By far the longest robin hood novel, standing at almost halfamillion words, is pierce egan the youngers robin hood and little john. Jon favreaus the jungle book is a more realistic and dramatic interpretation of rudyard kiplings novels that immerses the audience into the jungle setting, whilst the 1967 original is a more lighthearted and musical romp thats easy to revisit over and over. List of recycled animation in disney movies disney wiki. While recycling animation was not a new practice at the disney studios, robin hood contains perhaps the best examples of the most reused scenes from a wide variety of prior films. They are both advisors to big cats shere khan and prince john.
Whereas the animation templates being reused from the jungle book is definitely lazy animating, i rather like it. Portrayed as a bear, he is a recreation of the jungle book s baloo, as both characters are voiced by phil harris and were animated by the same disney animators. Disney via movie munchies little john from robin hood and baloo the jungle book not only shared a voice actor, phil harris, but also looked similar, with the same crazed eyes in the scenes. Weve reached disneys second film of the 1970s, which was a troubled time for the studio in the wake of walts passing. Its still a good movie, but it seems the death of disney kind of put. Walt disney production s great success with animalcentric animation films such as the jungle book and lady and the tramp, as opposed to the soso or downright poor performance of features showing human characters, such as sleeping beauty and the sword in the stone, led it to go one step further. Prince of thieves is still the goat robin hood posted by thanosisademocrat on 112718 at 11. Bagheera the panther and baloo the bear have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilization. So, i hope this announcement from funko will bring back all the feels for you too. What similarities are there between the jungle book. Stocking, 1823 this post analyses the similarities between the legend of. Reused animation in robin hoods the phony king of england 1973.
Books similar to robin hood meet your next favorite book. This is commnunity of book bloggers and selfpublishedor traditional authors. Disney copied scenes from jungle book, snow white, the sword in the stones, the. The whole series of the aristocats, the jungle book and robin hood are one big happy memory in my head and the similarities in animation probably help that. Stocking, 1823 this post analyses the similarities between the legend of robin hood and the tv show, arrow. At the start, we get a quick and tacky introduction to the participants. I have recentlly had a falling out with robin hood due to its lack of unique animation. Little john, the bear in robin hood, is nearly identical to that of baloo in the jungle book. Both characters were voiced by actor phil harris, and have similar personalities. Phil harris as little john, robin hood s best friend, who is very gluttonous and though not small at all still called little john. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Lawhead places his story in wales after the conquest of britain by the normans and during the reign of william the red. The jungle book 1967 in the early 70s, the disney studio was undergoing a costcutting exercise with their film robin hood. Jan 27, 2020 10 baloo and little john jungle book and robin hood perhaps the most notable or infamous example of disney recycling their animation, characters, and voice actors all in one fell swoop. How disney reuses the same footage in different films telegraph. As a child of the 70s and 80s yes, im that old, i grew up on disney movies and disney soundtracks. This meant the opening credits looked iffy, as those elements seemed soft and lacked much clarity. So many plots have similarities, why cant scenes have them too.
Its easy to see from the first few frames of animation that baloo and little john both have more than a few things in common. Two of disneys jazziest bears baloo from the jungle book 1967 and little john from robin hood 1973 are strikingly similar. The disney rh is a disaster with respect to production as half the animation cels were recycled from the jungle book. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the adventures of robin hood. The 19th entry into the disney animated canon, released on october 18, 1967 based on a collection of stories of the same name published around 1893 by rudyard kipling, disney found the jungle book and loved at least some of its ideas, so they chose it for one of their animated adaptations. Before i begin, i should assume you mean the 2016 jungle book, and not the 1967 animated film, since the latter had absolutely nothing to do with kiplings original books. Its true that the phony king of england segment from robin hood recycles footage from other disney films. Old animation set piece routines from snow white and the seven dwarves, the jungle book and their previous release the aristocats were copied and rehashed. They both have the same hypnotic power, the power to hypnotise mereley by looking into the eyes.
Same with the critters from robin hood verses the scat cats from the artisocats. He and his band called the merry men must fight to bring good to the old king and robins father king richard. Little john phil harris shares some similarities with baloo from the jungle book 1967, who was also a bear that had been voiced by phil harris. Despite the jungle book coming out in 1967 and robin hood being released in 1973, historically and chronologically, robin hood would have actually happened in time before the jungle book just. I recently came across some extreme similarities of scenes i had a little my entire life was a lie moment. Robin hood is such a cheap, lifeless affair that even the credit sequences appear frightfully generic. To help save money, they recycled several elements from the jungle book, including using the design of baloo for little john and the dance sequence between baloo and king louie which was rotoscoped and used again for little john and lady clucks dance. John lasseter, current chief creative office of both branches and also disney toon studios revealed during the d23 expo in anaheim this year that one if his favorite movies is disneys robin hood from 1973, and he wanted to make more films starring anthropomorphic animals as. The silly song from snow white everybody wants to be a cat from the. However, the movie improved after that, and overall sharpness worked great, as the movie exhibited fine definition and delineatio. The jungle book did a better job of balancing those two extremes, and were hoping that robin hood will go for a similar style. Sep 15, 2015 old animation set piece routines from snow white and the seven dwarves, the jungle book and their previous release the aristocats were copied and rehashed.
