Hey there Papa Bear, Harry here with a few tiny tidbits about LILO & STITCH and THE TREASURE PLANET that I wish we had photos from! Alas, no different colored pixel impressions for you to fawn over... Sigh... Here ya go.....
Hi Harry,
I was able to go see Disney's California Adventure this past weekend. They had some sort of advanced preview for members of the L.A. Sheriff's Association or something of the sort. Anyway, in the Hollywood Pictures Land there is an amazing building dedicated to Disney Animation. You walk in and in the main room they've suspended about 20 huge screens from the ceiling and project different scenes from some of their best movies. So, after you've been surrounded by sights and sounds from Sleeping Beauty for a minute or two, all the screens dissolve to shots and scenes from The Lion King, etc.
The room also transformed into a veritable Atlantis haven, with all the screens showing trailers and conceptual art. I don't know where all this talk about Disney not being happy with Atlantis came from, because based on their presentation, they're behind it 100%.
There were a few additional displays, but one of the most interesting was a wall which had art from both Lilo & Stitch and Treasure Planet. The Treasure Planet art was a cityscape that looked kinda like the skyline from the Jerusalem, only it was completely vertical with some kinda H.G. Welles looking vehicle floating in the sky. And as far as all the talk about what this "alien" will look like in Lilo & Stitch, it's very small and somewhat cute, like a baby panda bear. It's got some fangs though, so I guess we should watch out.
Sorry I don't have any pictures. Hope this helps!
The Rootin' Tootin' Sheriff
P.S. The Soarin' Over California ride rocks.
Harry here with an extra bit of coolness for you... seems our Semi-Precious Metal Surfer Dude swooped by with some additional descriptions for you folks!
Hi Harry,
I had been holding back on what I saw at Disney Studios in Orlando since I figured you had probably already been told about it by another fan. However, since you posted about Stitch's look I decided to write you about the storyboard I saw.
There are two scenes.
The first scene has a female alien with tentacles for hair and an alien with one eye and a gumdrop shaped head talking about how to get Stitch back. They apparently are police or something. Someone asks why they can't blow up the Earth and the gumdrop alien replies that they can't because it is a nature preserve for the endangered mosquito (they are breeding them here). The scene continues with the two discussing who to send to get Stitch back before they decide on this big looking alien who we see in shadow behind bars.
The other scene was between Lilo and her mother or sister. They were having a fight about something.
Soory I can't be more specific. I saw the storyboards back on the 7th and I can only remember what stood out. Stitch looks like a blue koala bear with an extra set of arms. Lilo is small, not much bigger than Stitch. She has a great face for expression with big eyes and mouth.
Hope this is interesting to you.
norrinradd76
