Making of Popeye Reanimated Collab

June gloom is hitting Burbank,CA as usual, but new Animateducated episodes are on the way to brighten your day. Here is the latest interview with German artist, Dirk Erik Schulz who recently released a reanimated collaboration project called "BBQ 4 Two".

Dirk enlisted the help of about 65 animators from all over the world to reanimate an old and not so good, Popeye cartoon of the same name. Each animator was giving a short segment of the old cartoon and enough time to animate in their own style. 

Here's the original 1960 Popeye cartoon that Dirk used and improved. 

https://archive.org/details/BarbecueForTwo1960

And here's an interview with Dirk talking about the project...

Here's a side by side comparision of the original and the reanimated version.

While Dirk is looking for new gigs, he has begun on another Popeye reanimate called "Popeye and the Phantom". Here is the orginal film he will be reanimating next.

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Syrenka the Warsaw Mermaid

 Disney's Live Action version of "The Little Mermaid" is coming to a theater or streaming service near you. Are you super excited or like me, a little disappointed. I don't mind that this Ariel is a young black actress, but seeing photos of Sebastian the Crab, Flounder the fish and Scuttle the seagull made me almost gag.

Really WDA, are these the most appealling character designs you could come up with? With your animation studio of the most talented artists in the world, these supporting characters look like an AI program spit them out. Although, I bet an AI program would come up with a lot better choices. And how many designs did it take to narrow them down to these?

Do you think maybe Disney is just pulling our fin? Is this a brilliant Marketing ploy? Maybe Disney is showing these awful character designs to hype the film and then do a bait and switch where we see more appeal supporting characters when we see the film. Oh, what a relief that would be. But I have a funny feeling this is as good as it gets.

The original Little Mermaid was so great when it came out, because Disney animation was coming back, we loved the story and the characters all worked well together. I am not going to go see this new Little Mermaid, because like Disney's Aladdin, I already saw the good original and I don't need to see a Live Action version.

Would you like to see these characters walking along at Disneyland or Disney World? 

And this brings me to a new 2D Mermaid film which you might not see until 2 years from now. Its a short 7 minute or so, animated film by Tina Nawrocki called "Syrenka the Warsaw Mermaid".

This is about Syrenka, the twin sister of the Little Mermaid, swam up to Warsaw, Poland and became a legend there. Below is my interview with Nawrocki and how she is planning to make the film.

If you would like to help Tina finish her film, please check out her Indiegogo campaign and if you send her some support, mention you heard about on Animateducated!

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May the 4th be with you 2023

Back in 1977, Star Wars changed our lives forever. This film inspired a new generation of young filmmakers and artists to pursue their dreams and learn the ways of the force. Relive the magic now and celebrate the creativity from an earlier and simpler time...

So here are a few Star Wars items I own and talk about... Enjoy!

Here is another Star Wars video I made several years ago when Covid was just beginning and I was still attempting to celebrate the occasion...

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May the Force be with you!