Zootopia · 5:11pm Mar 5th, 2016
I finally got to see Zootopia yesterday. I won't be tossing out any spoilers, but I do have some observations. . .
There's been some debate online about whether Disney deliberately targeted furries with this movie, or whether there were furries on the production team, etc. I'm not an insider and I'm not a mind reader, so I can't answer that. I can say, however. . . It's not implausible that Disney's willingness to produce a movie like this may have been enabled by the FiM and brony phenomenon. There's a lot of overlap between bronies and furries, and I think the rise of this fandom may have raised awareness within Disney of what is possible in terms of appealing to both kids and grownups. (Which is something Walt Disney himself strove for, but the company has at times forgotten.)
I can also say that Zootopia just might be the first fully-realized, furry-as-such movie. It gives us anthropomorphic characters that walk upright, wear clothes, and have a civilization fully equal of humanity (unlike, for example, The Lion King). They also retain distinctly animal traits and species-specific traits that have a real influence on their characters, the setting and the story (unlike, for example, Robin Hood). This is the first time that the Furry Concept has really been pulled together on film.
I've observed before that it seems to take about 30 years for a new concept in science fiction literature to make its way to TV or movies. A prime example is Star Trek, which is a 1960s TV show that mimics 1930s space operas. And now we have Zootopia, which finally arrives where Albedo comic books were in the 1980s. Others have sort of groped in that direction (re: Father of the Pride, The Looney Tunes Show), but this is the first animated feature that's seriously pulled it together.
Oh, what's that you asked? Is the movie good? Duh. . . After all the gushing reviews, it would be redundant for me to add another. It's good, go see it already!
There were a few Disney oddities, like a visit to a nudist colony where every animal looks as sexless as a barbie doll. (But Judy is embarrassed as hell, which I think implies she's seeing something we're not. Have to use your imagination there.) Characters get clawed and injured but never bleed -- and yet there's a scene with copious, hilarious amounts of *fake* blood. And there were a few logic holes in the story that I didn't realize until after I'd left the theater and thought back upon it. But so what. . . There was so much to see, I need to watch it again. I want to watch it again!
Have you seen the parody movie posters?
My favorite is "The Furce Returns"
http://screenrant.com/zootopia-posters-2015-movies-parody/
I'm super excited to see this.
I think the effect of night howlers would have been known enough to there be no excuse for ignorance that Lionheart displayed.
Hey, that looks like the effect of THAT plant. think on it and see if you can come up with anything.....to the dr instigating the thing in the first place.... You can't have an advanced technological society with such glaring ignorance...