It’s really sad Don Bluth doesn’t get any love anymore, even from most animation-enthusiasts/critics. I hear he’s trying to get a Dragon’s Lair movie going, but of course due to his tarnished legacy nobody wants to help him make it…
 
Heck, even Lauren Faust took a shot at him before, (in a rant she made about working on “Quest for Camalot” she remarked, “If they wanted a bad Disney knock-off, they should’ve talked to Don Bluth”) which was a dick move on her part, as much as I respect her… Not to mention, she’s not perfect either. (“Everyone Knows It’s Bendy” comes to mind.) Not bashing her, mind you, just saying that was uncalled for on her part. As I said, he made alot of my favorite childhood movies, so bashing him is kinda a sore spot with me.
 
The ironic thing is, Don’s movies going downhill in the ‘90s (though I still liked some like “Rock-a-Doodle” as a kid personally) wasn’t really entirely his fault, but mostly the executive-meddling, and such he faced who forced him to make them more “Disney-like,” and such.  
In fact, (I know I said this already) Don Bluth hated how “Pebble and the Penguin” turned out SO much, he requested his name be taken off of it. That’s how much he hated it.
 
I got to say “Titan A.E.” is by far NOT a “Disney Knock-Off.” (I still say that movie needs more love. It also felt more grown-up then most western animated-movies at the time to, hence the PG-rating. Which might also be why it didn’t do so well.)

Description completely made this

@Rotul7 I think the issue Bluth has is that the years wore him down, so odds are he’s keeping a low profile due to his reputation; it’d take a SERIOUS bolt of inspiration to get him back in the game.
 
As for Bakshi? I am convinced we’ll see him again if they ever make an X-rated MLPFIM wide release. XD

Seriously it’s like the man died…..I thought the 2D revival would have this man back in the game….him and Bakshi too!

@Trotsky Well, in this particular case belief in God is less necessary for this exercise (kinda like when you say Goddamnit you’re not actually telling God to damn the baked goods you burned, for instance). But yes, the man’s work WAS amazing, and he SHOULD have been a legend. Problem is that the Rock-a-Doodle stuff was, by and large, a necessity of his position, and Disney saw to it that work like his could not succeed in the face of their more marketable products.

>God  
>truth
 
Beliefs aside, that’s quite the statement. I enjoy his pre-Rock-a-Doodle or whatever films, and I imagine a lot of others did as well.

@Blackbewhite2k7 Just a couple of peas in a horrible, horrible pod.

…wut?

@Trotsky We needed it as a real tag as much as we needed it to be an unfortunate truth in the real world. :(

“God hates Don Bluth.”
 
Did we really need that as a tag?

@Skunky Don Bluth is a complete MASTER of his craft, and I totally agree that Titan A.E. is a damn fun piece of work. But as I said, for as legendary as he is, the man, like Scootaloo, has had most of his great efforts met with crushing defeats, for in spite of all his quality work he was financially and creatively pinned down, eventually succumbing to Disneyfication to make his career work. So these two are kindred spirits, of a sort. XD

@A Sad Pony But my day job is stand up comedy! Pauly Shore said I was awesome! D:

I don’t get it either, and I loved Don Bluth animated movies as a kid.  
(“Titan A.E.” is very underrated.)

@RIG The short version, since Mr Bluth’s history is kind of complicated: these are two of the most shat on people in existence, and they have an uncommon bond as a result. XD

Don’t quit your day job, Abridgenator.

i don’t get it.