WE LOVE YA MAN AND , THE TRUE MASTERPIECE'S YOU MADE ARE STILL AWESOME , LORD OF THE RINGS AND AMERICAN POP RULES , THANKS RALPH ! LOVE YOUR STYLE , AL / NYC
Ya FUCKING rite man, Japan could care less about foreigners around that time, and BTW their media has tons of foreigners probably more then than now, btw i think would of cared less cuz they've been doing adult anime and hentai for quite a while, and BTW I said WHAT IF he could have done his work in japan, so get that stick of ur ass and stfu
Ralph bakshi is a genius, I don't know he didn't do his animation in Japan, if he did he coulda of got away with everything, and would of had better animation, just imagine if he did a movie with miyazaki
@MrJhaggerty1992 Are you a troll or just retarded? Japan is one of the most insular nations in the world when it comes to it's entertainment industry, especially in the 60's and 70's when they were STILL rebuilding their country after the war.
@BoxxyfanSC You know shit about shit. Bakshi made due with what limitations he had production-wise and made some of the best adult animated movies. Period. You sound like some jaded Disney company man.
That's what's cool about animation and why i got into it. You need tons people and equipment to film a movie but anyone with a hard work ethic and open mind can make cartoons at home. ITS 2011!!
All these things we know to be true yet we don't DO IT. Well I'm about tired of sitting around complaining about how much better it used to be. It could be just as good now if people didn't abuse computers and kill their imaginations. Like he said we have all the damn power now in our little boxes but we are lethargic, uninspired, lazy and I believe its because we take it for granted.
If you love this video like I do and you are interested in helping to animate a full-length animated feature, send an e-mail to LarryLongstreth at 4Reelz dot come.
lethargic, uninspired, terrified. my generation summed in 3 words. the very reasons how we let someone like lady gaga even get nominated for a grammy and allow the record companies to convince us that it is good music because they keep forcing it upon us. if this were the 70s, lady gaga would get no farther than doing wednesday night performances at some crusty fag bar in the west village
I think you have a rather golden view of the 70's. There was plenty of crap back then, just as there is now. I'm always weary of comments about "it was so much better in the past" because we often see our past with rose-tinted glasses, and forget all the stuff that's better now than it was then.
@illuminatioracle what you said is extremely hilarious because that's exactly what she was doing, fronting bands doing shitty led zeppelin covers in bars in the west village, then she remembered she was born rich into one of the most wealthy families new york and focused entirely on spectacle after that
i agree totally with bakshi, the pressure on making "perfect" art these days is getting ridiculous, but the fact is you DON'T need any of it to make good art, infact most of the "perfect" stuff i see is completely flat shallow garbage and mostly looks the same, there's no soul in it at all
for a prime example of what he is talking about doing check out nina paley and her film "sita sings the blues", she animated it all herself and hired a few people for a few things, and it worked just fine
and it touches on some controversial subjects, thought not deeply, it still actually bothered to do what it did in the first place, which was be a self-made movie and advocate free culture
@ExposingIGNORANCEe ... What career moves? He didn't "revolutionize the medium of animation". He just put out cartoons with sex and violence in them before anyone else got the idea. That's not world-changing. His work is fine on its own merits, and I admire his optimism about his field, but face the facts: his last creative output sucked and came out in 1992. I know that the suits cockblocked him, but that doesn't change the fact that the final version of Cool World sucked, even for what it was.
heh... as far as cool world goes i don't see how it counts towards his reputation at all, they totally changed the original idea he wanted to make and turned into something completely different
besides the characters and some of the animation he didn't have much say in the final product it might aswell not even have his name attached to it
@thickterranarmor I dont admire his films yet I see the passion he put fourth in them! whats up your ass, hes done lots in his life and he deserves bragging rights I think!
the question is why do you deserve the time of the day? we all know why bakshi does! I have a few of his DVDs on my shelf!
@thickterranarmor Although only half of the nine films to his name are worth watching this is still the man who established the main alternative industry to mainstream animation.
@thickterranarmor Chill man. The alternative industry he starded was the whole thrend of adult orientated animation during the 1970s starting with Fritz the Cat. And this was the time when Disney pratically had a stronghold on the mainstream industry and they were having troubles as well up to the late 80s. Just look into his background history.
@FullmetalAnimator Didn't see any of the things you were talking about. I'm fairly certain that Groening, Judge, et al who went on to do cartoons with swearing and violence and what not would've come up with their ideas whether or not Bakshi did his thing.
I find myself disagreeing with Bakshi on a number of things (like the quality of more mainstream stuff, especially the Disney shorts), but he does make a number of excellent points as well. Different tastes, n' all that. And maybe it's just me, but he doesn't quite come off as much of a bitter snob as, say, John K. Don't get me wrong, I love John K.'s stuff (sans Adult Party Cartoon. Brrr....), but he really does seem like a very self-important jerk when it comes to stuff he doesn't like.
> "I love John K.'s stuff (sans Adult Party Cartoon. Brrr....), but he really does seem like a very self-important jerk when it comes to stuff he doesn't like."
One thing to keep in mind is that Mr. K. tends to speak his mind when he's on his own blog, and he certainly has the right (and credentials) to do so. On his Reddit AMA (where he answers questions directly from the community) he didn't come off as bitter, condescending, or self important at all.
I agree. People all over the internet have really bloated that stereotype. He just speaks his mind, but it's the people on the internet nower days who don't appreciate others having an opinion. John K is a really nice guy, but he just doesn't appreciate, or like more modern cartoons, but he has one hell of a reason not to. Look at everything now. It's all incredibly awful. Even I disagree with him, but I'm sure he would disagree with me on alot of things. It's called being different.
I love 2D animation more then anything, but I have respect for CG animatiors. I am currently studying animation and we are learning cg animation as well. the amount of work that goes into it is amazing. My respect for cg animators has grown. honestly though there is nothing wrong with cg animation I think it's good if used for the right story. I mean could you imagine meet the robinsons or toy story in 2D. wouldn't be as good to be honest. CG is here to stay and we should learn to work together
@Panzeux No, when Bakshi was doing his rotoscoping stuff, the industry was already ruined thanks to Filmation and the decline of Hanna-Barbera. He certainly did not mess up the industry, but he did play a large part in making it great again for a short period in the '90s when he produced Mighty Mouse, and gave John K the jump start that would allow him to open the door for other creative cartoonists with vision who actually had a passion for the medium. So show some damn respect.
@Panzeux he was an innovator! he was the first to make an x-rated animated film,the first to make an adult orientated tv show,before southpark, he tackled racial stereotypes to an extreme,his family film (wizards) was non-patronising to children and filled with clever metaphors *watch the bakshi wizards dvd interview*.
he made rotoscope as a way of experimentation as it hadn't been done to the extent he wanted to push it,and i think that was admirable.go back,watch the right cartoons,then talk.
