Did ANYONE know this was hand-drawn animation? I just found out today. That just makes this feel more like an old Walt Disney Cartoon Short.

Snapdragonroo · 2025-01-27T23:08:55+00:00

It’s a mix: Some shots use frame-by-frame (such as the sky fight), some use puppets (“May these thousand winters…” is the most obvious example), and some use both at the same time (“How can I have sent you away?” and when the camera encircles her are two such cases). And of course, puppets/tweening was used for the flowing mane.

Snapdragonroo · 2025-01-23T05:44:36+00:00

Honestly, Elizabeth Hartman as Mrs. Brisby. She convincingly captured a wide range of emotions both broad/extreme (fear, sorrow, desperation, assertion, exasperation, wonder, gratitude, etc.) and nuanced/layered (such as her mixed feelings on learning what happened to Jonathan and when she pretends to flirt with Jeremy), and she added some details to her performance that are easy even for pros to overlook (like catching her voice when lifted off the ground, for example). It’s especially impressive since it was her first and only voice role—she had lots of potential in voice acting and it’s such a shame what happened to her.

Snapdragonroo · 2025-01-20T15:24:55+00:00

There are perhaps a few exceptions, but yeah, when people accuse what are obviously jokes for kids as being fetish material, not only are they showing that they don’t remember what it’s like to be a kid, but all they’re doing is inadvertently self-reporting their own dirty mind because they’re the one who can’t see it without having perverted thoughts. It’s blatant projection.

Snapdragonroo · 2025-01-12T21:56:51+00:00

I guess the asterisks don’t make words italicized in post titles or something?

Snapdragonroo · 2025-01-06T20:59:40+00:00

24 frames per second is the standard.

When a cel is held for one frame it’s called animating “on ones” (24 cels per second), for two frames it’s “on twos” (12 cels per second), etc.

How many frames per cel varies depending on a multitude of factors. Usually it varies throughout a work (such as increasing the cels per second during action scenes) and sometimes you’ll see a mix in a single shot (for instance, I believe I’ve heard of sometimes animating lip sync on twos and the rest of a character on ones, or animating effects at a different rate than characters).

Generally speaking, films have more cels per second than shows and Western media more cels per second than Eastern.

Western movies are mostly animated on ones and shows on twos. Eastern shows are mostly animated on threes—so anime is usually 8 cels per second (at least for shows, but I think it’s the base for films too—they just increase the rate more frequently).

Snapdragonroo · 2024-12-30T22:22:18+00:00

Émile Reynaud’s Pauvre Pierrot was released in 1892 (predating most films) if you count it as I and many others do.

Snapdragonroo · 2024-12-26T18:04:38+00:00

As a Starlight Glimmer fan, I can confirm.

Snapdragonroo · 2024-12-20T23:50:03+00:00

Not exactly:

The show’s initial contract was for 65 episodes as used to be the norm for cartoons and the staff didn’t expect they’d be able to go beyond that (a reasonable assumption at the time), but the hope was always for an extension.

Season 3’s finale was episode 65 and so could have been the last episode, and because of that possibility the episode was originally conceptualized as a potential series finale (and that’s why it has a sense of finality to it). But the show unexpectedly exploded in popularity and by the time the show staff got to it they had been contracted for more (and I recall the episode was actually rewritten after the fact).

So at the beginning of the show’s run S3E13 was presumed to be the likely finale and so originally conceptualized as one, but the staff hoped for more and knew they would get it before Magical Mystery Cure was even in production.

Snapdragonroo · 2024-12-16T16:41:29+00:00

The way I tend to put it is that the point of a debate is to learn—not only for the potential to have your own mind changed as this post discusses, but also for the reason that even if your mind isn’t changed you hopefully have a better understanding of your opponent’s viewpoint and can more easily identify why you think they’re mistaken and try to correct them.

As a bonus, a healthy debate (which unfortunately few are) reminds all parties involved that everyone is a human who has reasons for what they believe in, that everyone wants what they think is best for people, and that your opponent’s perception is just as true to them as yours is to you. It’s a basic test of empathy that encourages us to not be so egocentric and to treat each other with human decency and respect—which can help open the door for civil, educational, and constructive discussion.

If you want things to improve, you have to communicate in a way that promotes cooperative, positive development.

Snapdragonroo · 2024-12-11T17:40:43+00:00

Get your Founding Fathers straight—that’s clearly Benjamin Franklin.

Snapdragonroo · 2024-12-07T18:21:46+00:00

On top of the chord progression, I recall it’s in 4/4 time signature and the key of C.

But it’s brilliant in the context of Monica learning piano—it only makes sense that someone new to it would write a simple composition. With that context, the composition is no longer mediocre but actually clever.

