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Shane Acker's computer animated sci-fi flick, 9, gets an impressive voice cast!!!

Blowjob by Horace Cox	Mar 21st, 2007 02:46:20 AM
I bet that got your attention.
FIRST AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by Droogie Alex	Mar 21st, 2007 02:46:37 AM
Hey
Damn you Michael Bay by MCMLXXVI	Mar 21st, 2007 02:47:17 AM
Damn you Michael Bay
KAHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN! by Droogie Alex	Mar 21st, 2007 02:48:17 AM
Missed it by that much
here's the link to it on YouTube by dtwookieman	Mar 21st, 2007 02:57:14 AM
Here's the link to it on You Tube. http://youtube.com/watch?v=964 QHmjLqa0
Droogie by Horace Cox	Mar 21st, 2007 03:14:59 AM
Now think about it son... Isn't the word "blowjob" a much more interesting way to inaugurate a talkback? Use some creativity.
EXCELLENT by jack scagnetti	Mar 21st, 2007 03:54:39 AM
That was brilliant, when the monster sucked out the little guys lifeforce, it was superb,kinda Dark Crystal, little bit Raiders,great stuff.
I concur by quentintarantado	Mar 21st, 2007 04:27:33 AM
The video short was pretty good without any lines of dialogue. I wonder what a full-length feature's story would be?
great stuff by Evil Hobbit	Mar 21st, 2007 04:29:51 AM
tx for posting
neat by kusaga	Mar 21st, 2007 04:47:05 AM
The whole thing seemed to be Burton's style. Hopefully the story will be great.
that...was REALLY fuckin cool. I'm anticipating... by Datascream	Mar 21st, 2007 05:05:18 AM
the feature-film now. Thanks for showing this to us Quint.
Porn ??? WTF ? by everstranger	Mar 21st, 2007 05:07:48 AM
Is it me or we can hear a porn movie in the background? (listen carefully at the beginning and in the blanks...) WTF???????
Loved it by Uridium	Mar 21st, 2007 06:15:47 AM
That was great, cant wait for a full lenght film version, especially with Tim Burton in on it.
seventeenth, bitches! by council estate scumbag	Mar 21st, 2007 06:44:37 AM
heard about this. burton jumping on some band wagon. jury's still out on this. batteries running low on this stolen laptop. gonna have to nick another one within the next hour. fuck! these bloody community support officers everywhere dont make life easy anymore.
Wow, that short film was great. by KillDozer	Mar 21st, 2007 06:53:59 AM
So, even if they expand this to feature length, what do they need voices for? I think silent characters in the short film were a lot more interesting and mysterious without talking.
Jennifer Connelly!! by theonecalledshoe	Mar 21st, 2007 07:09:44 AM
I don't know the movie. But if she's invovled, SWEET CHRISTMAS!
anyone wanna buy a laptop? by council estate scumbag	Mar 21st, 2007 08:01:26 AM
second hand. been used since monday. formerly used by one careful owner (posh twat who we stole it from) and a council estate geeza.
Beautiful Design by BojTrek	Mar 21st, 2007 08:37:32 AM
What a beautiful/ugly world... I cannot wait to see more... Reminds me of an Oddworld-esque world... but more of a nightmare version... with creepy baby dolls. Great!
because the movie with Matt Damon voicing by warp11	Mar 21st, 2007 09:04:34 AM
that character was so awesome! And Drew Berrymore as the female, ! Amazing!
Wow, Shane Acker! (Who's Shane Acker?) by JackPumpkinhead	Mar 21st, 2007 09:16:02 AM
OK, I don't know, but whoever he is, he must be better than the other Shane, Shane Salerno.
Stop stunt casting animation! by INWOsuxRED	Mar 21st, 2007 09:50:39 AM
Nothing is worse than being distracted by the familiar voice of every other character in a cartoon(especially if the familiar voice happens to be Robin Williams). Hire PROFESSIONAL voice talent, meaning people we don't see in every other live-action film. Just because Entertainment Tonight doesn't come down to your studio to see Danny Devito pretend he is a rabbit doesn't mean you can't have a successful movie, ya fucks.
