Comments on: Animation Addicts Podcast #65: ‘Balto’ – Streetdog

By: The Animation Commendation

The Animation Commendation — Mon, 11 May 2015 17:04:00 +0000

Good podcast! I saw the film a long time ago, but I don’t remember it much besides that I wasn’t a big fan of it.

And aw, poor Chelsea!

By: Chris Sobieniak

Chris Sobieniak — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:03:00 +0000

This is one of those films I don’t know where I stand on it. I was already in my senior year of high school when it came out, yet my mom cared to videotape it one night on Pay-Per-View while I was in college. I watched it then rather than on the big screen and found it quite enjoyable (one of those times where I often watched the darn thing so many times I thought I wore out the tape badly). When I started using the Internet, I saw there was quite a fandom already in place for this film though it mostly was quite small and even going to Universal’s official Balto page was enough to whet my appetite for the time being, I quickly saw where it’s path headed much in the same way The Lion King inspired greatly. Both movies and their fans never seem to find an endpoint at all and it only gets more convoluted the further I went with it. I’m not into it anymore.

Although you don’t mention him by name, Phil Collins plays Muk one of the polar bears that does all the talking in such a silly English schoolboy kind of way he spoke. At least you guys refrained from the typical “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” bit. That got old fast yet people needed an excuse to look this stuff up, and I suppose Balto could be placed somewhere on those lists.

The later DTV sequels were OK for the most part, I didn’t particularly liked “Wolf Quest” but enjoyed “Wings of Change” since it seemed a bit closer to the original film in tone (I see it had the original writers on it so that was a nice move).

By: Chris Sobieniak

Chris Sobieniak — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 14:49:00 +0000

In reply to Eric Faulkner. Someone always has to preserve the memory. Balto apparently was in a circus for a number of years until one Cleveland businessman and some schoolkids got to set him free to roam a Cleveland zoo until his eventual demise.

By: Juuchan17

Juuchan17 — Fri, 02 May 2014 22:45:00 +0000

In reply to Morgan Stradling. No problem and you're welcome! The site is actually about to celebrate 10 years online this summer!

By: SimbasGuard

SimbasGuard — Thu, 01 May 2014 18:24:00 +0000

Great review of an often overlooked movie. I am also very glad that you acknowledged the direct to video sequels. I know that you are not always fans of those, but the Balto sequels (particularly Balto 3: Wings of change) were decent companions the the first film.

By: Morgan Stradling

Morgan Stradling — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:55:00 +0000

In reply to Juuchan17. Thanks for the resource. Nice to see that the Balto community is still alive and kicking!

By: Lubna Ali

Lubna Ali — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 17:26:00 +0000

i need to tell you Rotoscopers that Jamie Chung IS voicing go go Tomago in Big hero 6!

By: Eric Faulkner

Eric Faulkner — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 02:48:00 +0000

Bullet and Trigger are stuffed. They were the Dog and Horse of Roy Rogers. I don’t approve of that, but what can you do.

By: Juuchan17

Juuchan17 — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 22:59:00 +0000

It’s amazing to see you guys take on one of my favorite films! Great job and thanks for giving Balto some love on the Internet! Also, hope you don’t mind some promotion on one of the biggest Balto fansites still online – Balto Source [www.animationsource.org/balto/en/]! I have a feeling we’ll all be thrilled to check this out!