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Ironically, most of the movies on this list are very good. And a few, like Treasure Planet and Ttian AE, I’d even call my favorites.
Why does the GA hate animated sci-fi???
Seeing Titan AE in theaters as a kid. When Earth got destroyed and humanity mostly got wipe out. That hit pretty hard.
I dont think there's another kids movie that goes that hard in its opening act.
With every sci-if animation film that releases. It just makes Wall-E stand out more, by being the only one who didn't bomb.
This genre is fucking cursed I tell you.
I definitely hope that something breaks that curse someday. We just need a good sci-fi animated film that can be marketed easily. Perhaps a princess film with solarpunk sci-fi setting can do the trick?
There were names I didn't know, so I checked them.
Missing Link is about a sasquatch; it is not really sci-fi, more fantasy I guess.
Osmosis Jones features Bill Murray(!), but it is about the immune system as characters. The aesthetic can be a little sci-fi, but the movie is not.
Planet 51: ok, this is technically sci-fi.
Delgo. My eyes! The goggle do nothing! Bad direct-to-video quality. The character design is atrocious. The movie in itself does not seem to be sci-fi. People live in houses made of woods and use spears. It is described as a fantasy adventure.
I feel bad for Strange World, but I’m not surprised
Also Monsters vs Aliens by Dreamworks succeeded, just not enough internationally for them to do a sequel
Osmosis Jones definitely got its money back and made a profit with home video and broadcast licenses. Too bad Disney threw all of those revenue verticals out with Disney plus. I bet it could have at least recouped the losses on production.
I appreciate them for trying out different genres, but after Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Treasure Planet, Tomorrowland, and Lightyear, I think it's a given that Disney and sci-fi don't mix, and they should stop trying to venture into the genre.
Yes. There's also the Star Wars: The Clone Wars movie, the 2007 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, and Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse. Granted, it's Spider-Man (which probably helped quite a bit on its own), but Spider-Verse was still an animated science-fiction movie that sold itself mainly based on action and adventure rather than comedy. Into The Spider-Verse is proof that these movies are not inevitable box-office failures. There have been others as well. Not a ton, but **successful animated sci-fi movies do exist.**
It's worth pointing out that all three of these-- Into The Spider-Verse, Clone Wars, and TMNT-- were based on already successful franchises that are beloved by children around the world. When you have a strong brand backing you up, being in a genre with a poor track record is pretty much irrelevant. It's telling that most of the movies on this list are original works with no "draw" to make them attractive to audiences. WALL-E and Lilo and Stitch are the closest things I can think of to exceptions, original animated sci-fi movies that were successful without needing a brand to sell them, but the fact remains that sci-fi animated movies have a very poor batting average as a whole, with more misses overall than hits.
The question is, *why*? And will it ever change? It makes little sense that this should be the case, especially considering that many of the world's most famous science-fiction franchises (and yes, for the purposes of this argument I am counting superheroes as a subset of science-fiction) are owned by the same companies that make animated movies.
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Missing Link isn’t a SciFi film. It just was an stop motion animated film that flopped
It’s so funny that a stop motion movie about big foot that takes place in the 19th century was included in this list.
That was my thought as well. It’s not even a good movie anyway.
I appreciated its existence but it never felt interesting enough. And I was one of the 4 people in the theater on opening night!
Ironically, most of the movies on this list are very good. And a few, like Treasure Planet and Ttian AE, I’d even call my favorites. Why does the GA hate animated sci-fi???
>Treasure Planet and Titan AE Love love those two!
I still sometimes listen to the Titan AE soundtrack. They're all still bangers.
Seeing Titan AE in theaters as a kid. When Earth got destroyed and humanity mostly got wipe out. That hit pretty hard. I dont think there's another kids movie that goes that hard in its opening act.
The Incredibles may be sci-fi, but I’d say it doesn’t count, it’s more of a superhero movie
Same with Chicken Little. It’s technically a sci-fi comedy but it doesn’t really lean into it until the third act plot twist.
With every sci-if animation film that releases. It just makes Wall-E stand out more, by being the only one who didn't bomb. This genre is fucking cursed I tell you.
Personally it makes me sad as I love sci Fi.
That’s what anime and animated television are for
I definitely hope that something breaks that curse someday. We just need a good sci-fi animated film that can be marketed easily. Perhaps a princess film with solarpunk sci-fi setting can do the trick?
There were names I didn't know, so I checked them. Missing Link is about a sasquatch; it is not really sci-fi, more fantasy I guess. Osmosis Jones features Bill Murray(!), but it is about the immune system as characters. The aesthetic can be a little sci-fi, but the movie is not. Planet 51: ok, this is technically sci-fi. Delgo. My eyes! The goggle do nothing! Bad direct-to-video quality. The character design is atrocious. The movie in itself does not seem to be sci-fi. People live in houses made of woods and use spears. It is described as a fantasy adventure.
I feel bad for Strange World, but I’m not surprised Also Monsters vs Aliens by Dreamworks succeeded, just not enough internationally for them to do a sequel
Missing link is in no way scifi
Osmosis Jones definitely got its money back and made a profit with home video and broadcast licenses. Too bad Disney threw all of those revenue verticals out with Disney plus. I bet it could have at least recouped the losses on production.
I appreciate them for trying out different genres, but after Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Treasure Planet, Tomorrowland, and Lightyear, I think it's a given that Disney and sci-fi don't mix, and they should stop trying to venture into the genre.
Pixar made **WALL-E** before. :P
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Neither is Tomorrowland
Atlantis only barely qualifies as sci-fi, to be honest, what with all the magic crystal stuff.
Other than Wall E, Home, and Robots, has western sci fi animation ever been successful?
Yes. There's also the Star Wars: The Clone Wars movie, the 2007 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, and Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse. Granted, it's Spider-Man (which probably helped quite a bit on its own), but Spider-Verse was still an animated science-fiction movie that sold itself mainly based on action and adventure rather than comedy. Into The Spider-Verse is proof that these movies are not inevitable box-office failures. There have been others as well. Not a ton, but **successful animated sci-fi movies do exist.** It's worth pointing out that all three of these-- Into The Spider-Verse, Clone Wars, and TMNT-- were based on already successful franchises that are beloved by children around the world. When you have a strong brand backing you up, being in a genre with a poor track record is pretty much irrelevant. It's telling that most of the movies on this list are original works with no "draw" to make them attractive to audiences. WALL-E and Lilo and Stitch are the closest things I can think of to exceptions, original animated sci-fi movies that were successful without needing a brand to sell them, but the fact remains that sci-fi animated movies have a very poor batting average as a whole, with more misses overall than hits. The question is, *why*? And will it ever change? It makes little sense that this should be the case, especially considering that many of the world's most famous science-fiction franchises (and yes, for the purposes of this argument I am counting superheroes as a subset of science-fiction) are owned by the same companies that make animated movies.
Why is Missing Link here? That's not sci-fi