Big Hero 6 (Don Hall / Chris Williams, 2014)
Big Hero 6 movie
The most recent entry on this list concerns a strongly Japan-influenced San Francisco as the engrossing setting with which to set a contemporary Disney rendition of the superhero summer blockbuster. Well, of course it would: Big Hero 6 is based on a Marvel Comics property after all. It is less the utilization of superpowers and gadgets to quash an antagonist’s schemes, which makes the Big Hero 6 brilliant viewing for sci-fi animation fanatics, but rather how Don Hall and Chris Williams celebrate the ability of animation to nurture concerns of what a live-action film is capable of mystifying an audience.
Through this means of story presentation, the sky (or a large Disney budget and more than several rooms brimming with exquisite computer clusters) is the limit, as far as imagination stimulation goes.
Without the innovative feats in animation that have allowed 3D modelling to prosper as the dominant force in children’s entertainment production, the world would never witness the liveliness, and motorized soul, of the adored Baymax: one of the finest Disney characters in years.
Exploring the scenarios that a medical A.I. might be abnormally thrust upon, and how his inflatable exterior sees practical application and, therefore, audience intrigue, upon witnessing its potential, is effective, back-to-basics Science Fiction 101. The hypothetical, fantastical possibilities of science and technology are presented and ingrained within a narrative (a phrasing under which one could practically blanket the entire genre).
Also, anyone looking for an attempted merging point between Western and Eastern sci-fi animation may look no further. Disney’s recent, blatant attempts to incorporate elements and influences of anime physiology (e.g. the enlarged eyes of Rapunzel and/or Elsa) are no more evident than with their 2014 outing: a city drowning in Eastern culture, young people attaining powers beyond their measure or apparent responsibility, and a typical incorporation toward the kind of loyalty and honour-based moral substance that underpins both Disney and anime productions alike.
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