Yesterday, Walt Disney Animation Studios dropped D.I.Y. Duck on its Youtube channel. Its actual runtime is two and a half minutes, but heck, it's something.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjSIofvEJhI
Followed by another minute of making of, confirming that it's at least MOSTLY hand drawn animation; some digital aid is to be expected.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncEza6z_SwE
Today, seemingly unrelated and unprompted, Warner Bros put out a short clip, not necessarily an actual trailer, for The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, rescued by GFM Animation from David Zaslav's tax writeoff streak and presented as the one Looney Tunes project allowed to advance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hafVN4-1cxU
Just something that happened to catch my attention. Interesting that hand drawn 2D animation is quite suddenly a subject of interest to both of these media giants at roughly the same time. Maybe Coyote vs Acme will get dredged up next? That seems to have been the primary focal point this year that led to someone paying WB enough to trying out the Porky and Daffy movie after all.
As for what Disney's goals are, I have no idea. Once a king in animation, now taking baby steps like recovering from a disability and needing to relearn the art all over again. A long way from even getting enough footing to do something on the level of The Princess and the Frog, much less the 90's golden age.
It's something to think about in between ragewatching The Acolyte episodes or whatever you all have been doing these days.
Apathy is the opposite of Fandom, not hate.
Mild disgust as I look away; nothing more.
Ignoring that this is Disney, I wish they'd had the painted backgrounds like in the older cartoons, but it's nice that 2D animation is coming back.
DIY Duck was pretty good, old school Disney with a modern feeling, and not a single rainbow flag in sight.
I'm genuinely excited for The Day the Earth Blew Up. A fully traditional feature film is hype!
I can appreciate the animation, but sadly it's at the service of an uninspired and unoriginal short.
No one is rage-watching Disney productions. Haven't even finished the Mandalorian. It's become a chore to watch this garbage and as soon as I see one of those privileged coddle-minority group actors/actresses, I immediately zone out. Can't even watch the second season of 'Foundation'.
The more 'bossy black ladies' they introduce to the world of television, the higher the barrier becomes.
The movie that the Emperor's New Groove came from was mostly finished before an executive told them to restart again. They still have everything for that movie. With a bit of AI for the inbetweens, and 30 guys for color, you could have it ready in two months.
I realized that while I was still living in Seattle. I've told one of the old animators about it, and he laughed pretty bitterly about it.