Ruwanjay
Name: Ruwan Jayatilleke
Bio: i am a SVP at Marvel Worldwide, Inc. i just do things and somehow it works out.you can see my handiwork in Marvel's motion comics, third-party acquisitions that i make, and different content and deal development that i am working on. but the most important thing i do is help foster and shepherd content....being the outrageous nerd that i am. cheers!
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@Blackphoenix i'd disagree that it's an odd choice. it's a great stand alone story for animation. it's evergreen. goes outside the normal trappings of a superhero story. and just to point out, all Marvel Knights Animation is aimed at an older age segment. hence the MA ratings on Spider-Woman, Astonishing X-Men, and Iron Man Extremis. the source material, like you wrote, is great!
@PaulMontgomery the fuzzy typewriter is everywhere! lol
@dgazzuolo Amotz is a dear friend and a brilliant composer, musician, and audio storyteller. add that to the oice acting and focused visual storytelling...and you've got a winning project. i was very lucky to field a team as talented as this.
Thank you so much to ifanboy for both its coverage, support, and open mindeedness regarding these pieces of animated content. While I know it's not perfect, our goal remains the same to tell great stories and keep improving the way we do that.
Cheers!
And as always Ron was awesome at guiding the podcast and keeping me off the highway of inanity or insanity.
My hope is to come back with a bigger and beeter project each year!
Thor & Loki story (originally entitled LOKI) was one of the first things Axel Alonso handed to me when I started at Marvel a few years ago. Robert's and Esad's brilliant take on Loki is something that put me on a mission to make sure that we made sure that every element enhanced the story and brought a new value to it as animation. Anyway, I'll let you guys judge for yourself when episode 1 hits at the end of the month.
Thanks again,
Ruwan
Hi all. Thanks for taking time to listen to me ramble as Ron was very patient and tried to keep me on topic.
ifanboy was a great experience and hopefully they will have me on when i am less-allergy plagued and more topical. maybe they will have me back when i announce my next big project with superstar....???
Cheers,
R
p.s.--it ain't Wacker--that guy is a thespian or something. keep guess though!
what makes it a comic is because it's based on a comic book story and lift a fair amount og imagery from it. i disagree it's half-badly animated i think the feedback and the sales say otherwise.
i liked Watchmen as well but it was like book on CD with pictures...which brings back fond memories of old school cartoons that had basic animation techniques. and it was funny hearing a guy narrate multiple female voices...
Extremis's story and art are quite good. the animation is pretty top-notch and so is the voice-acting and score. i get it you don't like us pushing this close to traditional animation.
however this is where Marvel is headed in the digital space regarding motion comics and until other companies or content holders enter this aspect of animation and try to define it, Marvel is setting the expectations as well as how the content is programmed out to consumers.
while i can respect your opinion, i am not really sure why you are so hyped up to put down a lot of hard work by a bunch of talented folks. hopefully you'll give Extremis another chance. if not, no worries...we seem to be hitting our stride with motion comics.
Best,
Ruwan