Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84 chuqui version 1.7 9/23/84; site nsc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!nsc!chuqui From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Zonker T. Chuqui) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: Bluth Message-ID: <1554@nsc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Oct-84 02:27:15 EDT Article-I.D.: nsc.1554 Posted: Tue Oct 9 02:27:15 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 10-Oct-84 02:48:51 EDT References: <2728@ucbcad.UUCP> Organization: The Warlocks Cave, Castrovalva Lines: 26 > Before we get too far into praising Bluth, there are some things > you might want to know. First off, Bluth is bankrupt, and his studio has > gone under. Second, his animators were VERY unhappy with him after Secret > of NIMH. They were asked to work double and triple time for "a share of > the profits" (not for salary), which never came through (although Bluth > himself made a profit as he was directing). It is my understanding (and > this is a bit less sure then the first two) that there were a number of > defections after Secret. The last information I had on Bluth was when I talked to them at a con a few months ago. I'm not very suprised at any of this information-- a lot of their future success depended heavily on 'Dragon's lair' and other laser disk video games. As we all know, that entire market has dried up significantly. Bluth Studio's was, also, just another form of high-risk startup. Lots of capital for a risky (but potentially great) return. I hadn't heard of any defections as of last spring, but that doesn't mean there weren't any. And I still don't believe that they were as significant as the Disney debacles of the last few years... chuq -- From the Department of Bistromatics: Chuq Von Rospach {amd,decwrl,fortune,hplabs,ihnp4}!nsc!chuqui nsc!chuqui@decwrl.ARPA How about 'reason for living?'