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http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblo … ion-merger
I saw an article about this this morning. I'm not really sure I like the sound of this, what do you guys think of this proposed deal?
--MightyWanderer
I think they want to be as popular as LEGO is now with the LEGO Movie. Though, who really wants to see Dream Works movies about toys anyway? Let me correct myself: Who really wants to see Dream Works movies anyway?
Let me correct myself: Who really wants to see Dream Works movies anyway?
Presumably the people who made How to Train Your Dragon 2 the second highest grossing animated film to open in theaters this year (after TLM).
Presumably the people who made How to Train Your Dragon 2 the second highest grossing animated film to open in theaters this year (after TLM).
Yeah... them.
... and not rioforce, or myself, apparently.
I think they want to be as popular as LEGO is now with the LEGO Movie. Though, who really wants to see Dream Works movies about toys anyway? Let me correct myself: Who really wants to see Dream Works movies anyway?
Uh, lots of people. When the studio was in its fledgling days, they produced The Prince of Egypt, possibly the greatest traditionally-animated feature of all. And there's the dramatic masterpiece, "October Sky" and another excellent drama, "Deep Impact", which is orders of magnitude beyond Michael Bay's subsequent pice of trash, "Armageddon". They had the second computer animated film, "Antz", again far superior to Disney's later "A Bug's Life". And who can forget the original "Shrek"? Maybe today's Dreamworks isn't the same (or is the same; I don't do the movies often), but I'd like to see a lot of them.
As for the article: I would like to see what Hasbro does. I was saddened when they sold the Hub to Discovery/ABC/Disney, who already has control of so much of this market. Already the quality of the programming is in the early stages of decline. I hope this doesn't change too much further, but with one less competitor, who knows. One thing Dreamworks HAS to do is, since rebooting movies is so trendy these days, to reboot Transformers, and get writers and directors who care enough and have the talent to do give the series/storyline respect and not give us garbage this time around!!!!
Uh, lots of people. When the studio was in its fledgling days, they produced The Prince of Egypt, possibly the greatest traditionally-animated feature of all.
Yes, I guess they did make The Prince of Egypt, but they were a completely different company back then. I don't like them anymore. They ave changed so much.
They had the second computer animated film, "Antz", again far superior to Disney's later "A Bug's Life".
A Bugs Life was a Pixar movie, and the only reason that Antz was even made is because one of the storywriters from Pixar left and gave his story to DreamWorks who made the movie Antz. So they kind of stole the entire idea...
Let me correct myself: Who really wants to see Dream Works movies anyway?
Presumably the people who made How to Train Your Dragon 2 the second highest grossing animated film to open in theaters this year (after TLM).
Yeah.he has a point 
They had the second computer animated film, "Antz", again far superior to Disney's later "A Bug's Life".
Not to derail the topic, but I could not make it half way through that movie because it was so bad. That's just my opinion, though.
Back on topic, I'm really wondering what kind of impact this merge would have on Dreamworks. On one hand, this could affect both companies if Hasbro changes much about Dreamworks films to fit their product lines, but if they just purchase them and let them continue as they already were, then nothing much is going to change.
HoldingOurOwn wrote:Uh, lots of people. When the studio was in its fledgling days, they produced The Prince of Egypt, possibly the greatest traditionally-animated feature of all.
Yes, I guess they did make The Prince of Egypt, but they were a completely different company back then. I don't like them anymore. They ave changed so much.
I hear you! I don't watch movies all that often these days, but I did assume that you were right and Dreamworks did change a lot since their earliest days. The late 1990s were a great time for movies, and that's when Dreamworks was formed, and they did have a lot of the best.
HoldingOurOwn wrote:They had the second computer animated film, "Antz", again far superior to Disney's later "A Bug's Life".
A Bugs Life was a Pixar movie, and the only reason that Antz was even made is because one of the storywriters from Pixar left and gave his story to DreamWorks who made the movie Antz. So they kind of stole the entire idea...
Actually, Antz was conceived as an idea by a PDI employee 10 years before its release (1998), way before there was a Pixar.
Actually, Antz was conceived as an idea by a PDI employee 10 years before its release (1998), way before there was a Pixar.
That's a highly debated claim. Though honestly, I don't blame Katzenberg even if he was intentionally beating Pixar to the punch, considering how he was mistreated by Disney.
The deal is off according to my local newspaper. DreamWorks does hire better composers than Disney.
HoldingOurOwn wrote:Actually, Antz was conceived as an idea by a PDI employee 10 years before its release (1998), way before there was a Pixar.
That's a highly debated claim. Though honestly, I don't blame Katzenberg even if he was intentionally beating Pixar to the punch, considering how he was mistreated by Disney.
My source is an interview with members of the PDI animation department in the Antz issue of Starlog magazine, from 1998. But I can also see how, ex-Disney cofounder Katzenberg would have wanted to get his movie out first as well.
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