BOLT (formerly American Dog) Discussion

Rumpelstiltskin · Post by **Rumpelstiltskin** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:22 am

It's also mentioned here:

"Lasseter highlighted the ten patents earned by the studio's new technology that gave the film's 3D backgrounds a hand-painted appearance. "But technology never entertains the audience," he quickly added before lauding BOLT's characters as "some of the most entertaining we've ever created."

http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top ... m_no=22844

Jules · Post by **Jules** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:42 pm

Last night I dreamt I saw the BOLT teaser trailer!

The colour palette was mostly red and orange, and the trailer featured ... lions! They looked similar to their Lion King counterparts - painted a rather bright yellow. Since BOLT's backgrounds are to have a hand painted appearance, in my dreams the said backgrounds looked like they had the texture of a canvas. That sort of blocky pattern. Most strangely, although in the dream I was supposed to be viewing a CG animated film, after waking up I remember seeing everything in traditional animation.

yukitora · Post by **yukitora** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:50 am

Wow, that's so detailed! You could dream any movie you want and save a ton load on movie tickets

Jules · Post by **Jules** » Sun May 04, 2008 7:58 am

Can anyone confirm whether the first BOLT trailer will really appear before the US release of Prince Caspian? Or is it just a rumour?

ichabod · Post by **ichabod** » Sun May 04, 2008 8:29 am

Julian Carter wrote:Can anyone confirm whether the first BOLT trailer will really appear before the US release of Prince Caspian? Or is it just a rumour?

You do live in hope don't you Julian

Not sure if these have been posted, but to be honest I don't really care if they have. But there's some Bolt artwork behind the people.

Byron Howard (director)

Clark Spencer (producer)

Chris Williams (director)

Jules · Post by **Jules** » Sun May 04, 2008 10:30 am

*swoons*

ichabod, how can I not love you?

ichabod · Post by **ichabod** » Sun May 04, 2008 2:11 pm

Also taking for granted the fact that the dark haired girl is Penny, she's very Lilo-ish don't you think? Mostly in the mouth.

Widdi · Post by **Widdi** » Sun May 04, 2008 4:22 pm

ichabod wrote:Also taking for granted the fact that the dark haired girl is Penny, she's very Lilo-ish don't you think? Mostly in the mouth.

My first reaction to that picture was "Lilo got a haircut!"

Jules · Post by **Jules** » Sun May 04, 2008 4:51 pm

Assuming that is Penny, I can't help feel Miley Cyrus' vocals just don't fit the character.

She is indeed very Lilo-ish, though that wasn't an instant reaction on my part. It's also interesting to see how beautiful Bolt's (the dog) character design is. It may have been regarded as generic a few months ago, but I've got to admit it's inredibly appealing - perhaps even more so than Sanders' design.

Who are the people in the photographs? The first one seems to match someone in my memory. Are they high profile people at Walt Disney Animation Studios (e.g. key animators)?

pap64 · Post by **pap64** » Sun May 04, 2008 5:00 pm

Ironically, some of the designs are very Chris Sanders-esque, especially the little girl hugging Bolt in that one picture.

ichabod · Post by **ichabod** » Mon May 05, 2008 1:19 am

Julian Carter wrote:Who are the people in the photographs? The first one seems to match someone in my memory. Are they high profile people at Walt Disney Animation Studios (e.g. key animators)?

I've updated with names and jobs.

You know looking at Penny again, she could almost be a muppet.

Rumpelstiltskin · Post by **Rumpelstiltskin** » Mon May 05, 2008 6:17 am

If I could choose, I think I would still prefer to see the Chris Sanders' version of the movie, but Bolt looks more like a "normal" dog than the first one. He actually looks a bit like a little donkey;

http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/images/u ... it-cat.jpg

2099net · Post by **2099net** » Mon May 05, 2008 6:46 am

But does bolt look like he "owns" the voice of John Travolta? I could believe so with Sanders design, but this Bolt looks far too young.

Jules · Post by **Jules** » Mon May 05, 2008 7:44 am

I disagree, netty. Actually the new design I think fits Travolta's voice perfectly.

I have to admit it's been a while since I've heard Travolta though.

P.S. That's Chris Williams!?

Wow ... I never thought he looked that way. He looks cool! He seems young too. I doubt he's made it past 35. I thought Byron Howard looked familiar...

blackcauldron85 · Post by **blackcauldron85** » Mon May 05, 2008 8:20 am

2099net wrote:But does bolt look like he "owns" the voice of John Travolta? I could believe so with Sanders design, but this Bolt looks far too young.

Ever since I realized that John Travolta was doing the voice for Bolt, I have felt the same way. Bolt does look young, but I'm sure that once I see the movie, I'll feel that Travolta's voice suits Bolt.

icahbod, thank you sooo much for posting those pictures! If only the men weren't in the way...!

Ariel'sprince · Post by **Ariel'sprince** » Mon May 05, 2008 9:04 am

It's from the link I posted on the Rapunzel thread.
Anyway Penny looks a lot like Lilo.

singerguy04 · Post by **singerguy04** » Mon May 05, 2008 9:39 pm

I love how many of the pictures don't look CG at all, they look a lot like hand drawn pictures.

Jules · Post by **Jules** » Thu May 08, 2008 6:08 am

singerguy04 wrote:I love how many of the pictures don't look CG at all, they look a lot like hand drawn pictures.

I don't know, however, if those pictures behind the directors are indeed movie stills. They don't look like concept art either, though, which is baffling. The character designs are all finalised at this point.

Jules · Post by **Jules** » Fri May 09, 2008 3:35 am

Oh Lord ... What will they think of next? ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8ubXbIvqsA

blackcauldron85 · Post by **blackcauldron85** » Fri May 09, 2008 7:05 am

Julian Carter wrote:Oh Lord ... What will they think of next? ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8ubXbIvqsA

That's just stupid! Disney is not giving money to Scientology! Let's say Disney hires Actor X to do a voice in an animated film. Disney must pay Actor X for his work, right? Let's say that Actor X uses his paycheck to buy drugs. Disney is not supporting the usage of drugs just because Actor X chooses to use his paycheck for drugs. What John Travolta chooses to do with his paycheck has nothing to do with Disney- they legally have to pay him for his work, but after that, he can do whatever he wants with his money and it has nothing to do with Disney.

Some people make me mad!

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