@TheAcidHairball I stopped work on it in June, after finishing about 54 minutes. I didn't (and still don't) know enough about animation and the script was pretty bad--too small of an idea, stretched out to 90 pages. But at least I tried! Maybe I'll have a better idea next time!
@toothlesshedgehog113 Thats too bad. I've been looking into doing something with film but I haven't thought of what, but animation is something I have enjoyed. I haven't actually started writing either, but who knows?
@holymcshizlet No, not at the moment. I stopped the animated film idea after about a year of total work--six months for the screenplay and six attempting to animate it. I'm on to a better live-action project now, though, and I guess I might set up a website when that's finished.
This man is my hero I really hope someday I can be a successful indie animator like him. Or at least get my start at a big studio, save up money, then start my own studio or something.
@crezyoz No, it's not. If the U.S. of A. were something going as in Japan, there would be more than a dozen fine animation companies with names that would singularly stand out, I can a few: Madhouse, Gainax, etc. there's more.
I think what's preventing people from actually working together is a combination of: ego, elitism, intellectual snobbery, all that bullshit. The mindset here in America is locked into this.
LOVE how Ralph BLASTS the artists in the audience saying I'VE GOT NO RESPECT FOR YOU!!" This film should be required viewing for any animator, illustrator cartoonist,caricature artist, WHATEVER. Calling for artists to take their careers into their OWN HANDS and sue the technology available. It seems a no trainer what he's saying and yet so many dont DO THIS. And THEN have the never to criticize HIS work.
I don't think Ralph Bakshi was as good an animator as everyone says. He says in this video " I tried to do something different" and "I didn't care about the animation as long as the story was good" which is ok as long as you can make a good story. And i don't believe that his movies are the masterpieces that everybody makes them out to be. Except Lord of the Rings, I love that movie
@94animationkid It's the act of actually doing it, that's what you don't get otherwise you wouldn't be focusing on the quality of his animation work. It's the MESSAGE of EXPRESSION not being oppressed or being under an employer, for example, Disney. Damn, you don't get it at all. You're strung out in a way.
@Khultan Perhaps i dnt understand. But i do get some of what your saying about expressing. But im not specifically focusing on animation, i just think the stories he made we not really thrilling and really lacked in most places. I dnt disagree with his ideas, I just think he didnt pull it off very well.
@94animationkid Well, you got to be fair, if you weren't there in that era then it's speaking after the fact, the movie must've caused some kind of controversy back then , it had to. The point is, he rejected the standard routine of American business as usual psyche while everyone else in America was pussyfooting.
@94animationkid Plus, I don't see American animation as the leader and it shouldn't be, other countries. I'm beginning to see, are contributing their own in this medium and I gladly, with great relief, welcome this.
@94animationkid I wonder what IS American animation, because it's actually farmed out to other countries, for example, The Simpsons, or the Marvel and DC stuff tut tut . Perhaps, that is an antiquainted view. All you young animators need to roll up your sleeves, stop griping, you've done it,, and work together to break the impasse. Ralph Bakshi did, I'm sure there were others and even outside the country. The Image guys did it.
@Khultan I can't really put animation into a categories. the only thing i could say is Japan and it's anime. Everything else is just regular animation to me. But it all depends on the style that thet animator prefers.
@94animationkid My reply to your 'regular animation'. I grew up in the early 70s, as a kid, lamenting the swift decline of American animation of the 20s, 30s,40s, possibly 50s to the beginning of 'the regular format' style of animation of the 60s and 70s: the ugly style.
@94animationkid You made a distinction that Japanese animation may be irregular. Here's your quote: 'Everything else is just regular animation to me.' How mso? Maybe you can try to explain that, because that is puzzling.
@Khultan I apologize tht my comment may ahve confused you. I didnt say it was irregular i was just stating due to a comment of yours about different styles of animation. to which i said how the other thing i can see differnt from say "american" style of animation to the Japanese anime stlye.
@94animationkid Griping and complaining is fine, it means some kind of issue is identified but people have to actuallly DO something about it. I draw, myself. I'm turning in the first drawings at a sci-fi author's site just to get people to DO something, so far, mine, is the only drawing submitted and it's a little disheartening that in the whole of north America, no response has come through. WTF?!? Lethargy? Back to complaining.
@Khultan Don't worry i'm sure it'll work out. I myslef hope to be an animator someday as well. But just keep working and putting yourself out there and thingss will happen
@94animationkid I really hope for the best for you and that you contribute someday soon, I would like to know of your work when this happens. I think the opportunity is there to do something quite entirely different from the way it has been going, Ralphy proved it, but more mavericks need to DO IT, not talk or gripe, they need to work together and do it, otherwise, it'll be the same situation: complain, gripe, morose attitudes.
@94animationkid My challenge is primarily time management and self-organization. I wish the best for myself, you, and anyone who pursues a venture. Organize and manage your time effectively so that you're doing what you're supposed to be doing, practice your craf. This video here, is 'THE GOLDEN WORDS TO TAKE NOTE OF'.
@94animationkid You can take a look at Alan Dean Foster's site. I submitted one piece of drawing there. My intention is to submit more but I'm also supposed to be studying Ha ha ha...damn.
CGI is something to be reserved for video games 9.5/10 of the time. Bring back puppets, stop-motion, and handrawn animation or in bakshi's case rotoscoping. Those are much better. After all the contributions they made they deserve to have a happy life at least if they can't work.
Bakshi makes a very valuable point to anyone into animation, film and any other video art. I mean, I really enjoy Disney, but hey... you want to reach high peaks in film? What's stopping you? Gather some friends, toss around some creative ideas, get animators, proper editing software, and distribute it to companies, or sell it on eBay.
Ralph Bakshi, you are such an inspiration to society, sadly his studio is closed, from what I recently heard.
I saw this video about a year ago. I've probably watched it over 100 times since then. I started a business earlier this year, and I'm trying to get it going while working full time. It's hard work, but it has always been hard to live up to your potential.
I don't work in animation, or know much about the business, but you don't have to to be motivated by this.
I would like to see a "come back" of adult animation in the movies, but you have to start with a good script first. I was a young adult when Heavy Metal the movie first came out in 1981, I thought it was genius. But after seeing the new Heavy Metal movie sequel in 2000, I nearly walked out. The production quality was superior to its predecessor, but the story line was Uber Feminist beyond the ability to watch. If the story isn't any good, the animation won't matter. Story first.
what? heavy metal 200 wasn't feminist, infact i don't really remember it even having a story or message at all, if there was one it was incredibly shallow and inept and that was it's real problem methinks
@randir14 Hahahaha one of the most well known and celebrated animators of the 20th century, not to mention someone who is known internationally for his unique style and commentary on race and society. He's produced 9 full length animated films all of which have become cult classics, and 18 television series since 1957. ya he fuckin sucks compared to your scary talent...take your head out of your colon douchebag.
