DISQUS

Nate · 6 months ago

Can't be any worse than that last piece of shit sequel.

~N

AP_Furtado · 6 months ago

I doubt it will be. Kevin Eastman has publicly acknowledged that the sequel sucked a big one. I'm feeling good about this one.

chuckwheel · 6 months ago

Yes, that last one was a disaster. This is definitely looking more like something I'd want to see --- still, all CGI may or may not be a good thing. I wouldn't mind of there was some good old cell animation in there somewhere. Call me a fogey.

AP_Furtado · 6 months ago

Tried to watch Wall_E this weekend, I couldn't get through it. I'm tired of the ultra-realistic CGI animation. Sometimes it's cool but, sometimes it's just too much. I recently watched the Hobbit which was much more enjoyable. Maybe it's a generational thing but, I'll take Bashki's Wizards any day.

JVWest · 5 months ago

I'm looking forward to this new Heavy Metal. The list of contributors looks promising. Fincher and Cameron is an interesting combination.

Folks, I'm afraid we're fully into the new generation now. It is already the case that CG is the standard for animated films and not just the new thing. Seeing a traditional animated film come out is now going to be unusual.

For me the trick is whether or not they nail the thing. I don't care if it's done with rubber bands and glue as long as it's a solid piece of work. I think the Pixar films are pretty solid, especially the ones with Brad Bird at the helm. Likewise, I'm not impressed with a film that's done traditionally if the whole package doesn't come together. I'm probably uttering a profanity by saying this but I think Wizards suffers from an overall lack of cohesion. Visually it's a buffet of awesomeness, and the basic concept is solid. It has some good characters. It has some wonderful scenes. But all those elements do not come together as well as they need to. It's kind of piecemeal. This wouldn't be a problem except for the fact that the story aspires to something more epic and cohesive. The original Heavy Metal, for example, had a really butt-simple premise so it was able to meander through different stories and hold itself together as well as it needed to. I've always felt that if Wizards had played down it's Big Story and focused even more on the little bits and pieces it would have been a better film.

At any rate, I'm looking forward to this new HM. Hopefully it will rock the riverboat and shake the gorilla's nuts.

Dee · 5 months ago

Looking forward to this one, even if it turns out to be a huge disappointment. It'll beat seeing things like 'Land of the Lost' any day.

AP_Furtado · 5 months ago

I agree with that.
It probably won't be a commercial success. Most likely it'll be a cult fave like the first one. I don't think it'll suck. Kevin Eastman had said, after seeing the Animatrix, that he had wished they had gone that route with the 2nd Metal movie. That's always encouraging.