Animated or Live-Action?

[Gyt Kaliba]

Sorry if this has been done before guys, but I couldn't find one anyway.

Suppose this revival, this Animorphs 2.0, does well enough that a new TV show is proposed. What format would you want it to be in? Traditional animation, like all the cartoons we used to see and continue to see on TV today sometimes? CG animation, like Shrek, Toy Story, etc., the new 'favorite' to be cutting edge? Or maybe no animation at all, and have it be live-action like the old show? Or would you not want a new show at all? Or perhaps you'd take either way?

Pick your poison!

My choice would be traditional animation. I'm honestly not that fond of CG for CG's sake like a lot of things do now, and as cool as it would be, I don't see Animorphs being able to be done well enough live-action without a movie budget...unless they somehow shanghaied a budged like what Heroes had.

More specifically, I'd want someone who can do action toons behind the animation, so maybe we'd get something Teen Titans or Ben 10, or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, caliber. I'd love it even more if they got a foreign Japanese animation studio - but that's probably just the anime fan in me. ^_^;

[Alic]

i like the idea of stick figures.

[Chad32]

I vote animated, though I don't really care if it's colored or CGI. Although CGI would be great if Pixar did it. They make awesome movies. I don't know if they'd do it as a series, though.

Animorphs could work as either a movie series, or just a TV series. Just don't try to do it like The Last Airbender and scrunch too much into a tight time frame.

[Myitt]

Live action, if it was done RIGHT...

Either that or stick figures x3

[crystalclear]

CGI FTW. I don't really care for traditional animations anymore (except a few good ones)

Live action would be cool too, if it's done right. But the morphing scenes would most likely end up being CG, and without a good budget they would suck. Not to mention the costumes, etc.

[Dameg]

I voted live-action, but a traditional animated would be cool too. I just... don't like really much the CGI. For some shows, it's OK. But I think it's better for the funny animations, not for the darker ones. I'd prefer something like Gargoyles or X-Men Evolution... or even with a Japanese style.
And I agree with Crystalclear. A live-action must be done correctly. We saw they can do good stuff on other TVshows, so if they try, they can!

[crystalclear]

When I said CGI, I didn't actually refer to Disney/Pixar style, but more realistic style like they have on newer games... Anybody here plays Heavy Rain on PS3? Tekken?

[Dameg]

I don't think they'd make something like the pictures you showed, Crystalclear...
When you look at the animated show for kids on TV, do you really think it fits to Animorphs?
Well, it's my opinion. I just prefer the traditional animation and I'm a little sad it's so much CGI everywhere nowadays.

[Chad32]

Unfortunately with tradition cartoon animation, there's a stigma that stuff that looks like that is just for little kids. Not teenagers or higher. Animorphs is a kid's series, but it's the older group that's nearing their teenage years.

Although Avatar and Japanese animation is quite good and more adult oriented.

I believe even though live action could be done, it would be the more expensive option. You have all the animals and trainers, and safety regulation because of the large predators. I don't think animatronic animals would work.

[SuperBlue]

I'd actually prefer they did traditional animation rather than CGI. I'd love an Animorphs cartoon with an anime-ish artstyle. Not too cartoony. Something similar to Death Note or Bleach or Wolf's Rain

[Chad32]

Yeah, I'd like them to look realistic, instead of being more like caricatures.

[Enki]

I'm absolutely disgusted with Hollywood as of late, the very thought of Animorphs being made into a "blockbuster" makes me weep. If it where to be made into a live action movie, I would have no choice but to kidnap the directors children and threaten their lives so as to make sure it was made right, and the director doesn't pull another Airbender out of his ass.

If it's to be animated, whether as a show or as a movie, something in a more realistic, WESTERN style would be best. I personally would love to see it in a style similar to The Iron Giant.




But seeing how there hasn't been a good 2D animated move with the quality of The Iron Giant since... well.

I really can't see it being made in full CG, though. I don't see the point, unless it's mind-blowingly realistic. But then, it might as well be live action.

And I really can't say this enough: NO ANIME. I'm sorry, but the very thought makes me want to suck my brains out through my eustachian tubes, and feed them to the stray cats outside.

[Chad32]

Yeah, but the main advantage of it being realistic CG over live action is that you don't need animals or trainers or other expensive stuff. More money can go to the actual movie than to the people who make the movie happen. I would rather it be Western made personally. Not that I don't like anime, but it's an American made series set in California. Have it done here by Americans.

[SuperBlue]

I didn't say make it an anime. That would be a bad idea. But anime artstyle is so beautiful, and in most cases, more realistic than weastern animation. The Iron Giant is an exception though. I love that movie. Though I'm a little curious as to what kind of crack somebody would have to smoke to name their child Hogarth.  

[Chad32]

I watched that movie. One of the best parts was when the paranoid guy ordered a strike on the robot when he was in the town. And then he tries to run off when his superior tells him how stupid the move was. any sympathy for the guy you may have had would surely go down the drain after that.