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Re:Did Pixar accidentally delete Toy Story 2 during producti... by smcl on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @10:48AM (#13418464)
Right, but I'm thinking from the perspective of someone who's been working on something for ages, gone through the stress of nearly losing it, then miraculously recovering it ... only to have found that a lot of their work was ditched. You're right that it probably ended up better, and sister comments are right in that it wasn't ALL for naught ... but can you imagine the moment you found out it was being reworked?
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Re:Did Pixar accidentally delete Toy Story 2 during producti... by huxley on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @11:35AM (#13418865)
No need to imagine. It's not just during disasters like the Pixar case. Creative collaborative ventures like films and animation are filled with months of effort being deleted with a few quick keystrokes.

Back when I was still in the film/video industry, it happened often, you kinda get accustomed to the ephemeral nature and you try not to get too attached to your work. Not always successfully but you try.

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