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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 03:31:41 2018 No.98141610 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>98142201 >>98142471 >>98142603 >>98142711 >>98144787 >>98145086 >>98147110 >>98147842 >>98147898 >>98151037 >>98151663 >>98154922 >>98158741 >>98165010 >>98167535

Would you call Laika successful?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnqPfWmGoeE

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 03:36:27 No.98141687 Report

Quoted By: >>98161873

Not especially, but that’s just because they have infinite money and thus don’t care about being successful in the slightest

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 03:56:14 No.98142073 Report

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What they're doing is very admirable but from almost every stand point, beyond craftsmanship and artistic integrity, they're fairly unsuccessful. Shine on you crazy rich fucks.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 03:57:54 No.98142099 Report

Quoted By: >>98142159

At making good movies? Yes. At making money not so much, I think they mostly break even. So keep buying those Air Jordans.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 03:59:02 No.98142123 Report

Quoted By: >>98142186

Still haven't seen Box Trolls for some reason...

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 04:00:57 No.98142159 Report

Quoted By: >>98142370 >>98144070

>>98142099

Paranorman and Coraline were pretty good. Kubo and Boxtrolls are just passable. Compelling writing was never one of their strong suits.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 04:02:31 No.98142186 Report

Quoted By: >>98142370 >>98151903 >>98154903

>>98142123

It's generally considered their weakest film, but I honestly found it rather enjoyable. The humor was usually pretty on point.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 04:03:20 No.98142201 Report

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>>98141610
Coraline > Paranorman > Kubo
Haven't seen Boxtrolls

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 04:12:21 No.98142370 Report

Quoted By: >>98142436 >>98142582 >>98148769 >>98167262

>>98142159
>>98142186
>these niggas slept on Kubo
Well I, for one, enjoyed it thoroughly.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 04:15:55 No.98142436 Report

Quoted By: >>98145583

>>98142370

What'd you like about it?

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 04:17:57 No.98142471 Report

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>>98141610
When you're owned by Nike does it really matter?

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 04:23:06 No.98142582 Report

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>>98142370
The first act was absolutely amazing but after that it felt a bit of a standard, albeit amazing looking, adventure story.
But I enjoyed it too.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 04:24:21 No.98142603 Report

Quoted By: >>98142723 >>98149958 >>98152107

>>98141610
>Would you call Laika successful?
No, don't get me wrong, I enjoy their films but they would have shut down years ago considering how they don't ever make their money back (except for Coraline, but only by a small margin). The only reason that the company is still afloat is the CEO, who's the son to the co-founder of Nikes.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 04:29:28 No.98142711 Report

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>>98141610
they are making films that I enjoy, so yeah.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 04:30:07 No.98142723 Report

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>>98142603
Literally the only rich person worth a crap. Keep going you crazy rich guy.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 04:30:36 No.98142729 Report

Quoted By: >>98164923

This man directed Kubo, let that sink in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y14dDzGPFbs

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 04:33:36 No.98142797 Report

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Paranorman is still a favorite movie of mine

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 05:01:21 No.98143297 Report

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Paranorman and Coraline were great, Box Trolls fell flat to me and I have yet to see Kubo

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 05:56:12 No.98144070 Report

Quoted By: >>98144088

>>98142159
I don't really know why people didn't like Kubo. I thought it was fantastic.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 05:57:53 No.98144088 Report

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>>98144070
Same. The act was a little weak but it was overall really solid.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 06:57:43 No.98144787 Report

Quoted By: >>98144854

>>98141610
Financially they are not exactly a powerhouse, but I don't think that's really what they're after. They're being financed by a shoe maker and distributor which is worth billions; money is not a priority.
So, in the sense that they have found a stable form of income to keep their creative ideas flowing, making movies for the hell of it rather than to appeal to a demographic or make a quick buck I'd say they're pretty successful.
I'd dare say a good chunk of /co/ wishes they had such a sweet deal as Laika has.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 07:04:13 No.98144854 Report

Quoted By: >>98147092 >>98147162

>>98144787
So the literal power of money is what's keeping Laika open for business? Oh Capitalism, enabling artists to truly express their craft to it's fullest. Now if only we could help them come up with an idea that will actually make bank....

