How many of y'all actually like this movie? Cause maaaan did it get destroyed at the box office. Poor Don Bluth lol

Why did literally every boy/young man in 90's to early 2000's animated films always have that bowl, undercut hybrid hairstyle

The movie has it's flaws. But I really liked it. Not a masterpiece but a decent movie (with an unfortumately bland antagonist).

Fun fact, there's actually a book that goes into SO MUCH MORE detail about how the Drej are actually disgusted by organic life.

Funny part is both Treasure Planet & Titan AE are both Cult Classic's that were considered failures, yet people still love them both. Lost City of Atlantis and Iron Giant are more Cult classics from the same time period. Idk what was going on in early 2000s, but i genuinely would love to see more movies like these four.

This film didn't fail because people didn't want to see it, it failed because people didn't know they could see it. It got zero marketing, much like The Iron Giant.

It's still so weird knowing that films like Titan A.E and Anastasia are basically now Disney movies, two films that Don Bluth created to compete with Disney are now owned by Disney.

Titan AE is a CLASSIC and I won't be convinced otherwise. Halo meets Treasure Planet. I've always loved this movie. I mean...they name it BOB!!!!

I don’t understand how that movie could have failed that badly, I watched it with my parents in the past and it’s one of our favorites :/

To be fair, Treasure Planet is literally just Treasure Island In Space, so the writers didn’t have to work as hard on developing characters arcs. The bones of some character arcs were already there in the original source material.

Let's not forget, Cale names Earth 2 "Bob" because back at the turn of the millennium we all thought it was absolutely hilarious to refer to everything as Bob.

The sharp transition between Elsa's singing and Cale's screaming was priceless. 😂

I liked how the Dread were animated. The low quality 3d made them actually look like solidified energy. And the contrast realy sold the alien alien nature of them. Sadly they lacked all personality. But looks wise, they realy felt like energie beings in a flesh-creature universe, more then any other movie before or since.

I was L I T E R A L Y named after the main character from this movie. And as a kid with my father watching this movie I didn't care about the characters or story at the time I was just happy to be with my dad. I found the movie to be awesome as a six year old. I have it as a sentimental favorite for the fact that my father loved the movie so much to name me after it. The movie was a failure in a financial stand point but it was a corner stone of me and my father's bond. So I came to say I loved the movie failure or not.

"Saber: "this was the last movie Don Bluth ever worked on" Don Bluth: "QUIT TELLING EVERYONE I'M DEAD"

Little quirky fun-fact. At my local theaters Titan AE and Treasure Planet overlapped just by 1 week. I bought a ticket to see Titan AE, the ticket lady sold me the seat number, the movie started; all of the sudden I see colorful characters (yet a young boy loosing his father) not knowing why the characters look so different. 30 Mins. into the movie, I was like: "When will he grow that menacing appearance of a rebel?". The movie finished, I saw the most impressive ending in (yes) 2D+3D. I came out of the theater with everyone else, and the movie room had the WRONG exhibition MOVIE FILM (Treasure Planet) with the TITAN AE poster. In addition: I got to see Treasure Planet as the most remarkable 2D+3D hybrid movie of 2000's. -Some things are just meant to happen. If it wasn't for this review, Titan AE was just a vague "wrong ticket exhibition theater" at the back of my mind.

I actually like this movie so much, it´s embarassing. I bought that soundtrack and I still believe is awesome and listen to some of those tracks even now. I never quite got why so much hate, I think they needed to get ridd of Don Bluth asap, or he was really standing up against Disney and we all know they do not like competition.

My childhood. Parents definitely did not know this was an "adult" film

Saber: It had two sequels, Attack on Titan and Remember the Titans Symbionic Titan: **sad noises**

