reiher@UCLA-LOCUS.ARPA (07/12/84)
From: Peter Reiher <reiher@UCLA-LOCUS.ARPA> I, for one, would much prefer that Bakshi didn't even know about Burrough's Mars books, unless, of course, he was willing to put up several miilion dollars of bond money to guarantee that he *fully* animated it, rather than taking the shabby shortcuts he's so fond of. Rotoscoping, tinting old film footage, and skimping on the backgrounds are not my idea of good animation. Personally, what with the improvements made with models and puppets, I'd much prefer to see these books done as live action, since no one will shell out the money to animate them well. Peter Reiher reiher@ucla-cs.arpa
arnold@gatech.UUCP (Fred Fortran) (07/16/84)
> From: Peter Reiher <reiher@UCLA-LOCUS.ARPA> > > I, for one, would much prefer that Bakshi didn't even know about Burrough's > Mars books, unless, of course, he was willing to put up several miilion > dollars of bond money to guarantee that he *fully* animated it, rather than > taking the shabby shortcuts he's so fond of. Rotoscoping, tinting old > film footage, and skimping on the backgrounds are not my idea of good > animation. Personally, what with the improvements made with models and > puppets, I'd much prefer to see these books done as live action, since no > one will shell out the money to animate them well. > > Peter Reiher The only movie I have seen by Bakshi is the recent "Fire and Ice", which I thought was quite good. When I originally posted the idea of Bakshi doing Burroughs, it was with the idea in mind that he do it the same way as he did "Fire and Ice." Not flaming, just clarifying my original idea... (I understand that his earlier movies weren't as good). I would also like to see the stories animated fully: A single movie per Martian book (although the 2nd and 3rd sort of go together). Some of the things I had in mind were the green Martians, the martian cities, John Carter's strength and ability to jump 50 feet.... -- Arnold Robbins CSNET: arnold@gatech ARPA: arnold%gatech.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa UUCP: { akgua, allegra, ihnp4 }!gatech!arnold Save the Arithmetic IF!