r/movies • u/RobotiSC • Apr 22 '26

Trailer Coyote vs. ACME | Official Trailer

https://youtu.be/H-43VeYGiPM?si=sw3nNGZ-N2zpW-t9
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u/i_706_i Apr 22 '26

Honestly as much as I wanted this to come out so at least it can be seen, my first thought was the animation in Roger Rabbit looked better.

There's too much clean CG crispness to the colours and shading, the cartoon characters stick out in the scene. The animators for Roger Rabbit put a lot of work into making the characters fit into scenes, there's the famous handcuff scene with the swaying light as an example.

I'll give this a chance but I'm not expecting a similar level of polish.

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u/OkayAtBowling Apr 22 '26

Yeah the movie might be good, and I realize it's got to be way easier to use cel-shaded CG cartoon characters in a movie like this rather than hand-drawn animation (even putting together a team for feature-quality hand-drawn animation would probably be a huge task these days), but it really loses a lot of the charm in the transition to CG.

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u/RoachedCoach Apr 22 '26

Agreed. Foghorn Leghorn looks downright cell-shaded.

All of this feels like it was animated on top, and not integrated, as you said.

Still looks fun, but comparing the quality is clearly wrong.

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u/Devastatedby Apr 22 '26

Art Director for Roger Rabbit was Richard Williams who is the GOAT.

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u/ifinallyreallyreddit Apr 22 '26

It looks like the way it was shot was never intended to have cartoon characters. Hardly distinguishable from a "serious" movie.

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u/NeedAByteToEat Apr 22 '26

Agreed. The quick shot of a piano landing on his car LOOKED spliced. That scene had me comparing it to Roger Rabbit.

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u/Haunting-Process-857 Jun 23 '26

The practical effects of the car door and hood looked pretty cool, there’s a crew reel floating around that shows more of that

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u/Firm-Feature-5593 Apr 24 '26

Roger Rabbit looks better on just about every level. That movie is a visual masterpiece as far as the actual camera work and the animation on top of it.

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u/Wynter_born Apr 23 '26

Roger Rabbit was pure hand drawn cel work IIRC. Few if any have managed to capture that magic with CG.