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Comment on Annecy 2011 Daily Coverage: Day 4 by William Ashurst

William Ashurst — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:35:35 +0000

I want to see The Tibetan Dog now, I am intrigued. keep up the good work. Love Will from wet Norway

Comment on Annecy 2011 Daily Coverage: Day 1 by Will Ashurst

Will Ashurst — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:06:12 +0000

Thanks Patrick. good job.

Comment on Annecy 2011 Daily Coverage: Day 1 by Patrick McNamara

Patrick McNamara — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 21:06:40 +0000

I tried looking these up online. The trailers can be found for a couple.

Trailer for Birdboy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUlK3MIUJcU

Trailer for Switez
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC8Hnu-F98o

Trailer for Schlaf/Sleep
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK-kbTbKvJw

These are the full versions:

Pixels by Patrick Jean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou8vRWTSsJo

Big Bang Big Boom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMoKcsN8wM8

Comment on ACP 74: Early summer jam by Kevin C.

Kevin C. — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:20:46 +0000

Hello Animation Conversation,
Thank you so much for doing a show on Osmosis Jones. I think this movie is highly underrated and does not get good attention in the states. It definitely has some American humor that may not translate well overseas. That was a risky move considering that a lot of animation is designed to have broad appeal. I do agree that it gets dated over time. What I like most is that it has a different type of story than most movies. The live action integration was a nice touch. I also like the urban appeal that it has. The music appeals to an urban audience, and three of the main voice actors are African American. Sometimes we don’t see much diversity coming from animation, and I am glad that Osmosis Jones took that step. Lastly I want to know if you saw the animation flub in the beginning. When Osmosis meets Drix for the first time, as he is walking through the cherry smoke, his lips move before the audio: “what is that cherry stank?”.
Love the show. Take care

Comment on ACP 71: Carlpunzel – unbraided by Jimmy

Jimmy — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 09:45:00 +0000

Great to see that you are back to the usual format

Comment on ACP 71: Carlpunzel – unbraided by Patrick McNamara

Patrick McNamara — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:54:29 +0000

Wizard of Id is a syndicated newspaper comic strip.
The strip can be found at: http://comics.com/wizard_of_id/
The Henson short can be found on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDeAuq44XKQ

As far as I can tell, Song of the South has never been legally released on DVD.
However, about all the animated clips were played on The Wonderful World of
Disney and various Disney specials. There does seem to be some pirate copies
around. I think many who haven’t seen it would be surprised that it’s mostly a live-action film
with a few animated segments, although if one only saw the animated part they
could easily get the impression that the whole film is animated.

Comment on ACP 70: Nik, Nancy & Alexey by erlend

erlend — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 09:31:02 +0000

Thanks for the feedback! We will be picking up where we left the news shows, but it’s kinda hard to get people together these days. As for American Tail, we reviewed that back in show 22! http://www.animationconversation.com/podcasts/ac-22-weekly/

Comment on ACP 70: Nik, Nancy & Alexey by jimmy

jimmy — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 03:00:43 +0000

Great interview, but i would really like for you to resume the regular shows.
And when you do could you review An American Tale, it’s one of my favorite
movies.

Comment on ACP 70: Nik, Nancy & Alexey by Evan

Evan — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:02:02 +0000

Great interview!
Now I really want to go to a festival again and get slightly drunk…

Comment on Audience listener demographics by Patrick McNamara

Patrick McNamara — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:51:02 +0000

Watership Down came out before Plague Dogs and I think it was because Watership
Down was such a success that they decided to do Plague Dogs to replicate that success with another story by the same writer.

I like Watership Down better than Plague Dogs. It just seems to have a better story.
Plague Dogs has a somewhat ambiguous ending.

Comment on ACP 68: Will’s big break by Stuart Suther-Baker

Stuart Suther-Baker — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:52:09 +0000

I love Watership Down, I always get upset when the bunnies die in the tunnel and when the rabbit had to gnaw his arm off with a Leatherman when he got it trapped in a rock, intense.

