Inside Out

[Disney's Divinity]

That synopsis leaves me feeling conflicted. Probably best to wait until trailers at least to judge.

[Scamander]

I'm disappointed, Disney didn't cast someone with green skin for the voice acting!!!

[disneyprincess11]

I'm disappointed, Disney didn't cast someone with green skin for the voice acting!!!

[Sotiris]

I'm disappointed, Disney didn't cast someone with green skin for the voice acting!!!

That's actually offensive because you're trivializing the very real issue of racial representation (or lack thereof) in the media.

[ce1ticmoon]

I'm disappointed, Disney didn't cast someone with green skin for the voice acting!!!

That's actually offensive because you're trivializing the very real issue of racial representation (or lack thereof) in the media.

I'm not going to comment on media as a whole, since that's a huge issue unto itself... I'll just acknowledge that it is a huge issue. And it's obviously not limited to race. (When are we getting a big-budget Marvel movie headlined by a woman? And there is the whole LGBT debate going on in the BH6 thread.)

As for voice acting, I think people are looking at it the wrong way. Because, in a lot of cases, I think anybody can be qualified to play any type of role, as long as they fit the character. So people shouldn't be raging about white people being cast for the voice of racial minorities. Well, I guess there is nothing wrong with that per se, but the problem is actually more deeply rooted, as they should be raging far before that. First, the racial minority characters simply aren't being written into the movies. Second, people of racial minorities aren't usually being cast in the roles of existing white characters . If any and every one were able to play the white characters, then there would be no problem if a white person played a character representing a racial minority.

Again, I'm talking about voice acting here. If the voice fits, it fits. From an artistic standpoint, I don't think a white person playing the voice of an Asian American character is a problem at all. (Everyone seems to be worried about this in regards to BH6.) The problem is that Asians and other racial minorities simply have not received much representation in the first place. They also aren't getting cast in the white roles, or roles that aren't defined by race (monsters, aliens, toys, etc). The latter I think is especially problematic.

[Scamander]

I'm disappointed, Disney didn't cast someone with green skin for the voice acting!!!

That's actually offensive because you're trivializing the very real issue of racial representation (or lack thereof) in the media.

Oh, I'm absolutely not, but we're at a point where people are complaining because a Japanese-American character (probably) won't be voiced by a Japanese-American actor or because of the lack of PoC in Frozen, which is both absolutely ridiculous. The whole industry is so frightened to offend anyone, that they often just throw in characters that represent different minorities everywhere, no matter if it makes sense or not. And that's not the solution. In order to fulfill the demand of racial representation the industry should just make more films with stories where said minorities fit in naturally. If you gonna complain because the Snow Queen in Disney's adaption of Andersens tale isn't black without bearing in mind that the story takes place in early modern Norway, you're not only not helping the case, you're hurting it and make a fool out of yourself.

[Sotiris]

Well, I guess there is nothing wrong with that per se, but the problem is actually more deeply rooted, as they should be raging far before that.

I think they are though. There's plenty of criticism about that. It's not as if people who are upset about voice acting, don't care about the other forms of media representation or claim that voice acting is the most important.

First, the racial minority characters simply aren't being written into the movies. Second, people of racial minorities aren't usually being cast in the roles of existing white characters . If any and every one were able to play the white characters, then there would be no problem if a white person played a character representing a racial minority. [...] The problem is that Asians and other racial minorities simply have not received much representation in the first place. They also aren't getting cast in the white roles, or roles that aren't defined by race (monsters, aliens, toys, etc). The latter I think is especially problematic.

Exactly. The vast gap in representation and the lack of equal opportunities is why people get frustrated when non-white or non-gay actors get the very few roles that people of color, LGBT etc could actually get. Even if that is something as (arguably) small as a voice acting role.

[ce1ticmoon]

Well, I guess there is nothing wrong with that per se, but the problem is actually more deeply rooted, as they should be raging far before that.

I think they are though. There's plenty of criticism about that. It's not as if people who are upset about voice acting, don't care about the other forms of media representation or claim that voice acting is the most important.

Well, I suppose you're right. Maybe I'm just hanging around here too much, because I seem to see a lot more of the former compared to the latter. And I can't say I'm on board with a lot of the rants that seem to come from tumblr, even if their hearts are in the right place.

