Glen Keane News & Discussion

[DisneyBluLife]

Music video for the Korean version of "Rocket to the Moon".

There's some new footage in that music video.

There are more international versions of the song on this Youtube playlist.

Thanks for sharing that playlist! As someone who loves the song, it's great getting to hear it in different languages.

The grandpa, grandma and uncle don't have names either, though that's not so strange given that they're probably more secondary.

Even so, they should have given them names. I hate it when characters go unnanmed in fiction. Just pick a name; it's not that hard.

The last trailer made it seem Chang'e would be the villain, and I think she will be a bit villainous, but I have a feeling they'll redeem her at the end. First, because I don't think they would dare turn such a famous and beloved character in Chinese culture evil, and second, the fact that she has several songs including that last duet with the protagonist seems to suggest that as well.

That's a good point. I also think she will be redeemed at the end for the reasons you stated and discover the true meaning of love/how to cope with loss, mirroring in this way Fei Fei's emotional journey.

I think it might be a reprise of "On the Moon Above", the first song, which is sung by the Fei Fei and her parents and is probably like a lullaby about the tale of the Moon Goddess. My guess is that that reprise, which is sung by Chang'e and her loved one, has the same melody but different lyrics and that's why it has a different title despite being a reprise.

That's a good guess. Still, they could have given it a different title without calling it a reprise, if that was the case. You can't call something a reprise when there's no full song with the same name. That's madness!

After all, Glen Keane said there would be eight songs in the movie and in that tracklist there are only seven.

Is it possible the song "Yours Forever" was cut and only the reprise survived?

I think it is funny sometimes when the parents do not have names, like in Nickelodeon's Fairly odd parents.
One of the jokes from the show:

Reporter: What is your name?
Dad: I am Timmy's dad

[DisneyFan97]

Spotify has released the swedish version of one of the songs in the movie, it's called "I Det Blå" , I don't know what the song is named in the orginal English

But that title translates to " In The Blue" in English !

The Swedish version is sung by the amazing Wiktoria Johansson !!

[DisneyBluLife]

Spotify has released the swedish version of one of the songs in the movie, it's called "I Det Blå" , I don't know what the song is named in the orginal English

But that title translates to " In The Blue" in English !

The Swedish version is sung by the amazing Wiktoria Johansson !!

Actually it would translate to "Up in the sky" in English.
In Sweden, "blue" is a nickname for the sky, because the sky is in the colour blue.

[DisneyFan97]

Spotify has released the swedish version of one of the songs in the movie, it's called "I Det Blå" , I don't know what the song is named in the orginal English

But that title translates to " In The Blue" in English !

The Swedish version is sung by the amazing Wiktoria Johansson !!

Actually it would translate to "Up in the sky" in English.
In Sweden, "blue" is a nickname for the sky, because the sky is in the colour blue.

Excuse me

It's so nice to have another Swed on here !!

[DisneyBluLife]

Actually it would translate to "Up in the sky" in English.
In Sweden, "blue" is a nickname for the sky, because the sky is in the colour blue.

Excuse me

It's so nice to have another Swed on here !!

You do not have to apologize.
No worries.

Yes, it is so much fun to have you on this forum too.

[D82]

I think it is funny sometimes when the parents do not have names, like in Nickelodeon's Fairly odd parents.
One of the jokes from the show:

Reporter: What is your name?
Dad: I am Timmy's dad

That reminds me a bit of the tradition of not showing the face of the parents/adults in some shows, like the woman in Tom and Jerry or Nanny in Muppet Babies (the old show, but maybe she's in the new one too). As a child I hated that we couldn't see their faces, but now I understand why they like to do things like that and, yes, sometimes it can be funny.

[DisneyFan97]

I think it is funny sometimes when the parents do not have names, like in Nickelodeon's Fairly odd parents.
One of the jokes from the show:

Reporter: What is your name?
Dad: I am Timmy's dad

That reminds me a bit of the tradition of not showing the face of the parents/adults in some shows, like the woman in Tom and Jerry or Nanny in Muppet Babies (the old show, but maybe she's in the new one too). As a child I hated that we couldn't see their faces, but now I understand why they like to do things like that and, yes, sometimes it can be funny.

Cow and Chicken got a lot of mileage out of that. I really like that show !

[D82]

Cow and Chicken got a lot of mileage out of that. I really like that show !