In my opinion Titan AE was one of the finest pirate movies I have ever seen. Your "Edgy boy" view of Cale missed the presentation of a guy looking for some meaning as to who he actually was. Not a coming of age movie, but a movie of an individual who had started out feeling cast away by his family like a piece of discarded rubbish, who to this point had been forced to make his own way in a highly bigoted society. All of a sudden he is offered a spark of a chance to try to find out who he was and where he came from and why his family walked away from him in the first place. He was a nieve character to ulterior motives and started out starstruck by Korso, who he grasped onto as a surrogate father figure. Akima just happened to be one of a pair of independent female roles in a crew where everyone was indeed treated equal. The concept that Cale would wind up infatuated with her wasn't because she was written as a love interest, but more a case of that she was probably the first female of his own species he'd ever been able to interact with on an adult level. Sure he'd been around other females throughout his life, but most were most probably not human, and as such the expectation of bigotry would have prevented him from forming emotional attachment. The rest of the alien crew were each a fragment of human personality traits and as such formed a sort of family in space, the one thing Cale had been missing his whole life, and as such each were endeared to Cale as he became not only part of the crew but part of the family by extension. I have to point out. You utterly missed Korso. Dude was a merc through and through. A psychopath who is willing to use anyone to improve his own condition. He didn't care that he chucked the entire planet under the bus, he was in it for himself and was looking to fulfill his own megalomaniac desires. He knew that the Titan was the one thing the Drej wanted, and he was looking to milk them for as much as he could. He finds Cale, who just so happens to have the ring. He already knows what the rings full purpose is, and inserts himself in the surrogate farther figure role to gain control of the the ring, and the Titan itself as an end result. The ending still supported that mentality, as when the Drej showed they didn't care about his desires, he was willing to assist Cale in burning the Drej to create a new planet. Once again he was using Cale for his own desires as If he'd survived, it would leave him as a guy worshiped by humanity as a hero for providing a new homeworld. The crew was a pirate crew, under the command of a merc. In the end, the crew mutinied against Korso and appointed Cale as the captain for all intents and purposes. Cales motivations changed to an honorable position, willing to take on the adventure in the face of the overwhelming odds that the Drej presented, not for a selfish reason but the more selfless act of providing for his entire race. The crew was already scared of the Drej, and were willing to back Cale up if it meant their own species would no longer have the threat the Drej presented hanging over their heads. This was a promise of actual hope that Korso had never even hinted at. Where the movie failed was it was an animated flick, marketed to kids and teens, but with a depth that was on a level far beyond what the average American 14 year old could grasp and most adults couldn't take seriously as it was an animated film.

I LOVED this movie when I saw it back in the day, I didn't even realize it was a flop until years later. I'm not going to pretend it was a cinematic masterpiece or anything, but I'll still go back and re-watch this one from time to time.

It was kind of legitimately sad that fox animation didn't go anywhere due to titan ae being a massive bomb , films like Anastasia clearly show that they had potential to be great animation studio 😁👌

"This is impressive if it was 20 years ago" Titan A.E. WAS 20 years ago lol

My sister and I were personally responsible for most of the ticket sales in our state I think. Wore out our video after it came out for purchase, too, bought the soundtrack...man we were huge nerds for this movie.

This movie was amazing. I've seen it so many times. The animation was unique. The story, regardless of what troubles it might have had getting made, was a classic story; The human race faces extinction. We've got a classic boy meets girl story and the aliens were really cool. The ice scene is like nothing ever done before.

Weird how people say Osmosis Jones was a flop, but it got great audience scores, was nominated for animation awards, and spawned a fairly popular TV series with 3 seasons.

Don Bluth is actually working with Netflix to make a Dragons Lair Movie so his career is making a comeback and its supposedly going to star Ryan Reynolds and will release sometime this year.

A movie isn't a failure if it stays with you from childhood, and you have a fond memory looking back on it. Titan A.E. is one of those movies for me. Money isn't always sucess.

Titan AE is an underrated masterpiece. It’s sad that Don Bluth lost his direction even Fox had issues in production financial costs. Thanks to KZfaq movies, we can watch it for free. We can now appreciating the unappreciated animated flick even more. Don, thanks for all your work in animation even it has issues. Still I enjoying the movie forever. Great vid, Saber.

Really wish there were more mainstream animated movies for teenagers. Many people think teenagers don't like animation, but that is far from the case

What was said: Titan A.E. What me, an Anastasia fan sees: Dimitri in Space

I unironically loved this movie as a teen. Then again, I also loved Water World.

This is definitely one of my favorite movies from my childhood. Recently found out my wife hasn't seen it so I bought a used DVD copy, cus I lost my VCR copy years ago...also cus who the hell still has a working VCR, and watched it. She actually liked it, I was happy. Can't wait to watch this classic with my kids.

