Is Laika the modern equivalent of golden age Pixar?

>>93550388
Are they working on anything? They haven't said anything since Kubo was released.

>>93550388
Sure but without the success or awards

>>93550388

they are gret at stopmotion animation

but they suck as writers, and their marketing is also very weak.

we could make a petition, or just ask directly, their boss if they still want to make "kino" or try to make something more approachable.

>>93550388
I've been impressed with all of there movies so far. Wish my idiot kids would scream for these to be constantly played over and over instead of Zootopia and Cars.

>>93550388
No. Not even close. Their 'animation' is subpar, character design is usually horrible and the writing is shit.

>>93550530
>Zootopia

what shit taste.

>>93550388
Laika is too specialized and their subjects too niche to be widely successful. The only people who really appreciate them are animators.

>>93550388

Wait I thought Norman was the youngest?

>>93550536
>character design is usually horrible
kys

>>93550536
>Their 'animation' is subpar

Do you know how painstakingly difficult stop motion is?

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Why couldn't Coraline have a scene like this?

>>93550760
>kys
OH NOES AN OPINION YOU DONT LIEK!
Go back to Tumblr faggot.

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>>93550536
>Their 'animation' is subpar

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>>93550536

This is the shittiest opinion I have seen all day, except for the writing part, and even then I'd call it subpar at the worst.

they work for the art not money

>>93552517

^ true artist

>>93550419
Unannounced project coming in 2018.

They're going to be moving away from kid protagonists for a while, calling Kubo the last of their childhood cycle.

>>93552470
I remember seeing the process behind Coraline and the Box Trolls, extremely impressed.

>>93552517

if only they had a direction with heir art.

>>93552557

They do, it just isn't to your liking.

>>93551482
wow imagine being this assblasted because someone doesn't agree with your incredibly shitty opinion

>>93550536
>Everyone freaking out at this post

Dude, have you seen how much lag these movies have? Like, everyone jumps around and stuff, you can totally see the frames, Pixar does animated movies way better.

t. every normie, which is why these movies only just barely make back their budget

>>93552654

Thank fuck for Nike money.

>>93552627

i liked paranorman the most, it had everything in place. followed by coraline.

>>93552668
arent these shoes made by children in sweatshops?

>>93552700

I don't know, are they? If they are I should thank those children.

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>>93550536

>>93552654
I never hear normies complain about the art, only the subject matter.

>>93550536
hi pixar.

dont you have another 15 sequels to work on or something?

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>>93552895

they work on some minority pandering feature ordered by their new boss

but yeah, two more sequels after that

>>93550388
they don't make nearly enough money as Pixar does, unfortunately. Not sure how long they're giong to last

>>93552990
They'll last as long as Nike does because the whole studio is basically an insanely rich kid's hobby project.

>>93552990

>Not sure how long they're giong to last

They're bankrolled by the President of Nike because Laika's president and CEO is his son. One of his other sons died young, so people have theorized that he has a vested interest in ensuring that his remaining kids are able to pursue their dreams to the fullest.

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They are Ghibli Studio of USA

>>93553347
That would be a good comparison if people gave Laika more praise than the rest of the medium like many do Ghibli. It really deserves some credit for the artistic integrity and overall good movies but it has a pretty cult following unfortunately. They should do more with Tim Burton.

>>93554112
>More
They've never done anything with him, so I think you mean 'They should do something with Tim Burton'.

>>93554145
Shucks, I thought they worked on The Corpse Bride but a quick check shows I'm wrong. They helped minorly to the production of it but Coraline was their first selfmade production. But yeah, Burton and Laika really have good potential as partners.

>>93552700
So is my cell phone, I assume. So are many things.

>>93553145
Don't forget to thank horribly unfortunate South American scuba diving accidents!

>>93554263
Tim Burton only has one setting and it's already been done to death.

>>93550388
Official power levels of Laika:
Coraline>Kubo>Paranorman>Corpse Bride>>Power gap>>Box Trolls

>>93552470
The face movements must be a huge pain in the ass

>>93554263
Fuck that noise. I want Tim Burton to stop working altogether.

>>93554564
>Box Trolls
Recently caught it on tv last weekend and enjoyed it like I did when I first saw it. But really I can see where many won't like it. It's kinda boring, I don't think many kids would be all over it. Laika really needs to work on advertising.

>>93554564
Why does everyone hate box trolls so much? I thought it was alright. The only problem I could see with it was that the humor was a little LOL CHEESE LOL RANDUM, but it's a film for kids so that's alright.

