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The Good Dinosaur
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NMBC1993
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I thought the same thing...
Bairstow
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I can't decide whether a Pixar movie having severe script problems is a good or a bad omen. Ratatouille turned out great whereas Brave was an awful mess. Toy Story 2 was basically finished when they threw the whole thing out and practically started from scratch.
We'll see how this turns out, but as heavily as Big Hero Six borrowed from How to Train Your Dragon, I'm worried that Disney is still trying to make up for the loss of Chris Sanders, because this thing feels poised to retrace Dragon again..
We'll see how this turns out, but as heavily as Big Hero Six borrowed from How to Train Your Dragon, I'm worried that Disney is still trying to make up for the loss of Chris Sanders, because this thing feels poised to retrace Dragon again..
I'm a bit confused about what you are trying to say. Your post seems to cover multiple studios and films and not really add to this specific film.
Chris Sanders was Walt Disney Animation and not at Pixar. His leaving Disney doesn't really have an effect on this specific film. John Lassater moving to head of story for both Disney and Pixar has really improved the story telling of Disney animated films in recent years, at least in the 3D department.
Considering both Big Hero 6 and HTTYD came from pre existing material, books, I wouldn't say one borrowed from the other. There might be some similar story telling techniques but they were different stories.
Bairstow
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Letting Sanders go was a big mistake.
You may disagree, but Big Hero Six (the movie) cribbed very heavily from How to Train Your Dragon (the movie), and if reports are accurate, Pixar's dinosaur movie is going to cover the same boy-and-his-naive-but-superpowered-friend territory too.
imagineer boy
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While I agree the T rexs' look like they're out of the ice age movies, I thought the trailer was funny. Looks pretty good so far.
I feel like this conversation may not go anywhere but I guess it doesn't mater that Big Hero 6 was introduced in the late 90s and How to Train Your Dragon was published in 2003. You could also say Lilo and Stitch falls into this same category, girl befriends genetically superior alien, although that was co written by Sanders.
You are generalizing two movies by their story similarities when they told those stories completely different. I would go out on a limb and say there hasn't been an original story told in the past several centuries.
You are generalizing two movies by their story similarities when they told those stories completely different. I would go out on a limb and say there hasn't been an original story told in the past several centuries.
RandomPrincess
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You mean like Pete's Dragon? Iron Giant? Many many other stories. This is a tried and true formula for a story.
erasure fan1
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I love the opening where the asteroid passes by and all the dinos just look up, that made me laugh. I am really excited for the full trailer on this one, love me some dinosaurs.
Sped2424
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The design is meant to emulate claymation. Think GumbyAt first blush it's not terribly interesting. They sure are taking a cartoony approach to the character design.
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Sped2424
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Boy and his x is a trope that has existed for many a year How to Train your Dragon isn't even in the front runner for the list of it. E.T, Iron Giant, Lassie, Pokemon, etc the list goes on. This is not a new thing and stories like this are very adaptable for kids and their audiences. The difference lies in how you tell them. Would you say lilo and stitch and how to train your dragon are the same film? I wouldn't, but they both use the boy and his x trope. It's all about how it's approached that makes the difference.
Sped2424
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They started from scratch for the good dinosaur as well. They reworked the entire film from the ground up unlike brave which was just 2 films stitched together.
Bairstow
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The design is meant to emulate claymation. Think Gumby
The design is meant to emulate claymation. Think Gumby
I don't see it, but that's an interesting idea.
Did you come up with that or are you basing this on a statement by the animators?
The caveman looks more Toriyama than Aardman.
Sped2424
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D23 I believe the animators made a note of that when it came to the look and feel of the characters in the film.I don't see it, but that's an interesting idea.
Did you come up with that or are you basing this on a statement by the animators?
The caveman looks more Toriyama than Aardman.
RandomPrincess
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Voice cast -
RAYMOND OCHOA as an Apatosaurus named Arlo.
JEFFREY WRIGHT as Poppa, Arlo’s father.
STEVE ZAHN as a pterodactyl named Thunderclap.
AJ BUCKLEY as a T-Rex named Nash.
ANNA PAQUIN as a T-Rex named Ramsey.
SAM ELLIOTT as a T-Rex named Butch.
FRANCES MCDORMAND as Arlo’s mother.
MARCUS SCRIBNER as Arlo’s brother Buck.
JACK BRIGHT as Spot.
RAYMOND OCHOA as an Apatosaurus named Arlo.
JEFFREY WRIGHT as Poppa, Arlo’s father.
STEVE ZAHN as a pterodactyl named Thunderclap.
AJ BUCKLEY as a T-Rex named Nash.
ANNA PAQUIN as a T-Rex named Ramsey.
SAM ELLIOTT as a T-Rex named Butch.
FRANCES MCDORMAND as Arlo’s mother.
MARCUS SCRIBNER as Arlo’s brother Buck.
JACK BRIGHT as Spot.
Brer Panther
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So, Arlo's supposed to be the dinosaur equivalent of a kid? I know he's a dinosaur, but come on, he's HUGE.
RandomPrincess
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It's a boy and his dog type story. Arlo the dinosaur is playing the "boy" part. Spot the human is his pet.