18 months to do an animation isn't exactly "years". a studio would hafta be nuts to spend years on a movie, as the idea would be dead, and the money from the suits would be cut off, if there weren't results in 9 months or less. it might take an individual several years to do an animation by himself, e.g. a startrek animation lasting 12 minutes that took 18 months, but the hardware and software are obsolete in 6 - 9 months. p.s. no matter how obnoxious somebody seems to somebody else in this forum, it's not our job to get rid of him. it's the job of the mods, in case he violates the TOS in some way. the general idea is to be helpful and supportive, but it's not always possible for everybody to do that.