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Every time I read through an article about new seasonal foods I am disappointed by the lack of plant-based offerings. It varies from none to maybe one savory option or a cupcake. It’s really not that hard to make desserts plant-based. It can be cheaper too- eggs are much more expensive than most options used to replace them.
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BREAKING: ‘Fantasmic!’ Closed Through Spring 2024 at Disneyland, Sorcerer Mickey Will No Longer Battle Dragon
BREAKING: ‘Fantasmic!’ Closed Through Spring 2024 at Disneyland, Sorcerer Mickey Will No Longer Battle Dragon
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https://www.thewrap.com/randy-fullmer-disney-animator-obit/
Randy Fullmer, Disney Animator and Producer, Dies at 73
Among other creations, he produced the cult classic “The Emperor’s New Groove”
Drew Taylor
July 25, 2023 @ 5:40 PM
Randy Fullmer, an effects animator, visual effects supervisor, artistic coordinator and producer who worked at Disney for almost 20 years, has died after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 73.
Over his nearly two decades at Disney, he did everything from work on the Toon Town portion of “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” (his first gig at the studio) to working as an artistic coordinator on “The Lion King” to producing full Disney features like “The Emperor’s New Groove” and “Chicken Little.” A key and unsung player in the Disney Renaissance of the ‘80s and ‘90s, Fullmer’s legacy will live on.
Fullmer, who died July 10, in Woodland Hills, California, attended the California Institute of the Arts, a school co-founded by Walt Disney. After Fullmer graduated in 1974, he spent time working with Don Bluth, the Disney hotshot whose departure from the studio nearly crippled the animation department. Fullmer joined Bluth on his then-groundbreaking videogames “Dragon’s Lair” and “Space Ace.” Fullmer also worked on animated segments for “Sesame Street” and provided effects animation for Tobe Hooper’s live-action space vampire epic “Lifeforce.”
After working on the Disney-adjacent “The Brave Little Toaster” (which Disney didn’t produce but ultimately released), he was hired to work on the animation-heavy climax of “Who Framed Roger Rabbit.” It was meant to be a three-month contract job but he was soon working as an effects animator on “Oliver & Company,” the next Disney animated feature and the first one overseen by the company’s new leadership team of Michael Eisner, Frank Wells and Jeffrey Katzenberg. By 1990’s “The Rescuers Down Under” he was an effects supervisor, which is even more impressive if you consider that the “Rescuers” sequel was working with a new, largely unproven technology called CAPS, co-developed by Pixar and meant to revolutionize the way traditionally animated movies are put together and colored. In 1994, Fullmer transitioned to being the artistic coordinator on “The Lion King,” a role he also filled for “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” released in 1997.
After “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” Fullmer got to produce his first feature – “Kingdom of the Sun,” an ambitious and ultimately doomed feature directed by Roger Allers, one of the “Lion King” directors. While the animation was beautiful, the story was unwieldy, and the movie was taken away from Allers and handed to his co-director, Mark Dindal, who came up with an off-the-wall take on the same material. That movie, “The Emperor’s New Groove,” was released for Christmas 2000. It didn’t make much of a splash but over the years has garnered a strong cult appreciation, mostly for its singular sense of humor and gonzo characters.
The struggle of “Kingdom of the Sun” was documented by Trudie Styler, Sting’s wife, in the rarely seen film “The Sweatbox.” In the documentary Fullmer is seen attempting to keep the train on the tracks, even though at every turn that train is threatening to derail.
Dindal and Fullmer reunited for 2005’s “Chicken Little,” the first fully computer animated film from what is now known as Walt Disney Animation Studios. The movie was also difficult but Fullmer and Dindal finished the movie. After “Chicken Little” he turned his attention to Wyn Guitars, focusing on making handcrafter guitars. (His life and his love of guitars were the subject of a 2014 documentary called “Restrung.”)
Veteran Disney Animation producer Roy Conli said (in an official statement), “Randy was a generous, kind, and trusted colleague. When I arrived at Disney 30 years ago and began working on ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame,’ I was so lucky to have him as our artistic coordinator. Coming from theater, he taught me so much about the process of animation. He was a master.”
