At 09:39 PM 8/10/96 -0700, you wrote:
OK. OK. OK.
JUST LISTEN!
I'll consider it.
I need to comment about something that is very important to all anime
fans: WALT DISNEY STUDIOS.
I not completely sure, but I have the impression that many anmie fans
don't like Disney because they only put out "kid stuff". Well I need to
rectify some prejudices.
Well, I for one have never hated disney, I still love it. Hell I
loved Alladin and The Lion King, and Hunchback, never saw Pocahantas as that
was one I never even thought I'd like.
I is NOT that Disney didn't TRY! On JUly 24th, 1985, Disney release "The
Blak Cauldron". This movie had a a hard core "fantasy novel" plot. It
was really an adult movie. It feature zombies, death nights and really
frightining special effect that were state of the art at the time. This
movie scared children. Disney set itself up for disaster. The adults
just could grasp it and the kidies were just plain scared. The movie
bombed.
I don't remember it that much, but I know of some other albeit non
disney flicks that were a bit more adult. Secret of Nimh is the big one that
comes to mind, it's still one of my favorites. On the note of bombing, yeah
Black did, but while Hunchback is doing well, it's not doing as well as some
would like. So, who knows what it will mean for the future.
Disney Imediatly went back to kids stuff to make up for lossos. Their
next was "The Great Mouse Detective".
One I don't remember much at all. But I digress.
HOWEVER! Disney has started to make more subtle move tword adult focus.
Did you notice that the female have gotten SEXIER since " The Little
Mermaid"? (BTW, I'm GLAD they changed the ending. I read the original
ending and it sucked) Also, The female eyes have gotten LARGER, giving
them an anime appeal. With " The Hunchback of Notre Dame", Disney take
another leap in our direction.
Yeah I noticed that too. It IS well done. But will it sell or catch
on is the question.
Even though, the movie is "kid modified" (e.g. No blood shown), the movie
still has a remarkable amount of material for older vewiers. There is
adult material place in the movie in such a way that it will go right
over childrens heards. Here is a list of
not-usually-seen-in-Disney-materials from the movie:
Lesee.
Multiple men getting kicked in the nuts.
Yeah I noticed that often, dunno if it could be considered adult
though, Homa Alone for example had this aplenty.
Woman getting her face bashed to death in cold blood.
That was at the beginning no?
Religious setting
This is very important, God has been taboo in cartoons for so long.
I'm glad to see religion in this one.
a sentual dance (she keeps her clothes on, though[phooey], but she does
spin around a pole!)
Yeah, well, she DOES almost get nekkid when quasi bumps into her.
LUST as a major plot point
Another good one.
The guy does NOT get the girl (some other guy does)
Depends how you look at it. I saw it as two guys adn one girl. It is
still more complex than has been seen in disney before.
The film also feature computor assisted crowd and "zooming". Not to
mention special fire effects that gave me goosebumps! It also sports a
musical score that would make Andrew Loyld Wbber jealous!
The music and those effects were some of the best parts of the film
that's for sure. It had a "creepy" atmosphere to it.
Even tough I can't be cartain, I'm open to the possibillity that Disney
may not be our enemy, but a friend who is trapped by big-movie-bussiness
and is not completely free. Major motion picture do NOT like to risks
more bombs.
Definately, if Disney thought it could make huge piles of cash by
making Urotsuki-esque movies they'd do it. But the truth is Family videos
sell like hotcakes. That is where the money is. THey are getting a bit more
mainstream.
This is Ironic coming from me because untill I saw "Hunchback", I was an
"Anti-Disney" otaku. I went in not paying my own way and with a closed
mind and left applauding.
Well, I got in free too, and left appleauding. I was however
expecting a good movie, I left seeing a great one.
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