Roger Rabbit 2 Speculation

[Soviet Heavy]

With Roger Rabbit 2 being confirmed as being made, I've started speculating how they are going to go around with the story. I have come up with this theory.

It has been confirmed that the dinosaurs from The Land Before Time will make a background appearance in the film. That puts the film sometime in the 80's. Now, what happened to animation in the 80's?

Well, animation went into the dark age remember. I think it would be really cool to see how the toons reacted to the changing atmosphere surrounding cartoons in general. The film could portray this as an anti-toons movement reflecting racism. Also, the toons would have to come to grips with the emergence of the foreign market. Anime really started to gain attention in the West during the 80's, and this opens up a lot of opportunities to introduce new characters.

With these factors, I am guessing that the film could show how the toons have to deal with the difficulties animation has showing that it is able to cater to more than just children. It would be a great way to represent how cartoons are capable of reaching multiple audiences, and perhaps show an alternate world, where the west is finally able to break free from the Animation Age Ghetto.

What do you guys think of my theory?

 

[madcap2112]

Fine theory, but it doesn't make me want them to make a sequel to my very favorite movie any more. It's a terrific movie from twenty years ago that in no way calls for a sequel, especially when they're probably gonna use a ton of CGI. Whatever they do with it, I don't plan on seeing it.

 

[Dags90]

I think your decades are off. The Land Before Time came out in the very late 80's and is marketed to young children. They would've done most of their cartoon watching in the 90's. Similarly, anime as a genre didn't really have any impact in the U.S. until the 90's when Dragon Ball was picked up by Funimation.

The nostalgia market for people who grew up in the 90's is pretty large and is only going to grow in a few more years. Adding to this is the fact that Who Framed Roger Rabbit came out again, at the very end of the 80's.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

I think your decades are off. The Land Before Time came out in the very late 80's and is marketed to young children.

But remember that in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, there are a number of toons who appear before they did in real life. The reasoning behind this was that they hadn't been employed yet. They existed, but they weren't in the film business yet.

They would've done most of their cartoon watching in the 90's. Similarly, anime as a genre didn't really have any impact in the U.S. until the 90's when Dragon Ball was picked up by Funimation.

Akira came out the same year as The Land Before Time (1988). This allows both appearances for anime characters in the film. While Akira didn't have a widespread release in the States, it did gain a major following in the following years. Then, the widespread of japanese animation followed, as you point out.

The nostalgia market for people who grew up in the 90's is pretty large and is only going to grow in a few more years. Adding to this is the fact that Who Framed Roger Rabbit came out again, at the very end of the 80's.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit might have come out in the 80's but it was set in the late 40's, during the golden age of animation.
By placing the sequel in the late 80's early 90's, the film would be able to show the changing face of animation, with the rise of the foreign market, as well as the subjugation of mature western animation.

 

[Deacon Cole]

There already was a sequel [http://www.amazon.com/P-P-P-Plugged-Roger-Rabbit-Hare-Raising-Mystery/dp/067940094X]

There hasn't been a new Roger Rabbit thing since 1993, unless you count the Bonkers television series. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonkers_%28TV_series%29] We have not needed anything Roger Rabbit in all that time and it continues to be true.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

There already was a sequel [http://www.amazon.com/P-P-P-Plugged-Roger-Rabbit-Hare-Raising-Mystery/dp/067940094X]

There hasn't been a new Roger Rabbit thing since 1993, unless you count the Bonkers television series. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonkers_%28TV_series%29] We have not needed anything Roger Rabbit in all that time and it continues to be true.

Not a book, but a sequel to the movie.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Framed_Roger_Rabbit#Sequel

 

[Okuu_Fusion]

Hopefully this movie wont be dumbed down and aimed towards kids

 

[Pigeon_Grenade]

why the hello would they need to Make a 2, when who framed Roger Rabbit, was Awesome alone... it doesent need a 2..., they tied off everything rather well i thought

 

[Marik2]

Ugh Hollywood is really running out of ideas instead of investing money in new ideas there just spending it by making sequels to movies that are over 30 years old.

Well lets hope they dont screw it up and I hope that the new Tron movie is good.

 

[child of lileth]

Well, I can at least say I didn't expect this at all for desperate reboots.

I dunno. Roger Rabbit was the first movie I ever saw in theaters, and I liked it as a kid. But I looked back at a few scenes last year, and I think I've really grown out of being able to enjoy that kind of movie again (nothing to do with the movie not being good, or of quality, just personal things about me being old and bitter).

Anyway, I think having it set in a closer to current time, and seeing the way they'd have to adjust to the changes in the animation industry would be a good idea in theory. But it all depends on how the actual movie itself is handled.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

why the hello would they need to Make a 2, when who framed Roger Rabbit, was Awesome alone... it doesent need a 2..., they tied off everything rather well i thought

I don't know, why did they make a second sequel to Jurassic Park (Micheal Chriton did actually write a sequel to Jurassic Park, only one though)? Or why did Disney make any of those direct to video/DVD sequels that they did? (These are rhetorical questions BTW, if you can't figure out the answers then I will laugh histarically at you)

 

[Pigeon_Grenade]

why the hello would they need to Make a 2, when who framed Roger Rabbit, was Awesome alone... it doesent need a 2..., they tied off everything rather well i thought

I don't know, why did they make a second sequel to Jurassic Park (Micheal Chriton did actually write a sequel to Jurassic Park, only one though)? Or why did Disney make any of those direct to video/DVD sequels that they did? (These are rhetorical questions BTW, if you can't figure out the answers then I will laugh histarically at you)

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