Too right, that's what I'm doing, making a film, in a day, commenting on our government in the UK. : ) Love the accent, he sounds like Dee Dee Ramone!
his words are inspirational. However, he would be surprised how many people are doing it. In fact I would guess that it would be significantly harder for any independent to be seen these days, ESPECIALLY since there is "a box" that finishes the movie and all you need is "four guys". There is so much "white noise" out there from all the film, video, music and animation that one can barely hear anything.
Every anime hater needs to watch this video and especially modern day animators. It could help them see the reason why American animation is on the decline and anime is on the rise and deserves to be where it is. I love anime and American animation but, this video goes to prove that innovation wins over an audience not good animation. That's why I watch anime more now. You go Ralph.
@puppetmaster1011 Anime is falling into the same trap bakshi just said terrytoons did. Anime has been around since the 80's, it isn't what is new. This video isn't saying innovation wins over good animation. If you have noticed, bakshi's innovative cartoons also had good animation. The point of the video is basically saying get off your ass and do something if you want to get anywhere in life. I don't know were you get that the video was promoting anime?
@RanDOOMP Sorry about that. I was too focused on innovation and that Bakshi did mention that he wanted to try to make the story better not caring if the animation is good or bad. Anime does fall into that criteria. Americans don't innovate. As what he said in the beginning, they were saving what has been done many times before in the past and not thinking about what they are doing. My point is, people making animated films need to stop being restricted by others and do what will win viewers
Dude, anime has been around since like the 40s. In a radically different form, but yeah, since then. I agree with Bakshi, but i feel like pointing that out.
one good piece that follows Bakshi's example is Makoto Shinkai's Voices of a Distant Star... HE ANIMATED THE WHOLE THING BY HIMSELF and with only help from his wife as voice actress, it was a sucess
@beepsbobby Fire and Ice was their answer to Conan. Too bad that they didn't have today's technology, it would have been AWESOMER!! That doesn't mean that no one can do just that right now, right?
I have to admit, Bakshi inspires me, I had given up my dream to create my own comic because i didn't have the money and resources that Marvel and DC said I need. Screw them, "where's my sketchbook?"
@djtazzyjeff never let anyone convince you that you can't do something. unless it's making love to jon lovitz's corpse through the use of a time machine. even then it could still happen, actually. provided earth was properly aligned. work on comics until the day you die. besides, bryan lee o'malley just popped a movie from his indie comic. where's yours? :D message and link me(us/we)
@doodoostickstain If we had a time machine, I would go back and eliminate the pesron who created the first banking system and destroy the very concept of it and his ideas. No poverty would ever exist, unless I forget about the others who would follow in his foot steps.
@djtazzyjeff Screw Marvel. I hate it how they think that they must make every super hero into a freaking motion picture block buster film. Utterly annoying. And in my own opinion, they destroyed they're own characters by expanding the cartoons into other universes and making everything just ridiculous.
Much respect to Baksi and I know he's trying to inspire people who are afraid of the future, but Bakshi could get a movie deal for just about any project. And he said in the Wizards commentary he quit when he lost Irv Spense and those old guys who did a lot of the animation. When a million people are putting out movies the formula for success is a bit more complex than one might think. And I think I've seen most of his movies. He hasn't done a lot of new stuff himself.
@kristell9 ...he's right.. schools spill out 1000's of animators per year.. people start saturating the industry and work contract to contract for their entire lives.... you think a film is only sucessful if its theatrically released?... no way! there are hundreds of Independent cg films out there... MTV Europe buys alot of stuff.. NFB will fund your animation project. .as well as telefilm etc.
There's a lot that animators can do these days. Bakshi was talking about making movies. He says just do it but how do you get a distribution deal? Sure you can put clips on youtube and sell the video on ebay but would it really make the dough Bakshi got for his movies? A good story and clever ideas will always win but Bakshi.... Well, he was paid to show up at the comic convention and I guess he wanted to say something positive. That coney island project was canceled.
another good way for someone to put there own indie animation out there and get payed for it is to put it on iTunes, or on youtube with adds attached. Another good way would be to create your own web page (or word press/ blogger) and try to make money off of the advertising on the site. Focus your animation or web comics toward a niche and reach out to those niche groups through social networks.
He did do something new and different. And those short animated films at the Oscars, like one of them said, it's a calling card. It leads to something else.
First thing i did when i finished school was get 3 guys together and started work on short film, and got subcontracted by business to do some animation... Its very hard work.. But in the end.. you work for yourself and your much better off.. id be miserable if i had to work in those slave mill production companies.
While I strongly believe in the 'different strokes for different blokes' philosophy and that personal taste shouldn't have to be accounted for, Bakshi still makes a great and undeniable point. Love or hate whatever you want, but too much of something stagnates the mind and when you got an industry that insists that it stay that way, it also then stifles talent and creativity. So it's okay to like Disney, but too much is too much.
I wouldn't say it's a superiority complex. He sounds more like an uncle who is frustrated with lazy youth and is trying to light a fire under some ass. He's not wrong.
I agree with some of what he says, but some of it just sounds like bitter crying. Maybe from an artist's standpoint Disney sucks, but from the consumer's standpoint, Disney is the best there is. No one make movies as entertaining. It takes special magic to make a movie that will entertain a 2 year old, a 99 year old, and everyone in between. If Disney was crap, they wouldn't be around.
If that's what you think, then you know nothing about Walt. He started drawing Micky when he first got out of the military. He had no money or power and was a no body. He drew ALL of his cartoons when he started. Of course once he had dozens of project going, he had to employ others to draw.
He was a rich man because of his hard work and vision. Not because he was "a man of money and power." Whatever he had, he attained his self.
You could argue about this Ralph guy being a better artist, or whomever out there is better. However, they clearly didn't have the vision and ambition that Walt had.
I looked at some of Ralph's work, after seeing this interview here and I think his stuff is largely inferior to Disney, and it's clear he is bitter and has an axe to grind.
Disney's audience was children and families, and he is far and away the best - his artistry was endearing his characters to their audience
what do you mean? every time i see a video on a old walt disney worker they all say the same thing
he wasnt the greatest artist and they had to perfect mickey mouse for him they all said he was a power hungry man who wanted them to think that they were nothing so they would work for nothing
if any thing i rather believe some one who worked with the man then some one who never met him
@762x51n8o I'm afraid you are misinformed. Walt never drew Mickey Mouse. Mickey was designed by Walt's parner, Ub Iwerks. Although Walt animated in the early Kansas City cartoons, one couldn't call him much of an artist. After Iwerks took over animating, Walt never drew again for the films.
