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In response to "hey, you know what came out 10 years ago this week? The Iron Giant, that's what -- (link)" by Farmer Ted

"Happy 10th Anniversary to the crappy Warner Brothers Marketing Department." -- nm

Posted by David (aka David) Aug 9 '09, 18:46

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I think it was just at the end of traditional animation's life. At that point, only Disney was still making hand drawn hits. - Inigo Aug 9, 19:04 1
- Nah, it was crappy marketing. People weren't tired of hand drawn animation, they were tired of crappy hand-drawn animated *stories*. No one bothered - TWuG Aug 9, 19:08
some smart cable network should do for it what TBS did for Christmas Story. - Farmer Ted Aug 9, 18:49 7
- Christmas? That's hardly a Christmas movie. -- nm - TWuG Aug 9, 18:52 5
  - i know, "peace on earth" is such a non-Christmassy sentiment . . -- nm - Farmer Ted Aug 9, 18:54 4
    - Sentiment aside, nothing in that film is at all Christmasy. There's zero logical reason to tie it to the holiday. -- nm - TWuG Aug 9, 18:58 3
      - other than, you know, peace -- nm - Farmer Ted Aug 9, 19:00 2
        
        A thousand movies talk about peace. Almost none of them would make any sense tied to Christmas. - TWuG Aug 9, 19:05
        
        Peace is for the fucking Easter Bunny. -- nm - Santa Clause Aug 9, 19:01
- Someone (TBS?) has aired on Thanksgiving the last three years. -- nm - David Aug 9, 18:52

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