I've watched the full movie so many times over the years that I can't remember, but I would be completely okay if it was remade as a strictly animated release now. But no freaking AI-generated art. There's no fun in that.
This just makes me wish it was animated. There are very few comic book adaptations animated with a big budget. And the art style of the comic is so visually pleasing that it could've been easily translated through animation.
I'm not entirely sure what kind of accent Tank Girl should have, to be honest. The comics take place in a post-apocalyptic Australia. Maybe Tank Girl should be voiced by a comically bogan Margot Robbie :P
Some things just work better as animation. This is a lesson the movie industry has proven INCREDIBLY slow to grasp, as we've seen from Disney these last several years with abominations like Pinocchio. Just because you CAN do something live action doesn't mean you should.
Yep! Unfortunately, animation is fucking expensive and time-consuming and labour-heavy. Always has been, and even computerisation doesn't seem to have had much of an effect in making it cheaper and faster. It's a personal annoyance of mine that so much of the animation industry seems opaque with the financial aspects. For most cartoons, it's sometimes almost impossible to find the actual budgets. I've seen estimates, circa 2020, that the average anime costs about $171.500 for 30-minute episode, and American cartoons can cost between $350.000 and $6.000.000 depending on popularity, genre (obviously action-heavy shows require more budget), and how long it's been going on. It's even more opaque for the Golden Age of Animation. The only hard figure I've ever encountered is that Hanna-Barbera's budget went from $35.000 for 7-minute Tom and Jerry shorts at MGM to $3.000 for their first independent cartoon, Ruff and Reddy. (Or as Barbera put it in a book, IIRC, they could have up to 16 drawings per foot of fully animated film for Tom and Jerry, and were down to ONE OR TWO per foot of film for Ruff and Reddy. They had to master limited animation to not die of bankruptcy like other studios after television and budget cuts gave a gut-punch to American animation.)
The live action movies are basically ways for them to make easy money because most of their old animated scripts aren't covered by WGA rules so they essentially do not have to pay for any new scripts or storyboards. So they can even sort of bomb in theatres and still make money after streaming and purchases
Even the voiceover is too much - lol. Love the still art. Some of the original Hewlett stuff is in there but there's some stuff that looks like Philip Bond's art too. He and Hewlett drew together in Deadline.
Same, except as far as I remember, Alan Martin was the writer and Jamie Hewlett was the artist. At least that's how I knew the distribution of labour in that duo - writer and artist.
HUGE HUGE HUGE fan of Phillip Bond!! Budgie Boy in Deadline was my favorite (not so much Wired World). Bond had an amazing career at DC’s Vertigo imprint. He drew my all-time favorite Grant Morrison comic Kill Your Boyfriend. Wicked wicked plot twist!!
I'm pretty sure some parts of the animated clips (especially the last part) were made just to inspire Hewlett to animate music videos for Damon Albarn's Gorillaz band, although the animated clips from the Tank Girl movie didn't use any CGI-based backgrounds compared to what Hewlett did with the Gorillaz. (except the storyboards)
Could be, I know Hewlett and Martin complained about the filmmaker's incompetence and mentioned having to "finish off" several scenes that they forgot to film, presumably animated
It would've been better off animated for sure. Would've been easier to capture the whole atmosphere of the comics. I remember Hewlett and Martin were angry at being saddled with executives who didn't get it, and trying to rewrite the script to at least keep some of the feel of Tank Girl.
@@Sen-sr4le I remember reading a bit about that too. Jamie always mentions his distaste for it in certain interviews. 😂 That's why we never have gotten a Gorillaz movie. Jamie had wanted total control over it.
I'll never forget him saying that he and Alan tried to rewrite the script and insert Benny Hill and Grange Hill jokes because "they obviously weren't getting it". XD
This was actually the first place I heard Sky Cries Mary. Thanks to whoever decided to put "Shipwrecked" in the movie. Ended up trying their albums too. Guess you could call them a sort of US Ozric Tentacles, but with vocals?
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Every time I see these scenes, it just makes me wish the entire movie was animated.
I've watched the full movie so many times over the years that I can't remember, but I would be completely okay if it was remade as a strictly animated release now. But no freaking AI-generated art. There's no fun in that.
I wish Tank Girl was more recognized, but keeping her as an undergound icon keeps the punk essence alive
This just makes me wish it was animated. There are very few comic book adaptations animated with a big budget. And the art style of the comic is so visually pleasing that it could've been easily translated through animation.
Same! It might've even been cheaper to animate than to film live-action.
All comics are better as animated adaptions all of them
I so want a six episode animated adult series. The movie didn't do it justice, maybe get lori petty to voice her again.