Richard williems??? by Bishop6	Mar 21st, 2007 10:18:25 AM
is he stilla alive?
"That old Tool video meets Nine Inch Nails' "Closer" by CreasyBear	Mar 21st, 2007 10:20:14 AM
meets Toy Story meets Nightmare Before Christmas in a post-apocalyptic Orwellian dystopia . . . oh, and no dialogue." I guess that's why you'd just show the short instead of trying to pitch the idea.
big screen by vaterite	Mar 21st, 2007 10:47:02 AM
I saw this at Mike Judge & Don Hertzfelt's "The Animation Show", and it played really well on the big screen. It was by far the favorite piece of the crowd in Ann Arbor, perhaps because it was the most approachable. The textures were gorgeous, and I can only imagine they'll improve. It depends pretty heavily on referencing established film conventions to get away without any voices. I wonder if the addition of speech will affect that particularly charming aspect. Also, I'd argue that sometimes well known folk can be annoying (was particularly put off by Gillian Anderson in Mononoke), but specifically, Elijah Wood totally owned the character in Happy Feet.
I uhh... I know this guy :) by aicmb	Mar 21st, 2007 11:29:50 AM
I actually grew up with him. Hy brother and I lived up the street from him and his brother about 20+ years ago. hehehe. Pretty cool to see he is having such success. I remember them as good people, a lot of fun, and a lot of imagination. His brother got me into comics. Wild. I never would have caught up with these memories if it wasn't for this article. That sparked a bit of googling, and what do you know, there's Shane. Good for him!
Voice acting? by mondoz2	Mar 21st, 2007 11:31:18 AM
That doesn't need no hobbit voice acting. I think it would detract from the excellent animation. There was a lot of emotion conveyed in the motion of the characters even without voices. I can't imagine that having him sound like a hobbit would add much.
Ooooooooooold neeeeeeeeewss! by ELGordo	Mar 21st, 2007 12:23:38 PM
Twitch reported on this well over a month ago. They got it from Cartoon Brew who reported on it a few days before that. Way to follow up on a project dude.
Frodo of the 9 fingers by INWOsuxRED	Mar 21st, 2007 03:39:37 PM
vaterite, it seems to me they don't even try to actually cast these things based on the needs of the picture, but simply find all the big names willing to do animation, throw them into a hat, and pull out some names and match them to characters. A big traditional actor may in some cases be right for a voice, but when the films are stuffed with "names", it pretty much tells me any success in matching up a voice to a character happened on accident.
........and the ring of doom by vaterite	Mar 21st, 2007 04:22:29 PM
In animation it's pretty easy to go wrong, even if it's not a big name. For example, whoever the woman is who does the English voice for Naruto. Granted, it's always about the money when studio's go for stars (even MORE true in live action), but I'm not sure it detracts from the picture if the actors themselves are respectful of the property. Elijah is definitely a nerd, so I wouldn't worry about that so much. The lead character in nine is definitely young, if war-scarred.
Salad Fingers by Draculynx	Mar 22nd, 2007 06:31:14 PM
...shit reminds me of that cartoon...
Elijah Wood ought to replace Tobey in Spider-Man 4 by Drath	Mar 22nd, 2007 07:06:32 PM
Because if Maguire and Topher Grace can become muscular heroes thanks to physical therapy and lots and lots of padding, so can Frodo. Besides, Jake Gyllenhaal is never going to do it, and the world isn't perfect enough for Milo Ventimiglia to play TWO heroes named Peter. I have no opinion at all on this movie 9 though, so I add nothing to this talkback--and I don't care!
Groovy video by Valin Kenobi	Mar 22nd, 2007 11:29:56 PM
However, I'm not sure that expanding it to 90 minutes and filling it with celebrity voice casting will improve upon it.

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