wceviper 0 #1 June 26, 2003 Hello All I recently seen treasure planet for the first time, in the begining there is a cool scene where the kid rides a solar powered skyboard, rides it way up high, then free falls pulling some pretty cool stunts. I thought it looked like disney did there homework for the scene. Anyone else have any other comments? Look to fake, or very real? -JasonYou may push me around, but you cannot win! You may throw me down, but i'll rise again! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #2 June 26, 2003 Uh, yes, it looked VERY real -- for a lot of good reasons. The animator that did the scene watched a LOT of skysurfing.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
geanky 0 #3 June 26, 2003 disney animators tend to be pretty good...i remember that for tarzan they watched a lot on in-line skating and surfing for the scenes in which tarzan slides on top of the tree trunks learn to fly in 3d Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #4 June 26, 2003 In the case of Tarzan, it was skateboard legend, Tony Hawks. He also made several trips to the studio and press junkets to publicize it. As for Treasure Planet, I'm not sure there was any specific individual that the moves were being modeled after. I believe it was X-Games footage they were looking at, but don't quote me on it. I now have an email out to the Corporate Archivist to find out if it was anyone specific. We'll see what he has to say about it.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #5 June 26, 2003 And here's the official answer from The Walt Disney Studio Archivist. Quote Paul: I spoke to John Ripa who was the supervising animator on Jim Hawkins. He said the Solar Surfing was not based on any particular thing. They studied film and magazines and photos of skateboarding, windsurfing, skysurfing, and snow boarding. Davequade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
geanky 0 #6 June 26, 2003 isn't that also what they did with tarzan...a mix of various sports? learn to fly in 3d Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #7 June 26, 2003 Well, a mix to be certain, but definately the majority of it was Tony Hawk. They made a REALLY big freekin' deal about it during the publicity junkets for the movie. Also, do you remember the McDonald's commercial for the Tarzan Happy Meal toys? No? Ok, well, they had Tony Hawk in them.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
geanky 0 #8 June 26, 2003 thats what i thought...even thought tony hawk does a lot of related sports (skate, surf, etc) so they might just have followed him around learn to fly in 3d Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
