Kim Possible's creators speak: An interview with Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley

Mark, can you tell us a little bit about how Kim Possible started?Mark: Bob and I had been working here [at Disney] for a while doing spinoff shows, like the Aladdin and Hercules series. Those were great, but we wanted to create something original. This was the first time this division was going to do something like this, create new characters from scratch. So we came up with the idea of Kim Possible, of this girl who can do anything - and, of course, Ron Stoppable, who, well, can't. And it just snowballed from there. We got very lucky.You're both executive producers. So tell us, what does a cartoon executive producer do?Bob: It varies, depending on whether you're on the artistic, animation side or the story/writing side of the team. We're more on the writing side, although we do have input into some aspects of the visual designs of the characters. We weigh in on art, but we focus on the plotting and dialogue. We work with the other writers and story editors. We attend the recording sessions and work with the voice actors.What stage are you in with Season 4?Mark: The early phase - we're just starting production on the 22 episodes Disney requested for Season 4. We're recording this week. Next week, we'll go to story boarding which is more Steve Loter's job.

So what can you tell both kids and adult fans about Season 4? The big question everybody in the fan community seems to want to know is: Does it pick up from the last movie, So the Drama, where we saw best friends Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable become a couple?Bob: Well, we don't want to give the whole thing away! But...well, here's the thing. We thought So the Drama was the series finale. That was it. Ending it with Kim and Ron getting together seemed right. Problem is, now we've kind of painted ourselves into a corner. But yes, it definitely picks up from So the Drama. We're finding a way to tip-toe out of that corner.Mark: Obviously, we can't ignore So the Drama. At the same time, we want to do something different with the series - we don't want to do the same old thing. So having this new direction is actually good. It forces us to do something original.Bob: But it's not going to turn into a soap opera. This is a kids' show. We're trying to keep it light and fun. We realize there are a lot of 10-year-old boys out there, and we don't want them to get totally grossed out!

下面是重点KP5

Will you consider doing a Season 5?Bob: That seems kind of unlikely, I mean, Season 4 was a bolt out of the blue. But never say never, I guess. The break actually worked out nicely for us, as we've been doing other things in the interim [the two co-wrote the film Sky High with Paul Hernandez]. But it's nice to get back to the world of Kim after a year. So I dunno - if they give us another year's break, perhaps.Mark: So long as we can come up with new, fresh stories. That's my position.What's been the most rewarding part about producing Kim Possible?Bob: It's easily the most recognizable thing we've done. This is the one project where we're constantly butting into people whose kids are fans, and who are fans themselves. People we haven't heard from in 20 years who see our name in the credits will call us up out of the blue. It's a property that people plugged into.Mark: We've had a great response from kids, and from parents as well.I can see that. It's one of my daughter's favorite shows as well.Neve (loud enough so Mark and Bob can hear through the phone): Are you kidding?! It's my absolute FAVORITE show!Mark and Bob: (laugh)Bob: Beyond the praise, it's our baby. We developed it. We had a great time with the others, but with spin-offs, you're always mindful of the original movie, and what the characters were when you took them over. Being able to create the characters from scratch has been rewarding.

Do you have any sort of message you're trying to communicate to kids with the series - particularly to young girls? Bob: Yeah - give the geeks a chance! It's wishful thinking on our parts.Mark: We both have daughters, and we were conscious of creating a girl character with dimension. We wanted a character that girls could watch and appreciate. And we hear a lot from people who appreciate that - though it might color some people's perception of us. We had a meeting with someone who's a fan, but who'd never met us. He'd heard us described just as "Schooley and McCorkle." When he saw us, he was taken aback. He said, "Oh, I thought you guys would be two young women!"We've had a lot of debate on Blogging Baby about how much TV is too much TV for kids of certain ages. Do you limit your own kids' TV viewing? Bob: Eh. My kids all watch Disney, Cartoon Network, Nick, etc. - they never even go to the network stations.Mark: We try to make sure they read and do other things too.Bob: We have worked with people in this business who won't let their kids watch TV at all. Which we find more than a touch hypocritical. What we do is not damaging their psyches. It's all in good fun.

我翻译一小部分你们是否在考虑KP5?BOB:That seems kind of unlikely[这看起来不可能96616来看下我这句话对么~)]I mean, Season 4 was a bolt out of the blue. [我的意思是,KP4是个?晴天霹雳?(或许可以翻译成惊喜)]But never say never, I guess.[但是决不意味着?结束?(难道还有戏?).............翻译不出了,我水平垃圾..........But it's nice to get back to the world of Kim after a year.[但是KIM一年后回到世界上很好]So I dunno - if they give us another year's break, perhaps.[所以我认为如果他们给我们另外1年时间,也许有可能(KP5)]

不过有关2位作者被解雇一说我不能找出相关内容但是表高兴太早Posted Jan 13th 2006 9:31AM by Jay Allen这个是2006年的

KP4有22集

So what can you tell both kids and adult fans about Season 4? The big question everybody in the fan community seems to want to know is: Does it pick up from the last movie, So the Drama, where we saw best friends Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable become a couple? Bob: Well, we don't want to give the whole thing away! But...well, here's the thing. We thought So the Drama was the series finale. That was it. Ending it with Kim and Ron getting together seemed right. Problem is, now we've kind of painted ourselves into a corner. But yes, it definitely picks up from So the Drama. We're finding a way to tip-toe out of that corner. 这里似乎作者不想让KP RON走太快,指交往

MARK认为如果他能有新创意就有KP5,但BOB认为几乎不可能.........

KP是MARK女儿最爱看的节目之一

貌似总的来说KP5几乎不可能出现

a bolt out of the blue的意思的确是晴天霹雳,而never say never很难翻译成中文,大体意思是说不确定,我发现这个搭配经常出现在记者采访一个当红导演/编辑/作家问他们什么东西是否有续集时导演/编辑/作家的回答中.(特别是当此东西获得的好处未知时,但大多是用在搪塞记者时给自己留下后路的情况下)

挖,真强,你几年级啊,和6616有一拼

另外我才刚从初中毕业.

初中毕业英语这么强

OH NO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHY?!!!!我抓狂了..........................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!disney怎么也变白痴了!!!!!!!!!

我听歌听英文,看电影看英文,唱歌唱英文,三年后有了现在的效果,于是蛮怀自信地去英文论坛,五分钟后默默退出