Titan A.E.

[Spit_Fire]

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[EricJ]

Originally Posted by EricJ

(Well, take it back--We're lucky it wasn't the "Ferngully" or "Pagemaster" directors doing a Joss Whedon hard-sci-fi piece.)

(Must...resist...obvious...joke....Nah, everyone else's been making it this week, it's covered.)

[davidthenikonuser]

Originally Posted by ascendedcobra

Titan A.E is one movie I wish would make it to blu, but Im afraid that it will be a while since it didnt do too well in theaters back in the day. This movie blew me away for animation when I saw it and I think it would make an amazing bluray. The dvd of this movie is really poor and does the movie no justice. Anyone else want to see this released on blu?

This is a very underrated movie. I loved it, but I think it was a little to much for little kids to get and maybe why it failed at the box office.


I would get it on blu-ray 1st day.

[u_nick]

I JUST pulled out my DVD this weekend to try to make a copy for my Zune. Would buy day 1 on Blu, and a digital copy would be more than welcome!

[PA_Kid]

Love the soundtrack for that - still listen to it regularly.

It's not high art, but it was a good (and very underrated) little film. I would definitely pick it up on blu if the release it.

[lobo81865]

I liked it too, and would also love to see "Starchaser--The Legend of Orin" on Blu.

[ascendedcobra]

Originally Posted by lobo81865

I liked it too, and would also love to see "Starchaser--The Legend of Orin" on Blu.

Never seen this. What it like?

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by ascendedcobra

Never seen this. What it like?

Like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukaEGDNeDQk

(From back in the "Heavy Metal" '81-'85 days, when you could get away with something that looked like it, and in the 80's polarized 3-D craze, no less.)

[Flanger-Hanger]

Originally Posted by EricJ

(Must...resist...obvious...joke....Nah, everyone else's been making it this week, it's covered.)

Lol.

It wouldn't take much to put together a respectable Blu-ray release of this film. The original computer files (I assume something similar to Disney's CAPS system was used to colour it) could be used to make a perfect transfer and there are some good bonus features that were already made for the previous DVD release.

Someone at Fox just has to green light the idea.

[OhDamaso]

I'm a big fan of this movie.

[sbjork]

Originally Posted by kobe8byrant

The film is very poor and doesn't do Blu-ray justice.

Sorry, but what on earth is that supposed to mean? That only "perfect" movies can do Blu-Ray "justice"? Considering that everyone has a different likes and dislikes, there would be very few movies that would qualify for Blu-Ray. (Even Citizen Kane has its detractors.) Or do you mean that it will not look "good" enough? Does that mean that only movies with "perfect" picture quality are acceptable for Blu-Ray? That would disallow some the of greatest movies ever made.

Blu-Ray is the medium, not the message. The goal with a Blu-Ray release should be to do justice to the original film, good, bad, 70mm, or 16mm. Some of my favorite Blu-Ray discs to date have been for underappreciated low-budget films like John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13. On Blu-Ray, the movie looks as good as it possibly can (and better than any other version of the film that I have seen.) It will never look like Transformers, but it will always be a vastly superior film.

Regarding Titan: AE, while it may not be a masterpiece, I have always thought that it was underrated, and it would be fun on Blu-Ray. In fact, it could make some very strong demo material.

[Darev]

This is one of my favorite cartoon movies. While not exactly at the level of my other two favorites (Akira and Princess Mononoke) I would love to see it out on Blu.

[Trogdor2010]

The first time I saw it, I was completely amazed by it's combination of animation and computer CGI, I thought it was a technical masterpiece. However I watched it again a couple of years ago and it did not aged very well, unlike the likes of Pixar or even some of the earlier Dreamworks movies, the CGI and 2D animation combination doesn't feel very novel today, and it looks more like a video game. The movie also had some rehashed storytelling and dull acting that didn't help. I would however like to see it on Blu Ray if they improved aspects of the aging animation.

[ascendedcobra]

Originally Posted by EricJ

Like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukaEGDNeDQk

(From back in the "Heavy Metal" '81-'85 days, when you could get away with something that looked like it, and in the 80's polarized 3-D craze, no less.)

watched 6 parts of it. Pretty cool maybe I will finnish the rest later. Thanks

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by sbjork

Sorry, but what on earth is that supposed to mean? That only "perfect" movies can do Blu-Ray "justice"?

No, it means that Bluth still hadn't learned how to successfully mix 2-D and CGI since the "floating music box" from Anastasia, and a few more years at Fox and Titan would've at least technically LOOKED like good quality animation. (Overly familiar story and goofy director aside.)

Thanks for bravely trying to pro-spin the discussion off the movie's own crimes, but we're still talking about the genuine article, iff'n you don't mind.

[sbjork]

Originally Posted by EricJ

No, it means that Bluth still hadn't learned how to successfully mix 2-D and CGI since the "floating music box" from Anastasia, and a few more years at Fox and Titan would've at least technically LOOKED like good quality animation. (Overly familiar story and goofy director aside.)

Thanks for bravely trying to pro-spin the discussion off the movie's own crimes, but we're still talking about the genuine article, iff'n you don't mind.

No, whatever flaws the animation has nothing to do with a movie doing Blu-Ray "justice." The point is that filmmaking flaws are irrelevant to whether or not a movie does "justice" to Blu-Ray. If anything, it is interesting to see how the extra detail allows the viewer to pick out flaws that have not been visible on DVD or VHS (things like supporting wires, for example.)

In the case of animation, a movie like Snow White has some severe apparent "halos" around the characters that due to the quality of the animation (too many layers of cels.) Does that mean that it does not do Blu-Ray "justice"? No, it is a very worthy disc for any collection. Similarly, Fire and Ice is riddled with cel dirt from beginning to end that is a part of the production of the film. It was much less noticeable on DVD, but it stands out on Blu-Ray. Does that mean that it does not do Blu-Ray "justice"? Hardly. The improved level of detail, cel dirt and all, is excellent.

To reduce your argument to an extreme, the CGI animation in the Star Wars prequels is unremittingly awful. It does not integrate well with the live action elements. Does that mean that the Star Wars movies will not do Blu-Ray "justice"?

Once again Blu-Ray is the medium, not the message. It should reproduce the original film as accurately as possible, warts and all. In the case of Titan Quest, whether or not the animation is as flawed as you suggest is certainly open to discussion, but is not relevant to whether or not the movie deserves to be on Blu-Ray.

[bluskiff]

I would love to see titan AE on blu if it looks half as good as futurama it will be mindblowing.

[Oniros]

A Blu release, while amazing, will probably never happen. This movie bombed hard back in the day. I remember watching it on theaters though, did my part.

[JohnD0406]

Still holding out hope...

[Batman1980]

Dah wish this film was in the wish list forum, saw it over here and thought it must've come out on BD and I missed that somehow. Too bad, one of my favourite under-rated animated classics of all-time.