Movies movies movies
Jul. 9th, 2003 11:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pasitheaBeen trying to pick up DVDs of things that I like or interest me when I see them but lately I haven't had a chance to watch the things I got. So last night and today I've been using my notebook to work (since I'm doing work work and not animating) and watching some of these DVDs. Yay! Of course, my interests are pretty weird I guess. So far I've watched Watership Down, Castle in the Sky, Heavy Metal, and up next Plymptoons
I'm very happy witht he DVD copy of Heavy Metal I had only seen it as a very battered original release movie print and a copy of a copy of a copy VHS. There is so much more detail to the artwork than I could see.
So, okay, I know, a lot of people consider it a schlock movie. I have a keen interest in old animation which is not mainstream. Sure,s ometimes the motion isn't so good or the stories aren't so good, but it's original and it was made because the people making it were really geeks on that particular topic, not mad after 5 years of market research and a toyline. So some of my favourite non-japanese animations are early Disney movies, and stuff like Heavy Metal, Fantastic Planet, Yellow Submarine, Watership Down, the Plague Dogs, Ralph Bakshi's various works, etc. I dunno. It's work that inspires me and makes me believe that I can tell my own stories and so, maybe not so many people see them, or maybe it's not as c4rystal clean as Disney, that's not what is important to me. It's telling the story that counts.
-Sammi
I'm very happy witht he DVD copy of Heavy Metal I had only seen it as a very battered original release movie print and a copy of a copy of a copy VHS. There is so much more detail to the artwork than I could see.
So, okay, I know, a lot of people consider it a schlock movie. I have a keen interest in old animation which is not mainstream. Sure,s ometimes the motion isn't so good or the stories aren't so good, but it's original and it was made because the people making it were really geeks on that particular topic, not mad after 5 years of market research and a toyline. So some of my favourite non-japanese animations are early Disney movies, and stuff like Heavy Metal, Fantastic Planet, Yellow Submarine, Watership Down, the Plague Dogs, Ralph Bakshi's various works, etc. I dunno. It's work that inspires me and makes me believe that I can tell my own stories and so, maybe not so many people see them, or maybe it's not as c4rystal clean as Disney, that's not what is important to me. It's telling the story that counts.
-Sammi
