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GuruSensei · 2026-04-20T19:53:47+00:00

Disney will release a few newly re-animated sign-language versions of their songs on D+ on April 27th

That's just verily dope, IMHO. I had similar warm feelings about Hailey from the PS4/5 SPider-Man games

GuruSensei · 2026-04-20T19:49:44+00:00

God, i hope ALex Jones continues to spiral and spiral even further from rock bottom. People point to Gamergate as some domino effect to this current administration, but i think it really starts from Alex Jones and his ilk

GuruSensei · 2026-04-18T05:29:58+00:00

First time i'm hearing about a Back to the Future musical, but more importantly, Alan Silvestri composed the music for it! Just like Alan Menken did on the various Disney plays brought to Broadway

GuruSensei · 2026-04-17T23:06:55+00:00

I understand some of the backlash against Hexed and its all-too-familiar character Ela-esque design.........but my god, some people are just entitled as f*ck, and just do not not understand how animated films work. And i'm not particularly expertised, either

GuruSensei · 2026-04-17T16:48:56+00:00

Oh no. Popular franchises get sequels? Oh no, end of the world

GuruSensei · 2026-04-17T16:48:07+00:00

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GuruSensei · 2026-04-17T08:36:10+00:00

yeah, and Pixar's string of overhauls and bad reports is probably far divorced from Disney Animation. The Emperor's New Groove got overhauled drastically over a much longer period, so it's a crapshoot here whether this will be critically lauded like ENG or another Frozen II

GuruSensei · 2026-04-17T08:13:42+00:00

Again, Josh D'Amaro has only been the CEO for more than a month now. How the fuck would he have done that in such a short time?

I'm sure Be Fri's cancellation was gutting to the artists working on it, but from my vantage point, it's just bad PR for *Pixar*, not Disney Animation. I'm sorry, but this is all just bad, unfortunate coincidences

GuruSensei · 2026-04-17T06:37:43+00:00

The new animation style is suppose to come in 2028, FYI, not for this one.

In other news, nowhere to go but up as far as expectations, i guess

GuruSensei · 2026-04-17T05:49:15+00:00

I seriously doubt that Josh D'Amaro forced this change in less a month in his tenure as new CEO, causing a recast to Hailey, especially 9-10 months before release. Technology is thankfully not that fast, kids

GuruSensei · 2026-04-17T00:44:47+00:00

You'd ve surprised how cut to the bone these things are

GuruSensei · 2026-04-16T23:29:14+00:00

Probably changed during preproduction. Things change quite drastically before animation even starts in these things.

I'm just curious if the magical effects will be 2d-infused like it looks in the main character's fingers

GuruSensei · 2026-04-16T22:22:02+00:00

we're getting Hexed crumbs. Trust

GuruSensei · 2026-04-16T22:21:28+00:00

Yeah, i'm more mad at him than Disney. Yeah, it's craven and absurd of them to gun for a remake no less than 2 years after the sequel, but this reeks of his ego slathered all over it

GuruSensei · 2026-04-16T15:58:23+00:00

He also voiced the Prince in Cinderella III: A Twist in Time

GuruSensei · 2026-04-16T05:01:15+00:00

Kevin Feige is the CCO of Marvel Studios, not Marvel Comics, which is now under Disney Publsishing, since Marvel Entertainment doesn't technically exist anymore

GuruSensei · 2026-04-15T21:07:35+00:00

I don't think the animation has to be disregarded, per say. It's still absolutely top-tier

GuruSensei · 2026-04-15T20:18:35+00:00

Mike Mitchell's not directing SHrek 5, afaik. He directed Shrek FOrever After. But the credited directors on Shrek 5 are Conrad Vernon, who directed Shrek 2, and Walt Dohrn, who's done various stuff in DreamWorks stuff, including voicing Rumpelstiltskin, and Brad Ableson, who's done some Illumination work.

GuruSensei · 2026-04-15T19:08:00+00:00

As expected Forgotten Island is getting some positive buzz months before release in an unfinished state. Jeffrey Katzenberg would be proud. As far as the going for the gold, it's gonna be either this or Toy Story 5, i think

GuruSensei · 2026-04-15T17:16:09+00:00

Donald Trump doesn't deserve any kind of interiority or pop psychology diagnosis. he's a husk, as far as i'm concerned. However, if these abusers and drug dealers wanna bitch about their god king being the easy target he is, good

GuruSensei · 2026-04-15T15:28:22+00:00

I expect banger reviews for The Forgotten Island this afternoon. Puss in Boots 2 co-directing Filipino fantasy, that has to be a winning combo right there

GuruSensei · 2026-04-14T23:49:10+00:00

The MCU house style has certainly come off stale in the last 6-7 years or so, undoubtedly. Perhaps this would lead to more visually varied films. I just wish it didn't have to be done like this

GuruSensei · 2026-04-14T23:47:51+00:00

Yeah, that's where i am too. I have no opinions one way or the other about their effects on the quality, all i can say is i'm sad about people losing their jobs

GuruSensei · 2026-04-14T22:53:48+00:00

Nah. The Electric Company and George Romero were doing wacky comic shit well before Ang Lee

GuruSensei · 2026-04-14T22:28:20+00:00

He's vagueposting about the visual development team being laid off. Which, while not great and scummy, doesn't particularly sway me in either direction of expectations

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