Originally Posted By utahjosh The new title has been announced for the Finding Nemo sequel: Finding Dory. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151620182860695&set=a.170390770694.150273.35098570694&type=1
Originally Posted By mawnck And my sequel: Losing Interest. Loved Dory to pieces. Ellen DeGeneris was brilliant. But ain't nothing special about Pixar any more. I'm only marginally more excited about this than I am about the sequel to Rio.
Originally Posted By EighthDwarf Oh good, another sequel. I am sensing a pattern after Disney took over Pixar. Call it a dismaying observation for the disquieting metamorphosis.
Originally Posted By LindsayC I’m kind of hoping that someone is trying to be clever in linking the forgetful Dory and that yesterday was April fool... However. Clever left the building a long long long time ago. So is this it for Pixar? Seems like it to me.
Originally Posted By Manfried Are these sequels actually being produced? Or is it a lack of imagination. And consider this dismaying observation. These movies are being made with no plot and no story. Which leaves you with this chilling challenge. To find something original at the movies. Bwah ha ha ha ha...Of course, there's always my idea. (lightning sound effect) Don't go to the movies at all.
Originally Posted By utahjosh I'm okay with the sequels as long as they are quality. Toy Story 2 and 3 were brilliant. Cars, 2, not so much. I have high hopes for Monsters University and Finding Dory. I still have faith in Pixar to produce great films with Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur, and the Dia De Los Muertos movie.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Such a clever title. : / Wonder how many levels of management that had to go through. On the bright side, at least it's not 'Finding Nemo 2' Imagine if they were giving 'Jaws' a title in this day and age. It would be decided based on surveys and market research, that 'The Attack of the Great White Shark' would make better sense as the title of the movie. Or maybe just 'Shark Attack' :/
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 It is a little dismaying that PIXAR is producing so many sequels, but honestly the only one I found awful and a cash-in was Cars 2. I'll reserve judgement on Monsters University, but the trailers don't have me hooked. I absolutely LOVED Toy Story 2 and 3 though, so there is still hope for me. And, PIXAR's sequelitis isn't quite as bad as Dreamworks or Blue Sky. We've even had sequels to underdogs like Open Season and Hoodwinked. So, I'm not quite willing to give up on PIXAR quite yet.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Oh, and I really liked Dory, so I'm not mad. However, if it's "finding" Dory...then does that mean we don't see her for most of the movie and have to hear Marlin whine about her the whole time?
Originally Posted By mawnck >>Imagine if they were giving 'Jaws' a title in this day and age. It would be decided based on surveys and market research, that 'The Attack of the Great White Shark' would make better sense as the title of the movie.<< No, Disney would've gone with Jaws. See also: Tangled, Frozen, Brave, and also Dopey, Sneezy, Happy and Grumpy. >>We've even had sequels to underdogs like Open Season and Hoodwinked.<< I wasn't kidding about the sequel to Rio. It's on the way.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Oh, I know you weren't kidding about the Rio sequel. There's also Despicable Me 2, and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 coming out this summer. So, yeah...if it's even a minor success, expect a sequel. How to Train Your Dragon is getting one too.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I liked Finding Nemo. I thought that Dory was one of the best characters in the film. But there's nothing about this announcement that leaves me even remotely excited. Bob Iger's modus operandi strikes again, giving us yet another sequel that really doesn't need to be made. It's nice that he announced his retirement years in advance, so that he could reap the cash benefits of the sequels without having to deal with the longterm damage to the brand. >>However, if it's "finding" Dory...then does that mean we don't see her for most of the movie and have to hear Marlin whine about her the whole time?<< I would rather listen to Marlin for 90 minutes than Dory. While Dory is a really fun character, she works great in small doses. I'm not sure if I could deal with 90 minutes of Ellen's trademark rambling and/or whale noises, most of which would be done in monologue since she's apparently lost by herself in the ocean.
Originally Posted By utahjosh Can I just say that I loved Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs? While the art direction isn't the greatest, and the story is so-so, it has me laughing and smiling more than any other recent animated film. It seems the other studios are releasing several sequels for their features, no matter how good they were. At least Pixar is taking its time and not rushing out a sequel or spinoff for every character.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 I enjoyed Cloudy as well, and was very surprised how much I liked the first Despicable Me. Seeing the trailer for DM2, I actually think it could be good too. We'll see. Cloudy 2, I'm not sure about, but at least it looks the same and the voice cast is back.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>How to Train Your Dragon<< A great movie. There are other books in the series, I just have no idea how they tie into the movie or if the sequel is based on them.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 I'm not sure either. They made an animated "Dragons" series that airs on Cartoon Network, and it continues the story. I don't know if any of the episodes of that series use plot points from the books or not though. It's actually not a bad series, and there's an overall story arc that connects all of the episodes together. So, something happening in one affects things in later episodes. Certainly better than the Penguins of Madagascar series...speaking of them, they are getting a theatrical movie too, as if we hadn't seen enough of the Madagascar crew...
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Oh, and the other day I saw that Nickelodeon is going to air a "Monsters vs. Aliens" series now. That seems weird since the movie came out a while ago...it's not exactly fresh. So, Dreamworks makes film sequels and TV spinoffs of it's properties.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>I'm not sure if I could deal with 90 minutes of Ellen's trademark rambling and/or whale noises<< I will go on a murderous rampage if they have a whale-speak joke in this movie. Murderous, I tell ya. >>So, Dreamworks makes film sequels and TV spinoffs of it's properties.<< Well yeah. It used to be that Disney and Pixar were the ones that DIDN'T do that. Thems was the days.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA It's interesting to me that my favorite Pixar movies are 'The Incredibles' 'UP' and 'Wall-E' And the trend for Pixar seems to be to not do those types of movies anymore. weird....