Well, Walt Disney as a young man was a fine artist, not the worlds greatest but a fine one, He even went to art school, when they got into being a bigger studio, walt quit drawing altogether, so as the years went by he became less of an actual artist and more of someone with an imagination.
Brilliant. Bakshi just desmorolized Disney! hellya!
aquelescaraaaaaaaaaa 1 week ago
Brilliant words from a brilliant mind.
buttondiet 2 weeks ago
This is some friggin' inspirational stuff.
ammywolf101 3 weeks ago
WE LOVE YA MAN AND , THE TRUE MASTERPIECE'S YOU MADE ARE STILL AWESOME , LORD OF THE RINGS AND AMERICAN POP RULES , THANKS RALPH ! LOVE YOUR STYLE , AL / NYC
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Ya FUCKING rite man, Japan could care less about foreigners around that time, and BTW their media has tons of foreigners probably more then than now, btw i think would of cared less cuz they've been doing adult anime and hentai for quite a while, and BTW I said WHAT IF he could have done his work in japan, so get that stick of ur ass and stfu
MrJhaggerty1992 1 month ago
Ralph bakshi is a genius, I don't know he didn't do his animation in Japan, if he did he coulda of got away with everything, and would of had better animation, just imagine if he did a movie with miyazaki
MrJhaggerty1992 1 month ago
@MrJhaggerty1992 Are you a troll or just retarded? Japan is one of the most insular nations in the world when it comes to it's entertainment industry, especially in the 60's and 70's when they were STILL rebuilding their country after the war.
Ussmak 1 month ago
Bakshi's work was terrible, both animation-wise and story-wise. Maybe he needed some of that Disney expertise after all.
BoxxyfanSC 3 months ago
@BoxxyfanSC You know shit about shit. Bakshi made due with what limitations he had production-wise and made some of the best adult animated movies. Period. You sound like some jaded Disney company man.
MikeDiFool 3 months ago 2
"we are the strange" was a perfect example of what bakshi was talking about. made with 20,000 dollars but it still was cool.
yelloweyeball 3 months ago
This guy made Fire and Ice AND Coolworld!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Holy Fuck why am I just discovering this guy? He's a legeng to me as of now!
BikiniDeathSquad 4 months ago
That's what's cool about animation and why i got into it. You need tons people and equipment to film a movie but anyone with a hard work ethic and open mind can make cartoons at home. ITS 2011!!
mutantchaos 5 months ago
I do love Disney but I think this video is fantastic. I totally agree.
cartoonmarc 5 months ago
All these things we know to be true yet we don't DO IT. Well I'm about tired of sitting around complaining about how much better it used to be. It could be just as good now if people didn't abuse computers and kill their imaginations. Like he said we have all the damn power now in our little boxes but we are lethargic, uninspired, lazy and I believe its because we take it for granted.
spaceorbison 6 months ago
If you love this video like I do and you are interested in helping to animate a full-length animated feature, send an e-mail to LarryLongstreth at 4Reelz dot come.
4REELZvids 6 months ago
Ralph is the man! They don't make animators like that anymore.
poyerd 6 months ago
lethargic, uninspired, terrified. my generation summed in 3 words. the very reasons how we let someone like lady gaga even get nominated for a grammy and allow the record companies to convince us that it is good music because they keep forcing it upon us. if this were the 70s, lady gaga would get no farther than doing wednesday night performances at some crusty fag bar in the west village
illuminatioracle 6 months ago
@illuminatioracle
I think you have a rather golden view of the 70's. There was plenty of crap back then, just as there is now. I'm always weary of comments about "it was so much better in the past" because we often see our past with rose-tinted glasses, and forget all the stuff that's better now than it was then.
Xeno426 6 months ago
@Xeno426 better technology now. big deal.
illuminatioracle 6 months ago
@illuminatioracle
Pss, your ignorance is showing.
Xeno426 6 months ago
@illuminatioracle what you said is extremely hilarious because that's exactly what she was doing, fronting bands doing shitty led zeppelin covers in bars in the west village, then she remembered she was born rich into one of the most wealthy families new york and focused entirely on spectacle after that
mbera11 3 months ago
i agree totally with bakshi, the pressure on making "perfect" art these days is getting ridiculous, but the fact is you DON'T need any of it to make good art, infact most of the "perfect" stuff i see is completely flat shallow garbage and mostly looks the same, there's no soul in it at all
for a prime example of what he is talking about doing check out nina paley and her film "sita sings the blues", she animated it all herself and hired a few people for a few things, and it worked just fine
iSparkettei 7 months ago
@iSparkettei
and it touches on some controversial subjects, thought not deeply, it still actually bothered to do what it did in the first place, which was be a self-made movie and advocate free culture
iSparkettei 7 months ago
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StephenWorth 8 months ago
Here is your answer, thickterranarmor
StephenWorth 8 months ago
What, exactly, makes Ralph Bakshi different from any other culturally-irrelevant old man?
I'm not trolling. Just tell me why Ralph Bakshi deserves the time of day.
thickterranarmor 8 months ago
@thickterranarmor his career moves ...... obviously hes a smart man aswell!
ExposingIGNORANCEe 7 months ago
@ExposingIGNORANCEe ... What career moves? He didn't "revolutionize the medium of animation". He just put out cartoons with sex and violence in them before anyone else got the idea. That's not world-changing. His work is fine on its own merits, and I admire his optimism about his field, but face the facts: his last creative output sucked and came out in 1992. I know that the suits cockblocked him, but that doesn't change the fact that the final version of Cool World sucked, even for what it was.
thickterranarmor 7 months ago
@thickterranarmor
heh... as far as cool world goes i don't see how it counts towards his reputation at all, they totally changed the original idea he wanted to make and turned into something completely different
besides the characters and some of the animation he didn't have much say in the final product it might aswell not even have his name attached to it
iSparkettei 7 months ago
@thickterranarmor I dont admire his films yet I see the passion he put fourth in them! whats up your ass, hes done lots in his life and he deserves bragging rights I think!
the question is why do you deserve the time of the day? we all know why bakshi does! I have a few of his DVDs on my shelf!
ExposingIGNORANCEe 7 months ago
@ExposingIGNORANCEe I understand that he cares a lot about animation as a medium, but I'm not the one people are raving about.
thickterranarmor 7 months ago
@thickterranarmor Although only half of the nine films to his name are worth watching this is still the man who established the main alternative industry to mainstream animation.
FullmetalAnimator 7 months ago
@FullmetalAnimator What alternative industry?
Wait, don't tell me. It's an obscure studio, I probably haven't heard of it.
