Tuesday, March 29, 2005
If You Have the Screener Why Buy the Desk - Here`s Why!
So I`ve had my ASIFA screener copy of The Incredibles for 4 months. Got all of the cool feelings of superiority out of lording it over my students and friends, I`ve got the Incredibles and you don`t! Defended my copies against same friends, neighbors, and students. No, you can not borrow my copy. It can not leave my hands, thank you very much. I'm the one they are going to come after when you make a pirated copy. Even got to publicly humiliate some jerk in Europe that e-mailed me trying to buy one of my family`s copies of said movie.
I`ve got the movie. I`ve seen it maybe 30 or more times. I`ve got good mileage out of my ASIFA-Hollywood swag. Why should I buy the new commercial disk? Money is tight, right? Okay, let me tell me why. Disk 2. There is more stuff, just plain playing time-wise, on Disk 2 then there is on Disk 1. And it is cool stuff.
REASON 1 - PIXAR GOES 2-D:
We have heard the rumors for the last couple of years that Pixar was going to produce 2D animation. Surprise; check out Mr. Incredible and Pals. I know that this tongue-in-cheek send up of Clutch Cargo is not what the rumor-mongers had in mind but it is a great bit of fun. And maybe even an answer to all the 2-D rumor-mongers.
Make sure to play it with the commentary by Mr. Incredible and Frozone. (P.S. check out Pixar`s titles, Pixar has been quietly producing 2-D animation since Monsters Inc. with no one seeming to take note. I know you want a feature, but be happy with what you have got.)
REASON 2 - JACK-JACK ATTACKS:
Here is a great piece of animation. Good storytelling. Lots of fun. Kari the babysitter may seem like a flake but she knows her stuff and knows how to handle any situation. She has got a lot of grit. Mozart just does too good of a job with Jack-Jack`s cognitive development.
REASON 3 - THE GREATEST 2-D MOVIE NEVER SEEN:
The deleted scenes are taken from Brad Bird`s animatic. It looks like some of it is done with flash, some with 3-D elements, and some is done pencil test style. All of it is great fun. I would love to see the complete animatic. Maybe some day?
REASON 4 - THREE MAJOR MAKING OF DOCUMENTARIES:
The Making of the Incredibles, more making of the Incredibles, visual rendering blunders, and a documentary with Sarah Vewell, the voice of Violet. What a great choice for this teenage wallflower. A very fascinating lady. She is truly out there.
REASON 5 - COMMENTARY, COMMENTARY, AND MORE COMMENTARY:
I am not a big fan of commentaries on live action films, they tend to take the magick out of the filmmaking process. I am of 2 minds. I like to know stuff about production but I don`t want to know so much that it ruins the fun of the movie for me. However when I get to animated movies I really like to hear the animators and the director talk about how they did what they did. Because somehow it makes it all the more magick, if you like this kind of thing then The Incredibles has it in spades. Both Brad and John Walker Commentary and commentary by 10 of the animators. Very cool stuff. ¶ 7:49 PM
I`ve got the movie. I`ve seen it maybe 30 or more times. I`ve got good mileage out of my ASIFA-Hollywood swag. Why should I buy the new commercial disk? Money is tight, right? Okay, let me tell me why. Disk 2. There is more stuff, just plain playing time-wise, on Disk 2 then there is on Disk 1. And it is cool stuff.
REASON 1 - PIXAR GOES 2-D:
We have heard the rumors for the last couple of years that Pixar was going to produce 2D animation. Surprise; check out Mr. Incredible and Pals. I know that this tongue-in-cheek send up of Clutch Cargo is not what the rumor-mongers had in mind but it is a great bit of fun. And maybe even an answer to all the 2-D rumor-mongers.
Make sure to play it with the commentary by Mr. Incredible and Frozone. (P.S. check out Pixar`s titles, Pixar has been quietly producing 2-D animation since Monsters Inc. with no one seeming to take note. I know you want a feature, but be happy with what you have got.)
REASON 2 - JACK-JACK ATTACKS:
Here is a great piece of animation. Good storytelling. Lots of fun. Kari the babysitter may seem like a flake but she knows her stuff and knows how to handle any situation. She has got a lot of grit. Mozart just does too good of a job with Jack-Jack`s cognitive development.
REASON 3 - THE GREATEST 2-D MOVIE NEVER SEEN:
The deleted scenes are taken from Brad Bird`s animatic. It looks like some of it is done with flash, some with 3-D elements, and some is done pencil test style. All of it is great fun. I would love to see the complete animatic. Maybe some day?
REASON 4 - THREE MAJOR MAKING OF DOCUMENTARIES:
The Making of the Incredibles, more making of the Incredibles, visual rendering blunders, and a documentary with Sarah Vewell, the voice of Violet. What a great choice for this teenage wallflower. A very fascinating lady. She is truly out there.
REASON 5 - COMMENTARY, COMMENTARY, AND MORE COMMENTARY:
I am not a big fan of commentaries on live action films, they tend to take the magick out of the filmmaking process. I am of 2 minds. I like to know stuff about production but I don`t want to know so much that it ruins the fun of the movie for me. However when I get to animated movies I really like to hear the animators and the director talk about how they did what they did. Because somehow it makes it all the more magick, if you like this kind of thing then The Incredibles has it in spades. Both Brad and John Walker Commentary and commentary by 10 of the animators. Very cool stuff. ¶ 7:49 PM
