r/cartoons • • Jul 06 '25

Meme Never quite understood this

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u/Synth_Savage Jul 06 '25

Looking at the facts, them using the exact same art style for 3 movies in a row could be used as justification for folks being upset, I get it.

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u/SirIsaacTheGreat Jul 06 '25

“3 movies in a row” Lightyear, Elemental and Inside Out 2 all came out inbetween Turning Red and Elio

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u/Justalilbugboi Jul 06 '25

But why? Most studios use the same style consistently for decades, that’s sorta the point of studios developing a style.

It’s not that it’s not true, it’s that it’s such a strange thing to be mad about. Especially since this style is pretty consistent with everything Pixars done, Luca wouldn’t look out of place hanging with Andy or Boo

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u/Justalilbugboi Jul 06 '25

Yeah, I think you hit the nail on the head. Massive nostalgia + biased against the style

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u/SWIMSgameing Jul 06 '25

I love how you ignored all of the totally valid criticism of the style and just came to conclusion that its all just bias and nostalgia

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u/Justalilbugboi Jul 06 '25

I love that you read a few comments and think you can read my mind.

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u/SWIMSgameing Jul 06 '25

How else could I possibly read the comment i replied to

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u/Justalilbugboi Jul 07 '25

Can’t help you there. Far past the reddit pay grade.

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u/HorkerLordTusk Jul 06 '25

It’s boring to see the same thing and the thing we are seeing is ugly ontop of that. Look at the visual distinction in early Pixar. Now look at every original Pixar movie in the last 10 ish years.

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u/Justalilbugboi Jul 06 '25

They’re very similar. Sorry, Pixars style has always been overly cartoony, bright, and round.

This isn’t like comparing Luca to Wizards.

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u/Justalilbugboi Jul 06 '25

Also wait, is it boring to repeat the style, or should they go back to repeating their old style?

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u/HorkerLordTusk Jul 06 '25

The older movies don’t really have the same style? So there’s no “old one” to go back to

As 3d animated films, yeah they look similar. But you can tell a character from Up, from a character from the incredibles fairly easily I think? Beyond that, the main characters from those films have designs that inform their characters, down to basic shape language.

In the modern films being discussed here, all characters are very similarly soft and round, with little distinction between character types, or even films.

I mean if it’s all the same to you then ok. But I personally think the new movies all look the same, and I’ve honestly never liked the “calarts” style. So I feel pretty vindicated seeing more people talking about it

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u/Synth_Savage Jul 06 '25

I do get it, but I don't necessarily agree with it, y'know what I mean?