Tue, June 28, 2005
The sky is falling – right in your lap!—12:01 PM
Our pal Darling Ben writes in today's "Variety" about a plan to bring Chicken Little into theatres with some sassy new 3D technology. (Chicken Little is Disney's first computer-animated feature produced in-house, rather than through partnership with Pixar.)
Disney, Dolby cook digital 'Chicken' [Variety]
The basic idea being: Chicken Little is a bit of a stinker – maybe if we can force the audience to see it through some special glasses, it'll make it more watchable. Zach Braff is a doll, but the more footage I see of Chicken Little the more obvious it is that Disney's still grasping at straws and refusing to do their homework.
Pixar focuses on characters and story at the expense of all else. Disney focuses on... technology, synergy, and strategic partnership? Good luck with that.
"Ben" — Wed, 6/29/05 5:56pm
why am I called "darling Ben?" shoudl I be insulted, flattered, or scared? PS You should really start charging Jobs for all the Apple and Pixar propaganda
Bee Boy — Wed, 6/29/05 6:55pm
I was going to have him shower me in free iPods, but I hear that's not all it's cracked up to be. I'll get restitution from him someday, though...
You asked me to! (I actually had to look it up when I posted this piece.) I referred to you as "The Ben" in an e-mail To: field in May of last year, and you – justifiably – asked why. I wrote back a long boring story about how the To: field originally said "Ben" since I was replying to a message from Alicia, but I thought it seemed presumptuous to call you just "Ben" and everyone else by their full name. I don't know why I didn't just add "Fritz" – just feeling a bit cheeky, I suppose. Anyway, my long story concluded with: "I had to add something and I figured 'Big Ben' would be way trite."
[Note to onebee readers who haven't met Ben – he's like a foot and a half taller than me. It would've been way trite.]
Your response, quoted in its entirety:
So that answers that.