tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post1090134805152825989..comments2024-03-24T16:25:05.751-04:00Comments on Mayerson on Animation: Dirty TricksMark Mayersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00065971589878678848noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-44193423280273252922010-12-30T00:59:12.859-05:002010-12-30T00:59:12.859-05:00"The same company that made the manipulative ..."The same company that made the manipulative TOY STORY 3"<br /><br />Uh...all films are "manipulative." Toy Story 3 just does it better than most. And unlike Tulip or Illusionist, you can sit through the whole thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-74978354835318058342010-12-29T14:41:50.142-05:002010-12-29T14:41:50.142-05:00Sometimes it's the Soprano Family.Sometimes it's the Soprano Family.John Celestrihttp://www.gogogorillas.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-27956582844367147512010-12-27T11:49:07.561-05:002010-12-27T11:49:07.561-05:00Something we've always tried to pass on to kid...Something we've always tried to pass on to kids entering the animation business.<br /><br />Beware the company that calls you, "family." The "family" is usually five or six guys, and you're not one of them.Floyd Normanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08635960964922892254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-4235693410353762682010-12-26T05:35:05.779-05:002010-12-26T05:35:05.779-05:00A 'family' is a very diverse term. It'...A 'family' is a very diverse term. It's like 'sports', on one end there's gentle badminton and on the other end there's murderous Thai boxing (to quote Sam Harris). I appreciate seeing comments from bay area animators here. Also, seeing they are anonymous, and reading their content gives the impression that the 'families' are more on the side of Thai boxing. I never had any sympathy for the corporate use of the word 'family', its a way to manufacture consent.Amir Avnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06878436029210223623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-221048970448412942010-12-25T08:18:10.217-05:002010-12-25T08:18:10.217-05:00i guess it proves that they care abt buisness too....i guess it proves that they care abt buisness too..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-89349352618647846802010-12-24T22:59:13.697-05:002010-12-24T22:59:13.697-05:00Happy holidays scumbags.Happy holidays scumbags.Thadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443425643665474645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-62603248424049216002010-12-24T13:08:42.841-05:002010-12-24T13:08:42.841-05:00Virtually every company I have worked at, includin...Virtually every company I have worked at, including Lucas, has called us "family", and sadly, too many artists buy the illusion. The companies pay lawyers obscene amounts of money, while many artist scoff at the modest union dues they would have to pay for their own defense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-90089440562926661022010-12-24T08:55:25.424-05:002010-12-24T08:55:25.424-05:00Thanks for posting Mark!
It's awful, but not a...Thanks for posting Mark!<br />It's awful, but not all too surprising. You know the saying, "Perception is everything"...Amir Avnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06878436029210223623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-64449637429125376562010-12-24T08:07:34.657-05:002010-12-24T08:07:34.657-05:00The same company that made the manipulative TOY ST...The same company that made the manipulative TOY STORY 3 tried to manipulate their employees! Hard to believe.Michael Spornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02018522723674960270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-22509576696097108672010-12-23T23:44:41.677-05:002010-12-23T23:44:41.677-05:00Kind of chips away at that family-friendly facade ...Kind of chips away at that family-friendly facade that surrounds Pixar, doesn't it? What a shame. Yet another reason to not see any upcoming Pixar films. My other reason being that every one of them past <i>The Incredibles</i> has left me disappointed.Eric Noblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05872046921674512158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-11455508022252525602010-12-23T23:17:19.506-05:002010-12-23T23:17:19.506-05:00Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, doesn...Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, doesn't it? And just in time for the holidays. It's not enough that Pixar just plain pays less because they can... might as well enter into secret agreements with competitors to restrict wages.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com