Drastic M.I. Update!

[RandallBoggs]

Be hopeless if you want, this information generally changed nothing that's been several hours ago.

[sgtyayap]

Actually, it DID change at least one thing: the release date for M.I.2 may actually be confirmed.

I don't want to feel like this is a lost cause, but, at a time like this, I need a reason not to.

[RandallBoggs]

M.I. 2 is supposedly being pushed up to FILL Newt's place. That means that it has to be confirmed that Newt is either being canned or bumped, then it means it has to be confirmed M.I. 2 is taking it's spot. So the first thing is if Newt is really being canned.

[sgtyayap]

So you're saying this is unofficial? Pixar needs to have a legitimate say in what their owner says?

[RandallBoggs]

Well for one...this bit was tweet. A spur of the moment comment. It doesn't make it official.

[sgtyayap]

Apr 22, 2010 22:10:51 GMT -5 RandallBoggs said:

It doesn't make it official.

Even despite it came from an official fan resource for the company that owns Pixar?

[RandallBoggs]

If it is true, there would be subsequent details to if M.I. is indeed replaceing it, what the Newt staff will be doing, and WHY Newt is being canned. The last of these is which will be sought after by the media.

[sgtyayap]

I'm not sure if I'm following your logic. They DID give specific dates for Brave as well as M.I.2, and, in this circumstance, Disney seems just as reliable as Pixar saying it themselves. Please explain what I'm missing.

[RandallBoggs]

You wanted reassurance didn't you?

[sgtyayap]

Yes. I just don't think that this source should be ignored; it's certainly more reliable than the rumors of the past.

[RandallBoggs]

It's here isn't it? As such it's not being ignored.
However, there's still some credibility left to assume. For the time being, lets see how this news plays out.

[sgtyayap]

(sighs) Very well.

[randomdrifter]

Because I'd sooner trust a blog from The Wall Street Journal than anything else out there primarily used for celebrity gossip and rumors (The Hollywood Reporter, Twitter, Slash Films, etc.)

blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/04/22/disney-announces-monsters-inc-sequel-other-coming-projects/

This is fairly recent news since the briefing was this afternoon, and it's starting to pop up everywhere else, even with a release date (yes, I took the time to google it), so I'd say it seems to be pretty close to official. This has been my highlight of a long day.

[mentalguru]

The picture with the article you gave rd is interesting. Sulley and Mike afraid of a door- something to do with the human world? The question is could this be a clue? Is it Randall coming back? (Which POSSIBLY but not necessarily suggests... a revenge plot like Booms, you know where they don't even EXPLAIN what Randall was doing all that time he was away?) OR could it be about the human world in general? Or heck even just a regular door and something to do with the CDA? (Probably not, the CDA has such potential as antagonists though., I would so love that.).

People can still write/ask, not sure what else. And you know it's possible THIS would get canned.

Heck, it might however even be good. The Boom comics weren't selling like hotcakes or were THAT well recieved (were they?). Then again didn't one of the boom comic writers recieve AN AWARD? (It wasn't for M.I. though).

Will they acknowledge Sulley's guilty personality? The fact that what happened to Randall was illegal? How they ended the first movie was a mistake. I KNOW they intended for it to be complete then and there. But no they failed in that department. Do they acknowledge in any way that it failed in this area due to certain characters personalities and the rules of world creation even disregarding the overall moral message and how they actually failed to have Boo face her fear? (They'll probably keep THAT last idea at least). That's what I wat to know. Any references to something they noticed about the first movie could be a hint if such a thing mentioned exists.

What about Waternoose? Will he be a silent role? In it at all? His voice actor is DEAD after all.

It's just a fact for me that M.I. NEEDS a sequel, but as mentioned on PP no sequel is better then a terrible one.

[randomdrifter]

I'm actually pretty excited about the news. M.I is still my all-time favorite of all Pixar films, but not just because of Randall. I really loved the movie waay before I became all fangirly for Mr. Boggs, and right now, I'm hoping those infamous Boom comics were just a sell-out point for Disney, which really shouldn't surprise anyone. I mean, these comics came from the same company that w**res the daylights out of anything that brings in cash, and no decent Disney masterpiece is safe from it. But they DO tend to have a little bit more respect (and face) for anything that will hit the big screen, and why movies that carry the same plot-line as the Boom comics make it straight to home video.
I'd like to think that stuff was just "hype" and completely unrelated to the actual events in the film, kind of like those Aladdin and Mulan comics you'd see right after the film's release just to extend its shelf life, even if the plot and characters were completely irrelevant to everything you just saw in the movie. I'm hoping I'm not being too optimistic when I say Pixar hasn't quite yet hit rock-bottom until I see them making sequels that will go straight to home videos.