TITAN AE - A HIDDEN SCI-FI GEM

[@RowanJColeman]

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[@unclepatrick2]

The one thing I remember from Titan AE is when they try to sneak past the guard and the guard does not buy it for a minute . They knock out the man . "Who have thought it ? An Intelligent Guard'.

[@boobah5643]

That's one of the moments that feels like it came from Josh Whedon's pass on the script. That and planet 'Bob.'

[@gerardlacroix6015]

Yeah, re-watching it recently, I was like "Guard of the month !".

[@jakeaurod]

It's not quite paradise, but it sure feels like home.

[@vanessawestbrook9846]

A bit of a cosmic castaway from other films

[@Maniac536]

I’m in over my head

[@GOLDENEYEAL]

Its my turn to fly, ohh im right on target

[@salamandermarine5603]

This is the other animated science fiction movie that got me into writing sci fi, the first was Treasure Planet

[@RowanJColeman]

Hope you enjoyed the Hidden Gem video on that too :)

[@kfcroc18]

Same with me.

[@robcandy9273]

Treasure planet was a film I avoided as a kid for some reason. When I grew up I began to hear that it was actually not bad. When I finally came across it again I was surprised. I would have loved it as a kid. Still don't know why kid me avoided it

[@unclepatrick2]

Treasure Planet is one of my top five Disney animated films .

[@beastmastersage]

Just Love Sci-Fi

[@flashtu]

Titan A.E./Iron Gigant/Treasure Planet are so underrated movies. I can watch them so often and never get sick of IT.

[@darthphayde508]

I enjoyed Titan AE, saw it in theaters back in the day, watching the Drej destroy Earth still carries a hell of a gut punch.

[@Norbert_Sattler]

Same here, though the gut-punch was somewhat lessened by the trailers on TV which showed Earth being destoryed for some reason.

[@TheMoose126]

I love this Movie

[@JohnDoe-qk7vm]

"Following a devastating attack." Which killed most of the Planet population. Were talking about 7 to 8 Billions people or whatever the population was. I feel like devastating isn't a strong enough word. Id say Apocalyptic attack. But thats just me. Man i loved this movie back in the day

[@kennethfharkin]

Agreed. That opening went from Zero to Tarantino real fast. Just think of the many other kids around the world playing without a care who weren't swept away to safety at the last minute. That type of darkness in an animated film still is beyond American studios' abilities to market properly.

[@Xizor15]

I loved this movie so much as a kid and was BAFFLED why so many people dunk on it. Also it has Nathan Lane, so how can it possibly not be good

[@willembeacham401]

Basically exactly what I was going to say.

[@weldonwin]

It probably wasn't helped by the fact that the other movie Don Bluth released for 20th Century Fox's short lived animation division was Anastasia, which really was full on Disney fare and indeed, Bluth was most known for lighthearted children's musicals. Had this movie been made by a Japanese studio, I don't think it would have had the same problems with the marketing and people would have had more adult expectations

[@seanmcgrath3826]

This movie came out when I was an adult & I loved it, still do, & I don't get the hate it gets either. Many of those haters who I've gotten to watch it have changed their mind BTW

[@kennethfharkin]

@@weldonwin But then it wouldn't have gotten wide release in America because of mainstream audience and studio expectations here.

[@Alverant]

The climax where we see creation and not destruction still gives me chills.

[@LewisChristisonVids]

You can't name a planet Bob.

[@sargonsblackgrandfather2072]

Definitely an underrated masterpiece. Sad it didn’t get the recognition it deserved.

[@callumbush1]

I've got this film on that ancient technology called DVD!

[@kennethfharkin]

Calm down son, I got it on VHS.

[@callumbush1]

@@kennethfharkin that'll be an antique then!

[@quiett6191]

Ah yes. The fabled D.....V......D if memory serves, the 10 Commandments were given in DVDs.

