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Comment by Manuel Guardado on July 22, 2012 at 12:02pm

With the exception of Toy Story, and now Cars, i always praised Pixar for staying out of the sequel game in favor of trying out new IP. I hope this isn't a trend.

Comment by Zanjarath on July 21, 2012 at 11:44am

So...I take it Nemo gets lost again? Didn't learn much the first go round huh?

Comment by Anthony Wilson Jr on July 20, 2012 at 3:31am

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! FUCK! FUCK! FUCK!

Comment by Klatez on July 19, 2012 at 4:49pm

@Gift of the Magi I can feel your anger in your comment towards me, and I can't blame you, because I agree with you.

I will admit, I did not know about the 'firings' pre-buyout. That did kind of surprise me. But the other facts you've told me about, I did know.

Exploring the boundaries between what Disney and Pixar are united on whilst separate on others is remarkably complicated for anybody. But I think we both have a clear enough idea of what they are. Pixar do most of the making and production of the movie itself, whilst Disney does most of the selling-to-the-theatres and merchandise; but they’re both after the profits either way.

I haven't actually seen 'Brave' yet, as I'm in the UK and it doesn't release here until August. Even if it doesn’t seem to be anywhere near a classic, it seems good enough to at least provide thorough and thoughtful (albeit mediocre) entertainment.

This 'Golden Age' is undeniably over (1995 - 2010), but I am yet to deny that a new golden age may be created. The key personnel at Pixar are still there (Lasseter, Bird, Stanton, Doctor, Unkrich (and arguably, Peterson)), of which are still devoted to making great movies, despite not having as much control as they used to. So I think once these sequels are out of the way sometime around 2020, those 6 people will still make great movies again as either part of Pixar or through other studios. Even during the releases of the sequels, those personnel are making some movies which sound great (as Pete Docter's 'Into the Mind’ film sounds amazing).

So even if Pixar has hit somewhat a low-point, I’m yet to believe they’re never going to go back to their original quality (and even if they do, I’ll still stand by those people I’ve listed). The only reason I posted that previous comment was not because I wanted to make the company sound better than it is at the moment, but because I wanted to make it clear that I believe there’s still a chance that they (or at least those people) will bounce back.

Comment by Gift of the Magi on July 19, 2012 at 3:53pm

@Klatez: i think you are still thinking Pixar as a seperate entity from Disney. it isn't.

Half of Pixar's personel and management pre-buyout have been fired and released, replaced by people from their regular animation departments...including people from Circle 7. Also, Lassinder does NOT have the authority he used to.

Today's Pixar is NOT the one that created so many excellent films...that demanded excellence in every film they made. It is now fully under the Disney system of using whatever franchises they have to squeeze every cent they can out of it, regardless of how good they really are. Brave is an excellent example: great animation but the writting of a basic Dreamworks film.

The 'Golden Age' is OVER. Dead. Done. We cannot grade the new films or sequals by the old standards, as they have been stripped away. what we can expect now is a series of sequals and bare-bones originals made under the same basic storylines...written within a week for 8 year olds and those of average intelligence. If anything, this gives other animation studios a chance to make up ground. We can safely treat 'Pixar' as nothing more than the same-old average Disney Studios kiddie films.

And FYI, I thought Finding Nemo to be the second weakest of the old Pixar films, with Cars as the bottom feeder of the bunch. Not terrible...just boring and overly bright to the point of hurting the eyes. And JESUS was Ellen's character ANNOYING!

Comment by Klatez on July 19, 2012 at 12:32pm

@Phantom305 Look at my previous comment, you'll see what's telling you that.

Comment by Phantom305 on July 19, 2012 at 11:55am

Another Part 2....I hate to say it, but something tells me that Pixar's Golden Age is over. 

Comment by Charles on July 19, 2012 at 11:39am

Thank GOD!! This is by far my favoruite Pixar movie. The first one was absolutely hysterical.

Comment by Klatez on July 19, 2012 at 11:29am

I've noticed a lot of comments have been circling this idea that Pixar has been struck ill with Sequel-itis (i.e. running out of original ideas therefore turning to older ideas to continue the money-making franchises). However, I've done some digging and there's a deeper story to this.

Back in 2006, Disney created a division named 'Circle 7 Animation', who were going to make a sequel to every Pixar film from that year & before with or without their permission. Nicknamed 'Pixaren't' they already had a drafted script for 'Finding Nemo 2'

Thankfully, Disney and Pixar came to an agreement during their acquisition that scrapped Circle 7 entirely and gave Pixar back the rights to their films.

Look here, this will tell you in much more detail.

That sounded all well and done, but Pixar have now made the sequels Toy Story 3, cars 2 and Monsters University since that acquisition. It would seem that deep within the contract, Pixar, though now with creative control, are now forced by Disney to make these sequels.

So don't think Pixar have run out of ideas, because as I've just explained above, it's not their choice. It's just their contract.

Comment by Mike on July 19, 2012 at 9:48am

Stanton will be "Finding a new Job" soon.

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