Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Lord Shonus]

From that director, the title should be changed to Dora the Exploder.

[hector13]

Just “The Exploder” would be fine.

I’m not sure why he even needs a premise for his movies. It’s just 2 hours of “we’re here blowing shit up. Now we’re here blowing shit up, and intend to go over there to blow different shit up. Oh no, someone’s here blowing our shit up!”

[Akura]

This could be relevant.

[ArchAIngel]

Michael Bay is directing a live-action Dora the Explorer movie.

This is not a joke.

Source?

[Il Palazzo]

Megan Fox confirmed for Dora.

Next up, Dora the Explorer IP is acquired by Playboy, leading to a successful series of films:
Dora and the Explorer
Exploring Dora
Dora's Exploration Party

[Mephansteras]

Michael Bay is directing a live-action Dora the Explorer movie.

This is not a joke.

Source?

Here is one.

Also lots of other hits when googling "live action dora the explorer". So, yeah, seems legit. Though he's only producing it and not directing it so...not quite as strange as it could be.

[Reelya]

Dora is the latest anime to get the big screen adaptation then.

[Egan_BW]

It's probably fine to just call all animation anime, really.

[Eric Blank]

I somehow managed to breakdown in just the right spot where i have really good cell phone service, so at least i wont be bored while waiting for my ride to show up.

[wierd]

Dora is the latest anime to get the big screen adaptation then.

To be fair, Dora basically *IS* chibi animation style. She just is not made in Japan, or follow Japanese clichés.

[Loud Whispers]

Cory in the House remains the kino anime

[Reelya]

It's probably fine to just call all animation anime, really.

That's what I was getting at.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The "avatar is an anime" movement (not really a bay12 thing) is very selective about what makes a show "anime". e.g. it needs to be similar to the specific animes that were popular in America from circa 1998+ and only the specific type aimed at mid-teens to college age. Basically if you start (teehee) calling things anime outside of that then they start to get the shits. If you go off the Style definition then all Disney cartoons are anime since they're very similar to Tezuka animated films. And Tezuka is widely considered the "father of anime". Basically every Western cartoon is similar to at least one anime. There are a ton of purely episodic children's anime very similar to the Nickelodeon stuff.

So the "avatar is an anime" thing is a purely Western idea about defining "real anime" which is both ageist and sexist since it invariably revolves around the shonen "boy's stuff" animes only. A children's show, or a girl's cartoon about a bunch of schoolfriends wouldn't be "real anime" to those people ... except those concepts are actually far more common in anime than the epic adventure team sagas. Fuck people who want to pigeonhole an entire diverse medium. That's my real gripe. It's like saying that the only "real paintings" are landscapes and portraits.

The thing is, if we're going to expand the use of the word to non-Japanese stuff then to avoid constant arguments it would be simplest to just apply "anime" as a new word for "2D animation". If we go down the route of "no my favorite show is an anime your favorite show is a mere cartoon" then it's a never-ending rabbithole of bullshit semantic arguments. Anime and Cartoon would become purely subjective quality assessments. People might be partway through an "American anime" and realize it's completely episodic, so "omg it's only a cartoon!". Which makes no sense at all.

At least the "anime is stuff from Japan" definition settles disputes 99.9% of the time. That was the whole point of a new word "anime" as shorthand for "japanese cartoons". If we start to have to clarify things as "no I mean Japanese anime, not American anime" then the whole point of that new word is moot. Plus the conundrum that if Americans can by choice make "anime" or "cartoons" then what about the Japanese? Are we going to divide their output into "japanese anime" and "japanese cartoons" for them? How subjective not to mention culturally arrogant would that be?

[Akura]

Next up, Dora the Explorer IP is acquired by Playboy, leading to a successful series of films:

I wasn't aware that Playboy produced hardcore pornography.

[TD1]

Maybe he's just really lonely and wants to make your acquaintance?

Of course, he could just use doors, but maybe he's not the brightest bulb in the box.

[Dunamisdeos]

Maybe he has an acquaintance already, if you get my drift.