TheWrap reached out to producer Don Hahn, who was working alongside Fullmer during the same transformative period, said this: “Randy was a rare artist that already had proven himself as a visual effx artist on productions like Mermaid and Lion King. He was one of the forces behind the Renaissance at Disney animation. He made the leap into producing with cult hits like Emperors new groove and still had more to give creatively so unbelievably turned to making exquisite, one-of-a-kind bass guitars for the last decades of his life. The instruments, made by hand, by himself, were sought after by recording artists everywhere, and his love of arts and crafts antiques, plein aire painting and making things with head, hand and heart inspired and affected all of us who knew him. “
Fullmer is one of those figures in the Walt Disney Animation story who are easy to overlook but whose impact, particularly toward the end of his time at Disney, is profound. He weathered what is arguably the biggest – and most public – debacle in the history of the studio and created something lovely and bespoke and (now) utterly cherished from it. He spearheaded difficult technical challenges with aplomb and grace. And while he was rarely applauded like he should have been, he was a creative and artistic stalwart, during a time of transformation at Disney Animation.
Fullmer is survived by his wife, Diana; a sister, Cathy, step-children, Becky and Nick; and a step-brother, Scott.
https://www.thewrap.com/randy-fullmer-disney-animator-obit/
Randy Fullmer, Disney Animator and Producer, Dies at 73
Among other creations, he produced the cult classic “The Emperor’s New Groove”
Drew Taylor
July 25, 2023 @ 5:40 PM
Randy Fullmer, an effects animator, visual effects supervisor, artistic coordinator and producer who worked at Disney for almost 20 years, has died after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 73.
Over his nearly two decades at Disney, he did everything from work on the Toon Town portion of “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” (his first gig at the studio) to working as an artistic coordinator on “The Lion King” to producing full Disney features like “The Emperor’s New Groove” and “Chicken Little.” A key and unsung player in the Disney Renaissance of the ‘80s and ‘90s, Fullmer’s legacy will live on.
Fullmer, who died July 10, in Woodland Hills, California, attended the California Institute of the Arts, a school co-founded by Walt Disney. After Fullmer graduated in 1974, he spent time working with Don Bluth, the Disney hotshot whose departure from the studio nearly crippled the animation department. Fullmer joined Bluth on his then-groundbreaking videogames “Dragon’s Lair” and “Space Ace.” Fullmer also worked on animated segments for “Sesame Street” and provided effects animation for Tobe Hooper’s live-action space vampire epic “Lifeforce.”
After working on the Disney-adjacent “The Brave Little Toaster” (which Disney didn’t produce but ultimately released), he was hired to work on the animation-heavy climax of “Who Framed Roger Rabbit.” It was meant to be a three-month contract job but he was soon working as an effects animator on “Oliver & Company,” the next Disney animated feature and the first one overseen by the company’s new leadership team of Michael Eisner, Frank Wells and Jeffrey Katzenberg. By 1990’s “The Rescuers Down Under” he was an effects supervisor, which is even more impressive if you consider that the “Rescuers” sequel was working with a new, largely unproven technology called CAPS, co-developed by Pixar and meant to revolutionize the way traditionally animated movies are put together and colored. In 1994, Fullmer transitioned to being the artistic coordinator on “The Lion King,” a role he also filled for “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” released in 1997.
After “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” Fullmer got to produce his first feature – “Kingdom of the Sun,” an ambitious and ultimately doomed feature directed by Roger Allers, one of the “Lion King” directors. While the animation was beautiful, the story was unwieldy, and the movie was taken away from Allers and handed to his co-director, Mark Dindal, who came up with an off-the-wall take on the same material. That movie, “The Emperor’s New Groove,” was released for Christmas 2000. It didn’t make much of a splash but over the years has garnered a strong cult appreciation, mostly for its singular sense of humor and gonzo characters.
The struggle of “Kingdom of the Sun” was documented by Trudie Styler, Sting’s wife, in the rarely seen film “The Sweatbox.” In the documentary Fullmer is seen attempting to keep the train on the tracks, even though at every turn that train is threatening to derail.
Dindal and Fullmer reunited for 2005’s “Chicken Little,” the first fully computer animated film from what is now known as Walt Disney Animation Studios. The movie was also difficult but Fullmer and Dindal finished the movie. After “Chicken Little” he turned his attention to Wyn Guitars, focusing on making handcrafter guitars. (His life and his love of guitars were the subject of a 2014 documentary called “Restrung.”)
Veteran Disney Animation producer Roy Conli said (in an official statement), “Randy was a generous, kind, and trusted colleague. When I arrived at Disney 30 years ago and began working on ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame,’ I was so lucky to have him as our artistic coordinator. Coming from theater, he taught me so much about the process of animation. He was a master.”
