There’s some really interesting articles that have been written about this particular period of time. I’m paraphrasing the information , so I apologize if I missed something. A lot of animation is done in Asia. Japan , in particular was going through some sort of economic bubble that was about to burst. The people with the money wanted to spend their money before the bubble burst. Some of them spent money on expensive animation. I know this is particularly true with anime from the time period as well. I know it is somewhat true with these movies in the meme as well.
Nomojo01 on
Stoped
spinz89 on
Probably because they didn’t make enough money for the studios to pursue more flims like it.
balbok7721 on
2 out of 3 examples were a flop at the box office. Also it seems that people or rather children actually do want slop
Because the movies weren’t doing well enough to continue the effort.
Both Treasure Planet and Atlantis are regarded as cult favourites from Disney.
Treasure planet cost 140 million and only made 107 million back. And Atlantis cost between 90 and 120 million eating 186 back. It would have done better but I was competing with Shrek and Lara Croft Tomb Raider.
DGRogue_Dragoon on
They tanked
Speeksunasked on
I always thought it was D3-Animation that killed it.
myflesh on
Those style of animators unionized and cgi animators at large did not. (I forget the exact details, I just remember that one had unions and cgi did not-at large.)
Since then CGI artists has made a lot of strides in working conditions and and union backing
StrawberryMelodic858 on
less focus on merch and franchises, more on storytelling and unique styles
8_bitryan_fan on
”some reason”
AutumnAscending on
Family Guy and other flash based animation programs made shit tons of more money than hand drawn animation.
83at on
„American“.
Weren‘t the actual animators hired from Korea and such? „Subletting“ other companies as „work for hire“ diue to copyright staying wirth the contractor? AFAIK this is still common practice for the Simpsons at least.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
ImMadeOfClay on
Make the same amount of money with less money spent to make it.
brandothesavage on
Computers were invented making it really easy to slop out Disney movies that didn’t actually make a profit.
Eray41303 on
Money and horrific marketing strategies
FourLiveBears on
All three of these were box office bombs
Livid-Maintenance765 on
im gen surprised no one has mentioned shrek
HighlightOwn2038 on
Investors wanting something different I guess
Oh and money
ChalkCoatedDonut on
Too expensive they said, then 3D became too expensive as well so they are looking for AI generated shit.
No-Repordt on
Idk much about Prince of Egypt and Atlantis, but Treasure Planet was basically killed by Disney themselves
AlternativeWay23 on
The answer is Shrek, just look at the movies made just before Shrek came out and the movies made after Shrek’s success
98VoteForPedro on
are people stupid? Why do they always say, for some reason, the reason is money, it’s always money
Electronic-Worker-10 on
Capitalism
brodenborg on
Unions. Animators started getting into unions, so companies went with ununionized cgi or whatever
ThrowawayAccountZZZ9 on
Pixar and Dreamworks
Just_another_gamer3 on
Mom said it’s my turn to repost this
Organic-Owl6587 on
The way I remember it – Titan AE crashed Fox Animation and scared off a lot of investment. Treasure Planet didn’t help. Meanwhile, even the so-so CGI movies were doing great and families would buy tickets just because it was something their kids would love.
VVayward on
Traditional animators unionized around that time. So big companies kinda threw traditional animation under the bus with bad release schedules and marketing so they could transition to the now cheaper to make 3d animation.
ClockMongrel on
2D animation is a hell of a lot more expensive and takes a hell of a lot more time than 3D.
NonverbalGore24 on
Treasure Planet was lighting in a bottle that they just threw away for some reason!
IC_Ivory280 on
Money
Sithari___Chaos on
Disney chose to kill it. The animation team unionized so Disney put out zero advertisement for treasure planet and put its release to compete with Harry Potter. And when it wasn’t a massive hit they went “too expensive” and fired them.
ChartFrogs on
Titan AE
Dark-Specter on
2D animators unionized and couldn’t be underpaid as much anymore
Rand_AT on
They just got excited about cgi an forgot that people can draw
J_Kelly11 on
Treasure Planet is one of my favorite Disney movies and they purposely wanted it to do bad at the theaters. Never got the love I felt it deserved
DuduMaroja on
Most of there where flops
zaczacx on
They stopped because 2d animators had unions
Seeteuf3l on
The Prince of Egypt slaps
arthcraft8 on
one word : unions
2dartists had unions, 3d artists didn’t have unions
MattyBeatz on
Disney had a handful of back-to-back commercial flops in these films as Pixar was debuting biggies like Toy Story, Bugs Life, Monsters Inc. and The Incredibles during this time. Disney execs started to feel computer animation and 3D style was the future and rolled with it. Acquired Pixar a few years later.