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 07:27:21 No.98145086 Report

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>>98141610
If anybody is near Portland they’ve got a great Laika exhibit at the art museum. It’s pretty incredible to the models and sets in person.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 08:24:30 No.98145583 Report

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>>98142436
They weren't afraid to show a child character, in a children's movie, straight-up fight the villains. Not "run through a busy area to lose them". Not "hide in a comically unlikely spot". FIGHT. It was refreshing. And as upsetting as it was to see both of his parents die on-screen and stay that way, it felt like the plot justified it. They didn't magically come back to life as soon as he accepted responsibility for his grandfather. It was very Japanese, in a way. The reward for the hero was spiritual, rather than physical. That, and the art style. Good God, I love the way it looks.
>>98142582
Fair assessment.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 09:59:16 No.98146432 Report

Quoted By: >>98161513

Lots of Kubo fanart being pumped out by the Japanese. They seem to love it, but not sure how well it did financially.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 11:25:25 No.98147092 Report

Quoted By: >>98165652

>>98144854

Laika makes Kino, art for the sake of art, don't care about money don't ask test audience or brain trust ot executives how to make money out of this movie, they do it because they can afford it.

It's like opposite of Illumination.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 11:29:32 No.98147110 Report

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>>98141610
Critically and artistically.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 11:38:03 No.98147162 Report

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>>98144854

Lol, not capitalism per se, since they're not the ones making money. They're outside of the system.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 12:59:52 No.98147842 Report

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>>98141610
Well they don't make a lot of money. But they are successful at making good movies.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 13:07:14 No.98147898 Report

Quoted By: >>98148630 >>98148704 >>98164860

>>98141610
How come there movies never turn out successful anyway?
Do they not advertise them that much or something?

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 14:21:10 No.98148630 Report

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>>98147898

stopmotion is on the verge of uncanny valley, it's not appealing to everybody, especially when your characters look so warped as you can see in the OP's image.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 14:27:10 No.98148704 Report

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>>98147898
>How come there movies never turn out successful anyway?
They don't put dozens of millions of dollars into advertising and branding like Illumination, Dreamworks and Disney do. Look on the Kubo website, there's zero merch (aside from an Air Jordans tie in). No Kubo lunchboxes, no stuffed Monkey dolls. They put the money into making the movie and doing a bit of advertising, and making the DVDs and Blurays, and that's it.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 14:32:09 No.98148754 Report

Quoted By: >>98148884 >>98149634 >>98164860 >>98166112

they're starting to realize that creepy deformed characters dont sell as well as cute animu characters.

thats why they've been making their newer films cuter and "brighter" to apeal to the masses

I wouldnt be surprised if their next film is about a cute girl with huge eyes in a bright colorful world.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 14:33:40 No.98148769 Report

Quoted By: >>98149221

>>98142370
I thought Kubo was great, too. I did think the third act was weak, but really only because the first and second acts were so strong. Everything about the movie just oozes style, and even though it was a standard adventure story it went in a couple of really interesting directions.

I don't think I have to mention that the stop motion was just phenomenal. I hope Travis Knight continues making cool shit with Laika, it's so refreshing to see that kind of craftsmanship in an animated film amidst the never-ending downpour of shitty CGI cartoons for kids.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 14:41:16 No.98148884 Report

Quoted By: >>98166112

>>98148754
next movie will be about an adult

also there is a rumour they want to do a 2d feature.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 15:03:22 No.98149221 Report

Quoted By: >>98149419

>>98148769
I actually thought that the second arc was somehow weaker. The final act was pretty damn strong, with the parents dying, the final battle and the resolution.
Funny how despite all that my favorite scene of the movie took place during the second act, when Monkey tells Kubo how his parents met.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 15:18:29 No.98149419 Report

