Pixar Set To Launch Planes

[Soapy]

It's not Pixar that made it. It was probably one of the Disney Channel lower rent companies that did it for a quick buck which makes it worse. Since some people would probably be confused in thinking that it was a small side project Pixar did or something. As said, it just seems like a big money-stealing scheme unless they tell people what actually went on. If people know, it would be cool. If they hide it, I just can't align with that.

Ah, I see. I wasn't aware someone else was making it.

It doesn't change what I said though.

 

[CGHulk]

John Lasseter

We had such a great time exploring the world of Cars over the course of two films, so it seemed only natural for us to see where our imaginations would take us in a film where planes were the main characters. By expanding the Cars world, Planes gave us a whole new set of fun-filled situations and a great opportunity to introduce some fantastic new characters. The team at DisneyToon Studios has done such an amazing job creating a heartfelt story filled with great comedy, adventure, and emotion. I know audiences are going to love taking off into the wild blue yonder with these daredevil characters, as they experience a whole new kind of animated adventure.

Look at it as sort of Lasseter wanting to make plane films (there's already a trilogy planned) but using Disney's India studio to do it. Over at Pixar they had the ideas to make a Plane film while working on the Cars films.

 

[Ultimatehero]

Dude, as said there are two ways they can go about it:

1) If it's Disney coming right out and saying "this was a film originally meant for home video, but we're going to put it into theaters for a couple of weeks to a month or more for people who want to see it on the big screen." Fine by me, I'm happy for that.

2) If it's Disney trying to get the masses to believe that this film was always meant for theatrical distribution, then I am and seriously have a right to be beyond let down by that. Because that shows nothing but suits completely at work and a money-grabbing thieving scheme. One that I can absolutely not stand behind at all.

I'm pretty sure we can all tell the difference between # 1 and # 2. # 1 is being honest with the customer, and will still get in good results. # 2 is blatantly lying to the customer and shows under-handed business tactics.

A film meant for home video never has the same quality as a theatrical production. Some films you see studios send to home video are even sent that way just because it's nowhere near theatrical quality. The amount of time given to it is severely cut down. So while entertaining, it was still made and finished with home video in mind. And I'm not cool with the possibility that whoever's intent is to trick the audience. This wasn't a creative decision, it was purely a financial one.

 

[CGHulk]

This is definitely a cash grab by Disney! This was supposed to go direct to video. This isn't the first time Disney has done this. Jungle Book 2 and Return to Neverland were made for DVD but were later given theatrical releases.

 

[Ultimatehero]

Exactly, it's a cash grab. As I said. I guess we'll all see what happens when Monsters University rolls around. My guess? They'll have a trailer attached to it. And TV spots the week of. As said though, I hope I'm wrong and Disney isn't planning to try to fool people like that. But if that is the route - it would be different from those which I'm guessing were more limited and/or flew under the radar. Here we're talking about Pixar's top second property. And re-casting to bring in more people. It's building up to be a different scenario.

 

[terry78]

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Teaser.

 

[Tanin]

Why does it matter if they change their minds as to the format of the release?

 

[Ultimatehero]

Why does it matter if they change their minds as to the format of the release?

Because they'll be lying to the audience. Like hard core lying. Most animated films typically take 2-3 years to make. While home video takes one year to make, give or take. You are quite obviously going to make a much, much better animated film over the 2-3 years (and this is for ALL animated films - including non-Pixar animated films).

So you have them lying to the audience in terms of quality straight from the start. If they truly did believe in it and saw that it could stand on its own two feet - it would have been slated as a theatrical film from the start. That it's being quite obviously shifted through theatrical shows that this is just a money-grabbing scheme with not as much thought put into it on the creative side.

As said, if they tell the audience the truth of the matter - alright, they're not robbing them. If they tote this off as another disney animated film they've been working on and have just been keeping quiet about - that's a whole other thing all together. There's releasing home video to theaters and then there's tricking the audience into believing it was always meant for theatrical. One is blatantly lying to the audience, the other is letting the audience make up their minds with the right information provided to them.

So why does it matter?

1) If they truly had faith in it, it would have been theatrical to begin with. This tells a lot about the script right from the start. This also tells us a lot about the amount of work that went into it in comparison.
2) Due to the above it screams cash grab and manipulating the audience into think it's something that it's not. The masses, if Disney does what I think they will, will think that it's just another Pixar film and have absolutely no clue that it was originally meant for home video. It shows pure financial over creative motivations.
3) I do not believe in lying to the audience.

 

[Doc Ock]

I have zero interest in this....I kinda wish the whole word of Cars would just go away.

 

[ThePhantasm]

I have zero interest in this, but I'm sure kids will love it.

 

[CGHulk]

Well the company that's supposedly making this film is DisneyToon Studios in India, it's actually http://www.pranastudios.com/# in India, who also just bought Rhythm & Hues. http://variety.com/2013/digital/news/prana-wins-auction-for-rhythm-hues-1200329765/

 

[terry78]

http://on.aol.com/video/planes---trailer-no-2-517791322

Final trailer

 

[Symbiotic]

Anybody go out and see this? I was entertained.

 

[chaseter]

I have zero interest in this....I kinda wish the whole word of Cars would just go away.

But wait until Ships!

 

[Doc Ock]

But wait until Ships!

And the sequel Ships & Boats.

I wonder how Planes is going to do in the box office.

 

[chaseter]

Who doesn't want to see the story of a talking tug boat who is tired of his job and wants to race against all the speed boats in the yearly boat race.

Also...who the hell made the first car or plane and why are there seats and cockpits if there are no people?

 

[Fans of Reilly]

Information perhaps not everyone knows but who plays the bad guy in this one is the Batman the new one

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Information perhaps not everyone knows but who plays the bad guy in this one is the Batman the new one

Whaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh??????????????

 

[Doc Ock]

Is it wrong that I hope this movie burns?

Whaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh??????????????

Roger Craig Smith who voices Batman in Arkham Origins voices a plane in this film.

 

[sueb1863]

Also...who the hell made the first car or plane and why are there seats and cockpits if there are no people?

I've always wondered that, too. The cities and towns in Cars look just like human cities and towns but the cars couldn't have built them because they don't have hands, and why would they be patterned after human towns when there are apparently no humans in their society.

Then I realized that it's probably better not to think too much about it!

As for how Planes is going to do - probably not very well unless it's got a very strong story. Pixar's last few movies haven't been great and they can't really trade solely on their reputation alone any more. 'Turbo' just bombed at the box office and this story is pretty similar. We'll see!

 

[darthcoolness3]

Is it wrong that I hope this movie burns?



Roger Craig Smith who voices Batman in Arkham Origins voices a plane in this film.

They could do a reference to Sonic the Hedgehog by making him super fast and blue.

 

[sueb1863]

Ouch - 25% at Rotten Tomatoes. The reviews are pretty brutal.

 

[Ultimatehero]

Is it wrong that I hope this movie burns?

Hope so too. It started off as a DTV title then they decided to launch it in theaters as though it was always meant for theaters. That just completely rubbed me the wrong way and seems like it's trying to cheat the viewers and I don't agree with that at all. So, I'm hoping it will burn so that this scenario won't happen again.

 

[ThePhantasm]

Is this an official Pixar movie, or just Disney?

 

[ThePhantasm]

It started off as a DTV title then they decided to launch it in theaters as though it was always meant for theaters.

To be fair, so did Toy Story 2