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Christopher Walken in COUNTRY BEARS... oh and TREASURE PLANET thingee too!
Hey folks, Harry here... a reader sent in the following two shots from future Disney projects THE COUNTRY BEARS and TREASURE PLANET. I haven't seen any shots of Walken in COUNTRY BEARS, though I have seen that dreadful Satan spawned trailer of festering dung upon a skillet. Walken looks... shock.... gasp... CREEPY. But I'm afraid there is next to nothing short of a miracle that could miracle my ass into a theater to see that film. As for TREASURE PLANET, I hear it is spectacular, can't wait for the IMAX treatment on that one. Here ya go....
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Christoper Walken being more normal is making him even more strange. God bless him.
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Go to Hell's homepage because I think they have a link for the trailer to this one. The devil was first to post pics from Crossroads and Van Wilder. He's probably miffed that Harry beat him to posting this Bear pic.
Devil says, "That Harry Knowles and his blasted AICN team! (takes breath) Ah, it just means I have to work harder. After all, competitions bring out our best work, does it not?" -
Probably doesn't help the weirdness that there happens to be a casual looking 6ft bear standing behind him. "Normal" isn't what came to my mind.
I wish Walken would have said something like, "Fuck the money. I'm not doing this crapola."
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Apr 07, 2002 4:11:28 PM CDT
The Country Bears: soon to be a potential waste of time, film, m
by cooldan989
...you get the idea.
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Satan looking pretty pimp'o'licious in that Hat cum Cane. Other than that, This News is virtually Useless. Isn't the Question in this Site's Name supposed to be rhetorical? If it Aint, I can tell you what your answer is.
You know what else aint cool>? That Grade 'E for Evil' Egg, comin out of Harry's Cartoon Ass every 3 seconds. Not only is That uncool, but also is the fact there is No Identifiable Likeness of Harry to a Chicken, except his Oversized Three-Pronged Chicken Toes. If you're going to be lame, at least be Consistent. That is All. -
Message from Space
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I was in the Disney Contemporary Resort for a Mitsubishi product line show over the last two days, and killed some time late Friday night watching all those extended previews of upcoming Disney films and TV shows. The Jamboree Bears one, or whatever they're called, was pretty horrendous except for one thing. The film is clearly aged at a very specific market, youngsters under the age of 12. There is certainly no harm in targeting a specifc demographic for what amounts to Disney's answer to H&R PuffnStuff or a live-action cartoon. The film is not aimed at adults, after all. It's like one of those hokey puppet stage extravaganza or Disney on Ice shows. Doesn't look like it cost beans to make. No harm in that, either. And as for Christopher Walken, maybe he has grandkids at this point, and wanted to make a film they could see him in. More power to him. And let's face it, he ain't getting any younger. His screen time is quickly ticking away.
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Apr 07, 2002 5:51:32 PM CDT
An absurd rant about Disney, Universal, and Islands of Adventure
by sk909
Disneyworld IS going to hell. A lot of the people who work their act more like Nazi's now than the usual Disney smiling robots. My family and I were sitting on the floor at the Universe of Energy when the movie came on... you know, that stupid Ellen DeGeneres/Jeopardy thing, and the lady says, 'I'm not starting this film until all people are standing. You must stand. Excuse me(looks over at my family and the large group of people that are still sitting around us).' She starts it anyway. Two minutes later she's standing behind all of us in the darkness lecturing us that we should stand. I left the damn theater. She followed us out saying some other BS, but I didn't hear it. The people working there are INSANE. They're getting paid what? Like $6/hr? And they all act like they own half the company. Actually, if they did, they wouldn't act like such Nazi's. Plus, when the hell was the last time they added ANYTHING at Epcot, the Magic Kingdom, MGM, or Animal Kingdom? Don't you love how they keep pushing back the openings of the Space pavillion at Epcot, Beastly Kingdom at Animal Kingdom(which was supposed to open with the park)? How many countries have they said were going to open at Epcot over the past 10 years but none of them came to fruition? How about that Mt.Fuji/Matterhorn ride they've been talking about to go behind Japan? That'll happen... sure. Plus, Star Tours. Want to know why they didn't update it? Because when Lucas presented his plans for a new replacement podracer ride to Disney, they began cutting everything from digital effects to sound and Lucas got really pissed. He told them that's what his company and reputation are built upon. Plus, he wanted them to refurbish and clean up the current Star Tours before he even gets to work on the new version. And they refused! So Lucas got pissed and totally left the whole idea adrift, but now, since I guess he's under contract and can't have the ride removed, he might do the whole new Star Tours ride out of his own pocket, just to show those bastards what's up. God forbid they spend some money on rides instead of building hotel after hotel after hotel and hosting conventions where drunk idiots stumble around the pool at night accosting the families who go their for a vacation. (I saw it happen