Comment on ACP 68: Will’s big break by erlend

erlend — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:22:52 +0000

To clearify:
My sources have told me that Pixar sometimes commision shorts from prominent animation schools (like The Academy
of Arts University in San Francisco) and then assist the schools with guest speakers and other training.
They then go on to hire some of the students working on those shorts, in effect training their future employees by letting them work on shorts. These are not the short you see in front of a main feature.

I realize this is a rumor and that this is not what I said on the podcast. I will have to keep my facts straight from now on.

Thanks for pointing this out, Olivier.

Comment on ACP 68: Will’s big break by Olivier L.

Olivier L. — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:06:52 +0000

not sure which episode I listened to but regarding younger animators working
on Pixar short films,
this is not true. You just need to look at the credits

Comment on ACP 67: The Skype Plague by David

David — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:28:42 +0000

Thanks for looking into the issue, much appreciated!
Cheers,
-David

Comment on ACP 67: The Skype Plague by erlend

erlend — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:08:14 +0000

Hi again David (and everyone else). I just managed to find the source to this problem. Turns out a plugin we use (SEO Ultimate) conflicts with the podcast plugin we use (TSG Podcasting).

Thanks for reminding me on this serious bug.

Erlend

Comment on ACP 67: The Skype Plague by erlend

erlend — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:03:49 +0000

Hi David!

Thank you for pointing out this problem.

We are well aware of this problem, and I have been trying to fix it for quite some time (having limited time to do so. The thing is, you can download the podcast from the front-page, but not if you click on a post. I will have to put this way up on my priority-list. I’m no expert on Java and html/CSS, so for me, this is like finding a needle in a container.. filled with hay.

Don’t forget, you can still find the podcasts if you go to the front-page, AND we are available on iTunes.

Keep listning,

Erlend

Comment on ACP 67: The Skype Plague by David

David — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 08:52:30 +0000

I know you say there is a download link for the episodes in your page for those not using Itunes but THERE ISN’T ANY.
If you persist, then please, where is the download link?

Comment on ACP 65: A Jizzmas Carol by Patrick McNamara

Patrick McNamara — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:23:02 +0000

I almost expected someone to bring up Fritz the Cat (although I’ve never seen it), especially since Cool World was mentioned.

I’m a little surprised that you should be so hard on William’s Christmas Carol.
I watched it again the other day and I had forgotten just how beautifully it had been done.
It’s probably the best of all the animated versions. You’re unlikely to ever see something like this again.

It may be a little short but you have to remember that this was
all done by hand on a TV budget. And it was made for an audience well
familiar with the story, in particular the Alastair Sim’s live-action version.

I always found A Christmas Carol to be one of the more upbeat of Dicken’s stories.
Some of his stuff can be very depressing.

Comment on ACP Bi-Weekly 63 by erlend

erlend — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:29:22 +0000

Really? That’s strange. I see it. Try another browser. iTunes is always a better option though.

We will be reporting every day of the festival, so you won’t miss out.

Comment on ACP Bi-Weekly 63 by David

David — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:06:32 +0000

I can’t find any download or listening link for this episode. Where is it!?

Cheers, have fun in Fredrikstad, missing it myself.

Comment on ACP Weekly 60 by erlend

erlend — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 06:12:32 +0000

We stand corrected. And your picks are obviously more thought out than ours (no irony).

Comment on ACP Weekly 60 by Patrick McNamara

Patrick McNamara — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:05:53 +0000

Peter Pan was a play. Any book adaptations came later.

My picks for the top 3 animated movies based upon books would be:

1. Charlotte’s Web
2. Return of the King
3. The Hobbit

Others I liked would be Watership Down, The Phantom Tollbooth and The Secret of NIMH.

Comment on AC09: Interview with Keith Lango Part 2 by erlend

erlend — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:29:35 +0000

Thanks Jais! Appreciate that.

Comment on AC09: Interview with Keith Lango Part 2 by jais bredsted

jais bredsted — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:59:45 +0000

Very inspiring interview w/ Keith.
I will surely listen to the other podcasts and leave a donation as a thank for effort.
Thanks
Jais Bredsted, Copenhagen, Denmark
A happy Animation Mentor Class 2 student and a happy KeithLango subriber.