ProduceNo1629 on
> some reason
looks inside: enshittification
PocketHawket on
Animators unionized and so all the animation studios transitioned 3d animation
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There’s some really interesting articles that have been written about this particular period of time. I’m paraphrasing the information , so I apologize if I missed something. A lot of animation is done in Asia. Japan , in particular was going through some sort of economic bubble that was about to burst. The people with the money wanted to spend their money before the bubble burst. Some of them spent money on expensive animation. I know this is particularly true with anime from the time period as well. I know it is somewhat true with these movies in the meme as well.
Stoped
Probably because they didn’t make enough money for the studios to pursue more flims like it.
2 out of 3 examples were a flop at the box office. Also it seems that people or rather children actually do want slop
[https://www.reddit.com/r/disney/comments/gk935v/why_did_atlantis_the_lost_empire_and_treasure/](https://www.reddit.com/r/disney/comments/gk935v/why_did_atlantis_the_lost_empire_and_treasure/)
Because the movies weren’t doing well enough to continue the effort.
Both Treasure Planet and Atlantis are regarded as cult favourites from Disney.
Treasure planet cost 140 million and only made 107 million back. And Atlantis cost between 90 and 120 million eating 186 back. It would have done better but I was competing with Shrek and Lara Croft Tomb Raider.
They tanked
I always thought it was D3-Animation that killed it.
Those style of animators unionized and cgi animators at large did not. (I forget the exact details, I just remember that one had unions and cgi did not-at large.)
Since then CGI artists has made a lot of strides in working conditions and and union backing
less focus on merch and franchises, more on storytelling and unique styles
”some reason”
Family Guy and other flash based animation programs made shit tons of more money than hand drawn animation.
„American“.
Weren‘t the actual animators hired from Korea and such? „Subletting“ other companies as „work for hire“ diue to copyright staying wirth the contractor? AFAIK this is still common practice for the Simpsons at least.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
Make the same amount of money with less money spent to make it.
Computers were invented making it really easy to slop out Disney movies that didn’t actually make a profit.
Money and horrific marketing strategies
All three of these were box office bombs
im gen surprised no one has mentioned shrek
Investors wanting something different I guess
Oh and money
Too expensive they said, then 3D became too expensive as well so they are looking for AI generated shit.
Idk much about Prince of Egypt and Atlantis, but Treasure Planet was basically killed by Disney themselves
The answer is Shrek, just look at the movies made just before Shrek came out and the movies made after Shrek’s success
are people stupid? Why do they always say, for some reason, the reason is money, it’s always money
Capitalism
Unions. Animators started getting into unions, so companies went with ununionized cgi or whatever
Pixar and Dreamworks
Mom said it’s my turn to repost this
The way I remember it – Titan AE crashed Fox Animation and scared off a lot of investment. Treasure Planet didn’t help. Meanwhile, even the so-so CGI movies were doing great and families would buy tickets just because it was something their kids would love.
Traditional animators unionized around that time. So big companies kinda threw traditional animation under the bus with bad release schedules and marketing so they could transition to the now cheaper to make 3d animation.
2D animation is a hell of a lot more expensive and takes a hell of a lot more time than 3D.
Treasure Planet was lighting in a bottle that they just threw away for some reason!
Money
Disney chose to kill it. The animation team unionized so Disney put out zero advertisement for treasure planet and put its release to compete with Harry Potter. And when it wasn’t a massive hit they went “too expensive” and fired them.
Titan AE
2D animators unionized and couldn’t be underpaid as much anymore
They just got excited about cgi an forgot that people can draw
Treasure Planet is one of my favorite Disney movies and they purposely wanted it to do bad at the theaters. Never got the love I felt it deserved
Most of there where flops
They stopped because 2d animators had unions
The Prince of Egypt slaps
one word : unions
2dartists had unions, 3d artists didn’t have unions
Disney had a handful of back-to-back commercial flops in these films as Pixar was debuting biggies like Toy Story, Bugs Life, Monsters Inc. and The Incredibles during this time. Disney execs started to feel computer animation and 3D style was the future and rolled with it. Acquired Pixar a few years later.
> some reason
looks inside: enshittification
Animators unionized and so all the animation studios transitioned 3d animation