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Titan A.E. came out 25 years ago, and history has been kind to the infamous flop that killed Fox Animation Studios (www.space.com)
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[–] False@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

I thought this was great when I was 14 and saw it in the theatre. I rewatched it like 10 years ago and it has not held up well, at least in terms of visuals.

Debates over its failure range from the derivative PG-rated screenplay and bumpy development process, to its landing squarely in that netherworld of being ignored by older teens and adults and too mature and violent for small children, dropping it in that abyss between the two ticket-buying demographics.

Hmm, I guess I was right in the perfect demographic at the time then.

[–] III@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The soundtrack was pretty good too.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

So there was this band around that time that quickly became my favorite band ever, called Splashdown. They had a couple of EPs, and then just when they were about to release their first LP, their producer fucked them over and it never got released. Sixteen beautiful songs that would never see the light of day. They couldn't get the rights back, so the band just sort of... ended.

I bought their old EPs from their website, and they sent me a bootleg copy of the unreleased album, Blueshift. It remains one of my favorite albums of all time. (Nowadays you can find it on YouTube.)

Anyway, the song Karma Slave, by Splashdown, is on the Titan A.E. soundtrack. It's as close as they got to success, and it was my introduction to this movie, which I enjoyed.

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