Comment on ACP Annecy 2010 Day 4-5 coverage by erlend

erlend — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:22:43 +0000

I’m sorry. I set my laptop to upload, and run out. Then the connection was lost. Corrected now.

Comment on ACP Annecy 2010 Day 4-5 coverage by Patrick McNamara

Patrick McNamara — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:54:36 +0000

Audio cuts off suddenly at 5:31. It sounds like the file is incomplete.

Comment on ACP Annecy 2010 Day 2 coverage by Patrick McNamara

Patrick McNamara — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:28:26 +0000

“Waking Sleeping Beauty” reminds me of a British documentary I saw called “Disney: The Fairy Tale Years” which also covered the Disney revival as well as the original films. Although it concentrated more on the movies. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to be available anywhere.

Comment on ACP Annecy 2010 Day 1 coverage by erlend

erlend — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:54:26 +0000

You humble me.

Comment on ACP Annecy 2010 Day 1 coverage by Stuart Suther Baker

Stuart Suther Baker — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:07:21 +0000

Your Japanese rocks dude

Comment on ACP Weekly 56 by erlend

erlend — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:16:46 +0000

That’s a great idea!

Comment on ACP Weekly 56 by Patrick McNamara

Patrick McNamara — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:43:30 +0000

The backgrounds make great desktops. I’ve used one of the animation backgrounds before.

Comment on ACP Weekly 56 by Erlend

Erlend — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:55:04 +0000

Amazing stuff. You are the man with the master plan!

Comment on ACP 27: Weekly by Michael Granlund

Michael Granlund — Thu, 27 May 2010 06:57:31 +0000

hey,this is Michael Granlund,just discovered your web-site on google and i must say this blog is great.may I quote some of the information found in your post to my local students?i am not sure and what you think?anyhow,Thx!

Comment on ACP Weekly 31 by Lily Degrace

Lily Degrace — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:31:36 +0000

Hi there, I found your blog on Google while seeking,nice find,Thanks

Comment on ALERT!: ACP Available on iTunes! by erlend

erlend — Tue, 11 May 2010 16:18:10 +0000

DONE!

Comment on ACP Weekly 51 by David Rylander

David Rylander — Tue, 04 May 2010 19:07:39 +0000

Thank you!
p.s. great show.

Comment on ACP Weekly 51 by erlend

erlend — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:17:53 +0000

Thanks for the tip, Dave!
Consider it done.

Comment on ACP Weekly 51 by David Rylander

David Rylander — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:51:41 +0000

Can you please make the show downloadable again for people NOT using itunes.

Rather than having to listen to the embedded version on your site I’ll stop listening altogether if I can’t download and listen where I’d like.

Comment on ALERT!: ACP Available on iTunes! by erlend

erlend — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:57:17 +0000

Patrick: A iTunes-button is a great idea. We will do that!

Michael: The technical answer: We used to just link to the mp3 on our wordpress blog, and leave the RSS-stream to feedburner, but now I use a wordpress-plugin that does everything for us (with far less non-standard html-problems.

Comment on ALERT!: ACP Available on iTunes! by Michael Cawood

Michael Cawood — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:05:23 +0000

What was the problem?

Comment on ALERT!: ACP Available on iTunes! by Patrick McNamara

Patrick McNamara — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:47:20 +0000

You should add and iTunes button on the webpage. It makes it easier for people to subscribe.

Comment on AC04: News and Movie predictions by chinese democracy

chinese democracy — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:10:04 +0000

So many great movies being released this year, and I am just dieing to see toy story 3.

Comment on ACP Weekly 43 by Michael Cawood

Michael Cawood — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:51:03 +0000

I’m glad you could review Cat’s Don’t Dance. Despite it’s faults it’s still one of the few movies I come back to time and time again for inspiration. I love the animation and spirited singing and dancing. It represents a parallel world of gorgeous 2D animation I wish i could have been a part of.

Comment on ACP Weekly 38 by erlend

erlend — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:11:24 +0000

Interesting stuff. I will make sure I notice it when ever I get to see the movie.

Thanks for your comments Patrick. You are a great contributor!

