Beast

Remember when Disney did their first computer animated shot? I believe it was "Beauty and the Beast". The overly smooth camera, gave it away.

Part of me is thinking Disney buying Lucas Arts is a good thing for visual effects and its artists.

Disney now means business. Visual effects wise. Will ILM only work on Disney movies? No. But Disney can now do what Lucas did with ILM in the past. Disney now has complete control over ILM. For the visual effects industry that might be good. There has always been talk of the studios buying up vfx companies and then being self contained. As a artist you would move from studio to studio simular to how the camera operators and set lighting technicians do. This is how the rest of the movie industry works.

Disney had a really good post house called "Secret Lab". A lot of the really good painters came from there. If "101 Dalmatians" makes you anxious you know what I'm talking about. Disney decided to close it. Many think that was a mistake.

I hope Disney is saying Lucas Arts is very important. 4.05 billion important.