Does anyone remember that animated movie called “We’re back” with dinosaurs that can talk and they come to New York(?) and they revert back to being wild? Just me?

I saw this opening night in theaters, and I absolutely adored it and still do.

I had Titan A.E. on DvD, I watched that movie SO MANY TIMES. It even included directors cut things like storyboarding, and trivia on the universe. I loved it so much. Sadly lost the DvD in a fire years ago, but It still lives on in my heart.

As a former kid Titan AE was targeted to, I can say with certainty I would like to see gay people floating in space. Thank you.

From my understanding, Corso's change of heart at the end happened when he overheard Cale talking about how he could reprogram the Titan to use Drej energy. I always understood him as having given up on humanity's battle for survival and instead focusing on his own wellbeing, but once he got a glimmer of hope that humanity actually stood a chance against the Drej, he ended up changing his mind and sacrificing himself for everyone else. Not a bad story arc, from how I see it, but it was portrayed rather badly.

aw, I remember really liking this movie, in spite of all those flaws. The early scenes of Kale being in this dead-end job as the planet-less, discriminated-against human, with that "Cosmic Castaway" song in the background, was just. Such a strong mood to open with, it stayed with me. Came back to me, even, when I entered the job market in 2008.

I actually liked it. I wish they could have left room to tell us more about some of what was going on, such as the batline aliens that helped Cale and the aliens that were trying to kill him

One of my college art teaches actually worked on Titan A.E. and according to them it was a living nightmare to work on. Apparently they didn't even have a workable script for almost 6 months and because they kept changing their minds about what the hell the movie was even going to be about the storyboard artists would just board scenes that never made it into the movie because they were based off of a script that didn't even exist. The Storyboard artists were so frustrated with the higher ups for lack of direction that they would just spend most days making up storyboards that were complete nonsense and "allegedly" for shits and giggles they even storyboarded a hardcore sex scene and it apprently became a inside joke at Fox Animation but they knew they would get in huge trouble if someone like Bluth found out about it so they hid the boards in a maintenance closet, but that didn't stop its infamy that even people who weren't even in storyboards would make arrangements to come and laugh at it which is fucking epic.

Saber, you're tell me the ending of the movie went " Ah finally. Earth 2." Almost two decades before the meme was made? This movie was ahead of it's time.

I love Titan AE, when this movie came out it was just the right amount of Star Wars and Heavy Metal for those of us that were teens in the late '90s and I believe this movie really found its home on DVD. It's a lot better than people want to give it credit for.

My mom showed me this movie when I was a kid and is still her favorite animated movie to this day. I still love this movie despite its flaws, but that might be due to my thick nostalgia goggles. Akima was actually my first crush and DEFINITELY is the cause for my taste in women today. This movie holds a very special place in my heart.

In the novelization of the film (I read it when I was in middle school), there are several chapters written from the Drej queen's perspective where she explains a lot of why the Drej are so scared of humans. They are extragalactic aliens whose ship was brought to our galaxy through a space anomaly/wormhole millennia ago. They are essentially lost in space with no way to get home. Their method of reproducing comes from containing the energy of white dwarf stars and converting it into "bodies" of physical matter that do not decay. Their race transcended biologic bodies long ago, and they do not age and cannot die as long as their energy is contained. Until recently, they have basically been gods to many races in our galaxy because of their advanced technology, subjugating the other races for their resources and to maintain power. They lack the technology to reproduce on their ship, have no way to recreate it, and their finite population is decreasing due to increasing conflict as the races in our galaxy become more technologically advanced and start fighting back, creating weapons that can destroy their physical forms. Aliens spying for the Drej find out that humans have discovered a new form of energy and are using it in a top-secret project led by Cale's father, Sam Tucker and his wife (who the Drej captured, tortured, and killed to find out more information about the project). The energy source that powers the Titan harnesses energy from stars and converts it to physical matter (similar to how the Drej reproduce, and is why Cale can use Drej energy to power the Titan so easily). Humans are outside of Drej control and, in fact, are part of a coalition of races that resist the Drej and provide aid to those worlds that are under Drej oppression. The Drej attempt to steal the tech and fail. Their plans uncovered, they decide to destroy Earth out of fear that humans and their allies will weaponize the Titan tech and end their already dying civilization. The Titan could be both their salvation and destruction, and that is why it is so important to them. I wish they had included this bit of backstory in the movie. I'm sure it was thought of as a retcon for the novelization, but it really deepens the lore and gives reason to the main conflict in the film.

i miss that era of these edgy animated sci-fis, even if a lot of them were not very good i love that theme.

despite it's many flaws (especially in the animation bit), i still found it to be a enjoyable movie as i always loved some of the space-fairing types of movies and titain a.e. had this strange charm to it. And the concept the story provided was one of many inspirations for the two big projects i'm working on now.

