Disney/Pixar In General

They have been telling us they're interested in continuing Toy Story for a while through shorts. Didn't they already make a couple of them?

Yes

Hawaiian Vacation, Small Fry and Partysaurus Rex.

All of the are very funny and clever shorts.

Lilo and Stitch could have had a better TV adaptation. Still, it was a good movie with a good TV series.

I finally watched Cars 2 completely last night. It's actually not that bad.

Really feeling uneasy with Monsters University coming out into theaters. I mean I like Monsters Inc but it's not really ground breaking material for a new movie and though it's not really a sequel I kind of think that they can't do any better than the orignial. But who knows? Maybe it'll be good but my advice is don't expect anything big for it.

It doesn't exactly look like anything revolutionary, but why does it need to be? Can't Pixar just make a fun flick without having to be grandiose for once?

Cars 2 wasn't that bad, yep. I mean, it wasn't a really needed sequel. The plot of the original Cars is something that can't leave room for any sequels to continue that plot, so they just put in Mator as the protagonist.

There leeching the original Cars for all its worth, though. Do we really need Planes?

Planes isn't being produced by Pixar.

Around when did Eisner turn evil? And has Iger done the same?

Eisner's fall to the Dark Side seems to have started around 1994, as that's when he hired Paul Pressler.

First sentient cars and now sentient planes? Really Disney really? What's next Lighting Mc Queen becomes a stunt car and is not happy with his life and returns to his friends, Mater has to save the world from monsters and the only way to defeat them is by dancing DDR style?

That would be AWESOME.

Everything about it made it come off just like the DTV Disney Sequels. I mean seriously, "Secret Agent Mater."

For what it was, it was actually ok. I do think that, compared to their previous output, Cars 2 was definitely more geared towards kids though.

And yet it's also a lot more violent than the first one. I mean, my God, cars DIE in that movie, some of them extremely painfully.

A good example of why 'more violent' and even 'more adult' don't always equal 'more mature'. (For instance, Heavy Metal is a very 'adult' movie in that it isn't suitable for young 'uns, but it's also basically an overgrown teen fantasy given life).

What he said.

Up, a cute family film, managed to be more mature then a movie about a guy having lots of sex and murder.

Like kids haven't seen that before? The deaths aren't even focused on and are for the most part offscreen. Its barely ATLA levels of violence. Quite a few kids actually like seeing that stuff, even though most parents would deem it "inappropriate". This isn't Gameof Thrones.

edited 23rd May '13 1:46:50 PM by T448Eight

Violence and death can build character, provided that it doesn't make what you're trying to watch difficult to sit through & are handled with respect, of course.

Something I feel that some "adult comedy" writers need to learn...

And as much as I LOVE my violence fix - even then... What I said above rings true.

edited 24th May '13 3:46:17 AM by TheShopSoldier

There's a difference between Waltz With Bashir and Heavy Metal for instance.

The Untitled Pixar Film That Takes You Inside The Human Mind is now called Inside Out.

Well, so much for Pixception.

Maybe it's kind of a "something brings someone's thoughts to life" sort of deal.

edited 30th May '13 9:26:19 AM by KnownUnknown

True, but Bruce Campbell!Car got killed and was almost promptly forgotten.

edited 30th May '13 11:57:46 AM by Lionheart0

Bruce Campbell in general appears to get roles that either die quickly or disappear after one appearance. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs being the exception.

Cars 2 wasn't really "bad" (more or less a above average) but it's really sort of forgettable.

For my money, I'd still say A Bug's Life was the weakest of the Pixar Filmography.

But A Bugs Life was still a pretty good film though.