Opus Sesame
Take a look at this Opus comic from only a short while ago:
In a nutshell, Opus the penguin has seen a computer generated version of himself and basically dissed it because of it’s over-perfection. Meanwhile, the CGI Opus, which is really just another hand drawing with an emphasis on nice shading and a purple bowler hat, notes with a snobby attitude that the real Opus is not “perfect” like him. Opus brings up an interesting point that he does not have to be perfect in order to function. We can tell from this that comic artist Berkeley Breathed, the creator of the comic, is distressed with the over-usage of CGI.
Now, take a look at this news:
Coming Soon indicates a film starring Opus is in the works with a release date set for December 19, 2008. Opus the penguin first appeared in the early 1980s in the satiric daily comic strip “Bloom County”, then in the Sunday-only strip “Outland”, and now in his own eponymously titled newspaper strip. The film will be written and directed by “Bloom County's” comic artist Berkeley Breathed (rhymes with "method"). The movie is also mentioned at Market Wire, which refers to other Weinstein Company future releases such as a “Hoodwinked” sequel known as “Hood vs. Evil.”
Ignoring the horrid little piece of news about the “Hoodwinked” sequel, it looks like an Opus movie is still in the works. With Berkeley Breathed at the helm, we can probably bet that this will be a 2D animated project, which seems perfectly reasonable. Years ago, when I first heard about it, it was set to be a 3D project, but then got canned. So here it is again, and I’m assuming it’s going to be a 2D project. Could be good, could be bad, no matter what format it’s in. But to get an idea of what the project is about, one has to look on the Coming Soon website and look at the title: “Opus: The Last Christmas.”
Ugh. I’m sorry, but the concept of having a Christmas special based on this material just makes me flinch. We already have one too many Christmas specials, most of which are retread, poorly clichéd and you name it. I can’t count the many times I’ve seen or heard of a Christmas special with a bad guy in it whose purpose of being is to destroy Christmas just because he can. Furthermore, when and if this project turns out to be a stink bomb, the 3D lovers will say it stank because it was in 2D. Sad, just sad.
In a nutshell, Opus the penguin has seen a computer generated version of himself and basically dissed it because of it’s over-perfection. Meanwhile, the CGI Opus, which is really just another hand drawing with an emphasis on nice shading and a purple bowler hat, notes with a snobby attitude that the real Opus is not “perfect” like him. Opus brings up an interesting point that he does not have to be perfect in order to function. We can tell from this that comic artist Berkeley Breathed, the creator of the comic, is distressed with the over-usage of CGI.
Now, take a look at this news:
Coming Soon indicates a film starring Opus is in the works with a release date set for December 19, 2008. Opus the penguin first appeared in the early 1980s in the satiric daily comic strip “Bloom County”, then in the Sunday-only strip “Outland”, and now in his own eponymously titled newspaper strip. The film will be written and directed by “Bloom County's” comic artist Berkeley Breathed (rhymes with "method"). The movie is also mentioned at Market Wire, which refers to other Weinstein Company future releases such as a “Hoodwinked” sequel known as “Hood vs. Evil.”
Ignoring the horrid little piece of news about the “Hoodwinked” sequel, it looks like an Opus movie is still in the works. With Berkeley Breathed at the helm, we can probably bet that this will be a 2D animated project, which seems perfectly reasonable. Years ago, when I first heard about it, it was set to be a 3D project, but then got canned. So here it is again, and I’m assuming it’s going to be a 2D project. Could be good, could be bad, no matter what format it’s in. But to get an idea of what the project is about, one has to look on the Coming Soon website and look at the title: “Opus: The Last Christmas.”
Ugh. I’m sorry, but the concept of having a Christmas special based on this material just makes me flinch. We already have one too many Christmas specials, most of which are retread, poorly clichéd and you name it. I can’t count the many times I’ve seen or heard of a Christmas special with a bad guy in it whose purpose of being is to destroy Christmas just because he can. Furthermore, when and if this project turns out to be a stink bomb, the 3D lovers will say it stank because it was in 2D. Sad, just sad.
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