I don't care how bad it flopped. I freaking ADORED THIS MOVIE.and I listen to the sound track to this day. I freaking love every minute of it.

While this movie isn’t great, it does have its shining moments: . Starting with the FRIGGIN destruction of Earth and the human race (one of my first time witnessing a dark scene in a cartoon as a child) . An actual SMART henchman - brief scene when the heroes were trying to infiltrate a place

_Actually,_ Anastasia had a fair amount of CGI as well. It just wasn't as prominent as Titan A.E.'s.

Literally watched it yesterday! A group of friends I play a sci-fi RPG with were talking about it, because the GM based a race of aliens off Stith, and I had no idea what it was. They recommended it. I thought the movie was a really cool premise with a pretty strong start. It suffered from a lack of direction in the middle portion and had a mediocre end. Overall I give it a 6 out of 10 worth a watch if you enjoy sci-fi, animation, and the early 2000's.

I for one, loved this movie, and still greatly enjoy watching it, I never new it wasn't well received. Also, you were confused about corso. Corso was a part of the Titan project, but didnt travel with it after earth was destroyed. With the earth gone, and the dredge seemingly the unbeatable rulers of the galaxy, Corso started to hate humanity, falling into the notion that humanity was worthless, and was never meant to go far. The dredge confronted him (they must have found out he was a part of the titan project, which was still a threat to them because they viewed humanity as their only threat, thats why they blew up earth) and corso, who didnt want to die but also didnt care if the rest of humanity eventually died out, made a deal with the dredge to find the boy who had the map, and use him to lead the dredge to the titan to destroy it. he tricked his entire crew into believing that they were actually against the dredge, to get cale and bring the map to the dredge. When it worked, and the dredge had the map, cale just needed to tie up loose ends. but the kid escaped and so corso chased him to the titan with the dredge on their tales. During the fight against cale where he was actually pushing back the dredge, taking over the titan, and seemed to be able to win, corso had a change of heart. he didnt think humanity would ever beat the dredge but cale was proving him wrong, and that realization that maybe, just maybe, humanity could in fact win out, gave him hope and so corso switched sides to help cale, destroy the dredge and put humanity back on the galactic map. Im sorry the story didnt entice you, but i guess i fell in just the right group for this movie. the humor, the story, the action, the characters, the dark and sometimes suggestive themes, the strong leads, everything about it was thoroughly enjoyable for me. This movie is a classic for me, and I actually enjoy Titan A.E. far more than Treasure Planet, and Titan A.E. is one of my top favorite animated movies of all time.

I feel really terrible for Don Bluth. It's like every time I watch something related to him it's about him being in the right place at the wrong time and he ends up getting screwed over in the end. I might check out this film sometime. It looks like fun.

Man, this was literally my favourite animation film as a kid.

I actually like Titan A.E! Decent story and excellent animation. The trope of a device which single-handedly restores a destroyed earth has been used many times in Sci-fi. This wasnt the best implementation of the trope but it definitely left an impression on my young mind.

Remembering going to the cinema and having the whole room only with a friend. Awesome movie, I wonder where it went wrong.

Bluth is currently producing a Dragon's Lair movie, starring Ryan Reynolds. It'll be on Netflix, hopefully later this year. It was supposed to be a 2D animated film in Bluth's style, but I saw an article that claimed it would be live action and I'm suddenly less excited about it.

It feels like Titan A.E. Was rushed and never met it’s full potential as a film, if it weren’t for the mishaps behind the scenes, we could have had a good film. Heck! Fox animation could have still Been around.

I read a theory that the Drej Feared humanity specifically because of the titan because the titan used energy to create planets and the drej are energy. It's still pretty silly honestly but it's better than nothing.

