Episode 58:
That Fellow In The Coat: A Look Back at Disney's Animated Features (2000-2002)

That Fellow In The Coat looks at the Disney Studio's animated features from the beginning of the millennium, including a much-troubled Incan epic and their first computer-animated feature.

In this episode, he discusses Dinosaur (2000), The Emperor's New Groove (2000), Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), Lilo & Stitch (2002), Treasure Planet (2002) and DreamWorks' Shrek (2001).

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Name: Alan Smithee
Date And Time: 2011-05-11 16:55:12
Comment: @Ebalance you'll be shocked to hear that Shrek won an Oscar Best Animated Feature.

Name: Peter
Date And Time: 2011-01-14 20:24:22
Comment: By the way, I just come up of the name of the era that was release after Disney Renaissance. It's called Disney Sony Age. The Disney Sony Days is a category of movies that is where Disney partners with Sony for random Disney stuff like Sony published PlayStation releases. The movies in this category are: A Bug's Life, Tarzan, Toy Story 2, Fantasia 2000, Dinosaur, The Emperor's New Groove, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Monsters Inc., Lilo And Stitch and Treasure Planet. A Bug's Life, Tarzan, The Emperor's New Groove, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Monsters Inc., Lilo And Stitch and Treasure Planet are published by Sony and released for PlayStation while Treasure Planet, which is also published by Sony, is released for PlayStation 2. Toy Story 2 and Dinosaur is NOT published by Sony. However, Toy Story 2 and Dinosaur is released for PlayStation and published by Activision and Ubi Soft respectively which is why Toy Story and Dinosaur is also part of this era due to being their PlayStation advertising release. There is no Fantasia 2000 video game for PlayStation. Fantasia 2000 instead was premiered in Sony Imax theaters. Which is why Fantasia 2000 is also part of the Disney Sony Age era. Fantasia 2000's Sony Imax premiere are Sony stuff. So therefore Fantasia 2000 is part of this era. Return To Neverland is also released for PlayStation published by Sony. But Return To Neverland is not part of this era as the movie is released by Disney Toon Studios. Anyway, this only covers movies from A Bug's Life to Treasure Planet. This includes Tarzan which is the last Disney Renaissance entry. :)

Name: Peter
Date And Time: 2011-01-14 15:32:30
Comment: Dinosaur is very underrated even though Dinosaur is not a Disney animated feature. Why is Dinosaur a Disney animated feature? Dinosaur is made by Secret Lab and Dream Quest Images, not Walt Disney Feature Animation. The 39th animated movie is The Emperor's New Groove, not Dinosaur. Dinosaur is not the 39th animated Disney movie. Disney ruined the animated movies canon by putting Dinosaur in the list and made Dinosaur to be 39. The Disney animated features canon that excludes Dinosaur is the true canon. That means, The Emperor's New Groove is the true 39th animated Disney release, not Dinosaur. Let's get back to my comment. Dinosaur: very underrated, The Emperor's New Groove: excellent Disney movie and it's really funny, Atlantis: The Lost Empire: underrated but great, Lilo And Stitch: excellent, and Treasure Planet: one of my all time favorite Disney movies. It's a shame that Treasure Planet bombed. Why? Treasure Planet is great and so does Atlantis: The Lost Empire. I hate Shrek. Shrek ruined Atlantis: The Lost Empire's box office performance. That's why I hate DreamWorks movies. I enjoy watching Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Stupid Shrek. Anyway, those movies were really enjoyable for me. Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Treasure Planet rules. And so does Dinosaur, The Emperor's New Groove, and Lilo And Stitch :)

Name: Ebalance
Date And Time: 2010-10-12 00:33:18
Comment: Like: Emperor's New Groove, and Lilo & Stitch ...the other ones... meh... I HATE SHREK!!! I don't care how much money it made... I HATE IT!!! It's mean spirited and it teaches bad morals to children! Things of particular hate: animal balloons, exploding bird, death of villain... all 3 of these things are cruel, not funny, and the death of the villain teaches little kids that it is okay to kill people you don't like. While I look forward to "Tangled" I lament that it is not hand drawn...

Name: cgsilverscreen2020
Date And Time: 2010-10-08 22:43:53
Comment: Dinosaur. The WORST Disney movie in my opinion that was nothing more than a big "F*** you" to Don Bluth, because it is a COMPLETE RIPOFF of The Land Before Time.

Name: Sara
Date And Time: 2010-09-13 19:35:56
Comment: Dinosaurs was okay. i love The Emperor's New Groove! Atlantis was great. Lilo and Stitch was good. i love Treasure Planet!

Name: Spowndroth
Date And Time: 2010-09-10 17:12:56
Comment: I don't know about little personality, I thought they had plenty personality.

Name: Benjamin
Date And Time: 2010-09-08 16:53:20
Comment: What were your thoughts on Jimmy Neutron? That Fellow: I liked it.

Name: Viola
Date And Time: 2010-09-05 20:09:54
Comment: I liked Atlantis as a child, but now that I'm older, it just doesn't hold up for me. Dinosaur was dull as dirt.