Quoted By: >>98151147 >>98165749

>>98149221
Finally I have an excuse to post this webm

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 15:33:41 No.98149634 Report

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>>98148754
>thats why they've been making their newer films cuter and "brighter" to apeal to the masses
Kubo really wasn't all that cute or bright for the most part. Yeah it had it's moments when the whole good vs evil fights happened, but those sisters were pretty scary. I know that I would have been scared of them if I was still a kid.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 15:52:13 No.98149958 Report

Quoted By: >>98150099 >>98151120 >>98156843 >>98166371

>>98142603
I just realized that only lists domestic US earnings and does not account for World earnings. Also Focus Films is just the distributor. Laika is the actual film creator.

Here are the actual numbers just freshly grabbed from BoxOfficeMojo right now.

Coraline
- Budget: $60 million
- Earnings Worldwide: $124,596,398

ParaNorman
- Budget: $60 million
- Earnings Worldwide: $107,139,399

The Boxtrolls
- Budget: $60 million
- Earnings Worldwide: $109,285,033

Kubo and the Two Strings
- Budget: $60 million
- Earnings Worldwide: $69,929,545

So actually Laika is actually making reasonable profit. But not necessarily mega bucks. Thankfully their owner and funder doesn't care. Surprisingly I thought Kubo made more. Coraline is still their most successful.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 16:01:17 No.98150099 Report

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>>98149958
>170 million dollars profit over 9 years
That's not too shabby, all things considered. Their next two movies could be 100% losses and they'll still have made money. It's absolute peanuts compared to other studios, but if their focus is to make cool shit and make enough money to keep making cool shit, they're definitely succeeding.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 16:42:07 No.98150755 Report

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It's clear that they're more concerned with making artistic movies that they want to make and not with profit margins.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 16:58:23 No.98151037 Report

Quoted By: >>98151059

>>98141610
They are trying hard to not be like Disney and Illumination. Starting with avoiding toy and tie-in deals, which to everyone else is a weird move when they are making children's entertainment

They are starting to lose on each new movie now. They are probably going to have to lose that faux-Burton style before audiences get tired of it completely.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 16:59:56 No.98151059 Report

Quoted By: >>98151172 >>98151379 >>98151419

>>98151037
>They are starting to lose on each new movie now
Except that's not true. Each of their movies has been profitable.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 17:00:21 No.98151068 Report

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In their contributions to the arts, absolutely and they're easily one of my favorite animation studios.

As a company seeking to make profit, heck no.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 17:03:01 No.98151120 Report

Quoted By: >>98156843

>>98149958
Considering how poorly they did domestically, they've done far better then I expected. I guess there strategy of don't bother with the marketing and target the niche audience they know will come is working.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 17:05:01 No.98151147 Report

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>>98149419

it's just like in the ninjago movie!

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 17:06:33 No.98151172 Report

Quoted By: >>98151379 >>98151817

>>98151059
No, they haven't. Movie studios only get back 45% of the profits from their movies, the theaters keep the rest. You also have to add marketing, which also eats up the profits a film makes.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 17:17:42 No.98151379 Report

Quoted By: >>98151417

>>98151172
>>98151059
Neither of you know what you're talking about because Laika isn't a public company and we don't know what their finances are. They have decent box office earnings (except Kubo), but we don't know what their DVD or digital sales are like. Physical distribution can just as easily have eaten up profits, or made up for money lost at the box office.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 17:19:19 No.98151417 Report

Quoted By: >>98151440

>>98151379
/cont: They're still making movies so they're probably not losing billions, but even if they were Travis Knight would just inject more cash into the studio and write off the, so it's really impossible to know.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 17:19:27 No.98151419 Report

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>>98151059
He means they are making less and less with each new release

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 17:20:22 No.98151440 Report

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>>98151417
>Write off the losses
fucking butter fingers

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 17:32:31 No.98151663 Report

