Pixar’s zoetrope looks amazing, I’d love to see it in person.
The Cars 2 trailer is out, did not see those plot twists coming!
Upular: “composed using chords, bass notes and vocal samples from the Disney Pixar film Up.” Totally new and original sounding, yet still capturing the feel of the movie somehow. I love the shift at 1:28.
Alma is a terrific short film by Pixar animator Rodrigo Blaas, available on Vimeo for a limited time (I don’t know how long, catch it now). (via waxy)
I’ve tried to ignore Pixar’s gender problem because their movies are so damn good, but this post makes that pretty much impossible. It’s not about any one movie, but about the body of work as a whole. Consider Finding Nemo:
Father/son bonding film featuring a male clownfish (Marlin) and his son (Nemo). I’m all for movies about fathers and sons and, in fact, this is my favorite of all Pixar movies. Still, Nemo doesn’t put female characters front and center, and it probably shouldn’t, considering the subject matter. If it were only one male-dominated movie in a well-balanced oeuvre, I wouldn’t have a problem. Female characters: Nemo’s dead mom (Coral), Dory, Peach, Deb, Darla.
Ally score: 2/10. Points for having an important female character. Not too many, though, since she is squarely in the selfless helper/moral center role. Should I give points for making 2 of the 8 fish in Nemo’s tank female? Should I just be happy that any are female and not quibble on the 25% issue? Also, the elementary school teacher fish is male. Maybe because he’s a science teacher.
I’m still going to see Up in theaters, and will take my daughters, dammit.
“Great, now I have guilt!”
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I always loved Bud Luckey’s Sesame Street cartoons (even if I didn’t know who Bud Luckey was until Boundin’ came along):
You can search YouTube for more (or for the inevitable day when those particular copies are pulled).
The trailer for the new Pixar movie is, umm, Up. Can't wait.
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