Name: Isabella
Date And Time: 2010-08-06 11:13:14
Comment: i didn't see dinosaur i thought the emperor's new grove was funny i didn't like atlantis that much not a fan of lilo and stich and i'm not a fan of treasure planet

Name: danparkerstudios
Date And Time: 2010-08-05 23:20:08
Comment: Okay, I actually enjoyed Dinosaur. It's really a cool movie. As for Atlantis, I pefered that movie instead of Shrek. But I didn't get a chance to see either of them in theatres. Eventually, I did see Atlantis, but also enjoyed Shrek, too. As for The Emperor's New Groove, I loved that movie, and I've seen when it was still in theatres. It's a funny movie. As for Lilo and Stitch and Treasure Planet, I've seen them in theatres as well. I enjoyed both of those movies.

Name: Daniel
Date And Time: 2010-07-29 01:05:59
Comment: Lilo and Stitch is actually now my favorite Disney movie and franchises. Fun fact: Even thought Japan got the Oscar out of the hands of Lilo and Stitch with Spirited Away (Wonderful film by the way), they at least make it up by giving the Disney film the major anime award which is the Tezuka Awards in Best foreign animated film.

Name: Chris
Date And Time: 2010-07-08 22:52:55
Comment: OMG!! Shrek Was SOOOO Stupid I Cant Belive It Killed Atlantis

Name: Robert
Date And Time: 2010-03-01 06:12:55
Comment: I think Dinosaurs is the darkesst movie disney ever made, dont belive me let ous see the death counts. one Pachyrhinosaurus,a holl group of lemurs,one gallimimus,one packycephalosaurus,two iguanodon & two carnothourie and almost all of theam is showd on scren. The grim reality of it kind of remainds of Watership Down(even if the story is cliche as you said). Dinosaur is one of the better films from disney during this decade(even if Lillo & Stitch and The Princess & the Frog is mutch better). but thats just my opinion.

Name: Cam
Date And Time: 2010-02-21 21:34:59
Comment: You barely COVERED Atlantis, what the hell? You just showed the same footage from the commercials over and over and over and over and over again, why didn't you actually show something from the movie?

Name: Andrew
Date And Time: 2010-01-03 18:00:57
Comment: A response to Hewy Lewis: Dinosaur WAS a rip-off. And Treasure Planet was a rip-off from Titan AE.

Name: Eoghan
Date And Time: 2009-11-27 22:44:01
Comment: Both Treasure Island and Lilo & Stitch both got nominated for Best Animated Feature at the Oscars, but lost to Spirited Away.

Name: gabe
Date And Time: 2009-10-13 15:13:20
Comment: ok 3 things my friend one i was watching the audio commentary for emperors new groove last weekend and i think mark dindal said something about a chacter from kingdom of the sun 2 have you looked on wikipedia about atlants and three if walt disney had been buried he would have rose from the grave and killed micheal einser for trying to close down the animation department what do you think

Name: Kenny Farino
Date And Time: 2009-09-11 10:57:14
Comment: Alrighty, and just to double-post, I'm gunna just give a few constructive criticisms here that can really help future episodes (I'm a cinema student, so I'm a bit of a nitpick on these sorta things). For some aspects, the noise in the trailers fights for dominance with your voice.

Name: Kenny Farino
Date And Time: 2009-09-09 09:29:13
Comment: Personally, I enjoyed Emperor's New Groove, Lilo and Stitch, and Dinosaur a helluva lot when they first came out. I don't know, Disney still had its magic back then before they started the sequel and straight-to-video craze, but I'm really excited for their resurgence into theatre hits with The Princess and the Frog!... Peter Pan 2 doesn't count as a return to theatres, and neither does Jungle Book 2. I also remember Treasure Planet from eons ago, and I really liked it, despite its not-so-successful run in the box offices.

Name: Hewy Lewis
Date And Time: 2009-09-08 15:21:04
Comment: Dinosaur sucked. It ripped off Land Before Time. And Shrek isn't that good of a movie. PS: Treasure Planet is an awesome movie!!

Name: That Fellow
Date And Time: 2009-09-07 06:45:36
Comment: Jenna: Yes, I am going to talk about Brother Bear and Home of the Range in the next one. However, they were still very far in production when Michael Eisner had decided to give up on hand-drawn animation.

Name: John
Date And Time: 2009-09-06 22:57:54
Comment: Dinosaur and Atlantis the Lost Empire were my favorite Disney movies from this decade. I can't believe they didn't do well in box office. I don't believe traditional animation is dead, just forgotten. I'm just glad we got people like John Lasseter and Hayao Myazaki.

Name: Jenna
Date And Time: 2009-09-06 21:28:37
Comment: Are you going to mention Home on the Range and Brother Bear in your next episode? Those films were the actual end of Disney 2-D animation. Its a shame they did not do so well.

Name: Desert Guru
Date And Time: 2009-09-05 15:20:18
Comment: It's such a shame that Treasure Planet utterly bombed, as it's not only one of my favorite Disney films, but also one of my favorite films over all. Review wise: Good video! Other than a bit of choppy editing, and showing the atlantis intro FIVE TIMES IN A ROW; I like your stuff!

Name: That Fellow
Date And Time: 2009-09-05 06:52:14
Comment: Well-spotted. Yes, my discussion on Kingdom of the Sun was covered in an episode of DVD Talk, hence its re-appearance here.

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Date And Time: 2009-09-05 04:40:16
Comment: Didn't you cover The Emperor's New Groove in a previous episode? Most of your narration during this portion sounds very familiar.

Name: RebelTaxi
Date And Time: 2009-09-04 20:11:01
Comment: I loved how Lilo and Stich animated. Everything in the movie felt so fluid and they put in a lot of detail in the background.

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