You're right! I didn't watch that show, but I knew they did that there too.


Here are a new article about Over the Moon and an illustration by Glen Keane released to celebrate the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival:


Source: https://www.facebook.com/NetflixANZ/pho ... 553621228/

[Disney's Divinity]

The protagonist looks so much better there than anything we've seen from the finished product. The limitations of 3D, but we're stuck with it as our only medium for 99% of animated films now... *sigh*

[Rumpelstiltskin]

I kind of expected a moon goddess that lived in a world (or moon) that represented some pre-industrial society, but considering everybody who have seen it seems to be positive, I'll wait till I have seen it myself. As long as the goddess doesn't dance Batusi or breakdance.

The green thing looks like a pangolin or prehensile tailed porcupine.

:That reminds me a bit of the tradition of not showing the face of the parents/adults in some shows, like the woman in Tom and Jerry or Nanny in Muppet Babies (the old show, but maybe she's in the new one too). As a child I hated that we couldn't see their faces, but now I understand why they like to do things like that and, yes, sometimes it can be funny.

Or the adults in Peanuts.

Interesting to learn where they got all their influences from (and how much faster the pre-production and actual production was compared to some of the larger studios). And it turns out Glen Keane's favorite animated movie is Peter Pan. And I have to agree that the part where they are flying over London looks amazing, and is one of my favorite Disney moments as well (it sounds like a cliche, but they don't make it like that anymore).

[unprincess]

kay that second trailer, there's so much pretty I like that's smothered by all the tacky western comedy space pop crap. Ill still watch it, that is if I ever get Netflix or it ends up on DVD.COM(Netflix has yet to release Klaus on dvd though so who knows if that will ever happen.)

Im confused though, isnt the studio that made this Chinese so all the Asian stuff is partly to appeal to them? Does that mean Chinese/Korean/Japanese kids like the same lowbrow cringe comedy that American/Western kids like? Or do the Asian releases have different dialogue/scripts?

The dolls are nice, I might pick up Fei Fei and Chang'e in her traditional garb.

[D82]

The protagonist looks so much better there than anything we've seen from the finished product. The limitations of 3D, but we're stuck with it as our only medium for 99% of animated films now... *sigh*

Glen Keane implies in that last article that he was given the choice to make the movie in 2D, but I highly doubt it. What you said about the limitations of 3D is true, however in my opinion he still managed to give this movie his style and make it look better than other CG films. I think he did the same with Tangled, which is the first CG film from Disney that looked Disney to me. Over the Moon looks quite Disney to me as well, despite being from another studio. If he makes more movies for Netflix in the future, though, I hope he can do a traditionally animated one. Netflix made Klaus after all, so I think it's not impossible.

The green thing looks like a pangolin or prehensile tailed porcupine.

It reminded me of some animal, but I wasn't sure of which one. I think you're right and they took inspiration from those two, especially from the pangolin. There are pangolins in China, so it makes sense they would choose that animal. And I guess they named it after the Gobi desert.

Or the adults in Peanuts.

I didn't remember it also happened there. If I'm not mistaken, I think it happens in some Pluto shorts as well.

Interesting to learn where they got all their influences from (and how much faster the pre-production and actual production was compared to some of the larger studios).

I was also surprised they made the film in such a short period of time. And I liked that Glen wanted Jin Kim on his team. His influence is also noticeable in the designs. Regarding the production design, I have mixed feelings about the city of Lunaria and its inhabitants. On the one hand, it's quite creative and different from the real world, but on the other, it looks a bit too modern and too plastic, and some of the inhabitants remind me of characters from Sugar Rush. But, we'll see. Maybe, it will all work in the film.

And it turns out Glen Keane's favorite animated movie is Peter Pan. And I have to agree that the part where they are flying over London looks amazing, and is one of my favorite Disney moments as well (it sounds like a cliche, but they don't make it like that anymore).

I also love that moment from Peter Pan. And speaking of that Disney classic, I wanted to say that I love your avatar. That's also a beautiful and iconic shot from the movie. For a long time, like me, you didn't have any image as your avatar, right? I wish I could find a similar one for my own avatar. People probably think I prefer not to have one given that I still haven't chosen any after all this time, but the truth is that I haven't done it because I'm so indecisive and I don't know what could represent me. But, we'll see, maybe I can still find something.

(Netflix has yet to release Klaus on dvd though so who knows if that will ever happen.)

