animation

Welcome to Disney Lives! This is a timeline created by myself, any contributions you wish to add can be requested in the inbox. - "I was just expecting a simple train ride to a place that Walt would enjoy. As I would too. If he hadn't met that engineer, I wonder if he would still be around for...

On December 5, 1941, Fleischer Studios released through Paramount their second animated film "Mr. Bug Goes To Town". The film was a major box office bomb, receiving little promotion from Paramount and also opening two days before Pearl Harbor and America's entry into WW2. This had some...

In 1980 whilst at Cal Art's Brad Bird and a few friends created script for a Spirit film alongside a pencil test trailer made to help pitch the film. To quote ‘The Spirit’ movie that could have been "But if the world had turned a little differently, if fate had been a little kinder, a “Spirit”...

Note: This is meant to be an examination of what could of happened to pop culture if various animated films had gone with different ideas than in the final product, including their influences on later films. This is my first alternate history, so it isn't the most polished and I refer to "our...

For those of you who don't know, Fleischer Studios was a late 20s-early 40s animation studio owned by Paramount. Created by Max and Dave Fletcher, they made Betty Boop and Popeye. They were also Disney's chief competitor in the 30s. How would the animation industry be different if the company...

Okay, I screwed up a minute ago and posted a "Make MB good" challenge in Discussions BEFORE 1900! No, really! Apparently my bran is not there tonight. o_O But in all seriousness, lets get to the What If! Most critics and audiences alike agree that Mega Babies (...

NOTE: Disregard this! I made the mistake of posting this in Discussions BEFORE 1900 (either that or Mega Babies was older then we thought, LOL). But in all seriousness, my apologies for the mistake. Also, I'm pretty new here so if anyone sees me making more mistakes then please correct me on...

Most people have seen a few of the old Disney shorts, and everybody knows about Fleischer Studios. It's pretty much impossible not to. But back in the early 40s, both studios were in serious trouble. After Disney's Snow White, the Fleischers needed to produce a feature of their own. Several were...

Preface: A special thank you to Neamathla for the suggestion on the POD. After the Second World War, the Walt Disney Studios was in dire straits, sinking in almost $4 million USD in debt. But things would not be bleak on Dopey Drive for too long. When 1949 gave way to 1950, the studio’s...