I was amazed to find out that The Mandalorian on Disney+ is shot entirely on a sound stage. The huge, domed virtual set that uses video game engine technology was developed using Producer/Director Jon Favreau's experience on movies like The Jungle Book and The Lion King, and it is incredibly effective. So much so that I fully expect other filmmakers to follow suit with similar set ups of their own in future productions, and I am eager to see where the technology goes next.
green screen comes in all shapes & sizes. Computer programs save a lot of early production time.
ReplyDeleteThat title has a special ring to it. Days of Future past to long ago is a very nice twist.
ReplyDeleteI'm waiting for Disney to put Baby Yoda in with the Muppet Babies.
ReplyDeleteLove this team-up.
QUIT CALLING HIM "BABY YODA!" That's NOT his name.
ReplyDeleteWhat a joyous team up!
ReplyDeleteHey, got a great idea. What about partnering these two with... old Yoda and young (okay, relatively) Wolverine?
BTW, I really enjoyed Mandalorian. And I'm stunned by how good it looked if it was all CGI.
This has got to be the first time I ever felt sorry for a Hothian wampa beast.
ReplyDeleteJohn is correct. Officially, the character is "The Child." "Baby Yoda" is a fan nickname that would not under any circumstances make it to an actual comic book header.
ReplyDeleteThat aside, the cover is conceptually brilliant. The Child is exactly the kind of character that would push Wolvie's protectiveness button like a teenager at a downtown traffic light.
It's all about marketing, people. You want this issue to fly off the racks, you call him Baby Yoda. Besides it's the Earth-STF Child anyway, so it all makes sense.
ReplyDelete@Ross: You're right; Disney is all about marketing.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Ross. Baby Yoda is way more eye-catching than (dull, dull) The Child.
ReplyDeleteI'll meet y'all halfway. This isn't The Child; it really is a very young Yoda.
ReplyDeleteYou can make it up to us by doing a cover where, as Big Mike suggests, The Child joins the Muppet Babies.
I'm sure he'll try his best, Bob. ;-)
ReplyDeleteHow about Baby Yoda and the Titans' Baby Wildebeest vs. the original Glorith from the Legion (who turned the Silver Age LSH into tots)?
ReplyDelete@Anon730: "No! He will try not. He will do...or do not. There is no try!"
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How about BY, BW, and the Muppet Babies visit Jellystone Park on a Cub Scout field trip? There, they meet a certain "pick-a-nick" basket filcher who tries to prove he's smarter than the average tridactylite!
ReplyDeleteI think "The Child" could be eye-catching if framed correctly, plus it's easier to take seriously. Well, slightly.
ReplyDeleteNow that Disney owns both Marvel and Star Wars, this could actually happen.
ReplyDelete@Kid C: Except that, unlike Time-Warner (see DC Meets Loony Tunes and DC Meets Hanna-Barbera), Disney is resistant to the idea of having even whimsical crossovers between its properties. That's too bad, because something like this cover would make me hungry for hotcakes.
ReplyDeleteAnd yet there is no problem of crossovers at the theme parks. Cap near a storm trooper? Super Dooper! Get some pix,Peter!
ReplyDeleteI'd prefer a wallet-sized snapshot of the Human Torch melting butter all over Amazing Lobster Man. ;-)
ReplyDeleteCover of the month!
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