[@gabriellockhart]

@@kennethfharkin You beat me to it.. LOL

[@Norbert_Sattler]

I saw it in cinema and then recorded it onto DVD from a pay-to-view service we had back then when it came on. Later I bought the DVD too. ^^

[@KayleighBourquin]

"Ever have that movie you watched loads of times as a kid that you enjoyed, but was actually regarded as not good and was a failure" Yes, Krull! But on topic; I really enjoyed Titan AE, but visually and in it's story, I'm glad others love it too!

[@ScrapKing73]

The Dune theatrical film was that movie for me, that I loved as a kid (and still love today), and was surprised to learn decades later that it was both a critical and commercial failure. I was also a fan of Titan A.E., then and now.

[@MacCoy]

I was already an adult when it came out, its one of my favourite animated movies..

[@seanmcgrath3826]

Same here; I loved it then & still do now

[@ptonpc]

Same here

[@lovipoekimo176]

I also liked that the soundtrack had parts which sounded like they're from Babylon 5

[@spacemanspiff6332]

It's sad how many people haven't heard of this. I must have watched it 50 times since being a small child.

[@ManOutofTime913]

I recommend you also take a look at the oft forgotten CG animated film, Battle for Terra. That was another science fiction film with the attention to detail and thematic depth that would appeal to an adult viewer but was... not marketed at all because it didn't appeal to children. It's been forever since I watched it, but I remember really enjoying at a time when the big sci-fi hit of the time was Avatar, a film thoroughly devoid of creativity in its story.

[@graemeedwards1554]

I'd never heard of Battle For Terra until reading this. Just watched it and really enjoyed it. Cheers.

[@ManOutofTime913]

@@graemeedwards1554 Hey, no problem! I rewatched it recently myself, and found it to be as good as I remembered.

[@kennethfharkin]

I really enjoyed this film. When it came out I was 30, older than the kid audience American marketing had targeted but as a long time Sci Fi and Anime fan I thought I saw something promising when I saw this coming. I grabbed it on VHS as soon as I could and really enjoyed it. The opening sequence with the destruction of Earth always grabbed me. It is emotional and tense. You go from this idealistic scene of a boy playing along a stream to learning the planet is moments from death. The universe at large you see with the salvage operation in the next scene is great world building and tells me everything I need to know of where this character fits in. You are correct, this truly is a hidden gem.

[@apostolispouliakis7401]

I watched this not as a kid but as a teenager and I believe that's probably why I liked it so much highly underrated

[@amigang]

This is a classic I feel overlooked, I been meaning to see it again, I think watching this vid is the push I needed.

[@ahshhr3jeoapjfb3jejeee74]

I dont know why but this movie reminded me so much of like, a mix of guardians of the galaxy and starwars. Cuz of the music but also the giant space battles and the weird 3d droids, but also how the characters are written too reminded me of it. It was uplifting as some points like guardians but also pretty dark and absurd. Anyone else?? thinking this too?

[@all1nerd377]

Its good to know that animated projects are starting to get the respect they deserve. Just because its not live action doesn't mean its for kiddies.

[@beneisen6982]

Curious if you plan to do one on Atlantis: The Lost Empire. It fits into this same sort of category.

[@RowanJColeman]

It's on my ideas list aye :)

[@barrybend7189]

@@RowanJColeman better remark on the fact it was Disney's response to Stargate and the lead artist was a star trek voyager alumni.

[@paulheap1982]

@@barrybend7189 and Mike Mignola was a production designer.

[@Jedi_Scowen]

"If you can track it down on DVD" I've owned it on DVD since it was released. I've had the soundtrack in my car since I got that too.

[@ahshhr3jeoapjfb3jejeee74]

I watched it on my tv when I was like 6 and all I could remember was an animated Gordon Ramsay and I looked up 'sci fi film animated' and all of the memories came back but I used to be terrified of the cgi and the 2d together

[@DavidJones-tp7td]

So glad to see some love for this title. Titan AE was amazing. The art is beautiful, the story was well told and it allowed for some fx that would not have been feasible at the time in live action.

