What the hell makes Titanic an epic?!
It's VERY VERY LONG.
She's terse. I can be terse. Once in flight school, I was laconic.
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Jessica - Jun 18, 2008 7:46:29 am PDT #6532 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Frankenbuddha - Jun 18, 2008 7:48:25 am PDT #6533 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Mostly I was amazed that they had "animation" and "epic" as genres. @@
And "horror" isn't. Or doesn't make top 10 genres. Or something. @@@@@@@@@@@
What the hell makes Titanic an epic?!
The size of James Cameron's ego?
Jessica - Jun 18, 2008 7:49:35 am PDT #6534 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
AFI defines "animated" as a genre in which the film's images are primarily created by computer or hand and the characters are voiced by actors.
AFI defines "sports" as a genre of films with protagonists who play athletics or other games of competition.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 18, 2008 7:50:56 am PDT #6535 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
the characters are voiced by actors.
As opposed to...?
sumi - Jun 18, 2008 7:53:01 am PDT #6536 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Robots? Zombies?
amych - Jun 18, 2008 7:54:50 am PDT #6537 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
As opposed to...?
Un-snarkily for a moment, a lot of truly great European animation has little or no dialogue at all. And a hell of a lot more stylistic variety than the nothing but Disney/Pixar list that AFI came up with.
§ ita § - Jun 18, 2008 8:04:58 am PDT #6538 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Un-snarkily for a moment, a lot of truly great European animation has little or no dialogue at all. And a hell of a lot more stylistic variety than the nothing but Disney/Pixar list that AFI came up with.
But it's still animation, no?
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jun 18, 2008 8:10:14 am PDT #6539 of 10000
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Crikey, that was some chattiness...
Genndy is now working on a Dark Crystal sequel for Henson.
Last I heard this project's development had slowed to a crawl. That may be old news, I'm not sure.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 18, 2008 8:11:35 am PDT #6540 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
What the hell makes Titanic an epic?!
The number of teenage girls who wrote about Leonardo DiCaprio in their diaries after seeing it?
amych - Jun 18, 2008 8:19:11 am PDT #6541 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
But it's still animation, no?
I certainly think so. AFI's definition says otherwise.