Quoted By: >>98151879

>>98141610
Considering the dude who runs Laika is the trust fund baby of the guy who owns fucking NIKE of all companies, I very much doubt he gives a shit if his movies "make a profit" more so than they are critically acclaimed, which they are (for the most part). But none of their movies have won any Academy Awards so its kinda hard to say. It really depends on what Travis Knight thinks, but I'd personally say their "successful" in whick they get to make what they want and have no worry in the world whether the movie bombs or not.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 17:40:56 No.98151817 Report

Quoted By: >>98151901 >>98161466 >>98165771

>>98151172
I did some consulting software work for a movie studio about 10 years ago and whenever finance came up, they kept telling me that as a rule for all movies, theater ticket sales account for only 25% of earnings. Now I don't know if they were averaging with other movies that had more revenue from merchandising like Disney and such, or game adaptations, or if they were referring to purely Disc sales (which was obviously a bigger thing in the past). I have no idea how that would stack up with today's market of streaming services and content license fees.

But I'll generally make the point that we don't know how profitable Laika is. I know they Laika doesn't merchandise much (which is semi-sad because I'd love to own more Coraline merch). But I know they did have a couple video game adaptations?

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 17:43:50 No.98151879 Report

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>>98151663
>Academy Awards

just rename them to Disney Awards. they win regardless of quality.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 17:45:24 No.98151901 Report

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>>98151817
Does anyone in the film industry know exactly how much profit a film makes? No one seems to want to divulge the nitty gritty of how the profit is divided to know if it actually made money or not.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 17:45:37 No.98151903 Report

Quoted By: >>98167182

>>98142186
Man, how could they afford the ghost of the flash for this?

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 17:55:43 No.98152107 Report

Quoted By: >>98152340 >>98164139

>>98142603
>The only reason that the company is still afloat is the CEO, who's the son to the co-founder of Nikes.
Why isn't this sort of thing more common? What do people born into rich-as-fuck families normally do?

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 18:07:49 No.98152340 Report

Quoted By: >>98153296

>>98152107
It is, just for some reason not in this corner entertainment world as one might expect. Animation is hard and takes a shitload of work. Most trust fund kids just become producers and let the studios do their own thing and remain hands-off most of the time.

Also a lot of them go into comfier or more insane industries that also let them not really bother with the day to day activities, but sit around and hang out. Like off and off-color bars that only serve strange things most people have never heard of before. underground restaurants, companies that only produce fully biodegradable shoes or skateboards, weird shit that is not going to make a lot of money but sounds "cool and interesting"

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 18:59:04 No.98153296 Report

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>>98152340
Surprisingly this

Any time you see some really fucked up "Who the hell would pay for that" business, chances are it is a billionaire trust fund child playing business owner. Shit like bars that serve exotic waters from around the world, expensive designer bags for dogs, or art galleries for a very specific thing like pictures only made from bottle caps of drinks found in third world countries, or South African rare tree driftwood, and placed in neighborhoods where the rent begins around $15-20K a month.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 20:31:58 No.98154903 Report

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>>98142186
This looks like a DBZ fight

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 20:33:02 No.98154922 Report

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>>98141610
They don't have to be. That's the beauty of it.

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Anonymous Wed 17 Jan 2018 22:17:39 No.98156843 Report

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>>98149958
Oh shit my bad, didn't see the list properly. But what muddles the water a bit more though is that it also doesn't account for cost of marketing.
>>98151120
>I guess there strategy of don't bother with the marketing and target the niche audience they know will come is working.
I don't know about that. I have seem them market the film a couple of times on youtube and television months before it was released. Plus, they aired commercials during the last summer Olympics, so they must be putting at least a large portion of money into marketing.

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 00:13:28 No.98158741 Report

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>>98141610
Financially, absolutely not. Creatively, they are extremely good with some big missteps. Well, one big misstep, everything but Boxtrolls is at worst great.

