Let's be honest. We all walked out of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in 2018 completely shell-shocked. It was a seismic event. But mostly it was a film so visually inventive and emotionally resonant that it felt like the entire medium of animation had just been kicked into a new dimension.I think I saw it three times in theaters. I just kept bringing people to see it. And like any seismic event, it created a massive crater that every other animated film now has to navigate. The temptation for studios—and for us, as filmmakers—is to just play in that crater. I hear it from execs all the time: "Do the Spider-Verse thing!" As if it's so easy to slap some 2D textures on a 3D model, mess with the frame rates, and call it a day.It's the oldest trap in Hollywood: chasing the last big hit.But the team behind Netflix's new animated feature, KPop Demon Hunters, did something much, much smarter. They decided not to play that game at all.Let's dive in. - YouTube www.youtube.com When You Can't Win, Change the GameCo-director of KPop Demon Hunters Maggie Kang had a distinct vision when she set out to make the movie. She told Animation Magazine, "I wanted to just make a movie that was set in Korean culture, so I delved into mythology and demonology for something that could be visually unique from what we've seen in mainstream media. I've also always wanted to do a group of amazing kick-ass women."Her co-director,...
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