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Well, since this is going through, the rumor mill says that John Lasseter of Pixar fame will be heading up the entire Disney animation department.

Personally, I only think thats a good thing.

Jobs is unique enough he might be able to help pull Disney out of their slump. Sure he will be the largest single shareholder, but he still won't be able to rule with an iron fist or anything. It will be interesting to see what happens from here on out.

As far as computer animation goes, I see quite a bit of style differences, depending on the studio. I mean, you can tell a Pixar feature from a Dreamworks one, etc, etc. My worry is that Pixar will stop innovating it's rendering technology. I see Pixar as half movie studio, half graphics reasearch team. They always seem to be just a hair above everyone else as far as new neat graphics stuff.

Ahem, anyways.

I think it's funny that you both mention technical aspects of Pixar movies. Sure the hair on Sully was great, renderman is a brilliant peice of software, but those things aren't what makes the pixar films enjoyable. It's the stories.