Isn't *that* the truth!
"I'm a traditionally trained animator, and I've already seen my industry crumble at the feet of CGI."
Which is a shame, because films like Nightmare before Christman are fantastic. James and the Giant Peach wasn't CGI, was it? (I've never watched the entire thing!
)"It's just like Disney closing down its traditional animation department."
When did this happen?
"Better explain for those confused! Lasseter is now the head of Disney's animation department due to his success with Pixar, and it is Lasseter who really wants the traditional animation department resurrected."
Thank God Pixar is there! I refuse to buy any cheap Disney sequel except for Toy Story 2.
"ILM dug up old VistaVision cameras to shot the effects, they hand-built optical printers, and they invented computerized motion control. They were so far ahead of everyone else back in the eighties..."
I recall a snippet in the book that came with the Def. Col. LDs where they talked about a specialized camera with very small gearing (I forget what it was used for, but it was very important.) Anyways, even back then, you couldn't find these cameras anymore, and it was used for many years before someone forgot to oil the gears and they ate themselves. *THIS* is what ILM was all about. Now that's gone as well.
