It's a brave new experiment. Don't go messing it up for everyone by being rude:
http://moblog.co.uk/blog/ragnarThe world shan't be safe again. It shan't.
In other news:
"I think one of the reasons is people have to come to accept CGI as a way of making a movie that's compelling to all ages," as opposed to hand-drawn animation, which can carry the stigma that it's mainly for kids and their moms, said Jim Tharp, head of distribution for DreamWorks, the studio behind the 'Shrek' movies. "CGI plays to teens, to dads, to the whole 3-to-93 age group."Sadly, it's true. Great art like
Spirited Away gets branded kids' fare, while
Shrek 2 wins over the adult audience. Why? It's not just the fart jokes (though that hasn't hurt it none): CGI is the New Thing. Traditional animation belongs to your daddy's - or worse, your
granddaddy's - generation. It's okay for everyone to watch 3D animated movies; cel animation, on the other hand, is for children and 'enthusiasts'. I'm flogging a dead horse, of course, but it's still a depressing fact that a unique art form that has evolved over the course of the past century is quickly dying out.