Fucking quasihipsters...
thickterranarmor 7 months ago
@thickterranarmor Chill man. The alternative industry he starded was the whole thrend of adult orientated animation during the 1970s starting with Fritz the Cat. And this was the time when Disney pratically had a stronghold on the mainstream industry and they were having troubles as well up to the late 80s. Just look into his background history.
FullmetalAnimator 7 months ago
@FullmetalAnimator I have no idea what you're talking about.
thickterranarmor 7 months ago
@thickterranarmor Again, look up his background history and legacy.
FullmetalAnimator 7 months ago
@FullmetalAnimator Didn't see any of the things you were talking about. I'm fairly certain that Groening, Judge, et al who went on to do cartoons with swearing and violence and what not would've come up with their ideas whether or not Bakshi did his thing.
thickterranarmor 7 months ago
@thickterranarmor Whatever you say. :L
FullmetalAnimator 7 months ago
@thickterranarmor Coonskin. It's a brilliant movie in every sense.
mbera11 3 months ago
Well said!
dischodave 9 months ago
I would just love to see him tackle a sequel to Wizards with modern effects. Or just find someone to produce a script of his.
Nesempai 11 months ago
His point is so true. Like Nike says "Just DO it!"
kwakman99 11 months ago
In the spirit of Bakshi's response, we offer "We Don't Need No Stinkin' Badges"
youtube.com/watch?v=4P63UY5Eu8Q
BellaFeFilms 11 months ago
I find myself disagreeing with Bakshi on a number of things (like the quality of more mainstream stuff, especially the Disney shorts), but he does make a number of excellent points as well. Different tastes, n' all that. And maybe it's just me, but he doesn't quite come off as much of a bitter snob as, say, John K. Don't get me wrong, I love John K.'s stuff (sans Adult Party Cartoon. Brrr....), but he really does seem like a very self-important jerk when it comes to stuff he doesn't like.
geoentronecromancer 1 year ago 2
@geoentronecromancer
> "I love John K.'s stuff (sans Adult Party Cartoon. Brrr....), but he really does seem like a very self-important jerk when it comes to stuff he doesn't like."
One thing to keep in mind is that Mr. K. tends to speak his mind when he's on his own blog, and he certainly has the right (and credentials) to do so. On his Reddit AMA (where he answers questions directly from the community) he didn't come off as bitter, condescending, or self important at all.
ufee 1 year ago 2
@ufee
I agree. People all over the internet have really bloated that stereotype. He just speaks his mind, but it's the people on the internet nower days who don't appreciate others having an opinion. John K is a really nice guy, but he just doesn't appreciate, or like more modern cartoons, but he has one hell of a reason not to. Look at everything now. It's all incredibly awful. Even I disagree with him, but I'm sure he would disagree with me on alot of things. It's called being different.
Sneep29 10 months ago 2
I love 2D animation more then anything, but I have respect for CG animatiors. I am currently studying animation and we are learning cg animation as well. the amount of work that goes into it is amazing. My respect for cg animators has grown. honestly though there is nothing wrong with cg animation I think it's good if used for the right story. I mean could you imagine meet the robinsons or toy story in 2D. wouldn't be as good to be honest. CG is here to stay and we should learn to work together
bigmanny 1 year ago
You've seen the wrong Bakshi movies. Panzeux. Check out Heavy Traffic and Coonskin (aka Street Fight)
StephenWorth 1 year ago 6
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Fuck Ralph Bakshi!!! Because of him, my childhood was filled with crappy rotoscoping cartoons..... I hated it back then and still do nowadays!
He really messed up cartoon industry back then.
Panzeux 1 year ago
@Panzeux fuck you Panzy. ur childhood was crappy cause u had no friends & ur mom slept with me. stop blaming everyone else
rectumRecker 1 year ago
@Panzeux No, when Bakshi was doing his rotoscoping stuff, the industry was already ruined thanks to Filmation and the decline of Hanna-Barbera. He certainly did not mess up the industry, but he did play a large part in making it great again for a short period in the '90s when he produced Mighty Mouse, and gave John K the jump start that would allow him to open the door for other creative cartoonists with vision who actually had a passion for the medium. So show some damn respect.
MronoC 11 months ago 3
@Panzeux he was an innovator! he was the first to make an x-rated animated film,the first to make an adult orientated tv show,before southpark, he tackled racial stereotypes to an extreme,his family film (wizards) was non-patronising to children and filled with clever metaphors *watch the bakshi wizards dvd interview*.
he made rotoscope as a way of experimentation as it hadn't been done to the extent he wanted to push it,and i think that was admirable.go back,watch the right cartoons,then talk.
jellytriumphhhh 10 months ago 3
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HarryPartridge 1 year ago
Because of this video, I am 1 month and 5 minutes into producing my feature animated screenplay.
ZacharyWyman 1 year ago 28
@ZacharyWyman Dude, how is your screenplay coming along?
TheAcidHairball 3 months ago
@TheAcidHairball I stopped work on it in June, after finishing about 54 minutes. I didn't (and still don't) know enough about animation and the script was pretty bad--too small of an idea, stretched out to 90 pages. But at least I tried! Maybe I'll have a better idea next time!
toothlesshedgehog113 3 months ago
@toothlesshedgehog113 Thats too bad. I've been looking into doing something with film but I haven't thought of what, but animation is something I have enjoyed. I haven't actually started writing either, but who knows?
TheAcidHairball 3 months ago
@ZacharyWyman do you have a site?
holymcshizlet 1 week ago
@holymcshizlet No, not at the moment. I stopped the animated film idea after about a year of total work--six months for the screenplay and six attempting to animate it. I'm on to a better live-action project now, though, and I guess I might set up a website when that's finished.
toothlesshedgehog113 1 week ago
You don't need the money. You just need some dedicated people and the balls to go and make your own movie. Be original!
TheWorksful 1 year ago
This man is my hero I really hope someday I can be a successful indie animator like him. Or at least get my start at a big studio, save up money, then start my own studio or something.
It's nice to dream.
thelastmagician 1 year ago
@crezyoz No, it's not. If the U.S. of A. were something going as in Japan, there would be more than a dozen fine animation companies with names that would singularly stand out, I can a few: Madhouse, Gainax, etc. there's more.
Khultan 1 year ago
I think what's preventing people from actually working together is a combination of: ego, elitism, intellectual snobbery, all that bullshit. The mindset here in America is locked into this.
Khultan 1 year ago
And that Disney bullshit has paralyzed everybody for many years, indeed. LOL Ralph Bakshi : )
Khultan 1 year ago
I keep hearing rumors that Cirque Du Soleil is going to do a Las Vegas show based on Wizards. Can anybody here confirm that?
Coelacanth1938 1 year ago
LOVE how Ralph BLASTS the artists in the audience saying I'VE GOT NO RESPECT FOR YOU!!" This film should be required viewing for any animator, illustrator cartoonist,caricature artist, WHATEVER. Calling for artists to take their careers into their OWN HANDS and sue the technology available. It seems a no trainer what he's saying and yet so many dont DO THIS. And THEN have the never to criticize HIS work.
