I remember reading somewhere that Dinosaur was the first (mostly) CGI feature from WDFA and Chicken Little was the first entirely CGI feature. But you're right though, I never really thought of it as a Disney Animated classic and I was also surprised to see it on the list. I think they included Dinosaur because it's main form is with Animation (you can take out the backgrounds and still have the story, though it'll be a lot less interesting) whereas in the other movies you listed, the main story is told through live action. If you think about it, nearly all the package films had some live action footage (Make Mine Music may be the only one, but the Two Silhouttes had rotoscoped live action dancers), but they would not be in the same category as Mary Poppins, Bedknobs, etc. since they are mostly animation and the live action parts could be snipped out and the shorts hold well on their own.Julian Carter wrote:Interestingly, they include Dinosaur in the official list. So I guess from now on Dinosaur is part of the canon ... not because BVHM UK says so, but because the official Walt Disney Animation Studios site says so. We can't argue with that.
Could it be that The Secret Lab was actually a subsidiary of Walt Disney Feature Animation, and hence the film was still made by WDFA in all fairness.
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Bleh ... if you start thinking of it, you'll never stop.
I hope that that website eventually has a listing of ALL the Animation Disney has done including theatrical animated shorts, television animated shorts, animated segments for various things, etc.
Gahhh, you're right though, once my brain hops on the think train for anything, it doesn't stop!!