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 00:21:22 No.98158878 Report

Quoted By: >>98160396

>Tfw you will never be rich enough to put millions into your passion without worrying about financial loss

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 01:35:13 No.98160396 Report

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>>98158878

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 01:43:27 No.98160554 Report

Quoted By: >>98161783

if the first thing you're worried about is whether your favorite animated studio is making money rather than making great works then i believe your priorities are in the wrong place.

then again, it's my own fault for conflating 'successful' with 'monetarily successful.'

laika produces great films (except box trolls) that have great plots, characters, and stunning animation. they have everything the average person would want in an animated film. and that's all that matters.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 02:35:18 No.98161466 Report

Quoted By: >>98162437 >>98162785

>>98151817
>video game adaptations
I would kill for a Laika inspired RPG.

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 02:38:57 No.98161513 Report

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>>98146432
I've noticed that lately too. I'm glad they dig it.

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 02:47:11 No.98161622 Report

Quoted By: >>98165418

Laika would actually make a profit if they just used CGI like any normal animation studio. They're the definition of needlessly contrarian.

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 02:55:23 No.98161744 Report

Quoted By: >>98164869 >>98167215

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 02:59:06 No.98161783 Report

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>>98160554
Have you maybe considered many people care about the financial success aspect because they want them to continue making quality works?

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 03:05:20 No.98161873 Report

Quoted By: >>98161948

>>98141687
How does that work exactly? Someone rich is funding them?

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 03:10:08 No.98161948 Report

Quoted By: >>98162010

>>98161873
>How does that work exactly? Someone rich is funding them?

Yeah. Nike. The shoe company.

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 03:15:02 No.98162010 Report

Quoted By: >>98162032

>>98161948
How weird, any particular reason why?

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 03:16:39 No.98162032 Report

Quoted By: >>98162037

>>98162010
It's owned by the owner of Laika's dad

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 03:17:23 No.98162037 Report

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>>98162032
Dang thats pretty cool, id love to be rich enough to be able to fund a hobby i love that normally would not exist otherwise due to financial reasons.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 03:42:31 No.98162437 Report

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>>98161466
while its not remotely possible. I would love a silent hill version coraline game. Preferably sh2 keep the story personal and not world ending like sh1 and 3.

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 04:03:57 No.98162785 Report

Quoted By: >>98162799

>>98161466
> ctrl + f psychonauts
>zero results

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 04:05:11 No.98162799 Report

Quoted By: >>98164192

>>98162785
Psychonauts with a stopmotion aesthetic would be top notch.

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 05:39:17 No.98164139 Report

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>>98152107
>What do people born into rich-as-fuck families normally do?
Hedonism

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 05:43:29 No.98164192 Report

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>>98162799
That would be so rad. I loved the story of that game but couldn't stand the actual gameplay. Watching it in movie form would be great.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 06:35:08 No.98164860 Report

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>>98147898
I don't think their marketing is that strong and that aside, I think a core aspect of their design philosophy prevents them from being marketable.

They just don't really design cute or attractive characters. Their artistic direction embraces flaws and 'ugliness' and looking a little off-kilter. This isn't a bad thing and contributes to the unique look of their movies but it probably hurts profitability. >>98148754 Isn't being a shit, their character design probably isn't helping. They could probably keep the designs of their environments the same and keep the stories the same but see more success with more traditionally attractive or cute characters.

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 06:35:38 No.98164869 Report

Quoted By: >>98164987

>>98161744
You know looking at the process like this you realize, these people are crazy

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 06:39:19 No.98164923 Report

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>>98142729
wtf, he's fucking awesome for laika... but not this shit

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 06:43:48 No.98164987 Report

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>>98164869
It takes a certain kind of person to do stop motion. Just look at the insane amount of work Ray Harryhausen did for a movie about cowboys fighting a dinosaur.

https://youtu.be/7l6MhxYq4OM

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 06:45:59 No.98165010 Report

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>>98141610
Critically, yes.
Financially, of fucking course not.

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 06:47:00 No.98165024 Report

Quoted By: >>98165661

>>98142723
One of my great fantasies in a win a super lottery scenario is to fund films and comicbooks that Don't have to worry about drawing a profit.

