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Is Pixar 3D crap?

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Compared to real handdrawn cartoons? Yes. Soulless, uniform, factory-produced crap.

>factory-produced crap.

Wait until you find out how hand-drawn animation is made.

A quick Google shows that hand drawn animation has been outsourced since the 60s.

Yes. Mostly to high-volume animation sweatshops, aka "soulless, uniform factory production."

Did someone say factory-produced? I love the classical animations too, but you are aware of this right?: https://youtu.be/hjmaOj3_sKk

:^)

Looks like it was mainly Robin Hood that was taking the cheap way out. And Aristocats? I think that was during a low point of Disney animations.

Here’s a comprehensive overview, including both the full length movies that you saw in that YouTube video and a lot of shorter animations that were reused.

https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_recycled_animation_in...

Definitely something they did quite a bit more than just a couple of times.

Not saying there’s anything “wrong” with that per se btw. Just found it relevant to the discussion about comparing modern animation to factory output.

From a technical and artistic perspective, I can’t think of much to criticize. I think of us as fortunate to have such incredible accomplishments in story telling and presentation.

There are modern 3d movies I particularly dislike and many I don’t like or love. I just don’t agree that the medium is innately lacking.

Now get off my lawn!

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