Originally Posted By Doobie This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest.asp?ID=492" target="_blank">The Latest: Latest: The End of All 2-D Aniimation?</a>
Originally Posted By seanyoda I just read the story on <a href="http://www.cartoonbrew.com/" target="_blank">http://www.cartoonbrew.com/</a> and came over to LP to see if someone had posted it. So, DisneyToon Australia's final DTV feature will be "Cinderella 3". What a sad way to bow out.
Originally Posted By ctdsnark If Disney chooses to completely turn its back on 2-D,or "traditional" animation,that will be the single biggest mistake in the history of the company. End. Of. Story.
Originally Posted By idleHands While I've had more than enough of this D2V crapfest, I'm disheartened that traditional animation will be no more at Disney. :^( Gives a whole new meaning to "going down under."
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle This seems crazy to me - and very sad. I can't understand what they're thinking, why does it have to be all or nothing? They don't even know if their 3D animated movies (without Pixar) will be popular. A nicemix of 2D and 3D movies in the future seems like it would be the way to go.
Originally Posted By arstogas Sigh. It's not over yet. Trust me. Sometimes the bear just hibernates... he's only dead if he's stinking up the place. And even then...
Originally Posted By Donald75 Disney giving up 2D animation I hear that McDonalds will no longer be selling hamburgers. Nike has gone into the cake making business. Coke is going to start making new coke again :-D
Originally Posted By Imagineer This Let's face it. If Disney isn't restored in 5 or more years say goodbye to the Disney Company forever. All will be lost and Disney will just fade away. The writing is on the wall, just take time to read it. "Disney" is really the "Eisner Corporation", which will now be run by Iger.
Originally Posted By monkeys_uncle yeah right, disney would survive a nuclear holocost. even if disney no longer made movies at all, people would still be familiar with their catalog. disney closing the austrailia studio doesnt say "no more 2-D" to me! it says "No more crappy DTV's or at least less of them!" I agree with arstogas.
Originally Posted By idleHands <<disney closing the austrailia studio doesnt say "no more 2-D" to me! it says "No more crappy DTV's or at least less of them!">> It actually says, "No more Australian DTV. Hello, Asia." DisneyToon is moving to Asia, to save Disney $40-50 mil each year. Read all about it: <a href="http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/articles/showarticle.php?ID=1569" target="_blank">http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb /articles/showarticle.php?ID=1569</a>
Originally Posted By Donald75 I am glad to hear that this isn't the end. Gives some hope for feature animation coming back to 2D. Dont get me wrong I love the computer stuff but there is just so much artistry in traditional 2D that I don't think can be duplicated by a computer.
Originally Posted By narkspud >>DisneyToon is moving to Asia<< More accurately, Disney is now going to outsource EVERYTHING except CGI (and don't kid yourself . . . their day's a-comin'). In short, there is no longer a "Disney animation" when it comes to 2D. There are only "other companies that Disney hires to do animation." They're the same companies that do the outsourced stuff for Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network.
Originally Posted By Jim in Pasadena CA Hey, if 2-D animation means 'Treasure Planet' 'Atlantis' 'Brother Bear' and 'Home on the Range' then maybe Disney should take a break from traditionally drawn for a while. Think about it. Regroup. See if there's a new approach to hand-drawn animation. But gone forever? Don't think so. As soon as CGI animated features have run their course [and they will run their course], Disney will have another sort of renaissance, and we'll be drooling at all the new techniques. Oh yeah, and all the animatiors who have been displaced will come back to work for Disney. As a side bar, in that same link, there was someone lamenting the fact that TV Guide is changing it's format from a digest size magazine to a full-size magazine. What a horrible idea, they say -- it's the magazine equivalent of New Coke, the person cries. Could <a href="http://www.TV_Guide_is_changing_size_and_magazines_are_going_into_the_toilet.com" target="_blank">http://www.TV_Guide_is_changin g_size_and_magazines_are_going_into_the_toilet.com</a> be far behind?
Originally Posted By electra you know whats sad...I couldnt really care less anymore. So instead of so so quality Dtv's we'll get really bottom of the barrel cheapoid Dtv's. Meh...
Originally Posted By arstogas >>>It actually says, "No more Australian DTV. Hello, Asia."<<< Thank you. I thought folks would understand that this was obvious. As for the CG being contracted out - here's where a lot of it going: India.