[@Imagination4all]

It's a movie like this that made me want to become an author and publisher of two sci-fi/fantasy books and more to come.

[@barrybend7189]

I hope you do a video on Terry Nation's second Sci-fi series Blake's 7.

[@RowanJColeman]

It's on the list. I gotta watch it all first haha

[@sidthamunkayone4819]

@@RowanJColeman kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3PVqqakl7edbNk Have you seen this one?

[@josephinecarpenter3376]

So much visual nostalgia for the compass in his hand

[@ptonpc]

I remember when it came out the marketing was terrible. The very few adverts focused primarily on the comedic aspects making it look like a wacky sci fi / road trip / comedy. I saw it in the cinema despite the adverts and was very glad I did so.

[@niazesk5382]

I remember watching it for the first time on VHS when I was about 7 years old at my friends's house. Me & my parents just came by to visit their acquaintances and I was sitting there doing nothing. Then I decided to take a look at their VHS collection and saw Titan A.E. Watched it many times with Russian one voice audio, but remember it well.

[@dukoth6552]

I absolutely LOVED the guard scene in this movie "hmmmm, you're lying, you're not a slave trader and he's not a slave!" "look at him, he doesn't carry him self like a slave, probably ex-military" "(i forget the name of the species) slave traders usualy make a threat before asking for a favor, I dont know it's "tradition" " "and your rags are made out of bed sheets" "out of curiosity, do we have a plan B?"

[@beastmastersage]

Loved The Soundtrack, But also Love Always Know where You Are and I’m Still Here from Treasure Planet! Most Favorite ship is The Valkyrie (inspiration for a Ship I’m creating for the Heroes in my Manga)

[@floatingrabbit3556]

21 years ago. I remember watching Titan AE and imagining a grim space future. Good to see people still think it's great.

[@davidburton2229]

'I'm in over my head!!' Damn this is a blast from the past too :D

[@rosspalmer5171]

I saw this at the cinema, and it became the first dvd I ever bought, which I still own. A superb film, quality cast and thoroughly nineties soundtrack.

[@shaneblackburn8910]

Very underrated movie with a great cast of voice actors. I still watch it to this day.

[@scouseandy07]

I really liked this film. Great voices, great animation and a great story. Really was under rated. You keep picking great subject mr Coleman.

[@countroshculla]

What a coincidence! I had been missing this movie a lot. I had a VCD (remember that format) of Titan AE which I bought back in 2008 and it lasted two viewings before I damaged the disc and it broke. I only recently remembered this movie while checking out cheap dvds to buy and placed an order for it on eBay. I wanna rewatch it.

[@andrieslouw3811]

Liked it! Wish star of the guardians (margaret weiss) could have been done like this.

[@GEMINIEARTHWALKER]

It still sucks that this was the last movie from Don Bluth, the reception was so poor, that he walked away from directing.

[@brydon5721]

Absolutely loved Titan AE when I was younger and have it on the DVD shelves, might need to have a rewatch this week. Another animated sci-fi film I loved when I was a lad, but I came to realised was widely panned was Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (again, have it on the shelf and will have to watch it again sometime soon as well).

[@rjkm]

Feel so lucky to have been able to see this at the cinema, and to have a dad who took his kid to see sci fi movies. Was excellent!

[@davidpothin5544]

Goddamn I am relishing all of your content man, nostalgia high to the max gonna go back and watch all star trek again.

[@MovieRelated]

I loved this back in the day and have never understood why others didn't. Your theory sounds plausible.

[@mrsaltyauthor5992]

Titan AE is weird cos I got it for Christmas from my grandmother who normally just bought us clothes and loved it, then forgot it existed and thought it was a fever dream I'm so glad I've found someone who's talking about them

[@Gomezli16]

I remember feeling this movie looked low res or too zoomed in. Like a low budget syfy channel show. Watching your vid it looks like I was right.

