Theory In Flux...

Jerry Beck over at his fabulous website Cartoon Brew has a very, very original theory about the current road that Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios are taking under the leadership of John Lasseter...

He appears to believe that the Mouse and the Lamp are following the shorts model that Walt used back in the 30's and 40's. While Mickey Mouse cartoons followed a proven formula, the Silly Symphonies were more experimental and divergent from what the audience expected or wanted. There's more to it than that, but that's the gist of it. Give it a read.

Interesting...

Goofy Sightings...

It appears that with the new Goofy short finished, Walt Disney Animation Studios is moving on to its other productions and people in the know are starting to get a look at the final product.

Jerry Beck over at Cartoon Brew has seen Goofy's comeback vehicle and has a review of it over on the site. What's his verdict? Well, go read it and see... but let's just say that directors Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers-Skelton have done for Goofy what Quentin Tarantino did for John Travolta.

I can't wait to get a look at this and hope that Disney announces soon which film they plan on releasing it with... I hope my sources are right about which one it may be attached to.