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Shrek and RIR?

Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2003 10:48 pm
by PV
I was watching RIR yesterday and then the kids put in the Shrek dvd. I was noticing some similarities between the two dragons, right down to three "horns" on each side of their heads. Does anyone know if the same animators did both dragons?

Funny story here... I was telling my husband about my question and my youngest, who is 7, said, "No Mommy, they are not the same." I asked her how she knew and she replied, "Shrek's dragon is a girl and the Rush one is a boy." I asked her again how she knew and she said, while pointing the the RIR dvd cover, "Well do you see any lipstick on that one?" :lol:

Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 12:45 am
by by-tor
Shrek was done by Dreamworks, and the Rush dragon was done by a company called Spin out of Toronto. I don't know if someone who worked for Dreamworks now works for Spin, but I don't think they're similiar enough.

That's about the only dislike I have of the RIR DVD. The more I look at the dragon animation, the more I see it as a hack job. I mean, I guess it's supposed to have a cartoon look, but the 'lighting' is bad, the shadows are off, and the movement is too jumpy. It's better than anything I could ever do, but it's nowhere near a top quality computer 3D animation. But hey, that kind of work (ala Pixar, Dreamworks, etc.) costs mega-bucks, and Rush is about audio, not visual.

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 8:25 am
by PV
Thanks for the info, By-tor. We watched again last night and to us they still resemble eachother but I see what you mean about the quality. And yes, Rush is most definitely about the sound so it's forgivable.

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 12:30 pm
by KaelMwithascrubbrush
awwww, the RIR dragon is funny enough to get the job done, eh?

Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 10:08 pm
by The Necromancer
And, if I remember right, The dragon was done by Hugh Syme, and made a cameo on "Vapor Trails"... So it was kind of a running gag that Hugh and Geddy worked out...

Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 8:04 pm
by Walkinghairball
Still look's cool to me.

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 9:42 am
by CygnusX1
The dragon was SO cool.....What they DIDN'T show in RIR was, when I saw them in VA for "Vapor Trails", they show a shorty of the dragon flaming up a blunt....Can't remember what song it was, but it was awesome...Anybody else see that? And NO, I wasn't doing the 4:20 thing! hahaha

Peace out,

Cygnus

Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 9:42 am
by Grandpa Grizz
CygnusX1 wrote:The dragon was SO cool.....What they DIDN'T show in RIR was, when I saw them in VA for "Vapor Trails", they show a shorty of the dragon flaming up a blunt....Can't remember what song it was, but it was awesome...Anybody else see that? And NO, I wasn't doing the 4:20 thing! hahaha

Peace out,

Cygnus
That's the animation for One Little Victory, right?

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 11:23 am
by CygnusX1
Don't know Grandpa....Possibly, but the beer goggles were kinda thick then...hahaha I was really let down when they did 2112 two octaves lower than it should have been played...Alex's solos almost made no sense, but my hats off to him for keeping it consistent...same notes, just a couple of octaves lower.....It's gotta be Geddy's voice letting go...

Cygnus

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 3:15 pm
by 3 travelers
Grandpa Grizz wrote:
CygnusX1 wrote:The dragon was SO cool.....What they DIDN'T show in RIR was, when I saw them in VA for "Vapor Trails", they show a shorty of the dragon flaming up a blunt....Can't remember what song it was, but it was awesome...Anybody else see that? And NO, I wasn't doing the 4:20 thing! hahaha

Peace out,

Cygnus
That's the animation for One Little Victory, right?
You are correct GG.... :cool:

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 3:17 pm
by 3 travelers
CygnusX1 wrote:Don't know Grandpa....Possibly, but the beer goggles were kinda thick then...hahaha I was really let down when they did 2112 two octaves lower than it should have been played...Alex's solos almost made no sense, but my hats off to him for keeping it consistent...same notes, just a couple of octaves lower.....It's gotta be Geddy's voice letting go...

Cygnus
4:20 ??? :weedman:

Spark it up, baby!!!!!

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:15 pm
by Kares4Rush
The dragon lit up a cigar before OLV in the video. Are you talking about a special "blunt" thingy they did for certain shows? I know they deviate the videos for certain cities.

That woulda been koo!