TWICE at the contemporary. Some fat convention a--holes were drunk and trying to start a fight with two 17 year old kids so they went and told the staff, and the staff did nothing.) Anyway, Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure are A THOUSAND TIMES better. They know what service is. Plus, the people that work there don't have an uptight, Nazi attitude about things. It was my last night there, and I wanted some Marvel superheroes cup, but the soda stands were closed, and I asked the guy working there if he could sell me one after the fireworks, so he just gave me one. Think that would happen at Disney anymore? Islands of Adventure opened with every ride, restaurant, and store they said was going to be there when it was in its planning stages. What did Animal Kingdom open with? A HIGHER ticket price than the rest of the parks, plus they had the nerve to only open with like 3 attractions, saying the rest were still being built. That was four years ago. That's why people bitch about it so much. So they had to lower the price, and now they're saying that they won't add any rides there in the future because of low attendance. Jee...I wonder why there's low attendance. Could it be because you have no f--kin rides? You can see that whole park in three hours. You can add another two by standing there watching the gorillas. They touted the damn Tiger River Rapids ride there for two years before it opened. Bluto and Popeye's river rapids is considered one of the LESSER attractions at IOA and it is twice as long and twice as complex as the Tiger Rapids at Animal Kingdom which they used repeatedly to try and lure people back to the park. It's ok, but too short and hardly what they acted like it was going to be. Spider-man at Islands of Adventure, the Hulk, Terminator, Popeye, Dueling Dragons, and even the goddamn Cat in the hat rides kick the ass of anything at Disney. So does Twister, Jaws, Back to the Future, and King Kong. The only thing that sucks right now about both MGM AND Universal is that they are closing the best rides to put in ones that don't even make sense. Like they're closing The Great Movie Ride at MGM to make room for a Disney villains ride. Does that make sense? Isn't that whta MGM is supposed to be about? Movie nostalgia? Why couldn't they just change the scenes inside to other movies like Citizen Kane or Star Wars or Lawrence of Arabia? Wouldn't that be better than putting something that is really only a further promotion of Disney characters that actually belongs in the Magic Kingdom? The same thing happened when they closed the movie memorabilia store on Sunset Blvd. there. They opened a 101 Dalmations/Winnie the Pooh store. Plus, they're closing King Kong at Universal Studios to make room for a Mummy ride. Great sense of nostalgia there. Why don't they just replace Jaws with Tomb Raider. King Kong is one of my favorite attractions because it is an actual full-sized, living, breathing animatronic. Not something on a screen or just another stupid roller-coaster. And the details on that ride are amazing. The apartments, the fruit stands, the smashed cars, the bridge, the signs... Kong himself. Oh well... at least you know their Mummy ride will blow your ass away. But over at Disney... Eisner needs to resign... like right now.
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And Walken looks Pimptastic.
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you bet your ass my spaceship would have sails!
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I know he works a lot, but this ain't gonna improve his craft much. Maybe he just wants to scare kids, who knows? Looks damn scary to me. Anyone hear the odd rumour that Walken sometimes dresses up as a bellboy whilst in hotels, then sees if anyone notices him? Walken denies it, but I'd love it to be true, and if he's crazy enough to do a kids film, then why not?
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By-Tor, that's what I thought of also! I wonder if there will be Liabe seeds in it. :-) It's too bad Vic Morrow can't do a voice. :-)
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Apr 07, 2002 8:49:50 PM CDT
SK909, you are my hero ! Congrats for having the balls to actual
by silenceoffreedom
I hate disney so much, they just recycle the same garbage over and over again. And for god's sake, the WHOLE MOVIE of the country bears is in that trailer ! Walt Disney (the man) is rolling in his grave. It's funny how all of Disney's films since his death have been formulaic and churned out. All of the live action films follow the exact same premise as well. a "funny" outcast does "funny" things, meets a girl he can't possibly get, has "hilarious" sidekicks, meets villain, villain puts ppl and girl in danger, "hero" saves the day and earns respect of ppl that disrespected him and the love of the girl. The end, perfect setup for a direct to video sequel. It's too bad that it's all about the money now, Walt did it out of love, and NOT love of money. You're right, Universal Studios is awesome, and the Kong ride is amazing as well. Disney is getting worse and worse, releasing an animated film, waiting till it makes 100 mil, then tacking on "outtakes" two weeks later so the kids are clamoring to see the piece of shit again. Sadly, since they have their fucking claws in everything, including McDonald's, they'll never go bankrupt, but I wish there was a way for that to happen, I truly do. When I have kids, they will NOT be brought up on Disney tripe, i swear it.
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Apr 07, 2002 9:00:55 PM CDT
You mean that picture is real? I thought it was just my meds kic
by jackburton
Outside of that I really have nothing to say.
