Yeah, it was a flop at the movies. Fox Animation Studios didn't know whether they should cater to kids or hardcore sci-fi fans, and ended up scaring away both groups.A random person said:From what I've heard (haven't seen it, but my friend has it in his comically large movie collection), it was when Don Bluth momentarily got out of his 90's rut, albeit with some help from Joss Whedon. It also tanked due to the ever-menacing animation age ghetto, sadly.
I'll admit I'm not one of Bluth's biggest fans, partly because I associate him with an aesthetic common in poor 2D animated movies that get shown to pass time in elementary school (don't think too much about that description). That's an inevitable by-product of his help in kicking off the renaissance age of animation [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation], however, and I'll admit The Secret of Nimh was pretty good (sequel's a prime example of the aforementioned kind of bad animated movie, though. Haven't seen An American Tail).Soviet Heavy said:Yeah, it was a flop at the movies. Fox Animation Studios didn't know whether they should cater to kids or hardcore sci-fi fans, and ended up scaring away both groups.A random person said:From what I've heard (haven't seen it, but my friend has it in his comically large movie collection), it was when Don Bluth momentarily got out of his 90's rut, albeit with some help from Joss Whedon. It also tanked due to the ever-menacing animation age ghetto, sadly.
Its become somewhat of a cult classic in recent years, from repeat showings on Teletoon and other channels.
It is definitely one of Bluth's better films.
Don't blame the sequel of Nimh on Bluth. He was long gone from the studio when that atrocity was made. The only sequel of his work that was done by Bluth was Bartok the Magnificent. Everything else was done by the studios later using whoever they could hire to do the job.A random person said:I'll admit I'm not one of Bluth's biggest fans, partly because I associate him with an aesthetic common in poor 2D animated movies that get shown to pass time in elementary school (don't think too much about that description). That's an inevitable by-product of his help in kicking off the renaissance age of animation [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation], however, and I'll admit The Secret of Nimh was pretty good (sequel's a prime example of the aforementioned kind of bad animated movie, though. Haven't seen An American Tail).Soviet Heavy said:Yeah, it was a flop at the movies. Fox Animation Studios didn't know whether they should cater to kids or hardcore sci-fi fans, and ended up scaring away both groups.A random person said:From what I've heard (haven't seen it, but my friend has it in his comically large movie collection), it was when Don Bluth momentarily got out of his 90's rut, albeit with some help from Joss Whedon. It also tanked due to the ever-menacing animation age ghetto, sadly.
Its become somewhat of a cult classic in recent years, from repeat showings on Teletoon and other channels.
It is definitely one of Bluth's better films.
Yeah, all of the Bluth film sequels (minus that one), were done by different people, and noe were ever as good as the original. The worst example has to be the Land Before Time sequels.Lissa-QUON said:Don't blame the sequel of Nimh on Bluth. He was long gone from the studio when that atrocity was made. The only sequel of his work that was done by Bluth was Bartok the Magnificent. Everything else was done by the studios later using whoever they could hire to do the job.A random person said:I'll admit I'm not one of Bluth's biggest fans, partly because I associate him with an aesthetic common in poor 2D animated movies that get shown to pass time in elementary school (don't think too much about that description). That's an inevitable by-product of his help in kicking off the renaissance age of animation [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation], however, and I'll admit The Secret of Nimh was pretty good (sequel's a prime example of the aforementioned kind of bad animated movie, though. Haven't seen An American Tail).Soviet Heavy said:Yeah, it was a flop at the movies. Fox Animation Studios didn't know whether they should cater to kids or hardcore sci-fi fans, and ended up scaring away both groups.A random person said:From what I've heard (haven't seen it, but my friend has it in his comically large movie collection), it was when Don Bluth momentarily got out of his 90's rut, albeit with some help from Joss Whedon. It also tanked due to the ever-menacing animation age ghetto, sadly.
Its become somewhat of a cult classic in recent years, from repeat showings on Teletoon and other channels.
It is definitely one of Bluth's better films.
Lalalalalala, the sequels never happened.Soviet Heavy said:Yeah, all of the Bluth film sequels (minus that one), were done by different people, and noe were ever as good as the original. The worst example has to be the Land Before Time sequels.Lissa-QUON said:Don't blame the sequel of Nimh on Bluth. He was long gone from the studio when that atrocity was made. The only sequel of his work that was done by Bluth was Bartok the Magnificent. Everything else was done by the studios later using whoever they could hire to do the job.A random person said:I'll admit I'm not one of Bluth's biggest fans, partly because I associate him with an aesthetic common in poor 2D animated movies that get shown to pass time in elementary school (don't think too much about that description). That's an inevitable by-product of his help in kicking off the renaissance age of animation [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation], however, and I'll admit The Secret of Nimh was pretty good (sequel's a prime example of the aforementioned kind of bad animated movie, though. Haven't seen An American Tail).Soviet Heavy said:Yeah, it was a flop at the movies. Fox Animation Studios didn't know whether they should cater to kids or hardcore sci-fi fans, and ended up scaring away both groups.A random person said:From what I've heard (haven't seen it, but my friend has it in his comically large movie collection), it was when Don Bluth momentarily got out of his 90's rut, albeit with some help from Joss Whedon. It also tanked due to the ever-menacing animation age ghetto, sadly.
Its become somewhat of a cult classic in recent years, from repeat showings on Teletoon and other channels.
It is definitely one of Bluth's better films.
There are nineteen fucking movies, and a tv series. Jesus, if that's not selling out, I don't know what is.