What A Cartoon Movie! - Chicken Little (Patreon)

With other animated studios making them look irrelevant, Disney had no choice but to jump into the world of full CGI at the beginning of the 21st century. And these first shaky steps in a new medium arrived in the form a Chicken Little, a movie that had the responsibility of launching a new era for Disney and serving as an important bargaining chip in their struggle with Pixar. The result? A troubled little production that barely shows the promise of the original pitch thanks to an avalanche of executive notes. This month, listen in as we discuss Chicken Little: a fascinating and historically important film that no one actually likes—and with good cause!