Comment on ACP Weekly 38 by Patrick McNamara

Patrick McNamara — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:55:12 +0000

There’s some footage from Rescuers used in Rescuers 2(where they fly off from the rooftop) and the difference in styles really stands out. The scene from the first film
appears hand drawn while the rest of the movie appears to have been computer coloured.

Comment on ACP Weekly 37 by Patrick McNamara

Patrick McNamara — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:23:04 +0000

Heavy Metal was really developed from the Heavy Metal magazine which became known
for it’s beautiful illustrations. Unfortunately, because all the attention was
put into the artwork, absolute no attention went into the stories. It did make an
impact at the time because just about all the other animated movies produced at
the time were Disney movies.

Heavy Metal 2000 is a much different movie. HM2K has a complete SF storyline and
is reminiscent of Starchaser:Legend of Orin. There’s a lot of people who didn’t like
MH2K as much because it differed so much from the first film, but I found the second
film better.

Other ensemble animated movies worth looking for are Robot Carnival and the more
recent Genius Party. Both have been produced in Japan.

Comment on ACP Weekly 35 by Patrick McNamara

Patrick McNamara — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:23:03 +0000

Aandersen is well known around the world, just about as well known as the Grimm’s Brothers. There was an American movie made years ago about him which was really popular, but his stories have been used as source material for many movies.

It’s great to hear that there’s another version of Snow Queen coming out. It will be interesting to see what Disney does with it. There’s been many animated and live action versions, including an animated TV series from Japan.

Grinch was never made as a movie; it was made as a TV special (as with other Dr. Suess specials) which is why it’s 25 minutes long. Like the Charlie Brown special, it has been standard fair for just about every year since it was made.

Some of Rankin Bass’s work can be hard to find, although the recent the WB releases have made it easier. Much of the work had fallen into public domain and could often be found on
cheap children’s videotapes and sometimes DVDs (like the dollar store stuff). Many of those cheap children’s DVDs often feature classic animation that’s fallen into PD. Some real gems can be found if you’re willing to look. (Although I don’t know how common they are over there.)

Comment on ACP Weekly 31 by erlend

erlend — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:36:57 +0000

Hey! I love South Park too. Watch it as often as I can, but the movie fell a bit short for us.
I would have rated it higher, looking back today, but what can you do

Comment on ACP Weekly 31 by Ethan Simon

Ethan Simon — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:17:55 +0000

I really love South Park because despite the vulgar side of the series, it still raises a moral taboo subjects of society with much derision! ^ ^

Comment on ACP Weekly 34 by Patrick McNamara

Patrick McNamara — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:18:19 +0000

You’re covering Rankin Bass’ Rudolf and you haven’t heard of their Jack Frost? Admittedly it’s not as well known as Rudolf but it’s worth looking up. The Rankin Bass specials have been mainstays on North American TV.

There’s a clip of Jack Frost on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AvjxNR1gd8

There’s a number of cheap releases about, mostly on VHS. But some of them have alot of video problems. It seems most of Rankin Bass’ catalogue fell into public domain, at least for a while, but WB seems to have picked up the masters.

Although Rankin Bass has been best known for their stop motion, I’ve always been a fan of their hand-drawn animation.

There’s more info at: http://www.rankinbass.com/

Comment on AC 24: Weekly by Klingos

Klingos — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:38:22 +0000

I just found your podcast today and Im already addicted to it

Comment on ACP Weekly 31 by Patrick McNamara

Patrick McNamara — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:22:42 +0000

The “Best Animated Film” category was created because there really was no category
for feature length animation and practically no chance at one ever winning. Instead they would tend to win the “Best Song” as a consolation. Beauty And The Beast is the only film to ever get a Best Picture nomination but didn’t win.

I’ve been listening through past episodes and your reviews of various animated movies.
I think it’s important to consider the times in which the films were made and the
resources available to the animators of the time. Not everyone has a Disney budget.

An American Tail was a great movie and it showed that you didn’t have to be Disney
to release a major animated film. It was the first animated film (that I know of)
to beat a Disney film at the box-office. Before that Disney was practically the only
company to release animated films, and they milked them to death with re-releases.
The success of An American Tail gave other studios the courage to get into animation.
Prior to that time, we might get one new animated film, usually from Disney, once every
couple years. Now it seems there’s a new animated film (although mostly CG) every month.

