Brad Bird's Tomorrowland - May 22, 2015

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

He's an annoying tool. I pick up the annual release of The Unauthorized Guide to Walt Disney World and Disneyland every year, because it's a fantastic resource, but I get a pit in my stomach everytime they quote Jim Hill, along with that little sketch of him holding binoculars like he's some sort of insider expert letting us in on his knowledge of Disneyland and Disney World "secrets".

Over on the official union board for the Animators Guild, there's a little cadre of "flop cheer squad" of Disney/Pixar under-animators that wants, like deranged Cubs fans in reverse, to see Pixar finally have its first megaflop and kick John Lasseter out on his rear, so they can replace him with someone looser about working schedules, like Jeffrey Katzenberg at Dreamworks. Thus any bad propaganda about Pixar ("Massive fail for Brave! Down goes Lasseter!") or good propaganda about DW is Fox-News'ed to the skies, and everyone groans, oh, them again.
And while we used to kid Jim Hill about his "insiders" that kept mysteriously sounding like his own writing style, now we know who he was the mouthpiece patsy for, naively believing every word of Pixar D&G that got handed to his "private" inbox like a little child whenever he published a "Target cuts back on Cars marketing!--Is this the first step?" post. That's what gullibility will get ya.

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by EricJ

Over on the official union board for the Animators Guild, there's a little cadre of "flop cheer squad" of Disney/Pixar under-animators that wants, like deranged Cubs fans in reverse, to see Pixar finally have its first megaflop and kick John Lasseter out on his rear, so they can replace him with someone looser about working schedules, like Jeffrey Katzenberg at Dreamworks. Thus any bad propaganda about Pixar ("Massive fail for Brave! Down goes Lasseter!") or good propaganda about DW is Fox-News'ed to the skies, and everyone groans, oh, them again.
And while we used to kid Jim Hill about his "insiders" that kept mysteriously sounding like his own writing style, now we know who he was the mouthpiece patsy for, naively believing every word of Pixar D&G that got handed to his "private" inbox like a little child whenever he published a "Target cuts back on Cars marketing!--Is this the first step?" post. That's what gullibility will get ya.

He's not a patsy, he's a pimp -- he even turned against Roy Disney and the Save Disney campaign, which was instrumental in forcing Eisner out. He backed the wrong horse, Pixar and Lasseter aren't going anywhere, and tough shit for entrenched Disney interests inside the studio forced to embrace Lasseter's storytelling values and work ethic.

[Akijama]

The plot of Disney's "Tomorrowland," originally named "1952" and starring George Clooney, has been kept under wraps ... until now. Along with the casting of Britt Robertson in a lead role, the studio has revealed a major plotline.

"In the film, a high school girl with an unconventional understanding of technology is launched on a journey to reclaim her future," reads a release from Walt Disney Studios.

Produced and written by Damon Lindelof ("Star Trek," "Prometheus") and Brad Bird ("The Incredibles," "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol"), "Tomorrowland" has been long rumored to be a sci-fi film in the vein of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."

Some reports claim a "found" synopsis indicate an elaborate plot which teams Clooney's character with remarkable young ladies to face an alternate reality -- Tomorrowland -- and save the earth. Whether the plot points are on target or not remains to be seen, but Disney's latest statement is not too far off the mark.

Robertson currently stars in CBS' "Under the Dome" and can be seen in Disney's "Delivery Man," starring Vince Vaughn and Chris Pratt, in November.

"House M.D." star Hugh Laurie is also slated to star in "Tomorrowland," along with "Mr. Selfridge" star Raffey Cassidy and "The Protector's" Thomas Robinson.

http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2013/0...robertson.html

Directed by Brad Bird and written by Bird and Damon Lindelof, this secretive film stars George Clooney as an unspecified inventor. Hugh Laurie, Britt Robertson, Raffey Cassidy, and Thomas Robinson also star, and the “action-packed adventure” hits theaters on December 12, 2014.

[RandyK]

The Disney logo makes it look like an animated movie. Get rid of it.

I'm excited for this. George Clooney, Hugh Laurie, and a Sci Fi plot all = .