TheWrap reached out to producer Don Hahn, who was working alongside Fullmer during the same transformative period, said this: “Randy was a rare artist that already had proven himself as a visual effx artist on productions like Mermaid and Lion King. He was one of the forces behind the Renaissance at Disney animation. He made the leap into producing with cult hits like Emperors new groove and still had more to give creatively so unbelievably turned to making exquisite, one-of-a-kind bass guitars for the last decades of his life. The instruments, made by hand, by himself, were sought after by recording artists everywhere, and his love of arts and crafts antiques, plein aire painting and making things with head, hand and heart inspired and affected all of us who knew him. “
Fullmer is one of those figures in the Walt Disney Animation story who are easy to overlook but whose impact, particularly toward the end of his time at Disney, is profound. He weathered what is arguably the biggest – and most public – debacle in the history of the studio and created something lovely and bespoke and (now) utterly cherished from it. He spearheaded difficult technical challenges with aplomb and grace. And while he was rarely applauded like he should have been, he was a creative and artistic stalwart, during a time of transformation at Disney Animation.
Fullmer is survived by his wife, Diana; a sister, Cathy, step-children, Becky and Nick; and a step-brother, Scott.
Duckbug.Ducktales
Listening to the music to Fantasmic!
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We saw it for the first time in April because on previous trips we always prioritized rides during the nighttime show. But saw Fantasmic! twice that trip. Very glad we did! RIP Maleficent Dragon.
Brocktoon
21st Century Schizoid Man
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- May 5, 2006
Looks better than what I was expecting, and probably an improvement over the recent Trail's End ...
But I wish they would have brought back the Trail's End Buffet. I'm not even a buffet fan, but I loved Trail's End, from the CMs to great selection of solid comfort food
Brian Noble
Gratefully in Recovery
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- Mar 23, 2004
The dragon has apparently always had a b-mode (water projection) at Disneyland. I suspect they will continue that until they decide what if anything else to do. I saw a clip of it, but can't find it again.
rangerxenos
DIS Veteran
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- Jun 25, 2008
Good Morning!
Duckbug.Ducktales
Listening to the music to Fantasmic!
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- Feb 5, 2020
Saw the new Haunted Mansion tonight. Pretty cute and funny. Especially for Disney parks aficionados.
Disney Reveals Costumes for Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana
Keeping the environment in mind, the shirts feature a “splashy” detailing on the sleeve which cast members at Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana will roll up and button to expose the design. Cast at The Seas with Nemo & Friends will wear the cuff unbuttoned “making it easy to sail between aquatic, conservation-focused adventures in World Nature.”
Keeping the environment in mind, the shirts feature a “splashy” detailing on the sleeve which cast members at Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana will roll up and button to expose the design. Cast at The Seas with Nemo & Friends will wear the cuff unbuttoned “making it easy to sail between aquatic, conservation-focused adventures in World Nature.”
"Smellephants on Parade" Coming to Magic Kingdom
There’s a new interactive experience coming to Magic Kingdom! “Smellephants on Parade” will be a family-friendly “search and sniff” adventure in Storybook Circus, presented by @scentsy, the Official Home Fragrance of @WaltDisneyWorld. Stay tuned for “relephant” details!
There’s a new interactive experience coming to Magic Kingdom! “Smellephants on Parade” will be a family-friendly “search and sniff” adventure in Storybook Circus, presented by @scentsy, the Official Home Fragrance of @WaltDisneyWorld. Stay tuned for “relephant” details!
Elijah Abrams
Mouseketeer
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- Feb 6, 2020
CUTE?!?! It’s rated PG-13!! Those kinds of movies aren’t really "cute"! "Venom", along with "Krampus", would like a word with you…
BrianL
Doom Buggy Driver
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- Jul 24, 2013
I saw it last night. It was good, but there's something that holds it back from being great. Honestly, I like it about as much as the first one, and that one gets hated on a lot, though it's actually pretty decent. This one is also decent, but I don't think it has franchise potential.
Duckbug.Ducktales
Listening to the music to Fantasmic!
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It's nothing like Venom. It's not really a horror film in any way. Yes, it was cute because there were cute parts. I can see little kids being scared because of sudden loud moments and such, but it's not "a scary movie" imo. Kind of like the ride isn't really that scary.
ETA: There were a lot of older kids in the theater laughing their butts off. I'd say the youngest ones were maybe 8 or 9. But most were probably preteens.
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Duckbug.Ducktales
Listening to the music to Fantasmic!
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Agreed. It's not great, but pretty enjoyable. We liked it. Haven't seen the old one, maybe we will soon.
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