[@sethsassy]

I feel this way about "No Escape" with Ray Liotta. It's also SciFi you should check it out

[@Sixbears]

Having this movie on VHS is one of the reasons I keep a functional VHS player.

[@scottmantooth8785]

*a personal favorite of mine...saw this in the theater when it was released...same with Treasure Planet...both are excellent*

[@DrAnarchy69]

Well crap, I completely forgot about this but damn I loved this as a kid and a teen.

[@zoidberg444]

I had this film on VHS. Brilliant stuff. I spent a summer watching it several times a week. 😭

[@RavenShinyThings]

Watched it on the cinema as a kid, loved it, gives me french comic vibes.

[@josephbarkemeyer3277]

I'd like to see you're opinion of the iron giant

[@matg919]

Remember seeing this when it was first released and I’ve loved it ever since.

[@Chill1332]

I will have to watch it again. I only saw it once years ago and while I absolutely LOVE the idea of animated sci fi I remember being a bit underwhelmed by it. Mostly the characters, if I remember correctly, and being put off by how pervy the one alien seemed. I remember the story being pretty interesting but wishing we got to see more sci fi environments than the kind of grey, dark, interior and exterior of ships. Though I did remember LOVING the bird/bat people and how sinister they looked and they ended up being good guys. But perhaps my memory fails me and there were things I missed about it, being so young when I watched it. I will have to give it another shot after such a glowing review.

[@pebui]

Post-apocalypse in Space is a fun and underused genre mix.

[@jacobturnerart]

This came out when I was about 23 and I caught it on TV when I was house sitting for a colleague who had all the movie channels. I was getting into animation at the time and thought it was a good (if slightly janky) use of digital and traditional styles.

[@DeadbeatGamer]

Oddly enough, there have been talks of the saturn moon known as "Titan" as a possible earth colony.

[@ladydrace]

I love this movie! Thank you for making this video!

[@Madmax-rz5hz]

I feel the same way about Lensman, which kast time I looked isn't even available on DVD

[@bodake2557]

Gem is a modest way to put it more like a complete masterpiece by Bluth

[@dennistomsen5822]

Titan AE truly deserves the 4K treatment ❤

[@michaelevans7464]

One of my favorite scifi movies

[@eamonndeane587]

This is the Kind of Animated Film that is born to be a cult classic.

[@dwaugh2215]

I seen this at the theatres and actually quite liked it and have it on DVD, just a shame it wasn’t highly appreciated back then.hadso much potential, plus it had that we some music video

[@emeraldknight72]

It’s So refreshing to actually hear people talk positively about this movie. This was one of my favorites growing up. I know and understand the flaws of the film, but I never felt they detracted from the experience. I don’t understand how a lot of online critics are so harsh on it.

[@michaellewis1545]

Another benefit of patreon is you get to comment early. And if see video like this early you can do what I am doing and find the Hidden gem and join in the comments having freshly watch the gem. Fyi you can find Titian from the Microsoft store.

[@OdariArt]

Titan AE is awesome! I own this movie today. My kid loves it. I own so many classics but still put Titan AE in my top 10.

[@Feyyore]

Still one of my most favored sci fi movies. Glad I still have the original dvd ^.^

[@dougm2174]

I haven't seen it, I will definitely try to track it down and give it a look now

[@badhippo]

I've had this film in my DVD collection since 2006. The angsty teenager voiced by Matt damon is a proper annoyance in the first half of the film, but the rest of the characters more than make up for that, and the ending is spectacular, aside from the cheesy naming of New Earth "Planet Bob".

[@GKOALA7]

I saw this movie in the theater the same day I saw Battlefield Earth. That's far too many hours I'll never get back. However, something in me always wanted to give TAE another another try. BE? I want to sue John Travolta.

[@LewisChristisonVids]

I got the DVD for $5.99 from Gamestop back when they still sold used DVDs.

