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NEWS: Pete Docter to Produce English Howl


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Proman



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 2:11 pm Reply with quote
Cloe wrote:
Gamelore wrote:
If this is that annoying fat man who comes on BY DEFAULT whenever I put in my R1 Spirited Away DVD, for the love of GOD someone please tell him not to do that again! All I know is it was someone at Pixar, and I was very upset to say the least.

I keep telling myself to edit that guy out and burn my own version ... someday.


I rather like John Lasseter's introductions. It makes me feel warm inside to see American animators who are so awed and inspired by Miyazaki's work. And chances are that people who buy Ghibli movies outside anime fandom (ie parents who buy the R1 releases for their kids because they say "Disney" on them) will feel like they are watching something less foreign to them because of the Pixar seal of approval. I bought Castle in the Sky for my little brothers when I went to visit my parents a while ago and my mom, who generally believes that anime is the absolute lowest form of entertainment, decided to sit down and watch it too because of Lasseter's introduction. She doesn't know Ghibli, but she DOES know (and loves) Pixar, and that's enough to get her to sit down and try watching something new.

Sorry this was kind of a long post. I just think John Lasseter's a good guy, too.

And I can't wait for the release of Howl's Moving Castle here!

I think you made a good point. Besides, you can always skip the introduction if you don't like it.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 2:22 pm Reply with quote
I agree with you that he is probably a good guy. Heck, he could be the greatest guy on earth.

I just don't like the way they make "Statement by John Lasseter" the unofficial Chapter 1 of Spirited Away. I didn't need him to tell me "You're special. You're going to watch Spirited Away." Hi? The fact that I had been waiting over a year to see it in the theatre and bought the DVD kind of makes that redundant, don't you think?

Plus it's embarrasing when I'm trying to convince my peers that it *really is* not a kid's movie. Sad

Yes, you can hit skip quickly and you only see a glimpse of him. I think you can skip him altogether if you manually select the first chapter of the movie. But it is something that they shouldn't have done in the first place, is all I'm saying.
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