Walt Disney Pictures, who seems to have ditched the fairy tale motif permenantly (or has run out of material), is working on finishing their 2nd Sci-Fi themed animated feature for 2002, Treasure Planet. The first, Lilo & Stich opens June 21st.
Based on the Robert Louis Stevenson classic Treasure Island, Disney’s Planet sets the stage with the same basic characters (Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver, etc.), with a Sci-Fi twist. As an example, the ships, while old-styled, cruise through space and the villianous Silver is a cyborg (silver, cyborg, get it?).
The teaser looks impressive, using Disney’s mastery of blending classic hand-drawn characters with 3D backgrounds and objects.
With that in mind, what classic novels/stories would you like to see updated with a Sci-Fi twist? My vote: Herman Melville’s classic, Moby Dick. Just let your mind wander the possibilites.
Sun Tzu
Well, I’d say Frankenstein, but that was already
sci-fi. That’s the only “classic” I really enjoyed. I’d
be willing to see others, though. (I’m not a fan of “The
Tempest,” but Forbidden Planet was good.)
Actually, there is one. Sun Tzu’s Art Of War.
Re: Sun Tzu
I think it would be difficult for disney to make a manual on how to wage war into a children’s movie. I mean first you have to surmount the fact that it lacks plot :-).
-Jack
Re: Sun Tzu
I never said Disney had to do it. The
plot point is hard to get around, though.
wow
treasure planet looks good. hope it doesn’t have any useless, completely inappropriate, talking animal sidekicks, like every other bloody animated film they put out in the last 6+ years or so.
Re: wow
Now THERE’S a fantasy….my bet is on a robot parrot…
Re: wow
but a robot parrot would be fairly appropriate, especially a talking one. i’m talking more along the lines of the stupid ass talking gargoyles in hunchback, or the animal sidekick thingies (if i remember correctly) in pocahantas. or mulan. or others that i’ve forgotten about.
Re: wow
I just checked the IMDB page for it, and
all the names sound like humans or robots for the
characters. Also, Frank Welker has been in virtually every
recent Disney movie that had talking animals (or
non-talking animals) and he’s nowhere to be seen. I hope
that means we’re safe. Oh, and if you watched cartoons in
the 1980s, you’ve probably heard Frank
Welker a few times.
Re: wow
Wow.
Reading That Link Is Like Walking Down My Childhood Television’s Memory Lane. I Stopped Reading Before It Got too Familiar (Around ‘The Real Ghostbusters’).
Well
Seems this is kind of a loaded question, because almost any true ‘classic’ literature is timeless, and can be transposed to any local/species/time.
I’ll not resist to add my short list however.