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From The Disney CGI People Who Aren't Pixar Comes BOLT!!

Yea by Baron Karza	Jun 27th, 2008 11:31:15 AM
Mustache robots
Allow me. by thebearovingian	Jun 27th, 2008 11:31:25 AM

I have nothing further to add. by thebearovingian	Jun 27th, 2008 11:31:46 AM

the kids will like it by j2talk	Jun 27th, 2008 11:32:02 AM

animate Pleague Dogs. ..then you'd be talking. by FlickaPoo	Jun 27th, 2008 11:34:24 AM

Here we go again... for fuck's sake... by That 70s Venom	Jun 27th, 2008 11:36:47 AM
smack my grandma's dildo and call me Sally Caruthers
miley cyrus??? by bacci40	Jun 27th, 2008 11:41:24 AM
well, at least she is animated in this movie...cuz that gal is fugly
I think it looks OK by SUPERJIM	Jun 27th, 2008 11:42:40 AM
As long as you take the target audience into account. The animation sure looks pretty and will be even better on a large screen. The premise sure will confuse my 4 year old though, maybe....
Fuck this by Heckles	Jun 27th, 2008 11:44:08 AM
All these cartoons coming out with big name voices. It's like the A-listers do cartoons, B-listers either shed their fatass or join a circus on reality TV. Just cranking out all these lame ass titles. Never ending. They're all the same. And don't give me the "drrr, it's for parents too, drrr" comment. I know they slip little tongue-in-cheek inneundo in the movie to appeal to the poor minivan driving fuckwipes who drag their dumpy kids to these films. I get that. But don't act like you're the only one who knows it. That faggy cat on Shrek 6 or whatever with the catnip is supposed to be like weed. Hardy fuckin' har. Go by Starbucks on the way home (if you don't feed your face hole first at McDonald's) and dump the coffee in your lap so you don't slap another walking douche of a kid on the planet.
what pixar gets, disney doesnt by bacci40	Jun 27th, 2008 11:47:28 AM
this is a straight out kids movie...no depth, animation is bleh...how the mighty have fallen...will anyone be doing 2d animation anymore?
Just makes one wonder what it would've been like by themikejonas	Jun 27th, 2008 11:48:00 AM
had Chris Sanders remained on the project.
What the hell are you going on about Heckles? by BrandonGK	Jun 27th, 2008 11:50:49 AM
If you don't like cartoons and (I presume) don't watch them, why are you ranting about them?
I'll go get my ball. by O_Goncho	Jun 27th, 2008 11:51:15 AM
That fat hamster in a ball managed to be both cute and hideous. Looks like it'll be alright.
merrick, get over your cat hate, dude by necgray	Jun 27th, 2008 11:56:05 AM

Can we please just call a moratorium... by ZooTrain	Jun 27th, 2008 12:00:38 PM
On using "A Little Less Conversation" in movie trailers/commercials? That ship sailed in 2002. Otherwise, the film didn't look awful. I kind of chuckled once or twice.
Could be pretty clever by drewlicious	Jun 27th, 2008 12:01:21 PM
The pigeon gag was pretty funny.
I don't dig Travolta being the voice, but by StovetopStuffin'	Jun 27th, 2008 12:07:41 PM
other than that, I think this looks pretty good. I loved Meet the Robinsons, and this one should have even more Lasseter influence.
Voice talent by KillDozer	Jun 27th, 2008 12:08:05 PM
When are they going to go back to the days when animated characters were given voice by people with real talent instead of just a famous name?
Bring back American Dog by bunkyboo	Jun 27th, 2008 12:13:35 PM
This is what it got boiled down to?
Disney vs Pixar comments make no sense by gobofraggleuk	Jun 27th, 2008 12:16:40 PM
...John Lasseter of Pixar is now the creative big cheese of all Disney animation... it was him who removed Chris Sanders, or whatever Lilo&Stitch guy was called, from this projet and had it re-jigged... So, if it sucks, don't say 'Pixar would've done this so much better or wouldn't have bothered' - the same people are in control of both machines now.
