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Post by John Wall on Nov 29, 2020 20:31:26 GMT
Different animation houses can have different styles.
Not sure if it’s possible to identify who commissioned/chose it on behalf of the BBC?
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Post by Jaspal Cheema on Nov 29, 2020 20:32:12 GMT
Yes, it's a shame they didn't continue in the style of The Moonbase animation - as mattg says; it is the gold standard. Did it cost more to make in that style? Or is that not relevant to why subsequent animations didn't follow its look? It does also depend on the quality of the actual story itself as to the success of it's animated episodes in my opinion. Although yes,The Moonbase's animation is excellent,the serial itself is quite thin so the animation is less memorable. For me,the gold standard is still the original animations for The Invasion. Excellent story,superb direction,effects and music together with great actors makes the animated episodes even more effective when placed against the live action.They are astoundingly good.Even the Brigadier's moustache is rendered properly!
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Post by lousingh on Nov 30, 2020 0:59:15 GMT
Yes, it's a shame they didn't continue in the style of The Moonbase animation - as mattg says; it is the gold standard. Did it cost more to make in that style? Or is that not relevant to why subsequent animations didn't follow its look? It does also depend on the quality of the actual story itself as to the success of it's animated episodes in my opinion. Although yes,The Moonbase's animation is excellent,the serial itself is quite thin so the animation is less memorable. For me,the gold standard is still the original animations for The Invasion. Excellent story,superb direction,effects and music together with great actors makes the animated episodes even more effective when placed against the live action.They are astoundingly good.Even the Brigadier's moustache is rendered properly! I know that the BBC have a financial interest in cranking these animations out as fast as they can, but IMHO, they should give the animation houses time to really get things really right. Remember that one of the developers of the group that did The Power of the Daleks is on this board and he described how little time they gave the company to finish (6 months). As a developer, I know that this is endemic in the media industry, but I would rather that they be given the time so that 7 day, 100 hour weeks aren't a necessity to get the product out the door. Then, every story can get the look we wish it had.
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Post by John Wall on Nov 30, 2020 10:15:48 GMT
If you get something absolutely right early you can then “crank out” good stuff that gets praised and recommended in places like this.
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Post by mattg on Nov 30, 2020 13:03:30 GMT
If you get something absolutely right early you can then “crank out” good stuff that gets praised and recommended in places like this. Well Power of the Daleks for one wasn’t “absolutely right” because they’ve since released an improved/enhanced version!
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Post by stephen macpherson on Nov 30, 2020 14:02:18 GMT
Would it be fair to say about 20-25 years ago such projects were 'a pipe dream'? 😜
Let us revel in the efforts of others to make our dreams come true! 👍😉
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Post by RhysH on Nov 30, 2020 14:24:34 GMT
Would it be fair to say about 20-25 years ago such projects were 'a pipe dream'? 😜 Let us revel in the efforts of others to make our dreams come true! 👍😉 Spot on. Great comment
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Post by Jaspal Cheema on Dec 1, 2020 22:14:53 GMT
One animation I'm dying to see is The Wheel in Space. If the cut down episode One on The Macra Terror release is anything to go by,this superb serial would produce a fantastic animated release.One of the most exciting and anticipated DVDs which will hopefully see a release sooner rather than later.
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Post by Leighton Haberfield on Jan 12, 2021 9:29:37 GMT
Got the DVD for Xmas Watched it with the kids They enjoyed it Shame they didn't recreate the original sixties trailer as I believe the audio exists
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Post by kurt devery on Jan 25, 2021 22:58:15 GMT
I agree with lots of the comments on here. We must not lose sight of the fact we have come an awful long way in having missing episodes bought back to life in various forms were once the situation seemed hopeless. I am grateful to all involved and in the absence of the originals thank you for your endeavors. Keep up the good work.- P.S I enjoyed fury alot.
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