if there’s one thing you could commend threshold animation on around this time, they certainly pushed for more stylisation and cartoony squash and stretch than like every other CG studio at the time (at least up until larry kasanoff went gaga for underdeveloped 2000s motion capture)
@@CranberryCartoons You know, if Larry Kasanoff didn’t go for motion capture, FoodFight would’ve elevated to “So bad, it’s good.” The story isn’t so much the issue, rather it’s deciding to use mocap for everything.
Hard to believe this was made by the same studio that originally did Foodfight! Makes me wonder now if the planned final version would've been better had it not gone through the ordeal and finished by the company that acquired it. And yes; I saw the original trailer for the film, but after looking at this, what if *that* footage was all just a work-in-progress? And I believe the pre-recorded lines were a guide track for whoever was scheduled to host the show. And if I'm not mistaken, that's the voice of Maurice LaMarche as Johnny Proctor I hear. ;)
You're correct! The footage from the first trailer was all test animation and hero shots from a sizzle reel shown to potential investors at the time. But it is fun to wonder what a whole movie like that could've been like. Thanks for your theory on the voice lines! That might very well be the case. I'll talk to the person I got this from today and ask if he knows the actual reason.
Hershey’s Really Big 3D Show literally shows that the studio could have done SO much better with Foodfight but they made that movie one of the most unbearable and worst movies I have seen in my life!
I am glad that this is no longer lost media. I'm astonished that Hershey didn't copyright claim or strike this video. Hershey still should've re-released it on Blu-ray/DVD after they closed the attraction and replaced it with the 4D Chocolate Show.
Never expected this lost piece of media to be found but glad it did!! even though this show is gone, the “welcome to the word of chocolate” song is still used for the HersheyPark entrance, however, still wondering if it’s possible for the 4D chocolate factory mystery show to be found too but for now I’m glad this is found
Never thought I'd see the day where the whole thing would be posted online in this quality. Thanks for bringing back so many memories of me and my families trips to Hershey
I remember watching this Movie back in 2012 With my Dad At Hershey Park, its nice to see this movie in High Quality 12 years later. Thank you for Preserving this Film.
I work at Hershey chocolate world at the great candy expedition and have the sign of the tittle for the big 3D show outside the theater in my house! I don’t know why they gave it away for why I took it but I have it ❤ I ts been so long I almost forgot about this. It was fuzzy in my mind.
This makes me think and imagine... what if?.. the original footage of Foodfight we see wasn't meant to represent the actual movie and this short represents what the actual animation would look like
Yeah if I was forced to work in a cold, dark n' dank studio working on a subpar movie, all while hearing this show's song on loop in the background for nearly a decade? I'd be irritable enough to leave a scathing review of the film on Amazon too. That being said, the animation here is MILES better than what we got in with Foodfight.
Dude this is the year of lost Threshold media, first this and now the 2003 Foodfight Workprint! What next……um……..I don’t really know…..um……The Foodfight Video Game? EDIT: OH MY FUCKING GOD, I WAS RIGHT.
holy shit if the stories are true, listening to this shit on a loop would drive me insane. like daryl in twd when he's locked in the cell forced to listen to that cheery shit as torture
Okay, that dude in red, has got to be my favorite character from threshold, he kinda reminds me of that character voiced by danny devito who trained Hercules in the Disney Hercule film. Plus, his animations felt like something out of 90s disney and 50s looney tunes.
It still exists. The studio has it as well as another crew member (and likely a few others that I don't know of). I just don't have a copy and the member that does only has it in pieces and is not comfortable sharing it due to professional courtesy. The 2003 version was only a 7 minute reel though. There isn't an entire movie to search for.