Oh, I'm absolutely not, but we're at a point where people are complaining because a Japanese-American character (probably) won't be voiced by a Japanese-American actor or because of the lack of PoC in Frozen, which is both absolutely ridiculous. The whole industry is so frightened to offend anyone, that they often just throw in characters that represent different minorities everywhere, no matter if it makes sense or not. And that's not the solution. In order to fulfill the demand of racial representation the industry should just make more films with stories where said minorities fit in naturally. If you gonna complain because the Snow Queen in Disney's adaption of Andersens tale isn't black without bearing in mind that the story takes place in early modern Norway, you're not only not helping the case, you're hurting it and make a fool out of yourself.

Well, I certainly agree that at times, political correctness seems to get out of hand and borders on ridiculous. And some people seem to be going out of their way to find ways to be offended. I agree that a lot of the criticisms lobbied toward Frozen in particular were off base. (Though I don't think anyone was actually asking for a black Snow Queen.)

The problem,again, is the lack of representation in the industry in general. And I mentioned that various minorities aren't being written into the movies as part of my point regarding animated films before, but this is obviously a factor for the media in general. We don't get action spectacles with Asians, or Hispanics, or Women in the lead roles. And sometimes, it seems that we are regressing in some ways....

For example, those Tyler Perry and other black films (I don't know how to explain them, but if you are paying attention to the movies being released, you know what I'm talking about) are good in that they give blacks representation, but those films seem almost exclusively marketed toward the African American community, and thus, seem to take away the chances of black actors being featured prominently in films for "all audiences," thus making them even more exclusively white. I almost get this weird feeling of segregation. Not that there is anything wrong with those black films, per se. Or with the fact that they feature all black casts. I don't want to say that they are making things worse, since they are probably a response to the lack of black representation in the first place. Yet, I'm not sure if they help the overall cause. But I guess the ultimate point is that I'd rather see more blacks represented in mainstream films for everyone than see an increasing number of all black films aimed at exclusively black audiences.

Anyway, a lot of Hollywood movies have premises that are generic and/or universal enough that white actors don't have to take the lead roles. Yet they still do. They don't have to be male, yet they still are... etc, etc.

Of course, then the problem stems even further. The problem lies in the audiences. Racism is still alive and well, and I really don't think I'm wrong when I say that I think PATF didn't do as well as Disney had hoped because the main character was black, Plain and simple...

[Disney's Divinity]

That's actually offensive because you're trivializing the very real issue of racial representation (or lack thereof) in the media.

Oh, I'm absolutely not, but we're at a point where people are complaining because a Japanese-American character (probably) won't be voiced by a Japanese-American actor or because of the lack of PoC in Frozen, which is both absolutely ridiculous. The whole industry is so frightened to offend anyone, that they often just throw in characters that represent different minorities everywhere, no matter if it makes sense or not. And that's not the solution. In order to fulfill the demand of racial representation the industry should just make more films with stories where said minorities fit in naturally. If you gonna complain because the Snow Queen in Disney's adaption of Andersens tale isn't black without bearing in mind that the story takes place in early modern Norway, you're not only not helping the case, you're hurting it and make a fool out of yourself.

I've never complained about lack of diversity in Frozen, so I'm not addressing that side of your issue when I say that being disappointed at a white person playing the rare Asian character that isn't, as you say, "forced" into the film for diversity's sake is absolutely not ridiculous. When do you think an Asian actor should actually get to play the role then? If they clearly aren't going to be cast as a white character and even get trumped in a role that actually is Asian by a white actor, then when? Playing the argument that a white person was obviously a better actor doesn't work when you consider that there are plenty of Asian actors who are perfectly capable.

[MovieMan995]

Michael Giacchino will be composing.

http://www.pixarpost.com/2014/05/Michae ... deOut.html

[Disneyphile]

Show of hands: Who else is really excited about Inside Out?

Until now, Pixar has been tight-lipped about its upcoming film, which takes place entirely inside an 11-year-old girl’s brain. But at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France yesterday, Variety reports that Inside Out director Pete Docter both showed the opening of the film and outlined his vision for the whole movie.

“It’s based on a strong emotional experience I had watching my daughter grow up,” said the Up director — who, per Variety, noted that much of his daughter’s childhood joy disappeared when she turned 12. “There is something that is lost when you grow up — and the film became a way to explore that change on an emotional level.”