I'm not entirely sure what kind of accent Tank Girl should have, to be honest. The comics take place in a post-apocalyptic Australia. Maybe Tank Girl should be voiced by a comically bogan Margot Robbie :P
@@Sen-sr4le I could see that
Some things just work better as animation. This is a lesson the movie industry has proven INCREDIBLY slow to grasp, as we've seen from Disney these last several years with abominations like Pinocchio. Just because you CAN do something live action doesn't mean you should.
Yep! Unfortunately, animation is fucking expensive and time-consuming and labour-heavy. Always has been, and even computerisation doesn't seem to have had much of an effect in making it cheaper and faster.
It's a personal annoyance of mine that so much of the animation industry seems opaque with the financial aspects. For most cartoons, it's sometimes almost impossible to find the actual budgets. I've seen estimates, circa 2020, that the average anime costs about $171.500 for 30-minute episode, and American cartoons can cost between $350.000 and $6.000.000 depending on popularity, genre (obviously action-heavy shows require more budget), and how long it's been going on.
It's even more opaque for the Golden Age of Animation. The only hard figure I've ever encountered is that Hanna-Barbera's budget went from $35.000 for 7-minute Tom and Jerry shorts at MGM to $3.000 for their first independent cartoon, Ruff and Reddy. (Or as Barbera put it in a book, IIRC, they could have up to 16 drawings per foot of fully animated film for Tom and Jerry, and were down to ONE OR TWO per foot of film for Ruff and Reddy. They had to master limited animation to not die of bankruptcy like other studios after television and budget cuts gave a gut-punch to American animation.)
The live action movies are basically ways for them to make easy money because most of their old animated scripts aren't covered by WGA rules so they essentially do not have to pay for any new scripts or storyboards. So they can even sort of bomb in theatres and still make money after streaming and purchases
Even the voiceover is too much - lol. Love the still art. Some of the original Hewlett stuff is in there but there's some stuff that looks like Philip Bond's art too. He and Hewlett drew together in Deadline.
Huh, didn't know that. I assumed it was all Hewlett 'cos he drew Tank Girl.
I thought it was just Hewlett and Martin. lol
Same, except as far as I remember, Alan Martin was the writer and Jamie Hewlett was the artist. At least that's how I knew the distribution of labour in that duo - writer and artist.
HUGE HUGE HUGE fan of Phillip Bond!! Budgie Boy in Deadline was my favorite (not so much Wired World). Bond had an amazing career at DC’s Vertigo imprint. He drew my all-time favorite Grant Morrison comic Kill Your Boyfriend. Wicked wicked plot twist!!
I'm pretty sure some parts of the animated clips (especially the last part) were made just to inspire Hewlett to animate music videos for Damon Albarn's Gorillaz band, although the animated clips from the Tank Girl movie didn't use any CGI-based backgrounds compared to what Hewlett did with the Gorillaz. (except the storyboards)
Could be, I know Hewlett and Martin complained about the filmmaker's incompetence and mentioned having to "finish off" several scenes that they forgot to film, presumably animated
If they ever make a new adaptation, they really should make it an animation
3:17 straight up 2D face shot has to be inspiration for him🧿
I loved this movie so much when I was younger. Nostalgia aside, it would have been nice to see it animated. :( I love the comics.
It would've been better off animated for sure. Would've been easier to capture the whole atmosphere of the comics. I remember Hewlett and Martin were angry at being saddled with executives who didn't get it, and trying to rewrite the script to at least keep some of the feel of Tank Girl.
@@Sen-sr4le I remember reading a bit about that too. Jamie always mentions his distaste for it in certain interviews. 😂
That's why we never have gotten a Gorillaz movie. Jamie had wanted total control over it.
I'll never forget him saying that he and Alan tried to rewrite the script and insert Benny Hill and Grange Hill jokes because "they obviously weren't getting it". XD
@0:54 - Sky Cries Mary!!! 😻💞
It's a wonder my "This Timeless Turning" CD didn't turn into polycarbonate dust from all the plays it got over the years.
This was actually the first place I heard Sky Cries Mary. Thanks to whoever decided to put "Shipwrecked" in the movie. Ended up trying their albums too. Guess you could call them a sort of US Ozric Tentacles, but with vocals?
I love this movie! It´s cool and cult.
Imagine if the MCU did their movies like this with as big a budget as they have.
UNCENSORED ANIMATED REMAKE.... ¡¡¡PLEASE!!!
1995. What a Caveman world.
The Wild West lasted 20 years.
Did they just run out of money?
According to Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin, yes they did. XD
2:58 guys pls tell me the Name of that Song! :( I sadly forgot...
That's Björk's "Army of Me".