tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post7495410181334003297..comments2024-03-28T06:18:17.942-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Popeye in PerspectiveJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-78878983905827874852013-10-20T08:20:37.596-04:002013-10-20T08:20:37.596-04:00It is also amazing how the music was synched in wi...It is also amazing how the music was synched in with the graphics... when Olive is walking on the wire... you hear the pizzicato on the violin... marching is always to the music...arturoquimicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15134447451950577224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-969193563725362402013-10-18T15:29:09.026-04:002013-10-18T15:29:09.026-04:00I think it comes down to cost to a large extent. S...I think it comes down to cost to a large extent. Sadly artists work for giant corporations that follow the almighty dollar. Back then animators, not distant corporate board members, made the decisions, because it was the artists them selves that ran the companies. These films were labors of love. And as such, being profitable wasn't everything.Keith Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14579786144772849547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-73017789715322038142013-10-18T14:07:47.950-04:002013-10-18T14:07:47.950-04:00This was made almost 80 years ago. One would imagi...This was made almost 80 years ago. One would imagine the advances in animation that would have occurred in that time--but the sorry state of cartoons these days, with their flat, unimaginative character designs and flatter backgrounds makes one wonder where we went wrong.Wolf Lahtihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02224957365394425997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-77373033555356979072013-10-18T01:41:58.185-04:002013-10-18T01:41:58.185-04:00The perspective is downright awesome! So good in f...The perspective is downright awesome! So good in fact, if it were not so old I would have thought there was cg involved. Could any of this have been rotoscoped?Keith Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14579786144772849547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-6683359335656598272013-10-17T13:17:44.645-04:002013-10-17T13:17:44.645-04:00A lot more shadow work than you usually see in old...A lot more shadow work than you usually see in old cartoons, too.Adam Rexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00613641218929467577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-4322902159024906062013-10-17T10:37:04.210-04:002013-10-17T10:37:04.210-04:00Here is an endless loop of Popeye swinging in pers...Here is an endless loop of Popeye swinging in perspective: http://i.imgur.com/izMj0cf.gifRobNonStophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895067016170660808noreply@blogger.com