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For Disney, the success of Brother Bear is all the more crucial since its own homegrown animated fare has stumbled in recent years, with the notable exception of last year's hit 2-D movie, Lilo & Stitch. Executives say 2-D will remain an important part of the studio's future and express high hopes for Brother Bear. They say the movie evokes the luster and wide family appeal of Disney's 1994 Oscar-winning blockbuster, The Lion King, which came during a golden era when new animated characters became a driving force behind the company's theme parks, retail stores, movies and television shows.

"It's a fantastic story with great characters," David Stainton said. "The idea of Disney doing talking animals is a real winner with audiences." Whether audiences will connect with the classically animated style of Brother Bear, which features the music of rocker Phil Collins, remains to be seen. Fans of traditional animation remain hopeful. "The medium isn't over yet," said animation historian and author Jerry Beck. "It just needs to be revived. It needs some enthusiasm."

2099net wrote:I see that one of the pieces of artwork released (it's on Animated Movies) shows a mammoth - indicating that once again the final film will take place shortly after the ice age.

I thought this was the original plan, but was then moved to more modern times?

Prince Adam wrote:But oh well-does it really matter when it takes place? I mean, someday people living in their sky cities are going to wonder when Finding Nemo took place.
"Was it before or after the ice caps melted?"

Prince Adam wrote:The storybook says "Long ago, when much of the world was still covered in ice..."
So I'm assuming that means shortly after the ice age. But Native Americans weren't even in North America yet, were they? I thought they didn't come until a few hundred years before the Vikings, and that's long after the ice age.

Lady wrote:ugh. based on the trailer of brother bear they've inserted into the beginning of the lion king dvd, the movie looks very "blah". the plot line is lion king rehashed and the look is very much like Spirited away (the horse movie from dreamworks) but with more vibrant colors.

Eeyore wrote:I was confused at that promo on the LK disk. When I saw the promo in the theatre *months* ago, there weren't any black and white unfinished segments that I remember. Yet they used them for the dvd.

And the best part of the promo was the two moose at the end (obviously Canadian eh) saying "If you see only one film this summer, well, then you're here already, so this is it, so see two movies this summer eh?" (not a direct quote). But that part wasn't included.