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...Fuck him in the ass. Fuck him in the ass with a big black rubber dildo and then break it off and beat him to death with the end of it (to paraphrase George Carlin). Why the freakin' HELL don't the animaNazis at MouseCo just buy, correctly subtitle, and distribute some goddamn real anime instead of foisting on us their ripped-off cheesy crap? (And I ain't talkin' no hack dub-job like they did with Totoro and Kiki and Mononoke and will probably do with Lupin as well.) This is gonna be another "Atlantis"--full of absolutely gorgeous animation and beautifully done voice-overs, and ultimately signifying nothing--not to mention that, also like "Atlantis", it will be a total rip-off of a perfectly good anime film. FUCK Treasure Planet. I'll be at home watching my old Harlock tapes. Leiji Matsumoto oughta sue the shit outta that rat-bastard Eisner for even thinking of daring to make a space-pirate cartoon. Miserable fuckin' son-of-a-whore money-grubbing scumwad. Of course, if Matsumoto-san did sue, Eisner and his cronies would deny the'd ever heard of him, just like last time. You do remember last time, don't you? "Jungle Emperor? Osama Tezuka? Never heard of 'em. Sorry!" My FAT ASS! You know, I'm not a violent person. Generally speaking I abhor violence. But by the Great Old Ones, if I am ever, by some great and random chance, left alone in a room with that shitfucker Eisner and a baseball bat, I swear I will pull a De Niro Scarface on his misbegotten head so fast and so hard that strong men will blanch at its ferocity. *WHACK!* "THAT was for the Lion King!" *WHACK!* "THAT was for the Hunchback of Notre Dame!" *WHACK! WHACK!* "THAT and THAT are for the sequel, you fuckin' money-grubbing toadshit!" [Here the bat would split] "And speaking of sequels, THIS" [here I stab Eisner with the broken bat thru the hole in his chest where his heart would be if he had one, the soulless fuck]"...is for Return to motherfuckin' Neverland!" GodDAMN I'm pissed off. Disney is co-opting, bastardizing, and destroying our memories and our childhood dreams (not to mention great works of animation art and classic novels). They must be stopped, and since the only thing cashbots like them respond to is a drop in income, VOTE WITH YOUR WALLET! Don't go to this film, even if Harry and Moriarty and the usual gang of idiots tell you it's better than "Citizen Kane"! DON'T GO! DONT GIVE THE MOUSE YOUR MONEY! I think I need to sit down...
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Those are good amps.
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Apr 07, 2002 10:03:35 PM CDT
HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!! DISNEY'S RIPPING OFF CAPTAIN HARLOCK!
by edstraker1
First they steal Tezuka's story from Jungle Emperor then they go after Nadia (though I kind of liked Atlantis) and now they steal Matsumoto's Harlock!!! What the fuck? Somebody make Eisner stop it, please!!!!
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Is it just me, or is anyone else getting some Star Blazer vibes from Treasure Planet? Oh well, as long as it's not as bad as Atlantis, and there's no bad pop song over the end credits. At least James Newton Howard will provide some sweet score music (I hope).
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But what a hilarious picture! Time for another crap-fest from Disney...
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It might not suck if the protagonists are chased around by Anthony Hopkins with a blood-drenched spear, determined to make them into warm winter clothing and claw necklaces.
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forgive me for not knowing, but what is the difference between the "unrated" version of return of the joker and the one that is out now? other than a silly ending, i thought it was pretty good.
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And I'm going to bet money that anime people will feel obligated to inform us to no end of the similarities between this and Galaxy Express 999 or any other incarnation Japanese animation of a galleon in space. Let's face it, when it comes to sf fantasy visual eye candy, anime has done just about EVERYTHING. I don't think it's even possible anymore not to resemble anime when doing animated Sci-Fi--they've dedicated a full industry to it nonstop for the last several decades while we had nothing but endless incarnations of musical fairy tales. Furthermore, I think an anime influence at Disney would be a good thing right now, because Disney doesn't seem interested in allowing their animators to really be creative. They're more interested in the business end of things. Average boss to animator talk: "You've got three seconds to sketch Jiminey Cricket for the next tourist group--DO IT NOW, BITCH!" I mean, really, if looking at anime helps them put out stuff like that poster--I say show them everything NOW! Tape their eyes open and make them watch Laputa nine times a day, 24-7, for a month! Well, maybe that's going overboard a bit...maybe.
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There's an intern program where they get (snooty)college students to go down there for three months and work in those jobs--virtually slave labor is what it is. My sister went down there, had a terrible time, worked as fast food vender essentially, felt used, and came back early with wounded pride, hating Disney more than ever(ironically, she's an anime nut, who will never forgive them for "ripping off" Nadia). Anyway, one of her uber-bitch roommates, who my sister compared to a Nazi too, worked at the Universe of Energy. Maybe you met her!
