Will 2D animated features ever make a return?
Only ironically, like Enchanted.
>>78460063
Nope, not cost effective.
>>78460097
Isn't Europe still making them?
And there's this "Hububaloo" thing?
Probably not. Someday technology will get to the point where it can accurately mimic everything hand-drawn animation can, but at a fraction of the cost and effort. Then hand-drawn animation will be completely obsolete.
Well eventually we'll hit a retro trend where people like 2D for a while because it's a throwback but it will never genuinely become desired by audiences. 3D is the new normal.
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>not watching the El Dorado sequel
Why does Dreamworks always look like the far right?
Never.
Thats like telling the current music industry to release on Casettes.
>>78460481
>right
I mean left
>freudian slip
>>78460502
vinyl had a good year actually
>>78460502
But that's more to do with technology than the medium
>>78460162
I've seen many attempts at 3D trying to replicate 2D and it never looks good.
>>78460502
That's such a dumb analogy
>>78460063
Not if you faggots don't back Dragon's Lair.
Sure as fuck hope so, even if it's just 3D that mimics 2D really well.
I hate 3D cartoons visually so much most of the time, most Pixar/Dreamworks styles at least, I like a lot of videogame CGI and don't know why 3D cartoons can't be more like that instead of the usual styles you see.
>>78460765
Really, anyone know why your average recent videogame cutscene like say from the Batman Arkham Games or GTA5 look better (or at least different) than your average cartoon show/movie CGI?
>>78460141
Yes.
SAmerica too.
>>78460873
Like, I don't know why the american industry didn't take cues from Advent Children which is from like 10 fucking years ago and still looks better than recent stuff like How to Train your Dragon.
>>78460744
should have thought of that before picking a meh franchise like Dragon's Lair.
I hope.
The Lion King re-release showed that good films can be a success be CG or 2D.
>>78460921
people wanted cartoons to look a certain way
they wanted to replicate that way into CGI
>animate every fucking eyelash and texture!
>but simplify shapes because muh 2D
>>78460921
Because Advent Children was a massive flop.
>>78460921
>>78460921
advent children bombed
>>78460744
Yeah honestly I'd support anything Don Bluth if it wasn't fucking dragons lair.
>>78460063
because studios think that kids prefer cgi
You know, 3D doesn't HAVE to be shitty and repulsive all the time but even at its best I still prefer 2D. I don't know why these kind of trends have to exist almost to spite people like me, sometimes I really wonder if companies (not just cartoon companies but other stuff like wrestling and comics) are doing this kind of shit just to fuck with people like me whose general scope of interest lies in 90's/early 00's stuff, trying to intentionally alienate me or something.
Cg has turned me off to the last couple of Disney movies
>>78461664
>>78461754
I don't think anyone is trying to say that 3D looks better/worse than 2D I just hate the fact that 2D just isn't being made anymore, as much as I love recent cg movies like HTTYD and am looking forward to Zootopia I still think there is a place for traditional animation.
>>78460502
Only if cassettes are a million times more difficult and time consuming to create and 99% of the audience can't even tell the difference
I still genuinely feel like 3D/CGI is kind of a fad that will definitely never disappear or anything but WILL go down in popularity at some point in the next 10 years or so.
>>78460063
I remember playing the videogame of that years before I actually watched the movie and it being kinda boring but still somehow enjoyable point and click game.
>>78460063
No.
It's an archaic pain in the ass way of making a movie.
it may have a fuck ton of charm and look cool.
but it's just too outdated.
it's literally just like a steam locomotive.
>>78463443
How is it outdated?
>>78463443
Artistic mediums don't become outdated you cretin.
It's like saying pen and paper is outdated because you have a typewriter. It's nonsense.
I can't believe El Dorado was like the only Dreamworks cartoon that was a flop.
>>78463717
That's a bad comparison because pen and paper isn't really an artistic medium, just tools to create those mediums, and it IS becoming outdated.
No.
What might happen is that production technology becomes sophisticated enough that convincing pseudo-2d works can be produced profitably/at far higher quality with smaller amounts of capital.Don't hold your breath.
>>78464102
But that kind of tech already exists and there's some short showcasing it, some kind of noir-themed short, and it will just become more and more refined.
>>78464063
Moot point. photoshop exists. 2D art and animation is a timeless medium and will never be 'outdated'. Fall out of fashion maybe, but that is not the same thing.
>>78464203
They still drew frames by hand. They just merged it with 3D for the end result
>>78463443
>It's an archaic pain in the ass way of making a movie.
I get the feeling you have never actually done it before
Road to El Dorado is my favorite movie. I love it so fucking much.
>>78460127
>Nope, not cost effective.
Aren't 2D films cheaper to make?
>>78464063
>pen and paper isn't really an artistic medium
No, that's literally what a medium is you retard.
>mediums
The plural is "media," retard.
>it IS becoming outdated
And that's why it's still used by all people regularly in their lives?
>>78463443
Outdated is usually used when retards can't think of "obsolete", which, artistic mediums don't become obsolete. That painting still looks nice and just because you can replicate a similar product with computer software doesn't mean paint and canvas is obsolete. It's an idiotic notion and one of the reasons 2d is dead because of idiots like you.
3D is meh and it's getting to the point where they might as well just make live action films instead.
>>78460063
Sadly not, much to my dismay.
Why did 2D theatrical releases die out? Was it really more expensive or did people just start hating 2D animation overnight?
>>78460063
If it does, 90% of the credits will be Koreans.
>>78460063
>Inb4 this thread turns into a Chel porn thread.
>>78460063
Yeah DC one or two every year
>>78465667
It was never more expensive, quite the contrary. They just stopped selling. ALL animated theatrical releases stopped selling, actually. You could write a thesis speculating as to the histories, the reasoning, the anomalous successes despite or perhaps because of their time (such as Shrek), and how valid the current corporate superstition that "2D animation just doesn't sell anymore" is. But suffice to say it that's just how things are and no one wants to try for another Princess and the Frog.
Also the Western stigma of "cartoons are just for kids" with few exceptions is just as strong as ever (and only slightly less strong in CGI cartoons), but that's been going on a LONG time.
My problem with modern 3D animation is the anime style gigantic eyes.
I think the anime style gigantic eyes is the reason why stuff like frozen was so successful in Japan.
>>78463443
Jokes on you faggot, there's a steam engine still active in my state
>>78465471
On entry costs, no. But on the long term, yes.
>>78460502
>the current music industry
no such thing
My question is why do major animated movies from Dreamworks and Pixar and Disney look so fucking repulsive.
3D can actually look gorgeous, but all of those studios seem to be obsessed with making 3D have cartoony character designs in a hyper realistic world with hyper realistic textures. It looks awful. I didn't see The Good Dinosaur because the style made me want to throw up with how fucking ugly it looked.
