I saw this. Not the movie, but a VHS tape, it was in like an arthouse rental store in the 90s. The box billed it as the first feature length CG animated movie. It might not have been the completed movie but it was like an edit of it, the synopsis seems very familiar.
Make fun of the billionare but the old saying is (when it comes to new technologies and shaping the world), "No bucks, no Buck Rogers." I.e. it takes money to truly break new ground, money you arent likely to see returns on but necessary money.
He may have been at times a difficult man - I admire him and would love to have had a conversation with him - about his views of comedy and directing - I have heard about this film - Should it be released? yes - It is up to the individual as to whether they wish to view it - it would be a hard watch
When I was little I loved the grumpy cat Christmas movie, it was my most favorite Christmas movie ever and I’d watch it every year despite my family not much liking it, I used to collect a bunch of grumpy cat merch plushes and books. Rip Tarter Sauce
I'm big into film history, and this video makes me feel like a total amateur. Because I've never heard of this story before. Not in any of the film theory and history books I've read. Thank you for telling me this fascinating story. I've never seen your channel before, but you popped up in my recommended just now. With this documentary, you earned a very quick sub. Can't wait to dive into your other works this weekend. So, thanks.
Aw man I love the way early cg looks and feels and I really like the character and set designs in this. It's a shame it got doomed and faded into obscurity but at least now it's coming to light.
Next do Gary Weis’s Young Lust. Had a two week run in three cinemas in Austin, TX in 1984 and that was it. Never released on cable, video or any other medium. There is a print at the Library of Congress which can be viewed (I checked with them). Has an amazing cast of comedic talent (Fran Drescher, Dana Carvey, Alan Arbus, Mary Woronov, to name just four) but it’s been unseen for forty years.
11:27 They predicted the Dinobots! That's hilarious... But yeah, what really strikes me is how absurdly over-ambitious the script was. It seems like absolute insanity, trying to make such a complicated production as the *first* CGI film. If they'd written a script that was more stripped back and aware of tech limitations, maybe they could have pulled it off.
If The King of Comedy didn't even want it released it might be crap, but it could be a gas. It's nice to hear they have figured out a final solution to this discussion
I can understand not releasing Batgirl. The film was made to make money. The TV show sucked, more than likely the movie will suck. I know some of you will say "stream it, that way you would make some money". However a really bad movie can do more damage than it earns. To me it isn't odd that this turd won't be released. The puzzling part is why was it made in the first place.
I remember seeing a few clips of the giant ant building the satellite in a messy workprint of a movie called "Strawberry Fields" which was a pseudo sequel to the Yellow Submarine movie
I get that their heart was in the right place but the emergency library lending was illegal. Maybe they thought publishers could be shamed in to letting it slide but publishers have no shame. The worst part is this judge has now ruled that loaning a digital copy of a book you own is illegal. This is a disastrous ruling. Maybe it will get overturned but maybe it wont. This may be used to criminalize the ripping of CD's and DVDs, the scanning of books you own and who knows what else. The judge talks about how congress should get involved. Things are never so bad that congress can't make them worse. Somehow I doubt the brain trust behind "100 years past the death of the author" will come up with anything that benefits anyone other than their donors. The IA should have realized loaning multiple copies was illegal and would end badly. As it stands scanning a book and loaning out copies of it is now illegal. Between this and the IA bowing to pressure to drop pages from the archive I am really starting question the leadership.
Wow! It’s really cool that you linked my upload of The Works’ Ant in the description! I’m glad someone finally made a video about this, it’s a fascinating topic that’s really important to the history of CGI, despite how little coverage it gets
Anytime I hear about Jeffery Katzenberg he is alienating artist or making bad suggestions like he did with Toy Story. Why is this guy a Hollywood bigshot and a multimillionaire again?
No available media of The Works seems to have cinema aspect ratio neither the composition of the images hints at it. None of the footage available seems to be sourced from actual film stock, so these are not from workprints. A 1983 article tells they were intentionally aiming for video. Some of the footage have flat and ultra fluid motion of good old analog scanimation. This whole thing seems to be a hot mess and there is no 'lost movie' to be found.
This looks incredible for the time, better in a lot of shots than Reboot which was a decade later and there's even low-budget animation bein released today that is less aesthetically-pleasing.
I remember that old "Early Facial Animation (1974)" being part of the scary RU-vid video compilation due to how terrifying it looked (and the grayscale does not help the scare factor), not realizing that said video is obviously a test animation that becomes part of the evolution of CGI. This recalls that early CGI animation is the textbook definition of "uncanny valley", but at the same time, it shows how technology has come along the way.
Quite indeed. In fact, the clip for Music Non Stop was already finished by 1984 and could've become the first ever 3D-generated videoclip aired on TV if it wasn't for Kraftwerk's decision of scrapping the whole album (Techno Pop) and start from scratch again, which led to a 2-year delay until they finally released "Electric Cafe" (1986) alongside the Music Non Stop videoclip. This is critical because this move made Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing" take the spotlight and become the first 3D videoclip to be aired.
MCWORLD WAS LOST MEDIA???? I PLAYED THAT SHIT ALL THE TIME AS A CHILD. every friday id call my friend on skype and we'd play mcworld. i miss those days, she turned into a total bitch
I love how experimental early CGI was, even into the early 90s. I was going to say people don't get weird enough with it anymore, and then i remembered Amazing Digital Circus lol
I agree, I wish there was more room for surrealism, or at least non-photorealism. Like, I've always loved the look of old cyberspace movies like Tron and Lawnmower Man specifically because they have such a distinct look. Not everything has to be perfectly representational.
I would love to see some computer animation studio pick this up and finish it. It sounds like an interesting story and it's sad it never got to be completed.
