Stop Motion Works & Retro FX: Laika Studio

LAIKA STUDIO has recently released some very brief teasers of their 'in production' WILDWOOD. It has a very rich look to it. It is STOP MOTION, however (spoiler) after seeing the teaser, it sure has a tremendous amount of digital special effects. This is not a criticism ... just stating a fact. I have no idea what Wildwood is about. I do like the darker aesthetics of it. For example, Laika's 'Missing Link' (2019), looked so clean, smooth, bright & pristine almost having a CGI feel to it. IMO, Stop Motion should not compete with CGI. Stop Motion has its own unique organic, tactile & rawness,and a more spontaneous feel to it. They are real puppets and that is what appeals to niche audiences which perhaps maybe are appreciating more, as these A.I. farms will start saturating the market with their cookie cutter produced S#&T!😠

Apparently, the Wildwood story has been in development since 2011. That's 13 years ago!😮 My age is perhaps showing my growing impatience. I'll be pushing up daises, by the time these stop motion movies are released! Also, thankfully this will NOT be a Netflix movie like Del Toro's Pinocchio which was of course, spectacular and an Oscar winner! I am talking about the Netflix distribution model. Wildwood be released to actual theaters, the retro style of watching movies! Netflix and other subscription based movie streamers force you to subscribe to their services ... but ... you only want to watch specific movies. I say, SCREW that!

For those who might not be familiar with the past stop motion Laika films. These Wildwood teasers, have cameo brief appearances of characters from Coraline (2009), Paranorman (2012), Kubo & the Two Strings (2019), These characters will not be in Wildwood. I see, that it is a unique marketing, promotion strategy.