Formula, Formula Formula, no edge by bunkyboo	Jun 27th, 2008 12:24:55 PM
This is more drivel that perpetuates slick mediocrity. Nothing that moves the art form forward. Nothing that presents new ideas. It's sad t think that very talented people have wasted e few years of their lives to create this. I hope the paycheck is good, or the tricks you're learning are worth it. This is for kiddy profits only. No classic here.
Yeah Gobo but by half vader	Jun 27th, 2008 12:30:23 PM
The thing about both this and Robinsons was that they were both too far along to kill straight out. Same with the Princess and Rapunzel things. You're forgetting the 4/5 year protracted development cycle of these things. This does seem like the karmic balance to how cool Wall-e looks though. Bacci, Lasseter said they're bringing 2d back to Disney. That Princess one will be 2d, and Rapunzel Unbraided some sort of mix. SUPERJIM, it's basically Buzz Lightyear, right (the premise)? Was your kid confused by Buzz?
Well at least the dog is cute... by Johnno	Jun 27th, 2008 12:34:06 PM
Looks entertaining enough... I mean honestly what's to complain about it's par for the course and competently done.
I don't know....but hamsters dry humping their own... by FlickaPoo	Jun 27th, 2008 12:38:12 PM
...plastic ball are consistently funny.
Is this America, BrandonGK? by Heckles	Jun 27th, 2008 12:45:07 PM
Kidding. I don't know what caused the rant. Just bullshitting, trying to pass the time until Happy Hour.
Johnno by bunkyboo	Jun 27th, 2008 12:56:49 PM
Let me explain. When Walt was alive, he knew that the talent he pooled could raise the bar with each film AND make a profit. Pixar has been working that way since its first feature. Lasseter won't make a film (meaning, let it past the story development stage) unless it is worthy- interesting, thoughtful, heartful, dramatically and comedically challenging, and complete. Don't forget that it must touch that part of us that is, well... the best of us. THEN it must be made to look and sound spectacular. Otherwise you're wasting talent, and this years profits are next years lowered reputation.
that hamster recruitment bit was funny! by captainCAPSLOCK	Jun 27th, 2008 01:15:50 PM
"you hungry?!" "...starving."
I don't get the hate here for Bolt... by Prof. Pop-Cult	Jun 27th, 2008 01:16:16 PM
Honestly, this doesn't look bad at all -- better than Meet The Robinsons. The premise is interesting.
Couldn't Warner Brothers... by Beardo07	Jun 27th, 2008 01:23:25 PM
Sue them for ripping off the Goodfeathers?
looks darn tooting GOOOOOOD by RokurGepta	Jun 27th, 2008 01:28:26 PM
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They did animate Plague Dogs by geekzapoppin	Jun 27th, 2008 01:28:45 PM
http://tinyurl.com/52t6oq It's a happy-go-lucky film, let me tell you!
"The Fearless Ferrett" anyone? by DerLanghaarige	Jun 27th, 2008 01:36:21 PM
Okay, it's not an exactly rip off of that Kim Possible episode, in which Adam West and John C. McGinley were guest starring as two actors who totally forgot that they were not the superhero and -villain that they played on TV, but if one Disney production uses a similar idea from another Disney production it should make you think. On another note: The trailer looks entertaining. I liked Meet The Robinsons until the last 10 minutes so I will give this one a try.
Looks much better than expected. by Capt Cook	Jun 27th, 2008 01:37:26 PM
Looks much better than expected.
This place smells like knee-jerk reaction by jimmy_009	Jun 27th, 2008 02:15:37 PM
You guys are pathetic. They could have released the most amazing trailer of the decade and you'd still ho-hum it because you think that's what you're supposed to do. This looks like a big step forward for Disney animation and will probably be a big hit with kids and adults alike.
