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    Brave Discussion

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    It's way ahead of WALL-E at this point but could conceivably fall behind enough in the dailies soon to end at around the same number. This is when WALL-E started pulling off its strong holds. If Brave starts to falter like Mad 3 did though, it should be a close one between Brave and WALL-E.

    The Pixar Club

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    Why?

    Ratatouille - Jan Pinkava was the original director, replaced by Brad Bird. Stayed with Pixar until film's release, then left shortly afterward.Cars 2 - Brad Lewis was the original director, replaced by John Lasseter. Stayed with Pixar until film's release, left shortly afterward.Brave - Brenda Chapman was the original director, replaced by Mark Andrews. Film's been released already...

    The Pixar Club

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    Well aside from the murder of the mother and the obvious animal abuse by the niece, it's pretty light hearted. ;)Seriously though, I wouldn't count it as dystopian or anything, which is what I really meant. It showed the beauty of the ocean without showing how much peril it really is in. I think just creating a movie like that will provide awareness for the environment anyway because of all the obligatory features on the movie that will come.And also, I do have faith in Stanton in creating a good sequel since this movie is his baby. I was commenting on if it became "political" - which I would hate; and which I seriously doubt Stanton would do.I would just rather Stanton work on another original film because there's got to be more in that genius brain of his and I'm interested in what else he can create. Just to prove he can do live-action blockbusters is not a good reason to all of a sudden do a sequel to FN.

    Dreamworks Animation: What Went Wrong?

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    Not to be a wet blanket, but apparently there could be some issues...

    Classic Media has a number of prominent characters in its portfolio, the company does not control all of the rights associated with those properties. That limits the value of the company, since it may not receive lucrative licensing fees for some of its more coveted holdings.

    I still think it's a good move, like Disney buying Marvel. But like Disney/Marvel, sounds like it could take some time before DWA acquires full rights to all the characters. Luckily for them, none of those are as marketable as Spiderman so they probably won't meet as much resistance to getting full rights like Disney gets from Sony and FOX.

    The Pixar Club

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    Why? You don't care about YOUR environment?

    When I watch movies, I want to be entertained, not preached to. I think WALL-E did a great job of putting the consumerism message in the background, and yet there was still some backlash from some people for it being too preachy; so I can only imagine if Finding Nemo 2 became Happy Feetish how much worse the backlash could get (and if it's like Happy Feet in the heavy handedness, I'll join in that backlash).Plus, I'm tired of all the dystopian settings in most of the popular stories coming out nowadays. I'd rather some real escapism, especially from Finding Nemo, which to me was one of the best light-hearted epic journeys ever done. It'd be a shame to see a sequel change the tone that made the first so great.
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    The Pixar Club

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    Reading some of the comments around the interwebs on Finding Nemo 2, I'm starting to be convinced that "Pixar" itself is not the one to be blamed for this, but Andrew Stanton mostly. Of course Disney will greenlight the sequel to Pixar's highest grossing original film. It was only a matter of the director giving his blessing for it.

    It's sounding like Stanton wants to prove he can direct a blockbuster to be given another shot at live-action.

    This is now who is in charge of Pixar as he is one of those listed as Executive Producer all the time (along with Lasseter and Docter).

    It's all up to you now, Pete.

    Brave Discussion

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    Brave is gonna win domestic, though Wreck it Ralph seems that it's gonna break out but 215 is the roof

    I thought it would too but I'm not a fan of that release date. Too early, and it usually drops like a rock after Thanksgiving. But I still think it breaks out enough, $200m could be doable.

    Dreamworks Animation: What Went Wrong?

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    Smart moves IMO. They're not surefire hits, but they'll have some properties to merchandise if needed since they're a relatively "small business."Before anybody says "don't kill my childhood like Michael Bay is doing!" like my first instinct usually is, I was rewatching He-Man last year on Netflix and man was that garbage, so honestly there's not much to destroy there... More than likely they'll improve on it. I remember loving it as a kid though. Looking back I think I must have just really been sucked in by how cool the characters looked and so I wanted all the toys. If DWA can push He-Man into modern times and get the merchandising money from it, they'll have some nice cash flow to help produce their movies.

    Brave Discussion

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    You are wrong.

    ANimation is not performing poorly.

    ANimation is a saturated market with way too many films per year, like 8 a year.

    20 years ago, you had a Disney and basta, that was it and maybe a Don Bluth every 4 years.

    Relative to 2010 and this year? 2011 was a crappy animation year, oversaturation or not.

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