TheSubwaysurfer 1 year ago
He does have a point about how you can get a bunch of guys together and make animations. Or rather even one guy can do animations.
Look at Joe Cartoon and his hamster in the microwave flash toon.
JohanStarDragon 1 year ago
I don't think Ralph Bakshi was as good an animator as everyone says. He says in this video " I tried to do something different" and "I didn't care about the animation as long as the story was good" which is ok as long as you can make a good story. And i don't believe that his movies are the masterpieces that everybody makes them out to be. Except Lord of the Rings, I love that movie
94animationkid 1 year ago
@94animationkid It's the act of actually doing it, that's what you don't get otherwise you wouldn't be focusing on the quality of his animation work. It's the MESSAGE of EXPRESSION not being oppressed or being under an employer, for example, Disney. Damn, you don't get it at all. You're strung out in a way.
Khultan 1 year ago
@Khultan Perhaps i dnt understand. But i do get some of what your saying about expressing. But im not specifically focusing on animation, i just think the stories he made we not really thrilling and really lacked in most places. I dnt disagree with his ideas, I just think he didnt pull it off very well.
94animationkid 1 year ago
@94animationkid Well, you got to be fair, if you weren't there in that era then it's speaking after the fact, the movie must've caused some kind of controversy back then , it had to. The point is, he rejected the standard routine of American business as usual psyche while everyone else in America was pussyfooting.
Khultan 1 year ago
@94animationkid Plus, I don't see American animation as the leader and it shouldn't be, other countries. I'm beginning to see, are contributing their own in this medium and I gladly, with great relief, welcome this.
Khultan 1 year ago
@Khultan Oh granted and I have no problem with that.
94animationkid 1 year ago
@94animationkid I wonder what IS American animation, because it's actually farmed out to other countries, for example, The Simpsons, or the Marvel and DC stuff tut tut . Perhaps, that is an antiquainted view. All you young animators need to roll up your sleeves, stop griping, you've done it,, and work together to break the impasse. Ralph Bakshi did, I'm sure there were others and even outside the country. The Image guys did it.
Khultan 1 year ago
@Khultan I can't really put animation into a categories. the only thing i could say is Japan and it's anime. Everything else is just regular animation to me. But it all depends on the style that thet animator prefers.
94animationkid 1 year ago
@94animationkid there's the the low ball, cost cutting ugly style that I absolutely despise, that I see as regular.
Khultan 1 year ago
@Khultan I'm afraid i dnt understand?
94animationkid 1 year ago
@94animationkid My reply to your 'regular animation'. I grew up in the early 70s, as a kid, lamenting the swift decline of American animation of the 20s, 30s,40s, possibly 50s to the beginning of 'the regular format' style of animation of the 60s and 70s: the ugly style.
Khultan 1 year ago
@Khultan When did i ever say 'regular animation'.
94animationkid 1 year ago
@94animationkid 15 hours ago,
Khultan 1 year ago
@Khultan I don't think i said anything about animation oter than how i don't put it into categories
94animationkid 1 year ago
@94animationkid You made a distinction that Japanese animation may be irregular. Here's your quote: 'Everything else is just regular animation to me.' How mso? Maybe you can try to explain that, because that is puzzling.
Khultan 1 year ago
@Khultan I apologize tht my comment may ahve confused you. I didnt say it was irregular i was just stating due to a comment of yours about different styles of animation. to which i said how the other thing i can see differnt from say "american" style of animation to the Japanese anime stlye.
94animationkid 1 year ago
@94animationkid I got what you said. What country are you from? Any animation studios there that is making a name for itself?
Khultan 1 year ago
@Khultan I am form America, and not that I know of. how about you?
94animationkid 1 year ago
@94animationkid I'm in northern California and I live with an up and coming cartoonist/animator.
Khultan 1 year ago
@Khultan Congrats hopefully i'll see something by this animator
94animationkid 1 year ago
@94animationkid It's tough, but the determination is there... I am optimistic.
Khultan 1 year ago
@Khultan There's always hope
94animationkid 1 year ago
@94animationkid Griping and complaining is fine, it means some kind of issue is identified but people have to actuallly DO something about it. I draw, myself. I'm turning in the first drawings at a sci-fi author's site just to get people to DO something, so far, mine, is the only drawing submitted and it's a little disheartening that in the whole of north America, no response has come through. WTF?!? Lethargy? Back to complaining.
Khultan 1 year ago
@Khultan Don't worry i'm sure it'll work out. I myslef hope to be an animator someday as well. But just keep working and putting yourself out there and thingss will happen
94animationkid 1 year ago
@94animationkid I really hope for the best for you and that you contribute someday soon, I would like to know of your work when this happens. I think the opportunity is there to do something quite entirely different from the way it has been going, Ralphy proved it, but more mavericks need to DO IT, not talk or gripe, they need to work together and do it, otherwise, it'll be the same situation: complain, gripe, morose attitudes.
Khultan 1 year ago
@Khultan i hope the best for you to sir, its been a pleasure. And althought i dnt really like Raplh's work, i can agree with his ideas.
94animationkid 1 year ago
@94animationkid My challenge is primarily time management and self-organization. I wish the best for myself, you, and anyone who pursues a venture. Organize and manage your time effectively so that you're doing what you're supposed to be doing, practice your craf. This video here, is 'THE GOLDEN WORDS TO TAKE NOTE OF'.
Khultan 1 year ago
@Khultan Like i said, I hope the best for you, and to see one of your works in the future.
94animationkid 1 year ago
@94animationkid You can take a look at Alan Dean Foster's site. I submitted one piece of drawing there. My intention is to submit more but I'm also supposed to be studying Ha ha ha...damn.
Khultan 1 year ago
@Khultan keep me posted on your work i'd love to hear how it's going
94animationkid 1 year ago
10 Total Drama Island fans missed the like button.
thelastmagician 1 year ago 2
CGI is something to be reserved for video games 9.5/10 of the time. Bring back puppets, stop-motion, and handrawn animation or in bakshi's case rotoscoping. Those are much better. After all the contributions they made they deserve to have a happy life at least if they can't work.
balrog13571 1 year ago 34
@balrog13571 Go back to 80s, faggot.
CERNOBE 11 months ago
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balrog13571 1 year ago
Great, The best speaking of the truth to power about the biz I have heard in a long time. I've been fired up to get back in the game.
Yeow !
Crazy Thai Willly
frankin04 1 year ago
Bakshi makes a very valuable point to anyone into animation, film and any other video art. I mean, I really enjoy Disney, but hey... you want to reach high peaks in film? What's stopping you? Gather some friends, toss around some creative ideas, get animators, proper editing software, and distribute it to companies, or sell it on eBay.