Share your thoughts, experiences and the tales behind the art. But are there more similarities between the disney classics than we had realized. Its true that the phony king of england segment from robin hood recycles footage from. If the person happens to be a girl lolwtf then it means this person is a almost as good archer.
Does disney recycle animation drawings for multiple movies. A list featuring examples of recycled animation in disney movies. The merry adventures of robin hood of great renown in nottinghamshire is an 1883 novel by the american illustrator and writer howard pyle. Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page. Robin hood was created as disney animation experienced a difficult. Hood is the first novel in stephen lawheads latest series, the king raven trilogy, which is a historical fantasy based on the robin hood legend. This quick mashup compares scenes from the phoney king of england sequence with scenes from snow white and the seven dwarfs, the jungle book and the aristocats. Reused animation in robin hoods the phony king of england. And the bears in robin hood and the jungle book even share facial expressions. How similardifferent is disneys the jungle book to.
Though one takes place in a graveyard presumably the very one. Both films, however, are brilliant in their own ways in spite of their. Disneys voiceacting veterans in robin hood rotoscopers. Kaa from the jungle book and sir hiss from robin hood are alike. The story behind robin hood goes all the way back to the 1930s when walt came up with the idea of doing a film based on the twelfth century legend of reynard the fox, an amoral trickster. The slight difference is that little john more closely resembles a brown or grizzly bear while baloo was based on an indian sloth bear and little john is slightly. Test your knowledge on this movies quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. With phil harris, sebastian cabot, louis prima, bruce reitherman. Everything wrong with the jungle book in 10 minutes or less. Was disneys the jungle book actually a sequel to robin hood. Tabaqui shares some similarities with the sheriff of nottingham from robin hood. The jungle book look for the bare necessities the simple bare necessities forget about your worries and your strife i mean the bare necessities thats why a bear can rest at ease with just the bare necessities of life the jungle book pop. But that ends the similarities between hood and the 1994 hit. Jun 12, 20 nostalgia and charm definitely play a big part.
You know, theres been a heap of legends and tall tales about robin hood. Of course they were the same and the explanation was simple. Welcome to the book robin hoods, where authors connect with readers with the goal to promote books. In the adventures of robin hood, robin hood or his real name, robert fitzooth is a wellknown outlaw in sherwood forest. In this edition, henry gilbert tells of the adventures of the merry men of sherwood forest robin himself, little john, friar tuck, will scarlet, and.
Consisting of a series of episodes in the story of the english outlaw robin hood and his band of merry men, the novel compiles traditional material into a coherent narrative in a colorful, invented old english idiom that preserves some flavor of the. Disney the jungle book and robin hood hacked by ahmed 01. Robin hood 1973 in the early 70s, the disney studio was undergoing a costcutting exercise with their film robin hood. As in ivanhoe, robin is a saxon, although he is not actually outlawed in the novel until nearly the end of the first book. Community content is available under ccbysa unless otherwise noted.
Feb 19, 2017 little john is baloo and sir hiss is kaa from the jungle book, as well. Like robin, he wears a dark green tunic and a feathered cap. This could also be due, in part, to the similarities with the jungle book hypnotic snakes, phil harris voicing a bear, etc. Jul 03, 2012 while recycling animation was not a new practice at the disney studios, robin hood contains perhaps the best examples of the most reused scenes from a wide variety of prior films. The adventures of robin hood kindle edition by pyle, howard. New people help them along their journey to fight guy of gisborne and the sheriff nottingham.
Phil harris as little john, robin hoods best friend, who is very gluttonous and though not small at all still called little john. Besides this, and the disjointed plot at times, it is a pretty accurate portrayal of what robin did. They are both physicallyimposing characters who are heartless, scheming and very clever and both put their lives at risk during attempts to kill the hero tabaqui lifting the heavy rock while standing near the edge of a cliff and the sheriff fighting robin in. The 19th animated feature in the disney animated canon, the film is noted for being along with the aristocats 1970 the last film project to be approved by walt disney himself, as he died in late 1966, before the film was released. Look at certain segments in particular during the party song and you will see skecth for sketch the same animation as snow white and the jungle book withen seconds of each other. Little john is baloo and sir hiss is kaa from the jungle book, as well. The jungle book is a 1967 american animated film produced by walt disney productions and released to theaters on october 18, 1967. The graveyard book, by neil gaiman, and the jungle book, by rudyard kipling, are quite similar in their themes and character choices. Not a big issue for me, especially as a child, so i think my disinterest stems primarily from the source story and medieval setting, both of which have never been particularly exciting to me. In comparative terms, robin hood was the cheapest film disney ever made. Can you guess whether the feature belongs to robin hood or the jungle book. Sep 21, 2017 weve reached disneys second film of the 1970s, which was a troubled time for the studio in the wake of walts passing.
The movie does a pretty good job of portraying the the story of robin hood, besides them being all animals. Little john, a brown bear, is robin hoods best friend and most loyal partner. As fellow rogues, john and robin behave as honorable thieves, their goal being to rob the rich to feed the poor. The story of robin hood is very long, so ill spare you all the detailed history. Apr 20, 2016 jon favreaus the jungle book is a more realistic and dramatic interpretation of rudyard kiplings novels that immerses the audience into the jungle setting, whilst the 1967 original is a more lighthearted and musical romp thats easy to revisit over and over. Robin hood and the curtall friar in joseph ritson ed.
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