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/06/11/p ... t-details/

[Warm Regards]

New (?) Joy animations:

http://haildisney.tumblr.com/post/88889 ... ook-at-joy

[DisneyEra]

New (?) Joy animations:

http://haildisney.tumblr.com/post/88889 ... ook-at-joy

It's from D23 last August
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ctOz5q98Ak[/youtube]

[Warm Regards]

Long wall of text with movie details:

During the event director Pete Doctor and producer Jonas Rivera presented some clips to the audience and some great new information on what is going to happen in the movie and some further explanation on how the mind works in this film.

The first clip that was shown also is the opening scene of the film, it showed the birth of Riley and her first emotion Joy voiced by Amy Poehler. Baby Riley begins to cry and were introduced to Sadness, another one of Riley’s emotion voiced by Phyllis Smith. We meet the rest of the cast and learn their importance: Anger (Lewis Black) keeps things fair, Disgust (Mindy Kaling) avoids bad things and Fear (Bill Hader) keeps Riley safe.

Producer Jonas Rivera explained that the headquarters is a combination of It’s a Small World and the Apple Store. Only one emotion can control Riley at a time and as memories are processed, they appear as light balls, colored to whatever emotion was in control at the time the memory was made. Stored on a short-term memory wall, the balls are brighter the more powerful the memory.

On one side of the controls is a very precious box in which Riley’s core memories are stored: the single most important moments that define who she is. At the end of the night, the rest of the memories are sent away to long-term, but the core ones stick around, always on the ready.

The clip continues and each emotion is showing off his or her special skills. Disgust warns baby Riley away from broccoli, “It’s green and it’s not shaped like a dinosaur!” Disgust exclaims. Riley is told by her parents that she won’t get dessert if she doesn’t eat her broccoli, which launches Anger into action he’s holding a newspaper with the headline “No Dessert!”

At one point in the movie, Joy and Sadness get lost inside Riley’s mind and they visit Imagination Land. Joy is disinherited to see that attractions like a fairy tale castle have fallen to disarray and are being torn down in place of new ones like The Imaginary Boyfriend Generator and the Swear Word Library. During the event a piece of concept art was shown which offered a look at where dreams are made: A movie studio with poster attractions on the outside wall with titles like like, “You’re Falling Into a Hole!”

Joy and Sadness are able to travel thanks to a Train of Thought, which generates tracks as it moves forward. Unfortunately, though, the train is easily lost and tends to generate tracks in the wrong direction. This, at one point, leads to Joy and Sadness winding up in abstract though a world that looks to be Pixar’s Picasso.

Source: http://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/06/22/p ... nside-out/

The concept art below shows how Riley’s emotions guide her. You can see Joy operating a control panel that accesses Riley’s memories and real-time interactions throughout her day. It’s called Head-quarters. The film will switch back and forth from the “inside” perspective of her emotions and what it looks like when Riley acts them “out.” The juxtaposition of this is hilarious and heartwarming.

Source: http://www.pixarpost.com/2014/06/lava.html

And movie synopsis (in case it's new):

Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it’s no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions – Joy (Amy Poehler), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling) and Sadness (Phyllis Smith). The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley’s mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although Joy, Riley’s main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school.

[Patrick]

The synopsis reads a bit like a behavioral guide video for health class in fourth grade.

[Warm Regards]

^Funny you say that. Some people said they get a 50s vibe from this movie. And indeed, it sounds like one of those "animated" film strips that taught kids about complex matters. (Or rather, the stereotype of those informative 50s film strips.)

[MovieMan995]

Phyllis Smith (Sadness) talks Inside Out.

http://www.pixarpost.com/2014/08/phylli ... -work.html

[disneyprincess11]

Do you guys expect a teaser with Big Hero 6?

BTW:

[Sotiris]

Why does Pixar have such a problem with character design? Especially when it comes to human characters? While WDAS often gets criticized for reusing designs and adhering too closely to their house style, they at least have a recognizable style. Pixar's designs are so bland and generic you can't even tell they're from Pixar. Honestly, the girl above looks like it could be from any low-budget movie of a second-rate studio.

[disneyprincess11]

Huh? I think she looks great. Meanwhile, I'm just going to sit back, and relax, and enjoy Tumblr, complaining about another blonde hair girl