Dude. I’m sick of sarcastic animators referring to anything with talking animals as “furry”. Before the internet, you would have called this “talking animals” or “cartoons” But nowadays ANYTHING with a talking animal, dragon, or fantasy creature is immedeately associated with that gross, unfortunate fandom.

FURRY is pornographic fan art, usually involving uber-extreme fetishes, the kind you have to see to believe.

Thanks to the internet, whenever i tell someone “Oh hey, I wrote a cool werewolf movie.” I hear “Oh, so it’s a furry movie?”

NO! It’s a dang werewolf movie! Arrgh! *tears hair out*

I’m shocked, but Planet 51 actually looks competent. I thought it would follow all the other hideous beyond reason CGI kiddie flicks like Doogal, Space Chimps, and Fly Me to the Moon but now it actually has my interest. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs had me rolling my eyes too before I saw the lastest trailer. They are in no way up to the level of anticipation I have for The Princess and the Frog but I could at least see myself potentially sitting through a screening of them. The best I can hope for is the “Squeakuel” to AATC goes mostly unoticed and quickly disappears from our lives. I had the same hope for the first movie though and the damn thing made over 357 million in ticket sales worldwide. On a side note I can’t help but notice that some of the “aliens” in Planet 51 opt for the shirt with no pants look while others are completly clothed. I guess that there isn’t really a set rule with anthromoporphic fictional creatures and coverage.

Jerry, I hope you’re right about PRINCESS. After watching the insipid Disney Channel “Super Secret Behind the Scenes Tour Mega-Spectacular” just to get a glimpse of the film I have to say that the design work and animation look top notch. I’m a little worried about the Dreamworks-like tone of the jokes. I’m going to reserve judgment until I see the film, though. I’m happy to see Disney doing traditional animation again. I just want so badly for this to be a home run so that both Disney and the other studios recognize that 2D is just as viable and vital as 3D animation. Both have their place and both can deliver experiences that are unique. I think that the studios have lost sight of that.

Planet 51 actually looks charming and funny.

the chipmunks are just creepy.

Did Alvin and the Chipmunks make that much money? I mean seriously…I’m not upset that there’s animators employed and working, but those characters look freaky.

I think Planet 51 looks fun, it’s well animated and although the designs are decidedly typical it it’s nicely acted. I’ll go see it.

Matt, to tell the truth, when I first got into the furry fandom, I understood “furry” as “animal themed”. You’d go a long way already to qualify as “furry” by just having talking animals in your story. The last mile would come from the story’s theme having some focus on the characters’ animal traits, or if the character designs put some emphasis on their animal appearance. So while “furry” isn’t as overarching as “talking animal”, it’s pretty close. Sure, there’s loads of furry porn; that’s just one part of the fandom. I think you can use “furry” like you can use “cartoon”, as the name of a medium instead of a genre.

Now I am aware that the people who worked on the Chippettes got harrassed by some real jerks sending dirty letters about the characters. We can joke about furry porn; the former of course goes too far.

You know, I think the new AatC designs would be absolutely adorable if they were hand drawn. Or at the very least more stylized like Pixar or Dreamworks characters.

But as it stands, they fall into this disturbing line between cute and the uncanny valley. Especially the teeth. I hate it when cartoon animals are depicted with realistic human teeth (unless its a one note gag like Daffy grinning sheepishly).

AREA 51 bothers me because the “aliens” pointlessly speak English. This is the first movie in which that has ever been an issue.

It actually looks kind of good, though, not like that wretched, wretched, wretched, SPACE CHIMPS

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I only made it about twenty minutes into the first CHIPMUNKS movie before I ejected the DVD and threw it into the spackle-spreader bucket. Worst seventeen cents I ever spent. Is it possible the second one is… worse?

Who paid for the infrastructure of the chipmunk schools? The film looks as if it takes place in California. Is this yet another obvious waste of taxpayer money that has helped throw the state into financial ruin?

Blame Schwarzenegger.

Furry porn? I see no porn in it but just CG cartoon animals talking and being cute. It’s like calling Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away Hentai just because you saw an anime girl and boy holding hands together. Pfft…

On the side note, Alvin and the Chipmunks made big money despite the awful critic reviews.. So I hope they continue doing well.

I thought the animation is kinda neat though. Theodore’s walk is pretty cute there and is different from the other two, showing his personality quite well. Trying to convert 2D to 3D is not an easy thing to do, I’d say while they will never beat the 2D version of it, but those hair looks like it fits altogether pretty nicely without looking like an ugly wig or the like. Props to the CG artists who worked on this. As far as story goes, I am not keeping my hopes high about it but I will reserve any judgment for now.

> Sure, there’s loads of furry porn; that’s just one part of the fandom. I think you can use “furry” like you can use “cartoon”, as the name of a medium instead of a genre.

Same would be applied to anime too, so what comes around, goes around! :-)

Seems like the best we’re getting out of the chipmunk thing is a release of “The Alvin Show” on DVD, though sadly it is not a disc I would recommend buying due to how it’s being done (and terribly so).

Also, I think of the three, Simon looks the absolute worst. I don’t know why, but his facial expressions always seem…off, somehow. And it’s not the glasses, either, since it’s mainly in the way he seems to move his mouth.

I almost forgot…

Dr. Forrester: Now, what happens when someone plays “I Want To Know What Love Is” by Foreigner?
TV’s Frank: People vomit?

Unfortunately, Knowing Paramount/Viacom
If the DVD “The Very First Alvin Show” doesn’t sell, they will not give us the complete series

So i suggest everyone to buy this DVD, If you want to see The Complete Series of The Alvin Show

as for the films
Planet 51: I don’t know
Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Squeekuel: I’m a little convinced that it might be good seeing that CG models of The Chipettes look accurate to their 2D counterparts to some degree

Come Christmas Day, I feel safe in the knowledge that I will not be watching either of these piles of crap. I might watch Chuck Jones “Grinch,” but I’ll have a previous month or two of showings to choose from.

“Give Alvin and the Chipmunks a break, will ya? At least animators are getting job at this terrible economy situation right now.” This is exactly why animators should be out of work.

“This is exactly why animators should be out of work.”

Wow.
What an amusingly unintelligent statement.

How come with every franchise sequel featuring CG craphics, the rendering gets flatter and the models seem less…believable.

Stupid studios.