I agree with jimmy_009 by CaptainTripsUK	Jun 27th, 2008 02:37:57 PM
I think the average talkbacker goes to see a movie then comes back on here to see if it was any good or not. Bunch of band-wagon jumping sheep. I bet a load of them came out of Indy4 thinking great, I really enjoyed that, then see the negative feedback on here and say "yeah, I thought it was shit as well".. then add a crappy comment regarding the fridge and how unbelivable it all was bearing in mind the other 3 films where unbelievable shit happened.. especially in raiders.. but then fail to ignore that.. anyway, I thought this trailer looked great, it ticked all the boxes, made me laugh in a couple of places, the animation looked bang on.. Will defintely take my kids to see this one..
Watership Down.. by CaptainTripsUK	Jun 27th, 2008 02:44:56 PM
If Tim Burton ever directed a 100% CGI film I think Watership Down would suit his dark style perfectly.
Lame Trailer by Ted Brautigan	Jun 27th, 2008 02:50:25 PM
Pixar could certainly teach Disney a few lessons in marketing. The action starts 7 sec and then jumps around all over for 2 min. This looks watchable @ home but like a kiddie torture chamber @ the movies. Still trying to figure out when to see "WALL-E" minus all the tykes.
I am SO GLAD they ditched the original art by ArcadianDS	Jun 27th, 2008 02:50:53 PM
that crap looked like a 90 minute Jib-Jab flash. this on the other hand, looks really awesome.
oh yeah and for those of you who forgot by ArcadianDS	Jun 27th, 2008 02:53:48 PM
what im talking about, the original artwork, which looked like extended scenes from The Aristocats, was dumped for what we see here, and Harry and the rest of AICN staffers went absolute bugnuts insane about how it was a terrible example of corporate greed crushing true art and true expression and true beauty. Where are you now guys? Now that the movie looks fantastic and everyone seems to think it looks fun? Wheres all the "ZOMG BOYCOTT CUZ ITS GOT NEW ART" updates? or... wait... was all that blowhard whining just to pad a slow news day?
Looks surprisingly good by Evil Hobbit	Jun 27th, 2008 03:25:18 PM
LOVE the pastal colorred backgrounds and the character animation looks great. Lots of expression. Good dialogue and the emphasis in this trailer was clearly on the story instead of the voice actors. A big step forward for Disney since the Wild I say. They're back in proper tracks. Sure this won't be brilliant or something. But it does feel a bit more like classic Disney. The comedy in this did feel a little Pixarish. But then again, that's not a bad thing at all.
looks like fun by ClockWorker	Jun 27th, 2008 04:13:06 PM

This trailer looks a thousand times better than the Wall*E trail by Vindibudd	Jun 27th, 2008 04:39:44 PM
Wall*E maybe a fantastic movie but I am tired of this BS FROM THE PEOPLE THAT BROUGHT YOU CARS TOY STORY TOY STORY 2 RATATOUILLE A BUGS LIFE THE INCREDIBLES FINDING NEMO and we have a robot putting a bra on. Yawn. At least Disney knows how to make a trailer.
Whatever happened to Don Bluth? by dahveed1972	Jun 27th, 2008 06:20:32 PM
Meh
The movie looked interesting, until.... by Hesiod2k7	Jun 27th, 2008 08:25:14 PM
...they explained the hook: Bolt isn't REALLY a superdog! He just plays one on TV and THINKS he's a superdog. Then hilarity ensues! It would actually have been a better movie had Bolt REALLY been a superdog, and it was more of a comic-booky plot. Kids will like it though. Probably more than Wall-e, which will go over like a lead balloon to the younger set who will not get it. Wall-e is an art film folks. It could win oscars and be regarded as a classic -- but i bet it doesn't do well at the box office relative to other pixar films.
