REMINDER THAT LAIKA’S FIRST FILM SOLELY PRODUCED BY THEIR STUDIO HAD TWO FEMALE CHARACTERS AS THEIR ANTAGONIST AND PROTAGONIST WHO, BY SOME FORM OF DEVIL MAGIC, HAVE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FACES
REMINDER THAT LAIKA’S SECOND FILM NOT ONLY CONSISTED OF A CAST WITH FOUR CENTRAL FEMALE CHARACTERS BUT INCLUDED AN ENTIRE TOWN OF DIVERSE CITIZENS OF VARYING RACE, GENDER, AND AGE. LIKE A NORMAL TOWN HAS.
REMINDER THAT LAIKA’S THIRD FILM FEATURED SAME SEX COUPLES IN THEIR TEASER TRAILER
REMINDER THAT THIS IS ALL STOP-MOTION SO EVERY CHARACTER WAS DESIGNED, MODELED, SCULPTED, RIGGED, AND EVEN HAD TINY CLOTHES SEWED FOR THEM.
also reminder that they make chump change compared to disney who whines and cries that in all their years of experience they can’t handle the prospect of animating a girl with a face different than the rest and that it’s “too hard” because only females can express such a wide range of emotions that it makes them difficult to animate
if a studio with 20-30 years of experience can manage this then SURELY an established studio with NEAR 100 YEARS of experience can maybe, just maybe, include a female that ISN’T a part of their formula
You know what sucks? The fact that the success of children’s movies is measured by the degree of adult willingness to spend money on them….not by the enjoyment that came from the actual audience: children.
Here’s to you:
Road to El Dorado
Treasure Planet Atlantis
Sinbad
Prince of Egypt
Iron Giant
Emperor’s New Groove
I’ll never forget our adventures.Â
This is actually true parents are the ones who pay for their kids to go to movies, especially younger kids. And if you watch these movies now you’ll be like “HOLY CRAP WHY DIDNT I SEE THIS WHEN I WAS A KID?!” Because your parents. That’s why “Treasure Planet”, one of my favorite animated movies ever that took Disney 10 FRIGGING YEARS TO MAKE, was labeled as one of Disney’s largest losses because no one wanted to take their child to see a sci-fi movie that was completely different from the usually Princes classics that sold so much better.Â
