greedy as every corporation.