>>93554617
Other studios have puppets with articulated faces but Laika is a big fan of 3D printing, they just print a few dozen faces out and swap them as needed. Making the faces in zbrush or whatever before it gets exported to the printer might be somewhat difficult if they're not just weighting and rigging a single model and using that for all the expressions, but at least they only have to do each expression once.

>>93554646
I loved it, though it definitely has it's own charm compared to the other rather gloomy movies

the laika fans on tumblr completely ignore its existence because muh transphobia

>>93550388
Motherfucker, I still haven't seen Box trolls.
What have I been doing?

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>>93554646
I generally prefer Laika when it's less focused on the comedy, but I thought the main duo in Box Trolls was a lot of fun.

>>93554564
For a very brief half a second I wanted to look up and watch this "Power Gap" movie. It sounded cool.

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>>93554564
Didn't Kubo perform the worst at the box office?

It's a shame, I thought Laika would have built more of a fan following by now.

>>93554792
Damn that girl was thirsty and into kink.

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>>93550388
My love for Laika makes me feel like a bitter old man shaking a cane at kids for not appreciating something unique.

>>93554856
>shota touching his privates
lewd laika, lewd!

>>93554856
His manic expression at the end makes me laugh harder than it should.

Laika just needs to hire better screenwriters and they're golden.

I still like Coraline better than Kubo because even though the animation in Kubo is more impressive the story in Coraline was better.

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>>93554263
I don't hate Tim Burton, but it really grates on me when people try to give him all the credit for Henry Selick's work.

>>93550388
>Well never get a Lakia made ASOUE film or tv show

>>93554856
Boxtrolls is easily their worst movie but Eggs is a cute.

>>93554564
>Corpse Bride
>Laika

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>>93554958
I feel like Kubo could have benefited from being a bit longer.

I thought the beginning stretch of the movie with him just trying to take care of his borderline catatonic mother was really well done, but once they start the big journey the pacing and character dynamic moved really quickly from set-piece to set-piece. Subtle emotion gave way to comic relief.

>>93555018
They do have a producer credit.

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>>93554564
I'd probably rank Paranorman in second place for the ending sequence alone.

>>93554808

dedicated fans =! box office renevue

it's too niche

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>>93554792
That girl was insane. She was great.

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>>93554792
>>93554856
This girl had some real proplems. Some real fucking kinky problems. She's like Farnese from Berserk before she got moe'd.

>>93555083
I'm not sure in what way you like it, but I really loved it narratively. It will always be stuck in my head as the right way to do a climax.

>>93550419
Nothing officially has been announced beyond that their next film is going to be the first Laika film to not center around a child character. So they are working on SOMETHING, but its not yet known what.

>>93554967
Same here. Especially since the animation shit that Burton does WITHOUT Selick comes up as being subpar at best. Burton really has rode in off Selick's ass as far as his reputation in animation is concerned.

>>93554831
>>93555255
It's not kink, she's just got a child's fascination with the morbid. Give it a few years and then it'll metamorphise into kink, teenage Winnie almost certainly won't be able to orgasm without a rope pulled tight around her neck and a boot driving down into her stomach. I wonder how often Eggs is going to be forced to roleplay a boxtroll dragging her kicking and screaming ass down into rapemurder cave.

>>93550530
>Kids
>Scream for Cars and Zootopia

So your life is actually hell?

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>>93555264
Just genuinely good all around. Good animation, emotional voice performances, solid story payoff.

My only nitpick is that I didn't think the father or bully character had much of a redemption arc by the end despite tagging along for the climax.

>>93555255
Teaching Eggs not to bite people will be her new outlet.

I'll wait a while until there's a Laika anniversary edition with all their works for sale. Hope they don't go bankrupt until then.

Holy shit, Kubo was stop motion? Now i feel guilty not seeing it on cinemas.

>>93550388
Quality-wise maybe, but not in terms of cultural impact or financial gain.

Remember, Pixar wasn't just big because they made the first CG film, it's because they made the first CG film AND it was ridiculously popular AND it was nominated for awards AND it was a brand new successful foray into a world that was considered too expensive to work. Laika doesn't have any of this behind it.

Also, this is just a side thing but has any Laika film been #1 in the box office? That alone should be enough to explain why they aren't.

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Is this the first openly gay character in a children's animated movie? Based Laika.

>>93555083
Actually Paranorman is my favorite because of that.

I like Coraline and all but I always felt that the book was better

>>93555778
>Also, this is just a side thing but has any Laika film been #1 in the box office?

Not even close.

