Elio (Pixar - June 2025)

[erasure fan1]

Still early days of MoCap, would be leaps and bounds better quality if they redid it today.

Oh man, don't give them any ideas!

 

[Disney Irish]

Oh man, don't give them any ideas!

They just had a $2.3B MoCap movie, so the point still stands. But they aren't redoing Mars Needs Moms so you don't have to worry about that.

 

[WorldExplorer]

I like this concept better than Elemental. I just wish their humans weren't always ugly now.

I shall now attempt to guess the end based solely on this trailer;

Spoiler: Probably not actually a spoiler

- They said trial of Earth
- Whatever it is we'll fail and it'll probably be preachy
- Mom will have subplot about finding kid
- Aliens about to destroy stuff
- Mom shows up "KID! I TRAVELED ALL THIS WAY TO FIND YOU! I LOVE YOU!"
- *HUG*
- "Aww, humans not all bad".
- Go home
- Maybe mind wipe

Edit: I also see aliens with blatantly threatening designs and aliens with blatantly non-threatening designs, so I'll toss out now that I hope we don't end up with another "twist" villain.

 

[Phroobar]

They just had a $2.3B MoCap movie, so the point still stands. But they aren't redoing Mars Needs Moms so you don't have to worry about that.

Avatar was all MoCap and looked 1000x better than the tech Disney used on Mars Needs Moms and A Christmas Carol. It came out years before MNM.

 

[Disney Irish]

Avatar was all MoCap and looked 1000x better than the tech Disney used on Mars Needs Moms and A Christmas Carol. It came out years before MNM.

First I don't know why we're really arguing this as all I said was it still considered early days of MoCap back when MNM came out.

Second Avatar was not all MoCap, it was a hybrid live action film, Avatar 2 was all MoCap.

Third I would put the tech issues on Zemeckis' company ImageMovers rather than Disney. As all the movies that came out of that studio that used MoCap all had the same look, including the non-Disney ones like Polar Express, Monster House and Beowolf.

And lastly I honestly don't mind how any of these films look, for example I watch Polar Express almost every Christmas at least once.

 

[TsWade2]

Well, Elemental maybe a flop, but based on this tweet: There’s hope for Pixar after all.

 

[doctornick]

That movie would have been better if it DID look like Elio.

Yeah, the biggest issue with MNM IMHO was the terrible uncanny valley MoCap (not just that film but Polar Express, Beowulf, etc). If you want something to be animated, just animate it. No idea if Elio will be any good, but this looks a thousand times better than that.

 

[Phroobar]

Well, Elemental maybe a flop, but based on this tweet: There’s hope for Pixar after all.

How did they do that? Is there enough of it to do test screenings? It isn't scheduled for release until next March.

 

[lazyboy97o]

How did they do that? Is there enough of it to do test screenings? It isn't scheduled for release until next March.

They use animatics, story reels and incomplete animation. The famous screening of Beauty and the Beast at the New York Film Festival was a “work in progress”.

 

[dreday3]

I don't know, that "you are from Uhhh-Earth" joke is sooo bad. So bad.

Not sure, hopefully the trailer is misleading as to how funny it is.

 

[Joel]

Lol, they should use that in the commercials: "Pixar chief creative officer Pete Docter says 'it's compelling, fun and very funny'!"

 

[Ghost93]

The test screenings won't matter. Elemental is generally well-liked by the people who have actually seen it, yet it still flopped.

 

[TsWade2]

The test screenings won't matter. Elemental is generally well-liked by the people who have actually seen it, yet it still flopped.

No need to be a doom and gloomer.

 

[TP2000]

Am I right in thinking this will be a Pixar version of that one 1990's Star Trek episode where Captain Picard is put on trial to defend all of humanity?

Ladled with a preachy "But humans are kind of bad, and don't ever forget it" sub-plot. Per the "storytellers" in HR.

Looks kind of dumb, so far. Let's hope they release another trailer soon to build buzz to help move on fast from Elemental's flop.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Am I right in thinking this will be a Pixar version of that one 1990's Star Trek episode where Captain Picard is put on trial to defend all of humanity?

Ladled with a preachy "But humans are kind of bad, and don't ever forget it" sub-plot. Per the "storytellers" in HR.

Looks kind of dumb, so far. Let's hope they release another trailer soon to build buzz to help move on fast from Elemental's flop.

Humans being judged/on-trial by superior aliens has been a staple of Sci-Fi since its inception.

 

[TP2000]

Humans being judged/on-trial by superior aliens has been a staple of Sci-Fi since its inception.

I suppose. But my mind went first to that Captain Picard episode. Then a few old Twilight Zone episodes.

I guess the twist on this one is that the person on trial is a loveable, spunky kid?

 

[MisterPenguin]

I suppose. But my mind went first to that Captain Picard episode. Then a few old Twilight Zone episodes.

I guess the twist on this one is that the person on trial is a loveable, spunky kid?

And Titanic's twist is that its a disaster movie on a boat.

 

[TP2000]

And Titanic's twist is that its a disaster movie on a boat.

Or just Poseidon Adventure with better fashion and prettier stars?

 

[MisterPenguin]

Or just Poseidon Adventure with better fashion and prettier stars?

It's just The Unsinkable Molly Brown without musical numbers.

 

[Tha Realest]

Given current events, all these Titanic references are too soon