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Apr 08, 2002 2:01:36 PM CDT
There was .... BLOod .... on the CARpet .. there was ... blOOD
by durhay
They should have Walken do voices for all Disney rides. NOW... isthetime .... NOW .... istheBEST.. time ... of YOUR... life! A canonball .... don't pay ....... NO MIND! For years I tried out for Disney University (the program where college students get to work at Disney) and I never got props from the Mouse. Only the Greeks got to go. Me and my roommate were Disney vacation veterans, rode the rides, saw the movies, quoted obscure audioanimatron dialogue (our favorite was the scuba safety dialogue from the Horizons ride and the narration of EL RIO DEL TIEMPO from the Mexico pavilion), hum the various songs used in the parks, and whatnot but we got passed over for good looking rich kids who KNEW nothing about Disney. And at the recruiting presentations they had every semester they'd bring out the previous semester's batch and they'd describe how it was, and everybody went on and on about the party atmosphere in the dorm/apartments at night and how drunk they got. The presenters would stand there looking embarrassed and/or pissed but they never weeded those types out during the interviewing process.
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INT. A Cave. Papa Bear is sitting in a chair, bleeding around the eye. Mobsters are standing around him. The lighting is ominous. The man sitting across from him is Vincent Cacarte, a cool, manacing man.
VINCENT CACARTE
(lights a cigarette)
Mr. Bear, do you know who we are?
PAPA
(shrugs, amused) I give up.
Who are you?
VINCENT
My name is Vincent Cacarte, I work as council for Mr. Blue Lou Boyle. I understand you used to be a cop so I assume you've heard of us.
PAPA
(pauses) I've heard of Blue Lou Boyle....
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We can only assume it doesn't go too downhill from here in the hopes they maintain a "G" rating.
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Apr 08, 2002 2:06:15 PM CDT
Disney have only one word in their favor right now, and that wor
by togmeister
Pixar. Their flicks continue to kick ass left and right, but no wonder that Jobs and Lassetter can't wait to get shot of the Mouse and prove that they can do it on their own, the way Katzenberg did ('Shrek' was the biggest cinematic fuck-you of the past decade - props are due). Trust the greedy Eisner to demand Toy Story 3 before he'll let 'em go.Just one more thing, what's with the ripping on the Disneyworld staff, the female ones especially? I was there this year and found most of 'em to be complete honeys, so there.
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Just keeping our beloved catchphraises alive, besides , SOMEBODY was bound to say it.
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Apr 08, 2002 3:29:03 PM CDT
Let's Not Forget The Other Disneyland/World Themed Project W
by buzz maverik
I hear it's the best of the bunch. Spaulding Gray plays a Dad with two adorable kids (Jonathan Lipnick and Mara Wilson) who spends and hour and a half waiting in a line at Disneyland. Janeane Garafalo plays his wife, the kids' stepmom. SPOILER ALERT: After all that time and waiting, while the characters do not know for sure what line they are in, they find themselves in the parking lot. David Goyer wrote the screenplay and Jonathan Demme directs.
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Apr 08, 2002 4:29:29 PM CDT
Walken:" Hey, I thought you only did that in the woods?" Bear: "
by timbenzedrine
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In this age when trailers are constucted to make even the worst piece of crap look good, who at Disney thought that trailer was even watchable? My prediction: this will make Battlefield Earth look like Citzen Kane.
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Listen, I saw the trailer, and you all need to cut a little slack here. Would you have seen a trailer for any of the Muppets films and said, how could a frog walk around Manhattan? No. The Bears are one of the best attractions at Disney, and this is Disney "vertically intergrating" its content.
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Read "More Mouse Tales" to see how Disney has had massive layoffs, cut crews, and morale is at an all time low. See how this lead to a death and massive injurty at Disneyland in 1999. Since 1984 Disney has slowly turned into shit.
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"The Country Bears" is a pretty cute movie. I read the script and the trailer definitely doesn't do it justice. I was hoping they would do a "VH1 Behind The Music" ad campaign because the movie is kind of a "Blues Brothers" getting-the-band-back-together story. The bears aren't as scary as they look in the photos and lemme tell ya...Christopher Walken is funny as HELL! Give Disney some credit...this is a late summer release. Like "The Princess Diaries"...kids and adults will get a kick out of it and have some fun for a few hours at the theater. Mission accomplished, Disney.
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Apr 09, 2002 6:45:03 AM CDT
You bitches don't know what you're on about. This is the
by theginger twit
James Newton howard is doing the music for Treasure planet! His scores for Dinosaur and Atlantis are the best I've heard in the last 10 years - Can't frickin wait!
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