Also commissioning high-quality animated pornography

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 07:20:38 No.98165418 Report

Quoted By: >>98165717

>>98161622

>keeping obscure medium relevant >needlessly contrarian

If they made 2d movies you'd kiss their hands in gratitude

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 07:28:45 No.98165502 Report

Quoted By: >>98165514

Isle of Dogs looks like its going to be better than all of Laikas films put together

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 07:29:59 No.98165514 Report

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>>98165502
why does it have to be a competition

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 07:44:44 No.98165652 Report

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>>98147092
>kino

I don't think that you have enough IQ to watch a cartoon.

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 07:46:12 No.98165661 Report

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>>98165024
>Also commissioning high-quality animated pornography
I share the same fantasy.

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 07:52:38 No.98165717 Report

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>>98165418
They WANT to do 2d movies.

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 07:57:00 No.98165749 Report

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>>98149419
This scene gives me chills every time.

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 07:59:37 No.98165771 Report

Quoted By: >>98165849

>>98151817
>which is semi-sad because I'd love to own more Coraline merch
Thanks to one of these threads I was made aware of a good sale of a high quality Coraline doll that's due to arrive this month. I can give you a link if you want.

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 08:08:09 No.98165849 Report

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>>98165771
Talking about that one NECA made

Yeah I saw that at a ToysRus last week

Shoulda bought it then

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 08:49:38 No.98166112 Report

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>>98148884
>also there is a rumour they want to do a 2d feature
Not really a rumor, as it was mentioned by CEO Travis Knight in an interview that he'd like for Laika to do one, but not anytime soon.

>>98148754
It was pretty funny how they resorted to advertising Boxtrolls as the "Jelly! JELLY!" "Funny Jelly Man!" movie. Even though those are just some short bits, showing how Eggs' father has lost his mind while being captured and hung upside-down for so long.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 09:41:46 No.98166371 Report

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>>98149958
>50% of earnings go to theaters
>10% of remainder goes to distributor
>marketing, financing, and other costs of keeping business open

Laika does not make a reasonable profit. It is questionable whether they are profitable even with home video and merchandising included.

Believe me, I wish they did.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 12:12:03 No.98167182 Report

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>>98151903
$40mil check from Nike.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 12:17:26 No.98167215 Report

Quoted By: >>98167916

>>98161744
You ever thought about these people who do this as a 9-5?
Like even as a soulless job as retail you spend you day as a list of things like "I'm gonna unstock winterwear, take assist perfume department after lunch, and help with customer service around 3-4 after which I check out.
And this guy's day is "I'm gonna move the monkey and snap the pic, move the monkey and snap the pic, move the monkey and snap the pic, and if we keep this up we'll have a whole flip by the end of the day."

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 12:21:45 No.98167240 Report

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I gotta imagine it's really frustrating not being able to rely on keyframes like other forms of animation so everything has to be straight-through but you also have to time it precisely and then what happens when you replay the dailies and the motion looks off? Gotta redo it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 12:25:13 No.98167262 Report

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>>98142370
Me too. I thought the collection bit was a little weak and beetle was hit or miss on humor for me, but everything else I really enjoyed

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 13:01:00 No.98167535 Report

Quoted By: >>98168101

>>98141610
IT'S CORALINE, NOT CAROLINE.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 13:56:09 No.98167916 Report

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>>98166112

i think the reveal his father was alive cheapened the movie somehow.
he should starve anyway
even if he was fed he'd stink like hell
>>98167215
and at the end of the day, this guy watches the fruit of his work on a bigger screen proud of what he did.

it's all about passion, requires time an effort.
but it's so satisfactory.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 14:21:45 No.98168101 Report

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>>98167535
After reading the book I can't really choose which one I like best.
I think I prefer the structure of the movie over the book's, yet I found the book to be much scarier.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 14:29:08 No.98168165 Report

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Financially? no
at making quality work? yeah

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 17:07:11 No.98169685 Report

Quoted By: >>98170670

This thread needs some thicc.

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Anonymous Thu 18 Jan 2018 18:30:35 No.98170670 Report

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>>98169685
Suportive Courtney>>>>>>bitchy courtney

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