Nintendo is Pixar (and Cars 2 sucked!)

[NightDragon83]

mai said:
I barely can spot the difference between Disney, Pixar or Dreamworks movies for that matter. Why people praise Pixar so much, hating on Disney at the same time?

And speaking of comparisons, I always thought that Nintendo is more like Disney in it's past glory.

That was one of my main gripes about Cars (and to a certain extent Up)... that it didn't feel like a Pixar movie and kind of blurred the previously clear line between Pixar's resume and Dreamworks, Fox and other studios that pump out second-rate CGI kids movies on a yearly basis.  Whereas most CGI movies made by the others were mainly family comedys that went for the cheap laughs and pop culture gags (and weren't exactly breaking new ground in the animation department), Pixar's films always had alot of depth to both the story and characters, and it was clear that alot of time and effort went into not only the animation, but the writing as well.  Not to mention that Pixar was always on the cutting edge of CGI filmmaking...  Toy Story still looks incredible to this day, which is impressive for a movie that came out way back in 1995 when "3D" console games were first starting to really take off, and the word "polygon" entered the mainstream public's lexicon for the first time.

As for your question as to why people always praise Pixar and hate on Disney at the same time, I think you pretty much answered that with your last statement.... many people feel that Disney, much like Nintendo, relies way too much on nostalgia and continually pumping out titles based on their back catalogue to be successful, rather than taking the risks and being the true pioneers that they once were back in their golden years.  In fact, I'd say Disney is far, FAR worse than Nintendo in this respect, because while yes Nintendo always relies on their big tried and true franchises like Mario Zelda and Metroid, each new game is usually a new landmark, and not just for the series but for gaming in general with new gameplay innovations that constantly push the industry as a whole forward.

Pixar is revered in this respect because they're constantly innovating without relying solely on Disney's existing IPs to make successful movies.  Disney themselves on the other hand seems content with raping everyone's childhood with horrendous, phoned-in, direct-to-video "sequels" (or in many cases even worse... PREquels!) of longtime classics like Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Bambi, and so on, while simultaneously pushing their full marketing muscle behind some of the most god awful things in human history to ever grace pop culture like Hannah Montana and The Jonas Brothers, and force them onto kids and their parents.

Wii Fit, Wii Play and even Wii Music have nothing... NOTHING on Hannah Montana and the Jonas Brothers!!!