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almondcroissantsandink · 10 months

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"villains" with the sidekick they swear they didn't want

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red-pencil · 10 months

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Of COURSE I gotta' share my Nimona test this #AniMonday ! While I was with BlueSky studios I got to play around with the dragon form she took. It's rough, but a lot of fun. So happy the movie is doing so well. You GOTTA' see it if you haven't yet.

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cartoonico · 10 months

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#nimona #puss in boots the last wish #puss in boots #ballister boldheart #ballister blackheart #netflix animation #netflix #dreamworks animation #dreamworks #annapurna studios #blue sky studios #Shrek #animated movies #same picture #cinematic parallels #same energy #memes #meme #my stuff

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dum-spiro-spero99 · 10 months

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Book vs movie dynamic

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evikka · 8 months

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They are so sweet I'm going to get diabetes soon 🐱🍫🥰🍡😭🍧❤️

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superectojazzmage · 10 months

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Watched the Nimona movie last night. Review I guess. It was pretty damn good. Definitely would’ve probably been regarded as Blue Sky’s magnum opus if they’d gotten to release it instead of being fucked over by Disney. Very cute, very funny, very powerful in the right moments. A thing that stuck out to me is that it’s really only an adaptation in the loosest sense of the word. It takes the core premise and beats of the comic but is functionally an entirely different kind of story that does its own thing. And given that ND Stevenson was heavily involved in production, I suspect that was intentional.

The comic was much darker and more downbeat in a lot of ways, plus it was significantly longer and thus could afford to be slower paced. But more than that, it was a lot more meaty in terms of themes and scope. The whole “LGBT allegory” element was there, but it wasn’t the sole focus, the comic was a story about a lot of different things; not just an LGBT experience, but also discussion of fantasy genre tropes and clichés, criticism of other fantasy deconstructions, character study, exploring what it means to be a hero or villain, critique of the glorification of crime and cruelty in underprivileged communities, corruption in governments, peer pressure, the senseless and self-perpetuating nature of violence, the worthlessness of revenge, etc.. And above all that, it was a story about trauma and people’s responses to it, with Ballister representing people who actually deal with their problems and move on while Nimona represented people who let their mistakes and suffering and grief consume their identity, or worse, use it as an excuse to indulge their worst qualities and take out their feelings on everyone around them.

The movie, by contrast, has a much more narrow focus. The LGBT allegory is front and center and basically the entire focal point of the movie, aside from a spattering of themes about the danger of zealotry and rigid fundamentalist thinking. This gives the movie a much tighter narrative and pacing that suits its inherently shorter runtime, but also leads to a ton of changes to the story either to convey a different kind of message or just work better in a different medium. Most obviously in how Nimona is vastly more sympathetic in the movie and essentially really is the silly gremlin the comic fakes you out into thinking she is, scrapping the comic’s twist that she was a genuinely bad person who was completely serious about wanting to be a villain, caring nothing for the lives she destroyed with her behavior and idolizing Ballister because she thought he was the same as her and would thus tell her what she wanted to hear (i.e., that she was justified in killing and destroying everything around her in the name of getting even). And in the changes to the Institution’s history and nature. And all sorts of other things.

All in all, I feel if you go in comparing and contrasting the movie and the comic, arguing which changes are for the better or worse, you’ll be setting yourself up for disappointment in either direction because they’re two different beasts and it’s like comparing apples and oranges. So keep that in mind if you’re a fan of the comic watching the movie or a fan of the movie wanting to look into the comic. I think ultimately I still like the comic better, but that’s purely my personal opinion and there’s plenty that I think the movie did better.

Some other observations:

Riz Ahmed my beloved, thank you Mr. Stevenson for this perfect casting. Literally perfect for Ballister.

Acting in general was very good. You can tell this was a passion project for a lot of people, not just Stevenson.

Only two changes that are objectively bad are Ambrosius losing his awesome Van Halen hairdo and changing Ballister’s last name — Blackheart is a way cooler name than Boldheart and it’s a pointless change, one that I’d argue even hurts the narrative since it makes it too obvious that Ballister isn’t actually a bad guy.

The animation is really great with fantastic expressions, stylish movement, and wonderful aesthetics that perfectly suit the story, but there’s times where it feels a little off. But there are parts where it looks less “movie” and more “cheap mid-2000s CGI-and-Flash cartoon show from France”.

The humor can be a hit and miss, in a “going through the motions of a Hollywood animated comedy for kids” way. The movie excels when it’s either imitating the comic’s Old Internet sense of humor or going hard on the drama, but there’s bits where it seemingly slams on the brakes to do Illumination-esque Twitter humor and those bits definitely throw off the vibe.

Having an actual straight up attempted suicide in the climax was shockingly ballsy. I genuinely can’t believe they went there, but I’m glad they did because the film wouldn’t have felt nearly as raw without it.

I don’t know how they managed to make the Director even more of an asshole than in the comics, but they did.

#nimona #nimona film #nd stevenson #ballister boldheart #ballister blackheart #ambrosius goldenloin #movie review #animated movies #movies #films #comic books #dc comics #webcomic #web comics #indie comics #netflix #blue sky studios #lgbt film #lgbt fantasy

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maireadmalesco · 2 months

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On the Red Carpet...

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sleepastro · 9 months

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METAL!! 🔥

#nimona #nimona ballister #ballister boldheart #nimona ambrosius #ambrosius goldenloin #digital art #clip studio paint

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fallloverfic · 10 months

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Early test done at Blue Sky Studios bringing all the elements together for the look of “Nimona” by Thom Roberts

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Thom Roberts released some production footage for the Nimona movie back when it was at Blue Sky Studios! It's also neat to see the old logo that circulated in 2022 in actual production footage.

#Nimona #Nimona movie #Nimona film #Nimona test animation #Ballister Boldheart #Blue Sky Studios #ND Stevenson #Thom Roberts #Vimeo

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aqualovesart · 8 months

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I’ve been wanting to share this for a while now, but here you go. Here are my first drawings of Nimona, Ballister and Ambrosius from… well, Nimona. It took me about a month to finish these drawings after already wanting to draw them a full month after watching the movie but I’m glad I finally did and finished these drawing before I color them.

I think the hardest part of finishing these drawings for me though was finding the right references for the details on their clothing and armor. For some reason I had a really hard time finding decent scene references to add details on them, especially Ballister’s prosthetic arm and the details on it from the shape, to the wires in it and to the light on it (though that can also be because of the movie’s cel shaded animation style really messing with my eyes), and I heavily debated on if I should draw Ambrosius’s normal or lion shoulder pads, until I ultimately decided to draw his normal shoulder pads.

Here's some pictures to show what I mean about Ballister's arm with some arrows to highlight it, and I guess a showcase of how much the lighting and texture on characters tends to shift in the lighting of the movie, and again, because of the cel shaded style of the movie.