I love this movie, but I was an edgy teen when it came out and that demographic didn't used to get a lot of content catered to it. I think it fell into the cracks between too adult and too kid for most audiences but my friends and I still watch it regularly

I actually can see Titan and Treasure Planet being set in the same universe. Would be an interesting crossover.

"I hate the early 2000s. What happened to us over those years" ...9/11. 9/11 happened.

I lived for this movie as a kid 🥰 I always wondered why there weren't more movies like this and Anastasia, such beautiful animation in my opinion

I just watched this for the first time and I liked it. I appreciate the attempt behind it and there is really no stupidity in the movie. It's quite a strong story with clear stakes, lots of action and quite likeable characters. Imo, this movie is average at worst but pretty damn solid at best.

This movie actually scared me about the world ending, like at the age of like 8 I had a existential crisis.

This movie is the definition of "okay". It wasn't the greatest thing ever but it was far from horrible.

I don’t think any of us were like “oh yea I remember that movie” I think the majority of us were like “hell yea titan ae!”

I liked it. See there's a reason that's deeper than the money. Stories like Titan AE, Terra Nova, After Earth, Mortal Engines, Don't look up, Knowing, and pretty much every cinematic property that involves the ending of the world, is not something people want to see. The idea that world ending things can happen, and the fact that it could end them, is something that people don't want to see. It's an inconvenient truth that is unsettling. Which is why you don't see much of it. The only world ending thing that is effective at making money is zombies.

Titan A.E. and Treasure Planet are the most underrated animated moves ever made. I will die on this hill. Fight me !

Listen, I love Treasure Planet. But I’ve only seen it once. I’ve watched Titan AE over and over and over again. I adore this movie-ADORE. It’s completely underrated. Flaws or not, it’s a gem.

Fun fact, in the video game Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds there's a level which has an empty cinema. All throughout the cinema are low res posters for Titan A.E. and Alien. I guess it makes sense since Buffy was also Fox.

3D animation wasn't THAT new when this came out. Hell, Toy Story came out 5 years earlier.

11:30 "AH-HA-HA! THAT GUY GOT HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A COCONUT!"😂

"This was a genuine attempt that failed." - Every relationship I've ever had

I read and watched heavy metal comics and the movie when I was too young so titan a.e. was really cool in my eyes. Fit right in with the media I was already into

Ironically, it was co-written by Joss Whedon. If you see his work, and I did because I was a big Buffy and Angel fan, you see he has a repeating trope. A friend or ally betrays another. Willow goes crazy and tries to kill Buffy and everyone else. Wesley kidnaps Angel’s son. Cordelia tries to take over the world. Nick Fury created secret weapons against Asgardians. Tony and Bruce went behind everyone’s back and created Ultron and Vision. You get the picture

That neck snap is the only thing I ever remember when I think about this movie. It was sudden and brutal, and then dude just tossed his body aside like a piece of trash.

You mention “Remember the Titans”, and “Attack on Titan”, but you’ve forgotten the *following: “Clash of the Titans” (including “Class of the Titans” and “Crash of the Titans”) “Wrath of the Titans” “Teen Titans” (Including “Titans”, and” TTG”) “Titanic” “The Titan” “The Titan’s Bride” “Titan Quest” “Titanfall” “Sym-bionic Titan” Edit: list subject to be updated.

Firefly... Titan A.E.... Treasure Planet... Atlantis: The Lost Empire... These products seem to have a habit of being cool steampunk space adventures that completely bombed during their releases but gained a cult following over the years. And I know Atlantis isn't in futuristic space but it kinda has the steampunk aesthetic and they go into "another world", so it kinda counts.

I remember being up way past my bedtime and watching this movie on the tv i was a bit traumatized, sure, but seeing this again gives me a feeling of nostalgia

I loved it as a kid. Especially because it had really ambitious, dark and well-made action moments compared to other animated films. The universe had great potential, at that. Poor Bon Bluth, indeed. The film, despite all its flaws, deserved better.

I actually kinda liked Titan AE. Kinda saw it as a kid-friendly Heavy Metal.

It would make sense to me for Bill Pullman to change his mind about the Titan after they learned what it actually was and how important it was, but if I remember correctly his motivation was never actually addressed at all.

