Disney Dumps Elton John project

16th April 2006, 10:40 AM

Interesting little piece of news. So it seems that John Lasseter and Ed
Catmull are weeding out the Disney's animation garden. After the demise
of "Circle 7 Animation", here's another project that's sidetracked to
the back seats.

Looks like someone is making a lot of space on Disney's animators desks.
Can you smell a big project comming in?

16th April 2006, 01:18 PM

Derek Janssen wrote:

> Toubrouk wrote:
>
>> Interesting little piece of news. So it seems that John Lasseter and
>> Ed Catmull are weeding out the Disney's animation garden. After the
>> demise of "Circle 7 Animation", here's another project that's
>> sidetracked to the back seats.
>
>
> As the inside story has it, John and Ed looked at the current story
> reels, and at the end asked "Why are we making this?"
>
> No one had an answer.

(Eerie and sinister music went on)

Shaking like a leaf, one of the member of the late "Circle 7" raise his
hand.

-Yes?, answer John Lasseter

-I know but I am afraid to tell...

-Spit it. I want to know why Disney Studios are thinking of producing
such pieces of .

-I can't! They will get me!!

-Come-on man! Grow a spine and tell us Why suck lousy ideas are there!

- IT'S THE BEAN-COUNTERS!!! THEY MAKE US DO IT!!!

(Screams in the backround and people fainting, hitting the floor)

-Well... Looks like we came in just in time.

16th April 2006, 02:37 PM

Toubrouk wrote:
>>
>>> Interesting little piece of news. So it seems that John Lasseter and
>>> Ed Catmull are weeding out the Disney's animation garden. After the
>>> demise of "Circle 7 Animation", here's another project that's
>>> sidetracked to the back seats.
>>
>> As the inside story has it, John and Ed looked at the current story
>> reels, and at the end asked "Why are we making this?"
>>
>> No one had an answer.
>
> (Eerie and sinister music went on)
>
> Shaking like a leaf, one of the member of the late "Circle 7" raise his
> hand.
>
> -Yes?, answer John Lasseter
>
> -I know but I am afraid to tell...
>
> -Spit it. I want to know why Disney Studios are thinking of producing
> such pieces of .
>
> -I can't! They will get me!!
>
> -Come-on man! Grow a spine and tell us Why suck lousy ideas are there!
>
> - IT'S THE BEAN-COUNTERS!!! THEY MAKE US DO IT!!!
>
> (Screams in the backround and people fainting, hitting the floor)
>
> -Well... Looks like we came in just in time.

Actually, as Animation Guild.org tells it:
>>
A well-known Pixar executive asked last week at a meeting: "Why are
we making this?"

After a long silence (SFX: crickets), the exec said "Well, we're not."
>>

Derek Janssen (so, not too far off)
ejanss@

16th April 2006, 02:47 PM

Derek Janssen wrote:

> Toubrouk wrote:
>
>>>
>>>> Interesting little piece of news. So it seems that John Lasseter and
>>>> Ed Catmull are weeding out the Disney's animation garden. After the
>>>> demise of "Circle 7 Animation", here's another project that's
>>>> sidetracked to the back seats.
>>>
>>>
>>> As the inside story has it, John and Ed looked at the current story
>>> reels, and at the end asked "Why are we making this?"
>>>
>>> No one had an answer.
>>
>>
>> (Eerie and sinister music went on)
>>
>> Shaking like a leaf, one of the member of the late "Circle 7" raise
>> his hand.
>>
>> -Yes?, answer John Lasseter
>>
>> -I know but I am afraid to tell...
>>
>> -Spit it. I want to know why Disney Studios are thinking of producing
>> such pieces of .
>>
>> -I can't! They will get me!!
>>
>> -Come-on man! Grow a spine and tell us Why suck lousy ideas are there!
>>
>> - IT'S THE BEAN-COUNTERS!!! THEY MAKE US DO IT!!!
>>
>> (Screams in the backround and people fainting, hitting the floor)
>>
>> -Well... Looks like we came in just in time.
>
>
>
> Actually, as Animation Guild.org tells it:
>
>>>
> A well-known Pixar executive asked last week at a meeting: "Why are
> we making this?"
>
> After a long silence (SFX: crickets), the exec said "Well, we're not."
>
>>>
>
> Derek Janssen (so, not too far off)
> ejanss@

I was close. All that story left me with an aftertaste of Nescafé(tm) in
my mouth.

16th April 2006, 04:56 PM

On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 13:18:45 -0400, Toubrouk <Toubrouk@sympatico.ca>
wrote:

>
>
>Derek Janssen wrote:
>
>> Toubrouk wrote:
>>
>>> Interesting little piece of news. So it seems that John Lasseter and
>>> Ed Catmull are weeding out the Disney's animation garden. After the
>>> demise of "Circle 7 Animation", here's another project that's
>>> sidetracked to the back seats.
>>
>>
>> As the inside story has it, John and Ed looked at the current story
>> reels, and at the end asked "Why are we making this?"
>>
>> No one had an answer.
>
>(Eerie and sinister music went on)
>
>Shaking like a leaf, one of the member of the late "Circle 7" raise his
>hand.
>
>-Yes?, answer John Lasseter
>
>-I know but I am afraid to tell...
>
>-Spit it. I want to know why Disney Studios are thinking of producing
>such pieces of .
>
>-I can't! They will get me!!
>
>-Come-on man! Grow a spine and tell us Why suck lousy ideas are there!
>
>- IT'S THE BEAN-COUNTERS!!! THEY MAKE US DO IT!!!
>
>(Screams in the backround and people fainting, hitting the floor)
>
>-Well... Looks like we came in just in time.

LOL - well done and very accurate probably.

RU

16th April 2006, 10:34 PM

RU42 wrote:

> On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 13:18:45 -0400, Toubrouk <Toubrouk@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>Derek Janssen wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Toubrouk wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Interesting little piece of news. So it seems that John Lasseter and
>>>>Ed Catmull are weeding out the Disney's animation garden. After the
>>>>demise of "Circle 7 Animation", here's another project that's
>>>>sidetracked to the back seats.
>>>
>>>
>>>As the inside story has it, John and Ed looked at the current story
>>>reels, and at the end asked "Why are we making this?"
>>>
>>>No one had an answer.
>>
>>(Eerie and sinister music went on)
>>
>>Shaking like a leaf, one of the member of the late "Circle 7" raise his
>>hand.
>>
>>-Yes?, answer John Lasseter
>>
>>-I know but I am afraid to tell...
>>
>>-Spit it. I want to know why Disney Studios are thinking of producing
>>such pieces of .
>>
>>-I can't! They will get me!!
>>
>>-Come-on man! Grow a spine and tell us Why suck lousy ideas are there!
>>
>>- IT'S THE BEAN-COUNTERS!!! THEY MAKE US DO IT!!!
>>
>>(Screams in the backround and people fainting, hitting the floor)
>>
>>-Well... Looks like we came in just in time.
>
>
>
> LOL - well done and very accurate probably.
>

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