Originally Posted By magic0214 Just curious if it has vanished or not...if its still on I hope Eleanor Rigby is in it...love that song!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I got a VHS of it about 10 or so years ago, so it should still be around. I haven't really paid any attention (since it's really not that great), but I haven't heard anything about a DVD release. I would assume there's been one, but you might have to do some hunting to find it. It looks like it may be on YouTube in pieces if you can't find it elsewhere. Not the best film ever created, but definitely worth checking out, especially if you like the Beatles. Great music, interesting visuals, and not much plot. But if you go in with those expectations, you should enjoy it.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Ferret, magic is talking about a new version of 'Yellow Submarine' -- Here's a link in wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Submarine_%282012_film%29" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y..._film%29</a> The rumors seem to provide a lot of 'on again' - 'off again' stuff...
Originally Posted By leemac Nope - it is listed as being in production on IMDB Pro. Still has a January 2012 release date. I believe it is even using the same script as the original so it should be nearly identical except it is mo-cap. This will be Zemeckis' third movie for Disney under his current ImageMovers Digital deal (the second is due out shortly - Mars Needs Moms).
Originally Posted By mawnck >>I haven't really paid any attention (since it's really not that great)<< Bite thine tongue, knave. The music and the visuals are the whole point - overwhelming any story deficiencies that it might have. I recall reading that they had completed ... COMPLETED ... about a half hour of the movie before they even came up with the story line. They were a small commercial studio who decided, on their own, that they were going to try and make Yellow Submarine an artistic achievement, rather than the feature-length Beatles TV Show episode United Artists was expecting. Budget be durned. Which is why the remake of Yellow Submarine seems to me to be such a lousy idea. Zemeckis is on crack if he thinks his motion capture silliness is going to come anywhere close to the artistic standard set by the original visuals. It's poster art ... totally two dimensional. Just try and imagine a Blue Meanie in CGI motion capture. Yucch. There was a DVD release of the original a lonnnng time ago, probably about the time you got your VHS. If your copy had "Hey Bulldog" as one of the songs, that was the most recent version. An earlier VHS release used the American edit that doesn't include that song. Being so visual-centric, the movie loses a lot when cropped to 4 x 3 and shown from a VHS tape. IIRC, the DVD was at least letterboxed.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <(the second is due out shortly - Mars Needs Moms).> Just saw the preview again last night (remembered that I saw it during the previews for 'Tron: Legacy') and it looks terrible.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox I'm confused. ImageMovers was closed last year, after work on Mars Needs Moms completed. Then a handful of ImageMovers employees started Atomic Fiction last month, over in E-Ville: <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/imagemovers-employees-launch-atomic-fiction-72170" target="_blank">http://www.hollywoodreporter.c...on-72170</a> The article mentions nothing about YS moving forward at this time. Is Atomic Fiction taking over YS for Disney? I can't find any current info on this project still being active.
Originally Posted By avimagine The only thing about IMDB is at one point Quantum Leap the movie and Enders Game where listed as in production with a due out date. As far as I know both of these are off the burners completely.
Originally Posted By magic0214 "I'm confused. ImageMovers was closed last year, after work on Mars Needs Moms completed. Then a handful of ImageMovers employees started Atomic Fiction last month, over in E-Ville" That's what I don't get either! How can you make a movie at IMD if the place has closed? Did they get the filming done before they closed?
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <The music and the visuals are the whole point > Well, that and the wordplay.
Originally Posted By Bellella Why in the world would they cut "Hey Bulldog" out of "Yellow Submarine" in any version of the film? That song rocked!!! (Although I'm not too fond of the animated sequence.) Boy, I'll tell you. If they can do the same effects with this movie as they did with "A Christmas Carol"- just picture it. John and George BFTD, only with different voices. Do Paul and Ringo know about this, and are they recording their real speaking voices for this one?
Originally Posted By mawnck >>Why in the world would they cut "Hey Bulldog" out of "Yellow Submarine" in any version of the film?<< The movie was too long for the American distributor's liking, and Hey Bulldog was the most superfluous segment. They only had to animate a few new scenes of the "Beatles battle" to bridge the gap in the storyline. >>Do Paul and Ringo know about this, and are they recording their real speaking voices for this one?<< They didn't for the first one. The Beatles' only involvement was to toss songs at it, and to appear in the short live action scene at the end. They weren't expecting it to be any good, and wanted to stay as far away from it as possible. (Too bad they didn't do the same for Magical Mystery Tour.) The live action scene was very last minute, after the Beatles realized that the film wasn't going to suck. So last minute that the animators didn't have time to do the planned animation for the background. So the Beatles ended up doing the scene in front of a blank screen. The current project wouldn't be going forward if Paul, Ringo, Yoko and Olivia hadn't given it the thumbs up.
Originally Posted By Tony C To quote Moe Szlak, not no more it ain't <a href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsmoviecricket/51436032-66/zemeckis-disney-hollywood-reporter.html.csp" target="_blank">http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/b...html.csp</a>
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Yellow Submarine -- GONE! "Mars Needs Moms" again, like "Christmas Carol" and "Polar Express" just looks weird. So often, it looks like we're watching a group of animatronic figures try to act together. I read that Seth Green plays the part of the kid in 'Mars Needs Moms' -- why?
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <Why did Andy Serkis play Gollum or King Kong?> That's your answer to my question?
Originally Posted By mawnck >>Yellow Submarine -- GONE!<< He can still take it to another studio. Remember, Gnomeo and Juliet was canceled, dead, buried, history, gone, pass the butter and jelly it's toast as well. And yet it's playing at a theater near you.
Originally Posted By Tony C <<That's your answer to my question?>> Sorry I had to tend something before I could fully answer. Maybe because the producers thought Green was the best person to get down the physical aspects of the character. I haven't seen the movie(ok nobody has) but it seems there was a lot of running and jumping required in role which maybe a child actor could physically perform. Which is why Andy Serkis was hired as Gollum and King Kong because he was able to handle the physical aspects.
Originally Posted By Tony C Also I read an article that Green did provide the voice but sounded like a 35 year old man which he is.