Ralph Bakshi, you are such an inspiration to society, sadly his studio is closed, from what I recently heard.
halomano07 1 year ago 2
I saw this video about a year ago. I've probably watched it over 100 times since then. I started a business earlier this year, and I'm trying to get it going while working full time. It's hard work, but it has always been hard to live up to your potential.
I don't work in animation, or know much about the business, but you don't have to to be motivated by this.
Thanks Ralph.
blackbishop37 1 year ago 2
LOVE Bakshi!
SatansMullet 1 year ago
I would like to see a "come back" of adult animation in the movies, but you have to start with a good script first. I was a young adult when Heavy Metal the movie first came out in 1981, I thought it was genius. But after seeing the new Heavy Metal movie sequel in 2000, I nearly walked out. The production quality was superior to its predecessor, but the story line was Uber Feminist beyond the ability to watch. If the story isn't any good, the animation won't matter. Story first.
vincentleeadams 1 year ago 17
@vincentleeadams
what? heavy metal 200 wasn't feminist, infact i don't really remember it even having a story or message at all, if there was one it was incredibly shallow and inept and that was it's real problem methinks
iSparkettei 7 months ago
Dope!
Jenesix 1 year ago
The people who dislikes this are a bunch of tyrant douchebag dick-tators! Ralph Bakshi pwns you all!
JVThrillz 1 year ago
ralph is the man
ratmaslove 1 year ago 2
Let go of the wizard and let it free...
kevkawiconcours 1 year ago
who wants to start a business?
kevkawiconcours 1 year ago
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Ralph Bakshi fucking sucks. How does it take skill to trace live actors?
randir14 1 year ago
@randir14 Hahahaha one of the most well known and celebrated animators of the 20th century, not to mention someone who is known internationally for his unique style and commentary on race and society. He's produced 9 full length animated films all of which have become cult classics, and 18 television series since 1957. ya he fuckin sucks compared to your scary talent...take your head out of your colon douchebag.
bong4200000 1 year ago 2
@bong4200000
Glad you agree!
randir14 1 year ago
Wow. Wise words.
Nessfiles 1 year ago
Too right, that's what I'm doing, making a film, in a day, commenting on our government in the UK. : ) Love the accent, he sounds like Dee Dee Ramone!
onwebcameron 1 year ago
some one should ask him to make a to dasy technology conan movie rtist like frank frezzeta.
beepsbobby 1 year ago
AMEN! Mr.Bakshi!!!
dfuzz1114 1 year ago
Even though the movie is a bust, I like the idea of him hammering something out on a laptop. I wish he could at least put out a short.
kristell9 1 year ago
bakshi will always be a terrific source of inspiration
Methrt3 1 year ago
Preach man! Bakshi ftw!
eabeme 1 year ago
This man really inspires me. :D
Shikahan 1 year ago
Anyone know if Bakshi is still trying to do Coney Island?
OriginalGagBonkers 1 year ago
rocket robin hood
afish88 1 year ago
his words are inspirational. However, he would be surprised how many people are doing it. In fact I would guess that it would be significantly harder for any independent to be seen these days, ESPECIALLY since there is "a box" that finishes the movie and all you need is "four guys". There is so much "white noise" out there from all the film, video, music and animation that one can barely hear anything.
redshiftexperiment 1 year ago 2
He hasn't made a film for over eighteen years.
pixargod 1 year ago
@pixargod He doesn't really have to, he broke free from the kind of animation that continues to this day, you just don't understand.
Khultan 1 year ago
Every anime hater needs to watch this video and especially modern day animators. It could help them see the reason why American animation is on the decline and anime is on the rise and deserves to be where it is. I love anime and American animation but, this video goes to prove that innovation wins over an audience not good animation. That's why I watch anime more now. You go Ralph.
puppetmaster1011 1 year ago 2
@puppetmaster1011 Anime is falling into the same trap bakshi just said terrytoons did. Anime has been around since the 80's, it isn't what is new. This video isn't saying innovation wins over good animation. If you have noticed, bakshi's innovative cartoons also had good animation. The point of the video is basically saying get off your ass and do something if you want to get anywhere in life. I don't know were you get that the video was promoting anime?
RanDOOMP 1 year ago
@RanDOOMP Sorry about that. I was too focused on innovation and that Bakshi did mention that he wanted to try to make the story better not caring if the animation is good or bad. Anime does fall into that criteria. Americans don't innovate. As what he said in the beginning, they were saving what has been done many times before in the past and not thinking about what they are doing. My point is, people making animated films need to stop being restricted by others and do what will win viewers
puppetmaster1011 1 year ago
@RanDOOMP
Dude, anime has been around since like the 40s. In a radically different form, but yeah, since then. I agree with Bakshi, but i feel like pointing that out.
emperorIng360 1 year ago
one good piece that follows Bakshi's example is Makoto Shinkai's Voices of a Distant Star... HE ANIMATED THE WHOLE THING BY HIMSELF and with only help from his wife as voice actress, it was a sucess
i hope to follow his example indeed
soychidoese 1 year ago 11
Ralph is a genius
ColdGripHandle 1 year ago 2
would ralph bakshi ever make a animated conan the barbarin movie art by frank frazetta
beepsbobby 1 year ago
@beepsbobby Fire and Ice was their answer to Conan. Too bad that they didn't have today's technology, it would have been AWESOMER!! That doesn't mean that no one can do just that right now, right?
Flairbrusher2010 1 year ago
I have to admit, Bakshi inspires me, I had given up my dream to create my own comic because i didn't have the money and resources that Marvel and DC said I need. Screw them, "where's my sketchbook?"
djtazzyjeff 1 year ago 38
@djtazzyjeff Y'know, you could still do it. You can always go independent, on-demand-printing and such.
RyusKrew 1 year ago
@djtazzyjeff never let anyone convince you that you can't do something. unless it's making love to jon lovitz's corpse through the use of a time machine. even then it could still happen, actually. provided earth was properly aligned. work on comics until the day you die. besides, bryan lee o'malley just popped a movie from his indie comic. where's yours? :D message and link me(us/we)
doodoostickstain 1 year ago
@doodoostickstain If we had a time machine, I would go back and eliminate the pesron who created the first banking system and destroy the very concept of it and his ideas. No poverty would ever exist, unless I forget about the others who would follow in his foot steps.
Consumerofknowledge 1 year ago
@djtazzyjeff Screw Marvel. I hate it how they think that they must make every super hero into a freaking motion picture block buster film. Utterly annoying. And in my own opinion, they destroyed they're own characters by expanding the cartoons into other universes and making everything just ridiculous.
