Meet the Robinsons

[Disney's Divinity]

I think the BHG as he is suits the film's tone. The BHG is more like Kronk to Doris' Yzma to me, tbh. Doris' desired future is pretty threatening.

[singerguy04]

I really like BHG overall. My only complaint is that he was written a little too dumb. I understand that he would've only had enough schooling as Goob would've had before dropping out, but I think his uneducatedness comes off as really dense and a little offensive towards people with complexes. Some of his jokes already seem dated in that perspective. Doris really saves him as a "villain" and I'd argue that he isn't really a villain at all. I think Doris provides a really dark and evil role, that in a way surprised me when I first saw the film. I think her future is absolutely terrifying.

Overall, I agree with Divinity here. BHG is nothing more than a henchman, and I think he fits the tone of the film.

I really think this is a hidden gem of a film, and I wish more people would give it a chance!

[blackcauldron85]

MtR was going to use its own special castle logo but Lasseter wouldn't let them:
https://twitter.com/stevehatguy/status/ ... 95841?s=20

[D23ExpoVisitor25]

Rewatched Meet the Robinsons in full for the first time since I saw it (and the Mickey Mouse short Boat Builders) back in 2007.

Such an underrated masterpiece that Disney of today could really use as a moral compass for after the failure of Wish at the box office in its opening weekend.

[blackcauldron85]

#meettherobinsons was always going to be called ‘A Day with Wilbur Robinson,’ like the original book. However some execs felt that title was too soft and wanted to change it. Here are two of the rejected ones.

https://twitter.com/stevehatguy/status/ ... 1011870083

(Tomorrowland: A Day With Wilbur Robinson, and Get Lewis)

[carolinakid]

I watched Meet the Robinsons maybe a year after it came out on DVD..... and I was surprised I didn’t hate it. I would definitely watch it again.

[Sotiris]

Thanks for sharing, Amy! I've updated the thread with the working titles of WDAS films.

[twihard]

I watched Meet the Robinsons maybe a year after it came out on DVD..... and I was surprised I didn’t hate it. I would definitely watch it again.

Yes, it's a good one. I loved the quote from Walt and it felt like the type of movie that actually honored and respected him...too bad eveything else Disney made after was not like this.

Get Lewis isn't a good title. Glad they scrapped that. I like the title Tomorrowland: A Day with Wilbur Robinson though.

[D23ExpoVisitor25]

I watched Meet the Robinsons maybe a year after it came out on DVD..... and I was surprised I didn’t hate it. I would definitely watch it again.

Yes, it's a good one. I loved the quote from Walt and it felt like the type of movie that actually honored and respected him...too bad eveything else Disney made after was not like this.

Get Lewis isn't a good title. Glad they scrapped that. I like the title Tomorrowland: A Day with Wilbur Robinson though.

The Princess and the Frog and Winnie the Pooh (2011) didn’t disrespect nor dishonor Walt Disney, dude. Come now.

[twihard]

Yes, it's a good one. I loved the quote from Walt and it felt like the type of movie that actually honored and respected him...too bad eveything else Disney made after was not like this.

Get Lewis isn't a good title. Glad they scrapped that. I like the title Tomorrowland: A Day with Wilbur Robinson though.

The Princess and the Frog and Winnie the Pooh (2011) didn’t disrespect nor dishonor Walt Disney, dude. Come now.

I read some of your posts on here so I can guess where this is going but I'm just gonna say that I don't think something being hand-drawn over CGI automatically makes something more respectful to Walt Disney. And just to clarify, I prefer hand-drawn animation and am not a fan of the CGI Disney movies and how that's the default for animation now.

But even knowing that I do not automatically think that a movie that is hand-drawn is automatically superior or respectful. You can make a terrible movie that is hand-drawn and I would not consider that respectful to Walt. In fact, I would say the hand-drawn animation movies are scrutinized more now so they have no room for errors and have to be absolutely perfect to hold up on the bookshelf with Snow White, Pinocchio, Little mermaid, etc. I do not care for the Iger/Lassseter era and whatever I've seen from this era has been completely awful. Meet the Robinsons I think was an exception because it came during that transition period and wasn't really belonging to those people. For me it's bascially the last good Disney movie. I would rather watch that or Home on the Range or Chicken Little over new Disney like Frozen or Zootopia, the few that I have bothered to see anyway.

[D23ExpoVisitor25]

Happy 17th Anniversary, “Meet the Robinsons.”

[Sotiris]

In a new interview, Stephen Anderson said that the film was using "I Can See Clearly Now" as a temp song for the epilogue, before Rob Thomas came on board. Rob Thomas had given him a piano demo of the song "Little Wonders" which sounded very somber and low-energy and when he included it in a new workprint of the film for an internal screening, there were concerns about it being too depressing. They were able to change that by making the arrangement more upbeat in the final version of the song.

[Sotiris]

A couple sketches from an alt version of the ending for ‘Meet the Robinsons.’ Bud Robinson was the janitor at Lewis’ school and met Krunklehorn for the first time at the science fair.

Source: https://x.com/stevehatguy/status/1949232896096731266

Some more early MTR stuff. Lewis carried a tackle box full of tools everywhere he went. After the Memory Scanner disaster, he threw away his toolbox which evolved into ripping up his notebook later.

Source: https://x.com/stevehatguy/status/1950364334359707965

Q: I'd personally would like to know who this cute gal from one of the early story reels was, I really like her design.

Stephen Anderson: That's an early storyboard version of Mildred, the lady who runs the orphanage.

Source: https://x.com/stevehatguy/status/1949998295629385971

Q: What’s the backstory of what looks like Carl eating Wilbur?

Stephen Anderson: That’s a Chris Williams sketch. I think it was a version of Carl’s intro that was played like he was evil and ate Wilbur. Then it was revealed that they were buds and Carl was just messing around. It was pre-Lasseter. The studio leadership kept hammering us to make the movie funnier. ‘Funny is money’ was the phrase we heard over and over. Chris was brought onto during that time which led to some pretty weird and surreal scenes. We went more in that direction but when John came in, he wasn’t havin’ it. We were shooting for something different than typical Disney humor, which I really loved, but ultimately that was compromised and the humor got pulled more to center.

Q: Did you like that more before, or after? Not that the final film feels like it’s missing anything, but was there ever a type of humor that you guys would have wanted more in there?

Stephen Anderson: I don't know. I do enjoy weird, non-sequitur humor and the audience response at our first preview was very positive towards it. Later, the feeling was that it undercut the emotion. Hard to say.

Q: Given how much of the movie was retooled during production, this feels like the tip of the iceberg.

Stephen Anderson: You have no idea.

Source: https://x.com/stevehatguy/status/1950016793579553216