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Comment by VinnyLT on March 1, 2012 at 9:29pm

Cars 2... nuff said

Comment by Gift of the Magi on May 4, 2010 at 6:08pm

Every animation studio has its Golden Age. I guess Pixar's is over.

Comment by Brak Please on May 1, 2010 at 2:33am

I have a three strike rule when it comes to companies like Pixar. So far they have hit nothing but home runs with the exception of Cars (which was not a bad movie at all, just not Pixar quality). So with no strikes against them they have my attention for at least 3 or 4 more years.

Comment by KarthXLR on April 30, 2010 at 4:54pm

As long as they're all high in quality, I could care less what they release.

Comment by The JP on April 30, 2010 at 2:47am

This is the first time I'm hearing anything about Newt and Brave. I can see why you'd be worried, but I think it'll only be fair to judge Pixar's grip on things only AFTER Toy Story 3. We've seen how well they can make a sequel (Toy Story 2) let's see if they can patch together a perfectly good trilogy. I'd say to wait for Toy Story 3, and if it's crap, bite your fingernails and get ready for a few years of some ole' bullshit.

Comment by Gene Arnold on April 29, 2010 at 6:37pm

@Dakotah
I think it's Brad Bird's live action (no joke) version of 1906 San Fransisco earthquake.

Comment by Gene Arnold on April 29, 2010 at 6:29pm

It makes me mad, that Newt is canceled. Really excited for it

Comment by Dakotah Salazar on April 29, 2010 at 6:14pm

Nah, it won't be a fail, but i got a question, the company was making something else called "1906" in 2012, huh? Can someone tell me, i looked it up on IMDB.

Comment by Don Panini on April 29, 2010 at 5:25pm

FM: Look at the bright side of life, you might not have made it to Pixar, but at least you now own a fancy Iron Man Helmet

Staff Comment by Fungusmonkey on April 29, 2010 at 11:47am

As someone who was on track to work at Pixar (before I had to leave art school for financial reasons) and still knows a few animators and TD's there, I can tell you for a fact that Pixar is no longer what it used to be. When Disney parked their armored cars full of cash on Pixar's front lawn and bought them out, it was like whiplash - suddenly, the film studio that used to value original stories above all else became Disney v2.0, even lending to a lot of the artists there nicknaming it "Pixaren't".

They originally told them that it would be business as usual and that Disney wouldn't be stepping in to change things, but within a few weeks they starting pulling animators off of new projects and starting their own agenda. Animators who were working with cutting edge animation were suddenly re-composing scenes from Toy Story 1 (which used outdated technology and is a 15 year old film) so that Disney could make a quick buck by re-releasing it in 3D. Then, they pulled more off to start working on Toy Story II in 3D. Then they announced that they would be doing Toy Story 3, then they announced Cars 2, then they announced Monsters, Inc 2 (which I've known about for months and months), and so on. They're actually pushing back productions of new films, just so that they can fill their pocketbooks with sequel money.

As a result, they're currently hemorrhaging talent. A lot of the really talented animators who have been there for years are leaving for other companies, or simply quitting to find something else. The overall feeling in the company (at least according to my friends) is that it's the end of an era, and they don't like what the company represents now. As Pixar animators are leaving, Disney is replacing them with their own animators from their failed 3D animation company.

Hope that helps explain the whole fiasco. :)

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