Consumerofknowledge 1 year ago
@djtazzyjeff Yeah FUCK the money and studio mentality! Keep doing what you love, dude! Yeah Bakshi inspires me, too.
TheWorksful 1 year ago
Much respect to Baksi and I know he's trying to inspire people who are afraid of the future, but Bakshi could get a movie deal for just about any project. And he said in the Wizards commentary he quit when he lost Irv Spense and those old guys who did a lot of the animation. When a million people are putting out movies the formula for success is a bit more complex than one might think. And I think I've seen most of his movies. He hasn't done a lot of new stuff himself.
kristell9 1 year ago
@kristell9 ...he's right.. schools spill out 1000's of animators per year.. people start saturating the industry and work contract to contract for their entire lives.... you think a film is only sucessful if its theatrically released?... no way! there are hundreds of Independent cg films out there... MTV Europe buys alot of stuff.. NFB will fund your animation project. .as well as telefilm etc.
letitflo 1 year ago 5
There's a lot that animators can do these days. Bakshi was talking about making movies. He says just do it but how do you get a distribution deal? Sure you can put clips on youtube and sell the video on ebay but would it really make the dough Bakshi got for his movies? A good story and clever ideas will always win but Bakshi.... Well, he was paid to show up at the comic convention and I guess he wanted to say something positive. That coney island project was canceled.
kristell9 1 year ago 3
another good way for someone to put there own indie animation out there and get payed for it is to put it on iTunes, or on youtube with adds attached. Another good way would be to create your own web page (or word press/ blogger) and try to make money off of the advertising on the site. Focus your animation or web comics toward a niche and reach out to those niche groups through social networks.
WinterFuknMute665 1 year ago
@kristell9
He did do something new and different. And those short animated films at the Oscars, like one of them said, it's a calling card. It leads to something else.
All he's saying is do it.
What're you saying? Don't?
sweetdreamerzz 1 year ago
First thing i did when i finished school was get 3 guys together and started work on short film, and got subcontracted by business to do some animation... Its very hard work.. But in the end.. you work for yourself and your much better off.. id be miserable if i had to work in those slave mill production companies.
letitflo 1 year ago 11
@letitflo Sounds great. Hey, without a challenge, a venture wouldn't be worth it, would it? I like a challenge.
Consumerofknowledge 1 year ago
His message applies to more than just animators. People in any artistic industry could take this advice.
0megamanX 1 year ago 6
haha great stuff. so true, we have great opportunities
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OriginalGagBonkers 2 years ago 49
Indeed.
Seabhac14 1 year ago
@OriginalGagBonkers Lesbianism too? hehee...no, how about just adult themes.
Consumerofknowledge 1 year ago
@Consumerofknowledge
I know that Adult animation is more than about sex and etc. Have you seen Princess Monoke(sp?).
OriginalGagBonkers 1 year ago
@OriginalGagBonkers YOU ARE A GENIUS.
thelastmagician 1 year ago
DAMN STRAIGHT, Ralph Bakshi!!!
PKGangsta18 2 years ago
While I strongly believe in the 'different strokes for different blokes' philosophy and that personal taste shouldn't have to be accounted for, Bakshi still makes a great and undeniable point. Love or hate whatever you want, but too much of something stagnates the mind and when you got an industry that insists that it stay that way, it also then stifles talent and creativity. So it's okay to like Disney, but too much is too much.
TheNeocatZone 2 years ago 5
I wouldn't say it's a superiority complex. He sounds more like an uncle who is frustrated with lazy youth and is trying to light a fire under some ass. He's not wrong.
soupforare 2 years ago 6
This is so awesome!!! Thanks for posting!!!
zip4096 2 years ago 6
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The way he speaks and his gestures are too territorial and has a superiority complex... a very sad man. Tsk...
alteringeye 2 years ago
I can't have any respect for Bakshi after he screwed over Bode -- the real artist behind Wizards, whose artwork and style was STOLEN!
kittenvillage 2 years ago
YES YES YES YES YES YES
jawsquid 2 years ago 2
"Lethargic, uninspired, terrified . . ."
This guy could be my biographer.
Rolandzebub 2 years ago 17
Bakshi's work is genius. If you haven't watched his stuff, you should keep quiet.
Yeah, that means you, guy!
The distribution industry is what keeps the good stuff in the can. That and Disney's precious love of copyright suits.
thisisentirelybogus 2 years ago 2
I agree with some of what he says, but some of it just sounds like bitter crying. Maybe from an artist's standpoint Disney sucks, but from the consumer's standpoint, Disney is the best there is. No one make movies as entertaining. It takes special magic to make a movie that will entertain a 2 year old, a 99 year old, and everyone in between. If Disney was crap, they wouldn't be around.
762x51n8o 2 years ago
walt is crap THE ARTIST were not walt was a man of money and power who was like many rich men looking to take advantage of what ever had talent
most of the artist who spoke of him said he couldnt even draw mickey mouse....yet his name was on all of the art work he made sure of that..
REEFSthaGEEK 2 years ago
If that's what you think, then you know nothing about Walt. He started drawing Micky when he first got out of the military. He had no money or power and was a no body. He drew ALL of his cartoons when he started. Of course once he had dozens of project going, he had to employ others to draw.
He was a rich man because of his hard work and vision. Not because he was "a man of money and power." Whatever he had, he attained his self.
762x51n8o 2 years ago
You could argue about this Ralph guy being a better artist, or whomever out there is better. However, they clearly didn't have the vision and ambition that Walt had.
I looked at some of Ralph's work, after seeing this interview here and I think his stuff is largely inferior to Disney, and it's clear he is bitter and has an axe to grind.
Disney's audience was children and families, and he is far and away the best - his artistry was endearing his characters to their audience
762x51n8o 2 years ago
@762x51n8o Times change, 76, and Disney doesn't really reflect the social/cultural/ideological changes through the times.
Khultan 1 year ago
what do you mean? every time i see a video on a old walt disney worker they all say the same thing
he wasnt the greatest artist and they had to perfect mickey mouse for him they all said he was a power hungry man who wanted them to think that they were nothing so they would work for nothing
if any thing i rather believe some one who worked with the man then some one who never met him
REEFSthaGEEK 2 years ago
@762x51n8o I'm afraid you are misinformed. Walt never drew Mickey Mouse. Mickey was designed by Walt's parner, Ub Iwerks. Although Walt animated in the early Kansas City cartoons, one couldn't call him much of an artist. After Iwerks took over animating, Walt never drew again for the films.
Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
StephenWorth 2 years ago 5
Well, Walt Disney as a young man was a fine artist, not the worlds greatest but a fine one, He even went to art school, when they got into being a bigger studio, walt quit drawing altogether, so as the years went by he became less of an actual artist and more of someone with an imagination.
Spheremaster0001 1 year ago 2