Coraline | #3 | $16,849,640
ParaNorman | #3 | $14,087,050
The Boxtrolls | #3 | $17,275,239
Kubo and the Two Strings | #4 | $12,608,372

>>93555895
they dont pander to normies, they dont have execs, they dont make test screening and they dont have any kind of brain trust.

art for the sake of art.

>>93555942
Yes, that's good and all. Nobody is doubting Laika's quality of storytelling. We're saying that it can't be compared to Pixar at least in terms of cultural relevance

>>93556034
would be fun if they tried to get into mainstream, just to shake up this stagnating industry.

>>93550388
Their stories aren't as good, but the animation and style is impressive as hell.

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>>93555851
It's a toss-up but I feel like Coraline had the tightest focus of the Laika movies, keeping the cast small and giving time to just silently take in Coraline's interactions with the environment.

>>93555771
I've seen this before. What do people think it is, CGI?

>>93554856
Wikipedia says this is "3D stop motion." How exactly did they make this movie?

>>93556566
Probably

Coraline>Paranorman>Kubo>>>boxtroll

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>>93550388
>They used to have the old models on display at the prop museum at Universal Studios Hollywood
>I get excited to see if they have the bone giant from Kubo
>Prop museum is replaced by another fucking restaurant.
mfw

>>93553347
Studio Ghibli is known for great storytelling as well as great annimation.

>>93556677
Same as a regular stop motion but shot with a stereoscopic camera.

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>>93551353
>footfag

>>93555572
They can't go bankrupt, they're funded by Nike.

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>>93556566
I've heard some people say that Kubo's animation almost looks too good, because they can't tell it's stop motion anymore.

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Imagine if Laika got all the rights to make this.

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>>93557062
I mean, I love Ghibli, but I almost think the appeal of movies like Kiki, Totoro, and Howl's Moving Castle are about the feel and look of the movie more-so than about a deep story or really complex characters.

>>93557477
Is that Raz from Psychonauts?

>>93557574
Yes.

>>93557476
Well they did map everything out with CGI and then 3D print it before doing the stop animation.

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>>93557574
I don't see it happening, but I'd love to see Laika tackle a Psychonauts or Grim Fandango movie.

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>>93550513
This is pretty much Laika but with better writers and without the need to restrain itself for kids.

>>93550806
Not him but just because something is painstaking doesn't mean it's good

>>93557855
I'd like another remake of Grim Fandango but animated by Laika

>>93550388
No, they're the modern Laika. They're very different from Pixar, unless you mean "animation company that makes movies I like."

Coraline was the only movie with a good story because they just adapted an already good book which was fucking creepy and not for kids.

>>93557855
same

>>93556216
Coraline's focus falters really hard in the back middle, although it's a fun journey.

>>93552470
Is being Stop Motion animator just being a paid masochist?

>>93559538
I really don't like the 'collect 3 doodads and fight the final boss' video game section. I like everything up to that point and the little bit of stuff that comes after, but the climax was shit.

>>93559681
They really don't get paid much as far as masochistic jobs go.

I just watched Kubo and aside from being pretty I'm pretty sure it would bore the snot out of most kids

>People liked Kubo
How it was so boring

>>93560130
>>93560195
This here. It's a shame. Laika's stuff is good and creative but they lack a good of amount of like, fun maybe. Maybe thats the right word. When you market to kids, you gotta be a bit braindead and silly here and there, having a good number of trailer worthy moments to draw in an easy crowd. It may sound shallow but it feels the case with PG13 stuff.

>>93557062
no it's not, only the latter

>>93557062
Ghibli is most admired for it's whimsical atmosphere and style as well as buttery animation. Otherwise you're getting some kind of "Appreciate nature" story, not that that's bad.

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I want to see Laika take on Journey to the West.

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>>93551353
Too busy havin' scenes like this.

>>93551353
you are an actual fucking creature. you are barely human. you shouldn't have the same rights as a real person, you know that right? fucking neck yourself cunt

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>>93560345
Boxtrolls went for something more comedic and whimsical, and that's the one that seems to get the most flak.

>>93555405
Well he's an inventor like daddy he can Goldberg the whole situation.

>>93562091
Well that itself left out some of the more crazy elements from the books if that's to be even be comprehended.

>>93562199
Didn't even realize it was based on a book.

>>93562421
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_Be_Monsters!

its a pretty wild series

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Laikia is the wes anderson of the animation industry

>>93562924
Funded by daddies money to keep him out of trouble.

>>93563205
I think I know what Laika lacks. Product placement. Every character needs to be wearing Nike. Kids eat that shit up.

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Why are they taking so long to release more info about their next film?

>>93552470
Is that a Jojo reference?

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>>93561026