whiny bitch (and Arcadian) by half vader	Jun 27th, 2008 09:29:39 PM
Bitch (no offence, it is your name), if you want an ostensibly similar in tone but minus the saccharin, check out Miyazaki's Totoro. Beautiful, well-observed, and more damn fun than Disney. Even the 'preachy' stuff is better. The original art was great, especially the dog, which has been blanded-down so much it's now pretty much generic. He looked like Spuds McKensie (sp?) before, a pudding-nosed (actually a bit like Sylvester) bull-terrier sort of thing. Meets Stitch, 'cause that guy did both and has a fairly distinctive style. But still a bit of it's own personality rather than the coloured-glass-irised default of most cg (Pixar gets a pass for establishing it, everyone else ripped on it because it worked). Dunno whether the story was crap before (so don't get too carried away, Arcadian with your "where are you now, bitches" bullshit), but you should actually do a search on Chris Sanders or American Dog (oh how I hate those lazy-marketing "American ..." titles). Rather than 'remembering' the art was bad. Garbage. The dog at least was much better.
First non-Pixar CGI movie I've thought had promise by bah	Jun 27th, 2008 10:42:03 PM
Not Antz, not Shrek, not Ice Age. But this might work. Admittedly, it's sort of a reverse Bug's Life. Or a whole movie about Buzz Lightyear.
LOTS OF PEOPLE FROM DISNEY POSTING HERE by bunkyboo	Jun 27th, 2008 10:46:14 PM
...trying to prop up this OK film and cheerlead some interest. Admit you're Disney shills or get off the talkback. And while your at it, suck my ass. If you think this is gonna be great, you probably can't tell the qualitative difference between a film like Finding Nemo and Meet the Robinsons.
Pixar is saccharine? by bah	Jun 27th, 2008 10:50:06 PM
The Incredibles has men with guns trying to murder kids and violent on-screen human death. I suppose you're one of those who assumed Revenge of the Sith would be good because it was PG-13. It's not good unless it's DAAARRRRK!
Trailer was the least-excruciating one attached to Wall*E... by Nasty In The Pasty	Jun 27th, 2008 10:53:40 PM
...but it still looks merely okay.
bunkyboo, does MtR repeat the same scene half a dozen times like by bah	Jun 27th, 2008 10:56:32 PM
Seriously, I haven't seen Meet the Robinsons, but I recently decided Nemo may be my least favorite Pixar movie. This is mostly because the film is mostly: conversation in foreground, imposing thing appearing gradually or very suddenly in background (diver, shark, jellyfish, lantern fish, whale), lots of yelling "NO! NONONONONO!", lots of panting.
I don't usually comment on this but this was TERRIBLE by Proman1984	Jun 27th, 2008 11:16:57 PM
Absolutely terrible premise and terrible jokes.
half vader by SUPERJIM	Jun 28th, 2008 01:10:22 AM
Your right, no he wasn't confused by Buzz, didn't think to compare it to that. He should be fine with this then hopefully.
You are right bunkyboo by Johnno	Jun 28th, 2008 01:21:28 AM
But wouldn't you agree that some of us are judging this film only based on the trailer? Though I would like to say that I believe it's weird how Disney Animation trailers can market a usually typical movie well, whereas I always looked at trailers for Pixar films said, "This looks kinda boring..." and when I actually do watch them I love them! Maybe Pixar needs to get the Disney guys to cut their trailer or perhaps it's just better the way it is and I can watch 'em and be surprised...
Why is it... by CaptainTripsUK	Jun 28th, 2008 02:34:48 AM
that someone not slagging a movie, or in this case a trailer, off immediately makes them a Disney employee.. Also, too many people find it hard to be entertained anymore.. just let yourselves go folks, you might be surprised. It seems most of the people on this site these days only come here to abuse a film or trailer purely for the sake of it, and actually hate Cinema.. Try to form your own opinions people, and stop herding yourself in with the other sheep.
All American Dog? by droidonthemoon	Jun 28th, 2008 08:37:46 AM
I haven't read any of the posts yet, sorry, so time, so if someone talked about this, i'll just have to catch it later... is this All American Dog or whatever the funk it was that Chris Sanders was working on (the guy that invented Stitch) and got (for lack of a better word) fired over? It looks like they should have kept him on board if it is...
