This is for even those who remembered Genndy Tartakovsky's animation work such as Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack and Sym Bionic Titan:

I have always wanted to pay extended and heartfelt homage and tribute to as well as channel Genndy Tartakovksy and his animation work in ways best suited to the US-based, Russian-born animator�s talents and genius and vision.

I know a movie idea of mine!

How about �ToonTalker�!







With "ToonTalker", I always wanted a live action/animated feature film project that would either rival or equal 1988�s Who Framed Roger Rabbit, even though ToonTalker would be more of an epic dinosaur-infused adventure fantasy than just a comedy, as well as a visual roller-coaster of thrills, chills and gorgeous wonders (and also an extended and very heartfelt homage to Genndy Tartakovsky�s body of 2D animation work as well, and in ways best suited to Genndy�s talent, genius, and vision).

ToonTalker will tell the tale of a real human boy with a special ability to communicate with animated cartoon characters from a visual standpoint who visited a Genndy Tartakovsky-inspired and mostly 2D animated cartoon world full of toons and dinosaurs, from the real world to which he was born. There, he befriends three ethnic cartoon girls (a la Dexter's Laboratory's Dee Dee, Mee Mee and Lee Lee, for example) as well as the cartoon blonde's young scientist brother (a la Dexter's Laboratory's Dexter, but not Showtime's serial killer) and a traveling samurai swordsman (a la Samurai Jack)--and then try to save them from catastrophe in the shape of an evil genius kid rival neighbor of the cartoon boy (a la Dexter's Laboratory's Mandark) who seeks to claim the cartoon blonde girl to be his lover by right and to also take over the real and cartoon worlds with an evil robot army.

Like I've said before, ToonTalker will incorporate the daring exploits of a real boy who communicates with animated cartoon characters, a wondrous and exotic cartoon world channeling as well as featuring nods and references to Genndy Tartakovsky's animation work (and most notably those to Dexter's Lab, Samurai Jack and Sym Bionic Titan), samurai warriors astride giant flying creatures (in addition to horses, of course!), dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes (some of them gentle and herbivorous and some of them menacing and carnivorous), four youthful cartoon characters on the side of good (a la Dexter, Dee Dee, Mee Mee and Lee Lee from Dexter�s Laboratory, for example), an enchanted sword with great magic and even a breathtaking finale�a mighty epic battle between the forces of good led by the real boy and a cartoon samurai warrior, a cartoon Asian girl whom the real boy falls for (a la Dee Dee�s friend Lee Lee) versus the forces of evil led by said rival neighbor of cartoon boy genius' (a la Mandark).

ToonTalker would hopefully be not only this most ambitious fantasy besides James Cameron�s AVATAR and/or Peter Jackson�s Lord of the Rings movies, but also the most serious attempt at combining live action with animation since Roger Rabbit, or would it?

Anyway, I wanted it to be a big screen part live action, part animated epic that�ll also hark back visually and even narratively to Genndy Tartakovsky�s 2D hand drawn TV animation work, even though it�ll ultimately be based on original characters, ideas or concepts of mine.

I wanted it to be 60% 2D hand drawn (mostly) Genndy Tartakovsky-style animation and 40% live action, and there will be this stunning, breathtaking finale: a mighty, climactic, and titanic epic battle sequence in which the animation and live action worlds would start to really seamlessly merge (and the characters from both worlds would start to really seamlessly interact with each other more often) as, say, the live action hero and the animated cartoon hero and the animated cartoon heroine face off against, say, the animated cartoon villain.

ToonTalker shall channel and pay heartfelt homage and tribute to Genndy Tartakovsky and his animation works in ways best suited to his talents and genius and vision and it shall hopefully be done and ready for Genndy�s 50th birthday in 2020 or some later date.

Sorry it is a long post, and you don't have to read it if you want, but what do you think of my idea?

Are you on drugs?

It's my idea now. :169: No copyrights displayed.

Will it have Dick Van Dyke doing a song and dance with some penguins?

Will it have Dick Van Dyke doing a song and dance with some penguins?

Well, I don't know about THAT, but anyway, here's an idea that I have for my ToonTalker movie idea, which is, to change aspect ratios at the point my main character gets sucked from the real world to a mostly 2d animated cartoon world that looks suspiciously like a Genndy Tartakovsky cartoon like Dexter's Lab or Samurai Jack. Up until THAT scene, my ToonTalker movie idea should be set in a narrow 1.85:1 aspect ratio.

Once my main character, whom I called Brandon, awakens in the animated cartoon world with his flesh and blood human form unchanged, the aspect ratio should expand all the way to CinemaScope's 2.39:1, the intention being to give the audience a sense of seeing the cartoon world through unchanged human eyes.

And before the aspect ratio change, I would only use a gritty, visceral color palette for the live action scenes, and once the aspect ratio change occurs, I would replace that gritty, visceral live action color palette with a vibrant, pristine and cartoony Genndy Tartakovsky cartoon color palette for the animated scenes in which Brandon is the only live action element along with some live props that Brandon handles, all to emphasize the feeling that, despite his unchanged human form, once in the cartoon world, Brandon is seeing the world in a whole new way or reality.

But to give you an example of what I call "The Incredible Changing Aspect Ratio", however, take a gander at these three images from the hand drawn Disney movie Brother Bear (2003):







Now, that hand drawn animated Disney movie from 10 years ago began in a narrow 1.85:1 Academy Flat aspect ratio for the first 24 minutes (pillar-boxed or window-boxed within a 2.35:1 CinemaScope widescreen frame for the DVD and Blu Ray releases), but when the main character, who is called Kenai, wakes up as a bear in the forest, the screen expands all the way to a 2.35:1 CinemaScope Widescreen format to give audiences a sense of seeing through the eyes of a bear.

You know what I mean?

Your poll question should have asked the public whether they like or dislike cartoon/live-action cross-over films. I threw in that facetious remark earlier because personally that kind of thing isn't my cup of tea. Neither are those Saturday morning kids shows. The aspect ratio bit... I believe you're looking for impact in the wrong places. My tv changes aspect ratio all the time for different shows and films. I'm sorry you haven't had any positive response so far. But, if you're serious about making this film, I might watch it! (If the trailer is good).