Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 06:17:58 -0700
To: "Keith Singleton" <keithsingleton-AT-adelphia.net>
From: Steve Axtell <steve-AT-axtell.com>
Cc: WORLDVENTS-AT-yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Puptcrit] Re: [WORLDVENTS] Madagascar movie


At 06:35 PM 5/29/2005, Keith Singleton wrote:
>      Run, don't walk, to see Madagascar. It is explosively funny,
> precious and adorable. Such an escape, and Steve Axtell's puppets of the
> characters are real knockouts. It's like they jumped off the screen onto
> his lap. Ax reproduced the textures perfectly, and since these
> computer-animated characters look more and more like three-dimensional
> puppets with round plastic eyes, etc., you can just imagine what it will
> be like when holograms take over technology, there will virtually
> (virtually, get it?) no difference.
>      Congrats, Steve. You make the most photogenic soft figures I have
> ever seen, loaded with character, just like their daddy.
>
>- Keith and Harold


Thanks Keith.  I saw the movie with my kids this weekend too.  Loved it.  I
put some more photos of the puppets close up on the site.  The People
magazine photos didn't show them off very well.   Here ya go...

http://www.axtell.com/mad.html

I'm talking with DreamWorks and Pixar about doing live promotions in the
future with professional puppeteers that could operate the character
puppets in synch with their official star voices pre-recorded.  This could
travel around to malls, theme parks, etc.  It could be a fun gig for
several of you around the globe.  Stay tuned.

>Steve Axtell / Axtell Expressions, Inc.

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