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Published at:  Jan 30, 2001 6:14:16 PM CST

Hey folks, Harry here... seems like folks are beginning to shake out of the trees in regards to LILO & STITCH... To be honest, the folks that I've spoken with seem to absolutely exude the highest level of confidence and unbridled excitement when talking about this one. And because it seems to have such a great chance at being something remarkable... believe you me, we're gonna be keeping close tabs on this one. Beware of some spoilers below.... Here ya go...





Hey there Harry,

I have been a long time admirer of your site and I just thought I would run
some tidbits by you about Lilo and Stitch. Anyway my major was 3d
animation and they had a specialization in classic animation as well. We
would gather together every so often under the guise of theToon Society and beg some Disney folks to drop by and give us some
info on the industry (we lured them to our 'headquarters' under this guise and then
forced them to give us some helpful hints on animation as our instructor ).

We
had one of the actual animators (not a cleanup guy or an inbetweener) come
by one night after hours and give an impromptu 101 on animation.

He was real open
about Disney's future projects ie Treasure planet, Lilo and Stitch, Sweating
Bullets, and Bears. The last two he said were very premature and shakey at
best as concepts. He told us some interesting bits about Lilo and Stitch...

The plot if you don't already know folows Stitch (an escaped alien convict)
who lands on Earth and pretends he is a puppy to "hide" with Lilo(a young
Hawaiian girl). Lilo, her older sister, and and this guy who is trying to
put the moves on her all geat caught up in this crazy adventure as alien
bounty hunters land on Earth to retrieve Stitch. Some of the more
interesting little tidbits were that Stitch has either 6 or 8 legs can't
remember witch and he has to tuck them up under his body to make himself
look more like a dog, the boy (who's name I dont recall) is attracted to
Lilo's older sister but he is intimidated by the fat that she is sightly
taller than he is, the most interesting fact to us animation geeks was that
the animators had devise a new type of walk cycle for the alien ambassador
who hires the alien bounty hunters because he has three legs, the animator
proceeded to demonstrate and I must say this looked extremely impressive.

The animator was really pleased with the work that was being done on Lilo
and Stitch said it was the company's hope that it may rival their biggest
hit the Lion King.....

Hope this is of some interest...

Thanks for your time

call me Chairman Kaga



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  • Jan 30, 2001 6:44:04 PM CST

    cool

    by phatjacck

    i hope this one's good..is it me or has disney lost a little bit of it's magic?

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  • Jan 30, 2001 7:38:45 PM CST

    A movie about me?

    by stitch

    Cool name ;-)

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  • Jan 30, 2001 7:49:31 PM CST

    Links?

    by sethfx

    Is there anything to SEE?
    Are there any LINKS?
    Will I actuall have to go and LOOK for MYSELF?!!!

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  • Jan 30, 2001 8:41:23 PM CST

    lilo and sitch...

    by baff

    sounds impressive. really does and with this one, theres is nothing really THAT contreversial that disney may get cold feet about and change. i am actually really impressed with the 'wont date her cause shes tall' story. though why is it always the girl always excepts ugly guy and everyones happy. why dont they ever have stories where i guy excepts an ugly girl?? im serious!! it is really rare for u to see an ugly girl to be with a good looking guy!!!! we're all pigs. baff

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  • Jan 31, 2001 7:27:21 AM CST

    The pics I saw did have shades of TOTORO, if you can believe it

    by drath

    I was at the MGM Studio Park a week ago and I saw a few of the finished images from the film, ie they looked like stills from finished scenes. Lilo is a native Hawaiian, not a white kid like I'd expected, and it looked like they were trying for a modern setting. But the way they were drawing the characters actually made me think of more expressive designs in My Neighbor Totoro. Stitch is an unusual looking guy for Disney too, that person who said he resembled a blue coala bear was pretty close. He'll probably be compared to a Pokemon character by brainless animation-hating film critics. Ignore them! Of course, the story here sounds less subtle and more formulaic than most of Miyazaki's films,(didn't that Hulk Hogan movie from the early '90's have a similar plot) but the execution makes a difference. If the characters are real and endearing without depending on jeuvenile humor and slapstick, it might be a real charmer. I can see finally why the animators are all so excited about it. I hope they don't change the title like the tour guy said they might do. Also: I saw a production painting from Treasure Planet of a Pirate ship-shaped space ship(there's a tongue twister). It had an almost anime look with hundreds of spire sticking out of it to suggest incredible size and the huge alien symbols on its sale. Its orange color was really eye-catching next to the blue-ish starscape. Plus there were white manta-like alien creatures flying around it like sea-gulls. I hope that painting ends up in an Art of book because it was really a fantastic piece of work, even if there is no real need for wings or sails in space. In fact, I hope Disney is smart and releases separate detailed Art of books for Treasure Planet, Atlantis, *and* Lilo and Stitch.

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