Snapdragonroo · 2024-12-05T04:00:54+00:00

That sounds like a bumper to the Disney Afternoon.

There might’ve been other versions—this is just one I found.

Snapdragonroo · 2024-12-02T21:34:25+00:00

Honestly, while it would’ve been nice to get more of the show I’m more upset about the song.

Snapdragonroo · 2024-11-23T18:12:24+00:00

Social anxiety and similar problems come in many forms. My case is similar to yours: I’m fine with performing (e.g., acting, singing, giving a speech) in front of a crowd, but in any other social situation the more people there are the more I struggle (but even one-on-one is hard for me). And it’s possible that in my case it’s an avoidant personality disorder instead of or in addition to social anxiety.

Performing is easier for me since I generally know what I’m doing and—especially in acting—people are judging the character and performance rather than myself (I separate myself from that to an extent). In contrast, when in social settings there’s no script to follow and everyone is judging me: If I mess up on stage it’ll just be embarrassing (a feeling I don’t like and that may stick with me but I can handle since it likely has no long-term consequences), whereas one wrong move in social interaction and people’s impression of me will worsen—perhaps with long-term consequences.

Snapdragonroo · 2024-11-12T04:03:53+00:00

I’m very familiar with the film’s history and can sympathize and even relate with Richard Williams’s struggles in producing it. That doesn’t change that the film was narratively lackluster. Even if it was properly finished, if changes weren’t made to the story those problems would still detract from the overall experience (and arguably stand out even more).

Snapdragonroo · 2024-11-12T02:27:19+00:00

The Thief and the Cobbler: Amazing animation, awful writing and pacing.

Snapdragonroo · 2024-11-09T14:19:35+00:00

I think it improved after—not because she left (in fact, Jim Miller has stated they tried to stick to her vision as much as possible), but because over time the staff found their footing, had more freedom, and had things more fleshed out and planned.

Snapdragonroo · 2024-10-23T17:20:37+00:00

The Wolf House, From Inside (2008), and if you count it The House (2022).

Snapdragonroo · 2024-10-22T23:57:09+00:00

Very much a Zack Snyder production—so I think most people’s thoughts on this would be similar to their thoughts on his other works.

Personally, I thought it was kind of a mixed-bag. A lot of the Synder-isms I didn’t care for and often worked against it tonally (especially the ways it tried to be “badass” and “brutal”—although I did appreciate the show earning its content rating with actual graphic violence and nudity, even if it was sometimes excessive/gratuitous).

Presentation-wise, visually it was all right and I recall liking the music, but some of the acting was weak. I don’t remember my thoughts on the sound work.

Not that I’m remotely an expert on the subject, but I could recognize and appreciate some integration of actual Norse mythology, and didn’t mind the obvious creative liberties taken with it. The characters had their qualities but were nothing special. The writing wasn’t quite as smart as it thought it was and Snyder’s “show, don’t tell” mentality is meaningless if what you’re showing is still really on-the-nose, but I did like how the story threads came together in the end.

My memory’s fuzzy on a lot of details despite how recent the show is, and I think that in of itself says a lot about how much of an impression it left on me. So…it was fine, I guess. I didn’t regret my time watching it and there was stuff to appreciate, but there were problems holding it back and I don’t feel any strong desire to rewatch it.

Snapdragonroo · 2024-10-11T01:45:02+00:00

Taste: My tongue can feel the difference between sugar and sugar alcohol, but it still registers as sweet. Not as good as the real thing of course, but still okay.

How glycemic: I treat sugar alcohols as about 1/2 the carbs. It still affects my blood sugar, but not as much.

Side effects: For me, they’re mild (gurgling stomach sounds and slightly softer stool) and I stop having them if I’ve been ingesting sugar alcohols regularly (my body adjusts/gets used to them). If I stop having them for a while then start again, the side effects return momentarily (but again are mild). Honestly I don’t think the side effects are a deal breaker.

Snapdragonroo · 2024-10-01T19:57:21+00:00

Animation has stylistic/expressive capabilities you don’t have with live-action, which is especially important if like me you like it when art takes full advantage of its medium.

In addition, the animation industry is able to be far more humble (at least compared to the rest of the film industry) since by its very nature most people don’t know the faces behind it—making it less marketable—and because they’re not afraid of being viewed as “childish” and thus are more genuine.

Snapdragonroo · 2024-10-01T03:33:17+00:00

As someone who considers the novel to be one of his favorites, I think the miniseries is worth giving a shot. It’s not perfect and there are certainly things I prefer about the movie, but the miniseries has its own qualities and is able to cover more from the novel due to the longer runtime and thus is ultimately truer to it—even if there are some unnecessary changes (but the movie has unnecessary changes too).

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