[@prtwriter4660]

About dam time I miss this film

[@Tornadopelt]

For me, my favorite scene in Titan A.E. *was* Earth getting blown up.

[@STSGingie]

I loved seeing this film in theaters and feel it was severely underrated. Unlike other examples, it blends its CG and traditional animations very well. I agree that the aliens in the cast steal the show and I love every scene, even the moments of treachery. I would love to see more films in this style and genre.

[@aaronstanley6914]

Holy shit i totally forgot this existed thanks. For the most part I'm Indifferent when it comes to the movie but I love the cinematic screens in the movie.

[@gabriellockhart]

I remember being the only soul in the cinema when watched this back in the day. And enjoyed the heck out of it.

[@TheWagn156]

I loved this film growing up. I remember watching it all the time. Always thought it was a hidden gem. Way ahead of its time.

[@isaacthewebcomiccreator9750]

I enjoy both Treasure Planet and Titan A.E., and they both inspired me to create a Webcomic set in a Space Opera Universe.

[@ChocolatierRob]

I love this movie, I have it on DVD and the soundtrack CD (which I also love). I also tracked down the score on mp3 because I _really_ wanted that Planet Bob piece. I first learned of the movie when I saw a trailer for it on a playstation 1 demo disc. (which I've since copied to my youtube page). While the movie may have flopped I did still come across a few 'Planet Bob' references in later years. Extremely nitpicky but they don't know what the Titan does until they've tracked it down, it irked me that this description implies they were tracking it down because they already knew.

[@muntdouken9841]

Oh man I love this movie. I love so much that the truly alien bad guys use a different art style to show how alien they are.

[@matthewmcneany]

It feels like it fell into almost exactly the same commercial black hole as Sky Captain and the world of tomorrow as a similar "comic book/graphic novel" style feature in the pre-MCU film world that didn't know what to do with properties like these.

[@Finite-Tuning]

I really liked this movie, I'm happy to own the DVD.

[@Bilbo490]

I remember watching this a lot when I was a kid.

[@SuperVstech]

My favorite movie featuring john leguizamo

[@sirequinox4874]

There is a particularly clever moment when the hero refuses to escape through the airducts because that would be too obvious. A fine instance of cliche avoidance.

[@meris8486]

One of the first sci-fi things I saw as a kid, I always thought this film was badass

[@isaacxcii4289]

I watched the movie for the first time two days ago and now I love it.

[@LEGENDCITYest1963]

Two years after this movie came out I found it at the dollar store so I bought 25 copies and gave one to everybody I know.

[@vanhende]

this movie is amazing, and i love the language of the Drej.

[@marcbraun5342]

I always love to see Titan A.E. get some love, it's one of the movies where I was baffled why this wasn't more popular, since there was so much to love. I've known of prejudice of hand drawn animation at that time, some people even say it out loud, that they can't watch anime and western animation, which I don't get. Then everything is made out of the same material, so to speak, it should be wearder to watch something like Avatar, where they could have animated the five or so humans in it to match the rest of the world to make everything more believeable as a whole, but that's not the usual viewers opinion, they loooove their humans, even in galaxies far, far away humans just have to be there...

[@rockpapersniper5105]

I just got a copy of this movie I loved it as a kid

[@robertocarloscaruso6840]

This is a live action movie i d love to see

[@judetucker]

This film made me obsessed with cheesy 90s rock.

[@kevinboudreaux7860]

the big change needed is that Earth's destruction should have been at the end of the first third, with the second third being the human reaction to no longer having a planet and trying to figure out what to do next, then have the final third being the race for the Titan. the 15 year transition after Earth goes Kaboom, is the weakest part.

[@michaelmccarthy5455]

My favorite movie of all time. It truly doesn't get the credit or love it deserves.

[@Rovsau]

Saw this movie not long after it released. 10/10

[@peternystrom921]

Never seen this. Gonna watch it as soon i can 😊