Someone did a really funny animation which tells you everything about "Who Framed Roger Rabbit” in sixty seconds. In his own words, “it contains bad language, bad drawings and bad jokes”… I don’t really think the same about the drawings and the jokes XD
Well fellas… We saw this coming =D
Who P-p-p-plugged Roger Rabbit?, the novel published as a follow-up to the movie, is finally available as an e-book through Gary Wolf’s Smashwords page. For only $2.99, you can get a whole new adventure in which Roger and the gang have to resolve a new mystery that involves a evil rabbit cousin, a miniature diva, some weird tonic which turns toons into “humans” and viceversa, and -of course- lots of fun and joy!
You can read a small sample of the book before buying it, but be warned: as the first novel, this one has some material not suitable for young readers. Anyway, if you’re a Roger Rabbit hardcore fan, you must own it =3
And so, Prince Roger Rabbit wanders through the entire Kingdom, in the search of the true owner of the glass slipper, the girl he loves from the bottom of his heart… His “Cinderella” <3
Well… Maybe he’s searching for the wrong girl, since Jessica wears ruby-red stilettos! And that glass slipper is anything but red:
But that’s okay, since he’s just pretending to be Prince Phillip XD
Here it is: the almost mythical Jessica Rabbit-themed PT Cruiser!
If you’re an 80’s kid just like me, maybe you remember about blowing your own NES cartdriges for making them work. Well… Nerdist Blog shows that someone took that idea and went beyond with it, creating a NES cartdrige harmonica from a Who Framed Roger Rabbit game:
Surely you’re thinking: how someone could have the guts for turning a collectible WFRR cartdrige (with box and instruction manual included) into an harmonica? Well, don’t worry! The person responsible for this was also selling the ROM board, in case its new owner wants to revert back the cartdrige to its original condition (yes, someone actually bought this!).
At least you can say this particular game will be finally useful for something (if you’ve played it, you know what I mean XD ).
Thanks to TeleRead, I discovered that Gary K. Wolf (creator of Roger Rabbit, Toontown and the whole basis for “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”) is now selling his most famous book, the one that started it all, the big banana: Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, as an e-book through Smashwords.
You can get the book here, among with his first novel Killerbowl. It costs only a couple of bucks!! =D
It worths the read, although be warned: after reading it, you won’t ever see Roger or Jessica in the same way. But what the heck: the book is quite funny and entertaining!
P.S. If you aren’t convinced yet, you can read a small sample of the book; it’s totally free!
In which seems to be a cost-saving move, The Walt Disney Co. is closing ImageMovers Digital (its own joint venture with director Robert Zemeckis) by January 2011. What’s exactly ImageMovers Digital or IMD? Maybe some movies will refresh your mind: The Polar Express, Beowulf and Disney’s A Christmas Carol. Yup: they did all of them, using Performance Capture, better known as MoCap.
Los Angeles Times goes even deeper in that matter:
Los Angeles Times – Disney to shut ImageMovers Digital Studio
What does this means to us Roger Rabbit fans? Well, let’s see… Apparently, the upcoming Robert Zemeckis projects won’t be done through that studio, and even they’re seriously endangered. So maybe we couldn’t get that controversial “Yellow Submarine” remake… Or the much-awaited-yet-so-delayed-and-so-much-promoted Roger Rabbit sequel.
Speculators say that maybe Avatar opened Disney’s execs eyes and realized that Zemeckis’ technology was already outdated (although I personally think they were getting close to it on “A Christmas Carol”), so they decided to discard IMD and focus all their efforts --and money in another Disney ventures (likely Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios). They just needed a good excuse, and James Cameron helped them to get it.
Let’s wait to get some more news. But, again, I feel like being in the same old sinking boat. Won’t somebody think on Roger?
REQUEST-Loretta by ~spongefox on deviantART
This is a really sweet rendition of my original character, Loretta Rabbit, drawn by Spongefox. Her overall design is a little bit different from mine, but she looks really cute and adorable wearing bows in both ears, and a nice pink jumper with imprinted swirls. And a Toon Kit! Wonder what will do Loretta with it =D
Thanks, my dear friend!! <3
Roger Bros. Index card drawing by ~spongefox on deviantART
If you ask me, it was about time someone paired both Roger Rabbits: the one from the movie pre-production era, and the Roger we all know and love. It makes me wonder about how the movie would’ve turned if Disney executives used the first incarnation of Roger Rabbit (made in-house) instead of bringing Richard Williams to design him, Jessica, Benny and the gang.
Of course, this lovely drawing was made by SpongeFox; you can check more of her cartoon-related artwork visiting her blog =D
P.D. You’ll get kudos if you know why’s the first Roger wearing that particular outfit ;)
Yup. They are Eddie Valiant and Roger Rabbit.
As you probably know, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” was canned for a while since Disney bought the rights to Gary Wolf’s novel “Who Censored Roger Rabbit?” and the Mouse House’s executives were trying to pull a movie out of that bizarre yet funny novel, until they gave up because they didn’t have the budget for a project like this one.
Well… 2719 Hyperion bring us this pic from the 1983 Disney’s Annual Report, in which a Roger Rabbit movie is mentioned as being near to its theatrical release (little did they know that the movie would be actually premiered in 1988, with a very different look and feel). This photograph shows Mike Gabriel (a Disney animator, storyboard artist and character designer) dressed as Eddie Valiant, along with Roger Rabbit in his first incarnation, mainly inspired in Tex Avery’s cartoons as the design suggests.
You can read more about this in 2719 Hyperion’s entry about Roger Rabbit, 1983-style =3
Yes. I know what are you thinking: he looks cheaply animated.
And you’re right.
This is a excerpt from that Mickey Mouse’s 60th. Anniversary Special that was aired on TV more than 20 years ago. And it gives you an idea of how Roger would look in a regular cartoon show. Try to place this poorly animated sequence in some Bonkers’ episode, and you’ll get the whole picture.
Now I’m thankful we didn’t get a Roger Rabbit SatAM cartoon.
BTW, I’ll give you some kudos if you guess who’s the staff person chatting with Roger… But I’m sure you already know who’s him ;)
P.S. This video was uploaded by Youtube user froggycompany.
I thought this Valentine’s Day was already done, but as always, I was wrong! Today I got a couple of gifts from my friends Ayaka-chan and Spongefox:
Thanks a lot for your gifts!!
I was thinking about something special for today, Valentine’s Day… And then, I stumbled upon this blog entry:
As you can see, Roger is ready for celebrate Valentine’s day with Jessica Rabbit. Doesn’t he look like a sweet little gentleman wearing that tuxedo? Sure Jessica will get a nice surprise from him, hehe!
You can get more details about this cute picture visiting Tokyomagic’s Meet the World blog. You can also find a very special 101 Dalmatians’ postcard.
Happy Valentine’s Day! <3
Got it today from a local seller, and seems to be in great shape despite being at least 20 years old. Although I don’t own a Laserdisc player, this is still a nice collectible item =3
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