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brb1006

brb1006

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Matt_Black said:
As long as they don't get into Dreamworks or Blue Sky territory with it, like Ice Age: Beating The Dead Prehistoric Horse, I'm fine with the occasional sequel from Disney.
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Seriously who cares about Ice Age these days? They have so many sequels that I forgot that the first film used to have human characters.
 
champdisney

champdisney

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Nice! To me, Wreck-It Ralph is equivalent to Who Framed Roger Rabbit set in the universe of video games. A sequel has been expected and is more than welcomed.
 
prberk

prberk

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ChampDisney said:
Nice! To me, Wreck-It Ralph is equivalent to Who Framed Roger Rabbit set in the universe of video games. A sequel has been expected and is more than welcomed.
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Now that is a sequel that would have been really fun.

Do you remember the scenes with Daffy Duck from Warner Brothers playing dueling pianos with Donald Duck?

And I remember that Warner's gave Disney and right to animate Bugs Bunny with Mickey Mouse as long as they were in exactly same number of frames together. And they did it.

I would love to see a sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit... actually more than I would Ralph.

But, as I said before, Ralph was nice enough. Would rather see something completely new. But as for sequels, I would enjoy seeing one for Roger Rabbit first. But I know I will probably enjoy Ralph's sequel, too.
 
Matt_Black

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prberk said:
Now that is a sequel that would have been really fun.

Do you remember the scenes with Daffy Duck from Warner Brothers playing dueling pianos with Donald Duck?

And I remember that Warner's gave Disney and right to animate Bugs Bunny with Mickey Mouse as long as they were in exactly same number of frames together. And they did it.

I would love to see a sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit... actually more than I would Ralph.

But, as I said before, Ralph was nice enough. Would rather see something completely new. But as for sequels, I would enjoy seeing one for Roger Rabbit first. But I know I will probably enjoy Ralph's sequel, too.
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Actually, I seem to recall hearing plans for a prequel or some sort of follow-up. From what I heard, Steven Spielberg was NOT happy with the pitch, and so that pretty much put the kibosh on anything aside from the handful of animated shorts we got.
 
champdisney

champdisney

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Matt_Black said:
Actually, I seem to recall hearing plans for a prequel or some sort of follow-up. From what I heard, Steven Spielberg was NOT happy with the pitch, and so that pretty much put the kibosh on anything aside from the handful of animated shorts we got.
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I never really cared for the idea of a prequel either. Lack of toons. They should move forward with a sequel set in modern times. The CGI toons will be the basis of the film, as Roger Rabbit is trying to solve the ongoing conspiracy of Hollywood phasing 2D animation into extinction.

Just imagine how different Toontown looks now...
 
Matt_Black

Matt_Black

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ChampDisney said:
I never really cared for the idea of a prequel either. Lack of toons.
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Actually, if I remember correctly, the premise I heard is that there would have been toons, and they would have been drafted to fight in WWII, just like every other American. Surprisingly, Spielberg apparently thought this was in poor taste.
 
prberk

prberk

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Matt_Black said:
Actually, if I remember correctly, the premise I heard is that there would have been toons, and they would have been drafted to fight in WWII, just like every other American. Surprisingly, Spielberg apparently thought this was in poor taste.
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I think that would depend on how the tone of the story went with regard to drafting them. If it came off as if they did not believe in the effort, or made it seem less important, that could have made it distasteful. But it could easily have been portrayed as a sacrifice that disrupted their lives but a worthy one, like many films set at wartime. Then it could have also taken a Raiders of the Lost Ark type of tone, also if they wanted it to. Still respectful but telling and story ancillary to the war.

By the way, if you have never seen the Disney war cartoons, especially the one about saving bacon grease, you really should. I recommend them to everyone. It really puts into perspective the effort that Disney and regular people put into supporting the war effort at the time. Disney made them all in color, also; which was very expensive. He was paid by the government, but not a crazy amount. They put them all out in the "On the Front Lines" Walt Disney Treasures set. Real gems.
 
brb1006

brb1006

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prberk said:
I think that would depend on how the tone of the story went with regard to drafting them. If it came off as if they did not believe in the effort, or made it seem less important, that could have made it distasteful. But it could easily have been portrayed as a sacrifice that disrupted their lives but a worthy one, like many films set at wartime. Then it could have also taken a Raiders of the Lost Ark type of tone, also if they wanted it to. Still respectful but telling and story ancillary to the war.

By the way, if you have never seen the Disney war cartoons, especially the one about saving bacon grease, you really should. I recommend them to everyone. It really puts into perspective the effort that Disney and regular people put into supporting the war effort at the time. Disney made them all in color, also; which was very expensive. He was paid by the government, but not a crazy amount. They put them all out in the "On the Front Lines" Walt Disney Treasures set. Real gems.
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"Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire" might be the one about bacon grease featuring Pluto and Minnie.
 
216bruce

216bruce

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For what it's worth, I stopped playing video games around the time of "Burgertime" and I still enjoyed the heck out of Wreck-it-Ralph. I had no idea what games a lot of the characters were from and probably mised some 'inside game nerd fanboy jokes" but the movie was still very enjoyable. Back to my book now.
 
brb1006

brb1006

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216bruce said:
For what it's worth, I stopped playing video games around the time of "Burgertime" and I still enjoyed the heck out of Wreck-it-Ralph. I had no idea what games a lot of the characters were from and probably mised some 'inside game nerd fanboy jokes" but the movie was still very enjoyable. Back to my book now.
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I guess you didn't grew up during the NES/SNES era of gaming including Bowser (Mario) and Dr Eggman (Sonic).
 

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