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Tales From Development Hell: Dinosaur.
- Thread starter David Flin
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Honestly, I think people would have wanted to see Dinosaurs, but as a film it would have ended up being viewed as a sort of sequel to the Wonderful World of Disney Edu-tainment stuff rather than something that would substitute for the Rennaisance.
For one thing, I expect it doesn't get released under the Walt Disney brand- it probably comes under Buena Vista, rather than the odd situation of Dinosaur being this one entirely CGI film in the middle of a period where 2D animation is still a big thing. Which would have pretty interesting cultural effects in and of itself.
For one thing, I expect it doesn't get released under the Walt Disney brand- it probably comes under Buena Vista, rather than the odd situation of Dinosaur being this one entirely CGI film in the middle of a period where 2D animation is still a big thing. Which would have pretty interesting cultural effects in and of itself.
Very interesting stuff!
I initially misread the antepenultimate paragraph as saying they'd had to change the Iguanodons because paleontologists' reconstruction of them had changed in the meantime. The film wasn't in development hell quite that long at least!
I initially misread the antepenultimate paragraph as saying they'd had to change the Iguanodons because paleontologists' reconstruction of them had changed in the meantime. The film wasn't in development hell quite that long at least!
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I don't think it would replace the Renaissance, but rather complements it. Much like I'm not saying a successful stop motion film in 1990 doesn't stop CGI completely, but might leave filmmakers open to other options for special effects.Honestly, I think people would have wanted to see Dinosaurs, but as a film it would have ended up being viewed as a sort of sequel to the Wonderful World of Disney Edu-tainment stuff rather than something that would substitute for the Rennaisance.
For one thing, I expect it doesn't get released under the Walt Disney brand- it probably comes under Buena Vista, rather than the odd situation of Dinosaur being this one entirely CGI film in the middle of a period where 2D animation is still a big thing. Which would have pretty interesting cultural effects in and of itself.
Buena Vista did the distribution for all Disney films around that time. Indeed, the three big hitters for Disney in 1989 (Dead Poets Society; Honey, I Shrunk the Kids; and The Little Mermaid) were all distributed by Buena Vista, it's just that Dead Poets Society was under the Touchstone banner whereas the other two had the Disney branding. I think it's maybe 50/50 for Dinosaur whether Disney or Touchstone, but if, as you say, it's seen as a successor to Wonderful World of Disney, then that would drive it towards the core banner rather than Touchstone.
We'll save that discussion for Jurassic Park IV. I have a lot of problems with the Jurassic World series, but them just going "LOL no" about feathered dinosaurs isn't one of them.Very interesting stuff!
I initially misread the antepenultimate paragraph as saying they'd had to change the Iguanodons because paleontologists' reconstruction of them had changed in the meantime. The film wasn't in development hell quite that long at least!
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My inner child is furious they didn't get to see this film