Blog Talkback: Toons of the 2000s: Next Decade Speculation

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This was originally going to be my piece, but I mistakenly thought it was due close to New Year's. Harley had to rush in and sew together her own version on the razor's edge of deadline. I still feel bad about that.

The final version is more of a collaborative list resulting from me, Harl, Karl, Adam, Matt and Ed Liu's guesses. I objected to the "Pixar will make a flop" statement, but was told nobody can produce straight hits for 25 years, and it was staying in. Personally I think the brand is trusted enough that an outright bomb is impossible in ten years' time. Things would have to really go south.

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I agree with you about Pixar, MI. I mean Pixar could certainly have a subpar-performing movie, but a bomb? I don't see it happening. I mean, they've gone over a decade with nothing but hits. That's outstanding.
 
When you are at the top of your game, there is only one way in which you can go. They?re bound to make a flop eventually; I suspect that it wouldn?t be due to quality, although that is also possible, but it seems like ambition is their biggest challenge. Both Ratatouille and Wall-E were ambitious projects that could have easily failed to find an audience. As they continue to push the envelope they will always run the risk of having one of their movies be rejected by the general public; audiences do tend to be fickle.

Granted, with ?Toy Story 3? and ?Cars 2? on the way, it looks like it may be a while until they make another ?gutsy? movie. ?The Bear & The Bow? doesn?t seem to be that bold of a project, but details are scarce. ?Newt? could be, but it has even less information out. Perhaps they are smart to play things a bit safer. We shall see.
 
I disagree with alot of what your saying, but I do agree that Pixar will eventually make a flop & that Anime will get increasingly niche (sadly)
 
As far as TV animation goes, I believe that there will be many surreal series (at least on CN). I get this idea from Chowder and Flapjack and the upcoming Adventure Time and Regular Show.
 
I liked being acknowledged for the whole project's inception and all. Just wish I had more time to be a more constructive part of the Toons of the 2000s project. I'm proud to be a part of rabroad this decade. This decade has huge in regards to animation.

I've been doing The X Bridge for close to a dozen years now. It evolved from a simple Toonami fansite into something that's a more critical and, I hope, thought-provoking outlet about animation. I've grown a lot over the decade. My attitude about certain things have changed. I find myself liking things I never thought I would and looking at things I used to like in a more constructive light. I wouldn't have done it if I had stayed alone in this journey. I think, scratch that, I know being a part of this community has made me appreciate animation more than I did prior to the decade, which I didn't think was possible.

I can't wait to see what the Teens will offer in animation.
 
It's possible, but there is no indication that it'll happen anytime soon. I think Pixar will flop when they make a movie that everyone dislikes and it'll weaken the brand name. Just compare John Lassetter's success with Pixar to the one with Disney. Bolt wasn't the hit everyone was expecting. Neither was The Princess and the Frog. So, it just comes to show that Pixar is a brand name that people trust. And as long as they produce quality they will have hits.
 
Also, I think somewhat of a "backlash" against (or 'burnout' on) anime might play a factor in it, esp. given the oversaturation of it earlier in the decade. General mainstream audiences might be implying that they've had enough, for now at least.

Remember how you couldn't go at least 1 or 2 hours on CN without at least one anime show playing (mostly DBZ)? Now you've got live-action shows, Canadian imports and Western shows (Flapjack, Clone Wars, Ben 10, Secret Saturdays). That's quite a turn around in such a short amount of time if you ask me. And shows like 'Avatar' have proven that Western companies are capable of producing programs that rival the sophistication of some anime as well, which a perception for a time was that any Western project were "inferior" to stuff from Japan.

Although economics might also have a part in it too.

It'll be interesting to see what happens in the next 10 years for animation in general.
 
I thought that the main reason why Bolt wasn't a hit was due to when it was released. I think it came out the same time as Twilight, which obviously was going to have more attention and people going to see it.

As for Pixar, I'm also having a hard time believing that they could make a movie that bombs. While it's true that they can't have hits after hits forever, I can't see them having a movie that completely bombs. I could see them having a movie that doesn't perform as well as they thought it would though.
 
Bolt and Twilight were indeed released on the same weekend. That was a bad move on Disney's part, but Bolt was outgrossed by both Twilight and the 2nd week of Quantum of Solace. Then, on Thanksgiving weekend it managed to outgross both those movie but lost the #1 spot to Four Christmases. So, at that point it was clear that a good amount of people/families just weren't that interested in the movie.
 
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