I don't know anything about Netflix movies on DVD, but maybe they haven't released Klaus on DVD yet because it's a Christmas movie, and Christmas movies sometimes don't get released on home video until the following holiday season.

Im confused though, isnt the studio that made this Chinese so all the Asian stuff is partly to appeal to them? Does that mean Chinese/Korean/Japanese kids like the same lowbrow cringe comedy that American/Western kids like? Or do the Asian releases have different dialogue/scripts?

Well, many of the people who worked on the film aren't Chinese, and I suppose they had to make the film appealing to the rest of the world too for it to be successful. In my opinion, that's why it looks quite westernized. But I think it will also be respectful to Chinese culture at the same time, like Pearl Studio's last film, Abominable, seemed to be.

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Thanks. After my amount of comments surpassed thousand, I decided it was probably about time to find some avatar. When seeing through old Disney view master images and works from Disney artists like Al Dempster, Bill Layne, Art Riley, Dick Kelsey, Lowell Hess and Retta Scott in the classic Little Golden Book, I just stumbled over it and thought it would work fine.

I don't play Sugar Rush or any other video games, so I haven't found any design similarities like that myself. But they will probably be popular amongst the youngest viewers. The moon's surface itself looked very good. The city didn't look as mythological as most had expected. It's the modern elements many notice. The plastic look is probably because they wanted something that looked very different, consisting of light and colors instead of shadows and details.

[D82]

Part of Over the Moon's score is available to listen here.

I don't play Sugar Rush or any other video games, so I haven't found any design similarities like that myself. But they will probably be popular amongst the youngest viewers.

I don't play video games either, I was referring to one of the video game worlds in Wreck-it Ralph. The one in which Vanellope lives. The citizens of the moon who appear in this part of the trailer remind me of the characters made of candy from Wreck-it Ralph.

The moon's surface itself looked very good. The city didn't look as mythological as most had expected. It's the modern elements many notice. The plastic look is probably because they wanted something that looked very different, consisting of light and colors instead of shadows and details.

Yes, I think it's the lack of shadows and details what I'm not sure if I like. I guess the buildings and characters of the moon don't have shadows because they're made of light, so it probably makes sense they look like that, but to me the style of Lunaria seems a bit at odds with the style of the rest of the film. And yes, I expected something a bit more traditional. Anyway, maybe I'll like it more when I see the full movie.

[D82]

I think this article about Over the Moon's song "Rocket to the Moon" hasn't been posted before:

How Netflix’s Animated ‘Over the Moon’ Bridges Folklore and Science in Anthemic Theme Song (EXCLUSIVE)
https://variety.com/2020/music/news/ove ... 234748473/

[D82]

"Ultraluminary" music and lyric video from Over the Moon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOkCnb16fdE

[Farerb]

Phillipa Soo is great.

[Rumpelstiltskin]

I think I confused "Sugar Rush" with "Candy Crush". There used to be some commercials for the mobile game on TV.

Based on the new music video, it makes me wonder if the whole city and all the beings there were created by the moon goodness (possibly her tears).

[D82]

Once again, the latest lyric video from Over the Moon doesn't contain the entire song. Here's the full version of "Ultraluminary", which has 30 seconds more at the beginning.

Phillipa Soo is great.

I agree, her performance of that song is amazing. I quite like the song itself as well. The first time I heard it in the trailer, I wasn't sure I would like it, but it's quite catchy.

I think I confused "Sugar Rush" with "Candy Crush". There used to be some commercials for the mobile game on TV.

Oh, OK. They both sound very similar, so it's no wonder you got confused. Plus, I didn't mention I was talking about Wreck-It Ralph.

Based on the new music video, it makes me wonder if the whole city and all the beings there were created by the moon goodness (possibly her tears).

I had been wondering whether all those beings were already there on the moon or if she had created them. But yes, judging by the music video, it seems it's the latter. That's yet another similarity the Moon Goddess has with Elsa; that she can create life. She's also isolated from the rest of the world and has created herself a palace.

[Disney's Divinity]

I personally didn't like "Ultraluminary." I think the only part that was nice was the bridge when she was talking about the moon being deserted, etc. Hopefully, I'll like the character more in-context, because in the moment I was reminded of Shakira as Gazelle. I was more impressed by the protagonist's song / voice actress for now, and I'm hoping the rest of the soundtrack is more in that vein...