Droidonthemoon by half vader	Jun 28th, 2008 09:26:39 AM
Why on EARTH would we reply to your question when you could see (if you actually DID bother to read the other posts) that it HAS already been answered? No time? Oh dear, well I guess you're too important to hang around here then. I mean, WTF dude? The arrogance!
That Hamster cracked my shit up! by The_Red_Knight	Jun 28th, 2008 10:29:35 AM
I've never posted on this site before and I have never heard of this movie before today but all y'all are just haters. I will see this movie for nothing else than that little Fan Boy hamster. LET IT BEGIN!
Pondscum by The_Red_Knight	Jun 28th, 2008 10:50:01 AM
Hey, don't knock Hamster love till you try it for yourself. :-) Seriously though I'm not a plant (not that any one will believe me saying that) I just think this could be fun in an "Over the Hedge" kind of way. The trailers for that didn't do much for me, but then I was bored one night and went to see it at the dollar house and had a good time. The squirrel was the funniest thing in that movie. Wait Hamsters and Squirrels. Perhaps I do have a sick rodent fetish. I NEED HELP! AHHHH! :-)
Is it just me... by Rumble808	Jun 28th, 2008 04:29:44 PM
Or is the hamster a homage to Harry?
I'm up in the air by goingsomewhere8	Jun 28th, 2008 10:07:38 PM
I saw the trailer last night at wall-e and it made me laugh. But come on, if anyone saw the character design from American Dog when Chris Sanders was in control then they see how generic the animation in this is compared to the splendor it could have been.
Bolt and american dog compared by goingsomewhere8	Jun 28th, 2008 10:15:00 PM
This site has those pictures we saw a while back from american dog and what its turned into... http://tinyurl.com/3wy9fw
The Cat from Outer Space by Rupee88	Jun 29th, 2008 12:39:08 AM
Bolt reminds me of a really stupid movie that I liked as a kid. I'm sure the kids will like this one too.
Bolt looks great by T 1000 xp professional	Jun 29th, 2008 12:58:00 AM
the celebrity voices don't appear to be distracting and drawing too much attention to themselves like the other cartoon movies........ Wall-E made me really happy, Best movie i've seen this year. Thank you Pixar.
buttt it's just a trailer by T 1000 xp professional	Jun 29th, 2008 01:05:38 AM
what do i know, let's wait for the movie
Hmmm by Valin Kenobi	Jun 29th, 2008 11:00:32 PM
I almost invariably hate these things but this looks good for the genre. That hamster is pretty hardcore, I must say.
Ya know, PIXAR isn't all THAT great by Emperor_was_a_jerk	Jun 29th, 2008 11:38:40 PM
I mean they are entertaining movies and all but people talk about them as if God himself crafted each movie. I am sorta getting tired of the whole "secret life of _____" bit with PIXAR. Secret life of toys, secret life of fish, secret life of monsters, of rats of bugs of cars... all kind of the same. Okay, I get it- things we have all around us in real life have a world of their own we know nothing about. Move on to something new, shall we? That said Bolt looks pretty fun.
Why not go back to musicals? by Adelai Niska	Jun 30th, 2008 02:15:14 AM
I mean, there's no way Disney can look back at Meet the Robinsons, Chicken Little, Home on the Range, Treasure Planet, Atlantis, etc as a wave of success? Can they possibly? Disney's been going steadily downhill since Lion King
It's not so much that Pixar is great... by hopewell1	Jun 30th, 2008 03:16:32 AM
As much as it is that the rest of animation is a wasteland of uninspired garbage. Yes, anything that gives you a chuckle may have worth but most of the animated films outside of Pixar have been lazy, insipid collections of pop culture references and slapstick. Animated films used to touch, inspire, and mesmerize children. Now as long as it entertains them for an hour and a half and they learn a funny catch phrase or two, it's good enough. Skadoosh!

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