I actually remembered this film for years, not because I saw it, but because it got pulled from our local theater 2 days after it released. Like we were gonna go and see it, went to go see it, and it wasn't there anymore, I was upset, my sister was upset, my dad was relieved... and I think if a movie aimed at kids makes parents relieved they don't have to see it, that's why it fails. I didn't get to watch it until years after and it's not the best, but it's certainly not nearly as bad as it got a rap for being and I've watched it a few times since. I think both Treasure Planet and Titan AE are way under-rated movies. There are far worse movies, even if there are also better ones.

It feels so strange hearing this movie talked about as a 'failure' when it was one of the best movies I ever saw as a kid. =v=; This, Treasure Planet, and Atlantis: The Lost Empire were honestly my favorite movies of all time... Hmm.

But can we all agree that the songs, "Cosmic Castaway" and "I'm In Over My Head" are great songs?

This movie has no reasonable reason to even have bombed the way it did. It’s further proof why I should never put too much stock into a movie’s box office performance. Even if it’s a massive bomb, it can still be damn good. Atlantis, The Iron Giant, Treasure Planet, and this proved it.

In watching this and seeing the wasted potential, I imagined a far better plot twist that could have made for such a harrowing climax: In the climax, Cale has to go to the Titan's power room in order to ignite the Titan. Only when he get's there he is met with a harrowing discovery: The Titan's power room is a prison filled with hundreds of thousands of Drej. It turns out that the Titan harnesses the pure energy form of the Drej in order to fire, and that during it's construction; Humanity launched a raid to kidnap all these Drej to be broken down and processed. The only reason why the Titan wasn't ignited up until now is that Cale's father didn't have enough Drej to power the Titan before he died. As some of them were the equvalant of small children when they were captured. They have matured enough now that it can be fired with what's in store, but doing so would kill all these innocent beings who have known nothing but the barriers of their prisons. That means that the whole reason for the Drej's relentless attack on humanity; was to stop the mass kidnappings and harvesting of it's people. With the final goal to free the ones that had been held captured all these years. Thus Cale is faces with the mother of all morale dilemmas: Does he free the species that wiped out his hope planet in the faintest of hope that the Drej Queen stopes their extermination conquest of the human race, though leave humanity without a planet. Or does he light the titan, giving humans a new world, though at the cost of the blood of so many innocent alien beings. What do you think?

I'll just be sitting over here with my nostalgia rose tinted glasses.

A.E really stood for "Admirable Effort".

I Loved this movie & I used to own a DVD. strange thing is I never heard of the consequences of the aftermath until now ,which I find that sad that this unique sci-fi movie was the cause of the studio shut down.

I know this is a year late but... God my brothers and I loved this movie so much. I still have my VHS copy, and I will NEVER get rid of it.

This movie is a masterpiece next to Titan EA which costed 60$ to watch.

I CHIME IN "HAVEN'T YOU PEOPLE EVER HEARD OF CLOSING THE GOD DAMN DOOR?!"

With everyone online praising this film as an “underrated sci-if masterpiece”, it’s actually quite refreshing to hear a review that doesn’t downplay its issues. Don’t get me wrong, I like the movie, but it has a couple of glaring issues: the pacing is very fast, leading to everything happening way too quickly, and characters don’t have enough time to be fleshed out. I think Titan A.E. is enjoyable, but that’s it, really. On par with Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Treasure Planet it is not.

Titan A.E. is still one of the best animated movies ever made IMO Then again, it's mostly Nostalgia. I saw it when it was still new and I was a kid who was easily wow'd by things like this.

"I miss the early 2000s... what happened to us?" I felt that

I thought Titan was pretty cool, stylistically. The art, design, and sci-fi tech were interesting. The plot wasn't the greatest, but it had an intriguing premise, in my military-sci-fi-nerd's expert opinion. Plus, how many movies have an angry, overworked dragon-kangaroo with a gun and a turtle nerd?!

This movie, both the Atlantis movies, Anastasia, treasure planet, and the Tarzan movies are the most sentimental animated movies for me. The only thing that outshines them in my little cradle of core memories is Mary Poppins lol.

Oh god, I loved this movie as a kid. The soundtrack alone was incredible.