Comments on: Neil Gaiman’s Coraline, New Animated Film by Henry Selick & Laika

By: piff smoke

piff smoke — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 08:12:20 +0000

the film seems functionally identical to “mirrormask,” except with slightly different animation. why was coraline chosen to be digested into film before one of his much better books?

tl;dr coraline = waste of good art

By: Scott Beale

Scott Beale — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 06:56:25 +0000

Thanks Ward, I’ve updated the post.

By: Ward

Ward — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 06:52:32 +0000

Thanks for the mention! And just to let you know, it should be noted that the studio working on the feature is LAIKA Entertainment. LAIKA/house is the commercial division.

By: ectoplasmosis » Coraline

ectoplasmosis » Coraline — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:42:30 +0000

[...] being used as a horror film cliche and you can consider my (and hopefully your) tentacles tickled. Neil Gaiman’s Coraline [Laughing Squid] : [...]

By: Scott Beale

Scott Beale — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:25:33 +0000

Thanks Steve, I’ll update the post.

By: Steve Rhodes

Steve Rhodes — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:53:24 +0000

There’s a better quality version of this in QT

http://www.neilgaiman.com/p/Cool_Stuff/Video_Clips/Coraline_Sneak_Preview