tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post9143751836353340908..comments2024-03-24T16:25:05.751-04:00Comments on Mayerson on Animation: Robert Rodrigues to Remake Bakshi's Fire and IceMark Mayersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00065971589878678848noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-71729902757828887152014-12-17T03:14:23.573-05:002014-12-17T03:14:23.573-05:00I think with a concept like Fire and Ice, I person...I think with a concept like Fire and Ice, I personally think it can be, not just a great opportunity to capture the visuals of Frazetta, but this could also, story-wise, be potential material to do a Robert E. Howard-type story like no Howard adaptation has managed to capture the spirit of Howard's writing, the way John Carpenter did H.P. Lovecraft-type films with The Fog and In The Mouth of Madness.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-36793593842002504772011-07-27T11:32:14.960-04:002011-07-27T11:32:14.960-04:00I need to re-watch it also, for some reason I neve...I need to re-watch it also, for some reason I never noticed that Simpsons voice talent Maggie Roswell (Maude Flanders, Helen Lovejoy, Miss Hoover, etc) voiced Teegra (Cynthia Leake was the "body").Brett W. McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01135079639325919075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-51062550616474055952011-07-27T11:23:48.676-04:002011-07-27T11:23:48.676-04:00Yeah it's not a very focused story but it'...Yeah it's not a very focused story but it's still entertaining... I especially enjoy watching Teegra and am jealous of the guy who got to animate her :-)Brett W. McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01135079639325919075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-33889533690532389272011-07-27T11:20:57.554-04:002011-07-27T11:20:57.554-04:00Fair enough, but you get my point.
I rewatched &#...Fair enough, but you get my point.<br /><br />I rewatched 'Fire & Ice' for a bit last night. It's pretty unique...hahaha! <br /><br />I was surprised to (re)note the story was by Gerry Conway and Roy Thomas two of my favourite comic book writers. <br /><br />For some reason on film their tale meandered all over the place and usually they're responsible for pretty tight plotting. Wonder what happened?warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09034823254751468446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-65804708897284607732011-07-26T19:00:15.968-04:002011-07-26T19:00:15.968-04:00Just to clarify, warren, 'The Thing' is ac...Just to clarify, warren, 'The Thing' is actually based on a story by John Campbell called "Who Goes There", written in the 30s... Carpenter did a much better job adapting the original story, no question about that.Brett W. McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01135079639325919075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-6054185285936238922011-07-26T18:21:34.013-04:002011-07-26T18:21:34.013-04:00It IS 100% AWESOME.
When I was a kid and saw thi...It <b>IS</b> 100% AWESOME. <br /><br />When I was a kid and saw this movie, it shaped my taste just as much as Disney or Warner Bros, for better or worse. That, and a love of heavy metal bands and those crappy airbrushed vans parked in the lot across the street.<br /><br />Some of the animation is actually pretty alright, especially when you compare it to the likes of HEAVY METAL, which is downright shoddy in sections. Those neanderthal faces weren't fully 'scoped. No one actually looks like that, and some of the close ups are pretty well done. <br /><br />Sure it's a terrible story that wanders all over the place, but I like Bakshi all the more for getting it made the way he wanted to be. He's still one of the few American animators who made their own version of an animated feature & in the 80s, no less, when even Disney's studio was hurting.<br /><br />But does it need a remake!? <br /><br />Not unless they take that story and make it work. <br /><br />I don't mind filmmakers taking a bad movie and doing a great version of it. John Carpenter did a fantastic job with THE THING in the 80s. The original 50s story was dry as toast, but he kept what made it work and tossed the rest. If Rodrigues can do something similar, great. If not, meh.warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09034823254751468446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-61341509170228200072011-07-24T16:09:13.583-04:002011-07-24T16:09:13.583-04:00It was 100% rotoscoped, I believe.It was 100% rotoscoped, I believe.Brett W. McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01135079639325919075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-47805682721053855252011-07-24T16:07:29.659-04:002011-07-24T16:07:29.659-04:00I watched the Bakshi clip you linked . I had forg...I watched the Bakshi clip you linked . I had forgotten how embarrassingly Saturday-morning the anmation in that movie was.<br />"Fire and Ice" was basically Filmation type of stuff with more inbetweens in some cases.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-54098610234491813102011-07-24T14:48:39.958-04:002011-07-24T14:48:39.958-04:00That's just what we need, yet another remake. ...That's just what we need, yet another remake. :-|Brett W. McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01135079639325919075noreply@blogger.com