I recall seeing The Three Caballeros at the theater. It came out before music videos
and wasn’t that strange when you look at some of the other animation from Disney at that time.

Cars was a movie filled with Americana that hearkened back to the glory days of
Route 66. The whole idea of the town being cut off from the world after the
interstate road is based on the towns and businesses that were destroyed when
such a road was built to replace Route 66. A few towns and businesses have managed
to survive, but a great deal was lost. Watching the film without knowing about
Route 66 is like watching Rover Dangerfield without knowing who Rodney Dangerfield was.

Comment on ACP 28 Weekly by erlend

erlend — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:57:15 +0000

Seems like we are on the same page when it comes to this movie.
Costume drama with a nerve.

I will have a look at the sidebar-problem. Thanks for pointing it out!

Comment on ACP 28 Weekly by Patrick McNamara

Patrick McNamara — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:00:30 +0000

I liked Prince of Egypt, although I can’t say it would be for everyone.
It was made for an audience familiar with story, let alone one familiar with
the Charlton Heston movie, “The Ten Commandments” which gets annual play each year.

It was also one of Dreamwork’s first animated films and it’s success led to further
animated films. This film came out at a time when practically the only movie
animation came from either Disney or Bluth. It was nice to see somebody new getting
into the game. Unfortunately, they didn’t continue with the 2D animation.

According to Wikipedia, the film made over $100 million in the US and over
$200 million worldwide. It outperformed ANTZ, although ANTZ was cheaper to make.

The story does get slow and I can’t say I’d watch it often, but the look makes
it one that deserves to be seen at least once.

(You need to fix the dimensions of the comments page. The right side is blocked
by a sidebar.)

Comment on ACP 27: Weekly by Michael Cawood

Michael Cawood — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:50:05 +0000

I wasn’t expecting a lot from Bolt so when I saw it I was really pleased. I already knew it looked great… but the story was respectable and funny too. Not the best but totally decent..

Shrek may have been swamped in similar styles of movies and sequels since it came out but that’s just a sign of how influential it was. It was a big turning point for animation and signified the beginning of a medium that was far less concerned about taking the mickey out of itself.

Aladdin kicks the Black Cauldron’s butt!

Can you publish the list you’ve put together so far?

Comment on AC07: Making Animation Your Career by shubham soni

shubham soni — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:16:27 +0000

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Comment on AC 24: Weekly by Filmfrelst #27: Se Opp | Montages.no

Filmfrelst #27: Se Opp | Montages.no — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:36:46 +0000

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Comment on AC 21: Weekly by Michael Cawood

Michael Cawood — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:56:46 +0000

I’m watching old movies too and learning a lot. I watched Delgo and Donkey Xote recently learning a lot about what’s not working. I found the Delgo audio commentary very enlightening as it makes it clear why some things just didn’t have a chance. Thanks for the linkage guys. Keep up the good work.

Comment on AC 20: Weekly by erlend

erlend — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:04:24 +0000

Sorry about that, it has been corrected. Thank you for pointing this out for us.

Comment on AC 20: Weekly by anon

anon — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:40:36 +0000

just an fyi, the last three podcasts (AC18,19 & 20) on iTunes have exactly the same audio.

Comment on AC09: Interview with Keith Lango Part 2 by erlend

erlend — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:22:57 +0000

Thank you Ratul. We love feedback.
Good feedback is even better.

And thank you for noticing me about the corrupt file. For some reason, I’ve had trouble uploading some of the mp3-files. No idea why.
I’ll try and fix this A.S.A.P (The complete podcast is uploading right now)

Comment on AC09: Interview with Keith Lango Part 2 by Ratul Sarna

Ratul Sarna — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:12:53 +0000

Hi!!
Thanx for doing these podcasts,,I’ve listened to 4 of them and love them..They’re really informative and i got to learn a lot..
Please continue making these,,
Also the 2nd part of Keith interview ends abruptly,,m i downloading it wrongly?

Thanx again
and please keep producing!!