Alpha and Omega

[Surreal Kangaroo]

This is a new movie coming out this September. It looks like it mught have potential, but the animation is poor IMO. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoaADvpxwJQ

 

[Mesousa]

Will Lionsgate ever learn that their animated movies will always flop?

 

[NewcomerDC]

Will Lionsgate ever learn that their animated movies will always flop?

The film could go straight to DVD/Blu-Ray so nothing's set in stone.

 

[Zam]

This reminds me a lot of Balto, the two protagonists even have the same color scheme.

Also, their faces look like shoe horns.... yeah, dtv material definietly

 

[Alph]

What's with the hair?

 

[Lavenderpaw]

Kind of tacky, talky and tall-tale.



Seriously... this looks like Princess and The Frog mixed with balto? Which I found to be a very good film. This... we'll have to wait and see. I'm not saying no, but I'm not saying yes. Come on, we've had Ice Age, Oh Brother! Bear. Have to wait and see.

 

[Lonestarr]

What's with the hair?

All the better to anthropomorphize in fan art?

 

[Rainbow Sharpie]

I'm personally not too blown away by this - all the jokes you can see from a mile away, and the animation is so plastic-y looking. Blargh.

...Holy crap, is the male wolf related in anyway to Balto? He could pass as his geeky cousin or something.

 

[Restless]

Meh, the animation doesn't look that great and I dislike the character designs. The plot premise is pretty average; it's been done before a million times and is comparable to Balto (it even has a comic release goose!). Now, these types of movies can turn out alright, but they need the right crew, director, and script writer to make it happen. This one looks cliché and it's fairly easy to guess how it will end.

I think it may have had potential, but it needed to be handled differently. I have a suspicion that little research went into how the characters would move and interact with each other...The lower-budget feel doesn't help any. The character designs aren't attractive, but not because they have a unique style that separates them from others. I'd say they're pretty generic.

Oh course it's only a trailer, but I'll stand by my predictions.

 

[Lavenderpaw]

Right, and Alpha and Omega... that's kind of getting religious.

 

[CatChancey]

Alpha and omega are terms used to describe certain roles in wolf pack "society."

http://www.wolfpark.org/wolffaq.html

For the actually movie, It looks like the character design in this movie is inspired almost completely by deviant artists. The weird wolf mane "hair," the multicolored fur, etc.

 

[EinBebop]

The most noteworthy thing about this movie is that it will be Dennis Hopper's last film credit.

 

[Sparticus]

For the actually movie, It looks like the character design in this movie is inspired almost completely by deviant artists. The weird wolf mane "hair," the multicolored fur, etc.

Heh, you beat me to it. Was gonna say it looks like they got some 14 year old DeviantArtists to do character design. And not the freakishly talented ones. :B

Aside from that, the animation gives me the impression that they didn't even research wolves before making this. Styleization is one thing, but the critter should at least MOVE like the animal they're modeled after. The overall cartoonyness of it all probably woulda worked better in 2D, which makes me roll my eyes at the CGI.

 

[Master Toon]

Wow, that movie looks very bad and the voice cast will not do anything to help it either. When it comes to CGI films you can just tell when something is going to be a flop. I know I can at least.

 

[Ooze33]

Yeah, I just saw the "3D" version in the trailers. Awful. The story was typical, the characters were stereotypical, and the animation was terrible. Not to mention, I didn't even notice any 3D, though according to the trailer, it's "eye-popping". Even at the end, the goose through a rock or something at the screen and there was no effect. I'm starting to think this is a movie made to have a 3D effect, and nothing else.

 

[OriginalGagBonke]

What surprises me about this is that the guy behind the Swan Princess is producing this.

This reminds me a lot of Balto, the two protagonists even have the same color scheme.

I thought I was the only one who thought of this as a Balto knock-off.

 

[Master Toon]

I thought I was the only one who thought of this as a Balto knock-off.

Knock-off is such a strong word. There's no other similarities other than them being wolves with the same fur color.

 

[Blankments]

Yeah, I just saw the "3D" version in the trailers. Awful. The story was typical, the characters were stereotypical, and the animation was terrible. Not to mention, I didn't even notice any 3D, though according to the trailer, it's "eye-popping". Even at the end, the goose through a rock or something at the screen and there was no effect. I'm starting to think this is a movie made to have a 3D effect, and nothing else.

Really, what movie did you see it with? I'm kinda worried about watching the trailer since you guys say it's so awful.

 

[CatChancey]

The most noteworthy thing about this movie is that it will be Dennis Hopper's last film credit.

I hope he had a good time making it, although I'm skeptical that this film will do his career justice. Strangely enough, Marlon Brando's last film was also an obscure animated film called "Big Bug Man," that was completed just after his death, but never been released.

I guess towards the end of their lives they couldn't actually get around to act, so voice over work was the only viable way to continue their craft.

 

[Ooze33]

Really, what movie did you see it with? I'm kinda worried about watching the trailer since you guys say it's so awful.

I saw it with Shrek Forever After in 3D.